Plagiarism may take place in any scientific journals despite currently employed anti-plagiarism tools. The absence of widely acceptable definitions of research misconduct and reliance solely on similarity checks do not allow journal editors to prevent most complex cases of recycling of scientific information and wasteful, or 'predatory,' publishing. This article analyses Scopus-based publicatio...

one of the basic motor skills in childhood is manipulation skills. gross motor manipulation is a person's relationship with the objects and has this feature: force is applied to an object or the force of an object is absorbed. the aim of this study was to examine the effect of a selected motor program including team traditional games as motor experiences on manipulation skills development ...

We explore whether firms that are vulnerable to takeovers pre-emptively manage earnings in anticipation of such events. find a positive relationship between firms' vulnerability and their propensity earnings, mainly through the manipulation real activities. consider two motivations for pre-emptive management behavior; (1) deter future (2) optimize M&A outcomes. Concerning former, we document ev...

This study examines the impact of political connections and government ownership on accrual real earnings management. Based a Jordanian sample 310 firm-year observations, finds evidence that politically-connected firms exhibit higher level management, compared to non-politically-connected firms. suggests in Jordan opportunistically manipulate reported income obtain private gain through use acti...

Osteopathic physicians caring for patients with fibromyalgia syndrome (FM) often use osteopathic manipulative treatment (OMT) in conjunction with other forms of standard medical care. Despite a growing body of evidence on the efficacy of manual therapy for the treatment of selected acute musculoskeletal conditions, the role of OMT in treating patients with chronic conditions such as FM remains ...

OBJECTIVE To apply the real-time data collection and demonstration system for acupuncture manipulation to quantitative analysis of acupuncture manipulation for acupuncture teaching and research. METHODS The real-time observation and analysis of parameter changes of acupuncture manipulation were implemented by this system. RESULTS During the course of lifting and thrusting manipulation, the ...