Described in this paper is a computer system, RESEARCHER, beine: develoDed at Columbia that reads natural languagk text-in th(? form of patent abstracts and creates.a permanent long-term memory based on concepts generaliz+ from these texts, forming an intelligent mformatlon s stem. This pa er is intended to give an overview of RESEARCHER & e will describe briefly the four main areas dealt ’ wit...

This article reviews over 30 years of research on the role of integrative complexity (IC) in politics. IC is a measure of the cognitive structure underlying information processing and decision making in a specific situation and time of interest to the researcher or policymaker. As such, it is a state counterpart of conceptual complexity, the trait (transsituationally and transtemporally stable)...

Article history: Received 7 August 2014 Received in revised form 20 June 2015 Accepted 29 June 2015 Available online 9 July 2015 This study investigates whether a firm with strong corporate governance (CG) requires political connections (PCs), that is, we examine whether CG and PC substitute for or complement each other. Using 71,069 individual bank loan contracts from Taiwan, we examine how lo...

BACKGROUND A sedentary life without sufficient physical activity is recognized as a risk factor for various diseases, and a major modifiable risk factor for noncommunicable diseases. This study was conducted to investigate the effect of intervention using socioecological model in promoting women's physical activity in the city of Kerman, Iran. MATERIALS AND METHODS In this randomized, double-...