the aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of the glass ceiling on women creative ideas working in administrative province units of lorestan state with moderating of their self-concept variable. the population of this cross-correlation study included all women employees of administrative province units of lorestan state. using stratified sampling, and based on morgan table, 306 persons we...

Bloodhounds are used to trail fleeing felons and missing persons. In order to start a trail, the dog must be presented with a person's scent. There are many hypotheses on what a bloodhound smells while trailing. The present study attempts to identify whether human scent is genetic, and if it is influenced by one's environment. Bloodhounds trained in human scent discrimination were used to diffe...

The following is a reprint of the report to Congress on section 1619 of the Social Security Act prepared by the Department of Health and Human Services in response to a provision of the Social Security Disability Benefits Reform Act of 1984 (Public Law 98-460). It also includes some of the report's appendix material. In addition to calling for an evaluation of the provision's effectiveness, tha...

This paper reflects on the use of ICF in Ireland, taking as a case study the experience of the first National Disability Survey (NDS). There were four clear effects in Ireland of using ICF as a framework for the NDS: a) that a broader range of people with disabilities was encompassed; b) that the environmental factors included from the ICF were comprehensive and policy relevant; c) that both ba...

This article presents information on the lifetime covered earnings of retired-worker and disabled worker beneficiaries under OASDHI, the year of their first earnings credits, their quarters of coverage, and the relationship of these factors to 1972 benefit levels. Among both groups, relatively more women began earning credits after 1940; they also worked fewer years in covered employment and ha...

The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs compensates 13 percent of the nation’s military veterans for service‐related disabilities through the Disability Compensation (DC) program. In 2001, a legislative change made it easier for Vietnam veterans to receive benefits for diabetes associated with military service. In this paper, we investigate this policy’s effect on DC enrollment and expenditures...

It is common sense that costs and benefits should be carefully weighed before deciding on a course of action. However, we often disapprove of people who do so, even when their actual decision benefits us. For example, we prefer people who directly agree to do us a favor over those who agree only after securing enough information to ensure that the favor will not be too costly. Why should we car...