Since the work of André Martinet back in the 60’s [7], the notion of ‘economy’ has been accepted as one of the main principles underlying the organization of phonological inventories (hereafter PI). This principle, also named MUAF (‘Maximal Use of Available Features’) by John Ohala [8], states that PI are organized along a few phonetic dimensions that they tend to maximize in terms of number of...

Background & aim: The increased prevalence of infertility and using assisted reproductive technologies including donation procedures has currently become a public concern. The familiarity of midwives with legal and religious aspects of these procedures is a salient issue in their care giving practice. However, this issue has been less considered in the curriculum planning for midwifery students...

Theoretical Issues in Ergonomics Science Publication details, including instructions for authors and subscription information: http://www.informaworld.com/smpp/title~content=t713697886 Similarities and differences between human-human and human-automation trust: an integrative review P. Madhavan a; D. A. Wiegmann b a Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA b University of Illinois,...

Cloud computing is a rapidly growing area. Cloud Computing offers utility-oriented IT services to the users worldwide over the internet. As compared to grid computing, the problem of resource management is transformed into resource virtualization and allocations. Effective scheduling is a key concern for the execution of performance driven applications, such as workflows in dynamic and cost-dri...

Cloud computing, undoubtedly, has become the buzzword in the IT industry today. Looking at the potential impact it has on numerous business applications as well as in our everyday life, it can certainly be said that this disruptive technology is here to stay. Many of the features that make cloud computing attractive, have not just challenged the existing security system, but have also revealed ...

This paper empirically explores how whistle-blowers, as members of a collective or as individual actors, are motivated to report a wrongdoing in public service organizations of Iran. Whistle-blowing in the service organizations of public sector utilizes the mass media to call the attention of public to corruption activities that are associated to the misuse of public funding in a direct way. Th...