For several decades scholars have studied media reporting on scientific issues that involve controversy. Most studies so far have focused on the western world. This article tries to broaden the perspective by considering China and comparing it to a western country. A content analysis of newspaper coverage of vaccination issues in the UK and China shows, first, that the government-supported 'mai...

Mental health professionals who serve as expert witnesses are repeatedly characterized as (in the words of one recent author) "Whores of the Court." However, scholars have published little systematically gathered data about why attorneys seek mental health opinions and the criteria they use for selecting experts. We investigated these issues using a mailed survey of attorneys and judges. A slig...

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this paper is intended to explain the difference between rhyme of the qur'anic text (fāsila) and rhythmic prose (saj‘). according to the earlier scholars, fāsila signifies the last word of the qur'anic verse and saj‘ is the agreement of the final words in prose which rhyme the same, at least in the final letter. besides giving a definition of saj‘ and fāṣila, this research touches upon the view...

politics play a central part in determining health and development outcomes as gorik ooms highlights in his recent commentary. as health becomes more global and more politicized the need grows to better understand the inherently political processes at all levels of governance, such as ideological positions, ideas, value judgments, and power. i agree that global health research should strengthen...

nowadays, the idea of creating virtual organizations has been presented by scholars as a new method of collaboration and managing the collaboration and has been known as an applicable approach in insurance industry. based on above applicability, this idea has been considered in this paper for a virtual insurer organization and according to efficiency and effectiveness of enterprise architecture...

J-1 Scholars and Professors This section provides the following detailed information for professors, researchers, short-term scholars, and specialists with J-1 visa status. Important Information about J-1 Exchange Visitor Status [1] ● Change of Status [2] ● Change of Status to J-1 [3] ❍ Change of Status to J-2 Dependent [4] ❍ Employment: Occasional Lectures and Consultations [5] ● Two-Year Fore...