I should also declare my hand about two other matters that are pertinent to the following discussion. One is that I am only vaguely familiar with Giddens’ (1989; 1991) work, which the authors draw upon as their theoretical framework (more on this later). The other is that, although eclectic in research approach, I do tend towards positivism. Sacrilege, I know, to the type of esteemed colleague ...

the available experiments and reports of executed projects in iranian research centers and universities show that the ability of know-how development of chemical and petrochemical synthesis as well as their required catalyst is existed in laboratory scale. although, know-how development in larger scale is possible, too but no certain scientific and classified method has been explained which is ...

How Science Works’ is now the focus of the national science specifications in English schools. This article is a brief introduction to the philosophy of science from the Greeks to the present day that underpins this notion. From September 2006, the emphasis for teaching science at GCSE is on ‘How Science Works’. This focus will also shape the revisions of the AS and A2 specifications from Septe...

In this paper, we develop a game-theoretic model for whether and what a defender should disclose about her resource allocation in the homeland-security context. Our model allows us to explore whether the defender should disclose correct information about her defensive resource allocation (truthful disclosure), incorrect information (deception), or no information (secrecy). In the case where onl...