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Examining progress in research on public value
(2017-12)This article reviews a new three-volume collection of previously published articles on how public or private organizations are operationalizing the principles of public value: firstly, ‘Measuring the public value of ... -
An Exploration of the Canon of Hausa Prose Fiction in Hausa Language and Translation: The Literary Contest of 1933 as a Historical Reference
(2017-01-04)The paper premises that the literary contest of 1933 has been a very important historical reference and a determining condition for the emergence of the canon of Hausa prose fiction (Furniss, 1991, 1996). As a consequence, ... -
The Extent of Students’ Initiation of Ideas in The Classroom
(University Of Port Harcourt, 2012-02-01)This study sought to identify the extent of students’ initiation of ideas in the classroom using three classroom interaction techniques. All senior secondary schools in Port Harcourt Local Government Area, ... -
Formulation of Ceramic Water Filter Composition for the Treatment of Heavy Metals and Correction of Physiochemical Parameters in Household Water
(Scientific Research Publishing, 2015-11)The process of using ceramic water filter to remove contaminants and microbes in water processing is becoming more effective and popular among ceramists and homes in developing countries. However, ceramic filters are not ... -
Frames of Rights, Entitlement, Need, and Deservingness in the Affordable Care Act
(Scientific Research Publishing, 2015-09-30)I analyze four frames deployed by members of United States Congress on the floor of the House of Representatives before the initial passage of the Affordable Care Act on November 7, 2009. Of the four frames—need, rights, ... -
Free Will, Subjectivity and the Physics of the Nervous System
(Scientific Research, 2018-05)We want to stress the irreducibility of subjectivity to a pure physical process and, related to this the existence of an actual free will. A discussion on the existence of free will goes back at least to the Middle Ages. ... -
From Second Chance Learners and Second-Class Citizens to Competent Addiction Practitioners
(Scientific Research Publishing, 2018-04-28)The idea that clinicians who are in recovery from addiction or substance abuse working as addiction practitioners seems deeply counter-intuitive. Compounding this is the problem that many have incurred criminal records, so ... -
Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging Demonstrates That Hypnosis Is Conscious and Voluntary
(Scientific Research Publishing, 2018-07-05)Hypnosis is a condition of modified consciousness (monoideism) resulting from a mental representation able to produce psychological and physical effects. The general belief is that hypnosis is conscious and voluntary, ... -
Game DesiCombined with Science Workshop for Increasing Motivation in Studying Science in Children
(Scientific Research Publishing, 2016-05)Many studies have been conducted to discover ways to increase the motivation of students in science classes. The research project discussed here, examines attempt to increase the motivation of elementary school students ... -
Gender Abuse in Intimate Relationships: From Structural Coupling Theory to Emergence of Couple System
(Scientific Research Publishing, 2017-10-17)Is love predictable in its choices? Linear Determinism, Randomness or Complexity? By applying theoretical coordinates of current sociological interpretations of intimacy and conceptual categories of New General System ... -
Gender and Sexual Abuses during the Italian Colonization of Ethiopia and Eritrea —The “Insabbiatti”, Thirty Years after
(Scientific Research, 2015-10)This paper explores the singular role of cross-cultural couples of Italian men and Abyssinian women during the fascist colonies in East Africa (Eritrea and Ethiopia). This article is based on an inquiry driven ethno-historical ... -
Hand-Washing Global
(Scientific Research, 2014-08)By the practical nature of the case, here is no theoretical argument but pragmatic reasoning for washing hands, with scientific evidence of hand-washing flushing out diseases into a sanitary condition globally. All facts ... -
Hellenic Integrative Psychotherapy: A Total Holistic Approach
(Scientific Research Publishing, 2018-07-12)An integrative psychotherapy model is described which proposes that the basic “schools” of psychotherapy, that is the psychodynamic, behavioral, humanistic/ existential, systemic and biological approaches can be synthesized ... -
Hill to Plain: Causes and Impacts of Internal Migration of Indigenous Peoples in Bangladesh
(Scientific Research Publishing, 2015-10-20)Various factors are related in internal migration of indigenous peoples from their ancestral places, that is hill, to the plain areas. This article aims to find out the pull and push factors of the indigenous migration. ... -
Imagination and Thematic Reality in the African Novel: A New Vision for African Novelists
(2017-12-21)The present study on the topic “Imagination and thematic reality in the African novel: a new vision to African novelists” aims to show the limitation of the contribution of the African literary works to the good governance ... -
Impact of rotavirus vaccination on rotavirus hospitalisationrates among a resource-limited rural population in Mbita,Western Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2018-04)A two-dose oral monovalent rotavirus vaccine (RV1) was introduced into the KenyanNational Immunization Program in July 2014. We assessed trends in hospitalisation for rotavirus-specific acute gastroenteritis (AGE) and strain ... -
Implementing a braided home-based parent-support curriculum: Lessons learned
(2017-12)A singular parent-support program is limited in its ability to address multiple child and family needs. One innovative solution is braiding, a process in which two evidence-based programs are systematically combined as a ... -
Influence of Environmental and Social Programs on Dimensionality of Triple Bottom Line of Manufacturing SMEs in South Africa
(Online, 2018-01)Over the past decades manufacturing SMEs have played a very crucial role as a driving force behind socio-economic growth and industrial development, acting as prime agents of change and growth of emerging economies. ... -
The Influence of Visual Distraction on Awareness Test
(Scientific Research, 2014-10)In everyday situation, there are so many events happening around our lives. Although human beings are capable of perceiving many events happening at the same time, it is not possible for individuals to pay attention to ... -
Is the World Objective?
(Scientific Research, 2014-05)The assumption of an objective world underlying all our experiences is deeply embedded in our everyday thinking and in our language, and has been an unquestioned presupposition of the scientific enterprise for at least ...