Implications for Democratic Processes and Theories
Social security in theory and practice (II): Efficiency theories, narrative theories and implications for reform
... There is a lot of talk about reforming old age Social Security (hereafter SS). Two important questions come to mind. First, is reforming SS desirable? That is, will the reform improve welfare for a significant number of ...
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Health Communication Theories: Implications for HIV Reporting in Asia and the Pacific
... important theories and models of behavioural change include the health belief model, the theory of reasoned action, learning /cognitive theory, diffusion of innovation and social marketing (Airhihenbuwa, Obregon, ...
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Implications of Pragmatic and Cognitive Theories on the Design of Utterance Based AAC Systems
... pragmatic implications as a prestored message may or may not capture exactly what the user wishes to say in a par- ticular discourse ...cognitive theories to make choices for system ...
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Metric Theories of Gravity and their Astrophysical Implications
... Results obtained here, when combined with experimental data and with recent work by Nordtvedt and Will and by Ni, show that, of all theories thus far examined by our[r] ...
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Macroeconomic implications of behavioural finance theories
... I develop a model of behavioural decision making in which investors base their portfolio decision on a choice between two simple heuristical forecasting rules. By simulating the model, I conclude th a t it can account ...
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COMMUNICATION IMPLICATIONS OF MAJOR ORGANIZATIONAL THEORIES
... MANAGEMENT THEORIES IN CONTEMPORARY ORGANIZATIONS By looking at the dates of the writings of Taylor, Fayol, and Weber, we are tempted to believe that the Scientific Management viewpoint is outdated and may provide ...
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Politics of Identity in Nepal - Implications for Theories of Regionalism
... that democratic transition in the emerging multi-ethnic societies of states that gained independence after WW II could be destabilizing as these states might not be able to balance political development with ...
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Implications of Binary Properties for Theories of Star Formation
... important implications for the nature of the accretion processes by which stars acquire most of their mass, and may account for some of the highly variable energetic activity observed in newly formed ...
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Motivation Theories and Implications for Teaching and Learning in the Biosciences
... Value of goals, expectancy of reaching goals One of the earliest behavioural theories by Skinner maintained that all behaviours are motivated by rewards which hence reinforce learning. According to Skinner, having ...
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THE IMPLICATIONS OF TRANSLATION THEORIES FOR LANGUAGE TEACHING PEDAGOGY
... Nida and Taber (1969:33) discuss two models of the translating process. In the first a series of rules are set up to be applied in order, which are intended to specify what should be don[r] ...
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Dynamic capabilities as ‘becoming’: Implications from learning theories
... I investigate these issues in six, mature, medium-sized companies that are operating in three different sectors with varying levels of market dynamism. This paper makes three contributions to the literature. First, it ...
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Theories of Social Systems: Implications for Health Care System
... In recent years, a need to improve the way humanity is surviving has become the main concern of the systems community (Plsek, 2001). The current shift is occurring due to new technology, changes and experiences. Even ...
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Word skipping: Implications for theories of eye movement control in reading
... Finally, it should be noted that McConkie in more recent publications (e.g., McConkie, Kerr and Dyre, 1994) returned to the idea of independent oculomotor strategies during reading. Having found that the probability of ...
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Linking complexity and sustainability theories : implications for modeling sustainability transitions
... Tel.: +27-(0)21-448-6803; Fax: +27-(0)82-447-1020. Received: 28 November 2013; in revised form: 5 March 2014 / Accepted: 6 March 2014 / Published: 24 March 2014 Abstract: In this paper, we deploy a complexity theory as ...
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Investigating Mindset Theories: The Implications for Classroom Instruction and Professional Development
... School districts hold innate ability and aptitude at a very high regard (Resnick & Hall, 1998). In contrast, more than thirty years of research show that a focus on effort—not intelligence or innate ability—is the key to ...
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Prime numbers: anchoring and its implications for theories of behavior priming
... (Simmons et al., 2010) and have considerable insight into the extent to which anchors affect their estimates (e.g., Wilson et al., 1996). Anchors are typically very narrow in their influence across judgment dimensions, ...
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Debt Theories in Islamic Commercial Transactions and Their Implications for the Islamic Capital Market
... It was narrated by Abu Huraira that the Messenger of Allah borrowed a young camel from a man and then the man came to get his camel back. The Prophet asked his companions to repay him. They looked for a camel of the same ...
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Disadvantaged Neighborhoods and Anger: Implications for Community-Level Theories of Crime and Delinquency
... both theories, crime and violence result from the anger produced by the chronic stressors associated with living in disadvantaged neighborhood ...the theories to be valid there must be a relationship ...
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Microevolutionary, macroevolutionary, ecological and taxonomical implications of punctuational theories of adaptive evolution
... punctuational theories could also explain the per- sistence of altruistic behavior and general efficiency of group ...evolutionary processes consists in the fact that a trait that provides an advantage to a ...
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Revisiting the Common Ownership of the Earth: A Democratic Critique of Global Distributive Justice Theories
... the implications for potential governance ...of democratic deficits. By radical democratic standards, monological property institutions fail to foster democratic conflict and participation and ...
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