Volume 1, Issue 3 (2005) | Journal of Social Sciences

Cash Flow as an Investment Determinant: A Note on Coen's Speed of Adjustment Model

Thomas A. Anastasiou — 2005-09-30

Journal of Social Sciences, Published online: 30 September 2005; doi:10.3844/jssp.2005.126.127

Investment models incorporating liquidity as an investment determinant and experimenting on the two possible roles that liquidity can play in an investment process - that of a direct capital stock det...

The Influence of Internet in the Political Culture (A Field Study)

Hasan A. Ayed — 2005-09-30

Journal of Social Sciences, Published online: 30 September 2005; doi:10.3844/jssp.2005.128.135

There should be a kind of cooperation between universities on the local and Arab level with mass media to demonstrate all Arab issues on the Internet until we become able to compete or at least conser...

The Process of Getting Identity in Turkish Society: Kemalist Education

Nihat Aycan — 2005-09-30

Journal of Social Sciences, Published online: 30 September 2005; doi:10.3844/jssp.2005.136.140

Education has different meanings according to the structure of the society and it works as to the structure. In one hand, it prepares the members of a society to the world standards changing rapidly a...

Analyzing Concept Maps as an Assessment (Evaluation) Tool in Teaching Mathematics

Ahmet S. Ozdemir — 2005-09-30

Journal of Social Sciences, Published online: 30 September 2005; doi:10.3844/jssp.2005.141.149

In this research concept mapping has been used as a testing instrument. In our country's education system, the relationship between the scores which are given to concept maps and the scores which...

An Economic Model of Insider Trading with an Informed Third Party

Nasser G. Elkanj — 2005-09-30

Journal of Social Sciences, Published online: 30 September 2005; doi:10.3844/jssp.2005.150.155

The fact that an insider gains only at the expense of an outsider, manipulative insider trading precipitates a conflict of interests. We model this conflict in an extended principal-agent framework to...

Food Attitudes towards Food Safety Concept among Turkish University Students

Nihat Aycan — 2005-09-30

Journal of Social Sciences, Published online: 30 September 2005; doi:10.3844/jssp.2005.156.161

This study investigated university students' food choices focusing on their reported usual intake and food safety perceptions and conducted at Manisa Celal Bayar University Engineering Faculty,...

The Effect of the American with Disabilities Act on Public Education Expenditures

Mark P. Gius — 2005-09-30

Journal of Social Sciences, Published online: 30 September 2005; doi:10.3844/jssp.2005.162.165

Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 and the American with Disabilities Act (ADA) of 1990 were enacted in order to protect the rights of individuals with disabilities. These two laws have ha...

Origin and Trend of Distance Education in Uganda

Bbuye Juliana — 2005-09-30

Journal of Social Sciences, Published online: 30 September 2005; doi:10.3844/jssp.2005.166.171

Distance education has been in existence in Uganda since the 1960s, and it has grown steadily since that time. It is however a neglected area in terms of data collection and research. The courses that...

Changes in the Conscious Mind in Applying Technology for Growing Rice At the Chee River Basin in Northeastern of Thailand

Pramuan Sati — 2005-09-30

Journal of Social Sciences, Published online: 30 September 2005; doi:10.3844/jssp.2005.172.177

A study of Local technology for rice Farming at the time of crisis of communities along the Chee river basin, which was aimed at investigating the patterns of the Local technology , that farmers us...

Eclecticism Beyond Orthodoxies: African Social Science Research in the Fight Against HIV/AIDS

Ambe-Uva T. Nom — 2005-09-30

Journal of Social Sciences, Published online: 30 September 2005; doi:10.3844/jssp.2005.178.183

This study examines the importance of social science research on HIV/AIDS in Africa. There is a dearth of social science research on HIV/AIDS epidemic in Africa as available literature focus essential...

Active Center of Islamic Dialogue Civilizations

Ebrahim Moghimi — 2005-09-30

Journal of Social Sciences, Published online: 30 September 2005; doi:10.3844/jssp.2005.184.187

It is obvious that an essay have introduced about Dialogue Civilizations, at first must be start with a definition about it. Obviously, this simple definition is almost difficult. Defining of Dialogue...

Perceived Benefits of E-Commerce Adoption in the Electronic Manufacturing Companies in Malaysia

Syed S. Alam — 2005-09-30

Journal of Social Sciences, Published online: 30 September 2005; doi:10.3844/jssp.2005.188.193

This study examines the major benefits that motivating to adopt e-commerce in the electronic manufacturing companies in Malaysia. The major benefits of e-commerce adoption include improved customer se...

The Quality of Homeland Security and Health Care Systems: The Texas Rangers Initiative

Eldo E. Frezza — 2005-09-30

Journal of Social Sciences, Published online: 30 September 2005; doi:10.3844/jssp.2005.194.196

Healthcare facilities are an essential component of an emergency response system in case of nuclear, biological or chemical attack, but at the present time, are poorly prepared for an incident. Key el...