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Research ArticleOpen accessAll words, across the recordSense Distortions in the Mass Media: Their Social ConsequencesGalina Sergeevna Melnik, Boris Yakovlevich Misonzhnikov, Anastasiya Nikolayevna Grishanina, Alla Nikolayevna TeplyashinaThe paper presents the results of the monitoring of St. Petersburg newspapers held in January-May 2015. The monitoring included qualitative and quantitative study of the content and evaluation of all the materials published in St. Petersburg newspapers. Special attention was given to such sections as Society, Politics, Law, Economy. The purpose of monitoring regional press was to detect errors or … …American Journal of Applied Sciences, Vol. 13, Issue 6 · 15 Jun 2016 · 6,988 accessesView PDF Cite

Research ArticleOpen accessAll words, across the recordEXPERT-SYSTEM BASED MEDICAL STROKE PREVENTIONAnindito, Bens Pardamean, Robby Christian, Bahtiar Saleh AbbasStroke always comes unexpected and the general public is not usually aware of its symptoms. Individuals who have had their first stroke with permanent damage could become an economic burden to their family and a social burden to the society due to their unproductive nature. Stroke could be prevented and its risk factors have been identified. Through a stroke prevention … …Journal of Computer Science, Vol. 9, Issue 9 · 6 Aug 2013 · 7,161 accessesView PDF Cite

Research ArticleOpen accessAll words, across the recordOR/MS Applications in Mt. Merapi Disaster ManagementAmril Aman, Toni Bakhtiar, Farida Hanum, Prapto Tri SupriyoProblem statement: Much of researches on the management of disaster deal with their social aspects such as sociological and psychological effects on communities. Recently there had been a growing credit of the demand for application of the operational research and management science matters in disaster management. This approach commonly utilizes decision theory, dynamical system and optimization technique to minimize the … …Journal of Mathematics and Statistics, Vol. 8, Issue 2 · 19 Jun 2012 · 7,035 accessesView PDF Cite

Research ArticleOpen accessAll words, across the recordOccupational Stress and Family Difficulties of Working WomenMaryam Zarra-Nezhad, Ali Moazami-Goodarzi, Leila Hasannejad, Khadijeh RoushaniProblem statement: Work and family are the two most important aspects in women’s lives. Balancing work and family roles has become a key personal and family issue for many societies. There are many facets in working mother’s lives that subject to stresses. They deal with home and family issues as well as job stress on a daily basis. Imbalance between … …Current Research in Psychology, Vol. 1, Issue 2 · 31 Dec 2010 · 16,107 accessesView PDF Cite

Research ArticleOpen accessAll words, across the recordCultural Identity Expressions through Visual Analysis in Post-Disaster HousingAsal Kamani Fard, Mohd Hamdan Ahmad, Dilshan Remaz OssenProblem statement: The incidence of natural disasters as well as followed human beings’ efforts for reestablishing life is considered as unavoidable essence of nature. Whilst, the interdisciplinary theme of post disaster recovery and reconstruction has been researched worldwide in order to examine its different aspects. And within architectural interests, evaluating the housing reconstruction programs would lead to beneficial clues through … …American Journal of Applied Sciences, Vol. 7, Issue 10 · 31 Oct 2010 · 7,270 accessesView PDF Cite

Research ArticleOpen accessAll words, across the recordA Method for Social Scientists to Adapt Instruments From One Culture to Another: The Case of the Job Descriptive IndexRamzi NasserThis study outlined an adaptation procedure for the Job Descriptive Index Subscale of "type of work". The cross-translation or committee translation procedure asks two or more translators to translate a text from source to target language, and then an expert assesses the validity of these translations. Empirically, this method has three or more translators translate the instrument from English to … …Journal of Social Sciences, Vol. 1, Issue 4 · 31 Dec 2005 · 7,353 accessesView PDF Cite