Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractThe Relationship between Organizational Culture and Staff Productivity Public OrganizationsMehrdad Goudarzvand CheginiProblem statement: Nowadays organization’s culture is as an effective factor on organization actions. The objective of this research is determining of the relationship of organization’s culture with staff productivity in public terms of Guilan province, Iran. Approach: This study was a kind of studies about relations and statistical society will be associated by state organizations staff in Guilan Province. From … …Journal of Social Sciences, Vol. 6, Issue 1 · 31 Mar 2010 · 8,764 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractEvaluating Plant Species Diversity and Physiographical Factors in Natural Broad Leaf ForestSeyed Armin HashemiProblem statement: Species diversity is one of the most important specifications of biological societies. Diversity of organisms, measurement of variety and examination of those hypotheses that are about reasons of diversity are such as affairs that have been desired by the ecologists for a long time. Approach: In this research, diversity of plant species in forest region, numbers of 60 … …American Journal of Environmental Sciences, Vol. 6, Issue 1 · 28 Feb 2010 · 7,613 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractShort-Run Employment Functions in Manufacturing IndustriesMd. Azizul Baten, Monsur Ahmed Chowdhury, Anton Abdulbasah Kamil, Rumana MomtazProblem statement: Increasing growth of population and shortage of producing capacity in Bangladesh have caused serious unemployment crisis and has forced the authorities to look for ways to reduce unemployment rate. Due to difference of structure and technology used in economic sectors and activities, the effects of factors on employment are different. So, for the purpose of findings alternatives to … …Journal of Social Sciences, Vol. 5, Issue 4 · 31 Dec 2009 · 7,446 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractThe Effect of Contextual Learning in Civic Education on Students' Civic CompetenceKokom KomalasariProblem statement: Globalization demands civic education to develop civic competence involving civic knowledge, civic skills and civic disposition, which are multidimensional. Civic education learning oriented to “contextualized multiple intelligences” concept opened the view of the needs to manage more creative, active participation, meaningful and pleasant learning. This research aimed to describe the effects of contextual learning on civic education of … …Journal of Social Sciences, Vol. 5, Issue 4 · 31 Dec 2009 · 8,751 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractAssessing Community Health Risks: Proactive Vs Reactive SamplingSarah Taylor, Chelsea Papadopoulos, Sarah Vieillet, Peter Di MarcoProblem statement: A considerable number of native birds died in the West Australian coastal town of Esperance and surroundings during late 2006 and early 2007, which raised community concerns about environmental contamination. Forensic investigations of dead birds suggested that lead may have been the causative agent. At the time, lead and nickel, as well as iron ore and other materials, … …American Journal of Environmental Sciences, Vol. 5, Issue 6 · 31 Dec 2009 · 6,845 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractModeling and Forecasting Volatility of the Malaysian Stock MarketsAhmed Shamiri, Zaidi IsaProblem statement: One of the main purposes of modeling variance is forecasting, which is crucial in many areas of finance. Despite the burgeoning interest in and evaluation of volatility forecasts, a clear consensus on witch volatility model/or distribution specification to use has not yet been reached. Therefore, the out of-sample forecasting ability should be a natural model selection criterion for … …Journal of Mathematics and Statistics, Vol. 5, Issue 3 · 30 Sep 2009 · 7,906 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractTrade Related Environmental Measures in Multilateral Environmental Agreements and the WTO: Irreconcilable Differences?Nidhi SinghProblem statement: WTO adopted a multilateral trading system without ignoring the importance of protecting environment. Exceptions in Article XX, Clause (b) and (g) checks trade at the cost of environment. It is difficult to establish a relationship between Trade Related Environmental Measures (TREMs) in Multilateral Environmental Agreements (MEAs) and World Trade Organization (WTO) rules. For the past ten years there … …American Journal of Economics and Business Administration, Vol. 1, Issue 3 · 30 Sep 2009 · 8,625 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractSeparable Watermarking Technique Using the Biological Color ModelDavid Nino, Moussa Abdallah, Bassam HammoProblem statement: The issue of having robust and fragile watermarking is still main focus for various researchers worldwide. Performance of a watermarking technique depends on how complex as well as how feasible to implement. These issues are tested using various kinds of attacks including geometry and transformation. Watermarking techniques in color images are more challenging than gray images in terms … …Journal of Computer Science, Vol. 5, Issue 8 · 31 Aug 2009 · 6,616 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractUnderstanding Information System Failures from the Complexity PerspectiveIndranil MukherjeeProblem Statement: Failure of computer based information systems had been a source of major concern in the modern technological era. Information System (IS) researchers have spent a significant amount of their time and effort in understanding the recurring failure of Information Systems. Studies in this regard have ranged from being primarily technical in their approach to those having a much … …Journal of Social Sciences, Vol. 4, Issue 4 · 31 Dec 2008 · 10,625 accessesView PDFCite