Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractEconomic Growth and Unemployment: An Empirical AnalysisFuad M. KreishanProblem statement: This research investigates the relationship between unemployment and economic growth in Jordan through the implementation of Okun’s law. Approach: Using annual data covering the period 1970-2008, time series techniques are used to test the relation between unemployment and economic growth and to obtain estimates for Okun’s coefficient. Namely, the study used Augmented Dickey-Fuller (ADF) for unit root, cointegration … …Journal of Social Sciences, Vol. 7, Issue 2 · 21 Mar 2011 · 12,609 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractEducation to Face the Wicked Challenges of SustainabilityBland TomkinsonProblem statement: The nature of sustainable development requires new paradigms for education. Issues of sustainability are ‘wicked problems’ that do not lend themselves to conventional didactic approaches. The challenge for higher education is to examine interdisciplinary approaches to global societal responsibility and, within this, issues of education for sustainable development. Approach: A project, sponsored by the Royal Academy of Engineering, … …Journal of Social Sciences, Vol. 7, Issue 1 · 18 Dec 2010 · 8,708 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractNapster and its Effects on the Music Industry: An Empirical AnalysisPatrick Mooney, Subarna Samanta, Ali H.M. ZadehProblem statement: In the mid to late 1990s the rise of the internet has led to the development of Peer-to-Peer networks (P2P), which allows for increased and rapid connectivity between individuals and has made the transfer of information and files as simple as clicking a button. Approach: The ability to connect so easily has had its share of positive and … …Journal of Social Sciences, Vol. 6, Issue 3 · 30 Sep 2010 · 10,074 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractA Zero-Stable Optimal Order Method for Direct Solution of Second Order Differential EquationsKayode Sunday JacobProblem statement: In this study, a numerical method for direct solution of general second order differential equations was considered in order to circumvent the problems of computational burden and computer time wastage associated with method of reduction to system of first order equations. The issue of zero stability of higher order methods is considered in the development of the method. … …Journal of Mathematics and Statistics, Vol. 6, Issue 3 · 30 Sep 2010 · 7,068 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractMethamphetamine Regulation of Sulfotransferases in Rat Liver and BrainTianyan Zhou, Chaoqun Huang, Yue Chen et al.Problem statement: Sulfotransferases (SULTs) are important phase II drug metabolizing enzymes. They also regulate the biological activities of various hormones. To the best of our knowledge, psychostimulants regulation of SULTs is basically not studied except one article reported that Methamphetamine (METH) treatment induced rat amygdale rSULT1A1 mRNA 4.3 fold by using microarray method to identify a series of candidate genes … …American Journal of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Vol. 5, Issue 3 · 30 Sep 2010 · 7,683 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractWork-Family Conflict among Junior Physicians: Its Mediating Role in the Relationship between Role Overload and Emotional ExhaustionAminah AhmadProblem statement: The use of a mediation model for understanding the mediating impact of work-family conflict on the relationship between role overload and emotional exhaustion has not been given much attention. Approach: This study tested a mediation model consisting of emotional exhaustion as the dependent variable and role overload as the independent variable, with work-family conflict as its mediator. Data … …Journal of Social Sciences, Vol. 6, Issue 2 · 30 Jun 2010 · 9,996 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractSensitivity of Fish Landings to Some Meteorological Parameters: A Case StudyMadihah Jafar-Sidik, Than Aung, Awnesh SinghProblem statement: A widely held belief that climate change has impacts on sustainable fish catch leads us to find out how these effects influence fish landings in Sabah, Malaysia, especially for the west and east coasts, based upon monsoonal periods. Correlation of fish landings with rainfall suggests that local fish landing is believed to be sensitive to the effects of … …American Journal of Environmental Sciences, Vol. 6, Issue 2 · 30 Apr 2010 · 7,433 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractA Causal Relationship between Financial Market Development and Economic GrowthAthanasios Vazakidis, Antonios AdamopoulosProblem statement: This study investigated the causal relationship between financial market development and economic growth for United Kingdom for the period 1965-2007 using a Vector Error Correction Model (VECM). Questions were raised whether financial market development causes economic growth or reversely taking into account the negative effect of interest rate. The objective of this study was to examine the causal … …American Journal of Applied Sciences, Vol. 7, Issue 4 · 30 Apr 2010 · 7,678 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractThe Relationship between Credit Market Development and Economic GrowthAntonios AdamopoulosProblem statement: This study investigated the relationship between credit market development and economic growth for Spain for the period 1976-2007 using a Vector Error Correction Model (VECM). Questions were raised whether economic growth spurs credit market development taking into account the negative effect of inflation rate and investments on credit market development. This study aimed to investigate the short-run and … …American Journal of Applied Sciences, Vol. 7, Issue 4 · 30 Apr 2010 · 7,697 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractA Multiderivative Collocation Method for 5th Order Ordinary Differential EquationsS. J. Kayode, D. O. AwoyemiProblem statement: The conventional methods of solving higher order differential equations have been by reducing them to systems of first order equations. This approach is cumbersome and increases computational time. Approach: To address this problem, a numerical algorithm for direct solution of 5th order initial value problems in ordinary differential equations (odes), using power series as basis function, is proposed … …Journal of Mathematics and Statistics, Vol. 6, Issue 1 · 31 Mar 2010 · 8,928 accessesView PDFCite