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Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractWorldviews in Isan-Thai StoriesJaruwan Thammawat, Pathom Hongsuwan, Wajuppa TossaProblem statement: This study aimed to investigate two-fold: To present worldviews in Isan-Thai Stories and to explain the connections between the worldviews and their societal contexts. Approach: Following the methodology of folklore studies, both oral and written versions of Isan-Thai stories were analyzed in order to find out their structures, contents, motifs and contexts. The 76 stories which were chosen … …Journal of Social Sciences, Vol. 5, Issue 4 · 31 Dec 2009 · 7,534 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractGroundwater Resources Pollution Risk: Application of the Holman MethodM. De Maio, C. Favaron, G. NocerinoProblem statement: The aim of this study is to make an attempt to assess, through the application of the Holman Method, the effects that a careless management of human induced activities could have on aquifers and in particular on tapping wells used for human supply. Approach: The study had been applied to two different territories, as far as both the … …American Journal of Environmental Sciences, Vol. 5, Issue 6 · 31 Dec 2009 · 6,776 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractDisposition of Human Resource Development Structure in Manufacturing Firms in MalaysiaAbdullah HaslindaProblem statement: Human Resource Development (HRD) is rapidly gaining importance in manufacturing firms in Malaysia, as there are strong driving forces such as legal, financial and infrastructural support from the Government. This is because the Government believes that investment in human capital is key to the success of the country’s economy. However, this strategy may not be effective without the … …Journal of Social Sciences, Vol. 5, Issue 1 · 31 Mar 2009 · 7,623 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractToward Clean Green Sustainable Development to Prevent the First Food World War, Changing Authoritative-Public Extension to Literalized-Partnership Extension SystemIraj MalakmohammadiProblem statement: The main purpose in this study is to provide a more rational platform in extension modeling to respond to the very recent world-wide warnings calling up for global revision of the present extension practices to put the appropriate science and technology to application to securing Clean-Green Sustainable Development (CGSD). Approach: To achieve this purpose, extension education was reconsidered … …American Journal of Agricultural and Biological Sciences, Vol. 4, Issue 1 · 31 Mar 2009 · 8,050 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractPerceptions of Paddy Farmers towards Sustainable Agricultural Technologies: Case of Haraz Catchments Area in Mazandaran province of IranA. Bagheri, H. Shabanali Fami, A. Rezvanfar et al.Sustainable agriculture has defined and described in many ways. Despite the diversity in conceptualizing sustainable agriculture, there is a consensus on three basic dimensions of the concept, namely, ecological soundness economically viable and socially acceptable. The dimensions of ecological soundness refers to the preservation and improvement of the natural environment. Environmental issues emerge from the human use of natural resources. … …American Journal of Applied Sciences, Vol. 5, Issue 10 · 31 Oct 2008 · 7,807 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractPoverty Alleviation and Sustainable Development: The Role of Social CapitalAli Asadi, Morteza Akbari, Hossain Shabanali Fami et al.Developing countries are facing dilemmas such as un-sustainability, and poverty, (especially rural poverty). Poor people are often seen as compelled to exploit their surrounding for short-term survival and are assumed to be the ones most exposed to natural resources degradation. In order that at the first; we review the extensive theoretical literature on social capital, poverty and sustainability and demonstrate … …Journal of Social Sciences, Vol. 4, Issue 3 · 30 Sep 2008 · 9,027 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractSociopolitical Instability and Capital Accumulation in Developing Countries: Cross Country pooled data EvidenceAbdul Haque, Selvarathinam Santhirasegaram, Muhammad YounisThis study shows that sociopolitical conflicts measured by peace building capacity in developing countries affect physical and human capital accumulation in selected 70 developing countries from all regions of the world during 2000-2004 by using econometric models. We conclude that sociopolitical instability negatively and significantly effect both physical and human capital accumulation in selected countries. Sociopolitical stability in developing countries … …Journal of Social Sciences, Vol. 3, Issue 4 · 31 Dec 2007 · 7,877 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractSociopolitical Instability and Economic Growth Empirical Evidence from Sri LankaChangsheng Xu, Santhirasegaram Selvarathinam, Wen Xing LiSociopolitical instability severely affects economic growth in short and long run. This study analyzes that sociopolitical instability measured by proxy measure; annual growth rate of tourist arrivals in Sri Lanka during 1960-2005 adversely affects economic growth. Our empirical findings based on ordinary lease square econometric estimation, show that sociopolitical instability negatively and significantly affect economic growth. Reduction of economic growth … …American Journal of Applied Sciences, Vol. 4, Issue 12 · 31 Dec 2007 · 6,881 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractTrade-GDP Nexus in Iran: An Application of the Autoregressive Distributed Lag (ARDL) ModelMosayeb Pahlavani, Ed Wilson, Andrew C. WorthingtonThis study employed annual time series data (1960-2003) and unit root tests with multiple breaks to determine the most likely times of structural breaks in major factors impacting on the trade-GDP nexus in Iran We found, inter alia, that the endogenously determined structural breaks coincided with important events in the Iranian economy, including the 1979 Islamic revolution and the outbreak … …American Journal of Applied Sciences, Vol. 2, Issue 7 · 31 Jul 2005 · 8,523 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractAntecedents of Employees’ Turnover Intentions: Evidence from Private Educational InstitutionsAtif Atique Siddiqui, Raja Ahmed JamilIn today’s competitive environment, the development and retention of human capital has become a serious concern for organizations. This study aims to study the antecedents of employees’ turnover intentions in private educational institutions. A closed ended questionnaire was distributed among 200 employees of different educational institutions. One hundred and seventy eight of them responded with total response rate of 79%. … …American Journal of Economics and Business Administration, Vol. 7, Issue 4 · 12 Nov 2015 · 7,413 accessesView PDFCite