EditorialOpen accessIn the abstractChasing the Fat Demon: Fat Chance, Buddy?David L. Katz, Joachim Storsberg, Christian SchmidtScience is an interesting profession. At times, one could get caught up in his or her own world of thoughts, perception, far away from reality, sometimes referred to as the proverbial ivory tower (Lederberg, 1972). Science for the sake of science is, per se, not without merit, with our fragmented understanding of a given issue providing ample justification for experimentation … …American Journal of Immunology, Vol. 13, Issue 2 · 29 May 2017 · 8,137 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractA History of the Present: The Impact of Newspapers' Constructions of Maltreatment in an Irish Nursing HomeAmanda PhelanSince the publication of Ireland's policy on elder abuse, structural, practice, policy and research advances have occurred. However, a significant catalyst to in raising the public consciousness was the impact of an undercover broadcast of maltreatment in Leas Cross nursing home in 2005. This broadcast has had an enduring and significant impact on nursing home care until the present day. … …International Journal of Research in Nursing, Vol. 7, Issue 1 · 23 Sep 2016 · 7,211 accessesView PDFCite
EditorialOpen accessIn the abstractAn Opportunity for the Agricultural Sector: The Renewable Energy SourcesRiccardo Testa, Salvatore TudiscaToday, among the most important issue for energy decisions by policymakers, there are security challenges and environmental impacts on climate change and economic aspects. Since the seventies, in fact, global warming and environmental issues have had an increasing importance in international debate, attracting the attention of several scientific studies (Landi and Benelli, 2016). Many of these studies denoted that over … …American Journal of Agricultural and Biological Sciences, Vol. 11, Issue 3 · 6 Sep 2016 · 8,098 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractA Note on the Renovation of Social Enterprise in Korea: Current Status and Future ProspectsSeok Yoon, Yoon-Doo KimSocial enterprise activities in Korea began after 1998. Korea was facing the IMF Financial Crisis which yielded growing unemployment and slow economic growth. The government, therefore, carried out the Social Job Creation Project for the unemployed on a trial basis as ways to provide jobs to the vulnerable. Since 2004, it has become a government-wide project. Moreover in 2007, the … …American Journal of Applied Sciences, Vol. 13, Issue 6 · 30 May 2016 · 7,536 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractThe Income Stabilization Tool: Assessing the Hypothesis of a National Mutual Fund in ItalyCapitanio Fabian, Felice Adinolfi, Jorgelina Di PasqualeWith the gradual phasing out of guarantees provided by the CAP to European farmers in terms of the stabilization of markets, the issue of risk management tools has gradually acquired an ever-higher profile that has resulted in a series of innovations that initially enlivened the 2009 Health Check followed by the proposed Commission regulation for rural development policy 2014-2020. In … …American Journal of Applied Sciences, Vol. 13, Issue 4 · 26 Apr 2016 · 7,993 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractBarriers to Children and Young People’s Participation in Policy Making in GhanaJones Adu-GyamfiThis research examined the barriers to young people’s participation as strategic stakeholders in the formulation of public policy, using the formulation of Ghana’s youth policy as a case study. The aim was to gain knowledge about the processes that facilitate or hinder young people’s participation in the policy process at national level. The study involved the use of semi-structured interviews … …Journal of Social Sciences, Vol. 11, Issue 4 · 21 Sep 2015 · 8,201 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractGender Tendency of Russian Political Activity from the Perspective of JurisprudenceNadezhda N. Tarusina, Elena A. IsaevaThe article Russian women is considered as a subjects of constitutional and administrative law and studies different characteristics of their political activity: Conservation of patriarchal tendency as precondition of actual inequality of men and women in the political sphere; formal indices of women's political activity in the Soviet times, their quantitative and qualitative reduction during perestroika and in contemporary times; … …American Journal of Applied Sciences, Vol. 11, Issue 12 · 3 Jan 2015 · 6,622 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractAN EXAMINATION OF THE GROWING LEVEL OF INCOME INEQUALITYAllen L. WebsterThis study examines the dispute surrounding the perceived gap in incomes of different socio-economic classes. The trend in income inequality based on the Gini coefficient in America in contrast to that of other nations in the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development is displayed. Global and national forces seen as causes for the increased separation of income levels are discussed. … …American Journal of Economics and Business Administration, Vol. 6, Issue 1 · 2 Apr 2014 · 6,907 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractTHE INFLUENCE OF THE INTEGRATED MODEL OF SOCIAL STRATIFICATION STRUCTURE ON THE PUBLIC PARTICIPATING NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATIONSYu-Tien Huang, Ming-Shen WangThe main body of social stratification structure in Taiwan is transformed with social mobility. By transforming the social stratification structure, the function of non-profit organizations is operating steadily. How does people’s awareness of social strata directly or indirectly influence the operation of non-profit organizations? How do non-profit organizations and governments respond to the transformation of social stratum compositions? And how … …Journal of Social Sciences, Vol. 9, Issue 4 · 23 Jan 2014 · 7,283 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractAn Overview of Malaria ControlEmmanuel Chanda, Mulakwa Kamuliwo, Richard W. Steketee et al.Malaria remains a serious global public health problem and a leading cause of morbidity and mortality in sub Saharan Africa. In Zambia the disease is endemic with stable transmission, accounting for 40% of all out-patient attendances and is responsible for 20% deaths among children under five. Scaling up of scientifically proven high impact preventive, curative and supportive interventions and deploying … …Current Research in Medicine, Vol. 4, Issue 1 · 29 Apr 2013 · 7,964 accessesView PDFCite