Based on an elaborate ontological taxonomy, the Featuresand-Fluents framework provides an independent action semantics for assessing the range of applicability of action calculi. In this paper, we show how the fluent calculus can be used to capture the full range of phenomena in K-IA, the broadest ontological class that has been fully formalized in (Sandewall 1994). To this end, we develop a si...

This study is undertaken to test whether or not there exists gender bias in health care utilisation of sick children in Pakistan. Overall, the results are encouraging, as medical consultation has been sought for by a very high proportion (79 percent) of sick children. Moreover, there do not appear to be significant differences by gender in health care utilisation, be it curative or preventive. ...

Employees’ failures to follow information security policy can be costly to organizations. Organizations implement security controls in order to motivate employees. Many control-related motivations have been explored in information security research (e.g., self-efficacy and behavioral control); however, self-determination has yet to receive attention. Selfdetermination theory is widely used in o...

Using a national sample of adolescents, results of this study demonstrate the important role family and school social capital plays in protecting both White and selected nonWhite students against violent outcomes. For example, parent-child relationship was associated with reduced violence for Black and White adolescents but not for Hispanics. School affi liation was signifi cant in models for H...

Three factors significantly influence profit repatriations by U.S. multinational firms: tax considerations, domestic financing and investment needs, and agency problems inside firms. Dividend repatriations are surprisingly persistent and resemble dividend payments to external shareholders. Tax considerations are influential but not decisive. Affiliates whose organizational forms carry differing...

Can we reconcile the predictions of the altruism model of the family with the evidence on parental monetary transfers in the US? This paper provides a new assessment of this question. I expand the altruism model by introducing effort of the child and by relaxing the assumption of perfect information of the parent about the labor market opportunities of the child. First, I solve and simulate a m...

Power systems are highly nonlinear but we depend to a large extent on linearized methods for analysis and controller design. Aspects of small disturbance stability such as its dependence on parametric change require study of the underlying bifurcation boundaries. Control measures to alleviate problems require sensitivity of margins of stability. In this paper, optimization frameworks developed ...

Recent analyses both question the assumption that parental separation only has negative effects on families and suggest that attention should be paid to the diversity of experiences post divorce. The latter may be accomplished by combining methods, examining different levels of individuals’ experiences. Seventy-six mothers from separated and married families with a child aged 20 months particip...

Between 1968 and 2013, two striking changes occurred in the characteristics of US parents. First, the share of households headed by a single parent grew from 19% to 40%. Second, the share of households in which at least one parent has a fouryear college degree grew from 17% to 45%, with most of the increase coming from dual parent households. We first conduct simple accounting exercises to show...

The increasing number of threats in cyberspace has meant that every internet user is at a greater risk than ever before. Children are no exception to this exploitation, incurring psychological and financial stress. Technology is on a persistent pursuit of offering exquisite solution to address the problems associated with children on the cyberspace. With every new product for parental control t...