The Evaluation of Current Conditions of Schools in Tehran in terms of Counterproductive Behaviors of Teachers S. Hosainpoor Toolaazdehi H.R. Zainaabaadi, Ph.D. A. Alimardaani F. Kord Firoozjaaee To evaluate the current conditions of schools in Tehran in terms of counterproductive behaviors of teachers initially a number of teachers and experts were interviewed from which a set of...

We conduct a two-stage game experiment with a non-excludable public good. In the first stage, two subjects choose simultaneously whether or not they commit to contributing nothing to provide a pure public good. In the second stage, knowing the other subject’s commitment decision, subjects who did not commit in the first stage choose contributions to the public good. We found no support for the ...

In this paper we describe an approach to the problem of weighting various factors that contribute to an analysis or outcome of a problem situation and discuss issues about weighting as they touch upon our case-based reasoned HY@O. In HYPO, we take the approach of delaying for as long as possible any assignment of weights-and of symbolically comparing the “weights” of competing factors. We call ...

Many violent relationships are characterized by a high degree of cyclicality: women who are the victims of domestic violence often leave and return multiple times. To explain this we develop a model of time inconsistent preferences in the context of domestic violence. This time inconsistency generates a demand for commitment. We present supporting evidence that women in violent relationships di...

We consider the related notions of two-prover and of relativistic commitment schemes. In recent work, Lunghi et al. proposed a new relativistic commitment scheme with a multi-round sustain phase that keeps the binding property alive as long as the sustain phase is running. They prove security of their scheme against classical attacks; however, the proven bound on the error parameter is very wea...

Negotiations often take time, thereby delaying the implementation of agreements which are to the mutual advantage of the bargaining partners. If the negotiators are all impatient, then these delayed agreements must be inefficient, as all participants must strictly prefer an immediate agreement on the same terms. The inefficiency of delayed agreements poses an important explanatory question: Why...

BACKGROUND Basic surgical skills training is rarely emphasised in undergraduate medical curricula. However, the provision of skills tutorials requires significant commitment from time-constrained surgical faculty. PURPOSE We aimed to determine how a peer-assisted suturing workshop could enhance surgical skills competency among medical students and enthuse them towards a career in surgery. M...

Teachers' attitudes towards sexuality education are among the important predictors of their willingness to teach sexuality education programmes in schools. While there is a plethora of studies on teachers' attitudes towards sexuality in developed countries, there is a paucity of such studies in sub-Saharan Africa in general and Tanzania in particular.  This study examined teachers' attitudes to...