T his study evaluates the causality relationship between human capital and foreign direct investment inflow in twenty-six OIC (the Organization of Islamic Cooperation) countries over the period 1970–2014. We employed the panel Granger non-causality testing approach of Kònya (2006) that is based on seemingly unrelated regression (SUR) systems, and Wald tests with country specific boot...

Building design and management practices are beset by many problems to which satisfactory solutions have not yet emerged. The recognition of the Aristotelian legacy on theorization has given rise proposition that development a new concept integrates technical social aspects might provide general solution. This study aims chart intellectual history discipline, clarify core terms, concepts, relat...

The paper aims to show the importance of reasoning “from metaphysics” in course a consistent interpretation “against neoscholasticism” thesis (J. Ladyman). idea that “the subject metaphysics is metaphysical possibilities, and science determines which them are actually achieved” (E. J. Lowe, Katz, etc.) reinforces role within field science. general theory relativity violates common prevailing in...

iran is one of the most concentrated areas of afghan migrants and refugees. most afghans dispersed throughout the country mixed with iranian households. the majority of afghan immigrants are typically unskilled and illegal workers. this study aims at investigating the nature of the causal relationship between afghan immigrants and two main labor market indicators, average wages and unemployment...

The interpretation of odds ratios (OR) as prevalence (PR) in cross-sectional studies have been criticized since this equivalence is not true unless under specific circumstances. logistic regression model a very well known statistical tool for analysis binary outcomes and frequently used to obtain adjusted OR. Here, we introduce the {\fontshape{it