Using a theoretical cultural competency model, the effectiveness of a cultural competency learning assignment was examined to determine: 1) students' cultural competency levels as reflected through the assignment, and 2) the effectiveness of the assignment as a cultural competency learning activity. Third-year family medicine clerkship students completed a required project to research and refle...

This semester we will be covering various topics in representation theory, see the separate syllabus for a detailed list of topics, including some that we may or may not get to. Much of the material will be rather standard for a course of this kind, but an attempt will be made to explain some of the relations between representation theory and quantum mechanics. The notion of “quantization” has ...

This paper introduces the cultural r/k theory an evolutionary theory that explains why different cultures evolve in different directions. The cultural r/k theory links differences in artistic style with war and peace, geography, political system and religion. This theory is useful for explaining cultural differences, for classifying artefacts and for predicting sampling bias in the archaeologic...

This is a paper examining the arguments in favour and against diversity in organisations. The purpose of this paper is to review the literature on cultural diversity, enumerate the advantages and disadvantages of diversity in organizations and examine the effects of diversity as perceived by organizations represented by chosen companies operating in the Podlasie region.

Cultural transmission (CT) describes the myriad processes whereby information is transmitted from a transmitter to a recipient. Much empirical and modelling research suggests that there are many different pathways and biases through which such information is transmitted. In particular, the content, context, and mode of the transmission can structure variation over time and space in resulting in...