In this paper, in addition to some elementary facts about the ultra-groups, which their structure based on the properties of the transversal of a subgroup of a group, we focus on the relation between a group and an ultra-group. It is verified that every group is an ultra-group, but the converse is not true generally. We present the conditions under which, for every normal subultra-group of an u...

Abstract While there has been a veritable boom in literature on organized interests, their lobbying strategies, relationships with decision-makers, and impact policymaking, only few studies have explored internal organizational developments and, specifically, the professionalization of interest groups. The present study focuses national transnational factors driving groups Central Eastern Europ...

In this paper, Adomako Ampofo discusses the activism and struggles that gave birth to the domestic violence law in Ghana. A professor in African Studies and a women’s rights activist herself, Adomako Ampofo traces the trajectory of Ghanaian women organizing for change from the pre-colonial period, through the independent struggles to the passage of the domestic violence bill into law. She parti...

The paper sets out some requirements for the user interfaces of technologies that are to be used in the home. Each theme is illustrated with some of the current research being carried out at CUHTec. Interfaces for domestic technologies should be: Simple we are willing to expend only slight cognitive resources in many domestic contexts (this theme is illustrated by the extreme example of assisti...

OBJECTIVE To explore primary care physicians' experiences with domestic violence victims to determine the barriers to problem recognition and intervention in the primary care setting. DESIGN Ethnography, a qualitative research method involving the use of open-ended, semistructured interviews. SETTING An urban health maintenance organization serving a predominantly white, middle-income popul...

In Malaysia, a number of programs and initiativeshave been introduced to increase computer owner-ship and ensure universal access among the popu-lation. A survey among households was conductedto study the impact of ICT and computers onMalaysian society. The survey was carried out toexamine the level of domestic computer usage andidentify the common activities associa...

The origin of the domestic dog from wolves has been established, but the number of founding events, as well as where and when these occurred, is not known. To address these questions, we examined the mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) sequence variation among 654 domestic dogs representing all major dog populations worldwide. Although our data indicate several maternal origins from wolf, >95% of all seq...

Mesolithic populations throughout Europe used diverse resource exploitation strategies that focused heavily on collecting and hunting wild prey. Between 5500 and 4200 cal BC, agriculturalists migrated into northwestern Europe bringing a suite of Neolithic technologies including domesticated animals. Here we investigate to what extent Mesolithic Ertebølle communities in northern Germany had acce...