BACKGROUND Abuse of older people is a serious issue and is associated with an increased risk of morbidity and mortality, and professionals will encounter elderly victims of abuse in all areas of the health care system. An important health determinant is behavioral factors, including coping style, which will impact on how older people manage stress and maintain control in their lives, and thereb...

These days randomized-based population optimization algorithms are in wide use in different branches of science such as bioinformatics, chemical physics andpower engineering. An important group of these algorithms is inspired by physical processes or entities’ behavior. A new approach of applying optimization-based social relationships among the members of a community is investigated in this pa...

The term ‘learning organisation’ is now a common feature of museum management discourse and, by implication, raises the issue of how a museum itself learns about approaches to ‘learning’. As ‘learning in museums’ becomes a major focus for many museums, clearly formulated and institutionally supported ideas about ‘learning’ should be an essential part of our role in interpreting natural and cult...