conclusions the results of this study suggested that parental monitoring and affiliation with deviant peers largely explained sexual risk taking among adolescents. therefore, prevention efforts aimed at reducing risky sex should compose of these factors. in fact, the results suggested that earlier prevention efforts may be warranted. results according to the results, about one-fifth of subjects...

This study aims to analyze: 1) the influence of learning discipline on cheating behavior, 2) effect self-confidence 3) peer co-operation 4) environment 5), parental pressure behavior. 6) discipline, conformity, self-confidence, and together The results this indicate that: Learning has a significant behavior in class VIII SMP Negeri 25 Padang. Peer conformity Self-confidence students Parental

The principle of peer review is central to the evaluation of research, by ensuring that only high-quality items are funded or published. But peer review has also received criticism, as the selection of reviewers may introduce biases in the system. In 2014, the organizers of the “Neural Information Processing Systems” conference conducted an experiment in which 10% of submitted manuscripts (166 ...

The effects of potassium promoter for production of heavy hydrocarbons from syngas with silica- supported cobalt catalysts has been studied. After preparing the catalysts in accordance with the sol-gel method, they were subjected to various tests by using a small steely micro-reactor and capable of operating in diversified situations, such as stable temperature range, flow rate, space velocity,...

In this study, we introduce a new peer-to-peer (P2P) approach to instant messaging systems based on a fully decentralized network, and where each human owning a peer can control the traffic supported by her system. The control may be based on criteria such as: (a) her desire to help the endpoints of the communication, e.g., based on friendship, (b) her desire to help a cause, e.g., based on the...

Using a nationally representative, longitudinal sample of Asian American late adolescents/young adults (ages 18-26), this article investigates the link between peer effects, school climate, on the one hand, and substance use, which includes tobacco, alcohol, and other illicit mood altering substance. The sample (N = 1585) is drawn from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health (Waves...

Video distribution over the Internet has become a popular service because of technological advances in internet (e.g., higher network bandwidth) and video coding (e.g., H.264/SVC). In this and other similar media distribution applications, a server or distribution center sends a media/video to a group peers with different bandwidth resources and display capacities. In one of the approaches, the...

We present our vision of a new group collaboration infrastructure, the Networked Semantic Desktop, drawing from co-evolving research in the Semantic Web, Peer-toPeer (P2P) Networks, and Online Social Networking.