Increasing numbers of empirical studies and theoretical frameworks for preventing sexual violence are appearing in the research- and practice-based literatures. The consensus of this work is that although important lessons have been learned, the field is still in the early stages of developing and fully researching effective models, particularly for the primary prevention of this problem in com...

The purpose of this investigation was to compare accuracy and precision of variance components and breeding values for international genetic evaluations based on national breeding values or animal performance records. A conventional progeny test scheme was simulated for 3 countries. True breeding values and observations were generated specific to production environments. Two production environm...

Purpose Synthesising an individual–opportunity nexus model, this research aims to develop a model of early internationalisation by integrating international competitiveness readiness, entrepreneurial motives and home country institutions empirically assesses using multi-level estimate design. Design/methodology/approach Drawing upon global context comprising 79,402 entrepreneurs from 87 countri...

conclusion the use of ahp method can be promising for fostering the evaluation method and subsequently promotion of the efficiency and effectiveness of the radiology departments. the present model can fill in the gap in the accreditation system of the country’s hospitals in respect with ranking and comparing them considering the significance and value of each individual criteria and standard. a...

explanation and evaluation of the book “rational choice and security studies, stephen walt and its critics”, edited by brown owen and lynn josomiller, has taken place in fact in the direction of exploration of the knowledge of security studies in international relations. in terms, examination of walt’s rational choice approach, and the formal-mathematical model, can help us to present a clear a...

A systematic cross-country analysis of e-commerce activity reveals that although physical infrastructure explains much of the variation in basic Internet use, e-commerce activity also depends significantly on the "rule of law" and, secondarily, on availability of credible payment channels such as credit cards. These results suggest that an institutional environment that facilitates the building...