This article will examine the concept of alienation and reconsider its usefulness in sociology and in the social sciences. This concept once occupied center stage in sociological theory, but in recent times it has declined in significance. However, a review of the sociofile database reveals that alienation has and will continue to play a major role in sociological theory. The questions discusse...

The paper shows certain dynamics aspects of competition among firms, particularly in the biotechnology sector, using innovation networks in accordance with the sociological theory of organized action of Michel Crozier and Erhard Friedberg. Firstly it provides an overview of relevant literature on innovation and biotechnology firms. It also reviews briefly the mentioned theory which is represent...

this article studies emotional divorce and the sociological factors effective on it in the city of tehran. the statistical population of the research includes all the families residing in the city of tehran and the sampling methodology is two-stage random and cluster sampling method. the theoretical framework of the research is a combination of the theory of structural functionalism and the the...

‘Theory’ is one of the most important words in the lexicon of contemporary sociology. Yet, their ubiquity notwithstanding, it is quite unclear what sociologists mean by the words ‘theory,’ ‘theoretical,’ and ‘theorize.’ I argue that confusions about the meaning of ‘theory’ have brought about undesirable consequences, including conceptual muddles and even downright miscommunication. In this pape...

An important problem of reconstruction of diffusion network and transmission probabilities from the data has attracted a considerable attention in the past several years. A number of recent papers introduced efficient algorithms for the estimation of spreading parameters, based on the maximization of the likelihood of observed cascades, assuming that the full information for all the nodes in th...

We introduce Diffusion Network Adaptation (DNA), a framework for finding approximate solutions to continuous time, continuous state, continuous action optimal control problems. We present two reinforcement learning algorithms developed under this framework, one model based and the other model free. We test the algorithms in computer simulations and in a complex pneumatic humanoid robot that had...

allame tabatabaei believes that theory of fitrah (instinct qualities of human nature) rests upon the principle of general instinct conductance of creatures and considers this theory as a branch of it. he also believes in the theory of eternal inherent happiness and unhappiness of human being, explains it in a way that it can be compatible with the benevolent tendency in every human being’s natu...

This article contains a discussion and a rationale for the use of phenomenological theory and social construction of reality theory in sociological practice. It also presents examples of the application of these theories via sociological practice in a hospital setting, and describes the role of a sociological practitioner in this setting. In a paper on cultural relativity as a counseling paradi...