................................................................................................................. 10 CHAPTER ONE. INTRODUCTION............................................................................. 11 Overview .................................................................................................................... 11 Digital Diploma Mills – Distance Education at...

The goal of this research is to explore whether network structures common in social networks also emerge in online distance learning networks. We compare the observed values of reciprocity and transitivity in 95 online distance learning networks and 40 social networks with predictions of Random Graph models. All the networks tested exhibit reciprocities that significantly deviate from the predi...

BACKGROUND Do peripersonal space for acting on objects and interpersonal space for interacting with con-specifics share common mechanisms and reflect the social valence of stimuli? To answer this question, we investigated whether these spaces refer to a similar or different physical distance. METHODOLOGY Participants provided reachability-distance (for potential action) and comfort-distance (...

This letter intends to discuss how CoVID-19 pandemic and its related preventive measures such as maintaining social distance and reducing social and intimate relationships can affect the formation of domestic violence. It also points to the need for families to provide psychological support in dealing with this epidemic.

A vital ingredient for the success of interorganizational collaboration projects is strong personal relationships among partners. Their formation structured by geographical distances between In corresponding research, it assumed that geographic distance inhibits face-to-face interactions, which are highly effective tie-formation. However, findings from adjacent fields research suggest greater c...