This paper reviews the social scientific literature about non-forcible, voluntary sexual relationships between adults and juveniles, what we have termed “statutory sex crime relationships” or “statutory relationships.” In the available literature, the topic is poorly defined and the research weak, but there are clearly a diverse variety of contexts and dynamics to such relationships. We detail ...

This study examined elementary science and language arts software programs to determine the degree of use of integrated themes. Using a twenty-item review instrument based on criteria derived from a literature review of integrated instruction in the subjects of science and language arts, a total of 141 (including pilot study n = 12) software were analyzed. Findings revealed that there were more...

bonding to dentin is a promising property, which can prevent leakage and improve the sealing ability of endodontic filling materials. resilon was developed and recommended initially because the existing root canal filling materials did not bond to root canal dentin. since its introduction in 2004, numerous reports have been published regarding various aspects of this material. this article aime...

Abstract In recent years, Open Innovation (OI) and crowdsourcing have been very popular topics in the innovation management literature, attracting significant interest attention, inspiring a rich production of publications. Although these two share common themes address similar managerial challenges, to best our knowledge, there is no systematic literature review that digs deep into intersectio...

Abstract It is a common perception that circular economy (CE) principles positively influence the servitisation strategy. The firms improve their productivity and resource/energy efficiency by engineering functional efficacy in sustainable product. However, managerial practices support this distinctive business model (BM) are relatively sparse despite liaisons. Therefore, paper focused on addre...

Membrane technology applied in the chemical and energy industry has the potential to overcome many drawbacks of conventional technologies such as the need of large volume plants and large CO2 emissions. Recently, it has been reported that this technology might become more competitive...

BACKGROUND There are thirteen WHO collaborating centres in Iran which no mechanism or model has ever been foreseen for the evaluation of them. This original research is innovative in Iran, which has been offered by the researcher through a joint research project with WHO. METHODS The aforesaid model has been approved by the International Relation Department of Ministry of Health& education. T...

Context: An increasing number of publications in product line engineering address product derivation, i.e., the process of building products from reusable assets. Despite its importance, there is still no consensus regarding the requirements for product derivation support. Objective: Our aim is to identify and validate requirements for tool-supported product derivation. Method: We identify the ...

Our literature review focuses on the emerging construct of ethical leadership and compares this construct with related concepts that share a common concern for a moral dimension of leadership (e.g., spiritual, authentic, and transformational leadership). Drawing broadly from the intersection of the ethics and leadership literatures, we offer propositions about the antecedents and outcomes of et...