Women have long been underrepresented in undergraduate engineering programs. Women may drop out of engineering programs when they become discouraged by low exam scores. In this project, we examine whether women earn lower exam scores than men and whether Dweck’s model of self-theories explains the difference. Dweck proposed two categories for individuals’ beliefs about intelligence: incremental...

This article aims to discusses Johan Galtung's perspective in analyzing the conflict that occurred between Madura and Malay ethnic groups Sambas through concept of violence. The has been seen as a natural process community life with cultural, religious, ideological elements involved. 1999 regency happened sporadically formed into is constructed negativity an unwanted event. Theorists see can be...

Problematic usage of the Internet (PUI) is an umbrella term covering a range problematic behaviors including online addictive behaviors, such as gaming disorder, pornography-use buying–shopping and social networks use. Theoretical models PUI can not only inspire research on psychological neurobiological mechanisms but may also clinical practice. Based specific examples theoretical subtypes PUI,...

Dress is a part of Chinese cultural heritage that has fascinated Western audiences for centuries. On the National List Intangible Cultural Heritage China, there are items related to textiles, embroideries and certain examples clothing. This article analyses issues connected with different uses dress in West. To fashion theorists such as Bell, Wilson, Sapir Veblen, was opposite modern clothing d...

1. Introduction If a green posture towards the nation-state can be discerned from the diverse writings of green political theorists and fellow environmental sympathizers it is that the nation state plays, at best, a contradictory role in environmental management in facilitating both environmental destruction and environmental protection and, at worst, it is fundamentally ecocidal. 1 From eco-Ma...

The article reports the results of a 2008 national survey of political theorists concerning what and how they teach. The results are based on 1,086 responses from professors at accredited, four-year colleges and universities in the United States. The responses include information about which thinkers are currently being taught, the status of non-Western political thought in political theory edu...

In this talk, I would like to show you some of the recent developments in superstring theory, in particular the relation between gauge theory and string theory. String theory was originally invented as a theory of hadrons, but it was superseded by the gauge theory. It then found its employment in quantum gravity. Now it seems that string theory and gauge theory are meeting again, and I hope thi...

This article aims to discusses Johan Galtung's perspective in analyzing the conflict that occurred between Madura and Malay ethnic groups Sambas through concept of violence. The has been seen as a natural process community life with cultural, religious, ideological elements involved. 1999 regency happened sporadically formed into is constructed negativity an unwanted event. Theorists see can be...