Political parties use electoral clientelism to augment their support in many societies around the world. Extensive research shows how and citizens’ attitudes towards are shaped by broad social economic factors. However, we know little about political can influence people’s clientelism. To address this gap literature, article analyzes extent which development of a party organization interactions...

Over three years students at the University of Tasmania have participated in eExaminations where they have responded to examination questions using computers. Over these three years they have made the transition from using institutional computers in laboratories to using personally owned laptops in a traditional examination hall. This innovation and transition have been paralleled and enabled b...

Background and Objective: The third wave of cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) including acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT) embraces new approaches and methods potentially capable of addressing complex cases of substance abuse. It seems that the third wave of (CBT) emphasizing mindfulness and psychological resilience are effective in the rehabilitation of addicts undergoing methadone treat...

In [8], Henry Kyburg describes the approach he intends to pursue in studying believing and reasoning—an approach based on the agent accepting conclusions on the basis of their probability relative to a body of background knowledge and evidence—and sketches some arguments for and against this approach in the course of describing his intent. My comments here relate to some of these arguments and ...

BACKGROUND AND AIM: Parents’ attitudes towards different aspects of dentistry especially the use of behavior management techniques (BMTs) can greatly effect a child’s cooperation in a dental office. The present quasi-experimental study was conducted with the aim to assess the effect of a verbal explanation on parents’ acceptance level of the most common BMTs used in pediatric dentistry.METHODS:...

background and aims. parental acceptance and consent are important parameters in selecting the required behavior management technique during pediatric dental treatment. the present study sought to assess the effect of three different informing methods on the parental acceptance, consent and concern regarding the pharmacological and invasive behavior management techniques used in pediatric denti...

in nuclear medicine, there are two methods of imaging, planar and tomography. single photon emission computerized tomography (spect) shows better image details and therefore is influenced more by image parameters such as resolution, uniformity, sensitivity, etc. manufacturers provide customers with data which are obtained by complicated and sometimes secret methods. marketing companies test and...