The present paper is the result of a research which aimed to review the current level of support and training provided for the reference management software (also known as citation management tools) by academic libraries. The data was gathered on the basis of a survey of Iranian universities’ websites. The results revealed that in about 50 percent of Iranian universities, there is no informatio...

Resumo: Análise da atuação dos deputados brasileiros nas Cortes constituintes de Lisboa. Destaca-se o caráter fragmentário representação das diferentes províncias brasileiras, procurando encontrar suas razões no mosaico político, ideológico e social brasileiro. Estuda-se os principais embates com portugueses as diversas posições surgidas, revelando a dificuldade para chegar um texto constitucio...

This article explains the representation of business interest during COVID-19 pandemic. The describes how interests get into policy process across areas and political venues. Following previous studies (Dür Mateo, 2016), argues pandemic did not alter groups’ position in policymaking process. Business groups occupy a predominant role discussion proposals vis-à-vis other types governmental arena,...

This study aimed to find out the readiness of Jordanian commercial banks implement blockchain technology. The population this consisted thirteen banks. targeted employees higher departments represented by general managers and their deputies, middle directors heads each finance, internal auditing, information technology in used survey method collect data SPSS Statistics 20.0 program process anal...

INTRODUCTION High quality educational systems are necessary for sustainable development and responding to the needs of society. In the recent decades, concerns have increased on the quality of education and competency of graduates. Since graduates of medical education are directly involved with the health of society, the quality of this system is of high importance. Investigation in the lived e...

PURPOSE The first Elder Abuse Forensic Center (EAFC) in the United States was instituted in 2003. People from a variety of disciplines, including Adult Protective Services social workers, law enforcement, the district attorney's office, a medical response team, public guardian deputies, ombudsmen, mental health services, a victim advocate, and a domestic violence expert work cooperatively on ca...

Background Developing and guiding new knowledge are futile unless the organizational culture can also be transformed. Future leaders cannot emerge out of an organizational environment that is not conducive to the accumulation of experiences. Objective The aim of this study was to explore the role of organizational culture in creating a succession-planning system at the Ministry of Health and ...

The Editorial Board has had some good additions of hardworking colleagues and among the Deputy Editors we can now find Marilyn Tseng from California Polytechnic State University, USA, who has been with the journal for several years. Three recently added deputies are Dr Allison Hodge from University of Melbourne, Australia; Dr Irja Haapala, University of Eastern Finland; and Prof Geraldine McNei...

This paper studies pre-electoral coalition formation and its effect on election outcomes. I estimate a structural model of electoral competition in which: (i) parties can form pre-electoral coalitions to coordinate their candidate nominations, and (ii) parties make strategic campaign spending decisions in support of their candidates. The estimation strategy exploits insights from the literature...