The current consensus objective of development aid in the international community is to reduce poverty in general and to achieve the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) in particular. In addition, the dominant view identifies economic growth as the principal means to this end. But the policy objective of aid can be defined in many ways, and has in fact varied over time with shifting priorities ...

We study the problem of existence of weak right or left or strong coprime factorizations in H-infinity over the right half-plane of an analytic function defined in some subset of the right half-plane. We give necessary and sufficient conditions for the existence of such coprime factorizations in terms of an optimal control problem over the doubly infinite continuous-time axis. In particular, we...

Different family types may have a fixed flow of consumption costs related to subsistence needs. We use a survey approach in order to identify and estimate such a fixed component of spending for different families. Our method involves making direct questions about the linkup between aggregate disposable family income and well-being for different family types. Conducting a pilot version of our su...

We consider well-posedness of the aggregation equation ∂tu + div(uv) = 0, v = −∇K ∗ u with initial data in P2(R)∩L(R), in dimensions two and higher. We consider radially symmetric kernels where the singularity at the origin is of order |x|α , α > 2−d, and prove local well-posedness in P2(R)∩L(R) for sufficiently large p > ps. In the special case of K(x) = |x|, the exponent ps = d/(d−1) is sharp...

The current research aimed to explore the relationship between depression, the social support and subjective well-being using questionnaire survey. The results showed that the social support, depression and subjective well-being were significantly related. It is found that the depression and the sense of subjective well-being of students play a role of predictive by regression analysis.

Article history: Received 24 February 2016 Received in revised form 12 July 2016 Accepted 14 July 2016 Available online 16 July 2016 Self-determination theory proposes that individuals experience distinct types of motivation to varying degrees. While it is well documented that these types of motivation differentially predict outcomes, very little attention has been paid to how they interact wit...

We will prove the well-posedness of certain second order ordinary and partial integro-differential equations with an integral term of the form t ∫ 0 m(φ(t−s))φ̇(s) ds, wherem is given and φ is the solution. The new aspect is the dependence of the kernel on the solution. In addition, for the ordinary integro-differential equation, the asymptotic behaviour of the solution is described for some ker...

There are new realities of the modern age that can directly and indirectly implicate the current and future psychosocial development and emotional wellbeing of children. The following discussion in this article emanates from the common position of both authors who recognize a seismic shift in the lives of children has occurred. Both authors hold the position that the social realities of childre...