the major objective of this article is to introduce the institution of ombudsman as one of the most common institutions in administrative law in many countries. having this goal in mind, in the first section, the authors endeavor to analyze the course of development of the institution of ombudsman, as well as its significance and functions. in the second section, they present a score of cases o...

BACKGROUND In order to address and support biostatistics for health research, the Health Sciences Research Office of the University of the Witwatersrand sought to introduce training in biomedical statistics to sustain research and postgraduate education. The experiences encountered in setting up such statistical support in a limited resource, developing country are discussed here. METHODS Two...

recently, gender differences in scientific production has increasingly been focused on by science sociologists. awareness of scientific priorities, technology and human resources based on gender is one of the determining factors for science policy making and the success of plans. the present study aimed to examine the status and quota of women in academic departments and social science research...

natural resources protection not only depends on technology but also on local institutions and organizations. using local organizations like islamic rural councils (ircs) is an alternative to make a proper sustainable organizational framework for managing natural resources as they have the effective role in enhancing rural participation. hence, many countries seek to exhort and use the local pa...

The Central Statistics Agency (BPS) is a government institution that has the authority to carry out statistical activities in the form of censuses and surveys, to produce statistical data needed by the government, the private sector and the general public, as a reference in planning, monitoring, and evaluation of development results. Therefore, providing quality statistical data is very decisiv...

amre- be- maroof and nahie- az- monkar is one of the basicfoundations in relation to construction of religious values and thus it hasalways had a superior position in the arguments of motekallemin andfoghaha. its importance in the pyramid of islamic beliefs and thoughts issuch that it is said any disrespect to this foundation will amount to detentionof all the rules and regulations, values, saf...

strongly supports academic freedom and a researcher's right to publish; as an institution, however, the Laboratory does not endorse the viewpoint of a publication or guarantee its technical correctness. Abstract. For transportation planning applications , it is useful to not only model each individual traveler, but also the decision-making process leading to her travel demand. Simulation-based ...