interaction between human and his environment is always in consideration from scientists and scholars across various scientific spheres. for decades there are not any doubts that enhancement of connection between human and nature in various forms is necessarily influenced by their attitudes, feelings and perspectives toward this environment. however, examining of environmental emotions separate...

the effect of partial slip and temperature dependent fluid properties on the mhd mixed convection flow from a heated, non-linearly stretching surface in the presence of radiation and non-uniform internal heat generation/absorption is investigated. the velocity of the stretching surface was assumed to vary according to power-law form. thermal transport is analyzed for two types of non-isothermal...

What is the dependent variable in social media use? From a research perspective, this is a pertinent question to help explain and understand the behaviors that underpin the widespread adoption and use of social media throughout society. From a practical perspective, the question is relevant for social media technology providers, for businesses that use social media, and community organizations ...

Singular quadratic functionals of one dependent variable with nonseparated boundary conditions are investigated. Necessary and sufficient conditions for nonnegativity of these functionals are derived using the concept of coupled point and singularity condition. The paper also includes two comparison theorems for coupled points with respect to the various boundary conditions.

In studying self-reinforcement (i.e., the process in which individuals control their own behavior by rewarding themselves when a certain standard of behavior is achieved) two types of research methodologies should be considered: one which studies how performance standards of self-reward are acquired and one which determines if self-administered consequences affect behavior. The distinction betw...

Smith for helpful comments and to Richard Blundell for kindly making his data available. In 1imi ted dependent variable models the estimators obtained by maximising the normal likelihood function are generally inconsistent when the assumption of normality ls falseo Arabmazar and Schmidt (1982) have shown that the bias trom non-normality can be substantial when the degree of censoring (or trunca...

the increasing consumption of electricity in iran is one of the greatest concerns of the government. using the subsidy-based pricing system is one of the main reasons of improper pattern of residential electricity consumption that has imposed great cost over the government due to the increased number of consumers and their improper way of consuming electricity. in this paper, we analyze the fac...