putin’s policies have had significant impact on russian foreign policy after the cold war. despite the fact that putin sought for increasing russia’s power to the same level as the cold war, however; he was aware that the nature of the international system has undergone serious changes. therefore, some specific factors including close collaboration with the united states, an energy-oriented for...

the caucasus has seen numerous crises since the region gained independence following the collapse of the soviet :union:. some of these crises have not been resolved yet as evidenced by recent russia-georgia conflict. this paper seeks to analyze such crises within the framework of significant geopolitical changes unfolded by the collapse of the soviet :union:. the author argues that in the post-...

Employment tribunals (ETs) (formerly named industrial tribunals) were first created in the 1960s under the Industrial Training Act. The current level of activity is .100 000 cases that are commenced each year, though less than a third of those come to trial. Principal complaints are of unfair dismissal and claims under the antidiscrimination laws, which now extend to discrimination on grounds o...

Nearly all general practice physicians (GPs) in the United Kingdom (UK) have electronic health record (EHR) systems in their practices compared with perhaps 15% of primary care physicians in the United States (U.S.). Based on interviews of 13 general GPs and review of current literature, the authors argue that the historical experience of widespread electronic health record uptake in the UK pro...

(a) The following provisions of law may be applicable to volunteers whose services are offered and accepted under the regulations in this part: (1) Subchapter I of Chapter 81 of Title 5 of the United States Code relating to medical services for work related injuries; (2) Title 28 of the United States Code relating to tort claims; (3) Section 7903 of Title 5 of the United States Code relating to...

Currently pathological and illness-centric policy surrounds the evaluation of the health status of a person experiencing disability. In this research partnerships were built between disability service providers, community development organizations and disability arts organizations to build a translational evaluative methodology prior to implementation of an arts-based workshop that was embedded...

The rapid growth in the number of children participating in the Supplemental Security Income (SSI) program before the age of 18 has led policymakers to consider new methods of assisting children with disabilities in their transition from school to work. Postsecondary education represents one path that SSI children may take to acquire the skills necessary to enter employment and reduce dependenc...

The legal system prides itself on rigorous issues analysis, logical thought processes and comprehensive use of factual data in cases involving the social sciences. Since the famed" Brandeis brief' was filed with the United States Supreme Court in Lochner v. New York' some 50 years ago, the employment of social science data in public policy cases has been a benchmark of the appellate court proce...