we have recently become aware that the office of foreign assets control (ofac) of the us department of the treasury has imposed new sanctions against iran. regulation 560.538 provides that us persons should not handle publishing services for written publications (whether journals or books) if any of the authors of the manuscript are employed by the government of iran. the government of iran is ...

T he importance of foreign direct investment (FDI) in developing countries has begun to spread very rapidly, especially after the transition of command economies countries into open markets. Many countries see attracting FDI as an important element in their strategy for economic growth because FDI is widely regarded as an amalgamation of capital, technology, marketing, and management...

With so many fish stocks under pressure, increasing catch levels for one population by 30 per cent might appear catastrophic. But European fishing ministers believe such a move might help tackle two problems. Fishermen in the North Sea will be able to catch more cod this year, but cod fisheries elsewhere around Europe will be further restricted. EU ministers agreed late last month the fish quot...

We hypothesize that owing to limited investor attention and skepticism of complexity, innovative diversity (ID) of a firm's patent portfolio will be undervalued. ID strongly predicts stock returns after controlling for firm characteristics and risk. High ID portfolios provide Carhart alphas of 56-81 basis points per month and stronger and less volatile operating performance. The Diversified Min...

Recommendations advising against mothers and their infants sharing a bed during sleep (bedsharing) have sparked heated debate in recent years, the effects of which are that bedsharing is now most often only considered in the polarised contexts of being either 'the norm' or 'inherently unsafe'. This has resulted in significant tensions between supporters of bedsharing and public health bodies wh...

Assessing the role of Gold and US dollar as a safe haven risk hedge Iran stock market during Covid-19 pandemic earlier

This study examined age differences in topics that generate interpersonal tensions as well as relationship level characteristics that may account for variability in the content of interpersonal tensions. Participants aged 13 to 99 years (N = 184) diagramed their close and problematic social networks, and then provided open-ended descriptions of recent tensions with up to 6 social partners. Mult...

and Applied Analysis 3 Next we present auxiliary statements which play important roles in proving the main results. Define F : 0,∞ → R by F x Φ x/q−1/q −Φ 1−1/x and h : Φ −∞ q ,∞ → R by h x x 1 − q1−α [ 1 − ( 1 ( q − 1 ) Φ−1 x )1−α] . 2.1 For y : q0 → R \ {0} define the operator L by L [ y ] t Φ ( y ( q2t ) qy ( qt ) − 1 q ) −Φ ( 1 − y t

Henry Dicks holds a special position with regard to psychonanalysis. He Accepts the psychoanalytical formulations of psychopathology but he does n?t limit himself to them. He has felt free to incorporate Fairbairn's theoretical elaborations, and also uses ideas from field theorists, notably Kurt Lewin. He has also followed the work ?f pioneers in group research and j?roup therapy in his develop...