Social Sciences & Humanities: Recent submissions

  • Public Sector and Corruption in Nigeria: An Ethical and Institutional Framework of Analysis 
    Casimir, K. C. Ani; Izueke, E. M.; Nzekwe, I. F. (Scientific Research, 2014-08)
    The paper examines the imperatives of good ethical conduct in the conduct of government business in Nigeria. As government business grows in complexity with the adoption of technological innovations in government, ...
  • Why the Bible Cannot and Should Not Be Taken Literally 
    Firestone, Randall S. (Scientific Research, 2014-08)
    This paper argues that there are at least five reasons why the claim that the Bible is to be taken literally defies logic or otherwise makes no sense, and why literalists are in no position to claim that they have the ...
  • Philosophy of Education: A Tool for National Development? 
    Abiogu, Godwin (Scientific Research, 2014-08)
    This paper is an exposition on the theoretical and practical relevance of educational philosophy to national development. It postulated that philosophical ideas have been responsible for shaping the development of societies ...
  • Hand-Washing Global 
    Wu, John Y. (Scientific Research, 2014-08)
    By the practical nature of the case, here is no theoretical argument but pragmatic reasoning for washing hands, with scientific evidence of hand-washing flushing out diseases into a sanitary condition globally. All facts ...
  • Additive Property and the Physical Reducibility of the Mind 
    Hyun, Kwangho (Scientific Research, 2014-05)
    It is controversial whether the mind is physically reducible or not. If the mind is physically reducible, it must share properties with the physical world. To find out how the mind can be characterized, an “additive ...
  • Is the World Objective? 
    Sabbadini, Shantena Augusto (Scientific Research, 2014-05)
    The assumption of an objective world underlying all our experiences is deeply embedded in our everyday thinking and in our language, and has been an unquestioned presupposition of the scientific enterprise for at least ...
  • Everyone Vegetarian, World Enriching 
    Wu, John Y. (Scientific Research, 2014-05)
    This essay advocates global vegetarian diet. Firstly, seven personal health benefits and four global benefits of vegetarian dinners are specified to enrich the entire globe, and then, secondly, I explore concretely how ...
  • “Do Not Weep” (Luke 7: 13): In the Footstep of the Compassionate Jesus 
    Obiorah, Mary Jerome (Scientific Research, 2014-08)
    The divine image, which every human being bears as a result of God’s benevolence at creation, attracts us to the Divine. Human beings are religious by nature and in order to fully realise themselves as humans they have ...
  • Imagination and Thematic Reality in the African Novel: A New Vision for African Novelists 
    Hakibou, Abdoulaye (2017-12-21)
    The present study on the topic “Imagination and thematic reality in the African novel: a new vision to African novelists” aims to show the limitation of the contribution of the African literary works to the good governance ...
  • Hill to Plain: Causes and Impacts of Internal Migration of Indigenous Peoples in Bangladesh 
    Akter Akhy, Asma; Chakma, Basu Mittra (Scientific Research Publishing, 2015-10-20)
    Various factors are related in internal migration of indigenous peoples from their ancestral places, that is hill, to the plain areas. This article aims to find out the pull and push factors of the indigenous migration. ...
  • Hellenic Integrative Psychotherapy: A Total Holistic Approach 
    Nestoros, Joannis N. (Scientific Research Publishing, 2018-07-12)
    An integrative psychotherapy model is described which proposes that the basic “schools” of psychotherapy, that is the psychodynamic, behavioral, humanistic/ existential, systemic and biological approaches can be synthesized ...
  • Gender Abuse in Intimate Relationships: From Structural Coupling Theory to Emergence of Couple System 
    Condorelli, Rosalia (Scientific Research Publishing, 2017-10-17)
    Is love predictable in its choices? Linear Determinism, Randomness or Complexity? By applying theoretical coordinates of current sociological interpretations of intimacy and conceptual categories of New General System ...
  • Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging Demonstrates That Hypnosis Is Conscious and Voluntary 
    Venneri, Annalena; Tikhonoff, Valérie; Facco, Enrico; Lapenta, Antonio M; Albertini, Federica; Mitolo, Micaela; Stabile, Maria Rosaria; Gasparotti, Federica; Finatti, Francesco; Casiglia, Edoardo (Scientific Research Publishing, 2018-07-05)
    Hypnosis is a condition of modified consciousness (monoideism) resulting from a mental representation able to produce psychological and physical effects. The general belief is that hypnosis is conscious and voluntary, ...
  • From Second Chance Learners and Second-Class Citizens to Competent Addiction Practitioners 
    Carton, Tony (Scientific Research Publishing, 2018-04-28)
    The idea that clinicians who are in recovery from addiction or substance abuse working as addiction practitioners seems deeply counter-intuitive. Compounding this is the problem that many have incurred criminal records, so ...
  • Frames of Rights, Entitlement, Need, and Deservingness in the Affordable Care Act 
    Beechey, Susanne N. (Scientific Research Publishing, 2015-09-30)
    I analyze four frames deployed by members of United States Congress on the floor of the House of Representatives before the initial passage of the Affordable Care Act on November 7, 2009. Of the four frames—need, rights, ...
  • Examination of Entrepreneurship from Humanistic Values Perspective 
    Yilmaz, Ercan (Scientific Research Publishing, 2018-05-29)
    This study attempts to examine the influence of humanistic values people prefer on their entrepreneurship. The study is a qualitative study and the data were collected and analyzed using this method. Besides, rela- tional ...
  • English Language Learning Strategies of Malaysian Secondary School Students: Implication for Inter-Cultural Communication 
    Babikkoi, Mallam Adamu; Razak1, Binti Abdul; Zainab, Noor (Scientific Research Publishing, 2014-03-21)
    English is unquestionably the contemporary language of science, technology, commerce, intercultural communication and scholarship. It is consists of accomplished growing importance in the world. Consequently, in Malaysia ...
  • Economic and Cultural Peripheralization in the Eurozone 
    Paolilli, Antonio Luigi (Scientific Research Publishing, 2013-11-22)
    Copyright © 2014 Antonio Luigi Paolilli. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the ...
  • Concerns Involving the Self: What Is the Real Target of Anxiety, Regret, or Worry, When Things Do Not Go Right for You? More Evidence from Sweden and the United States 
    Hayase, Kohji (Scientific Research Publishing, 2018-06-29)
    More than 1000 respondents in Sweden (2013) and the US (2014) were asked to report their subjective opinions and attitudes about situations that caused them regret, concern, worry, and anxiety. US respondents self-identified ...
  • Clocks, Watches and Timepieces: The Ace Bio-Political Tools 
    Butola, Balbir Singh (Scientific Research Publishing, 2014-03-04)
    “...it’s my hypothesis that the individual is not a pre-given entity which is seized on by the exercise of power. The individual, with his identity and characteristics, is the product of a relation of power exercised ...

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