Media landscape in mainland China is generally considered as lack of freedom by many media critics, for the Chinese government and Communist Party control the mainstream media, manipulating the agenda setting and restraining citizens’ expression (Emmons, 2001; Lu and Weber, 2007). However,...

Over the past 3 decades, a neo-conservative educational reform agenda has come to dominate public education. Since the publication of the polemic, A Nation at Risk by the National Commission on Excellence in Education (1983), educational reform in the US has been guided by private and corporate...

This research aims to explore Thai youths’ travel behavior regarding green travel values, including test the effect of leisure activities preference factor of green activeness group. When classified travel behavior by green shading, there were five major forms of travel behavior; 65.6% were...

This paper analyzes East German perceptions of the Khmer Rouge revolution, particularly its ideological tenants vis-à-vis other communist and socialist currents, as well as developments of the movement’s diplomat relations before and during its exercise of power. The German Democratic...

Introductory research courses give undergraduate students their first, and for many, their only exposure to the scientific methods and principles of research design. They are challenging classes to teach to Child and Youth Care (CYC) students because the thought of “researchers” conjures up...

To evaluate the effect of the JCI quality document on the potential of patients coming from abroad in these cope of health tourism from the point of view of administratorsImportance: Studies examining the effects of JCI on health tourism are limited, the geographical position of our country is...

Objective: To study infant-feeding attitude and feeding methods among Macao postpartum women in hospital. Methods: From December 2009 to December 2011, Postpartum women (n = 468) were recruited in a cross sectional study in Macau. The participants completed a questionnaire on infant feeding at...

This study attempts to extensively investigate the performance and financial soundness of state-owned and private-owned banks in community of Turkish banks for the period 2005-12. We have chosen one of the most popular methods for measuring banking performance, the CAMEL approach, which is an...

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Standardised testing have become a common practice in most schools systems. In Norway, national tests are held in the 5th, 8th, and 9th grade in reading literacy, numeracy and English. Research point to the extensive focus on the tests, and how these testing regimes effect teaching and classroom...