Monthly Archive for November, 2009

The seventh issue of Volume 4 of The International Journal of Interdisciplinary Social Sciences has been published.

Volume 4, Number 7 contains:

• Interview Techniques in Three Different Research Scenarios by Elena Caprioni, Manuela Deiana and Erik Eklund.
• The Potentialities of Post-essentialist Pedagogy by Vicki Anne Crowley and Cassandra Loeser.
• From the Magna Carta to Caperton v. A. T. Massey: Judicial Impartiality and the “Crown Jewels of Our System of Government” by Lin Allen.
• The Self and Consumer Society by Rami Gabriel.
• Hallucinogenic Plants and Religious Belief by Rita Singh and Deblina Kar.
• The Best Educational Practices for Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder by Norsiah Fauzan.
• The Politics of the Turkish Gecekondu (Slum) Dwellers: A Case Study on the Izmir Kurucesme District by D. Burcu Egilmez.
• Spousal Partner Homicide Across the United States: Community Correlates, the Importance of Place, and Implications for Comparative Studies by Sheryl Van Horne.
• The Settlement and Social Inclusion of Immigrant Youth in New Zealand by Amritha Sobrun-Maharaj, Samson Tse, Ekramul Hoque and Fiona Rossen.
• The Mothers’ Opinion for Education in Kindergarten as an Indicator for their Participation in the Pedagogical Work of Preschool Learning Environments by Maria Sakellariou.

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The fifth issue of Volume 4 of The International Journal of Interdisciplinary Social Sciences has been published.

Volume 4, Number 5 contains:

• Who’s Afraid of Fear Appeals? The Case of Road Safety Public Campaign Announcements by Pénélope Daignault.
• Sentiment Analysis with Knowledge Resource and NLP Tools by Scott Piao, Yoshimasa Tsuruoka and Sophia Ananiadou.
• The Shaping of Children’s Emotion through Literature Reading Materials by Arbaie Sujud, Normaliza Abd Rahim, Noraien Mansor, Nik Rafidah Nik Affendi, Che Ibrahim Salleh and Asiah Abdul Rahman.
• Policies for Promoting Building Energy Efficiency (BEE): A Comparative Study between Mainland China and Some Developed Countries by Queena K. Qian and Edwin H.W. Chan.
• SMEs’ Sharing of Relevant Best Practice by Jena Švarcová.
• School Violence: Perceptions of Guyanese High School Students by Hazel Elizabeth Simpson.
• Constructing Stories of Childhood Sexual Abuse by Jo Woodiwiss.

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