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Date: June 7, 2011 Location: La Baume, La Grande Salle Time: 09:00 – 10:55 Chair: Cathy Culot, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA. cculot@mit.edu Duration: Out of consideration for others, each presentation should be limited to 15 minutes or less. Track: Opening Session

Introduction Joseph Azzopardi

University of Malta, Malta What is tolerance really about? Yossi Nehushtan

The College of Management, Israel yossine@colman.ac.il

The sociuology of escapism Stephen Gale

Macquarie University, Australia stephen.gale@students.mq.edu.au The definition and significance of creativity Monika Reuter

The Art Institute of Fort Lauderdale, Fort Lauderdale, USA mreuter@aii.edu How much can we teach? Rohizani Yaakub

University Sains Malaysia, Malaysia rohizani@usm.my Made in Belgium: An online multimedia archive as a gateway to the heart of Europe Cathy Culot

Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA cculot@mit.edu Date: June 7, 2011 Location: La Baume, Teilhard Room Time: 09:15 – 10:55 Chair: The first person to present in this session. Duration: Out of consideration for others, each presentation should be limited to 15 minutes or less. Track: Business and Economics I

Industry self-regulation versus organizational well-being: Strategies adopted within the united states horse racing industry in response to crisis Wayne J Smeltz

Rider University, USA Simpsmeltz@verizon.net Harmony and top manager influence tactics for reengineering the state-owned enterprise in Chinese societies: A case from Taiwan Tobacco and Liquor Corporation Che-Jen Su

Fu Jen Catholic University, Taiwan 040084@mail.fju.edu.tw Entrepreneurial intentions of Turkish university students Fatos Bektas

Bogazici University, Turkey fatosbektash@gmail.com

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Upholding and welcoming viral marketing and its booming potentials for branded apparels in the Mauritian clothing industry Sharmila Pudaruth And Mohammad Jhabeer Hossunnally

University of Mauritius sh.pudaruth@uom.ac.mu The relationship between risk, capital and inefficiency: Evidence from commercial banks in ASEAN Abdul Mongid and Izah Mohd Tahir

University Sultan Zainal Abidin, Malaysia izah@unisza.edu.my

Global Financial Crisis and Integration of Asian Emerging Stock Markets Sang Hoon Kang, Jong Hoon Park, Yea Won Eun and Seong-Min Yoon

Pusan National University, Korea smyoon@pusan.ac.kr Date: June 7, 2011 Location: La Baume, The Garden (near the IJAS registration desk) Time: 09:15 – 10:55 Chair: The first person to present in this session. Duration: Out of consideration for others, each presentation should be limited to 15 minutes or less. Track: Teaching and Education I

Algorithm´s teaching in the higher education in Mexico. Governmentality and contingency. Beatriz Dolores Guardian Soto, Beatriz Rosas Guardian, Fermín González García and Roberto Osornio Soto

Instituto Politécnico Nacional en México girasolesii@yahoo.com.mx Integrity between personal educational philosophy and teaching style: Reflective practice Ervin Kovacevic

International University of Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina ekovacevic@ius.edu.ba Abstract for regular paper: Pedagogies of the global: Spatial and temporal relationalities Shouleh Vatanabadi

New York University, USA sv4@nyu.edu Career development and life satisfaction levels of Turkish primary school students Hasan Bozgeyikli

Erciyes University, Turkey hbozgeyikli@erciyes.edu.tr Examining problem solving skills of physical education and sport students from several factors Özden Taşğin

Nevşehir University, Turkey otaskin@selcuk.edu.tr

The study of brain wave change in creative thinking process Shih-Ching Shiu, Ming-Hsun Lee, Hsiu-O Chien and Chih-Lin Chang

Hsiuping Institute of Technology,Taiwan ssching@mail.hit.edu.tw A study of learning process to promote the ability of creativity and creative problem-solving in students Shih-Ching Shiu, Hsiu-O Chien, Ruey-Gwo Chung

Ling Tung University,Taiwan,R.O.C. hasita@mail.ltu.edu.tw

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Date: June 7, 2011 Location: La Baume, La Grande Salle Time: 11:00 – 12:10 Chair: The first person to present in this session. Duration: Out of consideration for others, each presentation should be limited to 15 minutes or less. Track: Teaching and Education II

The lure of material privilege Marie Butler

Oxnard College, USA mbutler@vcccd.edu Assisting low proficiency learners in a Malaysian secondary school in learning English literature Norlida Ahmad

Universiti Sains Malaysia, Malaysia norli@usm.my Integrated skills development for undergraduate students in logistics: A case study. Kobus Cronje

North-West University (Mafikeng Campus), South Africa jacobus.cronje@nwu.ac.za The effect of constant curriculum change on the agency and identity of science teachers: A phenomenological case study Annelize Cronje

North-West University (Mafikeng Campus), South Africa annelize.cronje@nwu.ac.za Date: June 7, 2011 Location: La Baume, Teilhard Room Time: 11:00 – 12:55 Chair: The first person to present in this session. Duration: Out of consideration for others, each presentation should be limited to 15 minutes or less. Track: Social Sciences and Humanities I

Is There a Transnational Queer Studies? Donald E. Hall

West Virginia University, USA donald.hall@mail.wvu.edu Should we renew our moral philosophy for new technology? Mashhad Al-Allaf

The Petroleum Institute, UAE dr.ma20@yahoo.com Transformation of traditional Ottoman neighbourhoods: A case study in Odunpazari-Eskisehir Rana Karasozen and Guler Koca

Anadolu University, Turkey rkarasozen@anadolu.edu.tr

Does employment in the tourism industry affect the quality of life? A case study on Redang and Perhentian Islands, Terengganu, Malaysia Norizan Abdul Ghani, Zulkifli Abdul Manaf and Izah Mohd. Tahir

Universiti Sultan Zainal Abidin, Terengganu, Malaysia norizabd@unisza.edu.my

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Oral communication and apprehension among New Zealand university students Nittaya Campbell

University of Waikato, New Zealand nittaya@waikato.ac.nz Life, nature and cities Maria Guerreiro

Portugal rosalia.guerreiro@gmail.com Date: June 7, 2011 Location: La Baume, The Garden (near the IJAS registration desk) Time: 11:00 – 11:55 Chair: The first person to present in this session. Duration: Out of consideration for others, each presentation should be limited to 15 minutes or less. Track: Business and Economics II

Corporate governance: Current concepts of ethics and efficiency Calin Valsan

Bishop's University, Canada cvalsan@ubishops.ca What determines derivatives usage in large Slovenian companies? Danijela Miloš Sprčić

University of Zagreb, Croatia dmilos@efzg.hr Could SMEs Transform Corporate Social Responsibility into Competitive Advantage? A Case study from Taiwan Jui-Ling Hsu

Feng Chia University, Taiwan jlhsu@fcu.edu.tw Date: June 7, 2011 Location: La Baume, The Garden (near the IJAS registration desk) Time: 12:00 – 12:55 Chair: Sah-Hadiyatan Ismail, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Malaysia. sah.ismail@usm.my Track: Panel Presentation

Values at Work: Assimilating Values through Active Learning (The Role of Practicum in Professional Studies) Dahlia Moore, Anat Guy, David Segal, Eldad Rom and Shulamit Ben-Ari

College of Management-Academic Studies, Israel dmoore@colman.ac.il

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Date: June 7, 2011 Location: La Baume, La Grande Salle Time: 12:15 – 12:55 Chair: Monika Reuter, The Art Institute of Fort Lauderdale, Fort Lauderdale, USA. mreuter@aii.edu Track: Multidisciplinary Research I - Posters (click here for information about poster format)

Transition to adulthood of youth on child welfare in Quebec : Adolescence risk factors linked to employment outcome Eric Yergeau, Steven Thibault and Robert Pauzé

Université de Sherbrooke, Québec Canada eric.yergeau@usherbrooke.ca The driving difficulties in traffic and acceptance of vehicle design for older drivers Ching-Show Lin and Che-Ru Li

Nan-Kai University of Technology, Taiwan david594david@gmail.com

Hunt for the lost identity: (Re-) Constructing Pre-Christian Baltic religion Dalia Senvaityte

Vytautas Magnus University, Lithuania d.senvaityte@hmf.vdu.lt The influence of leaning styles on academic achievement of pharmacy students at King Khalid University, Saudi Arabia Mahmoud Al-awady Ismail, Ahmad Lahiq, Hasan Al-sahbi, Sara Al-asmary and Asmaa Maalawy

King Khalid University, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia awadyme@gmail.com Ten years after the transformation of school counselor preparation on two campuses Carolyn Stone and Carol Dahir

University of North Florida, Jacksonville, Florida cstone@unf.edu

Are there differences in metacognitive skills between boys and girls? A study of 8th grade pupils in Romania Liliana Ciascai and Lavinia Haiduc

Babes-Bolyai University, Romania lavinia_haiduc@yahoo.com

Is there a correlation between government expenditures, population, money supply and government revenues? Bunescu Liliana, Mihaiu Diana Marieta and Comaniciu Carmen

Lucian Blaga University of Sibiu, Romania liliana_sibiu@yahoo.com Dynamic linkages between foreign exchange market and stock market: evidence from Korea Sang Hoon Kang, Ki-Hong Choi, Yea Won Eun and Seong-Min Yoon

Pusan National University,Korea smyoon@pusan.ac.kr Duration and discount rate estimation for long-term contractual cash flows Jihad S. Nader

American University in Dubai, UAE jnader@aud.edu An aggregate index of national cultures Hamid Yeganeh

Winona State University, USA hyeganeh@winona.edu

Parenting Style, Self-Esteem and Student Performance in the United Arab Emirates Negmeldin Omer Alsheikh, Gowri Parameswaran and Hala Ethoweris

State University of New York, New Paltz, USA paramesg@newpaltz.edu

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A pilot study on using the bio-impedance analysis method to detect intravesical urine volume Wei-Min Chi,Yi-Long Su, Jian-Horng Chen, Wei-Cheng Yeh and Ying-Pin Chang

Nan Kai University of Technology, Taiwan, ROC jeewm@nkut.edu.tw Date: June 7, 2011 Location: La Baume, La Grande Salle Time: 13:00 – 14:55 Chair: The first person to present in this session. Duration: Out of consideration for others, each presentation should be limited to 15 minutes or less. Track: Teaching and Education III

„Conserving‟ the past: The Texas Board of Education and the historical and ideological revisionism of 2010 Tadeusz Lewandowski

Opole University, Poland tadzlewandowski@yahoo.com Enhancing student learning in construction technology using virtual cases Stephen C W Kong

The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong bscwkong@polyu.edu.hk

Social determinants of school success in Romania: A comparison with USA data Diana Damean

Babes-Bolyai University, Romania damean_diana@yahoo.com Breath in, breathe out: Alleviating stress in school principals Hettie van der Merwe

University of South Africa, South Africa vdmerhm@unisa.ac.za The Delphi Method: a variation on the theme Arina Kemp

University of South Africa, South Africa kempcs@unisa.ac.za Design and practice of multi-disciplinary post-graduate programs on climate change Wanglin Yan

Keio University, Japan, and Ryerson University, Canada yan@sfc.keio.ac.jp The relationship between primary school students‟ levels of career development and perceived attitudes of their parents Abdullah Işiklar

Erciyes University, Turkey pskapo@hotmail.com

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Date: June 7, 2011 Location: La Baume, Teilhard Room Time: 13:00 – 14:55 Chair: The first person to present in this session. Duration: Out of consideration for others, each presentation should be limited to 15 minutes or less. Track: Social Sciences and Humanities II

Monopolistic gatekeepers‟ vicarious liability for copyright infringement Ke Steven Wan

City University of Hong Kong School of Law, Hong Kong stevewan@cityu.edu.hk

Australia and the West New Guinea Problem 1949-1959 Sah-Hadiyatan Ismail

Universiti Sains Malaysia, Malaysia sah.ismail@usm.my Defining shopping mall from Malaysia perspective Aida Affina Abdul Ghani, Siti Norsazlina Haron and Md. Yusof Hamid

MARA University Of Technology, Malaysia aniffaadia@yahoo.co.uk Building maintenance budget determination: An exploration study in the Malaysian government practice Norehan Mohd Noor and Md Yusof Hamid anda29166@yahoo.com Values: Great challenge for construction of social structure with social institutions Susran Erkan Eroğlu

Selcuk University, Turkey seroglu@selcuk.edu.tr In the name of God? Understanding the dynamics of adultery among Hui Muslims in China Xuan Niu

University of Hong Kong sherato17@yahoo.com Recycling in South Africa‟s urban informal economy - the work and lives of street waste pickers in Pretoria Rinie Schenck and Derick Blaauw

University of South Africa, South Africa schencj@unisa.ac.za

Date: June 7, 2011 Location: La Baume, Rouault Room Time: 13:00 – 13:40 Chair: Dahlia Moore, College of Management-Academic Studies, Israel. dmoore@colman.ac.il Track: Workshop

Psychodrama as a method of teaching foreign languages to adults Inna Bougoin and Arnaud Bougoin

Schola Iness Bougoin, Russia, France inna.bougoin@free.fr

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Date: June 7, 2011 Location: La Baume, Rouault Room Time: 13:45 – 14:20 Chair: The first person to present in this session. Duration: Out of consideration for others, each presentation should be limited to 15 minutes or less. Track: Teaching and Education IV

A simple inversion in the way with which we conceive the school system can lead to the birth of a quite new concept of school organization André Blondin

Université de Montréal, Québec, Canada andre.blondin@umontreal.ca Business and accounting students‟ reflections on internship attachment Mohd Jaffri Abu Bakar, Rosmaria Jaffar@Harun, Ku Naraini Che Ku Yusof and Izah Mohd Tahir

Universiti Sultan Zainal Abidin, Malaysia mohdjaffri@unisza.edu.my Date: June 7, 2011 Location: La Baume, La Grande Salle Time: 15:00 – 16:55 Chair: The first person to present in this session. Duration: Out of consideration for others, each presentation should be limited to 15 minutes or less. Track: Business and Economics III

iPhone Applications: Viable Business or Time Consuming Hobby? Leslie Ann Goldgehn

University of San Francisco lesliegoldgehn@gmail.com Symbolic communication in cross-cultural encounters Tatiana Segal and Simona Vasilache

Academy of Economic Studies, Bucharest, Romania simona.vasilache@gmail.com

Strategies and performance of new Mexican emerging multinational enterprises Jose G. Vargas-Hernandez

University Center for economics and Managerial Sciences, >University of Guadalajara jvargas2006@gmail.com From hardcopy newspapers to online news reading: A study of the eThekwini youths 20-35yr olds Lindiwe N.Kunene and Nokubonga C. Gumbi

University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa kunenel3@ukzn.ac.za Elasticities of Turkish trade Ayla Ogus Binatli and Niloufer Sohrabji

Izmir University of Economics, Turkey ayla.ogus@ieu.edu.tr

Forecasting behaviour in the Maltese courier service industry: Examining differences between large and small firms Frank H. Bezzina and Nicole Jann

University of Malta, Malta frank.bezzina@um.edu.mt

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Effects of learning atmosphere and self-efficacy on positive affective and ethical attitude in accounting profession Pei-Shan Lu,Yu-Jheng Chen and Yi-han LIao

Chaoyang University of Technology, Taiwan pslu@cyut.edu.tw Female visitors perception towards cotton apparel in Udon Thani,Thailand Sunitiya Thuannadee

Suranaree University of Technology, Thailand sunitiya@sut.ac.th Date: June 7, 2011 Location: La Baume, Teilhard Room Time: 15:00 – 16:55 Chair: The first person to present in this session. Duration: Out of consideration for others, each presentation should be limited to 15 minutes or less. Track: Multidisciplinary Research II

Social inclusion of the disabled population in Turkey and EU Havva Çaha

Fatih University, Turkey hcaha1995@yahoo.com Change in the Middle East and the Turkish model: A critique of the past and present Shatlyk Amanov

Meliksah University, Turkey shatlyk@meliksah.edu.tr

Survey of the impact of organizational trust on innovativeness in Tehran Oil Refinery Company Rahmatoulah Golipour, Gholamreza Jandaghi, Hasan Zarei Matin and Mohammad Amin Mirzaei

University of Tehran, Iran jandaghi@ut.ac.ir

Circle dance vs. free dance: Their influence on self control, regulation and a sense of security in early childhood Ofra Walter

Tel Hai Academic College walterss@macam.ac.il Is there a place for Innovation? Foreign literature content in the Algerian degree of English Yasmina Djafri and Djamila Aissat

Abdelhamid Ibn Badis University, Mostaganem, Algeria y_djafri@yahoo.fr Scholarly communication and linguistic divide in the Arab world: an investigation of Sultan Qaboos University, Oman. Ali Al-Aufi

Sultan Qaboos University, Oman alaufia@squ.edu.om Community capacity building and regional planning for the bedouin in israel Avinoam Meir

Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Israel ameir@bgu.ac.il

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Date: June 7, 2011 Location: La Baume, Rouault Room Time: 14:25 – 15:35 Chair: The first person to present in this session. Duration: Out of consideration for others, each presentation should be limited to 15 minutes or less. Track: Science and Technology I

The legacy of Henri Victor Regnault in the arts and sciences Sébastien Poncet and Laurie Dahlberg

Aix-Marseille University, France sebastien.poncet@univ-cezanne.fr Analyses of non-prismatic membets with linear haunches having haunch length ratios of 0.2 S. Bahadir Yuksel

Selcuk University, Turkey sbahadiryuksel@yahoo.com Velocity and profile of infinite bubble in slightly inclined pipe Salah Tawfeek Ali

Babylon University, Babylon, Iraq dr.salahtawfeek@yahoo.com

The use of mobile phones in learning english language by sultan qaboos university students: Practices, attitudes and challenges Kamla suleiman Salim AlAmri

Sultan Qaboos University, Sultanate of Oman kamlas@squ.edu.om Date: June 7, 2011 Location: La Baume, Rouault Room Time: 15:40 - Chair: The first person to present in this session. Duration: Out of consideration for others, each presentation should be limited to 15 minutes or less. Track: Science and Technology II

The concept of a student profile and its role in the evaluation of learning and teaching David Walker, Edward Palmer and Thomas Sullivan

The University of Adelaide, Australia david.walker@adelaide.edu.au Dynamic conceptions of the growth of group knowledge in learning networks Andras Bbenedek

Hungarian Academy of Science, Inst. Phil. Res., and LSI Information technology Learning Center (HUNGARY) benedek@webmail.phil-inst.hu

Investigation of indoor air quality in an educational building Azlin Mohd Azmi, Ow Chee Sheng, Ainul Nadzirah Ahmad Fauzi and Hamidun Md Isa

Universiti Teknologi MARA , Malaysia ceklin167@yahoo.com Apoptotic genes expression in mice hepatocytes during malaria infection Saad Alkahtani

King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia sksa7@hotmail.com

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An efficient XML tree indexing technique Wararat Jakawat and Sirirut Vanichayobon

Prince of Songkla University, Thailand sirirut.v@psu.ac.th Changes in coloration of nigma flavescens (Walckenaer 1830) depending on sex and ontogenetic development Kateřina Radana Drbalová

The J. E. Purkinje University in Usti nad Labem, Czech Republic katerina.drbalova@ujep.cz Date: June 7, 2011 Location: La Baume, La Grande Salle Time: 17:00 - Chair: The first person to present in this session. Duration: Out of consideration for others, each presentation should be limited to 15 minutes or less. Track: Multidisciplinary Research III – Presentations to be announced Date: June 7, 2011 Location: La Baume, Teilhard Room Time: 17:00 - Chair: The first person to present in this session. Duration: Out of consideration for others, each presentation should be limited to 15 minutes or less. Track: Multidisciplinary Research IV – Presentations to be announced

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Date: June 10, 2011 Location: La Baume, La Grande Salle Time: 09:00 – 10:55 Chair: The first person to present in this session. Duration: Out of consideration for others, each presentation should be limited to 15 minutes or less. Track: Teaching and Education V

Introduction Joseph Azzopardi

University of Malta, Malta Analysis and discussion on the structuring of the research processes in distance education in Brazil Marialice Moraes, Jaqueline Rossato, Jorge Hermenegildo, Eleonora Vieira and Sonia Pereira

Federal University of Santa Catarina, Brazil mmoraes@cse.ufsc.br

Culture learning in teaching practicum at Vanuatu classrooms: An exploration of Deakin student teachers‟ intercultural sensitivity development Sri Soejatminah

Deakin University, Australia ssoe@deakin.edu.au Application of experiences of the cohesion found in the waste management part of the EEOP (Environment and Energy Operational Program) Ferenc Szabó

University of Szeged, Hungary szabof55@gmail.com

High school students' and teacher candidates' perceptions on cheating behaviors Mustafa Durmuscelebi

Erciyes University, Turkey mcelebi@erciyes.edu.tr How transmit selected values on student through education process? Vojko Potocan

University of Maribor, Slovenia vojko.potocan@uni-mb.si Additional services to distance learners: Using ICT s to improve digital inclusion Eleonora Milano Falcão Vieira, Marialice de Moraes, Jorge Hermenegildo, Jaqueline Rossato and Sonia Pereira

Federal University of Santa Catarina, Brazil eleonora@cse.ufsc.br Date: June 10, 2011 Location: La Baume, Teilhard Room Time: 09:15 – 10:55 Chair: The first person to present in this session. Duration: Out of consideration for others, each presentation should be limited to 15 minutes or less. Track: Social Sciences and Humanities III

Kristeva and Arendt: Narrative, natality, and subjectivity Katherine Cooklin

Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania, USA katherine.cooklin@sru.edu

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Reconstruction of fragmented images in Spanish Caribbean poems Diana Pardo

University of Central Oklahoma, USA dpardo@uco.edu Comedy and tragedy in modern theater: Jorge Andrade and Anton Chekov Larissa de Oliveira Neves

Universidade Estadual de Campinas (Unicamp), Brazil larissadeoneves@gmail.com The specter of the author in the West African short story Abioseh Michael Porter

Drexel University, USA abiosehp@drexel.edu “I like my job! (sometimes)”: Differences in perceptions of male and female employees about their work in business hotels in Kingston Jamaica Andrew Spencer and Dalea Bean

University of the West Indies, Jamaica dalea_bean@yahoo.com Koans and the image of emptiness in Roberto Juarroz‟s poetry Marco Catalão

Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Brazil marcatalao@yahoo.com.br

Date: June 10, 2011 Location: La Baume, La Grande Salle Time: 11:00 – 12:55 Chair: The first person to present in this session. Duration: Out of consideration for others, each presentation should be limited to 15 minutes or less. Track: Multidisciplinary Research V

The philosophical insignificance of the necessary a posteriori Mihai Rusu

Babes-Bolyai University, Romania mihai@ifilosofie.ro Internal colonization and blood quantum: An examplar of genocidal practice P. Karren Baird-Olson

California State University, Northridge, USA karren.bairdolson@csun.edu Détermination des niveaux de l‟empathie des étudiants de l‟université en Kirghizistan Tuncer Özdil and Kadir Yoğurtçu

Kyrgyzstan -Turkey Manas University Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan kadiryogurtcu@hotmail.com Scholarly communication and linguistic divide in the Arab world: an investigation of Sultan Qaboos University, Oman Ali Al-Aufi

Sultan Qaboos University, Oman alaufia@squ.edu.om

A comparison of Arizona and Alberta native students‟ ways of knowing and learning mathematics Nola Aitken

University of Lethbridge, Canada nola.aitken@uleth.ca

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A game theory matrix applied to energy development in Quebec: The dilemma of the citizen-consumer Khalid Adnane

Université de Sherbrooke, Canada Khalid.Adnane@Usherbrooke.ca

Current status of research and development in Nigerian universities Abiodun Oluwafemi Oluwadare

University of Ibadan, Nigeria. femioluwadare@yahoo.com Date: June 10, 2011 Location: La Baume, Teilhard Room Time: 11:00 – 12:55 Chair: The first person to present in this session. Duration: Out of consideration for others, each presentation should be limited to 15 minutes or less. Track: Business and Economics IV

The effectiveness of tax incentives on the decision to give to charity in Canada Laura Lamb and Belayet Hossain

Thompson Rivers University, Canada llamb@tru.ca The consumption of altruism: Take-aversion and how giving to charity is like eating ice cream Michal Ann Strahilevitz

Golden Gate University, USA marketingprofessor@gmail.com

Prediction the behavior of the Moroccan Dirham exchange rate against the Euro Said Malki and Zafar A. Sultan

Al Kharj University , Saudi Arabia saidarabi2004@yahoo.com

Some considerations on stocks and flows in standard economic theory Zsolt Gilányi

Corvinus University of Budapest, Hungary zsolt.gilanyi@uni-corvinus.hu From zero to complex performance management: case study of a Hungarian company Gabriella Keczer

University of Szeged, Hungary keczergabriella@gmail.com Swaying from perfunctory agriculture to agriculture-based development: What are the incentives for Africa? Koye Gerry Bokana Bokanakg@ukzn.ac.za Agricultural productivity : A comparison of European Union countries with Turkey Vildan Serin

Fatih University, Turkey vserin@fatih.edu.tr

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Date: June 10, 2011 Location: La Baume, La Grande Salle Time: 13:00 – 13:35 Chair: Zsolt Gilányi, Corvinus University of Budapest, Hungary. zsolt.gilanyi@uni-corvinus.hu Track: Multidisciplinary Research VI - Posters (click here for information about poster format) The relationship between automatic thoughts and depression among a sample of Nizwa University students, in light of sense variables Basim Mohammad Ali Aldahadha and Suad sulaiman

University of Nizwa, Oman dahadha2004@yahoo.com The risk-return (Bowman) paradox and accounting measurements Ivan Brick, Oded Palmon and Itzhak Venezia

Hebrew University, Israel itzhakvenezia@gmail.com Influence of nuclear deterrence on the international peace and security Reza Niknam Zarnaghi

University College Dublin, Ireland Reza.Niknam-Zarnaghi@ucdconnect.ie John Locke and liberty as the founding principle of the state Anca Costina Gherghe and Irina Marina Lazar

University of Craiova, Romania anca_gherghe8@yahoo.fr

Collective memory and emotional readiness for reconciliation Irit Keynan

College of Academic Studies, Or Yehuda, Israel iritike@gmail.com Researching management development: An action-oriented grounded approach Joseph Azzopardi

University of Malta

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