This article introduces Hegel's Eurocentric philosophy of dialectics in the 19th century and its transformation to Kelly’s planetary paradigm at the turn of the 20th-21st century. The new theory develops Hegel’s thesis—antitheses—synthesis to identity—difference—new-identity whic...
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Research Article10.9734/ARJASS/2018/38314
The challenges facing measurement experts and researchers in the social sciences field is ensuring that measurement scales operate equally across different sub-populations. Measurement invariance across gender for example means that males and females conceptualize and interpret t...
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Research Article10.9734/ARJASS/2017/38973
Color realism refers to that things are colored, or colors are real. Although the view goes in a minority opinion, Byrne & Hilbert defend it based on the physical properties of color and the peculiarly assumed hue-magnitudes. However, hues are mind-dependent and cannot be use...
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Research Article10.9734/ARJASS/2017/38095
The development of sufficient and sustainable access to electricity services for micro-enterprises have been acknowledged as a major challenge confronting most developing country, and fast becoming a prerequisite for reducing poverty and achieving robust development of micro-ente...
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Research Article10.9734/ARJASS/2017/38481
The role of community development as well as conflict resolution is not one issue strictly reserved for men as some groups of women have in the past shown that these tasks can also be handled by women. One of such groups is the Umuada Ndi Igbo of the Eastern part of Nigeria. The...
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Research Article10.9734/ARJASS/2017/36741
Background/Objectives: This paper assesses the impact of household consumption spending on the nutritional status of children as measured by height-for-age, weight-for- age, and weight-for-height Z-scores, while controlling for other correlates. Methods/Statistical Analysis: To a...
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Research Article10.9734/ARJASS/2017/37197
The objective of the study is to find out the predictors of the socio-economic status of the ethnic community (Manipuri and Khasia) in Bangladesh. The study analyzed a total of 113 (82 Manipuri & 31 Khasia) respondents from Manipuri and Khasia community purposively selected f...
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Research Article10.9734/ARJASS/2017/36978
This research study is designed to examine the effect of English language as a medium of instruction on English language proficiency (skills) of Students during the four years of study in the degree programme. In Sri Lankan universities most of the degree programmes have been con...
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Research Article10.9734/ARJASS/2017/37756
The overarching theme of the present paperwork lies in casting some light to the historic Brazilian character of Anita Garibaldi (1821–1849) in order to draw the public’s attention to the fact that this fictional writing has been used to corroborate the historical past. So as to...
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Research Article10.9734/ARJASS/2017/37117
It is reported by Thomson Reuter in its publication, that Islamic banks contribute $ 1.3 trillion in total assets of International Banking Sector during 2012, with the growing rate of 15% per annum. According to State Bank of Pakistan (SBP), there are five (05) fully fledged Isla...
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Research Article10.9734/ARJASS/2017/37356