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American Canadian Conference for academic Disciplines International Journal of arts and Sciences Toronto, May 23-26, 2011 2 Date: May 23, 2011 Location: Paris Vienna Room, ILLC Time: 08:45 – 10:55 Session Chair: Nalini Elisa Ramlakhan, Carleton University, Canada. [email protected] Subject: Opening Session Introduction Joseph Bonnici Central Connecticut State University, USA IJAS Conference Coordinator Why Morality is Innate: An Argument in Favour of a Universal Moral Grammar Nalini Elisa Ramlakhan Carleton University, Canada [email protected] The Ephemeral and the Liminal: A Re-conceptualization of the Boundaries of Architecture and Ethics Essam Hallak Concordia University, Canada [email protected] Policy Development and Implementation in the Bretton Woods Institutions: A Consideration of the Legality, Human Rights Impact and Effectiveness of their Programmes Richard John Self University of Derby, England [email protected] Against Viewing Modern Humanity as Earth's Cancer Joseph Kirby Institute for Christian Studies, Canada [email protected] A View through the Eye of Justice: Photographic Evidence in Canadian Courts (Smile: You‟re Going to Court!) Ioana-Cristina Opris Wilfrid Laurier University, Canada [email protected] Majority Judgment Theory and Paradoxical Results Manzoor Ahmad Zahid and Harrie de Swar Tilburg University, The Netherlands [email protected] From Literature to Living: The Fact and Fiction of Surviving Ecological Disaster Shoshannah Ganz Grenfell Campus, Memorial University, Newfoundland, Canada [email protected] Date: May 23, 2011 Location: Room 102, ILLC Time: 09:00 – 10:55 Session Chair: The first person to present research in this session. Subject: Teaching and Education I What Motivate Malaysian Teachers to Undertake Post-Graduate Education? Ab. Rahim Bakar, Noor Syamilah Zakaria and Shamsiah Mohamed Universiti Putra Malaysia, Malaysia [email protected] 3 Facebook: Bridging the Gap between Classroom English and Real World Reading for Non-native Learners of English Kamonpan Boonkit Silpakorn University, Thailand [email protected] Education through Collaboration: A Bulgarian Case Study of Cross-Faculty Students‟ Training Greta Dermendjieva and Veronica Valkanova Sofia University "St. Kliment Ohridski", Bulgaria [email protected] Righting Writng Errors Zahida Chebchoub United Arab University, Alain, Uae [email protected] Discussing Plurilingualism in Algeria: The Status of French and English Languages through the Educational Policy Mohamed-Amine Chemami University of Nantes, France [email protected] Strengthening Teacher Education through Intel ICT Initiatives In India: Baroda Experiences Anjali Khirwadkar and K. Pushpanadham The Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda, Vadodara, Gujarat, India [email protected] Recommendations on Skill Evaluation for IT Computer Professionals and Recent IT Program Graduates. Based on the Comparison of Test Results from Various Student Groups Igor Pustylnick Humber College, Toronto, Canada [email protected] Date: May 23, 2011 Location: Room 100, ILLC Time: 09:00 – 10:55 Session Chair: The first person to present research in this session. Subject: Business and Economics I An Examination of Mudarabah (Profit And Loss Sharing) As One of the Modes of Financing Operation Undertaken by Islamic Banks within the Context of Islamic Banking Omar Khan Tshwane University of Technology,South Africa [email protected] Sourcing vs. Importing. Comparative Analysis Based on the Canadian Knitting Yarn Industry Igor Pustylnick Swiss Management Center University, Zug, Switzerland [email protected] The Demand for Safe Pork And Organic Pork In Thailand Ayooth Yooyen and Nisachon Leerattanakorn Maejo University, Thailand [email protected] 4 Panel Estimation for Emissions, Energy Consumption, Economic Growth, Trade Openness and Urbanization of Newly Industrialized Countries Md. Sharif Hossain Kyushu University, Japan [email protected] Managing Organizational Change in Public Services: Evidence from the Energy Sector in Thailand Sakda Siriphattrasophon and Nguyen Tam Trang Khon Kaen University, Thailand [email protected] Critical Factors Influencing Green IT Adoption: A Proposed Model Saad Ghaleb Yaseen l-Zaytoonah University Of Jordan,Jordan [email protected] Date: May 23, 2011 Location: Paris Vienna Room, ILLC Time: 11:00 – 12:55 Session Chair: The first person to present research in this session. Subject: Social Sciences and Humanities I U.S. Variations in Childrens' Well-Being: A Comparative Study of Mississippi and New Hamsphire William Egelman Iona College, USA [email protected] Implementation on Leader-Member Exchange theory and Employee Wellbeing to Predict Employee Intention to Quit the Job Kalsom Ali and John McWilliams Deakin University, Australia [email protected] Impact of Culture and Learning on Organizational Identification Vijayakumar V.S.R and Padma R.N. Institute of Management Technology Nagpur, India [email protected] My Online Friends Understand Me Better – The Impact of Social Networking Sites on Adolescents‟ Psychological Well Being Ke Guek Nee and Wong Siew Fan International Medical University, Malaysia [email protected] The Model of Community Capacity Building for Sustainable Dengue Problem Solution Charuai Suwanbamrung, Anan Dumpan, Suwich Thammapalo, Ratana Sumrongtong and Pitaya Phedkeang Walailak University, Nakhon SiThammarat, Thailand [email protected] Impact of Transformational Leadership on Follower‟s Duty-Orientation and Oneness: Mediating Role of Empowerment Venkat R. Krishnan Great Lakes Institute of Management, Chennai, India [email protected] 5 The Push for Primate Conservation in Current Anthropology Curriculum Sarah Etheridge College of the Canyons, USA [email protected] Date: May 23, 2011 Location: Room 102, ILLC Time: 11:00 – 12:55 Session Chair: The first person to present research in this session. Subject: Science and Technology II Effects of Exhaled Mainstream Cigarette Smoke on Angiogenesis of Day-5 Chick and Duck Chorioallantoic Membranes Auris Kimmy Bureros and Florence Evacitas Tarlac State University, Philippines [email protected] Internalising Occupational Health Effects in the South African Coal Mining Sector George Alex Thopil and Anastassios Pouris University of Pretoria, South Africa [email protected] Digital Divide: Ethical Perspective of Global Information System Shouhong Wang and Hai Wang University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, USA. [email protected] An Approach to the Integrative Design of Processes and Organizational Structures Christian Reinema, Candy Patrick Schulze and Peter Nyhuis Leibniz Universität Hannover, Germany [email protected] Production Ramp-Up – Several Situations and Criteria for Differentiation Christian Krüger, Tim Klemke, Konja Knüppel and Peter Nyhuis Leibniz University of Hanover, Germany [email protected] Modeling Process of Wood Destruction Chal Otarbayev and Ainur Otarbayeva D.Serikbayev East-Kazakhstan State Technical University, Kazakhstan [email protected] Readiness of Tripartite Healthcare Providers on Nursing Informatics: Checking the Status, Defining the Future Grace D. Amoguis and Leila R. Gano University of the East, Philippines [email protected] 6 Date: May 23, 2011 Location: Room 100, ILLC Time: 11:00 – 12:55 Session Chair: The first person to present research in this session. Subject: Mutlidisciplinary Session Ramcharitamanasa: A Cultural Study Arif Nazir Aligarh Muslim University, India [email protected] Privatization of Public Intellectual-Porperty Through IPR In Traditional Knowledge: Indian Experience Amar Singh and Radha Singh National Law University, Delhi, India [email protected] Artists, Autobiography and the "True" Self: Toward a Genealogy of Sincerity Charles Reeve OCAD University, Canada [email protected] The Impact of Intellectual Capital on International Business in India – An Analysis of Investments in Intellectual Capital & Export Performance V. Kavida and Sivakoumar. N Pondicherry University, India [email protected] Career Decision-Making Self-Efficacy of Vocational and Technical Students Noor Syamilah Zakaria, Ab Rahim Bakar and Shamsiah Mohamed University of Wyoming, USA [email protected] Environmental Influence on Psychosocial and Educational Institutions to Gang Rempit (Violent Young Riders) and Drug Abuse In Malaysia Yahya Don, Yaakob Daud and Fo’ad Sakdan Universiti Utara Malaysia, Sintok, Kedah, Malaysia [email protected] Argumentative Communicative Strategy and Tactical Means of its Implementation in Specific Press for Senior Citizens Oksana Iurtaikina Komsomolsk-on-Amur State Technical University, Russia [email protected] Research on Comprehensive Evaluation Methods in Practical Application Jun Yun and Sikang Wu Wuhan University of Technology, China [email protected] 7 Date: May 23, 2011 Location: Paris Vienna Room, ILLC Time: 13:00 – 14:55 Session Chair: The first person to present research in this session. Subject: Social Sciences and Humanities II An Exhibitionist‟s Paradise: Early Manifestations of the Autobiographical Impulse in Cyberspace Ronald J. Tulley The University of Findlay, USA [email protected] Translational Metaphors for Effective Leadership John Shoup and Gail M. Reeder California Baptist University, USA, and Azusa Pacific University, USA [email protected] Groundwater Depletion In East Punjab (India) : Need for Alternative and Appropriate Policy Gian Singh Punjab Univeristy,
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