Minimal Neighbor Designs in Linear Blocks

Neighbor designs are useful to neutralize the neighbor effects. In literature, most of the constructed neighbor designs are in circular blocks but linear blocks have more practical application in field experiments. In this article, some infinite series of minimal neighbor designs are constructed in proper linear blocks. There are many situations where minimal neighbor designs cannot be constructed in proper linear blocks. To overcome this problem neighbor designs in improper linear blocks and GN₂-designs in proper linear blocks are constructed.     

Construction of Neighbor-Balanced Designs in Linear Blocks

Neighbor-balanced designs are useful to remove the neighbor effects in experiments where the performance of a treatment is affected by the treatments applied to its adjacent neighbors. In this article, neighbor-balanced designs are constructed in linear blocks of (i) equal sizes and (ii) two different sizes k ₁ and k ₂.     

Cultural Barriers to the Disclosure of Child Sexual Abuse in Asian Communities: Listening to What Women Say

There is apparent under-reporting of child sexual abuse in Britain’sAsian communities and a varied capacity amongst professionalsto respond with cultural competence. Professional approachesoriginate in cultural contexts, which are often different fromthose of most British Asians. If the proportion of childrenand non-abusing carers from Asian communities who access relevantservices is to increase, professionals need to develop betterunderstandings of cultural imperatives which determine behaviourin those communities. Consultations with Asian women in Bradfordreinforce the view that culturally competent practice and respectfuldialogue are essential to the protection of children. They alsohighlight a number of recurring themes. Members of Asian communitiesare aware of child sexual abuse, they recognize that the issueneeds to be addressed by all communities and they report thatmany of those affected within their own communities have foundit difficult to access relevant services. These consultations,like reports of similar work elsewhere, indicate that difficulties,which appear to arise from Asian women’s fears about howagencies will respond, are frequently compounded by the impactof cultural imperatives arising from izzat (honour/respect),haya (modesty) and sharam (shame/embarrassment), which havea considerable influence on how many will behave.     

How community embeddedness of public sector employees is formed by organisational justice and leads to counterproductive work behaviour

Public Organization Review - This paper provides an empirical evidence based on conservation of resources theory that how organisational justice (OJ) forms the public employee’s embeddedness...