This paper will discuss, through the vehicle of case studies, how Design has been instrumental in regenerating local commerce. The examples will compare and contrast the UK Government’s Knowledge Transfer Partnership initiative (KTP), which has been operating for some thirty years with live...

In areas torn by war and violence, effective education can prepare the next generation for a productive life, heal psychological wounds, prevent cyclical violence, and achieve peace. "From Bullets to Blackboards" profiles ten exemplary education programs in Latin America and Asia, presenting...

The article discusses the views of statistics professors Andrew Gelman and Christian P. Robert about the intemperate anti-Bayesian statement appeared on the book of probability theory by mathematician William Feller. It notes that they explore Feller's words along with similar remarks by others...

In areas torn by war and violence, effective education can prepare the next generation for a productive life, heal psychological wounds, prevent cyclical violence, and achieve peace. "From Bullets to Blackboards" profiles ten exemplary education programs in Latin America and Asia, presenting...

Nursing education is faced with addressing the challenge of educational reform as a result of the rapid changes in the complexity of health care delivery systems, increased technology and biomedical knowledge, a shortage in nursing faculty, and increased enrollment in schools of nursing....

This paper is a snapshot in time of the personal backgrounds, educational training, professional ranking, and productivity levels of those individuals with respect to Compendex-listed journal paper. Important questions are raised not only as to issues of age, gender, and nationality, but as to...

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This study focuses on the effects of relevance and lab design on student learning within the chemistry laboratory environment. A general chemistry conductivity of solutions experiment and an upper level organic chemistry cellulose regeneration experiment were employed. In the conductivity...

Today’s enterprise networks and data centers have become very complex and havecompletely integrated themselves into every facet of their represented organization.Organizations require Internet facing services and applications to be available at anypart of the day or night. These organizations...

This paper outlines the details of an innovative postgraduate program, Master of Business (ERP), incorporating SAP R/3 System and related products that was introduced at the University of Western Sydney, NSW, Australia, in 1999. The program aims to develop integrative enterprise skills in a...