Is it smart for the US to place 25% tariff on steel imports and 10% on aluminium?

US President Donald Trump, after shocking markets with the risk of a global trade war, has come under intense pressure from US business interests and foreign trading partners to moderate his...

02 March 2018 10,022 16 View

Are you surprised that Facebook 'shared' your personal data with others?

02 March 2018 5,122 17 View

Is the contemporary university so subjected to the economy that it cannot be considered independent?

We are a long way from the classic European enlightenment idea of the university as place of disinterested place of learning and development of knowledge for humanity's benefit. But is the...

01 February 2018 4,883 9 View

Should there be a debate on whether colonialism was maybe not so bad after all?

Last year a journal I have contributed to quite a lot over the years published an article entitled The Case for Colonialism (attached). Then many of the editors (many of whom I know) began to...

01 February 2018 3,696 7 View

Are NGOs a force for social change or part of the problem?

For many in the 1970s the NGOs were progressive agents for social change, part of the 'new' social movements around gender, environmental or peace issues. Now we are more likely to think of...

11 December 2017 2,744 45 View

Brexit and the Irish border: international perspectives please?

Today we are told that Britain has agreed there will be 'continued regulatory alignment' between Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland....

11 December 2017 1,671 1 View

Why is President Trump of US seeking to overthrow President Maduro of Venezuela?

Are we back to the old days when the US sent in the Marines to carry out 'regime change' in Latin America? Why is the West not reporting the large marches defending the democratically elected...

01 January 1970 3,230 4 View

Will President Trump be impeached and if so what would be the consequences?

We are in uncharted waters here but not quite. Think Nixon and Watergate. See here for some facts informing this question posed...

01 January 1970 8,161 2 View

error in running a model in Abaqus

Excessive rotation of nodes in node set ErrNodeExcessRotation-Step1

17 August 2021 0 0 View

error in modelling model in Abaqus

Excessive rotation of nodes in node set ErrNodeExcessRotation-Step1

17 August 2021 0 0 View

MGL tools

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i have some problem with chtMultiRegionSimpleFoam

--> FOAM FATAL ERROR: Maximum number of iterations exceeded From function Foam::scalar Foam::species::thermo::T(Foam::scalar, Foam::scalar, Foam::scalar, Foam::scalar (Foam::species::thermo::*)(Foam::scalar, Foam::scalar) const, Foam::scalar (Foam::species::thermo::*)(Foam::scalar, Foam::scalar) const, Foam::scalar (Foam::species::thermo::*)(Foam::scalar) const) const [with Thermo = Foam::hConstThermo >; Type = Foam::sensibleEnthalpy; Foam::scalar = double; Foam::species::thermo = Foam::species::thermo >, Foam::sensibleEnthalpy>] in file /home/ubuntu/OpenFOAM/OpenFOAM-4.1/src/thermophysicalModels/specie/lnInclude/thermoI.H at line 66. FOAM aborting #0 Foam::error::printStack(Foam::Ostream&) at ??:? #1 Foam::error::abort() at ??:? #2 Foam::heRhoThermo >, Foam::sensibleEnthalpy> > > >::calculate() at ??:? #3 Foam::heRhoThermo >, Foam::sensibleEnthalpy> > > >::correct() at ??:? #4 ? at ??:? #5 __libc_start_main in "/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6" #6 ? at ??:?

24 March 2021 0 0 View

Why should we choose deep learning to machine learning? Why is CNN better for image classification? Can I get Typical Answer?

What Characteristics makes CNN work better?

03 March 2021 1,458 4 View

What are some of the research gaps in machine learning and artificial intelligence in africa?

i would to know some of the research gaps in the artificial intelligence field in most african countries.

03 March 2021 6,145 3 View

How can the use of Jolly Phonics improves the quality of reading, speaking and writing in rural disadvantaged communities in Papua New Guinea?

Jolly Phonics reading program is an effective way to teach early reading to young learners. How can lectures at the university prepare early childhood student teachers to teach Jolly Phonics to...

03 March 2021 3,731 3 View

Anyone plz suggest relevant topic for research in image processing+Deep learning.?

I have selected brain tumor images ...but now found that already lots of research done n this topic.

03 March 2021 5,774 3 View

What's the best way to measure growth rates in House sparrow chicks from day 2 to day 10?

What's the best way to measure growth rates in House sparrow chicks from day 2 to day 10? Since, the growth curve from day 2 to 10 won't be like the "Logistic curve" it might not follow logistic...

03 March 2021 1,401 3 View

After a reference from Int J Body Compos Res, can any body help?

Hi, I am after the reference below, my library says it cannot obtain a copy either locally or internationally, any help appreciated! Chris Wang ZM, Heshka S, Wielopolski L, Pi-Sunyer FX, Pierson...

03 March 2021 6,193 1 View