Should university leaders be elected or appointed?

The issue of elected or appointed university leaders (eg Vice- chancellor) widely assumes critical importance in how higher education institutions are run. What are the merits and demerits of...

11 December 2017 8,398 13 View

How do you see the practice of ranking universities at global level?

University ranking has become both a serious academic engagement and a mechanism of status building. Too many institutions work towards this end though there are also institutions that question...

11 December 2017 5,286 13 View

Should teachers with best teaching capacities but poor research performance continue to teach at universities?

Some universities do not want to renew the employment contract of university teachers who are excellent in teaching but deliver very little in research productivity. Should universities lose such...

11 December 2017 3,037 13 View

What drives student protest in universities?

What are the most common reasons that usually drive student protest in universities? What are the best ways of handling this?

11 December 2017 7,984 1 View

Where should scholars from developing countries publish their research results?

While many acknowledge the advantages of publishing in international journals, there's a growing contention that scholars from developing countries should publish in local publication outlets to...

11 December 2017 4,461 13 View

What are the implications of the increasing privatization of public higher education?

Constrained by limited government support and new policy directions, the privatization tendencies of public higher education systems has now become common in many parts of the world. What would...

10 November 2017 6,608 17 View

Which should assume more importance in universities- research or teaching?

Different universities may give different emphasis to research and/ or teaching. Which should be given more importance?

10 November 2017 8,517 35 View

How can we improve female students participation in universities?

In many contexts(e.g Africa) the participation of female students in university level education is far less than their male counterparts. Both the number of female students available and their...

10 November 2017 4,967 6 View

How should university graduates be prepared/trained to meet the demands of the job market?

The demands of the job market are changing from time to time. How should universities prepare their graduates to meet these demands? What should universities focus on in preparing their graduates...

10 November 2017 4,029 12 View

Addressing the challenges of graduate unemployment

There is an increasing concern about graduate unemployment in many countries today. It has become very difficult for a significant number of university graduates to get a job after they complete...

01 January 1970 5,709 3 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

20 June 2021 0 0 View

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

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

What is the production process of CaFe ferroalloys?

I looking for ferro calcium production process

03 March 2021 1,755 4 View

Resistor definition in Piezoelectric bimorph with ANSYS workbench

Hello, good day! I am trying to simulate similar bimorph piezoelectric harvester with below commands. However, the output power doesn't change with resistor value. Please help to find the reason. ET,10,CIRCU94,0 !SET UP RESISTOR R,1,100000 !RESISTANCE VALUE TYPE,10 !SET ELEMENT TYPE E,1,2 !CREATE RESISTOR BETWEEN NODES 1 AND 2 Thanks in advance Regards,

02 March 2021 0 0 View

Do you know any MR image dataset?

I would like to research on MR images (0.5T and 3T). Can you please suggest some websites that I can download dataset including both 0.5T and 3T MR images? Thank you.

02 March 2021 7,735 3 View

Is there any rich, publicly available English literary corpus?

Hi everyone. I am looking for a rich corpus in English literature, a one which includes literary prose ( e.g., novels or short stories) . can anyone propose a good one? Best regards Fatemeh

01 March 2021 1,970 2 View