What is your priority as an educator at your institution?

As academicians we are expected to delve in research, consultancy work, churn out publications, supervise postrgraduates, teach, and engage in other related work matters. Would like you'll to take...

03 April 2017 3,260 36 View

Any suggestions on writing effective papers for high impact journals?

We are hard pressed for time and grab any opportunity to write papers based on our research for high impact journals. Please share with us if you have any tips on writing effectively.

02 March 2017 8,159 34 View

How do you make your teaching more exciting?

Students these days are tired of traditional learning approaches. Please share your teaching techniques that have worked well with your students.

02 March 2017 8,647 61 View

How can technology help in the teaching of higher order thinking skills?

02 March 2017 6,438 27 View

What are the important factors to include when writing a research proposal for a research grant?

Writing research proposals can be very tedious and we can get carried away with our focus. Please share with me your experience in writing a research proposal in which you were successful in...

11 December 2016 5,675 12 View

What are important qualities of an academician/educator ?

In today's era, an academician/educator has to multi task and it can be very challenging to juggle between lectures, research, publications, consultancy, community service, postgraduate...

08 September 2016 8,007 35 View

Do you know how I can go about looking for the right journal for this kind of work?

I do understand that some journals do publish short stories. I have a piece of creative non-fiction, about 900 words, which I would like to submit for publication. Do you know how I can go about...

08 September 2016 8,341 17 View

How can we motivate students to learn English as a second language/foreign language?

Based on experience, most students are not enthusiastic when it comes to learning English as a second/foreign language. What are your experiences and how do you motivate them?

08 September 2016 4,524 24 View

How to write an effective proposal for a research grant ?

As researchers, we apply for various grants at the national and international levels. Please share with me some pertinent tips on grant proposals.

07 August 2016 1,417 0 View

Why is writing a problem among second/foreign language learners?

Second/Foreign language learners face numerous challenges when exploring their academic writing endeavours. These learners tend to resort to various strategies which are illegitimate. Please share...

07 August 2016 7,967 4 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

What is your perception on using visual analysis or quantitative approaches to evaluate data from single-case research designs (n of 1 trials)?

Results of single-case research designs (i.e., n-of-1 trials) are often evaluated by visually inspecting the time-series graph and computing quantitative indices. A question our research team is...

03 March 2021 687 1 View

How to address this issue in the analysis of Real-Time PCR results?

To dear Researchers, I was analyzing a series of concentration for estimation of Real-Time PCR efficiency. The concentration was 1:10. I used MS-excel to evaluate Slope. The result of slope was -8...

01 March 2021 8,683 4 View

How to make a time series imputation benchmark ?

Hello ! In a work, I have to benchmark different algorithms to fill in missing values in time series. I insist on the fact that this is imputation and not forecasting. In my case, I have access...

24 February 2021 7,470 7 View

How to interpolate from a time-series database ?

Hi, I am having trouble with a problem, in the field of Optimal Control and the generation of optimal time-series. Let's consider a system, whose dynamics are represented by dx/dt =...

24 February 2021 9,105 2 View

Can we recognize signs of the "volatility clustering" property of a time series in its time domain plot?

My purpose is to recognize the volatility clustering property without statistical tests such as The Lagrange Multiplier (LM) test.

24 February 2021 4,150 3 View

How can I obtain time series data by country on night-time light (brightness) ?

Hi everyone, Please, how can I obtain time series data by country on night-time light (brightness) ? I've tried, but so far all I can find are maps. I am looking for numerical data, especially in...

24 February 2021 8,625 4 View

I have a time series data of some biochemical studies ( DNA and Chromosomal damage) which I intend to use to further predict into future ?

I have a time series data of some biochemical studies ( DNA and Chromosomal damage) which I intend to use to further predict into future without necessarily conducting the assay for an extended...

23 February 2021 7,842 1 View

Which are the most recent implications of ESL Academic Discourse in language teaching?

Language teachers at UTP (Language Department) are increasingly interested in the role of academic papers in the development of language (English) teaching practices. Research papers in Academic...

22 February 2021 1,388 4 View

How to run repeated measures in mvabund?

I have a dataset of fish species abundances collected from 6 different habitats over the course of 30 years. Fish were collected multiple times per year and environmental variables were recorded...

21 February 2021 3,838 1 View