Does supply create its own demand?

Ok. An old question put out 200 years ago by Jean-Baptiste Say, and one usually answered with a 'no'. But can you make a reasonable try at arguing 'yes' strongly and convincingly?

07 August 2018 4,387 15 View

The Golden Rule for Teachers?

I came across this on my linked in site. The question really references the Student Centred Approach to teaching. The above concludes that the Golden Rule involves: Putting yourself in your...

07 August 2018 3,717 23 View

To what extent did the USA cause the collapse of the British and French Empires after World War 11?

During the 2nd World War, President Roosevelt's Atlantic Charter had committed the USA to dismantling the British and French empires in Asia, although not to dismantling their own. Roosevelt had...

07 August 2018 7,707 10 View

Do you rely on authority heuristics when considering a subject?

How many believe a judgement or point of view simply because it comes from a professional or from someone endowed with intellectual or political (in its widest sense) authority? If you are told...

06 July 2018 7,230 5 View

Is intelligence overrated?

Although intelligence is purveyed as a requisite quality how does it really help towards success, for example, happiness and quality of life. Is there something to be said for stupidity? Are...

06 July 2018 5,585 90 View

Is academia just a way of presenting knowledge and does it therefore deserve its status?

Academic training is lengthy but often resolves into specific ways to present knowledge and information. This requires ability but does it require great ability. When I did my first degree I...

06 July 2018 8,980 14 View

What is the overall effect of International Students?

Does their presence in host countries, usually in the West, aid the host countries or their own country more? Do millions of students learning and training in other countries aid globalisation? Do...

06 July 2018 3,159 17 View

Have any of your original professors/lecturers done outstanding work in their discipline and are now celebrated?

I wonder how many ever succeeded but remained big fish in a tiny pool, happy to be under half-lit lamps throwing occasional light on them and their work.

06 July 2018 1,480 1 View

Do you believe Foucault was right to hold that madness is merely a construct?

Is madness just an idea developed as a consequence of the constitution of a prevailing notion of rationality, as Foucault examined in Madness and Civilisation. The development of Normalcy, an idea...

06 July 2018 2,262 7 View

In the UK, there has been an increase in university numbers. Do you think degrees are the only way forward?

When I was young hardly anyone took degrees. Only the privileged went to university. Now it has become a necessity and rite of passage. Unfortunately, in the UK, with changes to the attainment of...

05 June 2018 8,875 47 View

How can I measure MMP-1 protein activity or protein level from liver tissue?

Instead of checking only the mRNA level, I want to check the active protein level of MMP-1 in Liver tissue from mice. How can I do that?

03 March 2021 1,763 2 View

New Journal, "Integrative Psychological and Behavioral Science" -- do you not know, and have you not seen, this done before?

Question to you and THEM, the New Journal, "Integrative Psychological and Behavioral Science" -- do you not know, and have you not seen, this done before? There appears to be a core problem for...

02 March 2021 3,024 2 View

Which is a lucid standard comprehensive book to guide on psychological scale construction and its standardization?

02 March 2021 7,082 3 View

How can we calculate the sample size for rodents for a particular period of time?

How can we calculate the sample size for rodents for a study for one year? Are there any specific protocols to be followed for designing rodent sampling? How long should be the sampling interval...

01 March 2021 1,056 3 View

Would fecal samples stored at -20C for over a year impact metagenomic analysis?

Dear All, I have access to some rodent fecal samples that have been stored at -20C instead of -80C. Anyone have experience with the impact of stowage condition on comparative metagenomic analysis...

01 March 2021 2,512 1 View

How does one access the Cranet survey data on HRM practices?

Hello, The Cranet website does not provide any lead to the data obtained from their multinational survey on HRM practices. Any help on accessing the data would be most appreciated. Thank...

01 March 2021 9,536 3 View

LOAD DISPLACEMENT CURVES Stiffness increasing in ANSYS non linear analysis. HOW CAN I CORRECT IT?

Hi. I am doing non linear FE analysis using a new material beam under flexural 2 point loading using ANSYS. I have defined a bilinear material model. The solution has converged. In results I am...

01 March 2021 9,911 3 View

Is there any research regarding how training and development is going to change in the era of Fourth Industrial Revolution?

As the organizations getting prepared for the fourth industrial revolution, to enhance the skills of their workforce what type of changes are necessary and going to occur in the training and...

01 March 2021 3,199 3 View

IHC on mouse liver hepatocytes?

Can anyone help me choose primary antibodies for mouse liver hepatocytes and also in conjunction Cd8 cells. Also Cd3 cells. I want to look at hepatocytes and adjacent immune cells in mice with...

01 March 2021 6,953 1 View

How to avoid ulcers in s.c. injected tumors ?

Recently, we have injected s.c. B16F10 tumor cells in BL/6 mice. At around 12-15th day some animals showed ulcerations in tumors , with a big hole in the middle (it looks like a volcano). We have...

01 March 2021 9,938 3 View