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Dear friends: The graph of the equation f(x, y) = 0 gives rise to many interesting curves in the plane for different choices of the function. One such choice of f(x, y) led me to the...
02 February 2018 7,236 9 View
Emotional eating is defined as overeating in order to relieve negative emotions (Source: Wikipedia). What are the causes for emotional eating? What are the disorders associated with emotional...
07 July 2016 7,219 1 View
Many Amazing Health Benefits Of Triphala Churna (Maansi) [See link] Triphala is not a standalone kitchen species or herb. Triphala is, in fact, a combination of two Sanskrit words, Tri: three and...
06 June 2016 9,200 4 View
Recently, I read an interesting article about 10 bad habits that raise one's diabetes risk (see attached link). Summary of the article. Sipping Sugary Drinks Skipping Breakfast Skimping on...
06 June 2016 5,956 18 View
While we all know about h-index, I understand that there is also an i-10 index. I understand that i-10 index is created by Google Scholar and used in Google's My Citations feature. i10-Index = the...
05 May 2016 2,231 16 View
As the name says, Karela or bitter gourd is bitter to taste, but it has many health benefits. Karela juice is an essential tonic for those who are diabetic. Some amazing benefits of Karela are...
02 February 2016 7,474 11 View
I have given a good web-link that details what are the best and worst food for type-2 diabetes patients. These food are listed under the following...
02 February 2016 717 9 View
Some excerpts from the big news on gravitational waves.. "The first direct detection of gravitational waves is without doubt one of the most remarkable breakthroughs of our time. The Advanced Ligo...
02 February 2016 4,287 1 View
Some of the recent studies have suggested that improving sleep quality in diabetics would have a similar beneficial effect as the most commonly used anti-diabetes drugs. Many of my friends who are...
01 January 2016 1,631 38 View
I know how to plot a system of first order differential equations in MATLAB. The commands 'ode23' and 'ode45' are very handy for this purpose. I like to know how to plot a fractional order...
12 December 2015 6,583 4 View
Dear RG friends: In two weeks time, I am all set to conduct a technical session on Analysis. I plan to deliver a long lecture on "Fixed Point Theorems". Of course, Banach fixed point theorem is...
12 December 2015 3,860 15 View
Social informatics is the study of information and communication tools in cultural or institutional contexts. In some Engineering Conferences, I see papers presented on social informatics with...
12 December 2015 6,505 6 View
Dear friends: Many journals require high resolution images (in *.jpg or other formats). I wish to know how to generate high resolution images from LabVIEW. The default images in *.jpg are in small...
11 November 2015 6,434 2 View
In some research papers on chaos, I see reference to a Tokamak. What is a Tokamak? Can you give its mathematical model? Thank you! Best wishes,Sundar
07 July 2015 4,568 1 View
A recent research study (2015) claims that a missing link is found between brain and immune system and it has major disease links. I have given Newspaper clippings on the same and a brief summary...
06 June 2015 4,268 2 View
While Physics is a great subject, some students find it very difficult. Physics can be taught from several perspectives - through history, applications, problems, theory, examples, laboratory...
06 June 2015 10,113 16 View
I just downloaded an article by our RG friend, Prof. Krishnan Umachandran, titled "Dynamic Human Resources" (see attached). Human Resources Department (HRD) plays an important role in recruiting...
06 June 2015 288 14 View
In India, before eye check-up, one undergoes the process of dilatation. At some places, the same process (getting eyes diluted a few times with eye-drops for doctors to examine the patient's eyes...
05 May 2015 5,739 5 View
As a General Chair in many International Conferences, I have had this experience of dealing with sleepy audience in Conference sessions, especially in post-lunch and post-tea sessions....
04 April 2015 2,854 28 View
Nano-scale encryption or nano-encryption is a new research area, which provides good security to systems and prevents them from hacking. Some links are enclosed. More details on this area are welcome!
04 April 2015 3,221 0 View
Dear friends: While one can easily write an *.m file for implementing a sliding mode control,for example, to stabilize a control system, integral sliding mode control is alsoa popular scheme and...
04 April 2015 2,875 6 View
I see some news and competitions about 3-D printing? Can someone explain this? Thanks!
03 March 2015 5,518 12 View
If the scalar quantity x(t) denotes the position (or displacement) of a moving object, then Dx(t) (first order derivative) is called the velocity and D^2 x(t) (second order derivative) is called...
02 February 2015 2,158 6 View
In some problems using Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) arising in the Design of Experiments, the computed value of F-ratio like F_C = MS_C / MS_E turns out to be less than one, and it is a trivial...
02 February 2015 3,864 6 View
ResearchGate suggests us to add 'unpublished work' to our publications. Is it safe to share unpublished work to others? I know of some Professors (like my Research Guide), who share preprints of...
02 February 2015 2,787 45 View
Shark search algorithm is a refined version of one of the first dynamic Web search algorithms, the "fish search" algorithm. This was introduced by Michael Hersovici et al., and the enclosed link...
02 February 2015 7,166 4 View
Fish search algorithm or fish school search (FSS) algorithm is a family of algorithms suited for optimization in high-dimensional search spaces. All fish perform local search and the school...
02 February 2015 1,986 6 View
Excerpts from a News article in 2013 (Times of India): India stands out for its glaring lack of infrastructure and food storage facilities, in a new study that says 21 million tonnes of wheat --...
02 February 2015 6,593 12 View
Becky Ryan suggests 5 ways to conquer our fear of failure (see link): Embrace your mistakes. Stop trying too hard. Ask for help. Say no when you’re afraid to. (Get out of the habit of assuming...
02 February 2015 2,308 13 View
"Molecular Gastronomy" is commonly used to describe a style of cuisine in which chefs explore culinary possibilities by borrowing tools from the science lab and ingredients from the food...
02 February 2015 8,725 9 View
According to Medical News (see link), here are some benefits of cranberries: Nutritional breakdown of cranberries Cranberries are a good source of vitamin C, fiber and vitamin E. Possible health...
02 February 2015 406 14 View
Recently, I saw a BBC documentary about cuttlefish! Wikipedia says: "Cuttlefish are marine animals of the order Sepiida. They belong to the class Cephalopoda, which also includes squid, octopodes,...
02 February 2015 9,419 9 View
Migraine is a chronic neurological disease characterized by recurrent moderate to severe headaches often in association with a number of autonomic nervous system symptoms. Typically the headache...
02 February 2015 9,223 7 View
Excerpts from a relevant article (see link): Health Benefits Of Blueberries: 5 Reasons To Eat More Blueberries(Jun 12, 2013 12:00 PM) By Amy Boulanger Blueberries contain antioxidants, which work...
02 February 2015 4,543 24 View
A recent book title "Aging: The Paradox of Life" (2007, Springer) by Holliday, Robin takes up the aging phenomenon about which there are so many theories. About this book, the Springer author...
02 February 2015 9,485 11 View
Hypertension or high blood pressure is a chronic medical condition in which the blood pressure in the arteries is elevated. Hypertension puts strain on the heart, leading to hypertensive heart...
02 February 2015 9,644 5 View
Sudden increase in blood pressure to a high level is a serious problem which must be reported to doctor immediately for treatment and control. Excerpts from a recent article on this topic (see...
02 February 2015 5,750 6 View
Some excerpts from a recent article (Sept 2014): "Glandular fever is a type of viral infection. It is also known as infectious mononucleosis. It can cause fever, sore throat, fatigue, swollen...
02 February 2015 3,383 3 View
Fatigue refers to the problem of being too tired or too exhausted. This is common for all, which may happen at some times, but if this happens too often, then the causes of fatigue need to be...
02 February 2015 8,672 14 View
Quorum sensing is a system of stimulus and response correlated to population density. Many species of bacteria use quorum sensing to coordinate gene expression according to the density of their...
02 February 2015 362 4 View
Excerpts from a recent article in Science Daily (see link): "New bacterial 'language' discovered: Previously unknown communication pathway" (January 21, 2015) "Bacteria communicate by means of...
02 February 2015 5,029 9 View
Excerpts from a recent science article (see enclosed link): "Einstein’s general theory of relativity predicts that the universe originated from an infinitely dense single point and then exploded...
02 February 2015 7,125 8 View
Encyclopedia Britannica details on this query: "The density of a material is given in units of mass per unit volume and expressed in kilograms per cubic metre in the SI system of units. In...
02 February 2015 1,623 8 View
Dear RG Friends: Is it possible to relate entropy concept with chaos? Entropy is a concept from thermodynamics but it has many applications in information theory. Chaos also started with a...
02 February 2015 7,063 9 View
I shall be conducting a workshop in Hyderabad, India with guest lectures and MATLAB sessions on the basic topics of Numerical Linear Algebra. I also wish to outline the recent research directions...
01 January 2015 9,497 2 View
An interesting problem in non-linear algebra is Smale's 17th problem, which can be stated as follows: “Can a zero of n complex polynomial equations in n unknowns be found approximately, on the...
01 January 2015 6,594 5 View
Often times, we hear about para-normal activities such as Extra Sensory Perception (ESP), etc. What does Science about ESP? Can ESP be real? Your comments are welcome.. Muchas Gracias.. - Dr. Sundar
01 January 2015 7,168 9 View
Wikipedia says, "Aloe vera is a succulent plant species. The species is frequently cited as being used in herbal medicine since the beginning of the first century AD. Extracts from A. vera are...
01 January 2015 5,390 15 View
Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) is a popular statistical test used in the design of experiments. There are many methods like one way classification (completely randomized design), two way...
01 January 2015 9,840 32 View
A major concern has been expressed in India by parents and child activists that children are carrying heavy school bags as per requirements given by their schools. Though most of the schools in...
01 January 2015 7,063 25 View
01 January 2015 9,123 5 View
Wikipedia says: "Occupational therapy (OT) is the use of assessment and treatment to develop, recover, or maintain the daily living and work skills of people with a physical, mental, or cognitive...
01 January 2015 1,470 28 View
Some excerpts from a recent article in Medical News Today (2014): "Mint has one of the highest antioxidant capacities of any food. Learning how to use fresh herbs and spices like mint when cooking...
01 January 2015 5,447 17 View
Wikipedia says this about space-time: "In physics, spacetime (also space–time, space time or space–time continuum) is any mathematical model that combines space and time into a single interwoven...
01 January 2015 1,289 11 View
While traveling in an Emirates fight, I was served rice with sweet corn as part of my vegetarian meals, and after that I have included sweet corn as part of my regular diet in India. Sweet corn is...
01 January 2015 5,039 6 View
Alexithymia is a personality construct characterized by the sub-clinical inability to identify and describe emotions in the self. The core characteristics of alexithymia are marked dysfunction in...
01 January 2015 8,629 6 View
Excerpts from an article by Dr. Fuhrman: "One of the oldest known fruits, found in writings and artifacts of many cultures and religions, the pomegranate (punica granatum) is an original native of...
01 January 2015 7,718 9 View
A table I saw (Source: National Sleep Foundation) gives age-wise sleep needed per day: Newborns (0-2 months): 12-18 hours per day Infants (3 to 11 months): 14 to 15 hours per day Toddlers (1-3...
01 January 2015 2,495 14 View
Insomnia, or sleeplessness, is a sleep disorder in which there is an inability to fall asleep or to stay asleep as long as desired (Wikipedia). Insomnia is most often thought of as both a medical...
01 January 2015 8,022 7 View
It is a general query - whether animals can have identical twins, that is, twin babies, which look identical or exactly similar! In the internet, I saw some photos of two similar looking cats etc....
01 January 2015 9,819 8 View
According to Wikipedia: "In mathematical physics, Minkowski space or Minkowski spacetime (named after the mathematician Hermann Minkowski) is the mathematical space setting in which Einstein's...
01 January 2015 3,845 4 View
This is a question definitely many of us should ponder - Those writers and researchers who have to spend several hours before a desktop / laptop ! James A. Levine, M.D., Ph.D. answers this query...
12 December 2014 5,190 24 View
Big data analytics is the process of examining large data sets containing a variety of data types -- i.e., big data -- to uncover hidden patterns, unknown correlations, market trends, customer...
12 December 2014 8,854 17 View
Eminent friends: What are the SPICE / Circuit simulators available for circuit design? Among them, what are freeware and what are commercial software? What do you use / recommend ? Muchas Gracias...
12 December 2014 1,965 15 View
Calculus is one of the foundation stones of the Modern Mathematics. Especially, Calculus has great applications in Science, Engineering, Business, Commerce and many other fields also. Calculus...
12 December 2014 7,316 49 View
Dear friends: Today, I received an email from a journal with subject header "SCOPUS Indexed Journal -............." (name of the journal avoided) The e-mail continues as: "Our all journals are...
12 December 2014 5,886 29 View
My Guru - Swami Sivananda (Rishikesh, India) - often advises us, "Learn the lessons from Nature". Even the silence in Nature, small sounds made by birds or animals - if we tune ourselves - can be...
12 December 2014 1,179 23 View
In a recent article - "Why the Taj Mahal is turning brown?", the effect of pollution affecting Taj Mahal, one of the wonders of the world, was addressed. Is pollution a big issue? Can it affect...
12 December 2014 9,092 28 View
These days one gets a lot of e-mails from journals inviting papers promising fast publication (with review done in 2 weeks to one month time) and publication upon paying some publishing charges....
12 December 2014 4,583 16 View
Eminent friends - While there are famous chemical reactions like Briggs-Rauscher reaction, BZ reaction and Bray-Liebhafsky reaction exhibiting chaos, is there any chemical reaction exhibiting...
12 December 2014 7,227 4 View
According to Wikipedia, "Triclosan, similar in its uses and mechanism of action to triclocarban, is an antibacterial and antifungal agent found in consumer products, including soaps, detergents,...
12 December 2014 10,001 13 View
What is brain training? "Brain training is a simple but powerful way to enhance a student's core ability to learn faster, easier, and better. The brain processes information through a complex...
12 December 2014 3,634 17 View
Tea consumption has its legendary origins in China dating back to more than 4,000 years ago, making it the oldest herbal tea known. Green tea was first brewed in 2737 BC during the reign of...
12 December 2014 2,175 94 View
Esteemed friends: The effect of music on plant growth is often given as a "science project" in some schools. The effect of sound, especially music, on plant growth has been continuously studied by...
12 December 2014 4,318 32 View
Related to a query - "Dreams and their Interpretations" - it is first and foremost to know to understand - why do we dream? Then it makes perfect sense to analyze and interpret the dreams using...
12 December 2014 2,039 19 View
Esteemed friends - Kindly see the enclosed link.. There are accounts of many great people - who slept very little only - Leonardo da Vinci, Nikola Tesla, Thomas Jefferson, Thomas Edison, Sir Isaac...
12 December 2014 6,296 47 View
Computer vision syndrome (CVS) is a temporary condition resulting from focusing the eyes on a computer display for protracted, uninterrupted periods of time. Some symptoms of CVS include...
12 December 2014 3,559 12 View
This is an important query for those who work on experimental or theoretical research.. They work on some problem for many years, but at the end - no results and no progress, and they feel like...
12 December 2014 2,542 66 View
This is an interesting medical question, and a recent article (2010 - see link) in Scientific American by Paul Reber, Professor of Psychology at Northwestern University discusses the same. Some...
12 December 2014 9,195 16 View
Excerpts from the link (see enclosure): Lack of Energy Balance A lack of energy balance most often causes overweight and obesity. Energy balance means that your energy IN equals your energy...
12 December 2014 5,186 17 View
Caffeine is found in Coffee, which is commonly taken by many people around the world, chocolate, tea, energy drinks and in soda drinks. Some people may wonder about decaffeinated coffee etc. This...
12 December 2014 2,079 17 View
Placement is very important for all college graduates and job market is often monitored by all parties involved - graduating students, recruitment agencies and the employers in the market....
12 December 2014 9,256 8 View
Often we see food items sold in markets as "fat-free", "low fat" or "reduced fat". What do these food labels really mean? I read some article by Jerry Byler which explains these terminology. I...
12 December 2014 1,818 17 View
For many of us, working to meet too many deadlines is a big problem. While it is a normal practice to work in a chronological fashion, meeting one deadline after another, from the nearest deadline...
12 December 2014 276 62 View
I recently read an article which claims that Genetically Modified (GM) food is not suitable for vegetarians (see link). I welcome your views on this topic. Some excerpts from the...
12 December 2014 4,604 56 View
What is organic food? As per Wikipedia, "Organic foods are foods produced by organic farming. Currently, the European Union, the United States, Canada, Mexico, Japan and many other countries...
12 December 2014 8,663 17 View
This is a query many diet-conscious people have - as we are told that peanuts carry fat content. The link considers this query.. Some excerpts from the link: "While many people know peanuts are...
12 December 2014 4,718 10 View
Diet-conscious people need to be aware of how much salt is good for them in their daily food intake. I recently read an article titled "The Truth About Salt: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly", which...
12 December 2014 5,091 26 View
Some excerpts from the enclosed link: "Lychee is a small fruit with a sweet smell and taste, which is available in the summer. It is a small fruit packed with healthy nutrients. It has rough skin...
12 December 2014 9,655 18 View
For many people around the world overweight and obesity are big problems. Our perception or psychological feeling of "being fit" alone will not do. It is ideal to calculate Body Mass Index (BMI)...
12 December 2014 7,155 27 View
This is a medical query and I am sharing two related articles. "Resist that midnight snack attack" (The Times of India, Oct 16, 2012) "Why late-night snacking Is bad for you?" (Alice G. Walton,...
12 December 2014 4,872 27 View
From Wikipedia: "Ebola virus disease or simply Ebola is a disease of humans and other primates caused by ebolaviruses. Signs and symptoms typically start between two days and three weeks after...
12 December 2014 4,174 2 View
Researchers or faculty or business people often need to make an academic presentation (conference, appraisal or research talk) or business presentation (proposal or progress report or activities...
12 December 2014 7,223 19 View
Walking, talking androids have been a sci-fi staple for decades. In a 2012 article (see link), John Pavlus reports building an intelligent robot in reality is still a matter of getting the right...
12 December 2014 312 28 View
In a recent article titled "Buddhism and the Brain" (see link), the author David Weisman points out many striking similarities between Buddhism and the Neuroscience. Some excerpts from this...
12 December 2014 9,012 9 View
According to Wikipedia: "The soul, in many religious, philosophical and mythological traditions, is the incorporeal and, in many conceptions, immortal essence of a living thing. According to the...
12 December 2014 2,045 17 View
I recently read an interesting article with topic as this query in "The Telegraph". (By Gregory Walton, 10 Dec 2014) Some Excerpts: "A scientific breakthrough could redefine how the universe is...
12 December 2014 6,641 22 View
From Wikipedia: "Animal communication is the transfer of information from one or a group of animals (sender or senders) to one or more other animals (receiver or receivers) which affects either...
12 December 2014 4,017 34 View
In a recent article - "Do cats have emotions?", the author, Sarah Hartwell has done a deep study on the emotions of cats. We may consider a broader questions whether animals have emotions, and...
12 December 2014 7,946 56 View
Webinar = Web + Seminar and this means a presentation, lecture, or workshop that is transmitted over the Web. Obviously, good communication software and a camera need to be installed for this in...
11 November 2014 4,558 12 View
I recently read a good paper on Quantum Chaos by Martin Gutzwiller in Scientific American (2008 - see link). (This was a repost of the original paper in 1992.) Martin Gutzwiller gives a simple...
11 November 2014 5,159 7 View
Dear friends - I recently read a good article in "Forbes" on "Ten ways big data is revolutionizing manufacturing" by Louis Columbus (see first link). As an academic, I am interested in knowing how...
11 November 2014 1,879 1 View
This is a general query. In India, many schools teach French / Deutsche as a third language, and many students also learn foreign languages more seriously at college level also. Some college...
11 November 2014 6,413 19 View
I recently read a good article "Analysis: Skilling the Student" which discusses about employing students from the employer's point of view, and how to prepare the students (skilling them)...
11 November 2014 3,318 16 View
A periodic (quarterly or bi-annual or annual) appraisal of a faculty in an academic institution (College or University) is a healthy practice to check the performance and provide adequate guidance...
11 November 2014 9,737 28 View
Quantum biology refers to applications of quantum mechanics to biological objects and problems (Wikipedia). Erwin Schrödinger, one of the founders of quantum theory in physics, was also one of the...
11 November 2014 1,356 8 View
There are different ways of viewing the world we live in! 3D is the dimension of Physicality in linear time 4D is the Astral plane 5D is an entirely different vibrational dimension and level (see...
11 November 2014 9,222 25 View
Innovation is a novel, original thing and in the context of business, it refers to the introduction of new processes, services or business products which break new ground or provide a competitive...
11 November 2014 3,885 12 View
2014 is marked as "International Year of Family Farming" and Conferences / Symposiums are held at many countries in commemoration of Family Farming. What is the status of Family Farming in various...
10 October 2014 2,903 7 View
Ideal answer may be "both", but I need to clarify this question. While there are many ideal characteristics for a guide (or supervisor), for a student, and the pre-requisites, ultimately the...
09 September 2014 5,888 20 View
I like to know how do you prepare your research papers for submission. Many of the journals give a choice - Word or LaTeX submission, but some journals accept papers only written in LaTeX. Some...
09 September 2014 5,920 26 View
H-index has become an important parameter to decide the citation value of an academic or a researcher. Having a good H-index helps in getting a good job / tenure and also developing one's...
09 September 2014 6,852 27 View
Time management is an important task for all of us at work. Most of us have multi-tasking to do, and we have our own share of teaching, research and administration for the academicians, and many...
09 September 2014 7,585 17 View
I use MATLAB commands 'ode23' and 'ode45' for solving systems of differential equations and this program involves an *.m function (system), time-span and initial-condition (x0) only. How to solve...
09 September 2014 1,769 7 View
MATLAB is a very powerful, commercial, software with a lot of toolboxes and great Graphic User Interface (GUI). SCILAB is an open-source, free, software, developed by scientists around the world...
09 September 2014 4,484 13 View
While teaching calculus of variations, I came across the Ostrogradsky equation for extremizing functionals involving functions with many independent variables. What are the other applications of...
09 September 2014 594 2 View
Friends - while most of us use LaTeX or Microsoft Word for our submissions to international journals and IEEE Conferences, I like to know whether people still use the TeX word-processor, which was...
09 September 2014 5,076 9 View
There are many ways of testing the knowledge of the students and awarding degrees. While most of the Universities follow a standard Question Pattern (Part-A, Part-B etc) with closed-books and...
09 September 2014 9,342 23 View
Some of my friends and myself like organizing workshops along with international conferences. Some organizers conduct the workshops before the conference as a "Pre-Conference" event, while we like...
09 September 2014 9,663 21 View
Dear friends: A basic pre-requisite for a PhD student is that the candidate must have a sound interest in research, and not just the sake of getting a degree. Other than this, what are...
09 September 2014 4,257 28 View
I recently came across a nice article - "How to be proactive? 10 steps" Article Link: http://www.wikihow.com/Be-Proactive The 10 steps outlined in this article are the following in edited...
08 August 2014 2,708 25 View
Teachers are always special in that they impart knowledge and also serve as role-models for all. In many of my answers here, I have shared memories of my favorite teacher, (Late) Dr. Christopher...
08 August 2014 6,816 1 View
Business organizations (or companies) use the 360 degree feedback performance appraisal process to evaluate the employees. For the 360 degree performance appraisal of an employee, feedback...
08 August 2014 3,116 17 View
Bloom's Taxonomy is an educational tool developed by Benjamin S. Bloom (1913-1999), which ranks the relative cognitive complexity of various educational objectives. Recently, there is a great...
08 August 2014 3,008 17 View
Socrates commented several centuries ago - “Education is the kindling of a flame, not the filling of a vessel.” Swami Vivekananda has said these on education: Education is the manifestation of the...
08 August 2014 3,442 50 View
Researchers have classified stress into two categories: Good stress or positive stress (Eustress) Bad stress or negative stress (Distress) Characteristics of Eustress (Positive Stress): It is...
08 August 2014 8,724 25 View
Stress management is an important topic as we all work many tasks at the same time, and have to cope up with deadlines all the time. How to manage the stress at work? I recently read an...
08 August 2014 1,810 62 View
Looking back at how I started in Washington University, I was very quiet and very shy also. After graduation, I continued at the same University, and got assigned a good course "Matrix Algebra"...
08 August 2014 9,610 29 View
For a Master's thesis or a Doctoral thesis or a research project, the students / researchers work under the guidance or leadership of a research supervisor, who is well-qualified. What are the...
08 August 2014 1,594 29 View
Public sector enterprises are run by Governments across the world with some social welfare in mind and towards contributing to the development of the society. Many are not-for-profit organizations...
08 August 2014 8,343 12 View
This is a philosophical question! I hope that this question enlightens us with various scholarly views on knowledge and we shall all be benefited by exchanges on this topic. To start with, Chinese...
08 August 2014 984 32 View
Genetically modified (GMO) food controversies are disputes over the use of foods and other goods derived from GM crops instead of conventional crops, and other uses of genetic engineering in food...
08 August 2014 9,882 21 View
I have problems in writing references of author names like "Brendan Julian van Wyk" in papers. (Name is chosen randomly to ask this question) What is the right way of abbreviating this name? "B....
07 July 2014 3,006 15 View
A famous Italian economist named Pareto observed in 1906 that 80 % of the land in Italy was owned by 20 % of the population. Over time, this observation has come to be known as the "Pareto...
07 July 2014 7,286 11 View
