In this paper a model is developed to explore some of the most important macro level factors that are responsible for lower student educational performance in the USA compared to most other developed nations. The underlying theme of the conceptual framework which guides the basic...
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Research Article10.9734/BJESBS/2015/16927
Aims: This research examines the impact semantics may have on knowledge transfer between faculty and students in online discussion forums. Study Design: Grounded theory qualitative method utilizing Nvivo10 Place and Duration of Study: Ashford University, Clinton, IA between July...
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Research Article10.9734/BJESBS/2015/18843
Background and Purpose: Critical thinking skill is one of the important goals of nursing education and its promotion is considered one of the expected outcomes of university studies. Thus recognition of its facilitators and barriers is an important step toward increasing the qual...
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Research Article10.9734/BJESBS/2015/17750
Aims: In light of the changes to tuition fees introduced by the UK government in 2010, the present study aimed to gain a deeper understanding of how students perceive their tuition fees. Methodology: Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis (IPA) was used to gain a deeper unde...
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Research Article10.9734/BJESBS/2015/18981
Success in learning all the lessons depends on the level of student’s reading skill. This article is the result of a quasi-experimental study that was carried out in two schools among four classes of elementary first grade during 2013-2014 in Yazd city. It aimed to determine the...
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Research Article10.9734/BJESBS/2015/17784
The use of social media as technological conduits of democratization has taken centre stage in several academic discourses. Much of this debate has focused on socio-political movements in emerging societies, particularly, North Africa, the Middle East and Eastern Europe. In this...
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Research Article10.9734/BJESBS/2015/18733
This research examined the morphology of volcanic craters on the Biu plateau with the aim of understanding their modification and processes acting on them. The objectives of the study are to identify the craters; determine the morphology and the geomorphic processes responsible f...
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Research Article10.9734/JGEESI/2015/17803
A regioselective multicomponent synthesis of pyrazolo[1,5-a]pyrimdines-7(4H)-ones 5 is reported. The reaction proceeded regioselectively via initial Michael addition of exocyclic amino function to the intermediately formed 5-ethoxymethylene Meldrum’s acid followed by a ring o...
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Research Article10.9734/ACSJ/2015/18903
Aim: The purpose of this research was to determine the prevalence of Salmonella in raw beef produced from selected commercial abbatoirs in Namibia. Methodology: A total of 9508 of beef samples from three different types of samples; meat cuts, carcass swabs and meat fluid were col...
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Research Article10.9734/EJNFS/2015/17276
Considerable amount of solid wastes in the form of peels and seeds are generated by the fruit processing industries, and these wastes if not disposed correctly are seen to cause serious environmental problems. The aim of this research was to investigate the chemical constituents...
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Research Article10.9734/JALSI/2015/16362
Recently, Williams [1] and then Yao, Xia and Jin [2] discovered explicit formulas for the coefficients of the Fourier series expansions of a class of eta quotients. Williams expressed all coefficients of 126 eta quotients in terms of σ(n) σ(n/2), σ(n/3) and σ(n/6) and Yao, Xia a...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMCS/2015/18442
The fulcrum of social justice is the respect of human dignity. Before the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) saw the light of the day in 1948, the pre-colonial Igbo people of Eastern Nigeria have already defined what constitutes the foundation of peaceable society. They...
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Research Article10.9734/JSRR/2015/16898
The purpose of any Public Service is to deliver effective services to citizens in order to improve their quality of life. Unfortunately this is not the case in South Africa as the performance of the public service to deliver quality services is often questioned against alleged fi...
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Research Article10.9734/JSRR/2015/17771
Blood transfusion is a common practice in neonatal but not without risk as well as immunological and infectious. The Aim of Study: To determine the prevalence of transfusion, the number of transfusion episodes, age at first transfusion and the main indications for transfusion to...
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Research Article10.9734/JSRR/2015/14206
Highland regions characterized with terraced slopes in East Africa are faced with serious soil and nutrient losses that have affected agricultural productivity. However, limited studies have analysed the soil and nutrient losses on terraced slopes of these humid highland regions....
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Research Article10.9734/JSRR/2015/18113