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(From Guardian Unlimited) The Open University has mounted a review of how it accredits degrees in other institutions in a bid to limit the damage to its reputation after a [...]

(From Guardian Unlimited) The Open University has mounted a review of how it accredits degrees in other institutions in a bid to limit the damage to its reputation after a [...]

'The Israeli government's hesitation during the Second Lebanon War (2006) and before the 2009 Gaza War to launch widespread ground operations that might result in the loss of the lives [...]

Researchers detail in 'Deaf and hard-of-hearing students' experiences in mainstream and separate postsecondary education,' new data in deaf studies. 'In order to better understand academic achievement among deaf and hard-of-hearing [...]

According to a study from Milton Keynes, the United Kingdom, 'A Bourdieusian concept of cultural capital is used to investigate the transformations and contestations of migrants' cultural capital. Research often [...]

'Research shows that relationship conflict has a negative impact on job performance. There is scant theoretical work, however, explaining the interpersonal dynamics that lead to this outcome,' scientists in Hong [...]

'Colostrinin ™ (CLN), a complex mixture of proline-rich polypeptides derived from colostrums, can alleviate cognitive decline in early Alzheimer's disease patients,' scientists in Milton Keynes, the United Kingdom report (see [...]

According to a study from Milton Keynes, the United Kingdom, 'The widespread belief that animals can anticipate earthquakes (EQs) is poorly supported by evidence, most of which consists of anecdotal [...]

'The application of the molybdenum (Mo) isotope system as a proxy for determining changes in the redox state of the oceans is predicated on the assumption that the composition of [...]

'A decade on from the Stephen Lawrence Inquiry, this article examines the contributions of social scientists to the Inquiry on two key issues: the meaning of institutional racism and the [...]

According to a study from Gateshead, the United Kingdom, 'The uplift history of southwest U.K. is inferred using a composite dataset including marine and fluvial terraces and karstic data. The [...]

'Despite the important benefits for firms of commercial initiatives on the Internet, e-commerce is still an emerging distribution channel, even in developed countries. Thus, more needs to be known about [...]

'Depressive symptoms adversely affect functional recovery among post-stroke elders. Such symptoms manifest when elders face difficulties in realistic daily living after being discharged,' scientists in Hong Kong, People's Republic of [...]

According to a study from London, the United Kingdom, 'Do we have a genuine global financial system? This article challenges the strong notion that the recent financial crisis was global [...]

According to recent research from Hong Kong, People's Republic of China, 'MacCannell's thesis of tourism incorporates two implied inter-linked concepts of authenticity, which we refer to as relationship and object [...]

'Western armies have undergone substantial organizational-cultural transformations since the end of the Cold War. Two main themes have been suggested to describe these transformations: postmodernity and post-Fordism,' investigators in Raanana, [...]

'We suggest that while approaching a target, individuals are tuned to cues indicating closeness. Conversely, while avoiding a target, individuals are tuned to cues indicating distance,' scientists writing in the [...]

According to a study from Raanana, Israel, 'Since the 1970s, military policies in liberal democracies have been potentially affected by the gap of legitimacies syndrome, that is, the widening of [...]

According to a study from Milton Keynes, the United Kingdom, 'Audio-computer-assisted-self-interviewing (A-CASI) is used by many child-care agencies in the UK, as a way of recording the views of children [...]

'This paper explores the strategies that should be employed when processing legal terminology in a bilingual legal dictionary. The viability of a bilingual law system depends on the consistent use [...]

'This study empirically investigates the safeguarding effect of (1) administrative control, (2) a dominant power position and (3) relational norms, on opportunistic behaviour of suppliers, by means of a survey [...]

'We explored the moderating role of trust in authorities in the positive effect of procedural fairness of the tax office on voluntary compliance with tax authorities. Building on fairness heuristic [...]

'Long-term morphological synaptic changes associated with homosynaptic long-term potentiation (LTP) and heterosynaptic long-term depression (LTD) in vivo, in awake adult rats were analyzed using three-dimensional (3-D) reconstructions of electron microscope [...]

In this recent report, researchers in Milton Keynes, the United Kingdom conducted a study 'To examine the relationship between depressive symptomatology, diabetes-related distress and aspects of diabetes self-care in a [...]

A new study, 'A versatile 3D culture model facilitates monitoring of astrocytes undergoing reactive gliosis,' is now available. 'A major impediment to CNS repair is the glial scar, which forms [...]

New investigation results, 'Presenting the self: negotiating a label of autism,' are detailed in a study published in Journal of Intellectual & Developmental Disability. 'An important element in the experiences [...]

'The UK government has announced the introduction from April 2010 of a feed-in tariff (FIT) for renewable energy, and initiated a consultation on its design. This paper compares three possible [...]

"Do various operational definitions of visual attention tap the same underlying process? To address this question, we probed visual selective attention using orientation of attention, flanker, and Stroop tasks. These [...]

'The study explored whether apathy and depressive mood symptoms (DMS) are related to cognitive and functional features of dementia in 63 nursing home (NH) residents with early-onset dementia (EOD). All [...]

"How do we experience aging, how do we interpret changes in our lives and what do we say about the passage of time? The aim of this paper is to [...]

Scientists discuss in 'Peripheral neural cell sensitivity to mTHPC-mediated photodynamic therapy in a 3D in vitro model' new findings in phototherapy. According to a study from Milton Keynes, the United [...]

According to a study from Milton Keynes, the United Kingdom, "The clearance of amyloid beta (A beta) from the brain represents a novel therapeutic target for Alzheimer's disease. Conflicting data [...]

According to a study from Milton Keynes, the United Kingdom, "The self-controlled case series method is increasingly being used in pharmacoepidemiology, particularly in Vaccine safety Studies. This method is typically [...]

According to a study from Netherlands, "Limited data are available on the development, implementation and evaluation processes of physical activity promotion programmes among older adults. More integrative insights into interventions [...]

"SHAKESPEARE P and WEBB C. Nursing Inquiry 2008; 15: 270-279 Professional identity as a resource for talk: exploring the mentor-student relationship This paper discusses a study examining how mentors in [...]

Fresh data on glioma are presented in the report 'Chemokine production and chemokine receptor expression by human glioma cells: role of CXCL10 in tumour cell proliferation.' "The expression of chemokine [...]

According to a study from Raanana, Israel, "Some kinds of neurons are spontaneously recruited in the intact, healthy adult brain, but the variables that affect their survival are not always [...]

"Interview-based research has shown that students in higher education hold a number of different conceptions of learning and of themselves as learners. There is debate about whether these conceptions constitute [...]

A report, "Exploring microbial diversity in volcanic environments: a review of methods in DNA extraction," is newly published data in Journal of Microbiological Methods. According to recent research published in [...]