Team ground rules: Their nature and functions

Bio-urban design and the Hidden Rules of Nature

There was a turning point in each period of time which human has discovered a new sight about the world and nature order in a way, and then has presented this relation by numeral, artful and industrial language. Biourbanism focuses on the urban organism, considering it as a hyper complex system, according to its internal and external dynamics and their mutual interactions. Nowadays when it is t...

The Plant Hormones: Their Nature, Occurrence, and Functions

Plant hormones are a group of naturally occurring, organic substances which influence physiological processes at low concentrations. The processes influenced consist mainly of growth, differentiation and development, though other processes, such as stomatal movement, may also be affected. Plant hormones have also been referred to as ‘phytohormones’ though this term is infrequently used. In thei...

Ground Rules in Team Projects: Findings from a Prototype System to Support Students

Student team project work in higher education is one of the best ways to develop team working skills at the same time as learning about the subject matter. As today’s students require the freedom to learn at times and places that better match their lifestyles, there is a need for any support for team project work to be also available online. Team working requires that the task roles as well as ...

Soil and ground water salintty and their relations to physiography

Organizing the Rules of Nature

The title of this paper, "Organizing the Rules of nature", brings forth the question: What are the rules of nature? Since nature, exclusive of man, does not state any rules, the rules must be something that man creates by his study of nature. You will probably agree that the rules of nature as we know them are the principles of the sciences. But what are the principles of a science? What do sci...