According to Niels Bohr, “It is very difficult to make predictions, especially about the future”! The wisdom of this precept is reinforced when forecasts are made for a region as diverse, dynamic, and volatile as Asia. This diversity is reflected in the enormous differences that prevail in the region’s economic levels and rates of growth in GDP and per capita GDP, in technological sophisticatio...

Abstract Access to the public knowledge base is a key prerequisite for the good functioning of developed economies. Universities strive and are also requested to contribute to this goal at two levels: local and world-wide. Traditional studies on the geography of knowledge flows detect a localisation effect, but do not use the country as a unit of observation and hence do not explore national pa...

The supersonic annular ow over the base of a circular cylinder was used to validate the axisymmetric version of the NPARC code in a ow with large separated regions, attached ow regions, and free shear layers. Numerical results obtained using adaptive grids were compared to an extensive experimental database that includes turbulence information in the base region of the ow. The original NPARC co...

The unsteady flow features of a series of two-dimensional, planar base flows are examined, within a range of low-supersonic Mach numbers in order to gain a better understanding of the effects of compressibility on the organized global dynamics. Particle image velocimetry is used as the primary diagnostic tool in order to characterize the instantaneous near wake behavior, in combination with dat...

Three new direct-service staff participated in a program that used a video model to train target skills needed to conduct a discrete-trial session. Percentage accuracy in completing a discrete-trial teaching session was evaluated using a multiple baseline design across participants. During baseline, performances ranged from a mean of 12% to 63% accuracy. During video modeling, there was an imme...

BACKGROUND The human ability to envision the future, that is, to take a future perspective (FP), plays a key role in the justice motive and its function in transcending disadvantages and misfortunes. The present research investigated whether individual (Study 1) and situational (Study 2) differences in FP moderated the association of general belief in a just world (GBJW) with psychological resi...

OBJECTIVE To examine the opinions of Libyan doctors regarding the quality of drug information provided by pharmaceutical company representatives (PCRs) during detailing visits. METHOD An anonymous survey was conducted among 1,000 doctors from selected institutes in Tripoli, Benghazi and Sebha. Doctors were asked questions regarding the quality of information provided during drug-detailing vis...