Contents 1 Introduction 2. The global climatic role of snow cover 3. Sea ice as a part of the global glaciation 4. The influence of snow and ice on climate 5. Thermal non-equilibrium of the nival-glacial system 6. Glaciological forecast 7. Forthcoming warming and the fate of glaciers Glossary Bibliography Biographical Sketch

The main purpose of this study is to examine the effects of organizational climate and structure on knowledge management from the social interaction perspective. Regression analysis was used to test the hypotheses in a sample of 146 cases. The findings suggest that innovative and cooperative climate is positively related to social interaction; that when the organizational structure is less form...

This paper uses insights from behavioral economics to explain a particularly surprising borrowing phenomenon: One in six undergraduate students offered interest-free loans turn them down. Models of impulse control predict that students may optimally reject subsidized loans to avoid excessive consumption during school. Using the National Postsecondary Student Aid Study (NPSAS), we investigate st...

Corrected authors’ contributions MN made substantial contributions to conception and design, acquisition of data, analysis and interpretation of data, and drafted the manuscript. DA made substantial contributions to conception and design, acquisition of data, analysis and interpretation of data. MC made substantial contributions to the inception of the study, revision of the manuscript, and is ...

Abstract Highly responsive teachers tend to foster behaviors that are low in conflict and high prosociality, among their students, leading a positive classroom climate decrease bullying victimization. However, little is known about the interaction between teacher responsiveness both student–teacher, student–student relationship characteristics, influencing students’ victimization at school. Her...

Interaction plays an important role to the success of distance learning. As most distance learning environments utilize mainly asynchronous ComputerMediated Communication (CMC) systems, interaction research that focuses on synchronous CMC is largely ignored. This study scrutinize the patterns of learnerlearner interaction in a distance-learning environment. Student interactions in synchronous a...

World-wide, universities in health sciences have transformed their curriculum to include collaborative learning and facilitate the students' learning process. Interaction has been acknowledged to be the synergistic element in this learning context. However, students spend the majority of their time outside their classroom and interaction does not stop outside the classroom. Therefore we studied...