Business intelligence (BI) architecture based on service-oriented architecture (SOA) concept enables enterprises to deploy agile and reliable BI applications. However, the key factors for implementing a SOA-based BI architecture from technical perspectives have not yet been systematically investigated. Most of the prior studies focus on organisational and managerial perspectives rather than tec...

Navya-Nyāya is an early modern Indian system of philosophical analysis. It was founded by Udayana (c. 1050 CE), developed by Gaṅgeśa (c. 1200 CE), and reached its peak in the works of authors including Raghunātha (c. 1500 CE), Jagad̄ı́sa (c. 1600 CE) and Gadādhara (c. 1650 CE). The school is notable for its development of a technical language, by means of which it clarified many philosophical que...

The paper presents a few simple approaches that have been used to integrate design experiences into regular technical courses. In addition, a possible future initiative to link material from different technical courses through a design experience is outlined. Finally, thoughts on the need to further integrate academic and “work experience” requirements to become a professional engineer are pres...

Technical, vocational education and training (TVET) in Kenya has undergone major changes since colonialists introduced it the nineteenth century. While colonial government viewed TVET as a social economic weapon against “an academic inferior” race, present day is answer to financial freedom solution youth unemployment, skills acquisition, lifelong learning fulfillment of country’s ideal. This p...

Orientation: The crippling effects of staff turnover on higher education performance and success are disruptive influence the core national human capital development thus call for a swift response using retention strategies.Research purpose: This article sought to explore nature academic strategies technical universities in Ghana.Motivation study: Literature context Ghanaian appears be limited,...

Academic essays entail taking a stance on the truth value of propositions. Epistemic adverbs deal with the speaker's assessment of the truth value of propositions. Employing a corpus-based approach with descriptive statistics and qualitative description, this study explored the use of epistemic stance adverbs in academic essays written by native English speakers and Iranian EFL learners. Follow...

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Not much is known about higher technical education in England, but current policy looks positively at it to improve labour productivity and social mobility. We provide updated estimates of individual earnings differentials associated with such education, compared achieving degrees, for all secondary school leavers 2003. find an early advantage which erode over time. By age 30, most degree holde...