Dear Editor, Many years ago unprofessional supervisors were identified as one of the main reasons for the withdrawal of a student’s study. Recently in some universities, unethical supervision has become an increasing concern of students and ethic committees. The last few years has witnessed an increase in the withdrawal rate of students who quit their study because of the poor guidance of their...

In the second revised edition of this widely used textbook, practical aspects are given particular emphasis. Two new chapters have been added-one on geology in engineering, another summarizing the subject matter of physical geology and explaining its relation to earth history. The chapter on geology in engineering, and those on minerals and mineral deposits, offer especially good material for a...

To help students master the content of a neurophysiology course, they were asked to participate in collaborative writing projects. In the first two years, students contributed to a class wiki by summarizing one lecture and editing summaries of several others. In the second two years, students worked in teams of three or four to write a series of illustrated chapters spanning the entire semester...

One reason why I have enjoyed reading earlier prefatory chapters is for the glimpses one gets of how the perception of problems, and insights into their nature, have grown from chance readings, comments by colleagues, or unexpected results. There is also the broader perspective on the evolution of our discipline and on the interactions among scientists. In short, they reveal the human face of s...

By F. R. Walters.?Published by Bailliere, Tindal & Cox, 1921. Price 12s. 6d. net. Tiik book is written from wide experience. The author has studied the treatment of tuberculosis in institutions both in England and on the continent. As a County Tuberculosis Officer he knows the problem well from its domiciliary aspect. Much of the subject-matter of the book will be found in larger works, but the...

The authors of the article analyze Stendhal’s novel “The Red and Black” from standpoint intertextuality. main attention is focused on paratextuality work, that is, relationship text with titles, epigraphs, preface afterword – its frame. has all elements a framework: title complex, framework text, division into chapters, parts. structurally divided two parts chapters (2 75 respectively). element...