Sir Busick Harwood was Professor of Anatomy in the University of Cambridge from 1785 to 1814 and simultaneously Downing Professor of Medicine from 1800 to 1814. Some historical accounts suggest that he was not highly regarded either as a scientist or a teacher, and this note attempts to restore his academic reputation and show how his achievements helped to initiate improvements in medical educ...

Advances in injury epidemiology and prevention are among the landmark achievements in epidemiology and public health in the past century. Despite remarkable success and growth, the field of injury epidemiology did not have its own publication outlet until now. This commentary marks the debut of the new academic journal Injury Epidemiology and introduces the reader to the first batch of peer-rev...

Prediction of student’s performance is potentially important for educational institutions to assist the students in improving their academic performance, and deliver high quality education. Developing an accurate student’s performance prediction model is challenging task. This paper employs the Adaptive NeuroFuzzy Inference system (ANFIS) for student academic performance prediction to help stud...

This study examined the associations between interpersonal strengths and academic achievements and interests in a sample of 248 university students. Interpersonal strengths were assessed by the Inventory of Interpersonal Strengths (IIS), which conforms to the twodimensional interpersonal circumplex (IPC) model of personality. Academic achievement indexed by high school GPA and SAT scores and co...

The ePortfolio is emerging as the latest tool in professional development, for documenting in-service achievements, career management and seeking employment. Considerable portfolio development has occurred in the field of education and the arts, and other disciplines are increasingly applying the portfolio as a professional tool. An ePortfolio for Leisure Sciences students will enhance the exis...

Recently, secondary school students have been required to have Internet literacy for their school life and study. However, the parents of the students do not want their children to be addicted to the Internet and smart phones due to the heavy use of their devices. In this paper, we analyze the relationship between Internet literacy and the Internet and smart phone addictions with secondary scho...

This paper carefully follows graduates of the largest of Israel's public colleges, their success in their studies at the College, and in their studies towards graduate degrees in institutions of higher education in Israel. It explores who these graduates are, where they came from, their academic success, and where they headed after attaining an undergraduate degree. The aim is to examine the li...