Colleges and universities assume the important historical mission of cultivating socialism modernization constructors and reliable successors with lofty ideals, integrity, knowledge and a strong sense of discipline. Colleges and universities should carry out the educational strategy of the Communist Party of China in an all-around way, push ahead with education for all-around development and im...

When becoming President of the Section in Comparative Politics, I sought counsel from those who had organized it. Comparative Politics was rapidly changing, they emphasized, and the Section should actively explore new departures and emerging perspectives. While striving to be inclusive, its leadership should be proactive. Before departing, I wish to express my thanks to those who have provided ...

Large extragalactic surveys allow us to trace, in a statistical sense, how supermassive black holes, their host galaxies, and their dark matter halos evolve together over cosmic time, and so explore the consequences of AGN feedback on galaxy evolution. Recent studies have found significant links between the accretion states of black holes and galaxy stellar populations, local environments, and ...

Universities have been early adopters of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT). However, does availability imply use? How is ICT being used by academic departments? This article addresses these questions, and discusses the use of ICT to support research, instruction and service, but more specifically, the use of ICT to enhance a sense of identity and community across all members of a...

A sense of fierce, global competition over resources, students, and faculty is driving universities worldwide to launch strategic exercises and branding initiatives. Universities, like corporations, articulate their vision and mission statements for brand differentiation and marketing campaigns. One result is that, with the guidance of marketing and branding consultants, universities across the...

In order to assess the mission and strategic direction in an academic department of biomedical informatics, we used social network analysis to identify patterns of common interest among the department's multidisciplinary faculty. Data representing faculty and their self-identified research methods and expertise were analyzed by applying a network modularity algorithm to detect community structu...

We present a novel type of model incorporating a special remote life signals sensing optical system on top of a controllable robotic platform. The remote sensing system consists of a laser and a camera. By properly adapting our optics and by applying a proper image processing algorithm we can sense within the field of view, illuminated by the laser and imaged by ...

Empowerment evaluation is the use of evaluation concepts, techniques, and findings to foster improvement and self-determination. Program participants--including clients--conduct their own evaluations: an outside evaluator often serves as a coach or additional facilitator depending on internal program capabilities. Empowerment evaluation has three steps: 1) establishing a mission; 2) taking stoc...

Designing autonomous systems to perform reconnaissance and surveillance missions is especially challenging. Platforms must coordinate, to make on-line decisions about what to sense, what to communicate and how to manoeuvre to achieve their mission goals. A first step in achieving consistent, coordinated decision making is to provide a means for rapid and efficient distribution of information be...