this paper describes one university’s approach to improving the quality of teaching and learning at the institutional level, based on the premise of improving the design of curriculum rather than focusing on the skills of teachers as such. the paper describes the process by which university-wide principles of curriculum design were defined and agreed, as well as the parallel campaigns needed to...

This paper proposes to augment the concept of a business resilience improving process by enlarging such a process with a dimension of external action that addresses the vaster frame of systemic resilience of our societies. To this aim, I propose to widen the concept of socio-technical system (STS) to human societies, based on the idea that the development and survival of human societies has nec...

Rheumatoid Arthritis is a chronic systemic, inflammatory disease that if untreated, results in joint destruction and disability, affecting the quality of life. Various diagnostic indicators are used to ascertain the presence of the chronic disorder. Current treatment strategies offer various side effects and decreased action at the target site. The therapeutic possibilities in the management of...

the present study aims to investigate the system of the visual transitivity by analyzing the images of american english file (2014) and cutting edge (2005) series based on halliday’s (1976) systemic functional linguistics and kress and van leuween’s (1997-2006) social semiotics. the system of visual transitivity refers to a type of process which determines how represented participants are label...

Non-state and subnational climate actors increasingly commit to act across borders reduce greenhouse gas emissions, help communities adapt change, push governments into more ambitious policies. The effectiveness of such transnational initiatives, however, is still largely unknown. Current studies often only seek estimate the mitigation potential initiatives or study design elements that may be ...

Following our previous investigations on certain new aminoalkyl aryl ethers, which showed promising and outstanding local anaesthetic properties, the local anaesthetic activity and duration of action of a further selection of four novel derivatives of the above-mentioned series, used as hydrochloride salts, have been determined by the ill vivo rat sciatic nerve test. These are: N,N-dimethyl...

Fungus Candida albicans has received much attention due to its oral, vaginal and/or systemic candidiasis. This study was undertaken to find out the optimum antifungal effect of concentration of two essential oils namely Thymus daenensis Celak. and Zataria multifera Boiss. either alone or in combination ratio and their time of action against C. albicans. The essential oils (EOs) were obtained by ...