This paper seeks to provide an input towards developing the proposal for the research project, “Pathways of Women’s Empowerment” to investigate the determinants of women’s empowerment where and when it occurs. It primarily attempts to give an overview of the trends in research, thinking and programmes in Pakistan from 1975 onwards in the area of women’s empowerment and bodily integrity in order...

Mathematical techniques in proof writing can be narrowed down to specific styles. Simply put, proofs direct or indirect- the latter using Law of Excluded Middle from logic as well axiom Choice, prove existence mathematical objects. However, thinking skills involved indirect are prone errors, especially novice writers such prospective teachers. Creativity mathematics entails use both and approac...

Past research suggests that women alter their behaviors during periods of high fertility to attract mates. Consistent with this notion, the current research examined the interpersonal style, as defined by the interpersonal circumplex, men tend to find most attractive in potential mates and the change in women’s interpersonal styles across the menstrual cycle. In Study 1, a sample of 101 single ...

Databases comprise the foundation of most software systems. System developers inevitably write code to query these databases. The de facto language for querying is SQL and this, consequently, is the default language taught by higher education institutions. There is evidence that learners find it hard to master SQL, harder than mastering other programming languages such as Java. Educators do not...

The expression ‘publish or perish’ has probably never been as cruelly applicable as it is today. Universities in many countries now require their staff to publish in major, high-impact, peerreviewed Anglophone journals as a pre-requisite for tenure, promotion and career advancement, making participation in this global web of scholarship an obligation for academics all over the world. Junior sch...

Having a formalized mechanism for linking novice authors and experienced authors can assist budding writers. Scientific writing is a skill that many practitioners are not taught in school as this type of writing is not generally used in clinical practice. Many of the submissions to the Journal come from authors with a wealth of clinical experience but who lack scientific writing experience; mor...

The expression ‘publish or perish’ has probably never been as cruelly applicable as it is today. Universities in many countries now require their staff to publish in major, high-impact, peerreviewed Anglophone journals as a pre-requisite for tenure, promotion and career advancement, making participation in this global web of scholarship an obligation for academics all over the world. Junior sch...

A generic analysis of research articles can cover a wide variety of issues; among them are rhetorical features. A crucial part of the rhetorical features of research article is the use of metadiscourse that can help to make the text persuasive and acceptable to a discourse community (Hyland, 2005). The underlying principle behind metadiscourse use is the view of writing as socially engaging: in...

Writing is an important activity in academic and corporate environments. Feedback on the writing is key to improving the quality of documents, and for novice writers to develop their skills. This paper describes the architecture of a web-based framework for providing automated feedback. The framework allows writers to use different writing tools such as Wiki’s, cloud-based Google Docs or Word. ...

The author of the article assesses special editorial vision Nikolay Nekrasov, from first works future great writer who saw his sight in Leo Tolstoy, and Strakhov – a person close to literature, but initially had makings critic, not an artist word. notes merit Nekrasov discovery new talents support novice writers, we analyse manner specificity Tolstoy Strakhov, sent Nekrasov's journal Sovremenni...