Over the past several decades, a new paradigm of organization has been reshaping higher education in the United States. Most colleges and universities now operate like knowledge factories. Notions of faculty governance have been eroded by the decision-making power of…

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A mudança de paradigma de uma escola mecanicista, que encara o saber como fragmentado e estanque, para uma escola interdependente e global, ou segundo Peter Senge, de "pensamento sistémico", pode ser mediada através da utilização das Tecnologias de Informação e…

The survey was conducted during the period of 2009-10 at various regions of Kolhapur city through personal interviews (549) to access region specific consumption rates by targeting the residence of the respondent. The relevant questions were asked to know knowledge…

Nitrogen is a major element found in many of the simple compounds and nearly all of the complex macromolecules of living cells. Nitrogen can be obtained either from organic source or inorganic source but ultimately it is converted into ammonia…

Fuzzy logic control technology has been widely and successfully utilized in numerous industrial applications. Since fuzzy logic with humanlike but systematic properties can convert linguistic control rule based on expert knowledge into automatic control strategies, it can be well applied…

The number and scope of faculty and institutions involved in academic entrepreneurship continues to expand, and this has signifi cant implications for universities, involving potentially wonderful opportunities but also dire risks. This paper looks beyond academic capitalism, a theory that…

AbstractThe knowledge of the phenomenon El Niño Southern Oscillation (ENSO) still is partial, the variations in the Colombian climate and the ENSO events make difficult its understanding and the prediction of its impacts. This research used the Climate Explorer, to…

The capital you don't see on the Balance Sheet of an organization is in three forms: Human Capital (the collective skill, knowledge attitudes and behavior of the people in the organization), Information Capital (the resources and processes in place that…

Artificial neural networks (ANN) are very efficient in solving various kinds of problems But Lack of explanation capability (Black box nature of Neural Networks) is one of the most important reasons why artificial neural networks do not get necessary interest…