Open educational resources (OER) can be described in numerous ways (Creative Commons, 2012). In this visualization based context, however, OER can be defined as…teaching, learning and research resources that reside in the public domain or have been released under an…

Background: There are numerous studies and documents regarding the prevalence of smoking in Iran. Thus, to provide suitable information for decision-making and policy-making in this regard, the prevalence of smoking in Iran was evaluated using the meta-analysis of the results…

This article presents the rationale, common practices, challenges, and some personal anecdotes from a journal editor on the production, use, and re-use of peer-reviewed, scholarly articles as open educational resources (OER). The scholarly and professional discourse related to open educational…

Security has been major concern of mankind for decades. Various techniques have introduced to provide possible solutions and this list is growing everyday. Most of these techniques are preventive and are mainly used to raise alarms. With growing knowledge and…

This study examines the relationship between knowledge management and organizational resilience. The sample for the study consisted of one hundred and twenty eight (128) employees from the thirty four manufacturing companies that are registered with the manufacturers Association of Nigeria,…

The Naucoridae are most interesting and fascinating aquatic water bugs known as water creepers, needle bugs and toebiters. In view of the studies of Naucoridae fauna from other parts of world, the study of Indian Naucoridae is of a great…

Angiogenesis, or the formation of new blood vessels out of pre-existing capillaries, is a sequence of events that is fundamental to many physiologic and pathologic processes such as cancer, ischemic diseases, and chronic inflammation. With the identification of several proangiogenic…

A major theme of the Dionysiaca is the voyeur or curious seeker, whose search, often eroticized, for new experience or knowledge is in various ways rewarding or endangering.

Aeschylus evokes, sometimes literally and sometimes metaphorically, the elements and their interactions in ways that show his knowledge of the ideas of Parmenides and Empedocles.

Analysis of the trial scenes in Chariton, Longus, and Achilles Tatius shows their knowledge and use of the full repertory of rhetorical theory concerned with designing the strategy of forensic arguments.