The Brundtland Report (also known as Our Common Future) has placed sustainability of energy resources and environmental degradation on a common global agenda. Increasing awareness has spurred much res... 1 year ago

The study was conducted to analyse the relationship of academic self-efficacy to self-regulated learning, school identification, test anxiety and academic achievement at secondary school level. Anot... 1 year ago

Background: Chronic pulmonary disorders, such as chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and fibrosing lung diseases, and atrial fibrillation (AF), are prevalent in elderly people. The impact o... 1 year ago

Chromium sulphate Cr(III) and pentachlorophenol (PCP) widely used as tanning and biocide respectively in leather preparation are highly toxic and recalcitrant. Biosorption of chromium by Aspergillus n... 1 year ago

The object of this study is to examine children’s perspectives on health and what elements make them feel good. Health promoting contributions rarely emanate from children’s perspectives but mos... 1 year ago

The purpose of this paper is to describe a proposed support system of Kaizen activity which contributes to improve related performance indicators in a production department. Background research consis... 1 year ago

The growth of the Yogyakarta Urban Area (YUA) has led to an increasing of the microclimate, characterized by elevated temperatures. One of the efforts to decrease temperature is by establishing the de... 1 year ago

Being overweight or obese is associated with an increased risk for the development of non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus, hypertension, and cardiovascular disease. Dyslipidemia of obesity is ch... 1 year ago

This study aims to indicate the role of faculty members in the development of creativity among their students. It has to answer the following question: What is the role of faculty members at Al-Balq... 1 year ago

Renewable energy sources such as wind, solar, and microhydro have the potential to fulfill the energy needs of society. To optimize their utilization, the generators using this kind of energy are conn... 1 year ago

Objective: To investigate whether emulsified isoflurane preconditioning could reduce lung injury induced by hepatic I/R in rats and its mechanism. Materials and methods: 32 pentobarbital-anesthetize... 1 year ago

Alternative energy, nowadays, becomes more necessary than fossil fuels which might be destructing and polluting the earth’s environment. Wind can be one of the most cheap, secure, environment friend... 1 year ago

This paper describes a research project which developed a Web Portal around ‘transition’ (the move from school to ‘adult’ life) for people with Learning Disabilities (LD), their families ... 1 year ago

Project planning is among the most critical factors to the success of a construction project. In project planning, cost and schedule are closely interrelated, because they share a lot of common data i... 1 year ago

Nucleophosmin (NPM1) is an abundant and ubiquitously expressed phosphoprotein that is known to influence solid tumors progression. However, little is known about the role of NPM1 in leukemia. Here, ... 1 year ago

This study aims to examine the role of the cluster schools in Malaysia in order to meet the diverse needs of students. It also seeks to identify the efforts that were initiated by the cluster school... 1 year ago

Background: The US Surgeon General’s Report on Bone Health suggests America’s bone-health is in jeopardy and issued a “call to action” to develop bone-health plans incorporating components of... 1 year ago

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One recent fruitful development in the area of second language (L2) acquisition has been Task-Based Language Teaching (TBLT). Consequently, L2 researchers have paid particular attention to the role ... 1 year ago

The paper presents some early outputs from a study considering Papua’s economic development options. Rich in mineral and forestry wealth, Papua paradoxically suffers the highest levels of poverty in... 1 year ago