Journal of Agricultural Studies (JAS) would like to acknowledge the following reviewers for their assistance with peer review manuscripts this issue. Many authors, regardless whether JAS publishes work, appreciate helpful feedback provided by reviewers. Their comments and suggestions were great help authors in improving quality papers. Each listed below returned at least one Reviewers Volume 11...

International Journal of Social Science Studies (IJSSS) would like to acknowledge the following reviewers for their assistance with peer review manuscripts this issue. Many authors, regardless whether IJSSS publishes work, appreciate helpful feedback provided by reviewers. Their comments and suggestions were great help authors in improving quality papers. Each listed below returned at least one...

Pathology ordering by General Practitioners (GPs) is a significant contributor to rising health care costs both in Australia and worldwide. A thorough understanding of the nature and patterns of pathology utilization is an essential requirement for effective decision support for pathology ordering. In this paper a novel methodology for integrating data mining and case based reasoning for decisi...

This paper develops an inductive theory of the open source software innovation process by focussing on the creation of Freenet, a project aimed at developing a decentralized and anonymous peer-to-peer electronic file sharing network. We are particularly interested in the strategies and processes by which new people join the existing community of software developers, and how they initially contr...

Janet Rothenberg Pack provided very helpful comments on an earlier draft. Wai-Lumn Foong provided excellent research assistance.

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With the increasing popularity and scale of peer teaching, it is imperative to develop methods that ensure the quality of teaching provided by undergraduate students. We used an established faculty development and quality assurance process in a novel context: peer observation of teaching for undergraduate peer tutors. We have developed a form to record observations and aid the facilitation of f...

Background & Aims: Increasing pressure for having scholarly publications in accredited English medium journals emphasizes the need to enhance academic writing ability by author-researchers in various fields, especially, in medical and hard sciences. In order to enhance the language of manuscripts, many authors seek assistance from editors prior to submission to high-status journals. Various typ...