I give thanks to the Almighty God for His grace to be alive today and to deliver the 13 Inaugural Lecture of this University, rated and acclaimed the best amongst all the Universities in Nigeria. I am glad to be identified with the University at this point in time and, in particular to deliver a Lecture which will mark the first of a series of Inaugural Lectures in the term of Prof. I. F. Adu, ...

There is a large literature on the productivity of universities. Little is known, however, about how different types of leader affect a university’s later performance. To address this, I blend quantitative and qualitative evidence. By constructing a new longitudinal dataset, I find that the research quality of a university improves some years after it appoints a president (vice chancellor) who ...

We present the results of a new survey of 23 molecular clouds for the Zeeman effect in OH undertaken with the ATNF Parkes 64-m radio telescope and the NRAO Green Bank 43-m radio telescope. The Zeeman effect was clearly detected in the cloud associated with the H II region RCW 38, with a field strength of 38± 3 μG, and possibly detected in a cloud associated with the H II region RCW 57, with a f...

Yukio Hayashi, Koichi Takimoto, Michael B. Chancellor, Kristin A. Erickson, Vickie L. Erickson, Tsukasa Kirimoto, Koushi Nakano, William C. de Groat, and Naoki Yoshimura Department of Urology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh; Department of Environmental and Occupational Health, University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health, Pittsburgh; Department of Pharmacol...

Thanking Co-Editors. We would like to thank the following retiring Co-Editors for their outstanding efforts in ensuring the quality of the Journal of Theoretical and Applied Electronic Commerce Research publications: Joan Cooper (University of New South Wales), Paula Swatman (University of South Australia). Joan and Paula have completed a two year term and due to new academic commitments they h...

Shiraz University of Medical Sciences (SUMS) in partnership with Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) UK organized a two day Second International Congress on Publication Ethics at Shiraz from December 4-5th 2014. It was held in collaboration with Iranian Medical Journals Commission, Iranian Society of Medical Editors and National Committee for Ethics in Medical Research Dr. Behrooz Astaneh Ch...