This article reports on a large-scale survey of nearly two thousand faculty and students at one institution, University College London, and profiles their use and perceptions of ebooks. The context for the study is an action research project, CIBER’s SuperBook, that will further investigate the issues raised in this initial benchmarking survey using deep log analysis and qualitative methods. Th...

Despite being a water-rich country, Nicaragua struggles to secure clean water access for many of its residents. In addition to distributional and water quality issues, a prolonged drought affecting all regions of the country has compounded preexisting governance challenges to ensuring rural water needs. This article focuses on a rural community along the southwest Pacific Coast of Tola, Nicarag...

We use insights from resource dependence, institutional theories and social movement theories to examine the indigenization of subsidiary management in the multinational company (MNC). We discuss the effects of interdependence with local organizations, access to critical resources, and MNC legitimacy in the host country on the indigenization of subsidiary management. We consider the impact of l...

Reconstructions are presented documenting the relative motion of the Australia. Antarctic and Pacific plates since Chron 27 (61.1 Ma). In addition to the motion of the major plates, the reconstructions show the relative motion between East and West Antarctica and the continental fragments that make up the South Tasman Rise. Recent observations that are used in making these reconstructions inclu...

Introduction: The curriculum for health profession education uses a variety of teaching techniques. A strategy is needed to create creative learning environment during the implementation academic process so that students can achieve expected competencies. Peer one methods facilitate student experience. (PL) peers as tutors in and with from each other. application peer method considered have sev...

The emerald ash borer is causing dramatic losses following its introduction into North America, with hundreds of millions trees killed. Attacked lose wood integrity rapidly after infestation and are prone to failure. aim this study was investigate the degrading potential Basidiomycota fungi previously found associated EAB galleries. Laboratory soil agar microcosm experiments showed that many wh...