Student retention is a priority in universities, as drop-out rates among university students within 12 months of starting continue to rise, according UK figures released by the Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA) (https://www.hesa.ac.uk/data-and-analysis/performance-indicators/non-continuation, accessed February 2022), and with approximately quarter freshmen not enrolling for second year ...

BACKGROUND Nitrogen fixation has been established in protokaryotic model Escherichia coli by transferring a minimal nif gene cluster composed of 9 genes (nifB, nifH, nifD, nifK, nifE, nifN, nifX, hesA and nifV) from Paenibacillus sp. WLY78. However, the nitrogenase activity in the recombinant E. coli 78-7 is only 10 % of that observed in wild-type Paenibacillus. Thus, it is necessary to increas...

This paper offers an overview, both internationally and with a particular concentration on the UK, of how the profession-orientated discipline of Publishing Studies (PS) is accommodated and established within those universities where it is offered. It presents a combination of data, gained from a survey of professionals teaching PS, desk research into courses of PS in the UK and from Heidi and ...

The financial cost to individuals of higher education is now regularly exceeding £50k before maintenance in the UK; consequently, students are more concerned than ever that their degree should offer value for money when they enter jobs marketplace. Overshadowed by long-term debt, lack career options and job offerings with low salary, student numbers arts, languages, humanities philosophy areas ...

This paper analyses the role and significance of endowments for UK higher education system. We have systematised metrics commonly used to measure performance academic endowments. To collect data about universities colleges, we exploited provided by HESA (Higher Education Statistics Agency) that disseminate Charity Commission England Wales. The size university colleges is valued using their resp...

به منظور ارتقای سطح کیفی فضاهای مسکونی، در این پژوهش هدف کشف عوامل مؤثر بر کیفیت محیط ارتباط بین آن‌ها و بیان راهبردهایی همین است. مسکونی مفهومی پویا، پیچیده، چندبعدی است که از ابعاد مختلف کالبدی، اجتماعی، اقتصادی، زیست‌‌محیطی شکل گرفته معیارهای مناسب ارزیابی سنجش رضایتمندی ساکنان آن ماهیت اما دلیل استخراج قابل‌اندازه‌‌گیری تلفیقی روش‌‌های کمّی قالب شیوۀ همبستگی استفاده شده با تبیین الگوی معادله...

Sistem Struktur Gedung Kantor Pusat Bank Sulteng, merupakan struktur open frame dengan 1 basement dan 4 lantai di atasnya. Tidak berbeda bangunan Palu lainnya, Sulteng (dahulu bernama Pembangunan Daerah Sulawesi Tengah atau BPD Sulteng) pun turut terkena gempa bumi pada 28 September 2018 yang lalu. Gempa tersebut menimbulkan kekhawatiran kepada para pengguna bank akan terjadinya kerusakan bahka...

The translation inhibitor microcin C7 (MccC7) is a linear heptapeptide whose N terminus has been replaced by an N-formyl group and whose C terminus has been replaced by the phosphodiester of 5'-adenylic acid and n-aminopropanol (J. I. Guijarro, J. E. González-Pastor, F. Baleux, J. L. San Millán, M. A. Castilla, M. Rico, F. Moreno, and M. Delepierre, J. Biol. Chem. 270:23520-23532, 1995). MccC7 ...

PURPOSE Despite widespread popular use of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) therapies, a rigorous evidence base about their efficacy for cancer-related pain is lacking. This is a systematic review of randomized controlled trials (RCTs) evaluating CAM therapies for cancer-related pain. METHODS RCTs using CAM interventions for cancer-related pain were abstracted using Medline, EMBASE...