GxENet: Novel fully connected neural network based approaches to incorporate GxE for predicting wheat yield by Sheikh Jubair, Olivier Tremblay-Savard, Mike Domaratzki

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Traffic safety culture of drivers in Canada: Implications for new traffic law implementation to enhance traffic safety by Sushreeta Mishra, Babak Mehran

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Malaria elimination in Iran, importance and challenges by Mohsen Rezaei Hemami, Ali Akbari Sari, Ahmad Raeisi, Hassan Vatandoost, Reza Majdzadeh

“…Material: Opinion of experts from Ministry of Health and Medical Education and the chancellors of medical universities affected by malaria were gathered using Focus Group Discussions and in-depth interviews. …”
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Challenging times for local government in Labor’s new federation by Graham Sansom

“…"Vice-chancellors have a responsibility to get down and say that we're prepared to reform the sector in the following sensible and constructive ways … rather than going back in a traditional way and saying, 'Give us more money and leave us alone'. …”
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Presidential diplomacy in Brazil: Achievements and drawbacks by Timofeeva, Yuliya А.

“…It is shown that in the XX century the Brazilian Foreign Ministry, which is known as Itamaraty, was the strongest body among other executive governmental structures. Its chancellors developed foreign policy strategy and its structural changes reflected Brazil’s priorities. …”
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The study of the clients' Takrim plan in health centers affiliated with oil industry organization in Isfahan in 2005 by Mandana Sahebzadeh, Leila Seydi

“…The researcher also had interviews with financial vice-chancellors in these health centers based on a checklist and observed the documents available regarding the clients' Takrim plan. …”
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Pamięć o heroicznych czynach i cnotach rycerskich sławnych obrońców ojczyzny utrwalona w kazaniach funeralnych Fabiana Birkowskiego OP by Michał Kuran

“…The preacher strives for the inclusion of the deceased’s achievements in the canon of collective memory, in which they are preserved as excellent knights, leaders, chancellors or diplomats, proving their courage, valour, virtue, piety, concern for their fatherland and for the civil liberties of the nobility. …”
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Teaching Development in Higher Education in Spain: the optimism of the will within a black box model. by Joan Rué Domingo, Ana Arana Navarro, María González de Audícana Amenábar, Ana Rosa Abadía Valle, Fernando Blanco Lorente, Concepción Bueno García, Amparo Fernández March

“…Such model wishes to improve quality attending its main outcomes and ignoring the processes and the necessary training for either those who develop or are involved in it. From Vice-Chancellors to the faculty staff, they had to deal with such change without the necessary understanding of its basic conceptions and its consequent related practices. …”
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Poldering a teaching qualification system in Higher Education in the Netherlands: a typical Dutch phenomenon by Riekje de Jong, Jaap Mulder, Paul Deneer, Hanno van Keulen

“…Their initiative was taken over by two Vice Chancellors but at that time there was no consensus between all the research universities. …”
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Goals, components, and factors considered in university development by Hussin, S.

“…We administered a checklist to 296 respondents, comprising deputy vice-chancellors or deputy rectors, registrars. deans, and directors.…”
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The impact of foreign lecturers' recruitment on higher education: An analysis from the Malaysian standpoint by Hoque, K.E., Alam, G.M., Shamsudin, F., Akbar, S.Z.A., Moktharuddin, R.N., Fong, Y.S.

“…The findings of this study offer valuable information for educational policy makers, vice chancellors, human resource managers, local and foreign lecturers and students.…”

Establishing a highly competitive university: A strategic management perspective by Abdullah, Haim Hilman, Abubakar, Ahmed

“…Data were collected through online survey. 269 questionnaires were sent to vice chancellors/presidents. The study used the proportionate random sampling. …”
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Patire nel processo: tortura e confessione nella procedura penale d’antico regime by Elio Tavilla

“…Soon the inquisitorial process will also become adopted by the secular authorities for the repression of crimes: the importance of interrogation under torture is documented, among other things, by various works by jurists and chancellors, who intended to provide guidance and help in verbalizing questions and answers. …”
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POWER, DISCOURSE AND IDEOLOGY: CHALLENGING ESSEN-TIALIST NOTIONS OF RACE AND IDENTITY IN INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER LEARNING IN SOUTH AFRICA by Vishanthie Sewpaul

“…Professor Malegapuru Makgoba and Professor Sipho Seepe, while serving as the acting Vice-Chancellors of the then University of Natal (now the University of KwaZulu-Natal) and of Vista University, respectively, were authorised by the Minister of Education at the time, Kader Asmal, to produce a document that charted the way forward for transformation in higher education. …”
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The Integration of Medical Education and Health Care Services in the I.R. of Iran and its Health Impacts by SA Marandi

“…In 1994 provincial health organizations and the universities of medical sciences were integrated, and universities of medical sciences and health services were established. Since then, the chan­cellors of these universities are not only responsible for education and research, but also for the health care of their entire province. …”
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Global justice or other people's problems? Computer gaming and critical reflection in an international classroom by Elaine Unterhalter

“…Despite policy pronouncements by many university vice chancellors on the significance of higher education in contributing to learning about global social justice, there is very little documentation of how university students engage with these aspirations. …”
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The mediating role of quality culture on the relationship between talent management and organization performance by Abubakar, Ahmed, Abdullah, Haim Hilman

“…the purpose of this study was to examine the mediating role of quality culture on the relationship between talent management dimensions and organizational performance of the universities in the QS ranking.Data were collected via an online survey in which a questionnaire link was sent to 269 vice chancellors/presidents of the sampled universities.This study used proportionate random sampling for sample selection. …”
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Empirical Evidence Illuminating Gendered Regimes in UK Higher Education: Developing a New Conceptual Framework by Paula Burkinshaw, Jane Cahill, Jacqueline Ford

“…However, higher education is now central to UK political discourse given the growing controversy around student fees, vice chancellors’ remuneration’ and Brexit. This paper draws on a collaborative research study on the experiences of 105 senior women leaders across 3 UK Universities, which elicited accounts of constraints, successes and career highlights. …”
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A sociological study on the tendency of prisoners to applying the restorative Justice programs on them and its relationship with psychological capital by Mohammad Abbaszadeh, E-mail: m.abbaszadeh2014@gmail.com, Mohammad Bagher Alizadeh Aghdam, E-mail: aghdam1351@yahoo.com, Nayyer Mohammad Pour*, E-mail: Mohammadpour.1356@yahoo.com

“…Through performing many different programs and getting the help of the mass media and chancellors, holding psychology- based conferences, government and non-government agencies; we can directly and indirectly increase the confidence of the prisoners and mainly encourage them towards restorative justice.…”
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Open Universities: the next phase by Alan Tait

“…Purpose - The purpose of this paper is to report on research on the views of Presidents and Vice Chancellors of Open Universities of current threats and opportunities for their institutions as the author marks the 50th anniversary of the first Open University in the UK established in 1969. …”
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