Risk factors associated with musculoskeletal disorders of the neck and shoulder in the personnel of Kerman University of Medical Sciences by Farzan Madadizadeh, Leila Vali, Sima Rafiei, Zahra Akbarnejad

“…The desired headquarters staff were selected from seven Deputy Vice-Chancellors of Kerman University of Medical Sciences, including Deputy of Health; Deputy of Treatment; Deputy of Education; Deputy of Students and Cultural Affairs; Deputy of Food and Drugs; Deputy of Management Development and Resource Planning; Deputy of Research and Technology, and data were gathered by using a standard Nordic musculoskeletal questionnaire NMQ (Nordic) and were analyzed by using SPSS version 16. …”
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Accuracy of Estimated Crop Evapotranspiration Using Locally Developed Crop Coefficients against Satellite-Derived Crop Evapotranspiration in a Semiarid Climate by Koffi Djaman, Ali T. Mohammed, Komlan Koudahe

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Causes of the West German student movement’s radicalization in the late 60s and a foundation of terroristic organization RAF by Oleksandr Andrievskiy, Oleksandr Ivanov

“…Firstly, the protest spirit and antipathy towards the “conformist” older generation, caused not least by the fact that the governments of the Chancellors Adenauer and Kiesinger were associated with the rehabilitation of former Nazis, so left-radicals saw in their politics the returning of authoritarianism and the militarization of FRG. …”
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The summer soundscape of a shallow-water estuary used by beluga whales in the western Canadian Arctic by William D. Halliday, Kevin Scharffenberg, Dustin Whalen, Shannon A. MacPhee, Lisa L. Loseto, Stephen J. Insley

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The souls of the one percent : a report on the emerging leaders of the millennial generation by Parker, Priya Narayan

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Air pollution exacerbates mild obstructive sleep apnea by disrupting nocturnal changes in lower-limb body composition: a cross-sectional study conducted in urban northern Taiwan by He, Yansu, Liu, Wen-Te, Lin, Shang-Yang, Li, Zhiyuan, Qiu, Hong, Yim, Steve Hung Lam, Chuang, Hsiao-Chi, Ho, Kin Fai

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Preliminary finding of psychometric properties of the existing Quality Assurance Evaluation Model (QAEM) for National Universities Commission (NUC) of the federal Republic of Niger... by Bolaji, Bojuwon Yusuf, Mohd Ali, Hairuddin

“…The respondents cutting across all spheres of the university community which includes vice-chancellors (university administrators), management teams, NUC staff, Teaching staff and non- teaching staff, director/deans/HODs and students in the North Central Geo- Political Zone of Nigeria. …”
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Implementation of dedicated social worker coaching for emergency medicine residents ‐ Lessons learned by Jennie A. Buchanan, Sarah Meadows, Jason Whitehead, W. Gannon Sungar, Christy Angerhofer, Abraham Nussbaum, Barbara Blok, Todd Guth, Katherine Bakes, Malorie Millner, Lavonne Salazar, Megan Stephens, Bonnie Kaplan

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Prevalence and risk factors for maternal mortality in referral hospitals in Nigeria: a multicenter study by Ntoimo LF, Okonofua FE, Ogu RN, Galadanci HS, Gana M, Okike ON, Agholor KN, Abdus-Salam RA, Durodola A, Abe E, Randawa AJ

“…Lorretta F Ntoimo,1,2 Friday E Okonofua,1,3,4 Rosemary N Ogu,1,3,5 Hadiza S Galadanci,6 Mohammed Gana,7 Ola N Okike,8 Kingsley N Agholor,9 Rukiyat A Abdus-Salam,10 Adetoye Durodola,11 Eghe Abe,12 Abdullahi J Randawa13 On behalf of the WHARC WHO FMOH MNCH Implementation Research Study Team 1WHO Implementation Research Group, The Women’s Health and Action Research Centre, Benin City, Edo State, 2Department of Demography and Social Statistics, Federal University Oye-Ekiti, Ekiti State, 3Centre of Excellence in Reproductive Health Innovation, University of Benin, Benin City, Edo State, 4Vice Chancellors Office, University of Medical Sciences, Ondo City, Ondo State, 5Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of Port Harcourt, Port Harcourt, Rivers State, 6Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital, Kano, Kano State, 7General Hospital, Minna, Niger State, 8Karshi General Hospital, Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, 9Central Hospital, Warri, Delta State, 10Adeoyo Maternity Hospital, Ibadan, Oyo State, 11General Hospital, Ijaye, Abeokuta, Ogun State, 12Central Hospital, Benin City, Edo State, 13Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Kaduna State, Nigeria Introduction: While reports from individual hospitals have helped to provide insights into the causes of maternal mortality in low-income countries, they are often limited for policymaking at national and subnational levels. …”
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Poldering a teaching qualification system in Higher Education in the Netherlands: a typical Dutch phenomenon by R.A.H. (Riekje) de Jong, J.A. (Jaap) Mulder, P.M.H. (Paul) Deneer, J. (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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Mocking the MOOCs by Yngve Nordkvelle

“…Rectors, Presidents or Vice-Chancellors, leaders of higher education in general, are all of a sudden all set for the target: we also want to provide courses for the “MOOC”. …”
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Cost-effectiveness of varying degrees and models of therapist-assisted transdiagnostic internet-delivered cognitive behaviour therapy: Evidence from a randomized controlled trial by H. Guliani, J. Witt, V. Peynenburg, A. Wilhelms, M. Nugent, B.F. Dear, N. Titov, H.D. Hadjistavropoulos

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Ceramides and ceramide synthases in cancer: Focus on apoptosis and autophagy by Javad Alizadeh, Simone C. da Silva Rosa, Xiaohui Weng, Joadi Jacobs, Shahrokh Lorzadeh, Amir Ravandi, Rui Vitorino, Stevan Pecic, Aleksandra Zivkovic, Holger Stark, Shahla Shojaei, Saeid Ghavami

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El desarrollo docente en España en Educación Superior: el optimismo de la voluntad en un modelo de caja negra 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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New technique for high-precision, simultaneous measurements of CH₄, N₂O and CO₂ concentrations; isotopic and elemental ratios of N₂, O<s... by I. Oyabu, K. Kawamura, K. Kawamura, K. Kawamura, K. Kitamura, R. Dallmayr, A. Kitamura, C. Sawada, J. P. Severinghaus, R. Beaudette, A. Orsi, S. Sugawara, S. Ishidoya, D. Dahl-Jensen, D. Dahl-Jensen, K. Goto-Azuma, K. Goto-Azuma, S. Aoki, T. Nakazawa

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Rapid establishment of the European Bank for induced Pluripotent Stem Cells (EBiSC) - the Hot Start experience by Paul A. De Sousa, Rachel Steeg, Elisabeth Wachter, Kevin Bruce, Jason King, Marieke Hoeve, Shalinee Khadun, George McConnachie, Julie Holder, Andreas Kurtz, Stefanie Seltmann, Johannes Dewender, Sascha Reimann, Glyn Stacey, Orla O'Shea, Charlotte Chapman, Lyn Healy, Heiko Zimmermann, Bryan Bolton, Trisha Rawat, Isobel Atkin, Anna Veiga, Bernd Kuebler, Blanca Miranda Serano, Tomo Saric, Jürgen Hescheler, Oliver Brüstle, Michael Peitz, Cornelia Thiele, Niels Geijsen, Bjørn Holst, Christian Clausen, Majlinda Lako, Lyle Armstrong, Shailesh K. Gupta, Alexander J. Kvist, Ryan Hicks, Anna Jonebring, Gabriella Brolén, Andreas Ebneth, Alfredo Cabrera-Socorro, Patrik Foerch, Martine Geraerts, Tina C. Stummann, Shawn Harmon, Carol George, Ian Streeter, Laura Clarke, Helen Parkinson, Peter W. Harrison, Adam Faulconbridge, Luca Cherubin, Tony Burdett, Cesar Trigueros, Minal J Patel, Christa Lucas, Barry Hardy, Rok Predan, Joh Dokler, Maja Brajnik, Oliver Keminer, Ole Pless, Philip Gribbon, Carsten Claussen, Annette Ringwald, Beate Kreisel, Aidan Courtney, Timothy E. Allsopp

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