STUDENT DISENGAGEMENT IN HIGHER EDUCATION : TWO TRENDS IN TECHNOLOGY


Waterpipe tobacco smoking among university students in Turkey

Introduction: Waterpipe tobacco smoking is common among adults in numerous Mediterranean countries.Waterpipe cafes where people are allowed to smoke waterpipe tobacco are an increasingly popular venue for socializing among young people.The aim of this study was to assess the frequency and patterns of waterpipe tobacco smoking among university stude

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On the (Im)possibility and Bliss of Telling My Dad, "I Love You"

Scarves While fathers seldom say "I love you" to their son(s), there is also acknowledgment that sons rarely say it to their father.Confessions of love are like notes in a melody of previous affirmations, so what is it like for a son to say it, especially if large parts of his life are spent in "connective avoidance" with his dad? Writing on the (i

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The RNA silencing pathway: the bits and pieces that matter.

Cellular pathways are generally proposed on the basis of available experimental knowledge.The proposed pathways, however, may be inadequate to describe the phenomena they are supposed to explain.For instance, by means of concise mathematical models we are able to reveal shortcomings in the current description of the pathway of RNA silencing.The sil

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