Research Article Article 50 Million: An Estimate of the Number of Scholarly Articles in Existence Arif E. Jinha Faculty of Post-Doctoral and Graduate Studies University of Ottawa 1 Abstract How many scholarly research articles are there in existence? Journal articles first appeared in 1665‚and the cumulative total is estimated here to pass 50 million in 2009. This sum was arrived at based on published figures for global annual output for 2006‚ and analyses of annual output and growth rates
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Evidence-based practice (EBP) is an interdisciplinary approach to clinical practice that has been gaining ground following its formal introduction in 1992. It started in medicine as evidence-based medicine (EBM) and spread to other fields such as dentistry‚ nursing‚ psychology‚ education‚ library and information science and other fields. Its basic principles are that all practical decisions made should 1) be based on research studies and 2) that these research studies are selected and interpreted
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Speaker of the Senate & another v Hon. Attorney-General & another & 3 others [2013] eKLR REPUBLIC OF KENYA IN THE SUPREME COURT OF KENYAAT NAIROBI (Coram: Mutunga‚ CJ;Rawal‚ DCJ;Tunoi‚ Ibrahim‚ Ojwang‚ Wanjala&Ndungu‚ SCJJ‚) ADVISORY OPINION REFERENCE NO. 2 OF 2013 -BETWEEN- 1. THE SPEAKER OF THE SENATE …………......APPLICANTS 2. THE SENATE OF THE REPUBLIC OF KENYA -AND- 1. THE HON. THE ATTORNEY-GENERAL ..INTERESTED PARTIES 2. THE SPEAKER OF THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY 1. THE LAW
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Introduction “A constitution is a thing antecedent to a government and a government is only the creature of a constitution.A government without a constitution‚ is power without a right”. A written constitution is a set of fundamental principles or established precedents according to which a state or other organization is governed. An important theme in the literature is that the UK lacks a codified. A distinction is drawn between a constitution as the rules determining political conduct‚ which the
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APPENDIX 5 - Writing Reports Report 1: Drosophila F1 Generation Report General Notes: This report is very much a practice run to get you used to this style of report writing‚ rather than simply filling in lab sheets. It should not be a long report (no longer than these notes‚ in fact). Scientific writing is not like writing essays in other genre. In many ways it is easier! There are three important rules to scientific writing and if you adhere to these‚ the rest is quite easy: 1. Sentences
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DAYSTAR UNIVERSITY NAIROBI CAMPUS AUGUST 2013 SEMESTER ENG 112 X: ADVANCED WRITING Course Outline Semester August 2013 Office: Dean School of Arts Offices in Athi and Nairobi Campuses Office Hours: Monday and Friday 10-11 am School: Communication and Languages Department: Languages and Performing Arts Facebook page: www.facebook.com/daystar.ac.ke COURSE PRE-REQUISITE: ENG 111 COURSE GOAL The course is designed to help students develop advanced writing and basic library
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Time after time we hear everywhere comments from grandparents‚ parents‚ brothers and sisters saying that ‘things were so much different when we were in school at your age‚ and now a days kids are just staring at screens and pushing buttons and now family time includes having your phone with you at all times and checking on your ‘tweets’’. After learning more about some of the ways the school system plans on incorporating technology in the classroom‚ I am starting to sound a little bit like those
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The word honesty comes from the Latin word honestus‚ honos‚ both modifications of the ancient Latin word honor (honour)‚ hence the original meaning “of persons holding an honorable position‚ respectable.” In simplest terms‚ the original meaning of honesty was the by-product of respectability and trust associated with a person holding an honorable position- therefore a bishop would be (in the original meaning of the word) assumed to be more honest than a street cleaner. Post to Discussion Board:
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1 Public Interest Litigation is a good thing when it is used to enforce the rights of the disadvantaged. But it has now been diluted to interfere with the power of the government to take decisions on a range of policy matters Judicial activism is not an easy concept to define. It means different things to different persons. Critics denounce judicial decisions as activist when they do not agree with them. Activism‚ like beauty‚ is often in the eye of the beholder. In India‚ the opening up of access
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Global Distribution and Transportation 501 Semester 1 – 2014 Assessment 2 Group Essay Due date: Week 13 (May 27‚ 6.00 p.m.) Submission: Online through Turnitin Marks: 30 marks Objectives This assessment item relates to the course learning outcomes 1 to 4 as stated in the unit outline. Students are to form their own groups and select their own group members. There will be a maximum of 5 members in a group. Guidelines: You must use at least 15 peer-reviewed
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