7 Years later: Some Thoughts on the Developing of Qualification Framework by O. V. Budzinskaya, V. S. Sheinbaum

“…The authors focus on the proposals to overcome the differences in the conceptual apparatus relating to a term “qualification”, which is interpreted differently in academic and business communities. The article discusses the possibilities of fixing the qualifications of employees directly in the professional standards that determine the requirements for them. …”
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Shipwreck Architecture by Simon Weir, Sara Rich

“…Shipwreck Architecture draws a connection between cosmotechnics, surrealism, and object-oriented ontology using an architectural design framework as a departure point. An academic introduction will connect the tragic aspects of Yuk Hui’s cosmotechnics, to the tragic pairings created by figurative surrealists Rene Magritte and Salvador Dalí, to the ontographic project of shipwreck hauntography. …”
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A proposal for measuring hotels’ managerial responses to User-Generated-Content Reviews by Javier Perez-Aranda, María Vallespín, Sebastian Molinillo

“…Despite the fact that User-Generated-Content (UGC) has emerged as a widely implemented practice in many disciplines and industries, including tourism and hospitality, academic research lacks a measurement method for hotels’ managerial responses to UGCReviews (UGC-R). …”
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An empirical study of the effect of information technology expenditures on student achievement. Information technology, Productivity, Educational technology, Standardized testing,... by Alan R. Peslak

“…Thirteen other factors were also included in this analysis of the 2001-2002 academic year. Included are public school grades two through eleven. …”
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SOME PROBLEMS OF STUDENT INDIVIDUAL WORK ORGANIZATION AT TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY by I. O. LEUSHIN, I. V. LEUSHINA

“…Among them the authors mark out the discrepancy between the traditional interpretation of a term “student individual work” by the academic community and its treatment by the Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation, the low students’ motivation to individual work, the lack of a clear selection algorithm of certain forms and methods of individual work that have already proved their efficiency and understandable for lecturers, university teachers’ disregard to different levels of students’ preparedness to self- dependent work. …”
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De quelles indignations parle-t-on ? by Leïla Tazir

“…Examining this question of indignation requires an interdisciplinary approach between the academic disciplines of social history and political anthropology. …”
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Melaleuca Gall Midge (suggested common name) Lophodiplosis trifida Gagné (Insecta: Diptera: Cecidomyiidae: Cecidomyiinae: Cecidomyiini) by Matthew R. Moore, James P. Cuda, Paul D. Pratt, Min B. Rayamajhi

“…These profiles are intended for the use of interested laypersons with some knowledge of biology as well as academic audiences. This 6-page fact sheet that discusses the melaleuca gall midge was written by Matthew R. …”
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Educational Programs in Entrepreneurship for Bachelor Degree Students and Requirements to Their Implementation by Yu. B. Rubin

“…As well the author outlines the requirements to institutional conditions of teaching process in Entrepreneurship education for bachelor degree students related to the quality of learning courses, the competencies of academic staff, practical training, learning infrastructure.…”
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The duality of knowledge by Paul Hildreth, Chris Kimble

“…Knowledge Management (KM) is a field that has attracted much attention both in academic and practitioner circles. Most KM projects appear to be primarily concerned with knowledge that can be quantified and can be captured, codified and stored - an approach more deserving of the label Information Management. …”
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Is fides quaerens intellectum a scholarly enterprise? Some thoughts on confessional theology at a public university by Gerrit Brand

“…Such a case can even be made within the narrow confines of a modernist understanding of what constitutes true academic scholarship, given the centrality of the notion of intersubjectivity within such an understanding. …”
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The Influence of Culture on Impulse Buying Behavior: A Systematic Literature Review by Abu Bashar, Shalini Singh, Vivek Kumar Pathak

“…This study offers practical implications for retail professionals and e-commerce strategists to design and implement viable cross-cultural marketing campaigns. Academic researchers may also understand research gaps and contribute further to understanding cross-cultural impulse buying.…”
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Liquidity Restrictions on Investment Funds: Are they a Response to Behavioral Bias? by Rodrigo Fernandes Malaquias, Gleison de Abreu Pontes

“…Liquidity constraints imposed to shareholders of investment funds, also known as lock-up periods, represent an alternative that managers can use to implement and maintain long-term strategies. The academic literature suggests that, as a result of liquidity constraints, funds should deliver a premium to their shareholders, and previous studies have documented this effect. …”
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Sortir du nihilisme : Nietzsche, Mill et l’individualité comme clé de transformation morale et civilisationnelle by Camille Dejardin

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La teoria dell’arte di Flaubert nell’interpretazione di Croce by Paolo D’Angelo

“…Thus Croce places Flaubert next to Charles Baudelaire or Henri Becque and in opposition to academic critics. For Croce Flaubert belongs to a minority but decisive tradition that in the 20th century was able to elaborate a new vision of the relationship between form and content in art: a tradition to which belong De Sanctis in Italy, Fiedler and Hanslick in Germany. …”
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The Importance of Being Honest: Free Spirits and Idiosyncrasy in Nietzsche by Zachary Stevens

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Interview with Nadine Bowers Du Toit by M. Laubscher

“…She sees herself as an “activist academic”, always advocating for more diverse voices to be heard: to this end, she chairs the transformation committee in the Faculty of Theology. …”
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Formazione, tecnologia e mercati nel contesto di una multinazionale by Elena Bougleux

“… The present paper discusses the hypothesis of a new understanding of the traditional and academic paths in the history of science and technology, trying to introduce a multi-sited and multi-centred approach that overtakes the prevalent current narrations. …”
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Women’s Career Paths in Hungarian Higher Education in the Light of the Bologna Process by Eszter Borsos, Ádám Gergő Kiss

“…As a result, those young people are also included in the form of fee-paying system, who did not have access to higher education because of the narrow academic admissions. At the same time, since the nineties, women became over represented in higher education on the student side. …”
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"The personal is political": faith and religion in a public university by Isabel Apawo Phiri, Sarojini Nadar

“… In this article, the authors argue that faith and religion can and must be exposed to academic scrutiny, and that the best place for such scrutiny is the public university. …”
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Immune links in comorbid depression and psoriasis: A narrative mini-review and perspective by Georgia Lada

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