Have something good to say about every student in your life. It is important what he or she hears, more than what you say!
Productivity Theory for Industrial Engineering, Taylor & Francis, 2018, London, New York, Boca Raton.
Proposed productivity theory for industrial engineering collected all achievements in analytical and practical experience in formulating the physical productivity for different manufacturing systems with simple and complex designs. Productivity theory for industrial engineering discovers laws and reasonable links for creating manufacturing machines and systems. It is necessary to point out that this productivity theory is […]
The Humanities: Still with us and as important as ever!
What does it mean to be human? What does it mean to feel pain, suffering, and yet be able to enjoy literature, the fine arts, dance, opera, theatre, music and ” the humanities”. A book I edited back in 2017 attempts to help thinkers, scholars, and researchers respond and to ponder these questions. Fifteen of […]
True / False questions as a learning rather than an assessment strategy

Standardized Assessment and Test Construction without Anguish: The Complete Step-By-Step Guide to Test Design, Administration, Scoring, Analysis, and Interpretation.
WE MUST NURTURE AND MENTOR OUR STUDENTS, OUR CHILDREN AND OUR PEERS
The Nurturing of Talent, Skills and Abilities, a book I edited a few years back is a worthy attempt to help teachers, parents, counselors and others to assist their younger charges with the development of their potential. And there is much potential out there- musical, artistic, leadership, athletics, theatre and all the rest. And these […]
ESSAYS IN HONOR OF GREAT THINKERS, PHILOSOPHERS, AND SCHOLARS
Some books continue to be read, referenced, cited and circulated for years. In 2008, Essays in Honor of Paulo Freire was published and continues to be widely read, cited and circulated around the world. Those who have written an essay about the work of Paulo Freire are: Michael W. Apple Aly Juma Megan Laverty Peter […]
The Flood Psychology
Noah’s flood accompanied by the deterioration of the human spirit during that time, as intellectual chaos took an original form, this flood came as a reaction to the inconsistency with the natural law. But Noah found himself safe in the eyes of God, and his construction of the boat was not a defensive mechanism against […]
WHO WILL SAVE AMAZONIA? WORLD HERITAGE OR FULL DESTRUCTION
Additional description Why has US President Joe Biden promised to mobilize the world if Amazonia’s destruction does not stop? What were the structures and processes of globalization that contributed to the construction of its contemporary material and symbolic representations? How Amazonia’s full submission to the market and to the process of predatory privatization has contributed […]
Has High Dose Vitamin C Any Therapeutic Value?
Although high dose intravenous vitamin C is highly pleiotropic and has a good potential to be an excellent adjunctive oncology agent, many details have to be worked out. At present, it is inappropriate to hail it as a panacea of cancer therapy nor is it a well-recognized alternative to orthodox modalities of cancer treatments.
Candidate molecule for an antiviral drug against COVID-19
As part of the candidate molecule for the antiviral drug against COVID 19, chlorogenic acid can be considered; it, along with other polyphenolic acids, is widespread in the plant world and is found in various products, most of all in green coffee beans. The composition of roasted coffee contains chlorogenic acid, but it is almost completely destroyed by heat treatment. The following foods are
also rich in this chlorogenic acid: sunflower seeds, chicory, blueberries, artichoke, apples (the concentration of chlorogenic acid varies from 5 to 40% depending on the variety), barberry,
eggplant, Jerusalem artichoke, sorrel, pear, hop cones, cranberries, stevia leaves tobacco and others. In studies of hundreds of plant and herb species that are thought to be candidates for new antiviral agents, an agromic variety of active phytochemicals has been identified, including flavonoids, terpenoids, lignans, sulfides, polyphenols, coumarins, saponins, furyl compounds, alkaloids, polyines, thiophenes, proteins and peptides. Some volatile essential oils of commonly used culinary herbs, spices and herbal teas also exhibit a high level of antiviral activity. Some of these phytochemicals have complementary and overlapping mechanisms of action, including antiviral effects, either inhibiting the formation of viral DNA or RNA, or inhibiting the activity of viral reproduction. With this combination of circumstances, methods are needed to link potential antiviral efficacy and laboratory research. It has been proven that there are many potentially useful medicinal plants and herbs awaiting evaluation and use for therapeutic use against genetically and functionally diverse virus families.
Kaliyaperumal Ashokkumar
Phytochemistry, Molecular Breeding, Nutrition and Metabolomics
BookAuthority’s Best Neurology Books of All Time
Al-Mosawi AJ. The Pattern of Cerebral Palsy in Iraqi Children. 1st ed., Saarbrücken; LAP Lambert Academic Publishing: 2019 (ISBN: 978-620-0-09427-8). https://bookauthority.org/award/The-pattern-of-cerebral-palsy-in-Iraqi-children/6200094276/best-neurology-books
IN THIS DAY AND AGE- CRITICAL THINKING AND HIGHER ORDER THINKING ARE IMPERATIVE
People today are confronted with a vast amount of information. Knowledge is exploding and various points of view and theories are put forward. Teachers realize the need to teach critical thinking about what they are hearing on TV and in social media. Often we have to ponder long and hard about different points of views […]
James Mandelin – Offenders No More, An Interdisciplinary Restorive Justice Dialougue – 2016
Ever since the book Offenders No More was published by Nova Publishers, which I wrote Chapter One, my self esteem has risen and I started feeling like a human being!! My voice was heard. I also, wrote my book, “A Life Worth Dying For – The Jim Mandelin Story – 2012.” I love the restorative […]
Stretch, Tilt and Wobble – Recurring Cycles in the Earth’s Evolution
Stretch, Tilt and Wobble – Recurring Cycles in the Earth’s Evolution
With the advance of modern science and our systematic transcending of magic, mysticism and religion as potential sources of reasonable and logical explanations for the phenomena of the natural world, our lives and cultures (note human sacrifice in various cultures designed to appease the gods,) we have enhanced our knowledge significantly. With these advances, we have devised better ways of understanding our world, our species, and its connection to the evolution of the universe and the major changes impacting life on earth.
Today, our collective attention is focused urgently on climate change and the impact of human civilization and economic production on global warming as a consequence of humans having destroyed forests, burned wood, coal, oil and gas, as well as destroying life forms that would have helped to mitigate our impact on the environment. Our more scientific approach to life provides an opportunity for us to examine the real factors that have led to our evolution to this point in time. The impact of extraordinary solar flares from the sun, cosmic radiation from deep space, asteroids and meteor showers, among other factors, have driven major changes in our climate and physical environment. Similarly, major volcanic eruptions due to tectonic shifts, regular reversals of our magnetic field, subduction and upwelling of continents caused in part by regular stretching, axis precession; the tilting and wobbling of the earth as it follows its elliptical orbit around the sun while rotating on its irregular axis are factors that have all played a part in creating the Shiva Dance of Ice ages and global warming. These influential phenomena have led to drastic changes in sea levels, the extinction of innumerable species and influenced the way life on earth has evolved, with some authors even linking major extra-terrestrial phenomenon to the rise and fall of entire cultures such as Egypt, the Mayans and Gobekli Tepe.
Cystatin C Biomarker
Proud that I published 2 chapters in 2 different book series with Nova Publishers. I managed to highlight the benefits of cystatin C biomarker. Considering the great benefits of cystatin C for a very early “kidney failure diagnosis,” I do encourage medical practitioners to give more attention towards this biomarker and help people to have […]
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