The rapid rate of technological change and the rapidly growing number of institutions now embarking on Internet-based delivery means that more institutions are involved in distance education than at any other time in history.As institutions throughout the world increasingly offer courses via the Internet, there will emerge a global higher education
This paper provides an overview of a novel electric energy storage technology.The Thermally Integrated Pumped Thermal Electricity Storage (TI-PTES) stores electric energy as thermal exergy.Compared to standard PTES, TI-PTES takes advantage of both electric and low-temperature heat inputs.Therefore, TI-PTES is a hybrid technology between storage and
This paper deals with emotional arguments which are frequently used as a tool for manipulation, especially in political rhetoric.It is believed that every conflict and every violent act is preceded by a specific type of rhetoric contributing to hatefulness and intolerance.This paper will discuss different arguments (i.e.appeal to emotions) which ca
The existence of three-dimensional effects at cracks has been known for many years, but understanding has been limited, and for some situations still is.Understanding improved when the existence of corner point singularities and their implications became known.Increasingly powerful computers made it possible to investigate three-dimensional effects
IntroductionThe recent coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak posed a global threat and quickly escalated to a pandemic.However, accurate information on potential relationships between SARS-CoV-2 shedding in body fluids, especially saliva, and white blood cell (WBC) count is limited.In the present study we investigated the potential correlation between al