The history and development of academical dress may be traced to the early days of the western universities. As the major European colonial powers extended their cultural influence across the world so their unique and ...

There is ever-increasing pressure on university academics to research or to perish, to teach to exist, or be forced into other careers. Selection pressures on individuals and organisations are enormous and it feels like ...

This book contains edited and revised papers from a conference on 'Science and Technology for Managing Plant Genetic Diversity in the 21st Century' held in Malaysia in June 2000, organised by the International Plant Genetic ...

Here, a factorial experiment was used to investigate the interactive effects of a UV-B episode and concurrent progressive drought on the growth, chemistry, and reproductive success of A. thaliana. Both drought and UV-B ...