The evaluation of scholarship in academic promotion and tenure processes: Past, present, and future [version 1; referees: 2 approved]

Review, promotion, and tenure (RPT) processes significantly affect how faculty direct their own career and scholarly progression.Although RPT practices vary between and within institutions, and affect various disciplines, STRAPONS ranks, institution types, genders, and ethnicity in different ways, some consistent themes emerge when investigating wh

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Simultaneous detection and differentiation by multiplex real time RT-PCR of highly pathogenic avian influenza subtype H5N1 classic (clade 2.2.1 proper) and escape mutant (clade 2.2.1 variant) lineages in Egypt

Abstract Background The endemic status of highly pathogenic avian influenza virus (HPAIV) of subtype H5N1 in Egypt continues to devastate the local poultry industry and poses a permanent threat for human health.Several genetically and antigenically distinct H5N1 lineages co-circulate in Egypt: Strains of clade 2.2.1 proper replicate mainly in backy

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The Attitudes and Perceptions of Israeli Psychiatrists Toward Telepsychiatry and Their Behavioral Intention to Use Telepsychiatry

BackgroundAlthough telemedicine care has grown in recent years, telepsychiatry is growing at a slower pace than expected, because service providers often hamper the assimilation and expansion of telepsychiatry due their attitudes and perceptions.The unified theory of acceptance and use of technology (UTAUT) is a model that was developed to assess t

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Using Historical Islamic Sources to Promote Ethical Character

This article provides a survey of the Dog Toys development of Islamic ethical literature.It argues that this literature promotes not only submission to Allah Almighty and the divine law, it also portrays ethics as a path that offers a peaceful inner life and elicits cooperative behavior from others.This article surveys the most significant literary

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