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Read  full  paper  at: http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=53920#.VNsR5CzQrzE Author(s)    Abdulrahman Hariri 1 , Paul Roberts 2 Affiliation(s) 1 Quality Management, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia . 2 Warwick Manufacturing Group, The University of Warwick, Coventry, UK . ABSTRACT This study discusses the need for improvement and innovation in universities so they can effectively serve students and stay ahead in competition. Many technologies and innovations are already being used in universities. However, in order to diffuse or spread technologies or innovations effectively, it is important to understand the reasons leading to the adoption of technologies and innovations in universities. Based on a number of established theories and models on innovation and technology adoption and acceptance, this study proposes a theoretical model that helps explain the factors responsible for innovatio...

Read full paper at: http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=52452#.VJjJccCAM4 Author(s)   Graham Robertson 1* , Phillip Ashworth 2 , Peter Ashworth 2 , Ian Carlyle 2 , Steven G. Candy 1 Affiliation(s) 1 Australian Antarctic Division, Kingston, Australia . 2 Amerro Engineering, Warana, Australia . ABSTRACT Longline fisheries for tunas and tuna-like species present an existential threat to many populations of albatrosses and petrels worldwide. To prevent this form of mortality we developed a new technology designed to deploy baited hooks underwater beyond the dive depths of seabirds (6 - 10 m for the species most commonly caught). The underwater bait setter is a stern-mounted, hydra...

Read full paper at: http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=47106#.VGGHyWfHRK0 Author(s)   Christian Carvalho Ganzert , Beatriz Selan , Leonardo Augusto Amaral Terra Affiliation(s) University of S?o Paulo, S?o Paulo, Brazil . University of S?o Paulo, S?o Paulo, Brazil . University of S?o Paulo, S?o Paulo, Brazil . ABSTRACT The main question, which leads this analysis, interrogates the existence of a causality relation between the human development index and Index of Patent Rights. It was decided to use a database whereas all units of the cross section have the same periods of time for human development index and Index of Patent Rights. This database covers 84 countries with the two indic...

Read full paper at: http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=51076#.VFMbC2fHRK0 Author(s)   Edwin N. Lightfoot 1* , Barış Ünal 2 Affiliation(s) 1 Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, USA . 2 Department of Chemical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA . ABSTRACT Invention and innovation, always important, become ever more so in these fast changing and competitive times. They are in addition primarily dependent upon the dynamic behavior of the human mind. Our underlying purpose here is to examine these creative processes and to provide means to make them more effective. This is a timely effort because our understanding...