How Does Online Education Compare to On-Campus with Respect to Skills Attainment Required for Employment in The Sphere of Business and Management of The Private and Public Sectors?

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to emphasize the requirement of online education as compared with on-campus education for employability skills attainment in the sphere of business and management of the private and public sectors. The increase in virtual education has provided the opportunity and impetus for the Guyanese government to invest in online education (Guyana Online Academy of Learning-GOAL) for the development of employability skills. Method: The use of secondary qualitative data from different articles and websites relevant to Guyana has been considered in this study in our data collection method. The data was analyzed using the content analysis technique. Findings: The study findings suggested that the increasing technological trend globally has provided significant attention to online learning. Many programs have been introduced, specifically to aim at increasing the technical skills of individuals. However, soft skills are of greater significance in today’s world. The focus on virtual learning environment resultantly has also increased with respect to soft skills in Guyana. Therefore, the analysis concluded that online education is also required along with on-campus education to increase the soft skills of the youths to make them more employable in the sphere of business and management of the private and public sectors. Recommendations: It is recommended that the Guyanese government increase its focus on soft skills development through both online and on-campus contexts. The universities are also advised to focus on soft skills education more through these settings

Does International Accreditation Provide for Greater Enrolment, Program Completion, Employment, and Employer Satisfaction?

Aim: The current research was conducted to examine the potential influence of international accreditation of universities on the enhancement of students’ enrolment and educational quality, employment opportunities, and employer satisfaction. The study also contextualized the findings to focus on the case of Guyana. Methodology: A secondary qualitative research methodology was used to conduct this research. It comprised using an inductive approach to gather and study the most contemporary and relevant secondary literature on the subject. Afterward, through thematic analysis, major qualitative finding and their patterns were segmented in the form of two major themes. Findings: This study discovered that international accreditation benefits both business satisfaction and student satisfaction. It was discovered that the planning and self-study evaluation activities for accreditation operate as a catalyst for quality improvement practices. The results also imply that consistent efforts to satisfy requirements for international accreditation can raise the level of instruction given to pupils. It is yet unknown, though, how certification will impact Guyana's employment prospects and employee happiness

Iron Behaving Badly: Inappropriate Iron Chelation as a Major Contributor to the Aetiology of Vascular and Other Progressive Inflammatory and Degenerative Diseases

The production of peroxide and superoxide is an inevitable consequence of aerobic metabolism, and while these particular "reactive oxygen species" (ROSs) can exhibit a number of biological effects, they are not of themselves excessively reactive and thus they are not especially damaging at physiological concentrations. However, their reactions with poorly liganded iron species can lead to the catalytic production of the very reactive and dangerous hydroxyl radical, which is exceptionally damaging, and a major cause of chronic inflammation. We review the considerable and wide-ranging evidence for the involvement of this combination of (su)peroxide and poorly liganded iron in a large number of physiological and indeed pathological processes and inflammatory disorders, especially those involving the progressive degradation of cellular and organismal performance. These diseases share a great many similarities and thus might be considered to have a common cause (i.e. iron-catalysed free radical and especially hydroxyl radical generation). The studies reviewed include those focused on a series of cardiovascular, metabolic and neurological diseases, where iron can be found at the sites of plaques and lesions, as well as studies showing the significance of iron to aging and longevity. The effective chelation of iron by natural or synthetic ligands is thus of major physiological (and potentially therapeutic) importance. As systems properties, we need to recognise that physiological observables have multiple molecular causes, and studying them in isolation leads to inconsistent patterns of apparent causality when it is the simultaneous combination of multiple factors that is responsible. This explains, for instance, the decidedly mixed effects of antioxidants that have been observed, etc...Comment: 159 pages, including 9 Figs and 2184 reference