Francisco Guil, José F Hidalgo, José M García
Boosting the extraction of elementary flux modes in genome-scale metabolic networks using the linear programming approach
Bioinformatics (Oxford, England)
purpose online questionnaire survey conducted explore university plymouth students perceptions understandings attitudes towards sustainable development related concepts issues general student perceptions sustainable development underresearched research sought go way towards filling gap providing insights working field education sustainable development esd higher education designmethodologyapproach survey administrated autumn 2005 centre sustainable futures university plymouth closedcategory statements analyzed terms frequencies percentages comprehensive set cross tabulations 2 tests also conducted using spss responses openended questions coded categorized according emerging themes findings key findings include first majority student respondents think sustainability good thing positive response particularly correlating degree familiarity either concepts sustainable development sustainability second students strongly associate concepts sustainable development sustainability environmental economic social aspects third terms personal change sustainable lifestyle light green actions addressing responsibility consumers changing purchasing habits recycling saving energy andor water frequently articulated fourth respondents harbour mixed feelings regarding future society face sustainabilityoriented challenges originalityvalue paper highlights importance esd curriculum development explicitly addresses interconnectedness different aspects sustainable development also employs pedagogies help students take action towards realizing preferred futures also suggests future study directed towards identifying various means facilitating students prosustainability behaviours