Program Group on International Schools for Young Astronomers

the impact of musical texts on the text recall of young learners of english in isfahan junior high schools

abstract although music possesses some kind of power and using it has been welcome by many students in language classrooms, it seems that they take a non-serious image of the lesson while listening to songs and they may think that it is a matter of fun. the main objective of the present study was to investigate whether learning a foreign language through musical texts (songs) can have an impac...

International exchange program between medical schools: the relevance of a clinical research training in nutrition.

Students of the 4 and 5 years of Medicine of the 1Comenius University Martin – Slovakia, in the context of a Clinical Research Training in Nutrition in 2009 (Training coordinator: Prof. Paula Ravasco): Standing Committee on Research Exchange (SCORE) of International Federation of Medical Students’ Associations, performed at the Unit of Nutrition and Metabolism, Institute of Molecular Medicine o...

Instrumentation: astronomers look to nanotechnology.

nature nanotechnology | VOL 3 | AUGUST 2008 | www.nature.com/naturenanotechnology 459 and protective shell. The nanoscale and hydrophobic structures of the network enable the otherwise water-absorbing cotton to repel water nearly as efficiently as the lotus leaf. Furthermore, the treated fabrics are stronger and more resistant to tears. Nanotube concentrations of over 2% in the applied emulsion...

Program for 14th International Conference on Information Fusion

Young Athletes program: impact on motor development.

This study examined the effectiveness of the Young Athletes program to promote motor development in preschool-aged children with disabilities. In the study, 233 children were randomly assigned to a control group or the Young Athletes (YA) intervention group which consisted of 24 motor skill lessons delivered 3 times per week for 8 weeks. Hierarchical Linear Modeling (HLM) showed that children w...