Abstract Today, there is wide recognition of schools as places that should foster children’s learning and well-being alike. The past two decades have thus witnessed an upsurge in research on subjective (SWB) school how it relates to their academic achievement. first meta-analysis the SWB/achievement relation revealed substantial, yet unexplained variability effect sizes across samples studies. ...

Key achievements in satellite observation of the global oceans during the last decade are outlined. Challenges to be met in the coming decade are identified and issues pertinent to realizing the societal benefits of global ocean observations are considered.

The starting point for the study of adverse experiences is that some have enduring consequences that continue after the period of exposure to the adversity. That raises four basic issues: whether social adversities can be considered homogeneous, whether the crucial effect lies in the "objective" or subjectively perceived "effective" environment, whether the effects are environmentally mediated,...

We used quality control circles (QCC) followed by the PDCA Deming cycle and analyzed the application of QCC to the sustained improvement of a medical institution in Zhejiang province. Analyses of the tangible and intangible achievements of QCC revealed that the achievement indices for reductions in internal errors, reductions in costs, improvements in the degree of patient satisfaction, improve...