This document describe some of the most important aspects of the living lab proposal for a smart territory, our proposal include the development of a solution for both city and rural areas, we depict some efforts already available in rural and city and make a proposal to integrate a solution which combine several problems shared by cities and rural areas. Our proposal is based on a model that p...

Tobacco control policies have undergone a major boost in terms of protecting people from involuntary exposure to environmental tobacco smoke, but less progress has been made in the denormalization of smoking behaviour. We describe an experience focused on the educational environment, which included marking the waiting areas (streets) of primary schools in the city of Terrassa as «Smoke-free env...

Some of the facts about evacuation were gathered hastily under the pressure of events or with an eye to urgent practical decisions. This study of London children in Oxford city and county undertaken during the years 1941-3 is a more leisured consideration of what can be learned from this migration of city-dwellers to the countryside. The authors, working under the chairmanship of Professor W. G...

introduction: required skills for educational managers can be categorized in technical, human, and cognitive fields. skills are defined as developing abilities of human which are reflected in his/her responsibilities, survival, and actions. therefore, skill would be considered as personal experience and effective knowledge application ability. the aim of this study was to investigate the relati...

Social activism and education have been associated with hip-hop since it emerged in New York City 38 years ago. Therefore, it might not be surprising that universities have become interested in hip-hop. This article aims to highlight this ‘hip-hop academisation’ and analyse the discursive mechanisms that manifest in these academisation processes. The guiding research question explores how hip-h...

INTRODUCTION AND PURPOSE Academic anxiety is an important educational problem that affects millions of students in colleges and schools over the world each year. Although a low level of anxiety can cause positive motivation for improvement of educational functioning, high levels of it can cause a disturbance in concentration, attention, storage of knowledge, recall and educational reduction. It...

BACKGROUND Second hand smoke (SHS) exposure is a severe public health problem, especially in low and middle countries, but no studies have examined both individual and city-level variables influencing exposure. METHODS A cross-sectional multistage sampling design was used to survey subjects from 21 cities in China. Using a standardized questionnaire individual level information was collected....

BACKGROUND Drug use during pregnancy may be dangerous to the fetus. There is high consumption of prescribed drugs among pregnant women. This condition may be much higher in developing countries. There is no sufficient evidence on prescribed drug use among pregnant women in Bahir Dar town. The aim of this study was to assess the level of prescribed drug use and associated factors among pregnant ...

background: to compare the effectiveness of basnef and classic educational models to improve the assertion skill level of high school boy students. methods: the 60 high school male students from shiraz city, fars province iran, were participated in this study. they were randomly divided in two groups (groups a and b). the group a attended in designed educational planning based on basnef model a...