Choosing the right terms to describe an information need is becoming more difficult as the amount of available information increases. SearchTerm-Recommendation (STR) systems can help to overcome these problems. This paper evaluates the benefits that may be gained from the use of STRs in Query Expansion (QE). We create 17 STRs, 16 based on specific disciplines and one giving general recommendati...

This longitudinal study compared the development of oral language and more specifically narrative skills (storytelling and story retelling) in children with specific language impairment (SLI) with and without literacy delay. Therefore, 18 children with SLI and 18 matched controls with normal literacy were followed from the last year of kindergarten (mean age=5 years 5 months) until the beginnin...

Educational Psychology has a long tradition as a specialty within the field of psychology , formally recognized as a discipline in 1910, when the Journal of Educational Psychology (JEP) began publication. Early psychologists, such as William James and Wilhelm Wundt 1900) both focused on issues central to educational psychology today (e.g., cog-nitive processes, memory, and effective teaching). ...

OBJECTIVES To estimate the prevalence of low health literacy, and evaluate the impact of low health literacy on outcomes in patients with chronic musculoskeletal conditions. DATA SOURCES We searched Embase, Pubmed, PsycInfo, and CINAHL in January 2011 for relevant studies, restricted to English-language articles. STUDY SELECTION AND DATA EXTRACTION Studies were included if they measured hea...

A goal of our profession has been to create a discipline– specific doctoral degree in dental hygiene. Currently there are several dental hygienists with doctoral degrees, many of whom contribute to the JDH Editorial Review Board. However, each of these dental hygienists has been forced to obtain a doctoral degree outside of the dental hygiene discipline because there was simply no other option....

OVERVIEW Digital data play an increasingly important role in how we understand the present and past. The challenges inherent understanding using digital are as intellectually demanding any other archaeological research endeavor. For these reasons, management cannot be regarded a simple compliance or technical issue. to meaningfully preserved used rigorous ways, they need integrated fully into a...