Designing places particular for children entails desire conditions for the physical, mental, emotionaland social development in different age ranges, and this design shouldn’t bring about any disturbance in the naturalgrowth and their entertainment. In the modern educational system, the physical atmosphere of the school must bean alive and dynamic factor in the quality of educational and traini...

BACKGROUND Various indicators of childhood socioeconomic position have been related to cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk in adulthood. We investigated the impact of shared family factors on the educational gradient in midlife CVD risk factors by assessing within sibling similarities in the gradient using a discordant sibling design. METHODS Norwegian health survey data (1980-2003) was linked ...

INTRODUCTION Individuals' educational attainment has long been considered as a risk factor for HIV. However, little attention has been paid to the association between partner educational attainment and HIV infection. METHODS We conducted cross-sectional analysis of young women (aged 15-34) in 14 Demographic and Health Surveys from seven sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) countries with generalized HIV ...

BACKGROUND Few studies have investigated the individual long-term contributions that mothers and fathers make to their children's schooling. AIMS (1) To explore the role of early father involvement in children's later educational attainment independently of the role of early mother involvement and other confounds, (2) to investigate whether gender and family structure moderate the relationshi...

This article reports the results of a study that investigated effects of four user characteristics on users’ mental models of information retrieval systems: educational and professional status, first language, academic background, and computer experience. The repertory grid technique was used in the study. Using this method, important components of information retrieval systems were represented...

The paper explores preliminary data of four cases in a larger study investigating the effects on learning of a new educational technology called Media Annotation Tool (MAT). In particular, the paper focuses on learning engagement with MAT and begins to raise questions about what factors promote or enhance engagement. Drawing on the work of Kirkwood (2009), the authors analyse the type of educat...

Nutritional problems in hemodialysis (HD) patients are frequently associated with poor control of serum phosphorus what may lead to chronic kidney disease-metabolic bone disease. Hyperphosphatemia is an important risk factor for extraskeletal and vascular calcifications and is associated with cardiovascular morbidity and mortality. Increased ingestion of phosphorus is an important factor in dev...

computer and internet in educational and research dimensions can increase the level of students’ knowledge and ability. the purpose of this research was to study and make an analysis of the factors influencing the use of computer and internet in educational-research activities of students. survey method was used to gather data. the statistical population of the study included graduate students ...

background and purpose: the office of educational services at universities is a very important division and it is necessary for employees to strive towards providing suitable services to students. the quality of educational services has always been a major concern for higher education managers. interviewing stakeholders and experts increases our understanding of different aspects of the subject...