Teacher efficacy has proven to be an important variable in teacher effectiveness. It is consistently related to positive teaching behaviors and student outcomes. However, the measurement of this construct is the subject of current debate, which includes critical examination of predominant instruments used to assess teacher efficacy. The present study extends this critical evaluation and examine...

The control of ticks with vaccines is of global interest. Experimental vaccines incorporate new technologies as soon as they are available. Historically, the main vaccine studies have focused on the one-host cattle tick Rhipicephalus microplus, and efficacy evaluations have been standardised for this tick species. On the other hand, evaluations of vaccine candidates for three-host ticks are bei...

Although nowadays performed on a routine basis, catheter ablation of atrial fibrillation is associated with the potential for major complications. Improving the safety remains therefore an important challenge. This article summarizes the different types of complications associated with AF ablation grouping them into clinically overt major complications, subclinical injury and permanent injury. ...

The present study has been conducted in the frame of BUMA (Prioritization of Building Materials Emissions as indoor pollution sources), a European funded project, aiming at assessing the exposure to emitted compounds in indoor air. Field campaigns in five (5) European cities (Milan, Copenhagen, Dublin, Athens and Nicosia) were carried out. These campaigns covered weekly winter and summer concen...

Text comprehension theories propose that readers try to achieve a coherent representation of the situation depicted in text. When reading multiple texts on same topic, however, achieving poses additional challenges. Different sources may offer inconsistent descriptions or interpretations situation, even contradict one another. Thus, assumptions are needed explain how build when individual subje...

since the renaissance contend ideas for a theory of a new understanding of the concept of science and knowledge. move omitted the role of knowledge-building and the formulation of the concept of science, which is created and consists of theory and shape so as to complement to be material technical and technological dimensions in the basic sciences. and is disclosure the role of the humanities a...

Sustainable energy sources are promising solutions for reducing carbon footprint and environmental impacts within the building sectors. Reducing consumption while ensuring thermal comfort occupants is now an essential task in climate control. Two possible ways to cut down implementing renewable sustainable sources, such as solar geothermal energy, adopting model predictive control method. In th...