BACKGROUND Educating nurses to doctoral level is an important means of developing nursing capacity globally. There is an international shortage of doctoral nursing programmes, hence many nurses seek their doctorates overseas. The UK is a key provider of doctoral education for international nursing students, however, very little is known about international doctoral nursing students' learning ex...

1 Paper extracted from Doctoral Dissertation “Professional autonomy of nurses and their social representations made by students of federal public universities in Rio de Janeiro: contributions to higher education in nursing”, presented to Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil. 2 PhD, Adjunct Professor, Departamento de Enfermagem, Universidade Federal Fluminense, Ri...

Approximately 20%–25% of the pediatric population will likely develop a sleep disorder sometime during childhood or adolescence. Studies have shown that untreated sleep disorders can negatively affect cognitive abilities, and academic and behavior performance. The Sleep Disorders Inventory for Students (SDIS) is a screening instrument designed to be used by school psychologists to determine if ...

The TPDL 2016 Doctoral Consortium provided a high-quality international forum for Ph.D. students working in the areas related to the TPDL conference series to present their ongoing research and receive constructive feedback from a panel of prominent researchers from the TPDL community. It also provided a way to establish professional networks with other PhD students and more senior researchers ...

Team — ESE Energy and Embedded Systems (Energie et Systèmes Embarqués) Leader J.M. Dilhac (PR) Permanent Researchers M. Bafleur (DR), S. Bendhia, V. Boitier (MCF), A. Boyer (MCF), F. Caignet (MCF), N. Nolhier (PR), P. Tounsi (MCF HDR) Retired: J-M. Dorkel (PR) [09/13] – Associated researcher: V. Boitier (PRAG) [01/09-08/12], J-L. Massol (MCF) [09/09-08/13] PhD Students (Arrival date) R. Bèges, ...

We have the honour and pleasure to welcome you to the 7th annual Swedish Bioinformat-ics Workshop (SBW2006), this time held at AlbaNova university center in Stockholm. We hope to be able to match the expectations of previous years and provide you with an interesting programme. Starting with the first workshop in 2000 in Uppsala, this has been an excellent opportunity for researchers and student...