OBJECTIVE The present paper analyses the advances and challenges of the school feeding programme in Brazil (PNAE), as part of the Brazilian experience building up an integrated food and nutrition security national system. It explores the role of policy and regulatory frameworks in constructing quality service delivery and intersectoral integration. DESIGN Review of PNAE and federal government...

INTRODUCTION Surgical training relies on medical school lectures, practical training in patient care and in the operating room including instruction in anatomy and experimental surgery. Training with different techniques of simulators can complete this. Simulator-based training, widely used in North America, can be applied to several aspects of surgical training without any risk for patients: t...

Data on metabolic rates (n = 81) and clothing insulation (n = 96) of school children and adolescents (A, primary school: age 9-10; B, primary school: age 10-11 year; C, junior vocational (technical) education: age 13-16 (lower level); D, same as C but at advanced level; and E, senior vocational (technical) education, advanced level: age 16-18) were collected (Diaferometer, Oxylog, Heart Rate de...

In the past twelve years (1997-2009), Brunei Darussalam has implemented three major educational policies: (1) inclusive education, in 1998; (2) the National Education System for the 21 Century known in Malay as Sistem Pendidikan Negara Abad 21 or SPN21, 2008; and (3) education for the gifted / talented students, 2009. These changes are partly designed to diversify and broaden the provision of e...

This study used portable technology based on Experience Sampling Methodology (ESM log) to register workday practices of school principals and heads from Chilean schools who were implementing school improvement plans aimed at developing a culture of organizational learning. For a week, Smartphone devices which beeped seven times a day were given to School Principals and Heads of TechnicalPedagog...

(1928–90) was born in Belfast, Northern Ireland, son of John and Annie Bell, whose families had lived in Northern Ireland for several generations. His middle name, Stewart, was the Scottish family name of his mother, and until he went to university he was called at home by that name. The family's religion was Anglican (Church of Ireland), but no religious bias prevented friendships with the Cat...

John Stewart Bell (1928–90) was born in Belfast, Northern Ireland, son of John Bell and Elizabeth Mary Ann Bell (née Brownlee and always called Annie), whose families had lived in Northern Ireland for several generations. His middle name, Stewart, was a Scottish family name in his mother’s lineage, and until he went to university he was called by that name. The family’s religion was Anglican (C...

A typed, modular paradigm for polynomial time computation is proposed. Comments University of Pennsylvania Department of Computer and Information Sciences Technical Report No. MSCIS-91-59. This technical report is available at ScholarlyCommons: http://repository.upenn.edu/cis_reports/338 Bounded Linear Logic: A Modular Approach to Polynomial Time Computability MS-CIS-91-59 LOGIC & COMPUTATION 3...

—This paper presents the development of an integrated virtual/remote lab for teaching induction motor starting methods used in the Civil Engineering School at the Technical University of Madrid (UPM).

Introduction: There is substantial evidence that the technical quality of root canalfilling has a significant effect on the outcome of root canal treatment. Theaim of this study was to evaluate the technical quality of root canal fillingsperformed by dental students. Methods: The records of 325 teethradiographs, treated by dental students in 2008-2009 in Babol Dental School,were selected and ev...