BACKGROUND The positive association between parental socioeconomic position (PSEP) and health among adolescents may be partly explained by dietary behaviour. We investigated the associations between fruit intake, vegetable intake, energy-dense food intake, the Healthy Nutrition Score for Kids and Youth (HuSKY) and parental education in a nationwide, cluster-randomized sample of adolescents in G...

in taleghan, olivine basalt-basaltic andesite dykes as part of tertiary mamgmatic activities in central and western alborz zone, intruded into both karaj formation and late eocene-oligocene volcanic rocks. these dykes have similar geochemical characteristic which suggest that they are originated from a common source. on the primitive mantle normalized spider diagram, the dykes are characterized...

objective: the scale of the problem of poisoning is enormous hence clinico epidemiological spectrum of all poisoning cases need to explore to generate the management tool. methods: this prospective study was done at two medicine units (unit 5 and 10) of dhaka medical college hospital from july to december 2010 where all poisoning cases were seen. a total of 2890 patients were admitted out of wh...

BACKGROUND In this paper we study the long-term consequences of parental divorce in a comparative perspective. Special attention is paid to the heterogeneity of the consequences of divorce for children’s educational attainment by parental education. OBJECTIVE The study attempts to establish whether the parental breakup penalty for tertiary education attainment varies by socioeconomic background...

In recent years, there has been an increasing interest in the development of Liberia’s educational system. Although the educational system was designed to accommodate everyone, Liberia’s illiteracy rate is still estimated at fifty-three percent (53%) as of 2015 [1]. With a current population of approximately 4.6 million [2], 33.2% of Liberians have had no education, 31.1% have had only primary ...

The theme of the workshop on Emerging Web Technologies: Facing the Future of Education potentially covers a broad spectrum: schools, universities and other educational institutions; academic disciplines; pedagogy; administration; innovation; and, most importantly, the people involved, viz. students, teachers, administrators and, at a remove, parents and society at large. It is therefore necessa...

The increasing level of official and academic information on Aboriginal issues on the Web enhances its utility in research and teaching. Aboriginal communities can also share Indigenous knowledges and perspectives, disseminate information to other indigenous communities and access the benefits of the knowledge society by adopting ICT. The use of search engines can save time in research and reve...