Current educational reforms and initiatives are addressing numeracy outcomes for school-age students as a response to concerns regarding their mathematical achievements. In Australia, the Ministerial Council on Education stated, numeracy remains one of the cornerstones of schooling for young Australians (2008). Ultimately, the responsibility for attending to these educational priorities is plac...

OBJECTIVE Early experiences of trauma or adverse events may be associated with eating disturbance later in life, but evidence is scarce. This study examined whether reported history of adverse life events predicted eating disturbance upon college entry and prospective changes over the first semester of college. METHOD First semester college students (n = 249) reported trauma/adverse event his...

Share of generating units from renewable energy sources is constantly increasing and introducing stochastic nature into the system. This results in undesirable fluctuations of mains frequency and thus, a rising need for frequency regulation services. Providing sufficient power reserves presents a complicated task and usually requires special types of fast response power plants running part-load...