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Spatial data sharing mechanisms are an important asset to territorial communities. They help them understand and control their long term development. In this perspective, this paper suggests a novel approach of geodata appropriation processes based on diverse socio-cognitive theories. This approach suggests that the evolution of spatial data infrastructures from rough data exchange platforms to...

Research into the benefits of collaborative work on learning have shifted from questions regarding whether it promotes learning, to research into the conditions that promote learning and the identification of processes that make collaborative group settings particularly effective. In this symposium we will present findings from recent research into a number of socio-cognitive processes that hav...

The history of socio-technical interventions is intertwined with reports that interventions are successful in the short to medium term but over time organisations revert back to their previous practices. It is often reported that changes in senior management or politics result in an undermining of the legitimacy of the systemic principles used in the intervention and as a result the organisatio...

Relevance has become a major area of research in the ®eld of Information Retrieval, despite the fact that the concept relevance is not well understood. This paper models manifestations of relevance within a system of relevance attributes to show that the attributes function in di€erent dimensions for the di€erent manifestations of relevance. It is shown that motivational relevance, as a manifes...

in this article, with the aim of identify the common aspects of vygotsky and frieri in dialogue-based education; the theatrical basis, related concepts, and the type of education is studied in an analytical and interpretive way and their differences and similarities, especially in their educational model is presented and defined. as the result of recognition of basic aspects and explanation of ...

Background: Puberty and its consequence changes are one of the most important events of each person's life. Knowledge and practice about puberty health lead to successful passage of this period. This study was aimed to determine factors predicting the knowledge and practice of girl students about puberty health in Tabriz high schools. Materials and Methods: This study was a cross-sectional stud...

This research explains and analyzes the value changes among the youth (15-29) years of age living in Mazandaran (Northern Iran). The survey, the quessionare and interview were used and after gathering the data, the whole research was statistically analyzed. The framework theory was including such as functionalism, structuralism, conflict and symbolic interactions. The data show that there are s...

BACKGROUND Infants exposed to maternal HIV infection who remain HIV-uninfected (HIV-exposed/uninfected; HIV-EU) may be at increased risk of growth retardation, which could be due both to directly HIV-related effects and to socio-economic factors overrepresented among HIV-positive women. OBJECTIVE To investigate growth development at 9-12 months of age in HIV-EU infants participating in preven...

Although left-right items are a standard tool of public opinion research, there remains some difference of opinion on the optimal response format. Two disputes can be identified in the literature: (a) whether to provide respondents with a small or large number of answer categories and (b) whether or not to administer the response scale including a midpoint. This study evaluates the performance ...