BACKGROUND National media reported a febrile illness among dormitory residents of a boys' religious school. We investigated the outbreak to identify cause. METHODS Individuals with fever (>100°F) and cough or sore throat between 1 and 13 August 2011 were influenza-like-illness (ILI) case-patients. We collected histories and specimens from hospitalized case-patients and visited campus to explo...

Promoting energy conservation in university dormitories is challenging because student residents are typically charged a flat utility fee. One possibility to curb excessive use the absence of monetary incentives highlight environmental consequences use. However, it still largely unknown how these should be communicated effectively change people’s behavior. In present study, we analyzed effect f...

The results of this study indicate that the role Islamic religious education in shaping student character is carried out through activities shape personality students to be brave and independent such as: (1) Intra-curricular or KBM, activity teacher instills process teaching learning from all eyes. lessons as Aqidah Akhlak, at-Tawhid, al-Qur'an Hadith, history, Fiqh, Arabic. Every must reflect ...

INTRODUCTION The declaration of a Phase 6 pandemic of influenza A (H1N1) by the World Health Organization in June 2009, triggered the activation of preparedness responses worldwide. During 2009 spring and fall, many US universities actuated their emergency pandemic preparedness plans. This article describes a research study that used a modified community based participatory research (CBPR) appr...

BACKGROUND Relatively little is known about the peer influence in health behaviors within university dormitory rooms. Moreover, in China, the problem of unhealthy behaviors among university students has not yet been sufficiently recognized. We thus investigated health behavior peer influence in Peking University dormitories utilizing a randomized cluster-assignment design. METHODS STUDY DE...

BACKGROUND One young adult in two has entered university education in Western countries. Many of these young students will be exposed, during this transitional period, to substantial changes in living arrangements, socialisation groups, and social activities. This kind of transition is often associated with risky behaviour such as excessive alcohol consumption. So far, however, there is little ...

Constitutionally, apartheid divided South Africa into “white” and “black” South Africa. White South Africa consisted mainly of the urban areas, while black South Africa was mainly rural. Black South Africa was largely comprised of the homeland areas. However, urban areas have subsequently developed in most of the former homelands. At the same time, a number of dormitory towns were developed, ei...

This study aims to determine the motivation of students in learning English through audio visual media eleventh grade at MA Al Amiriyyah Blokagung Banyuwangi then describe how is used by using Audio Visual Media form video. Furthermore, this also whether it true that maximally motivates media. research uses a descriptive method with qualitative design, collect data, researcher several instrumen...

At Southern Utah University, Kourt Osborn, a transgender student, was denied a dorm room because of his gender identity. Born as a female, Osborn, who identifies as a male, applied to live in the male dorms. The University determined that Osborn could live in the men’s dormitory only with physician supervision of his hormone treatment, therapist acknowledgment of his Gender Identity Disorder, a...