while many international organisations have independent evaluations, including the international monetary fund (imf) and world health organization (who), uniquely the world bank in its 2015 world development report sought to ascertain the potential biases that influence how its staff interpret evidence and influence policy. here, we describe the world bank’s study design, including experiments ...

This article presents a case story of how an occupational therapist worked with Joe, a junior high student with Asperger’s Syndrome, to develop better organizational skills. Self-regulated learning strategies were used to teach Joe how to keep track of his assignments as well as his grades. In addition, the case story provides a clear example of how these strategies could be used to teach organ...

In the last decade, we are faced with a dozen food crisis, which have impact on human health. EU as response to food contamination applies a set of laws and standards for food traceability through all stages of production, processing and distribution, forcing that all food and feed operators implement special traceability systems. One of the main and a crucial element of this system is food tra...

—The subject of prairie dog (Cynomys ludovicianus) overpopulation is complex, and judgements of overpopulation may not be based on prairie dog population size or density. Caughley's (1981) model of animal overpopulation is applied here to prairie dogs to clarify the basis for a judgement of overpopulation in each of several cases. There are ecological components to all such cases, but a purely ...

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In the context of stimulating data owners to make data ‘FAIR’ (Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, Reusable), we have developed the concept of the ‘Bring Your Own Data workshop’ (BYOD) for FAIR data. In a BYOD that focuses particularly on a Linked Data (LD) approach, engineers or bioinformaticians who are experts on their own data sources work with LD experts to generate Linked Data on a prese...