* This newest edition examines fundamental data structures by following a consistent object-oriented framework that builds intuition and analysis skills of data structures and algorithms...

Background: Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is a group of disorders that cause chronic inflammation (pain and swelling) in the intestines. IBD includes Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis. Both types affect the digestive system. The study aims to compare coping strategies in people with inflammatory bowel disease and healthy people, according to internal and external sources of health contr...

OBJECTIVES Proactive coping encompasses future-oriented self-regulatory skills that help people prepare for future difficulties before they occur, such as planning and monitoring. The aim of the present study was to examine the interplay between pre-treatment proactive coping skills and expected difficulties during weight loss in determining successful weight management. METHOD Obese and over...

During the last decade, medical education in the German-speaking world has been striving to become more practice-oriented. This is currently being achieved in many schools through the implementation of simulation-based instruction in Skills Labs. Simulators are thus an essential part of this type of medical training, and their acquisition and operation by a Skills Lab require a large outlay of ...

This 2 years project aims to spread an innovative approach enabling new generations of workers from business services SMEs to develop their crucial non-routine skills via mobile Learning. On the bases of the EU recommendations described in the document “New skills for new jobs”, the partners will design an ad hoc mobile training environment teaching crucial non routine skills in a labour market...

This paper presents a patterns-oriented framework designed for the development of automatic and deliberative skills. It is based on the concept of distributed active objects, which are autonomous execution entities with their own threads of control, and can interact with others using event notification. In this architecture, each skill is viewed as an integration of a set of reusable software c...