OBJECTIVE To test the impact of training for educators on the health of children enrolled in public and philanthropic day-care nurseries. DESIGN A randomised, institutional, non-blind clinical trial was conducted. An educational intervention was performed in four day-care centres and the control group consisted of four other day-care centres. Interviews with the mothers, collection of blood f...

The authors raise the problem of scientific and educational vector formation network component social human capital in Russian regions. development is becoming one policy directions for region’s through creation certain centres. emerging connections world-class centres regions are analyzed, which create conditions transforming existing potential territory into country. Based on definition by P....

The prevalence of conduct disorder was assessed in 77 young people in 4 juvenile detention centres in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). The prevalence of conduct disorder was 24.7%, and recidivism, as indicated by repeat admissions to the centres, was found to be associated with conduct disorder. Having a diagnosis of conduct disorder was associated with a lower educational and occupational level...

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE Different liquid formulations of a drug prepared for use in children cannot be assumed to have therapeutic equivalence. The objective of this study was to ascertain the interhospital constancy of unlicensed liquid captopril formulations used to treat children with heart failure in the UK. DESIGN A questionnaire-based telephone survey. SETTING 13 tertiary paediatric ...

The paper explores developments in the sphere of tertiary education in Russia during the period of socio-economic transformation. It is demonstrated that under market reforms deceptively positive tendency to educational expansion conceals rising inequality in access to education, quality erosion and increasing human capital mismatch thus reducing competitive advantage of Russia lying with natio...

Retinopathy of prematurity (ROP) is an emerging cause of blindness. Few data are available from secondary care centres. Analyses of the incidence and risk factors for ROP from a secondary care center indicate that the incidence (19.7%) is higher than that noted in tertiary care centers. This highlights the need to screen even big preterms (>1500 g or >32 wks) born at these centers for ROP.

Computer laboratories at tertiary educational institutions need to be flexible and easy to manage, as they typically cater for a wide range of needs. This article describes how a particular virtual laboratory environment can be extended to include server-based virtualization. It explores some of the major technical challenges of implementing one particular hypervisor and associated management s...

Krista Rawson, RN, BScN, MN, NP, is nurse practitioner with CancerControl Alberta Health Services and currently works as the Senior Practice Consultant for Advanced Practice Nursing. Her NP practice has been both at tertiary urban centres and in community oncology. She is a past recipient of the Award of excellence in Nursing Clinical Practice from the Canadian Association of Nurses in Oncology...

Research has been carried out into the educational and training innovations resulting from the current implementation of Virtual Learning Environments (VLEs) in institutions of higher education in order to understand how these innovations interrelate with teaching and learning; the implications at the institutional level; and the cross-cultural diversity within virtual learning environments, wi...

The TEI peer tutoring program (in Spanish, Tutoría entre Iguales, hereinafter ) is Spain’s most important coexistence for the prevention of violence and bullying in secondary schools one first worldwide. So that we may better appreciate effectiveness benefits this program, a comparative study has been developed between four are presently following preventive strategy (TEI centres) other do not ...