Positive rate and influencing factors of adolescent idiopathic scoliosis among school children aged 9 to 18 years in Xiamen, China by Zhongrui Peng, Yuanchao Li, Hong Yang, Yanfang Jiang, Yuqing Li, Mengyang Gao, Yangjingling Hua, Guimei Liu, Manqi Zhou, Tianmu Chen, Huarong Hong, Lei Li

“…Results The overall positive rate of AIS among school children was 7.12%. Among underweight students, 10.36% were confirmed to have a positive diagnosis of AIS. …”
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INTEGRATION OF THE LATEST METHODS BASED ON SCAFFOLDING TECHNOLOGY IN THE PROCESS OF DEVELOPING TRANSLATORS’ SOFT SKILLS by Svitlana Amelina, Rostyslav Tarasenko, Hongming Wang

“…Based on the questionnaire, the state of students’ awareness of the importance of forming soft skills, significant for the activity of a translator, and their self-assessment of their formation were clarified. …”
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A Survey of Multimedia-Assisted English Classroom Teaching Based on Statistical Analysis by Hui Wang

“…Therefore, from the perspective of statistical analysis, this empirical study investigates the effectiveness of multimedia-assisted English classroom teaching from the detailed aspects like preferred teaching activity, understanding key and difficult points, and overall performance and then formulates a multimedia writing teaching model in order to improve students’ writing performance. The result shows that multimedia teaching does have superior advantages and the model enhances students’ interest and scores in writing.…”
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Oncology education in Brazilian medical schools by Angelica Nogueira-Rodrigues, Ronniel Morais Albuquerque, Renan Orsati Clara, Ana Gelatti, Augusto Cesar de Andrade Mota, Bruno Pacheco Pereira, Daniela Dornelles Rosa, Igor Alexandre Protzner Morbeck, Maria Fátima Gaui, Maria Ignez Freitas Melro-Braghiroli, Rafael Aliosha Kaliks, Rodrigo Ramella Munhoz, Sandro Roberto de Araújo Cavalléro, Vladmir Cláudio Cordeiro-de-Lima, Clarissa Maria de Cerqueira Mathias

“…Despite this unquestionable need, there is a clear gap in Oncology training of Brazilian medical students. The aim of the current analysis is to delineate the Oncology education scenario in Brazilian medical schools. …”
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"I Have a Kind of Power I Never Knew I Possessed" by Sean P. Connors

“…To conclude, the author discusses the implications for teachers and students of reading the gaze in young adult literature. …”
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Maracatu group at university: youth cultural practices and self-training by Luís Antonio Groppo, Giovana Generoso Monteiro

“…Through participant observation and semi-structured interviews, we analyze the youth cultural practices and the formative processes of a percussive group of Maracatu, made up of students from a public university in Minas Gerais. …”
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The medical instructional questionnaire used to assess the quality of South African medical education by M.I.W. van Huyssteen, J.J. Blitz-Lindeque

“…It was thought that this use of ambulatory settings might adversely affect the quality of training of medical students and complicate control of the opportunities to which the individual student would be exposed. …”
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Smartphone Control Mobile Robot for Education and Research by Onyinye Ikpeze, Temitayo Ejidokun, Moses Onibonoje

“…In this digital age there is a growing interest in robotics by students in basically all age grades beginning from the toy robot cars used by preschoolers, to hi-tech robots used by teenagers and youths such as Sphero BOLT, Grillbot, and many others available in the market. …”
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Prevalence of Moraxella Catarrhalis as a Nasal Flora among Healthy Kindergarten Children in Bhaktapur, Nepal by Neetu Amatya, Govinda Paudel, Bhuvan Saud, Sunita Wagle, Vikram Shrestha, Bibhav Adhikari

“…Results. Out of 136 students, M. catarrhalis was detected in 80 (58.8%) children. …”
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Mental motivation and its relationship to the performance of the skill of receiving the transmitter in volleyball by ساية سامي أ.د. لمى سمير

“…As for the research sample, it was determined in selecting (33) students out of (103) students. The research sample was chosen in a random, unorganized way (the lottery method). …”
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Could the use of web-based applications assist in neuropsychiatric treatment? An umbrella review by Luísa Pelucio, Laiana A. Quagliato, Amanda Cardoso, Natia Horato, Antonio Egidio Nardi

“…Due to the homogeneity of the information between some articles, the research was grouped according to the following revised themes: mindfulness, tinnitus, electronic health (eHealth), youth and students’ mental health, mobile health applications (mHealth), depression, anxiety and stress, psychoactive substances, sleep quality, chronic diseases and mental disorders. …”
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College teaching in initial teacher training. the case of the school teacher of Segovia by José María Arribas Estebaranz, David Carabias Galindo, Inés Monreal Guerrero

“…This article shows the results of research conducted in the School of Education of Segovia, during the 2008-2009 school years about three fundamental aspects in the teaching-learning process: the methodology, the evaluation system and skills and competency development and professional teachers.This investigation is based primarily on analysis of the answers given by three groups of informants: teachers, students, seniors and graduate career. The instrument used is a validated questionnaire for each of these three aspects to our study.…”
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A comparative study of self-esteem in secondary school adolescents in urban and rural settings of Oyo State, Nigeria by Abieyuwa Fagbohun, Adebola Orimadegun, Olusegun Akinyinka

“…This study investigates the self-esteem levels of secondary school students in urban and rural settings in Oyo State, Nigeria, and identifies key predictors of low self-esteem. …”
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Contingency, cognitive and semiotic approaches to decision-making in the organizations by A. A. Kulinich

“…These results can be useful to developers of systems of decision-making support and lecturers of higher educational institutions as a methodical material in processes of students’ training in decisionmaking and artificial intellect areas.…”
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Bolsa Permanência na UFMS: novas configurações e velhos desafios by Felipe Vieira Gimenez, Carina Elisabeth Maciel

“…The results indicate that the scholarship permanence linked to the student assistance policy in UFMS was a political strategy which favors, but does not guarantee the permanence of the students in the university campus through scholarships and financial aid granted.…”
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Harnessing the Power of Social Network Analysis in Medical Education by EHSAN TOOFANINEJAD, MASOMEH KALNTARION, ZEINAB MOTLAGH, SEYYED KAZEM BANIHASHEM, OMID NOROOZI

“…The letter also outlines how SNA can be used to deal with students’ loneliness in social learning settings and professional fatigue through the early establishment of supportive networks and peer mentoring occasions. …”
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Validation of the Strategy for Determining the Numerical Rating of the Cognitive Complexity of Exam Items in the Field of Chemical Kinetics by Saša Horvat, Dušica Rodić, Nevena Jović, Tamara Rončević, Snežana Babić-Kekez

“…Eighty-seven students in the first year of secondary school participated in the study. …”
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The effectiveness of communicative language approach in enhancing English speaking skills of EFL adult learners in Egypt by Marwa Mohamed Hassan Hedia

“…A group of 40 first year college students were selected from a private university in Cairo in the Academic year 2016- 2017 (20 students in the experimental group and 20 students in the control group). …”
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SOME ISSUES OF TEACHING AND LEARNING OF CORPORATE GOVERNANCE IN LAW INSTITUTIONS AND UNIVERSITIES IN THE CONTEXT OF THE INTERNATIONAL MASTER’S DOUBLE DEGREE PROGRAM «EUROPEAN AND I... by Sergey Yu. Marochkin, Marina I. Shunevich

“…The focus of this paper is a necessity for law-students not only to master professional legal knowledge, but also knowledge and skills in the management of corporations and enterprises. …”
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Exploring user acceptance and satisfaction with the Academic Collection of Comprehensive Educational Studies System (ACCESS): A state university experience by Jereme B. Belza, Abegail B. Cahigao, Julius James Luzada, Maria Lourdes D. Paragas, Emmanuel A. Onsay

“…A random sampling technique included students and faculty members from five courses. Data was gathered through an online survey with a standardized questionnaire and a 5-point Likert scale. …”
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