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Ensuring Virtual Success
Very few academic programs in pre-service teacher education include opportunities for current and future K-12 educators to develop the necessary skills to teach in an online setting. While limited research has been done related...
Published by: IGI Global
Drug Promotion and Self-Medication Practices in Lagos, Nigeria
Johnson Ayodele
Jan 01, 2021
The study examines the effects of drug promotional practices and self-medication behaviour on public health in Lagos. It used a multistage sampling method to select 315 respondents. The researcher selected 12 in-depth...
Published by: IGI Global
Of Zebra Doves and Prawn Crackers
Marc Benamou
Nov 19, 2013
Both the English and Javanese' languages describe music largely in metaphoric terms. In English, for instance, we use the spatial metaphor "up" and "down" to refer to differences in pitch. In Javanese these same differences are...
Published by: Faculty of Education
Crowdsourcing the Disaster Management Cycle
Crowdsourcing is a communication platform that can be used during and after a disastrous event. Previous research in crisis crowdsourcing demonstrates its wide adoption for aiding response efforts by non-government organizations...
Published by: IGI Global
Pandemic-Driven Technology Adoption
During the first six months of the COVID-19 pandemic, around the world, evidence is mounting as to the unenveness of impacts across communities. There are disproportionately more impacts on people who are elderly, economically...
Published by: IGI Global
Contextual Considerations for Eco-Behavioral Change Among Aquatic Recreationists
This chapter draws from Australian studies to explore policies associated with behavioral interventions for environmental stewardship. Each case focuses on attempts to influence the eco-behaviors of recreational users of aquatic...
Published by: IGI Global
Transacting With Texts
This chapter presents an applied model for supporting preschool children's executive function, skills that serve as protective factors against risks associated with poverty, using Rosenblatt's transactional theory. The authors...
Published by: IGI Global
QSAR Analysis for the Inhibition of the Mutagenic Activity by Anthocyanin Derivatives
Flavonoid compounds modulate the cytochrome P450 3A4 enzyme activity and inhibit the mutagenic activity of mammalian cells, preventing carcinogen activation and cellular DNA damage. In this work, the quantitative...
Published by: IGI Global
Nutritional Labelling and Purchase Intention
With the aim of preventing malnutrition, it has been proposed to provide information to consumers about the nutritional content of food using labelling on packages to promote healthier eating habits. Since the way in which the...
Published by: IGI Global
Modelling the Impacts of Inter-City Connectivity on City Specialisation
There is a high level of interest in investing in inter-city connectivity schemes. The rationale for these schemes is improved economic performance through increased productivity, jobs, and output. The mobility costs of...
Published by: IGI Global
Researchers' Perceptions of Research Data Management Activities at an Academic Library in a Developing Country
This study investigated researchers perceptions of RDM at the MGGL to recommend measures to enhance managing, sharing, and reusing data. The study was underpinned by the DCC Curation lifecycle model and the CCMF which enabled...
Published by: IGI Global
The Effects of Sampling Methods on Machine Learning Models for Predicting Long-term Length of Stay
The ability to predict the patients with long-term length of stay (LOS) can aid a hospital's admission management, maintain effective resource utilization and provide a high quality of inpatient care. Hospital discharge data...
Published by: IGI Global