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Too Young to Be Mad
Maria Liegghio
Dec 29, 2016
In this paper, the psychiatrization of children and youth is explored, as well as their representation within Mad and Disability Studies. Presented are the outcomes of a photo voice project conducted with seven (N=7) youths...
Published by: Memorial University of Newfoundland
Student English Teachers' Vantage Points of the Digital Short Stories They Designed for Young Learners
Gülten Koşar
Jan 01, 2023
Literature review unveils the need for exploring what student teachers of English think about their experiences of preparing digital stories for young learners, and investigating their perceptions with regard to the use of...
Published by: IGI Global
The Influence of Perceived Value Towards Customer Satisfaction in Hostel Business
Anggraeni Permatasari
Jul 01, 2020
Perceived value is one of the elements that can influence customer satisfaction in the hotel and hospitality industry. In order to re-create the effective strategies, hostel business needs to understand more about factors that...
Business and Management Hospitality, Travel, and Tourism Management Hospitality, Travel, & Tourism Management
Published by: IGI Global
High prevalence of cardiometabolic risk factors amongst young adults in the United Arab Emirates
Fatima Mezhal, Abderrahim Oulhaj, Abdishakur Abdulle, Abdulla AlJunaibi, Abdulla Alnaeemi, Amar Ahmad, Andrea Leinberger-Jabari, Ayesha S Al Dhaheri, Eiman AlZaabi, Fatma Al-Maskari, Fatme Alanouti, Fayza Alameri, Habiba Alsafar, Hamad Alblooshi, Juma Alkaabi, Laila Abdel Wareth, Mai Aljaber, Marina Kazim, Michael Weitzman, Mohammad Al-Houqani, Mohammad Hag Ali, E Murat Tuzcu, Naima Oumeziane, Omar El-Shahawy, Rami H Al-Rifai, Scott Sherman, Syed M Shah, Thekra Alzaabi, Tom Loney, Wael Almahmeed, Youssef Idaghdour, Luai A Ahmed, Raghib Ali
Apr 15, 2023
Background
Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is the leading cause of death in the world. In the United Arab Emirates (UAE), it accounts for 40% of mortality. CVD is caused by multiple cardiometabolic risk factors (CRFs)...
Hypertension obesity cardiovascular disease Dyslipidemia Central obesity Non-communicable disease cardiometabolic risk factors Dysglycemia Humans Cardiovascular Diseases prevalence Risk Factors Adult United Arab Emirates Female Male Dyslipidemias Young Adult obesity Abdominal
Published by: BMC cardiovascular disorders
Teacher-Student Relationships in Childhood as a Protective Factor against Adolescent Delinquency up to Age 17
In this paper we examined the impact of the quality of teacher-student relationships at age 10 on young people's delinquency at ages 13, 15, and 17 utilizing propensity-score matching. The young people were matched based on 105...
Published by: Crime and delinquency
Assistive Technology for Students with Learning Disabilities
Gabrielle Young
Sep 22, 2013
Published by: Technology-Mediated Learning
Intention of Personal Information Disclosure in Mobile Payment Apps
This paper employs the regulatory focus and risk-taking perspectives to integrate constructs related to the intention to disclose personal information in mobile payment apps among young people in such an emerging country like...
Published by: IGI Global
Revisiting How Perceived Uncertainty and Herd Behavior Influence Technology Choice
Understanding how herd behavior occurs in the information systems context is important because such behavior influences many choice decisions, is the reason for some decision anomalies, and explains the reasons behind the rise...
Published by: IGI Global
Finding a Voice through Music
LaVerne Bell-Tolliver
Jan 30, 2014
This article will focus on the role music played in the life of a young African American girl growing up in the south during the civil rights movement. Born into an authoritarian household, the young girl found comfort in the...
Published by: Faculty of Education
“You Are What You Watch?”
Considering that today's youth are inadvertently exposed to violence in all forms of media and video games, research shows that this affects the psyche, subsequently manifesting in aggressive behaviour. This research paper...
Published by: IGI Global
Crystallizing Moments
The COVID-19 pandemic has forced K-12 teachers to think differently about their teaching methods. Primary grade teachers must especially consider how to make online learning engaging, motivating, and as hands-on and...
Published by: IGI Global
Digital Badge Use in Specific Learner Groups
As educational technology continues to advance, new technologies continue to enter the scene that seek to enhance the delivery and reception of learning in both academic and industry settings. Digital badges are a recent...
Published by: IGI Global
Integrating Service-Learning Pedagogy Into Community College Coursework
Developmental students face significant academic and life challenges as they pursue a college degree. As students in developmental studies often struggle to complete their courses, research focused on innovative pedagogy that...
Published by: IGI Global
Personalized Mastery-Based Learning Ecosystem
Children differ greatly in what they know and are ready to learn when they enter school. However, when their individual needs are assessed and addressed, even very young children can learn and can greatly surpass grade-level...
K-12 Education Education Learning Assessment and Measurement Social Sciences and Humanities Government and Law
Published by: IGI Global
Factors Affecting Customer Intention to Adopt a Mobile Chronic Disease Management Service
The Mobile Chronic Disease Management Service (MCDMS) is an emerging medical service for chronic disease prevention and treatment, but limited attention has been paid to the factors that affect users’ intention to adopt the...
Published by: IGI Global
Editors' Introduction
We provide this introduction as a brief attempt at supplying a wider context for the essays in the tribute volume. We intend it only as a kind of invitation to begin the climb toward what Phil called “expectational reading and...
Published by: Memorial University of Newfoundland
The Relationship of Classroom Behavior and Income Inequality to Literacy in Early Childhood
This chapter addresses the association between nurturing prosocial classroom behavior in young children, literacy, and income inequality. Literacy will be explored as it relates to social competence in the classroom as...
Culture & Population Studies Education Curriculum Development and Instructional Design Social Sciences and Humanities Media and Communications
Published by: IGI Global
The Relationship of Classroom Behavior and Income Inequality to Literacy in Early Childhood
This chapter addresses the association between nurturing prosocial classroom behavior in young children, literacy, and income inequality. Literacy will be explored as it relates to social competence in the classroom as...
Educational Technologies Education K-12 Education Computer Science and Information Technology Social Sciences and Humanities
Published by: IGI Global
Comparison Between Offline and Online Distribution Practices for the Insurance Industry in India
Insurance has been the back bone of Indian society and economy. For India, a developing country, insurance does serve the need to a limited extent as social security practices are absent in India compared to foreign nations....
Published by: IGI Global
Indigena Solutions, Tensions in an Aboriginal IT Impact Sourcing Firm
This paper explores the role of cultural tensions in the operations of an Information Technology Impact Sourcing (ITIS) venture called Indigena Solutions. The company was based in Vancouver Canada and was intended to provide...
Published by: IGI Global
Do Females Intend to Use Gamified Virtual Currency in E-Tailing?
The current study serves two purposes. First and foremost, this research aims to determine the impact of a game mechanism known as virtual currency on the intention of young female consumers to use it in an e-tailing platform;...
Published by: IGI Global
End Users' Initial Perceptions of mHealth in Nigeria
Mobile health (mHealth) is perceived as a “silver bullet” solution to many of the existing healthcare delivery issues in developing regions. However, the design, development, piloting, implementation, and maintenance activities...
Published by: IGI Global
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