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The balance model for teaching linear equations: a systematic literature review
Abstract This paper reports a systematic literature review of the balance model, an often-used aid to teach linear equations. The purpose of the review was to report why such a... -
2014 Connecting Through Consilience: Ecology, Society, Culture and Technology
Amongst linguistic, cultural and geographic diversity, humanity is characterised by inquisitiveness, communication and a deep desire to connect with each other. Despite our... -
Effects of cyanobacterial toxins on the human gastrointestinal tract and the ...
Abstract Background Cyanobacterial blooms occur with increasing frequency in freshwater ecosystems, posing a hazard to human and environmental health. Exposure of human to... -
Role and expression of <i>cry1</i> in the adductor muscle of the oyster <i>Cr...
Cryptochromes are flavin- and pterin-containing photoreceptors of the cryptochrome/photolyase family. They play critical roles in organisms, among are which light-dependent and... -
Perceived stress and diet quality in women of reproductive age: a systematic ...
Abstract Background Poor diet quality is associated with obesity-related morbidity and mortality. Psychological stress can increase unhealthy dietary choices, but evidence... -
Remote triggering of seismicity at Japanese volcanoes following the 2016 M7.3...
Abstract The MJMA7.3 Kumamoto earthquake occurred on April 16, 2016, in the western part of Kyushu, at a depth of 12 km, on an active strike-slip fault. Here, we report on a... -
Neonatal respiratory outcomes in pregnancy induced hypertension: introducing ...
Objective: To evaluate short-term respiratory outcomes, mortality and bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD) in preterm infants born to mothers with and without pregnancy induced... -
The effects of dislocations on crystallographic twins and domain wall motion ...
Abstract Pure magnetite experiences a first-order phase transition (the Verwey transition) near 120â 125Â K wherein the mineralâ s symmetry changes from cubic to monoclinic.... -
Including non-concurrent control patients in the analysis of platform trials:...
Abstract Background Platform trials allow adding new experimental treatments to an on-going trial. This feature is attractive to practitioners due to improved efficiency.... -
Attitudes of consumers and live-poultry workers to central slaughtering in co...
Abstract Background Guangdong Province in the Pearl River Delta of Southeast China is among the areas in the country with the highest rates of avian flu cases. In order to... -
Burnout and safety outcomes - a cross-sectional nationwide survey of EMS-work...
Abstract Background The association between burnout and patient safety has been analyzed in many studies for nurses, physicians, and residents. However, studies concerning... -
The influences of group dialog on individual student understanding of science...
Abstract Background Cooperative and inquiry-based pedagogies provide a context for classroom discourse in which students develop joint understanding of subject matter knowledge.... -
Saturated absorption competition microscopy
Owing to the advantage of being non-invasive in observing living samples, far-field optical microscopy is widely used in the life sciences, but the existence of the diffraction... -
Dietary patterns of university students in the UK: a cross-sectional study
Abstract Background University represents a key transition into adulthood for many adolescents but there are associated concerns about health and behaviours. One important... -
An estimate of the water budget for the endangered night parrot of Australia ...
Abstract Background Endangered species management must now incorporate the potential effects of climate change, but this is often in the context of limited data. The endangered... -
Developmental and morphological studies in Japanese medaka with ultra-high re...
We propose ultra-high resolution optical coherence tomography to study the morphological development of internal organs in medaka fish in the post-embryonic stages at micrometer... -
Assessing the impact of health research on health policies: a study of the Do...
Abstract Background The importance of assessing research impact is increasingly recognised. Ghana has a long tradition of research dating from the 1970s. In the Ghana Health... -
Effect of Morphology and Crystal Structure on the Thermal Conductivity of Tit...
Abstract Titania nanotubes (TNTs) with different morphology and crystal structure are prepared by chemical processing and rapid breakdown anodization (RBA) methods. The... -
Modes of Shallow Photonic Crystal Waveguides: Semi-Analytic Treatment
We investigate the formation of photonic crystal waveguide (PCW) modes within the framework of perturbation theory. We derive a differential equation governing the envelope of... -
Enucleation Refusal for Retinoblastoma: A Global Study
Background: Enucleation (eye removal) is often the only curative treatment for the childhood eye cancer retinoblastoma, yet parental refusal of enucleation commonly contributes...
