Purpose. The purpose of the article is an identifying impact regional water management dependence on economic growth in region.
 Methodology / approach. subject study theoretical and methodological basics a new scientific paradigm for regulation development socio-economic systems under conditions limited resources. used traditional special research methods, including: historical logical – ...

The quality of the software's internal structure tends to decay due adaptation environmental changes. Therefore, it is beneficial maintain software benefit future phases life cycle. A common correlation exists between decaying structures and problems like smell maintenance costs. Refactoring a process artifacts based on smell. Decomposition classes one most refactoring actions Blob performed at...

BACKGROUND Decision aids can be used to support shared decision making (SDM). A patient-oriented treatment decision aid (DA) was developed for type 2 diabetes but its use by general practice staff appeared to be limited. OBJECTIVES To explore views of practice staff towards SDM and the DA. DESIGN A mixed-methods study within the Dutch PORTDA-diab trial. SETTING AND PARTICIPANTS Included w...

This quantitative study was an investigation of the effect of lyrical music on reading comprehension by adolescents. Existing research has produced results that range from concluding such distraction may be detrimental to finding it could be helpful. The reading comprehension subtest of the Gates-MacGinitie Reading Tests, 4th edition (MacGinitie, MacGinitie, Maria, & Dryer, 2000) was administer...

Calculating and reporting appropriate measures of effect size are becoming standard practice in psychological research. One of the most common scenarios encountered involves the comparison of 2 groups, which includes research designs that are experimental (e.g., random assignment to treatment vs. placebo conditions) and nonexperimental (e.g., testing for gender differences). Familiar measures s...

Abstract COVID-19 has disrupted higher education globally, and there is scarce information about the “learning loss” in university students throughout this crisis. The goal of study was to compare scores a large-scale knowledge diagnostic exam applied admitted university, before during pandemic. Research design quasi-experimental with static group comparisons, taking advantage pandemic “natural...