Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) is a significant cause of morbidity in high-risk infants. Palivizumab is proven to prevent serious RSV disease, but compliance with prophylaxis (monthly doses during the RSV season) is essential to ensure protection. We invited 453 pediatricians to participate in a survey to identify their perspectives of barriers to compliance and interventions to improve comp...

Educational technology applications and lessons, such as learning modules, activities, and user-authored systems, face substantial implementation challenges in public schools and postsecondary institutions. The design of technology impacts the willingness of teachers to implement new technology; evaluators examining implementation obstacles can help improve design. In this article, both summati...

International educational institutes are aiming to be accredited by local and international accreditation agencies such as the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB), Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET) and so forth to be recognized by stakeholders. The institutes are striving to meet the stakeholders’ expectations by integrating quality in all stand...

This qualitative inquiry project investigates the political and policy discourses related to education reform in Taiwan. Specifically, it examines the science education reform policies and policy leaders’ vision for the reform. This work also reveals the unique challenges involved in implementing contemporary science education approaches in a Confucian learning culture. Data sources included re...

Does the perception of many close relationships as autonomy-supportive make students more motivated and competent? The goal of this study was to use latent class analysis (LCA) to compare the educational correlates of having one vs. several autonomy-supportive relationships. Participants were 1406 high school students (47% boys, 52% girls). LCA revealed three groups: Group 1 (17%) included stud...

Ching-Kai Chiu,1 Matthew J. Gilbert,2,3 and Taylor L. Hughes1 1Department of Physics, University of Illinois, 1110 West Green Street, Urbana, Illinois 61801, USA 2Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Illinois, 1406 West Green Street, Urbana, Illinois 61801, USA 3Micro and Nanotechnology Laboratory, University of Illinois, 208 North Wright Street, Urbana, Illinois 618...

Qinglei Meng,1 Taylor L. Hughes,1 Matthew J. Gilbert,2,3 and Smitha Vishveshwara1 1Department of Physics, University of Illinois, 1110 West Green Street, Urbana, Illinois 61801, USA 2Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Illinois, 1406 West Green Street, Urbana, Illinois 61801, USA 3Micro and Nanotechnology Laboratory, University of Illinois, 208 N. Wright Street, Urb...

K.-E. Lindenschmidt1, F. Hattermann2, V. Mohaupt3, B. Merz1, Z. W. Kundzewicz2,4, and A. Bronstert5 1GeoForschungsZentrum Potsdam, Telegrafenberg, 14473 Potsdam, Germany 2Potsdam Institut für Klimafolgenforschung, Telegrafenberg, 14473 Potsdam, Germany 3Federal Environment Agency, Postfach 1406, 06813 Dessau, Germany 4Res. Centre for Agricultural and Forest Environment, Polish Academy of Scienc...