This article synthesizes problems impacting rural primary and secondary schools and describes how schools and relevant organizations have responded to the challenges. Given the context of a globally-compressed world, the focus of the literature review is on international rural education research and strategies. The exploration took the path of topical rather than regional or methodological inve...

During the past years the modelling community, both from the application and pure research perspectives, has been facing the challenge of high-resolution modelling in places with complex topography. In February 2012, as a result of the collaborative efforts of BOKU-Met, ARSC, IMG and the enthusiasm of the scientific community, the HiRCoT workshop was held in Vienna. HiRCoT objectives were: 1) T...

Background & aim: The increased prevalence of infertility and using assisted reproductive technologies including donation procedures has currently become a public concern. The familiarity of midwives with legal and religious aspects of these procedures is a salient issue in their care giving practice. However, this issue has been less considered in the curriculum planning for midwifery students...

This essay serves to explain in some detail the definition of scholarship that the editorial board of portal: Libraries and the Academy applies when evaluating articles and assessing whether they are worthy of publication in our pages. It should be read in the larger context of the mission and purpose of portal that is defined in our front matter. I want to thank the board for its comments and ...

Universal provision of antiretroviral therapy (ART), while feasible, is expensive. In light of this limitation, the World Health Organisation (WHO) has launched the 3 × 5 initiative, to provide ART to 3 million people by the end of the year 2005. In Southern Africa, large-scale provision of ART will likely be achieved through fragile public health systems. ART programmes should therefore be dev...

BACKGROUND The number of patients with multimorbidity (two or more conditions) is increasing. Observational research has shown that having multiple health problems is associated with poorer outcomes in terms of health, quality of care, and costs. Thus, it is imperative to understand how patients with multimorbidity experience their healthcare process. Insight into patient experiences can be use...

Theoretical Issues in Ergonomics Science Publication details, including instructions for authors and subscription information: http://www.informaworld.com/smpp/title~content=t713697886 Similarities and differences between human-human and human-automation trust: an integrative review P. Madhavan a; D. A. Wiegmann b a Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA b University of Illinois,...

Cloud computing is a rapidly growing area. Cloud Computing offers utility-oriented IT services to the users worldwide over the internet. As compared to grid computing, the problem of resource management is transformed into resource virtualization and allocations. Effective scheduling is a key concern for the execution of performance driven applications, such as workflows in dynamic and cost-dri...