BACKGROUND Refugees have been shown to present high prevalence rates of trauma-related mental disorders. Despite their psychological impairment, they are expected to meet high functional requirements in terms of social integration into, and financial independence from, the host society. METHODS This cross-sectional study examined the relationship of mental health problems, post-migration livi...

Reasoning during social interactions requires the individual manipulation of mental representations of one's own traits and those of other people as well as their joint consideration (relational integration). Research using nonsocial paradigms has linked relational integration to activity in the rostrolateral PFC. Here, we investigated whether social reasoning is supported by the same general s...

This paper discusses ways to foster cooperative learning through the integration of online communication technology. While the education experts believe constructivism produces a more positive learning experience, the educators are still facing problems in getting students to participate due to numerous reasons such as shy personality, language and cultural barriers. This paper will look into t...

The population of refugees in the UK is expanding and will expand further given the UK Government’s response to the European refugee crisis. This paper breaks new ground by undertaking a gender analysis of integration outcomes across a range of areas, namely social networks, language proficiency, health, education, employment and housing, that are highly relevant for social policy. Using the UK...

Lower and upper bounds of the μ Cebyšev functional for the RiemannStieltjes integral are given. Applications for the three point quadrature rules of functions that are n time di¤erentiable are also provided. 1. Introduction In 1975, P.R. Beesack [1] showed that, if y; v; w are real valued functions de…ned on a compact interval [a; b] ; where w is of bounded variation with total variation Wb a (...

There is an old saying that we don’t really understand something if we cannot communicate it to others. In our work with state and local sites pursuing systems integration, we have found this axiom holds true. Proponents of human services reform often believe they know what they are trying to accomplish through systems integration. However, when asked to tell a coherent story about their reform...

The purpose of this study was to explore the dynamics of an online educational experience through the lens of the Community of Inquiry framework. Transcript analysis of online discussion postings and the Community of Inquiry survey were applied to understand the progression and integration of each of the Community of Inquiry presences. The results indicated significant change in teaching and so...

gibbs and martin build on durkheim’s view that the degree of social integration is inversely related to the rate of suicide. according to gibbs and martin, which is expressed in terms of five axioms, the rate of suicide is a function of the degree of status integration in a society. this theory has been extensively subjected to experimental studies, which have supported its axioms. most of thes...