abstract introduction: since balance maintenance is one of the indices of determining independence in older people, identifying factors that have some effects on it appears to be an interesting research issue. the aim of this study was to compare the effects of aquatic training; mental training and concurrent training (both aquatic and mental training) on balance in normal elderly males. materi...

critical thinking is one of the major aims of education, and its prerequisite is to have thoughtful teachers with critical thinking viewpoints. there have been numerous models for critical thinking including two major psychological and socio-political ones. the present article has considered a comparative study of critical thinking from the viewpoints of robert ennis and henry giroux considerin...

ACM/ICPC is a world-wide annual programming contest over thirty years. As in other competitions, the result of a team largely depends on how they are trained. Methods and guidelines introduced in this article are extracted from various successful teams, including regional champions and world finals medalists. The long-term training is divided into three aspects. Principles and practical suggest...

abstract background: today disasters are a part of many people’s lives. iran has a long history of disaster events and nurses are one of the most significant groups within the iranian disaster relief operations, providing immediate and long-term care for those affected by the disaster. however, the technical competence of iranian nurses and their training for this work has received little atten...

Abstract A Competency‐Based Training Program—Education Competency—is designed to provide professional adult training for international educators who wish advance or acquire new skills. It is an intensive program intended capacity building people with education and background. Once a topic nominated, Assiut‐Integrated Technical Education Cluster can source appropriate facilitators design suitabl...

To meet the growing food demand of Bangladesh requires efficiently use of inputs and effectively manage of production practices at the farm level. Thus, the present study aims to measure the technical efficiency and establish core factors affecting boro and aman rice production in Bangladesh. The study employed mainly farm level data collected from 80 farm households selected randomly in Dinajp...

Technical ear training aims to improve the listening of sound engineers so that they can skillfully modify and edit the structure of sound. To provide non-professionals such as amateur sound engineers and students with this technical ear training, we have developed a simple yet personalized ear training program. The most distinct feature of this system is that it adaptively controls the trainin...