Many researchers have investigated different aspects of learning styles. Nevertheless, few studies have considered interactions between the notions of learning styles and “good language learners’” achievement. The present study aimed at exploring dominant learning style preferences by senior high-school students and comparing their preferences with those by “good language learners”. To this goa...

BACKGROUND There is increasing evidence for the association between physical activity, cardiovascular fitness, fatness, and cognitive function during childhood and adolescence. Evidence also suggests that these variables are linked to academic achievement. Classroom-based physical activity provides a viable approach to improve fitness, body mass index (BMI), cognitive function, and ultimately a...

Predictive scheduling is a new approach used in production planning. The aim of this approach is to develop robust schedules and solutions that are able to absorb disruptions during the schedule execution. In this paper, we present algorithms of predictive scheduling for the Resource-Constrained Project Scheduling Problem (RCPSP), with defined dates of selected activities.

INTRODUCTION A majority of patients with diabetes do not have levels of glycated hemoglobin (HbA1c) and low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) under control, either individually or in combination. The objective was to assess the clinical benefits and patient characteristics associated with dual-goal achievement [HbA1c <7% (53 mmol/mol) and LDL-C <100 mg/dL] versus only LDL-C goal achieveme...

In this paper, the gray system theory is used to establish the comprehensive evaluation model. We take a team as an example and analyze it, and then the analysis and solution method is promoted to other teams. In the end, the correlative relationship between the technical index of each team and the achievement is solved. Firstly, the index data of each team is carried on statistical treatment a...

The Wiener index W(G) of a connected graph G is defined as the sum of the distances between all unordered pairs of vertices of G. The eccentricity of a vertex v in G is the distance to a vertex farthest from v. In this paper we obtain the Wiener index of a graph in terms of eccentricities. Further we extend these results to the self-centered graphs.

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