BACKGROUND Drug abuse is now-a-days one of the gravest social harms. Recent years have experienced a drastic rise in drug abuse among school and university students. Thus, the need for special attention to the issue is deemed important. The present study was conducted with the aim of assessing the impact of life skills training on promotion of drug abuse preventive behaviors. METHODS This fie...

INTRODUCTION There is paucity in the research on transfer validity of arthroscopic simulator training. The aim of this article is to determine whether skills derived from arthroscopic simulation are transferrable to the operating theatre and retained over time. METHODS A systematic review with rigorous criteria to identify the highest level of evidence available was carried out. The studies w...

Background: Application of technology for education accounts for an important aspect of expansion of the information technology in the present century. Objectives: This study aims to examine the degree of readiness of the faculty member of Zanjan University of Medical Sciences for e-Teaching. Methods: This descriptive-cross-sectional study focused on the degree of readiness of 70 faculty memb...

PurposeThe paper seeks to investigate the use of internet by librarians in university libraries in the South-South zone of Nigeria. Design/Methodology/ApproachThe paper uses a survey research approach to carry out this investigation. FindingsThe investigation reveals that the librarians make optimal use of a few of the numerous information resources on the internet. The librarians’ level of int...

With this PCell wrapper, MGEN layout generators appear like usual SKILL based PCells within DF II. A wrapper PCell must be created for each layout generator. The wrapper PCells just differ in the parameters declarations and the corresponding construction of the layout generator command line. The MGEN environment creates the wrapper PCells automatically. mgenlayoutcds mostran model=nreg w=1u l=1...

Improvements in motor sequence learning come about via goal-based learning of the sequence of visual stimuli and muscle-based learning of the sequence of movement responses. In young adults, consolidation of goal-based learning is observed after intervals of sleep but not following wake, whereas consolidation of muscle-based learning is greater following intervals with wake compared to sleep. W...

Page 1 ABSTRACT: Over the past two decades, a wide array of internet safety education materials and programs have developed to increase positive youth behavior and safety online. Although it is a new area of prevention, programs should incorporate practices that prior prevention evaluation studies tell us work best. To inform internet safety education, 31 youth prevention education meta-analyse...

This paper discusses the potential of electronic commerce by reviewing the state of the Internet infrastructure, the skill base, and the potential application areas from which Indian organisations can benefit. It identifies the enabling factors as well as the bottlenecks and projects the future growth of electronic commerce in India. Introduction Introduction Introduction Introduction Introduct...

Domestic outsourcing has grown substantially in developed countries over the past two decades. This paper addresses question of technological drivers this phenomenon by studying impact staggered diffusion broadband internet France during 2000s. Our results confirm that technology increases firm productivity and relative demand for high-skill workers. Further, we show led firms to outsource some...