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Reading literacy and metacognition in a Spanish Adult Education centre

European Journal for Research on the Education and Learning of Adults, 2019
In recent years, Spain's adult population has been characterised by high unemployment rates, particularly among peopled aged over 18 who do not have the Compulsory Secondary Education certificate.
Lourdes Jiménez-Taracido, Ana Isabel Manzanal Martinez, Daniela Gabriela Baridon Chauvie   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Association Between Individualized Education for Kidney Replacement Therapy Modality Selection and Peritoneal Dialysis Initiation: A Cross‐Sectional Study

Therapeutic Apheresis and Dialysis, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Introduction Peritoneal dialysis (PD) is an established home‐based kidney replacement therapy (KRT), but its uptake remains low in Japan. We evaluated whether individualized education in a dedicated outpatient clinic was associated with the initiation of PD.
Yasuko Ito, Ryuichi Yoshimura, Takaki Yamauchi, Yuta Funakoshi, Hirotaka Sonoda, Seiji Kobayashi, Hiroyuki Terawaki, Takafumi Ito   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

People's education - An Examination of the Concept [PDF]

, 1988
This research report sets out to examine the concept of People’s Education in South Africa from December 1985, when the call for People’s Education was first made, to September 19877“It is the result of a preliminary six month research project which set ...
Centre for Adult and Continuing Education (CACE)
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The political economy of adult learning systems—some institutional features that promote adult learning participation

Zeitschrift für Weiterbildungsforschung - Report, 2020
Recent years have witnessed an increasing scholarly interest in the study of education, training, and skill formation from a comparative political economy perspective.
Richard Desjardins, Alexandra Ioannidou
doaj   +1 more source

Gut microbiome and aging—A dynamic interplay of microbes, metabolites, and the immune system

FEBS Letters, EarlyView.
Age‐dependent shifts in microbial communities engender shifts in microbial metabolite profiles. These in turn drive shifts in barrier surface permeability of the gut and brain and induce immune activation. When paired with preexisting age‐related chronic inflammation this increases the risk of neuroinflammation and neurodegenerative diseases.
Aaron Mehl, Eran Blacher
wiley   +1 more source

Promoting Social Change amongst Students in Higher Education: A reflection on the Listen, Live and Learn senior student housing initiative at Stellenbosch University

Journal of Student Affairs in Africa, 2017
Twenty-two years after apartheid South African higher education is still struggling with challenges around access, success and transformation. Stellenbosch University (SU), as a historically white university, is striving to become significantly better ...
Munita Dunn-Coetzee, Magda Fourie-Malherbe   +1 more
doaj   +1 more source

Residual tail twisting in ascidian larvae is stabilized by asymmetric myofibrils that resist bilateral symmetry restoration

FEBS Letters, EarlyView.
Ascidian Ciona larvae initially show strong clockwise tail twisting, which is largely corrected during development. However, a small residual twist remains. This study shows that organized helical myofibrils in tail muscles mechanically stabilize this residual asymmetry, preventing complete restoration of bilateral symmetry and revealing how embryos ...
Yuki S. Kogure, Misaki K. Nishio, Satoru Okuda, Kohji Hotta   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

From mice to humans—divergent strategies for intestinal homeostasis and regeneration

FEBS Letters, EarlyView.
Recent advances such as organoid genome editing, xenotransplantation, imaging, and whole‐genome sequencing have enabled direct studies of human intestinal stem cells (ISCs). These studies reveal species‐specific features, including slower ISC proliferation, distinct injury responses, slower somatic mutation accumulation in humans, and an inverse ...
Keiko Ishikawa, Shinya Sugimoto, Toshiro Sato   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

‘Today, I’ll manage, but not all days!’ Adult refugees’ meaning-making of learning and coping with trauma and other emotional distress while in language training programmes

European Journal of Psychotraumatology
Background: Adverse life experiences evoke thoughts and emotions that may negatively affect adult refugees’ language learning. This may significantly impact the ability to establish their lives in the resettlement country.
Janita Flem Tomren, Marianne Opaas
doaj   +1 more source

Addressing refugees and non-refugees in adult education programs: A longitudinal analysis on shifting public concerns

European Journal for Research on the Education and Learning of Adults, 2018
The paper analyses mainly non-vocational courses offered by a sample of 47 out of the approximately 900 public adult education centres (Volkshochschule - VHS) in Germany.
Bernd Käpplinger
doaj   +1 more source