Which psychological, social and physical environmental characteristics predict changes in physical activity and sedentary behaviors during early retirement? : a longitudinal study [PDF]
, 2017 Background. In the context of healthy ageing, it is necessary to identify opportunities to implement health interventions in order to develop an active lifestyle with sufficient physical activity and limited sedentary time in middle-aged and older adults.
Cardon, Greet +2 more
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Rencontres intellectuelles et changement social: Henri La Fontaine et la Belle Époque [PDF]
, 2012 info:eu-repo/semantics ...
Laqua, Daniel +2 more
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Risks of AI Foundation Models in Education [PDF]
arXiv, 2021 If the authors of a recent Stanford report (Bommasani et al., 2021) on the opportunities and risks of "foundation models" are to be believed, these models represent a paradigm shift for AI and for the domains in which they will supposedly be used, including education.
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In search of foreign influences, other than French, in nineteenth-century Belgian court decisions [PDF]
, 2010 In many senses, nineteenth-century Belgium can be considered to be a 'legal province' of Belgium. In the tradition of the exegetical school, legislation is the one and only formal source of law for judicial decisions.
Martyn, Georges
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Physics Faculty and Educational Researchers: Divergent Expectations as Barriers to the Diffusion of Innovations [PDF]
, 2006 Physics Education Research (PER) practitioners have engaged in substantial curriculum development and dissemination work in recent years. Yet, it appears that this work has had minimal influence on the fundamental teaching practices of typical physics faculty.
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Current Trends in Physics Enrollment [PDF]
arXiv, 2022 We analyze the current trends in higher education and discuss its impact on physics enrollment in US institutions. The pandemic, lockdowns, unemployment, and healthcare problems have led to unique social and economic conditions. These conditions have modified the latest trends in education.
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The Children’s Loneliness Scale : factor structure and construct validity in Belgian children [PDF]
, 2016 The present study examined the factor structure and construct validity of the Children's Loneliness Scale (CLS), a popular measure of childhood loneliness, in Belgian children. Analyses were conducted on two samples of fifth and sixth graders in Belgium,
Beyers, Wim +4 more
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Obstacles to Mathematization in Introductory Physics [PDF]
arXiv, 2016 University students taking introductory physics are generally successful executing mathematical procedures in context, but often struggle with the use of mathematical concepts for sense making. Physics instructors note that their students experience difficulty with basic algebraic reasoning, a foundation on which more advanced mathematical thinking ...
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Study protocol: SWING – social capital and well-being in neighborhoods in Ghent [PDF]
, 2015 Background: Investing in social capital has been put forth as a potential lever for policy action to tackle health inequity. Notwithstanding, empirical evidence that supports social capital's role in the existence of health inequity is limited and ...
Hardyns, Wim +3 more
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George Augustus Linhart - as a "widely unknown" thermodynamicist [PDF]
arXiv, 2011 The name of George Augustus Linhart is in fact "widely unknown". In effect, he was a Viennese-born USA-American physicist-chemist, partially associated with the Gilbert Newton Lewis' school of thermodynamics at the University of California in Berkeley.
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