In addition to the efforts undertaken by research institutions to generate new knowledge and technologies, it is also necessary to promote the results of this research. Specifically, there is a need for an information system that aggregates, organizes and systematizes…

The bivalve Limnoperna fortunei (Dunker, 1857), also called golden mussel, is native to Asia but becoming dispersed around the world. The golden mussel resembles the invasive dreissenid bivalves in many respects, and although much less studied it evidently has broader…

Research on self-regulated learning (SRL) in hypermedia-learning environments is a growing area of interest. One major issue is the role of prior knowledge, which can influence how students interact with hypermedia-learning systems in terms of their use of SRL strategies.…

Background: Dance is a modality of choice in rehabilitation, because it combines the benefits of aerobic exercise with an enjoyable social activity. Despite the scientific evidence supporting the use of dance in rehabilitation, this treatment modality is rarely used in…

A large number of deaf/hard-of-hearing (hh) students never attain grade-appropriate reading comprehension levels. Studies, primarily with North American and European countries, have established that the median reading comprehension level achieved at graduation is grade 4. The present study sought to…

Reinforcement learning covers a broad category of control problems in which the learning agent interacts with the environment in order to learn to maximize the collected utility. Such exploratory interaction is often costly, encouraging sample-efficient algorithms to be used in…

AbstractThrough the course of our history, Indigenous cultural and spiritual knowledge remains, in many places as faint as the smoke rising from the embers of last nights fire; in other places, with enough flame to ignite another log. In spite…

"Knowing Children" describes the means by which telepathic devices present the mind of the child in novels by Charles Dickens, Henry James, William Faulkner, and Carson McCullers. An intellectual interest in the child and childhood flourished not only during the…

This qualitative inquiry is a close reading of the representations of public schools and schooling in HBO's television drama The Wire. I pay particular attention to the experiences of school administrators, educators, and students. The Wire draws from the ethnographic…

Background: Despite its low incidence, ovarian cancer is associated with very poor prognosis and this is common knowledge in the general population. There is limited knowledge about the levels of anxiety and depression in women who undergo diagnostic testing for…