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Intervention on strategy use and on motivation of Greek pupils' reading comprehension in english classes
(2003)
Although less skilled learners may improve their abilities through training in strategies used by successful learners, only a few studies have addressed the question of metacognitive strategy training in contexts in which ...
The trainability of adolescent soccer players to brief periodized complex training
(2018)
Purpose: To investigate the effect of a complex, short-term strength/power training protocol on performance and body composition of elite early adolescent soccer players. Methods: Twenty-two players (14-15 y) were randomly ...
Self-Assessment of Health Professionals’ Cultural Competence: Knowledge, Skills, and Mental Health Concepts for Optimal Health Care
(2022)
Current research often refers to cultural competence to improve health care delivery. In addition, it focuses on the cultural uniqueness of each health service user for optimal personalized care. This study aimed to collect ...
‘A smile stands for health and a bed for illness’: Graphic cues in children’s drawings
(2019)
Objective: The study aimed to investigate whether children use specific types of graphic cues (facial, postural, contextual) in their drawings of healthy and ill persons and whether these cues differ as a function of age. ...
Does the ISNT rule apply to the radial peripapillary capillary vessel density in OCT angiography?
(2022)
Purpose: To investigate the applicability of ISNT (inferior ≥ superior ≥ nasal ≥ temporal), IST (inferior ≥ superior ≥ temporal), and T min (temporal quadrant with the minimum value) rules to the peripapillary nerve fiber ...
Relationship of Effective Circulating Volume with Sublingual Red Blood Cell Velocity and Microvessel Pressure Difference: A Clinical Investigation and Computational Fluid Dynamics Modeling
(2022)
The characteristics of physiologic hemodynamic coherence are not well-investigated. We examined the physiological relationship between circulating blood volume, sublingual microcirculatory perfusion, and tissue oxygenation ...
Normal ranges of left atrial volumes and ejection fraction by 3D echocardiography in adults: a systematic review and meta-analysis
(2022)
Increased sizes and dysfunction of the left atrium have been related to adverse outcomes. 3D-echocardiography is more accurate than 2D-echocardiography in estimating LA volumes and ejection fraction. However, the use of ...
Quality of Life and the Predictive Roles of Religiosity and Spiritual Coping Among Nursing Students: A Multi-country Study
(2019)
There has been high interest in religious and spirituality practices among college students due to positive benefits to university life. However, no studies have been conducted examining nursing students’ religiosity and ...
From the lab to the field: Effects of self-talk on task performance under distracting conditions
(2018)
This study explored the effectiveness of self-talk strategies on task performance under conditions of external distraction in laboratory and field experiments. In the laboratory experiment, 28 sport science students (Mage ...
Nationwide study on practices related to screening among greek paediatricians
(2020)
Objective: The aim of this study was to investigate pediatricians’ practices toward screening in Greece. Materials and Methods: The survey was conducted within a six month period in a stratified random sample of 371 ...