Ong, Wei Jie Lau, Jue Hua Abdin, Edimansyah Shahwan, Shazana Goh, Janrius Chong Min Tan, Gregory Tee Hng Samari, Ellaisha Kwok, Kian Woon Subramaniam, Mythily Chong, Siow Ann
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BMC Psychology
BackgroundDespite peer involvement having a positive impact on help-seeking behavior, there is a lack of a scale quantifying the possibility of an individual intervening upon noticing peers who show signs of depression. The aims of this study were to (1) develop a bystander intervention scale for depression that assesses the likelihood of universit...
Sze, Katherine Y. P. Lee, Eric K. P. Chan, Rufina H. W. Kim, Jean H.
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BMC Public Health
BackgroundEmotional eating (EE), defined as eating in response to a range of emotions, has been previously associated with poor diet and obesity. Since there are limited data from non-Western populations, this study aims to examine the prevalence and factors associated with EE among urban Chinese university students.MethodsA cross-sectional study w...
Gbagbo, Fred Yao Gbagbo, Josephine Akosua
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BMC Women's Health
BackgroundDespite its criminalization in Ghana, commercial sex work dates back to ancient societies and occurs in various forms within communities. The authors examined commercial sex work in selected public Universities in Ghana to inform policy and program decisions for safer sex at the universities in Ghana.MethodsThe study was an exploratory-mi...
Diehl, Katharina Brassat, Alessia Hilger-Kolb, Jennifer
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BMC Sports Science, Medicine and Rehabilitation
BackgroundTo assess physical activity (PA), a comparative measurement – evaluating one’s own PA compared to others – may be an appropriate method. In previous studies, the use of comparative measurements led to an effect known as unrealistic comparative optimism (UCO) – people being unrealistically optimistic about their behavior. Our aim was to us...
Losty, Paul
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Seminars in pediatric surgery
This article offers a brief overview of academic pediatric surgery in its broadest perspective(s). These include the challenge of the surgeons' journey in the pursuit of becoming an academic surgeon and acquiring excellence in clinical pediatric surgery to become university faculty leaders. The marriage of these demanding roles serving "two masters...
Gajendra, Sharma
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Journal of Computer Science Research
With the popularity of the Internet and improvement of information technology, digital information sharing increasingly becomes the trend.More and More universities pay attention to the digital campus, and the construction of digital library has become the focus of digital campus. A set of manageable, authenticated and secure solutions are needed f...
Pilkington, Bryan C. Wilkins, Victoria Nichols, Daniel Brian
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International Journal of Ethics Education
One of the perplexing features of an infectious disease is the damage it causes, not only to physical health, but to mental health and to social relationships. This tension between the separation that is required for safety and the human need for contact is especially felt by institutions of higher education. Many such institutions not only educate...
Nguyen, Nguyen Danh Nguyen, Tue Dang Dao, Kien Trung
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Heliyon
Research productivity, Institutional policy, University, Vietnam.
Novella-García, Carlos Cloquell-Lozano, Alexis
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Education and Information Technologies
Communication technologies should be considered as a means available for people to pursue the objectives of supporting the development of equality, freedom, solidarity and socialisation. In this case, Infant and Primary Education teachers play an important role in the acquisition of digital competences by their students. In this article we ask to w...
Hadler, Nicole L. Bu, Paula Winkler, Aaron Alexander, Amy W.
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Current Psychiatry Reports
Purpose of ReviewWe review the recent literature regarding college student experiences with and attitudes toward telemental health (TMH). We examine their perspectives of the advantages and drawbacks to this form of mental healthcare and their willingness to engage in TMH.Recent FindingsCollege students view TMH as convenient, accessible, easy to u...
