Problematic areas of host university support services for short-term mobility students

The growing numbers of mobile students over the years made the provision of student services a key topic of interest for higher education institutions. In order to offer a better experience for international students, it is important to be aware of and assess their needs in relation to different sets of support services. The data used in this paper were gathered through the ESNsurvey 2016 project, a research venture focused on the experiences of participants in short-term student mobility in Europe. Responses were collected from 12,365 international students, who have participated in a short-term (3-12 months) study period abroad mostly through Europe’s most promoted mobility program called ERASMUS+. For the purpose of this paper, the focus was only on the aspect of host university support services. The comments of 2,012 students about their experiences were analyzed using a probabilistic methodology known as Latent Dirichlet Allocation (LDA)

Optical Interventions for Myopia Control

Myopia is a common eye problem that is becoming more prevalent worldwide, particularly in East Asia. The cost of long-term care for myopia-related eye diseases significantly impacts the respective economies and places a great burden on the public health services. There is no doubt that myopia is a major East Asian public health concern and a significant concern globally, and effective control of myopia would help to alleviate the costs that are related to this problem. Currently, there are many types of optical interventions involving the use of spectacle lenses or contact lenses to slow down myopia progression in children. However, none of these myopia control methods have been proven to stop the development or progression of myopia completely and each method has their own limitations. Orthokeratology, soft bifocal contact lenses, prismatic bifocals, and myopic defocus incorporated spectacle lenses have all been shown to have clinically meaningful reductions in myopia progression ranging from 45% to 60%. Although pharmaceutical agents such as atropine have relatively better myopia control effects than optical methods, the associated side effects and uncertainty in the safety of long-term atropine use may hinder its widespread clinical application. Optical interventions are non-invasive and have become more popular compared to pharmaceutical treatments. This chapter provides an overview of the optical interventions for slowing myopia progression and their effectiveness in myopia control. Other myopia control methods will also be discussed briefly

Cuadernos de filosofía moral : IV curso de secundaria obligatoria

Este volumen sobre vida moral y reflexión ética está compuesto por 10 documentos en los que se ha puesto énfasis en los contenidos conceptuales, y en ellos se encuentran actitudes, valores y procedimientos. En cada tema se reúne una selección de documentos que permite organizar actividades a través de textos. Esto se completa con documentación audio-visual preparada para su aplicación inmediata. Su ordenación material se divide en 2 niveles. El primero se centra en problemas morales, entre los que se seleccionan la discriminación y marginalidad, la violencia social, las desigualdades Norte-Sur, el consumismo y la legitimación de la autoridad. Tales problemas motivan el surgimiento de proyectos éticos, como ecologismo, feminismo, pacifismo, derechos humanos y el hecho religioso..MadridBiblioteca de Educación del Ministerio de Educación, Cultura y Deporte; Calle San Agustín, 5; 28014 Madrid; Tel. +34917748000; [email protected]

Internationalisation in Higher Education, Responding to New Opportunities and Challenges

This book celebrates ten years of research and is testament to the breadth and depth of research carried out by members of the CHEI community. The opening Foreword focuses on the development of the Centre, with particular emphasis on its appeal to ‘practitioner-researchers’ working in the field of international education and engaging in research. The nature of their research often stems from the practical knowledge they have built up over their career but also presents theoretical explorations of models developed for their field. The Introduction, written by the editors, sets the scene for the book, emphasising the evolving nature of the field, the growth of evidence-based research and the need to return to the genesis of internationalisation of higher education, which is rooted in social responsibility. The book itself is divided into six sections: the first consists of papers of broad reach, discussing overarching trends, the second concentrates on aspects of internationalisation of the curriculum at home, the third focuses on the student voice and experience, the fourth on various aspects of study abroad while the fifth presents a series of case studies. The last section is dedicated to the personal stories of the authors who have carried out most or all of their doctoral studies through the Centre