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With the building of the International Space Station (ISS), humans are committing
themselves to a continuing presence in space. This enterprise follows earlier space
stations under the Salyut, Skylab, and Mir programs. But the ISS represents a…

Evidence suggests that the excessive use of mobile communication technologies may
lead to uncontrollable emotional attachment to the device and various other
problematic behaviours. Therefore, a gap exists in identifying the extent to…

We’re here to discuss empathy and fairness. In the last few years there have been
dramatic changes in our attitude to concepts such as these. While we have always
known that empathy and fairness describe a vital part of human culture, very few…

The behavior of teachers in the achievement of educational goals has invisible
complement known as teacher beliefs. In science education, the teachers’ beliefs are
not left out in leading the students to have a strong belief of succeeding in…

This series, Contesting Early Childhood, opens up space for questioning the current dominant discourses in early childhood education and for offering alternative narratives that demonstrate the multiplicity of theories and perspectives that are not…

Human (or operator) modelling has been an extensive area of research in many
application areas, such as artificial intelligence, aviation, probabilistic risk assessments, system safety analysis and human performances in working contexts
(Cacciabue…

I remember it as if it was yesterday. Thirty-six 16-year-olds and one of me in an American literature class. I had just finished what seemed like a brilliant
and extended several-day lecture interspersed with discussion on early American Literature…

Some of the people at the National Institute of Mental Health to
whom this book is dedicated took an interest in my career back
when I was a beginning graduate student in 1955. The others joined in over the years. It has been an amazing span—1955…

We want to recognize an extraordinarily powerful set of thinkers and prac- titioners who shed themselves of the vestiges of “old think” and embraced the possibilities of a new beginning. Our sincere thanks to Superintendent Dr. Richard Lalley,…