A queuing evacuation model with yielding behavior - Li W, Li Y, Yu P, Gong J, Huang L, Ma H.
A new super queue model with yielding behavior is proposed to model the orderly evacuation process of young pupils in a classroom building. A super queue is composed of a super leader and several simple queues. Based on this, a leader-follower model is pro... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - February 27, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Disaster Preparedness Source Type: news
Factors influencing the usage of bicycles on university campuses: a case study of universities in Thailand - Pakdeewanich C, Anantavrasilp I, Tiyarattanachai R.
University campuses usually consist of many buildings with different functions, e.g., classrooms, laboratories, offices, and cafeterias. In turn, students and university employees may commute between these buildings several times a day. Organizing in-campu... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - February 27, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Adolescents Source Type: news
Phones are distracting students in class. More states are pressing schools to ban them
The scene in classrooms around the country is similar: Kids are on their phones, even when school rules forbid it. (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - February 27, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Enhancing disaster management preparedness through simulation - Russin K, Mottel H.
Disaster management can be difficult to teach in the classroom, yet nurses must be prepared to respond to emergency situations and feel confident doing so. Educators developed a simulated learning activity-a mock disaster drill using live volunteers as pat... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - February 26, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Disaster Preparedness Source Type: news
Standard deviation vs. Gini coefficient: effects of different indicators of classroom status hierarchy on bullying behavior - Malamut ST, Fenneman A, Garandeau CF.
Classroom status hierarchy (the degree to which popularity is unequally distributed in a classroom) has often been examined as a predictor of bullying. Although most research has relied on an operationalization of status hierarchy as the classroom standard... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - February 26, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Adolescents Source Type: news
Smartphones to be banned in Italian classrooms
Phones and tablets can lead to aggression against staff and create tensions in schools, Italy's education minister Giuseppe Valditara claimed. Smartphones and tablets will be banned in Italian classrooms - even for teaching purposes - under new guidelines in Italy. “The use of smartphones and…#giuseppevalditara #italian #unesco (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - February 23, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
How Play Can Increase Resilience
Play is a microcosm of childhood, a protective shell like a butterfly’s chrysalis that safeguards children from the slings and arrows of life, one that allows them to grow. What happens, however, when, through no fault of your own, you are born into conditions—poverty, racism, and other adversities—that groom children for bad outcomes? Can play, if nurtured and supported in such adverse conditions, create resilience? Can increased opportunities for play encourage better-than-expected life outcomes, and possibly even provide a buffer against the odds of the cycle of poverty being perpetuated?
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Source: TIME: Health - February 21, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Corey Keyes Tags: Uncategorized freelance Source Type: news
Peer sexual harassment among 10-year-olds: roles, genders, classroom occurrence, and associations with emotional problems - Valik A, Lunde C, Skoog T, Gattario KH.
This is the first study examining peer sexual harassment among 10-year-olds (N = 985), studying how being a victim, perpetrator, or witness relates to emotional problems, and how these associations are moderated by gender and class occurrence of sexual har... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - February 14, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Adolescents Source Type: news
Which Activities Help Kids Recover From Concussion?
WEDNESDAY, Feb. 14, 2024 -- A mental workout can speed teens ' recovery from a concussion, especially if it takes place in the classroom.
New research shows that returning to school early after a concussion and limiting screen time help symptoms... (Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews)
Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews - February 14, 2024 Category: General Medicine Source Type: news
Teaching occupational health and safety in engineering using active learning: a systematic review - Rodeghiero Neto I, Amaral FG.
Occupational Health and Safety (OHS) teaching within engineering is complex due to its multidisciplinary and the difficulty of reproducing its definitions in the classroom dynamically and attractively. An alternative to overcome these problems is using act... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - February 12, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Engineering, Physics, Structural Soundness and Failure Source Type: news
Could Bullying Raise a Teen's Odds for Psychosis?
WEDNESDAY, Feb. 7, 2024 -- The Pearl Jam song “Jeremy” tells the story of a boy driven mad by bullies who commits suicide in front of his classroom.The song might reflect a real and ongoing threat to teens’ mental health, new research... (Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews)
Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews - February 7, 2024 Category: General Medicine Source Type: news
Positive mental health of Latin American university professors: a scientific framework for intervention and improvement - Deroncele-Acosta A, Rojas-Vistorte AO, Sartor-Harada A, Ulloa-Guerra O, L ópez-Mustelier R, Cruzata-Martínez A.
The post-pandemic stage covid-19 has revealed overloads, ambiguities, and conflicts of teachers in the performance of new roles in hybrid classrooms that demanded an urgent adaptation, this highlighted the need for priority attention to the mental health o... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - February 7, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Economics of Injury and Safety, PTSD, Injury Outcomes Source Type: news
Building resilience to hate in classrooms: innovation in practice and pedagogy to prevent extremism and violence in U.S. schools - Sabic-El-Rayess A, Joshi V, Hruschka T.
Reimagine Resilience (2023), designed and established at Teachers College, Columbia University, is an innovative program that builds awareness and understanding among educators and educational personnel in the U.S. on the precursors and causes of education... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - February 5, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Adolescents Source Type: news
Crypto Classrooms: US Authorities Charge School Staff In Illegal Campus Mining Scandal
Two high-ranking officials from the Patterson Joint Unified School District in New Jersey face charges for allegedly operating a crypto mining farm on school premises, according to the US Department of Justice. Abuse Of Power, Public Resources Assistant Superintendent Jeffrey Menge and IT Director…#newjersey #ericdrabert #justicedepartment #usdepartmentofenergy #bitcoin #eia #indonesian #doe #drabert #jeffreyaspivak (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - February 4, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Mooo-ve Over and Pucker Up with The Dairy Alliance and Adopt a Cow
Education program hosts "Most Kissable Calf" contest throughout February for classrooms across the Southeast ATLANTA, Feb. 1, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Looking for an 'udderly' adorable Valentine this year? The Dairy Alliance, a nonprofit funded by dairy farm families of the Southeast, is partnering…#mostkissablecalf #southeast #atlanta #dairyalliance #discoverdairy #pennsylvania #georgia #kentucky #mississippi #northcarolina (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - February 1, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
