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Determinants of academic achievement from the middle to secondary school educat...

Because it is crucial for psychosocial adjustment and lifelong learning, education is the most relevant tool for ensuring inclusion and reducing inequalities. Due to its relationship with positive outcomes, such as life satisfaction, mental health, job performance or SES, academic achievement is a significant phenomenon that impacts students, families, and educational institutions. The present study sought to c...

Determinants of academic achievement from the middle to secondary school educat...

Because it is crucial for psychosocial adjustment and lifelong learning, education is the most relevant tool for ensuring inclusion and reducing inequalities. Due to its relationship with positive outcomes, such as life satisfaction, mental health, job performance or SES, academic achievement is a significant phenomenon that impacts students, families, and educational institutions. The present study sought to c...

Targeting the transmission stage of malaria parasites by drug - and vaccine-bas...

Malaria remains a public health concern worldwide, despite significant efforts to reduce its case incidence and death rate. In recent years, due to increased funding and renewed efforts to eliminate malaria in endemic regions, interest in development of transmission-blocking strategies (TBS) gained momentum. These tools aim to reduce the prevalence of infection in a population by blocking the transmission of th...

In-situ co-amorphization of olanzapine in pellets

“COVID-19 in Trials and Tribulations” Project: A Self-Regulation-Based Support ...

The COVID-19 pandemic has placed today’s society in an unprecedented scenario. During Portugal’s first home confinement period (March–July 2020), the online-based “COVID-19 in Trials and Tribulations” project was implemented to support families with school-aged children. The project was grounded on the self-regulation framework and delivered through Facebook^® and Instagram^® pages. Being re...

From the hospital bed to the laptop at home: effects of a blended self-regulate...

Hospitalization poses diverse challenges to school-aged youth well-being and their educational path. Some inpatients, due to the hospitalization duration, frequency or the needed recovery period at home, may struggle when returning to school. To help youth cope with this challenge, several hospitals have been implementing educational interventions tailored to the school-aged children and adolescents needs. Neve...

Inhibition of Plasmodium sporogonic stages by ivermectin and other avermectins

Background: The transmissible forms of Plasmodium parasites result from a process of sporogony that takes place inside their obligatory mosquito vector and culminates in the formation of mammalian-infective parasite forms. Ivermectin is a member of the avermectin family of endectocides, which has been proposed to inhibit malaria transmission due its insecticidal effect. However, it remains unclear whether iverm...

The impact of antiretroviral therapy on malaria parasite transmission

Coendemicity between the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and Plasmodium parasites, the causative agents of acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) and malaria, respectively, occurs in several regions around the world. Although the impact of the interaction between these two organisms is not well understood, it is thought that the outcome of either disease may be negatively influenced by coinfection. Theref...

Experiences during a psychoeducational intervention program run in a pediatric ...

Hospitalization, despite its duration, is likely to result in emotional, social, and academic costs to school-age children and adolescents. Developing adequate psychoeducational activities and assuring inpatients' own class teachers' collaboration, allows for the enhancement of their personal and emotional competences and the maintenance of a connection with school and academic life. These educational programs ...

Building knowledge of healthy eating in hospitalized youth: a self-regulated ca...

Background: Data from the World Health Organization shows obesity has more than doubled worldwide since 1980. Childhood obesity is mainly associated with external and modifiable factors, as eating habits, existing room for promoting healthy lifestyles. Additionally, learning can take place in contexts other than schools, as the hospital, potentiating the time of hospitalization. Self-regulated learning framewor...