This handbook provides a comprehensive overview of empirical knowledge about adult
development and learning. It is addressed to practitioners in the helping professions who help …

The essay reviews major components of the mentor role that a facilitator of adult learning
should consider in the process of helping adults to learn. It contains suggestions about ways in …

U-BIOPRED is a European Union consortium of 20 academic institutions, 11 pharmaceutical
companies and six patient organisations with the objective of improving the understanding …

Background Inflammation and oxidative stress play critical roles in patients with chronic
obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Mitochondrial oxidative stress might be involved in …

Developments in several fields of study (including bio‐acoustics and the analysis of DNA)
together with reappraisals of the nature of species have impacted significantly on avian …

These evidence-based guidelines have been produced after a systematic literature review
of a range of issues involving prevention, diagnosis and treatment of hospital-acquired …

We have investigated the relation between lung function and dietary intake of the antioxidant
vitamins C and E in the general population in a cross-sectional survey of a random sample …

Initially, Grid technologies were principally associated with supercomputer centres and large‐scale
scientific applications in physics and astronomy. They are now increasingly seen as …

Thirty six patients with chronic airflow obstruction were studied to examine (1) the reproducibility
and order effect of repeated walking tests when performed over consecutive days or …

Background Asthma is a heterogeneous disease in which there is a differential response to
asthma treatments. This heterogeneity needs to be evaluated so that a personalized …