Call for Papers: Constitutions and Intergenerational Justice by IF and FRFG

“…Deadline for submissions: 1 August 2016 Proposed date of publication of IGJR 2016 (2): November 2016 Articles may be submitted electronically to: editors@igjr.org Intergenerational Justice Prize 2015/16: Note that this topic is also be the subject of the Intergenerational Justice Prize 2015/16, promoted by the Foundation for the Rights of Future Generations (FRFG) and the Intergenerational Foundation (IF). …”
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Designing a model for the development of questioning skills based on the school context in primary school students by motahare Khosravi Rad, Ahmad Akbari, Mohammad karimi, Moslem Cherabin

“…Students should be placed in different group activities to lead to better and more thoughtful questions.Suggestion to schools: It is suggested to schools to try to hold up-to-date and new training courses so that teachers get to know the new methods of developing students' skills and have the ability to apply and implement these trainings. …”
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Evaluation of Arabic lesson teaching in higher education based on the Kirkpatrick model by Ali Akbar Mollaie, Mohammad Aslam Raiesi

“…Desirable quality, appropriateness between education and research, responding to society's needs, benefiting from up-to-date scientific information and communication, monitoring and evaluation are some of the issues that can guide higher education towards playing the expected development role in harmony with quantitative expansion. …”
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Development of a clinical decision support tool for Primary care Management of lower Urinary tract Symptoms in men: the PriMUS study by Adrian Edwards, Ridhi Agarwal, Janine Bates, Alison Bray, Sarah Milosevic, Emma Thomas-Jones, Michael Drinnan, Marcus Drake, Peter Michell, Bethan Pell, Haroon Ahmed, Natalie Joseph-Williams, Kerenza Hood, Yemisi Takwoingi, Chris Harding

“…This is a draft and not yet intended to be used in practice (details of evaluation to date under next objective). The GP is asked to enter data relating to demographics, initial questionnaire and uroflowmetry results and any previous treatments that have been used. …”
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COVID-19 – if the cure is worse than the disease. The Italian chaos by Giuseppe FERRARI

“…This number is very likely to be underestimated and expected to increase substantially: statistical evidences show that some areas in the North of Italy have suffered a mortality rate 4 to 10x higher year to date compared to the same period last year. However, looking at the official numbers of people deceased for COVID-19, these would account for only a fourth of the total year on year increase. …”

Against Futility Judgments for Patients with Prolonged Disorders of Consciousness by William Choi

“…In addition, the patient’s values and advance care decisions should be reassessed over time in conversation with the family, if possible, to ensure that treatment decisions reflect a more accurate and up-to-date understanding of the prognostic outcomes. …”
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Improving the experience of health services for trans and gender-diverse young people and their families: an exploratory qualitative study by Melissa Stepney, Samantha Martin, Magdalena Mikulak, Sara Ryan, Jay Stewart, Richard Ma, Adam Barnett

“…The research was conducted in a rapidly changing field where specialist gender services for children and adolescents are undergoing significant changes based on the Cass review recommendations, which might render some service-specific information out of date. Future work An evaluation in partnership with trans organisations to assess the reorganisation of specialist services. …”
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Peer support for adult social care in prisons in England and Wales: a mixed-methods rapid evaluation by Holly Walton, Efthalia Massou, Chris Sherlaw-Johnson, Donna Gipson, Lucy Wainwright, Paula Harriott, Pei Li Ng, Stephen Riley, Stephen Morris, Naomi J Fulop

“…Previous research has explored the delivery of wider peer support initiatives in prisons, but there has been little research to date evaluating the effectiveness, implementation and stakeholder experience of peer support schemes for social care. …”
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The Bioethics-CSR Divide by Caio Caesar Dib

“…Cut Out of the Same Cloth The earliest record of the word “bioethics” dates back to 1927 as a term that designates one’s ethical responsibility toward not only human beings but other lifeforms as well, such as animals and plants.[1] Based on Kantian ethics, the term was coined as a response to the great prestige science held at its time. …”
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