Take AIM and Keep Your Students Engaged by Catherine Theresa Mary Nash

“…It reflects on the delivery of weekly AIM newsletters to undergraduate economics students at the Open Polytechnic of New Zealand via Moodle. The acronym, AIM, stands for Academic content, Information for the course and Motivation—three critical elements required to meet the challenges of effective course facilitation. …”
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«Of STEM we like everything but STEM». A critical analysis of a buzzing educational trend by Radu Bogdan Toma, Antonio García-Carmona

“…The viability of STEM for the Spanish education system is likewise questioned, and the overuse of the acronym, often coined as a slogan to raise funding or to advertise long-established educational initiatives and materials rebranded as STEM, is discussed. …”
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Estrutura, Impacto e Significado da Dívida Pública Moçambicana com os BRICS (2006-2015) by Fernanda Massarongo, Sérgio Chichava

“…An important driver of this growth was the debt contracted with the group of countries known by the acronym BRICS. Between 2008 and 2014, Mozambique debt to the BRICS rose by more than nine times from around US$ 191 million to about US$ 1.8 billion. …”
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Montérégie Comprehensive Cancer Care Centre: Integrating nurse navigators in Montérégie’s oncology teams: The Process. Part 2 by Anne Plante, Sonia Joannette

“…<p class="p1">Quebec’s Oncology Nurse Navigators (or “IPOs” after their French acronym) have been integrated in the entire Montérégie health care region. …”
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ADAPTING TO AND ADAPTED BY ADAPT-R - ARCHITECTURE, DESIGN AND ART PRACTICE TRAINING-RESEARCH by Johan Verbeke, Tadeja Zupančič

“…This paper introduces the ADAPT-r project. The project acronym stands for Architecture, Design, Arts Practice training Research. …”
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Marginal Analysis: An Economic Procedure for Selecting Alternative Technologies/Practices by Edward A. Evans

“…It was made popular at CIMMYT (Perrin, et al., 1988) and is summarized in the article. CIMMYT is the acronym for Centro Internacional de Mejoramiento de Maiz y Trigo (International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center), located in Mexico. …”
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Take AIM and Keep Your Students Engaged by Catherine Theresa Mary Nash

“…It reflects on the delivery of weekly AIM newsletters to undergraduate economics students at the Open Polytechnic of New Zealand via Moodle. The acronym, AIM, stands for Academic content, Information for the course and Motivation—three critical elements required to meet the challenges of effective course facilitation. …”
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CMOS building blocks for 10+Gb/s clock data recovery circuit by Liu, Haiqi

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World of Warcraft Programming: A Guide and Reference for Creating WoW Addons by Whitehead, J, McLemore, B, Orlando, M

“…WoW is more than an acronym... it's what you'll say when you see how many ways you can tweak the interface after you read this book. …”

Thailand's relapse: the implications of the May 2014 coup by Sopranzetti, C

“…Allegedly, the military intervened to put an end to seven months of political turmoil that had begun when the PDRC—the English acronym for the Thai People's Committee for Absolute Democracy with the King as Head of State—occupied key street intersections and government offices in Bangkok. …”

Online intellectual transformation system by Rosli, M. S, Aris, B., Ahmad, M. H

“…This study investigates the potential of an online intellectual transformation system acronym as i-InTranS, in enhancing intellectual transformation. …”

Self-perceived competencies on evidence-based medicine in medical students and physicians registered in a virtual course: a cross-sectional study by Milton A. Romero-Robles, David R. Soriano-Moreno, Fabrizio M. García-Gutiérrez, I. Benjamín Condori-Meza, Caroline C. Sing-Sánchez, Sandy P. Bulnes Alvarez, Christoper A. Alarcon-Ruiz, Alvaro Taype-Rondan, Andres Viteri‐García

“…List of abbreviations: EBM: Evidence-based medicine; CIMBE, for its acronym in Spanish: International Course on Evidence-Based Medicine; SOCIMEP, for its acronym in Spanish: Peruvian Medical Student Scientific Society…”
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My patient needs home IV antibiotics–Now what? Assessing OPAT involvement at a Veterans’ Affairs hospital by Maddy Breeden, Elizabeth Scruggs, Payal Patel, Sarah Krein, Ronald Kendall, Andrea Starnes, Tracy Lopus

“…Overall, 17 respondents (14.0%) were familiar with the acronym OPAT; however, only 10 were able to expand the acronym correctly. …”
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Trainee-supervisor collaboration, progress-visualisation, and coaching: a survey on challenges in assessment of ICU trainees by Johannes B. J. Scholte, Johannes C. Strehler, Tatjana Dill, Walther N. K. A. van Mook

“…Based on suggestions by the survey participants, we propose the acronym “ICU-STAR” as a framework including briefing, shared bedside care, and debriefing of the trainee-supervisor collaboration at the workplace as its core components. …”
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Application of a simplified methodology for classification of small dams in cascade by Daniel Andrioli de Lima, Guilherme Theodoro Nascimento Pereira de Lima, Vitor Eduardo Molina Júnior, Laura Maria Canno Ferreira Fais

“…This work aims to apply the simplified classification developed by the National Laboratory of Civil Engineering (LNEC for its acronym in Portuguese) for dams in cascade and to compare it to the classification of the Brazilian law for the DPA, evaluating its applicability for small dams. …”
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Discovering Computers 2017 : Tools, Apps, Devices, and the Impact of Technology / by Vermaat, Misty, author, Sebok, Susan L., author, Freund, Steven M., author, Campbell, Jennifer T.,, author, Frydenberg, Mark (Mark E.), author

“…Working In The Enterprise: Systems, Certifications, and Careers.Appendix A: Acronym Reference.Appendix B: Troubleshooting Computer and Mobile Device ProblemsFocus On: Web Development.…”

HCI curricula in Faculty of Computer Science Engineering at Castilla-La Mancha University (Spain): overview and new proposal by Miguel A. Redondo, Manuel Ortega, Ana I. Molina

“…This Group is leading the research and teaching of HCI in the Faculty of Computer Science and Engineering (ESI in the Spanish acronym) at this University. Now, with the aim of defining the academic offer adapting it to the European Higher Education Area (EHEA in the Bologna process) and defining the new study plans (curriculum and syllabus design), we propose several changes in the Interactive Technologies profile given in the ESI. …”
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MATOPIBA: a ocupação da nova fronteira agrícola nos quadros do padrão exportador de especialização produtiva by Glauber Lopes Xavier

“…In the last decade, the States of Maranhão, Tocantins, Piauí and Bahia (here alluded to through the acronym Matopiba) have undergone transformations in their economies, increasing participation in national agricultural production, especially of some products such as soybeans, corn, and cotton. …”
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The last planner system, a tool for the execution of the comprehensive community educational project by Robert Silva Vergara

“…The Comprehensive Community Educational Project (PEIC, by its acronym in Spanish) in the Venezuelan educational sector defines the strategies of school management, integrating pedagogical, political, sociocultural and community principles. …”
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The T.R.U.St Project: A Street Art Experience in Taranto by Ubaldo Occhinegro, Fabrizio Manzulli

“…<p>T.R.U.St. is the acronym of Taranto Regeneration Urban Street, and it is a permanent festival of urban art with the aim of promoting contemporary arts and requalifying, enhancing and developing unprecedented territorial potential, making the results of the works available to all citizens. …”
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