• There are many ways to deliver patient education. (medlineplus.gov)
  • Cutilli CC. Excellence in patient education: evidence-based education that "sticks" and improves patient outcomes. (medlineplus.gov)
  • Tools and resources : patient education practice guidelines for health care professionals. (medlineplus.gov)
  • Recent developments in technology has allowed Jane to develop high quality videos with the project team and schools so that teachers can see the new techniques and materials in practice in training sessions. (lsbu.ac.uk)
  • He is joined by other leaders with expertise in dental education and the practice of dental therapists. (communitycatalyst.org)
  • The recommendations established by the panel will build upon research and best practices derived from existing dental therapist education and practice programs in the United States and other countries. (communitycatalyst.org)
  • For EHRI-3 - the project in which Inria is participating through the ALMAnaCH project team - the consortium of 25 partners from 17 different countries aims to go beyond the progress accomplished in the first projects: EHRI-3 will develop protocols and tools to open up and provide access for all to previously inaccessible sources in a transnational approach. (inria.fr)
  • Dr Padam Simkhada, Lecturer in International Health in the Institute of Health Sciences, said: "The University of Aberdeen wants to increase its research involvement in developing countries and Nepal is one of the countries where we are involved in high calibre research and teaching. (abdn.ac.uk)
  • With 189 member countries, staff from more than 170 countries, and offices in over 130 locations, the World Bank Group is a unique global partnership: five institutions working for sustainable solutions that reduce poverty and build shared prosperity in developing countries. (worldbank.org)
  • Exploring the education systems of other countries develops an understanding of how education systems work and the differences and commonalities in their aims and purposes. (lsbu.ac.uk)
  • Food Sustainability, Environmental Awareness, and Adaptation and Mitigation Strategies for Developing Countries provides information on the recent technology, mitigation, and environmental protection that must be applied for food sustainability in developing countries. (igi-global.com)
  • Raised money for schools to open in developing countries. (humaneeducation.org)
  • Raised money to send livestock to developing countries. (humaneeducation.org)
  • Poverty & Equity Note 3: How well do we measure non-cognitive skills in developing countries? (worldbank.org)
  • The recent status of ICT education in the Philippines, along with other Southeast Asian countries, was surveyed by the Southeast Asian Ministers of Education Organization (SEAMEO) in 2011. (wikipedia.org)
  • Using the UNESCO model of ICT Development in Education, the countries were ranked as Emerging, Applying, Infusing or Transforming. (wikipedia.org)
  • This annual forum is crucial for the SADC region, as it allows countries to learn from each other and develop common solutions to the challenges they face in the health sector. (who.int)
  • Tip of the Iceberg: The Need for Diabetic Retinopathy Screening in Developing Countries. (bvsalud.org)
  • Vennebush holds a bachelor's degree from Pennsylvania State University, where he received an Alumni Achievement Award, and a master's degree in Curriculum and Instruction from the University of Maryland. (discoveryeducation.com)
  • U.S. Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion Consultants included a director of health education for a state department of education, a director of curriculum and instruction for a local education department, a health education teacher, a director of school health programs for a local school district, a director of a state health department, a deputy director of a local health department, and an expert in child and adolescent development. (cdc.gov)
  • Patrick, Marjan, and Peggy's extensive knowledge and understanding of effective instructional practices in mathematics education will be invaluable as we continue to support school districts in transforming teaching and learning through dynamic digital content," said Dale Fulton, Chief Academic Officer at Discovery Education, to whom the curriculum team reports. (discoveryeducation.com)
  • Prior to joining the company, Vennebush was online projects manager at the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM), where he developed mathematics content for Illuminations, a professional development website providing free standards-based lessons and online activities for teachers. (discoveryeducation.com)
  • As a content specialist at Discovery Education, Hartwig helps monitor and maintain the exceptional quality of Discovery Education mathematics resources. (discoveryeducation.com)
  • The INTELECOM Learning Object Repository hosts over 11 core content collections in different subject areas including philosophy, sociology, health and adult education. (softchalk.com)
  • As they deliberate about the need for and content of AIDS education, educators, parents, and other concerned members of the community should consider the prevalence of behavior that increases the risk of HIV infection among young people in their communities. (cdc.gov)
  • The specific scope and content of AIDS education in schools should be locally determined and should be consistent with parental and community values. (cdc.gov)
  • To protect vulnerable individuals from shocks and build their resilience, governments in Africa need to expand social registries and develop and implement policies to cover the informal economy by innovative social protection programs. (worldbank.org)
  • Build on students' informal understanding of sharing and proportionality to develop initial fraction concepts. (ed.gov)
  • In Chapter 7 of Developing Youth Work (1988) Mark Smith argues for the rehabilitation of the notion of informal education. (infed.org)
  • introduction · informal education and its alternatives · what is informal education? (infed.org)
  • In these later explorations we placed an appreciation of what makes for human flourishing at the core and strengthened the focus on the contrast conversation with curriculum as a key dividing line between informal and formal education. (infed.org)
  • The notion of informal education has subsequently featured more strongly in what is written in Britain and Ireland about youth work and community education/learning. (infed.org)
  • [page 124] Having dismissed social education as a description of method and made some assertions concerning purpose in youth work, it is necessary to reassess and rehabilitate the notion of informal education. (infed.org)
  • Unfortunately, within youth work, informal education has become entwined with that of social education. (infed.org)
  • For example, the Albemarle Report asserted that the Youth Service provides 'for the continued social and informal education of young people in terms most likely to bring them to maturity, those of responsible personal choice' (HMSO, 1960: 103). (infed.org)
  • Goetschius and Tash argued for the use of 'the tools and techniques of informal education. (infed.org)
  • This apparent absorption of the informal within the sphere of social education helps explain why the concept has rarely appeared in contemporary debates and discussions within youth work. (infed.org)
  • Similarly, the growth of interest within schooling in social education and in schemes such as Active Tutorial Work, combined with a general shift towards extra-mural leisure provision has contributed to the lack of critical attention to the informal within that sector. (infed.org)
  • Informal education is often used to describe the learning activities of everyday life. (infed.org)
  • Informal education: the truly lifelong process whereby every individual acquires attitudes, values, skills and knowledge from daily experience and the educative influences and resources in his or her environment - from family and neighbours, from work and play, from the market place, the library and the mass media. (infed.org)
  • The Teaching Fractions Toolkit will guide educators in developing effective grade 6 instruction that builds students' conceptual understanding of fractions and how to solve fraction computation, ratio, and rate problems. (ed.gov)
  • Jane is providing the strategic leadership and training to support a group of teacher educators from Cambodia to deliver training to over 3,000 teachers and librarians on early Khmer literacy and child development, equipping classrooms with thousands of learning and teaching materials, and building the capacity of government teacher education providers, school leaders and officials to strengthen and support teachers' ongoing professional development at all stages system-wide. (lsbu.ac.uk)
  • First place app, developed by a local fourth grade teacher, Reina Cabezas, in collaboration with JeanCarl Bisson and Francisco Nieto, created a reading app that enables real-time analysis of reading fluency scores that can be saved, record, graphed and shared with other educators, parents and peers. (techlearning.com)
  • Prior to joining Discovery Education, she worked as a project manager for the Mathforward program at Charlotte Mecklenburg Schools and as an educational consultant for IPST in Thailand, where she created and provided professional development for mathematics teachers. (discoveryeducation.com)
  • This includes components such as a national vision of ICT in education, national ICT plans and policies, complementary national ICT and education policies, professional development for teachers and school leaders, community or partnership and teaching and learning pedagogies. (wikipedia.org)
  • Working with my colleagues allowed us to pool our resources and our expertise in Black studies, critical race theory, health, clinical practices, public health and medical education," says Dryden. (utoronto.ca)
  • The Philippines (with Indonesia, Thailand, and Vietnam) were ranked at the Infusing stage of integrating ICT in education, indicating that the country has integrated ICT into existing teaching, learning and administrative practices and policies. (wikipedia.org)
  • In 1996, the Department of Education initialized a 10-year modernization program, which included a computerization project and the School of the Future project. (wikipedia.org)
  • The guidelines below have been developed to help school personnel and others plan, implement, and evaluate educational efforts to prevent unnecessary morbidity and mortality associated with AIDS and other HIV-related illnesses. (cdc.gov)
  • After securing a place at QMU to study Events Management in 2012 and after much determination and hard work, Annie achieved a first class honours degree in 2016. (qmu.ac.uk)
  • She graduated with a first class honours degree from QMU in 2016. (qmu.ac.uk)
  • The Health Sciences Southland Education and Research Centre will be developed on the ground floor of Southern District Health Board's education building on the hospital campus, directly below the board's new $2.5 million Clinical Education and Skills Centre, which officially opened in November 2016. (otago.ac.nz)
  • (http://apps.who.int/gb/ebwha/pdf_files/WHA69-REC3/A69_2016_REC3-en.pdf, accessed 19 April 2018). (who.int)
  • 2 Document A69/30 (http://apps.who.int/gb/ebwha/pdf_files/WHA69/A69_30-en.pdf, accessed 17 April 2018). (who.int)
  • (http://www.who.int/about/who_reform/emergency-capacities/oversight-committee/en/, accessed 17 April 2018). (who.int)
  • 7 Document EB140/8 (http://apps.who.int/gb/ebwha/pdf_files/EB140/B140_8-en.pdf, accessed 17 April 2018). (who.int)
  • 8 Document A70/8 (http://apps.who.int/gb/ebwha/pdf_files/WHA70/A70_8-en.pdf , accessed 17 April 2018). (who.int)
  • 9 Document EB142/8 (http://apps.who.int/gb/ebwha/pdf_files/EB142/B142_8-en.pdf, accessed 17 April 2018). (who.int)
  • The Walmart Corporation and the Lumina Foundation have provided funding to make New Models of Higher Education: Unbundled, Rebundled, Customized, and DIY fully open access, completely removing any paywall between scholars in education and the latest research on new models for the future of higher education. (igi-global.com)
  • A meeting was held on 25 September 2014 at the WHO Regional Office in Cairo to review a communication package and trainers' guide developed for religious scholars. (who.int)
  • Dr Julie Bruce, from the University of Aberdeen's Epidemiology Group, added: "The project will contribute to sustainable development in Nepalese higher education. (abdn.ac.uk)
  • In addition, this team plays a critical role in the development and alignment of mathematics resources on all Discovery Education services. (discoveryeducation.com)
  • As Director of Mathematics at Discovery Education, Vennebush leads the development of digital media and curriculum materials for all Discovery Education mathematic services. (discoveryeducation.com)
  • Three business units drive Thompson Thrift's success-Thompson Thrift Residential which is focused on upscale Class A multifamily communities and luxury leased homes, Thompson Thrift Commercial which is focused on ground-up commercial development, and Thompson Thrift Construction, a full-service construction company. (fox59.com)
  • The purpose of the programme is to improve food security, expand access to primary education, promote early childhood development and enhance learning outcomes in Cambodia. (lsbu.ac.uk)
  • The educational component has been designed by Jane as a pilot model for validating and standardising Continued Professional Development for the Ministry of Education Youth and Sport, who are interested in developing the teaching profession to Bachelors level. (lsbu.ac.uk)
  • As more states consider expanding the dental workforce with alternative dental providers, supporters of these providers and the dental education community are calling for standards to guide the development of new programs. (communitycatalyst.org)
  • In a study recently published in Science Advances , Zerbe now discusses the development of a highly effective class of antibiotics that fight Gram-negative bacteria in a novel way. (phys.org)
  • The modernization program also established a Center of Education and Technology (CET) whose main purpose was the development and production of multimedia instruction materials, hardware, software and training of DECS personnel. (wikipedia.org)
  • In 2012, The Department of Education and the United States Agency for International Development undertook a review on the computer accessibility in public schools as well as the past and ongoing ICT projects being implemented there. (wikipedia.org)
  • The development of school district policies on AIDS education can be an important first step in developing an AIDS education program. (cdc.gov)
  • However, it is questionable whether the curricula offered by agronomic education institutes are really targeted at the development of such mindsets. (lu.se)
  • In this study, employing a two-phase mixed research design and drawing on data from 180 agronomy students, we aim at identifying whether the curricula offered to future agronomists by a Greek higher education institute pave the way for the development of new professional mindsets. (lu.se)
  • In developing self-management interventions, the self-management concept needs to be defined and a clear theory is required to support the development of the intervention. (lu.se)
  • This is a lesson that governments would do well to bear in mind as they wrestle with how to taper off the massive support that they are currently giving to firms and individuals to enable them to offset the economic consequences of COVID-19. (ssrn.com)
  • In concept therefore, allowing implicit guarantees such as "too big to fail" to develop generates not only moral hazard but also creates what might be called public hazard. (ssrn.com)
  • To improve north-south scientific collaboration through research, education, and publication that generates knowledge crucial for sustainable climate change adaptation and resilience to disaster risks. (lu.se)
  • The panel held its initial meeting in Minneapolis, MN on December 9 - 10, 2012 and plans to complete their recommendations for the dental therapy program education standards in the spring of 2013. (communitycatalyst.org)
  • CMAM programs also work to integrate treatment with a variety of other longer-term interventions such as Nutrition Education, Infant and Young Child Feeding and Food Security. (who.int)
  • Future studies should seek to investigate various modes of delivery, frequency and duration, to develop effective interventions that meet patients' support needs. (lu.se)
  • Rapport De La Mobilisation Sociale Dans Le Cadre Du Redémarrage des Activités Du Programme De World Vision de Prise en charge Communautaire de la Malnutrition Aiguë Régions de Zinder, Maradi et Tillabéri, Niger (13 Juin au 8 Juillet, 2010), Allie Norris et Gabriele Walz Techniciennes de Mobilisation Sociale, Valid International. (who.int)
  • Disaster Risk Management programme and develop a new PhD programme in Resilience and Disaster Risk Management at Makerere University, Uganda. (lu.se)
  • The No Child Left Behind Act (NCLBA) requires states and the Department of the Interior's Bureau of Indian Education (BIE) to define and determine whether schools are making adequate yearly progress (AYP) toward the goal of 100 percent academic proficiency. (gao.gov)
  • Formal education: the hierarchically structured, chronologically graded 'education system', running from primary school through the university and including, in addition to general academic studies, a variety of specialized programmes and institutions for full-time technical and professional training. (infed.org)
  • Our seven schools create a dynamic environment to support students, develop academic programmes and engage with industry. (lsbu.ac.uk)
  • Annie benefited from support each academic year, which included help developing her writing, referencing and time management skills. (qmu.ac.uk)
  • BOSTON - Community Catalyst announced today the formation of a panel of academic experts to develop a set of evidence-based, national education standards for programs that educate dental therapists in the United States. (communitycatalyst.org)
  • As members of Discovery Education's curriculum team, Vennebush, Hong, and Hartwig are developing digital assets and curriculum materials for the new Math Techbook series. (discoveryeducation.com)
  • Featuring an approach to mathematics instruction that is student-centered and inquiry-based, Discovery Education's Math Techbook series is being designed with a rigorous framework that will build lasting proficiency and provide real-time data to personalize learning. (discoveryeducation.com)
  • It also aims to build on capacity of the higher education institutions in accessing and utilising research based information in the medical, nursing and public health fields. (abdn.ac.uk)
  • Manual for developing a nutrition education curriculum / by Isobel R. Contento and Kathleen Morin. (who.int)
  • For months on end, official data coming out of both the UK and Canada has strongly insinuated that the vaccinated population are developing a new form of AIDS. (shtfplan.com)
  • Official data from the U.S. Government and Centers for Disease Control confirms that we probably are witnessing the fully vaccinated develop acquired immunodeficiency syndrome, with diseases and infections associated with AIDS reported to VAERS increasing between 1145% and 33,715% in 2021 following the introduction of the Covid-19 injections. (shtfplan.com)
  • The guidelines incorporate principles for AIDS education that were developed by the President's Domestic Policy Council and approved by the President in 1987 (see Appendix I). (cdc.gov)
  • Although they specifically were developed to help school personnel, personnel from other organizations should consider these guidelines in planning and carrying out effective education about AIDS for youth who do not attend school and who may be at high risk of becoming infected. (cdc.gov)
  • Because AIDS is a fatal disease and because educating young people about becoming infected through sexual contact can be controversial, school systems should obtain broad community participation to ensure that school health education policies and programs to prevent the spread of AIDS are locally determined and are consistent with community values. (cdc.gov)
  • SILVER SPRING, Md., [December 16, 2013] - Discovery Education is pleased to welcome three mathematics education experts to the team creating the new Discovery Education Math Techbook series. (discoveryeducation.com)
  • Vennebush began his career in education as a mathematics teacher at the Mercer Area Junior/Senior High School in Pennsylvania. (discoveryeducation.com)
  • Students who develop a solid foundation in fractions are equipped to take on higher level mathematics courses. (ed.gov)
  • Many grade 6 students struggle with fractions, however, which can lead to difficulty in later mathematics classes. (ed.gov)
  • How do we encourage young people to explore and develop values and the complementary social skills and attitudes that empower them to reach their potential? (livingvalues.net)
  • In March 2001, The Senate of Committee on Education launched Project Cares, designed to improve upon the current public elementary and secondary school educational systems through the use and application of ICT. (wikipedia.org)
  • Overseas alternative education setting placements are also encouraged as a way of deepening experience and understanding. (lsbu.ac.uk)
  • Your student-developed work term must be approved by your Co-op Program Coordinator . (sfu.ca)
  • Dr Jane Courtney is working for World Education, an International NGO that was recently funded for a Food For Education (FFE) project, a three-year program supported by the U.S. Department of Agriculture. (lsbu.ac.uk)
  • Dr. Dominick DePaola, Associate Dean at Nova Southeastern University College of Dental Medicine, is serving as the chairman of the Dental Therapy Program Education Standards Advisory Panel that is charged with developing the standards. (communitycatalyst.org)
  • Information Communications Technology is usually included in the Home Economics and Livelihood Education program in grade school and taught through the Technology and Home Economics program in high school. (wikipedia.org)
  • In this insightful white paper, nurse education expert Donna Ignatavicius offers practical advice on how to effectively use single-episode case studies, unfolding case studies, and debriefing to promote student learning and critical thinking. (elsevier.com)
  • The MEC phlebotomists completed comprehensive training in pediatric phlebotomy techniques, including instruction by a pediatric nurse practitioner. (cdc.gov)
  • J ) has developed Travel Service Optimization to transform the home-to-school travel experience for Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) children and young people - helping to advance social inclusion, while also supporting broader environmental and economic benefits. (prnewswire.com)
  • Tech & Learning Tools & Ideas to Transform Education. (techlearning.com)
  • Secondly, we need to develop and capitalize on individual and community health actions as part of health services. (who.int)
  • Frontiers are cast aside in an effort to unite Europeans around this shared past and its research, commemoration and education thanks to the European Holocaust Research Infrastructure (EHRI). (inria.fr)
  • The researchers will aim to develop a scientific policy with extensive European coverage to make all research publications in the corresponding archives widely available. (inria.fr)
  • The University of Otago is developing a new $1.5 million education and research centre at its Southland campus in Invercargill, in partnership with the Southern District Health Board. (otago.ac.nz)
  • When choosing the most promising peptides for their study, the researchers made sure that they would also be effective against bacteria that have already developed resistance to thanatin. (phys.org)
  • We now have the prospect of a new class of antibiotics becoming available that is also effective against resistant bacteria . (phys.org)
  • At the University of Hartford Magnet School (UHMS) in West Hartford, Connecticut, jumping rope is a multi-purpose lesson, teaching students to use athletic, musical, and interpersonal skills. (educationworld.com)
  • Through the Teaching Fractions Toolkit partnership , REL Midwest is collaborating with the Illinois State Board of Education and several Illinois school districts to develop a collection of tools, resources, and training. (ed.gov)
  • Annie became aware of her dyslexia when she was just five years old and had struggled with aspects of learning throughout her early education due to the limited knowledge about dyslexia and how to manage it within her school. (qmu.ac.uk)
  • In 2011, the Department of Education implemented the Enhanced Basic Education Information System, an online facility for encoding, storage and report generation of all school information such as enrolment, resource inventories and special programs. (wikipedia.org)
  • She was eager to develop a health primer but was short on resources. (utoronto.ca)
  • These examples are not exhaustive, but they serve to illustrate the lessons we can learn from each other. (who.int)
  • Without a set of common principles and standards, the field of dental therapy will develop differently across the country," Dr. DePaola said. (communitycatalyst.org)
  • The school's primary goal is to introduce students to Gardner's intelligences so they appreciate all the intelligences, learn their own strengths, and develop those strengths in conjunction with the other intelligences. (educationworld.com)
  • Guitar Skill - Learn to develop your skills as a guitarist. (cleverjoe.com)
  • And yes, as we develop skill, as we learn to reconcile opposing dynamics, achieving our purposes (playing our music) not only becomes possible, it becomes easier. (cleverjoe.com)
  • It has allowed me to develop myself professionally and personally and learn new skills and continue to postgraduate level study at QMU. (qmu.ac.uk)
  • To create a student-developed work term , identify an employer that you would like to work for and develop your own co-op learning opportunity. (sfu.ca)
  • You can then work with SFU Co-op to turn your internship into a student-developed placement. (sfu.ca)
  • The first phase of the work focuses on developing, piloting, and refining the Teaching Fractions Toolkit. (ed.gov)
  • The work of the panel will build on curriculum guidelines for dental therapist education established by the American Association of Public Health Dentistry in 2010. (communitycatalyst.org)
  • It will also incorporate recent work of the American Association of Public Health Dentistry, which developed and recommended a model curriculum that could be used by institutions that are considering establishing dental therapist education programs. (communitycatalyst.org)
  • The panel's work will be made available to those interested in promoting and developing dental therapist education programs. (communitycatalyst.org)
  • BAE Systems said manufacturing of the submarines would start towards the end of the decade, with the first SSN-AUKUS-class vessel due to be delivered in the late 2030s. (abc.net.au)
  • If we don't develop systems for people to move out of poverty, we will always be faced with the need for aid. (humaneeducation.org)
  • The method might best be described as social education' (1967: 134). (infed.org)
  • Other non-government organizations such as Philippine Business for Social Progress (PBSP) have expressed the need for ICT education as well. (wikipedia.org)
  • Hence, agronomists should develop a new professional mindset that goes beyond the prescribed roles and fixed duties of a bounded professional. (lu.se)
  • These findings indicate that agronomy curricula should go beyond the supply of ready-to-use skill sets, by providing students with opportunities to combine theoretical and practical knowledge, and by helping them develop a new professional identity which emphasizes adaptability and cross-boundarythinking. (lu.se)
  • To improve upon the number and quality of skill of ICT professionals, both the Senate and the House of Representatives contemplated laws to make public and private institutions incorporate ICT into their curriculum at all levels of education. (wikipedia.org)
  • Develop students' conceptual understanding of strategies for solving ratio, rate, and proportion problems before exposing them to cross-multiplication as a procedure to use to solve such problems. (ed.gov)
  • To address tribes' needs for cultural preservation, NCLBA allows tribal groups to waive all or part of BIE's definition of AYP and propose an alternative, with technical assistance from BIE and the Department of Education, if requested. (gao.gov)
  • The team carried out a needs assessment and developed an Individual Learning Plan (ILP) to support Annie's learning difficulties. (qmu.ac.uk)
  • Be aware that you may need to adjust your education plan based on your patient's health status and environmental factors. (medlineplus.gov)
  • Consider factors such as literacy, numeracy, and culture as you develop a plan. (medlineplus.gov)
  • Developed an early detection test for pancreatic, ovarian, and lung cancers. (humaneeducation.org)
  • The University of Aberdeen's links with Nepal are being further strengthened following a funding allocation which will benefit education in the landlocked South Asian country. (abdn.ac.uk)
  • Researchers at the University of Zurich and the company Spexis have now modified the chemical structure of naturally occurring peptides to develop antimicrobial molecules that bind to novel targets in the bacteria's metabolism. (phys.org)
  • Detailed specimen collection and processing instructions are discussed in the NHANES Laboratory/Medical Technologists Procedures Manual (LPM). (cdc.gov)
  • In our laboratory, we specialize in developing innovative methods to unravel the complexities of host-symbiont interactions in eukaryotic microbes, employing cutting-edge single-cell transcriptomics. (lu.se)
  • Your patient's preferences can guide your choice of education materials and methods. (medlineplus.gov)
  • If we can create quality education for a diverse population, we'll have made it. (educationworld.com)
  • This lesson goes over the idea of a product spec sheet and how to create your own. (shopify.com)
  • Develop your guitar skills. (cleverjoe.com)
  • Most of the qualified talent won't be found if you demand that the joystick skills were developed under a business job title. (ere.net)
  • Imperial College London is credited as one of the world's top ten higher education institutions, with a mission to benefit society through its excellence in science, engineering business and medicine. (cornerstoneondemand.com)