The Tricked-Out Virtual Body Shop: Recruiting African- American High-School Students to STEM through Automotive Design

Evaluation of the effect of education of proper oral hygiene via virtual reality simulation on dental plaque in high school students

Background and Aims: This study aimed to evaluate the effects of education of proper oral hygiene via virtual reality simulation on the dental plaque in high school students. Materials and Methods: This study was carried out on 90 high school students who were selected randomly and then divided into three groups. Group one was the first intervention group (VR) that was introduced to oral hygie...

Design of Dynamic Body Shop Layout in Automobile Industry

Planning, Implementation and Evaluation of Active Learning- Teaching Methods in Inverted Classroom,Peer Learning and Virtual Education among Students in the School of Allied Medical Sciences

Introduction: Education in the field of medical sciences requires using modern learning- teaching methods to enable students to be active in this process and to cultivate creative and thoughtful students. The aim of this study was to design, implement and evaluate active learning- teaching methods in the form of flipped classroom, peer learning and virtual education among paramedical students. ...

American Virtual Colonialism and the Islamophobia Politics: Muslim/Iranian Women’s “Hijab” at “YouTube”

Virtual Colonialism (Ameli, 2011) is reflecting a new trend of colonialismin the virtual space parallel to the physical space. According to Ameli(2007), withthe “Dual Spacization” of life,the imperial powers like the United States of Americatake the advantage of the synchronization and translocality of the virtual space toexpand their realm of imperial power through the “attraction” and “persua...

Body Mass Index and Blood Pressure Screening in a Rural Public School System: the Healthy Kids Project

INTRODUCTION All students (N = 2053) in Anadarko public schools, grades kindergarten through 12, were invited to be screened for height, weight, and blood pressure to assess the health status of this multiracial, multiethnic (American Indian, white, African American, and Hispanic) population in southwestern Oklahoma. METHODS The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's 2000 growth charts ...