Calibration of ρ Values for Testing Precise Null Hypotheses Thomas Sellke, M. J Bayarri & James O Berger a Thomas Sellke is Professor, Statistics Department, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907-1339. M. J. Bayarri is Professor, Department of Statistics and Operations Research, University of Valencia, Burjassot, Valencia 46100, Spain. James O. Berger is Arts and Sciences Professor, Insti...

ISSUES Despite more than a decade of federal sponsorship of 'evidence-based' alcohol/drug education, there has been no consistent downward trend in overall prevalence among youth over the past 15 years. Reasons underlying this situation are examined. APPROACH Published technical critiques of initial research supporting widely used evidence-based programs are reviewed along with replication st...

Victor A. TARASOV, Professor, Head of the Department of Thoracic Surgery, Medical Academy of Postgraduate Education, St.Petersburg, Russia Evgeny S. POBEGALOV, Associate Professor, Department of Thoracic Surgery, Medical Academy of Postgraduate Education, St.Petersburg, Russia Vladimir V. STAVROVIETSKIY, Chief of the Thoracic Surgery Unit, Municipal Hospital No. 26, St.Petersburg, Russia Yuriy ...

This article presents the results from an analysis of online education and Learning Management Systems (LMS) in the five Nordic countries. The analysis is based on literature review and in-depth interviews with 20 selected Nordic training managers. The analysis comprises a broad range of institutions from primary education, secondary education, higher education, distance education, and corporat...

To review the development of interprofessional education (IPE) in the United Kingdom (UK) it is necessary to appreciate that the UK is made up of four countries: Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland and England each with its own health and education policy although health professions are currently regulated at the UK level. For all four countries, meeting future health and social care needs is a c...

PURPOSE We investigated whether an online educational program based on spacing effect principles could significantly improve the acquisition and retention of medical knowledge. MATERIALS AND METHODS In this randomized, controlled trial involving urology residents in the United States and Canada participants randomized to cohort 1 (bolus education) were e-mailed a validated set of 96 study que...

Online education has gained significant popularity in recent years, and this trend is set to continue. One of the reasons for the explosion of online education is the fact that Colleges and Universities need to seek out new delivery methods and to reach out to people who cannot attend College or University. Funding and diversity of courses is also another reason for the increasing popularity of...

Vol. 36 August (2008) No. 2 55 THE ROBUSTNESS AND APPLICABILITY OF AUDIO SOURCE SEPARATION FROM SINGLE MIXTURES 1*Md. Khademul Islam Molla, 1Keikichi Hirose and 2Nobuaki Minematsu 1 Graduate School of Information Sciences and Technology 2 Graduate School of Engineering The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan *Address of Corresponding Author: [email protected]...

1 Assistant Professor, Department of Cardiac Anaesthesiology Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research, Kolkata, India 2 PDT Department of Cardiac Anaesthesiology Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research, Kolkata, India 3 Professor, Department of Cardiac Anaesthesiology Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research, Kolkata, India 4 Professor and Head, ...

1 PDT Department of Cardiac Anaesthesiology Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education & Research, Kolkata 2 Assistant Professor, Department of Cardiac Anaesthesiology Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education & Research, Kolkata 3 Professor, Department of Cardiac Anaesthesiology Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education & Research, Kolkata 4 Professor & Head, Department of Cardiac Anaesth...