the ph.d. entrance examinations of islamic azad university in iran are administered annually to select the best applicants for ph.d. programs. in consideration of the important decisions, which are made on the basis of the results of these examinations, the present study was conducted to provide a qualitative evaluation of field-specific language subtests (flss) of four entrance examinations ad...

The major purpose of this study was to attempt to understand some of the reasons for the high academic achievement of Chinese and Japanese children compared to American children. The study was conducted with first and fifth graders attending elementary schools in the Minneapolis metropolitan area, Taipei (Taiwan), and Sendai (Japan). 1,440 children (240 first graders and 240 fifth graders in ea...

Traditional performance expectations and career advancement paths for academic physicians persist despite dramatic transformations in the academic workflow, workload, and workforce over the past 20 years. Although the academic physician's triple role as clinician, researcher, and educator has been lauded as the ideal by academic health centers, current standards of excellence for promotion and ...

PURPOSE The main purpose of this study was to investigate student retention strategies and practices implemented in associate degree, entry-level dental hygiene programs. Included are student attrition issues, academic standards, re-entry policies, and clinical remediation strategies. METHODS A survey consisting of forced choice and open-ended questions was mailed to 31 randomly selected asso...

The study attempts to evaluate the existing status of Veterinary College Libraries in India by applying the prevailing standards of the Academic Veterinary Medical Library, USA have been applied to the results of this study for inference and discussion, as no such standards are available in Indian context from the perspective of Veterinary College Libraries especially from Veterinary Council of...

The current system of proprietary software development for healthcare applications is inadequate to meet the needs of providers, administrators, and patients. A recent advance in the field of Internet programming is the release of large-scale software projects as "open-source". The advantages of this method of development include higher quality, lower cost, and increased adherence to establishe...