Introduction: In this study, the authors aimed to examine theeffects of cooperative learning methods using Web Quest andteam-based learning on students’ self-direction, self-regulation,and academic achievement.Methods: This is a comparative study of students taking a course inmental health and psychiatric disorders. In two consecutive years,a group of students were trained using the Web Quest a...

In patients with HUS-N, TCD showed only slightly increased blood flow velocities of basal brain arteries ( table 1 ). However, the mean resistance index (RI) and in particular the mean pulsatility index (PI) were significantly increased in patients with HUS-N, compared to HUS patients without neurological symptoms (mean PI/RI 1.11/0.62 vs. PI/RI 0.72/0.48, p ! 0.001, Mann Whitney U test; table ...

PURPOSE In oncology, texture features extracted from positron emission tomography with 18-fluorodeoxyglucose images (FDG-PET) are of increasing interest for predictive and prognostic studies, leading to several tens of features per tumor. To select the best features, the use of a random forest (RF) classifier was investigated. METHODS Sixty-five patients with an esophageal cancer treated with...

Methods 28 adult male intact Labrador Retrievers, reported to be healthy by their owners, were included. 12 dogs were categorized as lean (body condition score, BCS, ≤5) and 16 as overweight (BCS ≥6). Physical examination and laboratory testing were performed. Serum CRP concentrations were measured with a canine-specific high-sensitivity CRP assay (Gentian hsCRP). Mann Whitney U test (⍺=0.05) w...

The study aimed to investigate whether there was a relationship between Iranian EFL learners'critical thinking (CT) and ability to recall vocabulary. Also, the relationship between gender andrecall was investigated. In so doing, 128 upper-intermediate language learners were selected fromIslamic Azad University based on convenience sampling. After homogenizing the participants ongeneral language...

PURPOSE To analyse prognostic features on quality of life (QoL) following radical cystectomy and urinary diversion via orthotopic neobladder in a single-centre patient cohort. MATERIALS AND METHODS Postoperative QoL of 152 patients was assessed retrospectively using the validated QLQ-C30 questionnaire. Potential associations of patient's quality of life including pre-and intraoperative charac...

BACKGROUND Methamphetamine is a neurotoxic agent. Its chronic abuse may result in cognitive impairment with negative consequences for patients' treatment and rehabilitation. The aim of the study was to compare Wisconsin Card Sorting Test profiles of Czech subjects dependent on methamphetamine with healthy individuals. SUBJECTS AND METHODS Forty-three hospitalized Czech Caucasian patients incl...

Difficulties associated with resolving the human-chimpanzee-gorilla trichotomy demonstrate the need to assess the robustness of phylogenetic hypotheses. For distance data, such as those derived from DNA-DNA hybridization and immunological techniques, taking account of measurement error constitutes a special problem when assessing the reliability of best-fit trees. Several different methods, mos...