As part of a project aiming to demonstrate feasibility and meaningfulness of on-line and blended PBL (Problem, Process & Project Based) design educational processes (Interaction Design, Design or the Experience, etc.), in this paper we present and discuss a participatory-grading procedure that has been designed to assess the intermediate tests of a course on "Multimodal Interface and Systems". ...

In order to effectively improve the higher education teaching efficiency in China, education total quality management, information technology, grouping subject explores and other teaching strategies were put forward and practiced in the teaching course of Tobacco Commodity Science based on the analysis of the China higher education new situation and taken modern education concept as the guidanc...

We show that for every n there are two simple curves on the torus intersecting at least n times without the two curves folding or spiralling with respect to each other. On the other hand, two simple curves in a punctured plane that intersect at least n times (and do not create any empty bigons) must either form a spiral of depth d or a fold of width cn/(d + 1) − 1, where c only depends on the n...

The prevalence and characteristics of mentorship among junior faculty in clinician-scientist and clinician-educator tracks were evaluated. Comprehensive improvement strategies are needed.

1 I am especially grateful to Juergen Jung, Mike Treuden, and Nathaniel Throckmorton for their tremendous contributions to these notes. I also thank Michael Kaganovich and Eric Leeper for their guidance and for giving me the opportunity to develop and teach this course during graduate school. Several classes of Indiana and Auburn University graduate students provided suggestions and corrections...

Dr. Portnoy, a former senior clinical reviewer and manager for the FDA's Center for Devices and Radiological Health, provides guidance for determining acceptable practices for the claims, content, and appearance of advertising and promotional materials for medical devices. In the course of doing so, he discusses important regulatory and legal precedents, and provides examples of successful and ...

The study of personality disorders, no less psychology as a wole, remains divorced from broader spheres of scientific knowledge. Development of a conceptual schema for classifying personality disorders should include the examination of research limitations and inductive inconsistences that undermine the likely achievements of the evidential approach. An alternative course of action is outlined ...

iii ACKNOWLEDGMENTS I would like to express my sincere gratitude to my advisor, Dr.Sartaj K. Sahni, my supervisory committee members, Dr.Sanjay Ranka and Dr.Zuofeng Li, for giving me an opportunity to work on this challenging topic and for providing continuous guidance and feedback during the course of this work and thesis writing. I also wish to take this opportunity to thank my parents for th...

Around 1850 NOlWay experienced a spiritual awakening which motivated an important social awakening. People began to see the need to .care for the sick and the poor. The very thought of ~omen caring for sick people outside of their own ' families, and furthermore establishing a training course to do so, was unheard of and unacceptable in NOlWegian society at that time. However, many prayer group...