The authors suggest that procedural and distributive factors interactively combine to influence individuals' reactions to their encounters with other people, groups, and organizations. Results from 45 independent samples (reviewed herein) show that (a) level of procedural justice is more positively related to individuals' reactions when outcome fairness or valence is relatively low and (b) leve...

We present an interactive simulation framework for authoring surgical procedures of soft tissue manipulation using physics-based simulation to animate the flesh. This interactive authoring tool can be used by clinical educators to craft three-dimensional illustrations of the intricate maneuvers involved in craniofacial repairs, in contrast to two-dimensional sketches and still photographs which...

background: health records serve several purposes and must be retained to meet those purposes. these varied purposes influence how long health records must be kept, or their retention period. the present study aimed to recognize laws and procedures related to retention of health records in selected countries and provide a proposed guideline for iran. methods: this was an applied, descriptive-co...

The result of technological evolution is always a more compact, costumer friendly, safer, aesthetic or more effective product. In surgery this evolution is reflected in the trend of minimally invasive techniques. The evolution towards minimally invasive heart surgery is basically described by the introduction of off-pump and minimal access surgery [1,2]. With this progress it is paramount to su...

Traditionally, medical education has used live patients to teach medical procedures. This carries a significant risk to patients. . As learning technology advances, the early integration of computer-aided medical simulations into medical training before patient contact is becoming an ethical imperative, yet development costs are constraining. In this paper we describe the use of a gaming engine...

OBJECTIVE To describe the postgraduate surgical skills training programme of the Flemish Society of Obstetrics and Gynaecology (VVOG*). Laparoscopic surgical techniques and indications have increased substantially during the past two decades. From surgeons it is expected that they keep up with all techniques and should be able to perform all relevant procedures. Learning new procedures in daily...

Interactive theorem proving is a technology of fundamental importance for mathematics and computer-science. It is based on expressive logical foundations and implemented in a highly trustable way. Applications include huge mathematical proofs and semi-automated verifications of complex software systems. Interactive development of larger and larger proofs increases the demand for computing power...

Remote sensing from space can provide global and continuous observations. The associated measurement data need to be stored and studied to understand the Earth system processes. The ability of interactive content-based browsing, i.e., browsing or searching the content to narrowdown the interesting portions of data sets prior to actually accessing or ordering full data sets, is highly desirable ...

As envisioned here, an “interactive publication” has similarities to multimedia documents that have been in existence for a decade or more, but possesses specific differentiating characteristics. In common usage, the latter refers to online entities that, in addition to text, consist of files of images and video clips residing separately in databases, rarely providing immediate context to the d...

OBJECTIVES To promote independent self-study involving problem solving and decision analysis in the undergraduate medical curriculum, we have developed a series of interactive web-based clinical case studies. METHODS An initial needs assessment was performed to determine students' attitudes to e-learning. From these results we designed a series of 30 interactive case studies for delivery from...