This is an open access book examines Chinese English Medium Instruction (EMI) lecturers’ linguistic and pedagogical characteristics.

Introduction: Hydrocephaly is a common complication of intra ventricular brain tumors. The aim of this study was to determine, demographic and clinical features and type of hydrocephaly before and after surgical interventions in patients with intra ventricular brain tumor surgery. Material and methods: In a cross-sectional study, 100 patients with intra ventricular brain tumors who were candid...

Generally speaking, the lecturers have a very large voice and a voice with a high vocal tone. In this study, we propose a new method to perform a vocal massage by placing a reflective cup on the mouth in order to make the hoarse voice normal. We learned about the sound characteristics of hoarse voices and suggested a way to cope with them. When applying the method of removing hoarseness after l...

Question-driven Audience Response Systems (ARSs) are in the focus of research since the 1960s. Since then, the technology has changed and therefore systems have evolved too. This work is about conception and implementation of the web-based ARS RealFeedback which uses the principle of bring your own device (BYOD). A state-of-the-art analysis compares the features of existing web-based ARSs. The ...

In the past, nursing students only had access to classroom theory to develop their wound care knowledge. In the project detailed here, simulated wounds were developed to teach nursing students at the University of Salford about tissue viability management, as part of a Vice Chancellor’s funded project. The aim was to design a collection of simulated wounds that accurately replicated the feature...

Hongxiang Hui1,2,5,6, Yongming Tang2,4, Min Hu2,3 and Xiaoning Zhao2,4 1Center for Metabolic Diseases, Southern Medical University (SMU), Guangzhou, 2Institute of Dongguan SMU Metabolic Science, Dongguan 3Regen Biotech Company, Beijing 4Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA 5UCLA Center for Excellence in Pancreatic Diseases, Los Angeles, CA 6Department of Medicine, VA Greater Los Angeles...

Group dynamics features are important factors for improving farmers’ socio-economic status. This study focused on the effect of group dynamics features on the socio-economic status of cocoa farmers in Ogun State, Nigeria. A multi-stage sampling technique was used to select 93 cocoa farmers for the study. Descriptive statistics and linear regression were used to analyze the data. Results showed ...

An Objective Structured Clinical Assessment (OSCA) method was adopted by a course team in an attempt to resolve some of the learning difficulties experienced by the baccalaureate nursing students in clinical practice. The assessment required the students to work through some simulations developed from real encounters. The performance of the students was evaluated against the checklists which we...