Objective: To assess whether provision of educational leaflets or questions on contraception improves knowledge of contraception in women taking the combined contraceptive pill. Design: Randomisation of women into three groups according to type of educational leaflet on contraceptive information. These groups were subdivided into two on the basis of questions on contraception asked by the docto...

most effective interaction with partner T and her least effective interaction with partner L appears to be differences in the nonaphasic partners’ interaction style. L tended to produce contentless back-channel ‘‘mhm’s’’ instead of utilizing her turns to produce understanding checks; then, when she did produce a check it contained a large number of content units. T, on the other hand, produced ...

HotOS XIV Opening Remarks Summarized by Rik Farrow ([email protected]) Petros Maniatis, Intel Labs, the PC chair, explained the ground rules for the HotOS ’13. Presenters had only 10 minutes, with a few minutes for questions and answers as the next presenter set up his or her laptop. Each talk session was followed by a half-hour open mike session, where participants were welcome to speak on any to...

To answer our questions, we looked at existing administrative documentation and practices. We also looked at similar questions and answers from other campuses, particularly those generated in the context of the Carnegie Foundation for Teaching’s "Scholarship Revisited" projects. Also, we asked each academic department at Cal Poly to engage in collegial discussion about the scholarship of teachi...