In the final essay of Montaigne, named Of Experience, author gave extensive criticism over general misuse judgement, while defining judgement quite peculiarly, which is that it a faculty mind. How then, was this appears to be rational part human mind but individuated from reasons defined by Montaigne? what way do humans fail properly utilize faculty? What role experience in proper use judgment?...

An innovative laboratory methodology for the digital design introductory course is presented. We replace the traditional lab experiences, where students have to come to school classrooms, with a “lab at home” concept. More than 65 kits with a programmable logic board are given to groups of students for the whole semester. Thus, students perform all the lab stages, including analyzing the proble...

Miller CJ, McNear J, Metz MJ. A comparison of traditional and engaging lecture methods in a large, professional-level course. Adv Physiol Educ 37: 347–355, 2013; doi:10.1152/advan.00050.2013.—In engaging lectures, also referred to as broken or interactive lectures, students are given short periods of lecture followed by “breaks” that can consist of 1-min papers, problem sets, brainstorming sess...

The purpose of this study was to evaluate the association between student performance and tutor expertise and experience in the Restorative Treatment course in a problem-based learning (PBL) dental curriculum. This retrospective study evaluated a cohort of 206 third-year dental students at Harvard School of Dental Medicine who were enrolled in the Restorative Treatment course between 2000 and 2...

The modern view of the mammalian bloodbrain barrier (BBB) has shifted from a purely anatomic concept to a more physiological and dynamic definition. Morphologically, the BBB is formed by specialized endothelial cells (ECs) lining the intraluminal portion of brain capillaries. These ECs are characterized by specialized regions of intercellular contact (tight junctions) that prevent leakage of bl...

Neurite growth and regeneration in the adult central nervous system (CNS) is extremely limited. An important factor contributing to these restrictions is specific growth inhibitory proteins associated with oligodendrocytes and CNS myelin. A major inhibitory factor is the antigen of a monoclonal antibody; the application of this neutralizing antibody to spinal cordor brain-lesioned adult rats in...