Mortlake is an inner-western suburb of Sydney, adjacent to the Parramatta River. The Mortlake Gasworks provided gas to most of Sydney for almost 100 years. After closure as a gasworks, the site remained heavily contaminated with waste typical of gasworks, such as tarry organic compounds. The cleanup of the 52-hectare site began in 1998, with the aim of selling the land for residential and comme...

Offering a series of diagnosis and individual remedial learning activities for a general class by means of web and multimedia technology can overcome the dilemma of conventional diagnosis and remedial instruction. The study proposes a three-layer conceptual framework and adopts a two-tier diagnostic test theory to develop a web-based two-tier diagnostic test and remedial learning management sys...

PURPOSE To identify factors associated with physician performance in a comprehensive competence assessment. METHOD The authors conducted a retrospective analysis of 683 physicians referred for assessment at the Center for Personalized Education for Physicians from 2000 to 2010, who were evaluated as either safe or unsafe to return to practice. Multivariate logistic regression was used to dete...

National Centerfor Developmental Education Appalachian State University Boone, NC 28608 ABSTRACT: This study examines the literature regarding the cost of delivering postsecondary remedial education. Five studies are examined which offer statewide and national estimates of these costs. The studies are viewed in light of their method­ ology, findings, and limitations. The dis­ cussion also offer...

Computer network infrastructures constitute the critical backbone of every socio-economic ICT system. Consequently, they are becoming increasingly mission-critical in our society since they provide always-on services for many everyday applications (e.g., Cloud Data Centres), safety-critical operations (e.g., Air Traffic Control networks), critical manufacturing services (e.g., Utility networks ...

Computer network infrastructures constitute the critical backbone of every socio-economic ICT system. Consequently, they are becoming increasingly mission-critical in our society since they provide always-on services for many everyday applications (e.g., Cloud Data Centres), safety-critical operations (e.g., Air Tra c Control networks), critical manufacturing services (e.g., Utility networks an...

Low rates of college completion are a major problem in the United States. Less than 60 percent of students at four-year colleges graduate within six years, and at some colleges, the graduation rate is less than 10 percent. Additionally, many students enter higher education ill-prepared to comprehend college-level course material. Some estimates suggest that only one-third of high school graduat...

INTRODUCTION Open disclosure is poorly understood in Malaysia but is an ethical and professional responsibility. The objectives of this study were to determine: (1) the perception of parents regarding the severity of medical error in relation to medication use or diagnosis; (2) the preference of parents for information following the medical error and its relation to severity; and (3) the prefer...