Declining interest in mathematics and the need to raise the educational standards of youth in this discipline set a critical agenda for the revision of pedagogical practices. Tablet PCs and other mobile devices hold a lot of promise as tools for improving education at all levels. The research discussed in this chapter comes from an ongoing, multifaceted program designed to explore the potential...

Patients with Familial Mediterranean Fever by LightCycler Real-Time PCR, Elena Rossou, Anastasia Kouvatsi, Charalampos Aslanidis, and Constantinos Deltas ( Department of Biological Sciences, University of Cyprus, Nicosia, Cyprus; 2 Department of Molecular Genetics C’, The Cyprus Institute of Neurology and Genetics, Nicosia, Cyprus; 3 School of Biology, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thes...

A. Panayides1, M.S. Pattichis2, C. S. Pattichis1, C. P. Loizou3, M. Pantziaris4, and A. Pitsillides1 1Department of Computer Science, University of Cyprus, Nicosia, Cyprus 2Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA 3Department of Computer Science, Intercollege, Limassol, Cyprus 4The Cyprus Institute of Neurology and Genetics, Nicos...

To ascertain the prevalence of multiple sclerosis in the region of Osona in Catalonia, northern Spain, an intensive study was undertaken in a small population of 72,000 people over a period of five years, using many sources of information. Patients were classified according to the Poser criteria. Most of the patients presented with mild symptoms only and many had not seen a neurologist or atten...

Pierre Vieyres, Laboratory Prisme, University of Orleans, Bourges, France Juan Sandoval, Laboratory Prisme, University of Orleans, Bourges, France Laurence Josserand, Laboratory Prisme, University of Orleans, Bourges, France Cyril Novales, Laboratory Prisme, University of Orleans, Bourges, France Marco Chiccoli, Laboratory Prisme, University of Orleans, Bourges, France Nicolas Morette, Laborato...