BACKGROUND Little research has been conducted to examine the relationship between education level and functional limitations among Japanese community residents. We sought to examine the association between education level and physical functional limitations among Japanese men and women, and whether that association was modified by gender and history of stroke. METHODS We examined prevalence o...

BACKGROUND In most areas of medical research, the label of 'quality' is associated with well-accepted standards. Whilst its interpretation in the field of medical education is contentious, there is agreement on the key elements required when reporting novel teaching strategies. We set out to assess if these features had been fulfilled by poster presentations at a major international medical edu...

in spite of 60 years of past experience, agricultural extension in iran still faces problems, obstacles and limitations. researchers believe that during these years, the service available to farmers has been neither successful nor satisfactory. with respect to the presently available problems and limitations, a thorough identification and analysis of these issues is necessary as well as inevita...

Technological innovations can be important factors for change. The Internet is one such and it has modified the way people live and interact. In education, the effect of this change is visible in the way educational materials are designed, developed and distributed, and in the roles played by the teacher/designer, the student and the content provider. Learning Objects technology and supporting ...

Statistical significance testing is the cornerstone of quantitative research, but studies that fail to report measures of effect size are potentially missing a robust part of the analysis. We provide a rationale for why effect size measures should be included in quantitative discipline-based education research. Examples from both biological and educational research demonstrate the utility of ef...

This paper examines the use of the Disability Discrimination Act (Commonwealth of Australia, 1992) by parents seeking access for their deaf children to native sign language in the classroom. It reviews a number of cases in which Australian parents have claimed indirect discrimination by educational authorities over their children's lack of access to instruction through Australian Sign Language ...

In this article, the efficacy and limitations of pharmacologic therapies for type 2 diabetes are briefly reviewed. In addition to the 6 classes of agents that were available for use in patients with type 2 diabetes prior to 2005, the new therapeutic class of incretin mimetics is also covered. Incretin mimetic therapies in development, as well as pivotal studies that led to the approval of exena...

There is growing interest in the use of games for educational purposes, particularly with regard to teaching curriculum subjects. Much of the research however has focused either on the content of games or the learning theory they illustrate. This paper presents a methodology that allows for an examination of how players learn to play. An understanding of this process is arguably crucial for inc...

The present article reports a survey conducted to identify the practices on passwords usage, focusing particularly on memory limitations and the use of passwords across individuals with different age and education backgrounds. A total of 263 participants were interviewed, with ages ranging from 18 to 93 years, and education level ranging from grade school to graduate degree. Contrary to our exp...

BACKGROUND The Work Limitations Questionnaire (WLQ) was recently developed to measure health-related decrements in ability to perform job roles among employed individuals. The purpose of this study was to develop and test a Japanese version of the WLQ. METHODS Developing the Japanese version of the WLQ involved translations, back-translations, and a pilot study. Using data obtained from a nat...