In 2001, a video-based interactive CD ROM entitled BUILT ('Building Understandings in Literacy and Teaching', an ASCILITE award winner) was developed for use in teacher education at the University of Melbourne, in a mass education, cost effective context. BUILT was designed to address concerns about pre-service teachers' knowledge about language and literacy across the school curriculum and yea...

CALL (Computer Assisted Language Learning) courseware was developed for advanced learners of Japanese, entitled "Listening Comprehension: Life in Japan; Dwelling in a Private Apartment." Based on the "Three-step Auditory Comprehension Approach" (Takefuta, 1997), this courseware consists of three STEPs: STEP1 helps learners grasp the outline of the content, STEP2 assists in a more detailed under...

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E-learning is not a widespread and accepted concept at Cameroon Universities. In the 1980s, Cameroon has realised distance learning through the School of Agronomy now at the University of Dschang. It consisted of the traditional approach based upon postal services. But since the postal branch has collapsed in Cameroon and the Internet has not yet replaced it, this type of teaching has become le...

Alexandria. Die digitale Forschungsplattform. http://www.alexandria.unisg.ch | 21.04.2009 A book/CD-ROM proceedings of a January 1999 conference, presenting abstracts of all papers from the conference, plus complete papers on CD-ROM. Themes include collaboration systems and technology, digital documents, emerging technologies, information technology in health care, the Internet and the digital ...

BACKGROUND This study investigated the molecular characteristics of azithromycin-resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae in Taiwan. METHODS A total of 486 non-duplicate isolates of azithromycin-resistant S. pneumoniae recovered from various clinical sources of patients treated at 22 different hospitals in Taiwan from 2006 to 2010. The presence of erm(B) and mef(A) genes using duplex PCR, multilocu...

The crystal structure of DARPin 44C12V5 that neutralizes IL-4 signaling has been determined alone and bound to human IL-4. A significant conformational change occurs in the IL-4 upon DARPin binding. The DARPin binds to the face of IL-4 formed by the A and C α-helices. The structure of the DARPin remains virtually unchanged. The conformational changes in IL-4 include a reorientation of the C-hel...

pressure and serum cholesterol on cardiovascular disease in the Asia Pacific region. Circulation 2005;112:3384–3390. 45. Ezzati M, Hoorn SV, Rodgers A, Lopez AD, Mathers CD, Murray CJ. Estimates of global and regional potential health gains from reducing multiple major risk factors. Lancet 2003;362:271–280. 46. Hiatt JG, Shamsie SG, Schectman G. Discontinuation rates of cholesterollowering medi...