Chapter 17: Learning–Centered Evaluation of Teaching

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MYOPATHIES Clinical Features Myopathies are diseases that primarily affect the muscles and are usually characterized clinically by weakness, fatigue, or stiffness (myotonia). They are usually characterized by symmetrical proximal muscle weakness and wasting, normal sensation, and normal stretch reflexes. More than one-half of muscle bulk must be lost before functional weakness can be demonstrat...

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Starting in the early 1940’s, the experimental study of electrons in metals and their interaction with the atoms of the crystal lattice played a major role in physics research. The goal was to measure the mechanical, thermal, optical, and electrical properties of metals, insulators, and other forms of condensed matter. These measurements would then lead to the development of theoretical models ...

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Of course some women, for various reasons, choose to embrace motherhood later than their own mothers. But many, like me, become older mothers because there was no other choice. It’s just how my life unfolded. . . . To suggest that most women are choosing to delay child-bearing is to suggest that women have an incredible level of control over their lives. In the real world this is just not true....

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Chapter 17 Hermeneutic Ontology

Ontology is traditionally conceived as the investigation of what there is or, a bit more precisely, the attempt to determine the most basic and general ways of being. This endeavor typically entails the project of articulating the fundamental kinds of beings, frequently with the aim of sorting them into a taxonomic order (where some kinds are superordinate or structure the others).1 The aim of ...