Have Conflicts Affected Education? An Assessment from Manipur

On Transitional Space, Unresolved Conflicts, and an Uncertain Teacher Education

Assessment of umbilical cord TSH in term Neonates in Manipur

Objective: To estimate the level of umbilical cord TSH in term Neonates in Manipur Study design and setting: Cross-sectional study conducted in the Dept. of Biochemistry in collaboration with Dept. of Pediatrics and Dept. of Obstetrics &Gynaecology, Regional Institute of Medical Sciences (RIMS), Imphal (Manipur). Materials and Methods: Blood samples were collected from the umbilical cord of 500...

How Have User Fees Affected the FDA?

Some policy experts answer that question by arguing that budget constraints contributed to regulatory delays in the past. The reform simply relaxed those constraints by increasing the resources for new-drug review. However, there is little empirical evidence to suggest that changes in the fda’s budget influenced regulatory delays and the speed of review prior to user fees. Other policy experts ...

How have fisheries affected parasite communities?

To understand how fisheries affect parasites, we conducted a meta-analysis of studies that contrasted parasite assemblages in fished and unfished areas. Parasite diversity was lower in hosts from fished areas. Larger hosts had a greater abundance of parasites, suggesting that fishing might reduce the abundance of parasites by selectively removing the largest, most heavily parasitized individual...

An Assessment Model for Distance Education Courses

We present a model for assessment to be used in web based distance courses at UFGVirtual in Brazil. UFGVirtual is a project at Federal University of Goiás Brazil that aims at developing and distributing non presencial courses based in the web. Although some courses are already being delivered there has been a need to develop more effective ways to assess student’s performance, the main goal of ...