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This paper describes an extensible multimedia electronic mail system called Montage which is based on the X Window System. Montage supports the composition, transmission, and viewing of structured documents consisting of virtually any type of medium. Further, users can at runtime extend the system easily to support new document types, including text, images, audio, video, executable programs, a...

An You Imagine What Your World Would Be like If You Could No Longer

The brain senses the world indirectly because the sense organs convert stimulation into the language of the nervous system: neural messages. We get used to all but the most extreme or obnoxious stimuli because our senses are built to tell us about change. The senses all operate in much the same way, but each extracts different information and sends it to its own specialized processing region in...

Anonymity in Blended Learning: Who Would You Like to Be?

This paper examines the learning outcomes associated with implementing discussion forums and blog writings using pseudonyms in blended learning. Although anonymity or masking one’s identity has been used as a teaching strategy designed to induce higher writing production and lowering anxiety in face-to-face writing instruction, little research has been reported investigating whether this strate...

Who would you like to be when you grow up?

In February 2005, the Annals of Internal Medicine, a highly respected journal, published a systematic review of 59 manuscripts covering a total of 62 samples that reported on the relationship between medical knowledge/healthcare quality and years in practice/physician age. The implication of the data presented is that throughout their careers, physicians fail to upgrade their knowledge to keep ...

What Would You like to Be When You Grow Up?