Mammalogy. 6th ed.

6th Annual

type: Educational Initiative NEEDS STATEMENT / OBJECTIVES Web-based teaching is widely used in medical education, however there is a paucity of literature comparing different online learning modalities. Such comparison may inform educators of more effective online teaching methods. In this before/after observational study, we evaluated the effectiveness of a web-based, mixed media Critical Care...

Mammalogy Lecture 5 -- Disparity in Diversity between Marsupials and Placentals

The Interface of Paleontology and Mammalogy: Past, Present, and Future

For nearly a century the fields of mammalogy and paleomammalogy have complemented each other, although the relative influence of one on the other has waxed and waned. The development of new techniques, databases, and information-handling capabilities in the past decades have enhanced the potential for working at the interface between these 2 fields in ways never before possible. This portends a...

6th European Conference

There has been some confusion as to whether KM is part of BI or BI is part of KM. The lack of clarity is seen to be, in part, dependent on how the two concepts are defined. Both concepts promote learning, decision-making, and understanding. Yet, KM can influence the very nature of BI itself, especially since BI models often ignores the impact of tacit knowledge. Hence, this paper explains the n...

Lit Lunch – December 6th

A major limitation of high-throughput DNA sequencing is the high rate of erroneous base calls produced. For instance, Illumina sequencing machines produce errors at a rate of ∼0.1–1 × 10 per base sequenced. These technologies typically produce billions of base calls per experiment, translating to millions of errors. We have developed a unique library preparation strategy, “circle sequencing,” w...