Our Most Important Knowledge

Knowledge, Not Funding is the Most Important Research Resource

In the last issue of the Asia Pacific Journal of Medical Toxicology, Dr. Reza Afshari raised the question of what are the best scientific areas of focus of toxicology for “low income countries and how such research might be achieved (1). South-south collaboration, in which developing countries share resources, was one of the proposed solutions. Rather than limit discussion to “low income” coun...

What are the Most Important Features to Individualize: Extending Knowledge Tracing to Individualize What is Important

One traditional way of modeling student knowledge is Corbett and Anderson Knowledge Tracing [2]. Knowledge Tracing model learns a set of four parameters per skill known in the field as 1) Prior (allowing for the modeling of the average chanced that students know a given skills before starting with the system), 2) Learn (different skills could have different learning rates), 3) Guess (some skill...

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Placebos: our most effective therapy?

Placebos remain highly controversial therapies largely because of their widespread use in research as a comparator rather than a focus of analysis. While a recent systematic review of placebo versus no therapy arms in trials found no difference, the placebo effect in some areas of drug trial research is large and increasing. We attempt to explain this paradox and suggest how clinicians may use ...

The Most Important Design Guideline?

T he activity of " design " includes many things, but certainly one of the most important aspects is interface specification. Interfaces determine which aspects of a component are accessible and to whom; they thus determine encapsulation. Interfaces specify what functionality (data, properties , methods, and so forth) is available to clients. Interfaces reflect how a system is broken down into ...