Spotlights: Faculty, Alum, and Course

CMAJ Specialty Spotlights

© 1999 Canadian Medical Association or its licensors Technology: Glycoprotein IIb/IIIa receptor antagonists of platelets Use: The activation of platelet glycoprotein IIb/IIIa receptors results in rapid thrombosis through specific binding of its ligand, fibrinogen. The use of the Fab fragment of the mouse/human chimeric monoclonal antibody 7E3, now known as the pharmaceutical abciximab (ReoPro),...

Heuristic Faculty Course Timetabling with Student Sectioning

This paper studies a real faculty course timetabling problem of Faculty of Computer Science and Information Technology (FCSIT), Universiti Malaysia Sarawak (UNIMAS). FCSIT offers 5 four-year programmes. Each programme has own set of courses but some courses are required by more than one programme. List of courses for each semester of all programmes are planned and suggested by faculty as in cou...

Faculty Perceptions of Web-Based Course Efficacy

The efficacy of web-based course materials is a growing concern because an increasing proportion of course materials are being delivered via web resources. Some of the materials are being developed by faculty and some by other entities such as textbook publishers. The effectiveness of web-based course materials is important because of its increasing use. “Distance learning” research has been us...

Alum Coagulation

Visual attention: Spotlights, highlights and visual awareness

The phenomenon of visual attention has long fascinated scientists interested in higher functions of the brain. Introspection suggests that attention exerts a powerful influence on the flow of visual information within our brains: everyone is familiar with the experience of attending so intently to a particular object in the visual world that he/she is oblivious to other salient stimuli present ...