Teaching word processing - the theory behind

The hybrid model of clinical skills teaching and the learning theories behind it.

Introduction: There are two popular methods of clinical skillsteaching. One is Peyton’s method, and the other one is RobertGagne’s method. A hybrid model which is a combination ofboth teaching methods is developed and implemented at AvalonUniversity School of Medicine in Clinical Skills. The aim of thestudy was to evaluate the hybrid model of clinical skills teachi...

The History Behind the Probability Theory and the Queuing Theory

ISSN 0085-7130 ©Telenor ASA 2007 Background Humans have practised gambling at all times. The archaeologists have made excavations in prehistoric sites and found large numbers of roughly dice-shaped bones. Different types of games, sports events, other types of events and gambling are connected because it has always been challenging to make bets on different outcomes of a game. Experiences and s...

Neural systems behind word and concept retrieval.

Using both the lesion method and functional imaging (positron emission tomography) in large cohorts of subjects investigated with the same experimental tasks, we tested the following hypotheses: (A) that the retrieval of words which denote concrete entities belonging to distinct conceptual categories depends upon partially segregated regions in higher-order cortices of the left temporal lobe; a...

The obesity paradox: Behind the theory

Stent: the man and word behind the coronary metal prosthesis.

Interventional cardiologists implant stents every day. Stents are also used in numerous other medical disciplines such as plastic surgery, gastroenterology, urology, and oral and maxillofacial surgery.1–5 Uses range from rebuilding mandibles and other oral surgical procedures, constructing new ureters, keeping skin flaps, and as biliary conduits.6–11 What is the source of this word stent everyo...