Visual Aids for Communicating Information to Patients: An Excellent Second Step

Communicating information on cardiopulmonary resuscitation to hospitalised patients.

AIM The primary aim of the study was to evaluate two different methods of communicating information on cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) to patients admitted to general medical and elderly care wards. The information was either in the form of a detailed information leaflet (appendix I) or a summary document (appendix II). The study examined the willingness of patients in seeking detailed info...

Communicating projected survival with treatments for chronic kidney disease: patient comprehension and perspectives on visual aids

BACKGROUND Mortality in end stage renal disease (ESRD) is higher than many malignancies. There is no data about the optimal way to present information about projected survival to patients with ESRD. In other areas, graphs have been shown to be more easily understood than narrative. We examined patient comprehension and perspectives on graphs in communicating projected survival in chronic kidney...

Penile duplication without removal of corporal tissue: step by step of an excellent cosmetic result.

An Introduction to Excellent Classes

In this paper, we present Shelah’s theory of excellence concluding with his categoricity theorem for the class of atomic models of a countable first order theory, under the assumption that there exists a large full model. This allows us to do the entire work within ZFC and without any assumption on the number of models of size א1, in contrast to Shelah’s original treatment.

The Effect of Using Visual Aids, Semantic Elaboration, and Visual Aids plus Semantic Elaboration on Iranian Learners' Vocabulary Learning

This study investigated the effect of using visual aids, semantic elaboration, and visual aids plus semantic elaboration on the Iranian EFL learners' vocabulary learning. To conduct the study, the researchers assigned 49 elementary learners to three homogeneous groups according to their proficiency level. Then, a pre-test of Paribakht and Wesche's Vocabulary Knowledge Scale was given to each gr...