Consensus guidelines on the emergency treatment of anaphylactic reactions were published in 1999 in the Journal of Accident and Emergency Medicine, and in Resuscitation. These guidelines were intended for first medical responders, and more specifically those without expert knowledge or specialist interest. In general they have been well received. After the publications, we received a large numb...

Lurie and colleagues’ comparison of FDA letters not approving applications for new drugs and associated public announcements from sponsors provides a valuable but rare peek behind the Food andDrugAdministration’s “iron curtain.” The discussion section begins, “our analysis found that the FDA’s reasons for not approving marketing applications for new molecular entities are not being fully convey...

This study analyzes the evolution of the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB)’s Statement of Financial Accounting Standards (SFAS) 141 and 142, through a detailed analysis of comment letters submitted to the FASB on Business Combinations Exposure Drafts 201 and 201 (Revised). Comment letters, an integral part of the standard-setting process, contain valuable insights on the views of part...

This study aims to investigate the effect of different formats emotionally designed educational animations in terms emotional worthiness material, retention and transfer, intrinsic motivation, subject interest cognitive load. In this direction, an experimental research approach was adopted. Five diverged were developed for study, one which without adding any appealing illustrations. Animations ...

The Covid-19 pandemic has made the Indonesian people aware of importance saving funds or being reserved for emergencies. Based on this fact, an investment phenomenon emerged where number investors increased from previous years. This study aims to determine effect knowledge and motivation interest, with as a mediator. research sample is 100 respondents, respondents are who domiciled in Surabaya....

Self-assessment questionnaires have long been used in tutoring systems to help researchers measure and evaluate various aspects of a student’s performance during learning activities. In this paper, we chronicle the efforts made in the REAP project, a language tutor developed to teach vocabulary to ESL students through reading activities, to understand the usefulness of self-assessment questionn...

Most existing context aware recommender systems primarily use a combination of ratings data, content data like features or attributes of the product or service, context data like location or time and social network data. In this paper, we propose a novel approach for refining the recommendations made by locationaware recommender systems based on user motivations for checking in at locations in ...