BACKGROUND A reversed gender pattern has been observed in the suicide rate in China compared to elsewhere. Like suicidal behaviour, non-suicidal self-injurious (NSSI) behaviour is a health-risk behaviour. We examined whether a reversed gender pattern existed in the prevalence of NSSI. METHODS Online literature databases were searched for English and Chinese articles on NSSI behaviours among t...

Objective: In this trial, we intend to assess the effect of simulation-based education approach on advanced cardiovascular life support skills among medical students. Methods: Through convenient sampling method, 40 interns of Mashhad University of Medical Sciences in their emergency medicine rotation (from September to December 2012) participated in th...

The software industry needs well trained software designers and one important aspect of software design is the ability to model software designs visually and understand what visual models represent. However, previous research indicates that software design is a difficult task to many students. This paper reports empirical findings from a phenomenographic investigation on how students understand...

PHYS 226N. Honors: University Physics I. 4 Credits. Open only to students in the Honors College. A special honors version of PHYS 231N. This course also includes a Recitation Section for more indepth discussion of advanced problems. Prerequisites: MATH 211 with a grade of C or better. Preor corequisite: MATH 212. PHYS 227N. Honors: University Physics II. 4 Credits. Open only to students in the ...

A systematic study of the implementation of simulation hardware (TIMS) replacing software (MATLAB) was undertaken for advanced undergraduate and early graduate courses in electrical engineering. One outcome of the qualitative component of the study was remarkable: most students interviewed (4/4 and 6/9) perceived the software simulations as ‘‘fake’’. Professionals, on the other hand, find such ...

In most computer science graduate programs, students must complete an advanced research project that demonstrates the students technical competence in both the theory and practice of the field. Information security is a specialization area of computer science whose research results have direct benefits to real world problems. The Common Criteria (CC) is an international standard for security ev...

Currently, this Advanced Track is abbreviated while addressing mainly the concept of energy rate density—a numerical quantity proposed as a useful complexity metric for an underlying, unifying process that guides the origin, evolution, and destiny of all organized systems across the arrow of time, from big bang to humankind. In the summer of 2014, this supplement will grow dramatically, providi...