With the level of synchronicity now available to virtually anyone with access to a telephone and a computer, one would expect that the technology that revolutionized the way businesses communicate, would also find its way into distance education programs. However, due to the current commitment to educational convenience that has been institutionalized in asynchronous distance education programs...

Hashiguchi has studied the limitedness problem of distance automata (DA) in a series of paper ([3], [6] and [7]). The distance of a DA can be limited or unbounded. Given that the distance of a DA is limited, Hashiguchi has proved in [7] that the distance of the automaton is bounded by 2 3+n , where n is the number of states. In this paper, we study again Hashiguchi’s solution to the limitedness...

PURPOSE To establish the prevalence of nasopupillary asymmetry (difference in nasopupillary distances) in the population and its relation with the interpupillary distance. METHODS A retrospective descriptive study was conducted by reviewing of 1262 medical records. The values of nasopupillary asymmetry and the interpupillary distance were obtained. A statistical analysis was made and the corr...

The Chinese higher education system is the largest in the world, but distance education, using information communication technologies (ICTs), started later than in developed countries. In this paper, the author examines the benefits of education to human development and provides an overview of the recent development of distance higher education in China. The potential for further developing dis...

It is shown that the distance from zero of the eld of values of a matrix A depends on how large the departure from normality is compared to the distance from the zero of the eld of values of the normal part of A. A connection is made to the convergence of Krylov methods for the solution of linear systems.

A comparison was made between results obtained through the Titmus Vision Tester and those obtained through more common open field optometric procedures. Specific tests performed with the Titmus Vision Tester included near and distance visual acuities, distance lateral and vertical phorias, color discrimination, and stereo acuity. Results were also obtained using Snellen near and distance charts...

Despite the fact that people make decisions for others as often as they make decisions for themselves, little is known about how decisions for others are different from those made for the self. In two experiments, we investigated the effect of social distance (i.e., making decisions for oneself, a friend, or a stranger) on risk preferences in both gain and loss situations. We found that people ...

Background and Objectives: In continuous medical learning programs, selection of appropriate learning methods is important for streaming individuals by learning process. The goal of this study is to compare in-presence learning method with distance learning method and explore their effect on the knowledge of health workers (practical nurses) in terms of reduced expenses.   Methods: The study ...