The objective of this paper is to restore the process of development and installation of a project called "Technocity" which aims to develop technology courses of French State Education among the young people from 15 to 18 years old. We develop a gameplay to build a new school guidance tools. We choose to create a dynamic approach with video game and shortly report on different technical job. A...

Alexander C. Jackson, Chen Liu, Makoto Fukuda, Michael Lazarus and Laurent Gautron* 1 Department of Physiology and Neurobiology, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT, USA 2 Division of Hypothalamic Research, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, USA 3 Baylor College of Medicine, Childrens Nutrition Research Ct, Houston, TX, USA 4 Internat...

OBJECTIVE To identify bicycle-related injuries in children and the effect of helmet use on injury patterns and prevention. DESIGN A prospective cohort of injured children with case-control design looking at serious head injuries and helmet use. SETTING A tertiary care childrens' hospital emergency room. PATIENTS All patients presenting between April 1, 1991 and September 30, 1993, between...

Affiliations 1 Centre of Research in Childhood Health, Institute of Sports Science and Clinical Biomechanics, University of Southern Denmark, Campusvej 55, DK-5230 Odense M, Denmark 2 Spine Center of Southern Denmark, SLB-Middelfart, Østre Houg vej 5, 5500 Middelfart, Denmark 3 University College Lillebaelt, Odense, Denmark 4 Peadiatric Research Center, The Hans Christian Andersen Childrens Hos...

A tape measure, based on 50th centile weight for height and designed to permit easy drug dosage calculation, endotracheal tube size and DC cardioversion current dosages in childrens' emergencies, was tested for reliability by medical and nursing staff with varying paediatric experience. We found that the tape measure gave a reproducible estimate of weight and suggest that its use would facilita...

1 Bioinformatics, Murdoch Childrens Research Institute, Parkville, Victoria, Australia, 2 Life Science Computation Centre, Victorian Life Sciences Computation Initiative, Carlton, Victoria, Australia, 3 The University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, Australia, 4 The Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence in Plant Cell Walls, School of Botany, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Vic...