In my learning disabilities class each year, a student does a presentation on remediating reading comprehension problems. To prepare for the presentation, students read the most recent textbooks and articles that describe strategies to improve reading comprehension. At some point during the presentation, the student will say something like, "The ability to identify the main idea is crucial for ...

To read with joy and understanding, to learn and grow through reading, to read critically and thoughtfully are the goals of all reading programs. The way different programs approach these goals are what distinguish one program from another. Reading Mastery incorporates perhaps the largest variety of instructional techniques of any commercially developed reading program available. Some programs ...

Decision support tools exist for oncologic follow up. Their main interest is to help physicians improve their oncologic readings but this theoretical benefit has to be quantified by concrete evidence. The purpose of the study was to evaluate and quantify the impact of using dedicated software on RECIST readings. A comparison was made between RECIST readings without dedicated application vs. rea...

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There are several tasks where is preferable not responding than responding incorrectly. This idea is not new, but despite several previous attempts there isn’t a commonly accepted measure to assess non-response. We study here an extension of accuracy measure with this feature and a very easy to understand interpretation. The measure proposed (c@1) has a good balance of discrimination power, sta...

The importance of literary travel writing can be partly explained by the qualities it shares with imaginative literature featuring the concepts of Romanticism. Writers from Twain and Steinbeck to Thoreau and Wordsworth have depicted the human bent towards adventure and the unknown and, especially in rapidly developing societies, the urge to return to simplicity and the core values of life and t...

Research & Development in Material Science Elucidating Chemo-Mechanical Synthesis and Microstructural Study on the Performance of Partial Cement-Based Concrete Composites Against Sulphate Attack – A Review Hafiz Muhammad Nadir1 Ash Ahmed2* 1PhD Researcher, Civil Engineering Group, School Built Environment Engineering, Leeds Beckett University, UK 2Associate Professor, *Corresponding author: Ahm...

The paper presents an introduction to and summary of the concept of alienation as found in the works of Karl Marx, from a developmental perspective. Five separate works, ranging from his early to later writings, are discussed. Tlie paper argues that Marx's concept of alienation is a continuous clarification and expansion of ideas first put forth in 1844. His development in economics supports an...