Over the past 30 years there has been an increasing interest in curriculum innovation in medical schools in North America, the United Kingdom, Netherlands, and Australia. Since the introduction of problem-based learning at McMaster University in Canada in 1969, several medical schools throughout the world have adopted problem-based learning as the educational and philosophical basis of their cu...

Statistical Disclosure Control (SDC) denotes a set of tools aimed to design and implement data dissemination strategies for statistical data collected under a pledge of confidentiality. The problem is not simple. An ideal data dissemination procedure, in fact, should: (i) allow legitimate data users to perform the statistical analyses of interest as if they were using the data set originally co...

This work presents a genetic symbiotic algorithm to solve the one-dimensional cutting stock problem with multiple objectives. We considered two important objectives for an industry (1) cost of trim loss and (2) cost of setup. We use a symbiotic relationship, between the population of solutions and the population of cutting patterns, together with a niche strategy to obtain an approximation of t...

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The Leica motCORR™ objectives provide superior color correction and field flatness based on Leica's plan apochromatic (PL APO) optics for the best imaging results. Their motorized correction collar simplifies the workflow by quickly adjusting the optics to adapt to varying coverglass thickness, changing temperature , and specimen inhomogeneities. › The motorized correction collar improves the p...

We analyze the behavior of a monopolistic firm in general equilibrium when the firm’s decision are taken through shareholder voting. We show that, depending on the underlying distribution, rational voting may imply overproduction as well as underproduction, relative to the efficient level. Any initial distribution of shares is an equilibrium, if individuals do not recognize their influence on v...

Preview: Coma is the most severe form of unresponsiveness, in which a patient is totally unaware of self and surroundings. With the patient so disengaged during examination, management can be particularly challenging. What steps should the primary care physician take to ensure the most appropriate care for a comatose patient? In this article, Drs Malik and Hess describe an evaluation plan, labo...