This work was done as part of my PhD qualifier exam. My qualifier exam problem was to perform an in depth study of separation logic. In this paper, I survey two variants of separation and then show how they can applied to solve the isolation problem for mashups. I rigorously define the inter-component isolation property for basic a class of mashups, called variable separated mashups. I then der...

The outbreak of COVID-19 worldwide in 2020 has posed tremendous challenges to higher education globally. Teaching English as a foreign language (TEFL) is among the many areas affected by pandemic. unexpected transition online teaching increased for improving and/or retaining students’ proficiency. WeChat, popular social application China, was widely used TEFL at Chinese universities before COVI...

This paper describes a pre-post test study using the Information Systems Analyst (ISA) exam at a small college. It shows the exam appears to measure CIS learning and also appears to be comparable to the Major Field Test (MFT) in Business in terms of how it assesses. Thus the ISA exam arguably should be considered on an equivalent footing as the MFT, in terms of program assessment. The article a...

PURPOSE MD-PhD scientists are a successful, but small and fairly homogenous group of biomedical researchers. The authors conducted a retrospective cohort study to identify predictors of MD-PhD program enrollment to inform evidence-based strategies to increase the size and diversity of the biomedical research workforce. METHOD Using deidentified data from all 2001-2006 Pre-Medical College Admi...

Purpose: Higher education, as a field of study, is one the few programmatic areas that offer two doctoral degrees: The Doctor Education (EdD) and Philosophy (PhD). In United States, degrees are often conflated. Conversations, to this point, have done more contribute theoretical debate than operationally distinguish between degree paths. Method: current study analyzed data collected from review ...

This article analyses the informatics exam of secondary education in Lithuania. The research evaluates the correspondence of examination tasks to the exam program and its aims. Then, it studies the equality of examination variants. The article also discusses the clarity of the exam questions and instructions as well as the organization of the exam and the objectivity of evaluation criteria.

AIM Using the data from graduate surveys, this study aims to analyze which factors related to teaching and learning at the Freiburg Faculty of Medicine can influence study success. BACKGROUND Study success and the factors influencing it have long been the subject of investigation, with study success being measured in terms of easily quantifiable indicators (final grades, student satisfaction,...

this study aims at discovering whether university entrance exam (uee), a high-stake selection test in iran, influences the high school and pre-university efl teachers` methodology and test development. the participants of this study included thirty high school and pre-university efl teachers who were randomly selected from ten different schools. to answer the research questions, five types of m...

BACKGROUND Hepatitis A, a fecal-oral transmitted disease, which has been considered endemic in developing countries, seems to change its pattern in developing countries because of their improved socioeconomic status. OBJECTIVES In the present study, we aimed to determine the need of vaccination in 270 students at AJA University of Medical Sciences. MATERIALS AND METHODS The serum level of a...

background: clinical training is an important part of the training courses of medicine during which students learn how to face the patients, diagnose the diseases and treat the patients. alongside clinical apprenticeship, related theoretical courses are presented so that the most training possible is covered. in the past the theoretical courses of pediatrics ward of birjand university of medica...