Superclasses We did not discuss the classes Collection, KeyedCollection, SequenceableCollection, or ArrayedCollection in the last section, even though they were listed as forms of "collection" in the beginning of this chapter. These classes, along with such classes as Boolean, Magnitude, or Number, are what are known as abstract superclasses. Instances of abstract superclasses are seldom useful...

A short segment on Alice has been used in introductory programming classes. The intent was to introduce objects in an easily accessible way. In the third iteration of this approach a presentation was made on quality issues in dramatics. The students were instructed on how to make the video more entertaining. Although this may be accomplished in a class hour or less, the results were encouraging...

The present investigation focuses the study on Classroom Climate existing in Higher Secondary Schools of Puducherry District. Normative Survey Method has been used to collect a data by using random sampling techniques of 800 Higher Secondary School Students have been chosen and involved in this study. The collected data has been studied subjected to statistical analysis. This study indicates th...

Kaiser Permanente (KP) has a long-standing commitment to conduct research and report publicly. Simultaneously, it faces a different imperative: harnessing information systems to leverage internal improvements in outcomes, efficiency, and costs. Now that KP HealthConnect, the KP electronic health record, is fully implemented, research challenges at KP are moving away from issues of data access a...

suggested a figure of 60 — that a chart of their activities would be as unappealingly complicated as a chart of intermediary metabolism. His prediction of the number of motor proteins has turned out to be disturbingly accurate (how did he do it?), though the charts have remained appealing. The significance of all this is that there are movements within cells, and motors responsible for them, th...

Graham-Little syndrome, also know as Graham-Little-Piccardi-Lassueur syndrome, is an unusual form of lichen planopilaris, characterized by the presence of cicatricial alopecia on the scalp, keratosis pilaris of the trunk and extremities, and non-cicatricial hair loss of the pubis and axillae. We present the case of a 47-year-old woman whose condition was unusual in that there was a prominence o...