Open Access online publishing is the trend of the future for unrestricted rapid and international dissemination of knowledge. Several journals are published on acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) research, but none of them appear to be Open Access. To eliminate or to abate the scourge of AIDS, it is important that the knowledge acquired through research be disseminated as soon as possibl...

Fourteen statistics novices were asked to solve three statistics word problems under standard (SGS) or reduced (RGS) goal specificity. Later, they were asked to solve both structurally identical and structurally different transfer problems, and their structural knowledge of the domain was assessed. Results indicate that participants in the RGS condition performed better on the structurally diff...

In the paper an algorithm for automatic knowledge acquisition is proposed. The knowledge is acquired from aggregate data stored in different repositories. The algorithm operates by means of semantic data integration, allowing both syntax and semantic differences between data coming from different sources. If only we know data taxonomies, can interpret data schemas and design schema mappings, th...

The training of end-users has become one of the most wide spread methods for companies to support the use of software in an effective and efficient manner. In order to assess whether knowledge acquired through training is transferred and utilized in the work situation, evaluations beyond knowledge tests need to be used. It is proposed that subjectively perceived usability may be a way of evalua...

Recognition of Acquired Competencies (RAC) as it is known in Quebec, Canada or Prior Learning Assessment (PLA), requires a learner to engage in retrospective thought about their learning path, their learning style and their experiential knowledge. This process of critical self-reflection and rigorous analysis by the learner of their prior learning is often the first exposure to the examination ...

INTRODUCTION Learning is related to knowledge that is shared between teacher and students. Whatever the use of traditional or modern teaching-learning methods, the students learn: they have access to new information and can therefore acquire or modify knowledge stored in memory. The goal of this opinion paper is to present what we know about the consequences of this internal change and how this...

A 47 year old female with papillary thyroid carcinoma was referred to our department for post-treatment whole body iodine scanning. The acquired images revealed a focal zone of intense radiotracer uptake in the right lower quadrant of the abdomen. SPECT/CT fused slices showed a focal zone of the radioiodine (131I) uptake in the right colon wall. Colonoscopy revealed a pedunculated po...