In this study, we improved a science curriculum that was developed in 2004 using Concept Mapping Software for Reconstructing Learning processes, and introduced into a new lesson in 2006. The result of comparative analysis between two lessons showed that students in the lesson in 2006 had more deep understanding than the students in the lesson in 2004. Furthermore, teachers’ evaluation revealed ...

Chapters four to twelve have presented the situation with regard to the most important dividing lines between higher education sectors and higher education institutions in each of the national systems involved in the project, the Netherlands, Austria, Denmark, Germany, Finland, Flanders, France, Sweden and the United Kingdom. In this comparative analysis thematic comparisons are made. The leadi...

In this paper we study a cost allocation problem that is inherent to most energy networks: the allocation of losses. In particular, we study how to allocate gas losses between haulers in gas transmission networks. We discuss four allocation rules, two of them have already been in place in real networks and two others that are defined for the first time in this paper. We then present a comparati...

Comparative analysis of two ideologically distinct approaches in the theory of fuzzy di"erential equations is given. Domains of applications, advantages and shortcomings of those approaches are described. New de2nitions of solutions to fuzzy di"erential equations are proposed. c © 2002 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.

Nonparametric statistical process monitoring procedures demonstrate greater efficiency than parametric methods when data significantly depart from normality. A comparison between some nonparametric procedures is conducted and the results are presented.

Does power sharing between competing elites result in franchise extension to non-elites? In this paper, we argue that competing, risk-averse elites will enfranchise non-elites as insurance against future, uncertain imbalances in relative bargaining power. We show that negligibly small changes in the bargaining power of non-elites, conditional on enfranchisment, via coalition formation, constrai...