This paper discusses a study undertaken at Hellenic American University in light of the University’s efforts to move toward e-learning. The study examines students’ background knowledge in computer usage, their level of familiarity with current e-learning technologies and platforms, with emphasis mainly on Blackboard and Moodle, and their attitude towards using these two platforms to attend a c...

PURPOSE OF THE STUDY Behavior problems are common in nursing homes. Current guidelines recommend nonpharmacological interventions (NPHIs) as first-line treatment, but pharmacological regimens (PIs) continue to be used. Given differences in background and training of those who treat behavior problems in residents, we compared attitudes of physicians (MDs), psychologists (PhDs), and nurse practit...

The tutorial is an introduction to programming today’s PC graphics hardware. It covers basic hardware architecture, optimization, programming interfaces and languages. It presents graphics and non-graphics applications. While the tutorial assumes basic knowledge in programming and principles of 3D computer graphic, familiarity with PC graphics hardware is unnecessary. The tutorial notes below a...

Continuing professional development (CPD) or continuing professional education (CPE) refers to lifelong learning, which is done for professionals in order to update specialized knowledge, skills, attitudes, ethical issues, and moral values after admission to a particular profession. Therefore, due to the increasing growth of knowledge in all areas of specialization, particularly in the field of...

BACKGROUND Cataract, glaucoma, diabetic retinopathy and dry eye disease are common with high prevalence in Jordan. This study aims to assess the awareness of these ocular diseases among Jordanian population. METHOD A self-designed questionnaire was developed in Arabic and used to interview people in different provinces of Jordan. Socio-demographic data e.g. age, gender and level of education ...

OBJECTIVE Scalp cooling (SC) is applied to reduce chemotherapy-induced alopecia (CIA). The aim of this study was to investigate patients' familiarity and opinions and oncological professionals' attitude and knowledge about SC in the Netherlands. METHODS Ex breast cancer patients, nurses and medical oncologists (MDs) from SC and non-SC hospitals filled out questionnaires. RESULTS The majorit...

BACKGROUND Accurate assessment of the difficulty of consumer health texts is a prerequisite for improving readability. General purpose readability formulas based primarily on word length are not well suited for the health domain, where short technical terms may be unfamiliar to consumers. To address this need, we previously developed a regression model for predicting "average familiarity" with ...