The past several years have seen the development of multiple probabilistic programming languages (PPLs) in the artificial intelligence community [9, 5, 12, 13, 7, 11]. In addition to their expressiveness, PPLs allow programmers to develop models modularly and independently from inference algorithms. Over the same period, computer graphics research has begun to demonstrate how probabilistic infe...

In this research, we use Item Response Theory based model for computing procedural knowledge of a sample of primary school children solving fraction addition exercises. For each exercise, the model needs to automatically construct a solution graph. We have explored different strategies for building such graphs and the effects they have on the quality of the model predictions. The results obtain...

Conclusion This is the first study that has proposed a set of essential clinical procedural skills for the training of family physicians in South Africa. The findings will act as a benchmark for programmes in South Africa and through the new initiative of ‘FaMEC in Africa’ may influence curriculum development in other African countries. They may be used as a guide for curriculum planning, as a ...

Fragile X syndrome (FXS) is the most common inherited form of intellectual disability. Patients with FXS do not only suffer from cognitive problems, but also from abnormalities/deficits in procedural memory formation. It has been proposed that a lack of fragile X mental retardation protein (FMRP) leads to altered long-term plasticity by deregulation of various translational processes at the syn...

We discuss several lines of evidence refuting the hypothesis that procedural or declarative memories are processed/consolidated in sleep. One of the strongest arguments against a role for sleep in declarative memory involves the demonstration that the marked suppression or elimination of REM sleep in subjects on antidepressant drugs or with brainstem lesions produces no detrimental effects on c...

Poor awareness among medical graduates about basic life support (BLS) is a matter of great concern. The presence of a trained rescuer is the key determinant of ultimate survival from life-threatening emergencies. To achieve this goal, early exposure to such life-saving skills is the right decision to foster these skills for medical students, which can be reenforced in succeeding years. Forty-tw...

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES There are multiple procedural skills common to all residency programs. This study had two main objectives: (1) Use an interdisciplinary team to develop a procedural competency checklist for adult endotracheal intubation that could be shared across specialty programs and levels of training and (2) Evaluate the validity and reliability of the checklist. METHODS Clinica...

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES There are many challenges to providing procedural skills training as well as exposure to rural practice for family medicine residents, especially within the allowed hours of training. METHODS A curriculum for self study was developed based on a Society of Teachers of Family Medicine consensus statement on procedural skills, resident interest and faculty experience. A...