Engineering design education is traditionally structured such that each individual discipline is taught by a specialist in that discipline. This has artificially created an impression to students that a product should be looked at from different perspective in a segmented manner. This approach hence results in a great problem when computer model based teaching methods are introduced to tackle m...

While airway endoscopy and bronchoalveolar lavage are the methodsof choice for diagnosing exercise-induced pulmonary hemorrhage (EIPH), these techniques do not allow accurate evaluation of the severity of bleeding. EIPH pathology is characterized by occlusive remodeling of pulmonary veins. Affected veins have large collagen deposits in their walls, which reduces their lumens. In the caudodorsal...

A highly sensitivefluorometric method for the assayof total alkaline phosphataseand the detection of its components is described. The commercially available substrate naphthyl AS-MX phosphate, combined in 1 M 2-amino-2-methyl-1-propanol buffer, pH 9.8, is cleaved to the highly fluorescent naphthol AS-MX. Fluorometry requires filters passing405 m primary and 505 mi. secondary.As little as 20 1d....

Programming is notoriously hard for novices to learn and a substantial number of learners fail in introduction to programming courses. It is not just a UK problem: a number of multi-institutional and multi-national studies reveal that the problem is well-known and is widespread. There is no general agreement about the causes or the remedies. The major factors which can be hypothesised as a caus...

The main ideas of the book are: ~ The big idea is – know thy impact! Expert teachers are not wedded to specific teaching strategies – rather, they regularly focus on evaluating the effects they have on students, and adjust teaching methods accordingly. ~ When teaching and learning are " visible " – that is, when it is clear what teachers are teaching and what students are learning, student achi...

Introduction of new agents for the treatment for colorectal cancer (CRC) has been accompanied by the publication of guidelines. The COLCHIC cohort was set up to evaluate CRC treatment practices and the use of these innovative and expensive agents. Patients initiating CRC treatment at the Bordeaux teaching hospital between 1 March 2005 and 1 March 2006 were identified, and treatment courses from...