INTRODUCTION Realist evaluation is an increasingly popular methodology in health services research. For realist evaluations (RE) this project aims to: develop quality and reporting standards and training materials; build capacity for undertaking and critically evaluating them; produce resources and training materials for lay participants, and those seeking to involve them. METHODS To achieve ...

Long-term changes in infants' behavior as a result of active motor training were studied. Thirty-two infants completed three visits to the laboratory. At the first visit, infants were 3 months old and completed an object exploration assessment. Then the experimenter demonstrated the motor training procedures appropriate for the infant's experimental condition, and parents took home custom infan...

The selection and use of chemicals and materials with less hazardous profiles reflects a paradigm shift from reliance on risk minimization through exposure controls to hazard avoidance. This article introduces risk assessment and alternatives assessment frameworks in order to clarify a misconception that alternatives assessment is a less effective tool to guide decision making, discusses factor...

OBJECTIVE To carry out isolated and comparative evaluations of the measurements of the set eccentric guide plates used in 4.5mm surgical implants, and to determine the effect of these measurements on compression strength. METHODS Four eccentric guides, four large dynamic compression plates (L-DCP) from four local manufacturers, and a Vonder(®) 200 mm caliper brand were used. Five standard par...

Two sections of Genetics and Evolution were taught by one instructor. One group (the fully flipped section) had the entire class period devoted to active learning (with background material that had to be watched before class), and the other group (the partially flipped section) had just a portion of class time spent on active learning (with the background material presented during class time). ...

One common phenomenon in the administration of pedagogy in a typical Nigerian educational setting is the use of traditional and manual methods in teaching and assessment of students at all levels of education leading to inaccuracy in student’s assessments, delayed feedback on assessments, time wasting, inefficient use of paper resources, lack of privacy and confidentiality of records. In this p...

introduction: nowadays and with the increasing role of the worldwide web as one of the most important sources of information on the one hand, and the enhancement of its usability on the other, it is necessary for the web designers and developers to be familiar with the criteria that make a web portal usable. therefore, the present study aimed to provide knowledge about the criteria of usability...

background and aim: hearing loss is one of the most prevalent disabilities. children with severe-to-profound sensorineural hearing loss (snhl) normally experience numerous problems. however, the extents of educational and communicational problems are not usually diagnosed in these children. therefore, the aim of the current study was to compare children with hearing loss using hearing aids with...