UNLABELLED The present study was conducted to assess knowledge and attitude of unmarried female students in King Abdul-Aziz University (KAU) towards premarital screening (PMS) program, to determine predictors of high students' knowledge scores and to improve their knowledge about PMS through conduction of an educational campaign. Multi-stage stratified random sample method was used with recruit...

Nowadays, a vast amount of information concerning all aspects of human activity is digitised with the goal of profit. One of the most prominent examples is the music industry that now markets audio data mainly in the form of MPEG Audio Layer 3 files rather than on CDs or DVDs. The MP3 audio files are distributed as digital files through various communication means and can easily be copied and r...

This guide provides an overview of research on lecturing, a model of the processes of lecturing and suggestions for improving lecturing, learning from lectures and ways of evaluating lectures. Whilst primarily directed at teachers in the healthcare professions, it is equally applicable to all teachers in higher education. Lectures are the most ubiquitous method of teaching so they are an import...

MPEG-1, layer 3 handsets equipped with dual loudspeakers and three-dimensional audio modules have received much attention in the market of consumer electronics. To create spatial impression during audio reproduction, the head-related transfer function (HRTF) and the crosstalk cancellation system (CCS) are key elements in many audio spatializers. However, there are many factors that one should t...

OBJECTIVE To assess the physical and psychological effects of human cadaveric dissection on undergraduate medical students and to observe the role of counseling in this regard. METHODS The quasi-experimental study was carried out on undergraduate medical students of Foundation University Medical College, Rawalpindi, Pakistan. The batch of 2010 was designated as the control group, while the ex...

This paper investigates the use of a physical model template database as the parameter basis for a MPEG-4 Structured Audio (MP4-SA) codec. During analysis, the codec attempts to match the closest corresponding instrument in the database. In this paper, we emphasize the mechanism enabling this match. We give an overview of the final front end, including the pitch detection stage, and remaining p...

Progress and evolution are basic qualities of life. Psychiatry has also tended to progress. In the process of this unending evolution it has tended to utilize the progress in all other branches of science. Utilisation of Audiovisual Aids is one of the latest examples. Audio Visual Aids have proved to be useful in the training of psychiatrists in diagnosis, management as well as research. Psychi...

This paper is motivated from the question if the use of spatial sounds enhances learning in multi-modal teaching aids. In a basic pilot study the consolidation of serial stimuli was tested for unimodal conditions (visual; auditory) and a bimodal condition (spatially congruent, audiovisual). In contrary to our hypothesis, the audiovisual condition did not show better results than the visual one....