Teachers interested in small-group learning can benefit from using psychological factors to create heterogeneous groups. In this paper we describe a computer-supported grouping system named DIANA that uses genetic algorithms to achieve fairness, equity, flexibility, and easy implementation. Grouping was performed so as to avoid the creation of exceptionally weak groups. We tested DIANA with 66 ...

Wavelength Operations Rui-Lin Chao1,2, Jhih-Min Wun1, Yu-Wen Wang1, Yi-Han Chen1, J. E. Bowers3, and Jin-Wei Shi2,3* 1Department of Photonics, National Chiao-Tung University, Hsinchu 300, Taiwan 2Department of Electrical Engineering, National Central University, Taoyuan 320, Tawian *Tel: +886-3-4227151 ext. 34466, *FAX: +886-3-4255830 *Email: [email protected] 3Department of Electrical and Co...

BACKGROUND Hemorrhagic shock followed by resuscitation is conceived as an insult frequently induces a systemic inflammatory response syndrome and oxidative stress that results in multiple-organ dysfunction syndrome including acute lung injury. MK-886 is a leukotriene biosynthesis inhibitor exerts an anti inflammatory and antioxidant activity. OBJECTIVES The objective of present study was to a...

BACKGROUND MK 886, a 5-lipoxygenase inhibitor, induces a type 1 "apoptotic" form of programmed cell death in Bcl-2-positive U937 monoblastoid cells. In Ca2+-depleted, nonpermeabilized U937 cells studied with MK 886 in a Ca2+-free medium, an acute increase in Ca2+ occured within 10 to 20 seconds, detected with fura-2 measured with a spectrofluorimeter. METHODS AND RESULTS The increased fluores...

From the Division of General Surgery, Department of Surgery, and Department of Anatomic Pathology, and Department of Emergency Medicine, E-Da Hospital, I-Shou University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan. Received: October 24, 2012 Accepted: December 6, 2013 Address reprint request and correspondence to: Yaw-Sen Chen, Division of General Surgery, Department of Surgery, E-Da Hospital, No. 1, Yida Road, Jiaosu ...

The distance between active region and the seal-ring location has been investigated in a 0.25m CMOS process. From the experimental results, this distance can be shrunk to only 5 m without increasing leakage current and decreasing ESD robustness of the ESD protection devices after reliability tests of High-Accelerated Stress Test (HAST) and Temperature Cycling Test (TCT). * Corresponding author....

Dermatol Sinica, June 2005 From the Departments of Dermatology, Radiation Oncology and Pathology, Far Eastern Memorial Hospital; Department of Pathology, National Taiwan University Hospital, Department of Radiation Oncology, National Defense Medical Center Accepted for publication: January 26, 2005 Reprint requests: Ying-Jui Chang, M.D., Department of Dermatology, Far Eastern Memorial Hospital,...

Dermatol Sinica, Dec 2006 From the Department of Dermatology, Taipei Medical University Hospital, and Taipei Municipal Wanfang Medical Center Accepted for publication: July 27, 2006 Reprint requests: Kuo-Hsien Wang, M.D., Department of Dermatology, Taipei Medical University Hospital, No.252, Wuxing Street, Xinyi District, Taipei City 110, Taiwan. TEL: 886-2-27372181 ext.1122 FAX: 886-2-23787139...

Correspondent: Professor Han-Pin Kuo, Department of Thoracic Medicine, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Chang Gung University College of Medicine, 199 Tun-Hwa N. Rd., Taipei, Taiwan Telephone: 886 3 3281200 ext. 8467 Fax: 886 3 327 2474 Email: [email protected] *This article has an online supplement, which is accessible from this issue’s table of content online at www.atsjournals.org AJRCMB Art...

Copyright: © 2015 Tsai PC, et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. *Corresponding author: Chung-Jing Wang, Division of Urology, Department of Surgery, Saint Martin De Porres Hospital, Chiayi, Ta...