Collaboration in a physical classroom is much different than collaboration that appears on an online platform. Classroom Salon is an online learning platform that encourages students to work together and learn from one another through its interactive features. However it is harder to identify the groups that from as a result of this type of collaboration than those formed in a classroom setting...

Breathe | March 2017 | Volume 13 | No 1 61 Maria R. Bonsignore is Head of the ERS Clinical Physiology, Sleep and Pulmonary Circulation Assembly, and an Associate Professor at DiBiMIS, University of Palermo, Palermo, Italy. She has a research interest in respiratory sleep medicine, with a focus on obstructive sleep apnoea. She is also involved in basic aspects of exercise physiology, in particul...

BACKGROUND Blood-borne viruses such as hepatitis B, hepatitis C, and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) have some common epidemiological characteristics, and have infected millions of people throughout the world. Patients infected by acute hepatitis or HIV infections may not be aware of the disease, and thereby cause transmission to others. During haircut, shave, or pedicure, barbers may accide...