Seven patients have been described who developed a third heart sound in association with a paravalvar leak around a Starr-Edwards mitral valve prosthesis. These patients had all had the mitral valve cusps, chordae tendineae, and part of the papillary muscles excised. The presence of a third heart sound in them supports the concept of Potain (I900) that the third heart sound arises by vibrations...

The purpose of this study was to investigate the ways in which the use of concept maps influenced the learning processes of third year internal medicine students in the context of medical education. Sixty-three students were taught to use concept mapping as a learning strategy at the beginning of their internal medicine rotation. The first and final concept maps created by these students were c...

Forschungsplattform Alexandria https://www.alexandria.unisg.ch | 29.01.2016 The research scope in concept mapping research can be extended with the investigation of complementary concept mapping approaches which are visual representations that complement the classical node link diagrams from Novak. To do so, concept mapping researchers can draw inspiration from architects. This article presents...

This qualitative study examined concept formation of Latin prefixes in three students diagnosed with learning disabilities through a theme-based analysis. The study had two purposes. Conceptual processes underlying the learning of Latin prefixes were explored through dynamic assessment and Vygotsky’s stages of concept formation were empirically tested. There were five major findings in this stu...

what is meant by ta‘līl is that if in a reason the cause of the judgment has been mentioned, the denial of the judgment can been concluded from the lack of that judgment; in such a way that from the denial of restriction (ḥaṣr), condition, desired object, etc, the denial of the judgment is necessitated. in this article, the study of this issue is dealt with respect to the viewpoints of the prop...