BACKGROUND We have performed this research to assess the effect of work-place based assessment (WBA) practice on medical students' learning approaches. METHODS The research was conducted at the King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, College of Medicine from 1 March to 31 July 2012. We conducted a qualitative, phenomenological research utilizing semi-structured individual inte...

The purpose of the present study is to propose a scheme to estimate whole-body averaged specific absorption rate (WBA-SAR) in the whole-body resonance and GHz frequency regions. The motivation is that WBA-SARs in the child models in these frequency regions have been reported to approach to the basic restrictions in the international guidelines/standards. In the resonance frequency region, we pr...

Alkali-activated binders (AABs) stand out as a promising alternative to replace ordinary Portland cement (OPC) due the possibility of using by-products and wastes in their manufacturing. This paper assessed potential weathered bottom ash (WBA) from waste-to-energy plants PAVAL® (PV), secondary aluminium recycling process by-product, precursors AABs. WBA PV were mixed at weight ratios 98/2, 95/5...

Introduction. Improvement of postural stability is an important goal during poststroke rehabilitation. Since weight-bearing asymmetry (WBA) towards the nonparetic leg is common, training of weight-bearing symmetry has been a major focus in post-stroke balance rehabilitation. It is assumed that restoration of a more symmetrical weight distribution is associated with improved postural stability. ...

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES Although ethnicity effect on wideband absorbance (WBA) findings was evident for adults, its effect on neonates has not been established yet. This study aimed to investigate the influence of ethnicity on WBA measured at 0 daPa from neonates with healthy middle ear functions. SUBJECTS AND METHODS Participants were 99 normal, healthy, full-term newborn babies with chron...

Fluorescence of wheat β-amylase (WBA) was quenched by the interaction with maltose or glucose, which are competitive inhibitors of WBA, suggesting that the states of tryptophan and tyrosine residues could be changed by the interaction. The fluorescence emitted by excitation at 280 and 295 nm was titrated by changing the concentrations of maltose and glucose. The dissociation constant (Kd) value...

Three main projects are included in this dissertation. Though seemingly broad in scope, this research afforded a unique opportunity for comprehensive study of urban and rural environmental inhalation exposures to endotoxin (lipopolysaccharide – LPS) and the associated immune response. In the LA PM10 Endotoxin Study, ambient concentration of LPS in PM (particulate matter) was quantified through ...

Workplace-Based Assessment (WBA) plays a pivotal role in present-day competency-based medical curricula. Validity in WBA mainly depends on how stakeholders (e.g. clinical supervisors and learners) use the assessments-rather than on the intrinsic qualities of instruments and methods. Current research on assessment in clinical contexts seems to imply that variable behaviours during performance as...

An acidic lectin (WBA II) was isolated to homogeneity from the crude seed extract of the winged bean (Psophocarpus tetragonolobus) by affinity chromatography on lactosylaminoethyl-Bio-Gel. Binding of WBA II to human erythrocytes of type-A, -B and -O blood groups showed the presence of 10(5) receptors/cell, with high association constants (10(6)-10(8) M-1). Competitive binding studies with blood...

Inhibition of wheat β-amylase (WBA) by glucose and maltose was studied by kinetics and thermodynamics. The inhibitory effects of fructose, difructose, sucrose, trehalose, cellobiose, acarbose, and 1-deoxynojirimycin on WBA were also evaluated. The half maximal inhibitory concentrations (IC50) of acarbose, maltose and glucose were 0.06±0.01M, 0.22±0.09M, and 1.41±0.17M, respectively. The inhibit...