Four teachers & their eight classes of 179 5th-grade (10-11-year-old) students participated in this quasi-experimental classroom study, which investigated the effects of form-focused instruction (FFI) & corrective feedback on immersion students' ability to accurately assign grammatical gender in French. The…

Introduction: The use of computer-generated 3-dimensional (3-D) anatomical models to teach anatomy has proliferated. However, there is little evidence that these models are educationally effective. The purpose of this study was to test the educational effectiveness of a computer-generated 3-D…

This paper describes the development of an image retrieval
system that combines probabilistic and ontological information1. The
process is divided in two different stages: indexing and retrieval. Three
information flows have been created with different kind of information
each one:…

This study explored the relationship between vocabulary size (i.e., breadth of knowledge), depth of vocabulary knowledge, and reading comprehension of Chinese-speaking ESL (English as a second language) university students in Canada. Both aspects of vocabulary knowledge, breadth and depth, continue…

Se evalúa el estado de conservación de la fauna de Sauria y Amphisbaenia del Uruguay, basado en el índice propuesto por Reca et al. (1994), y se aplican las categorías propuestas por Ávila et al. (2000). Se analizaron en total…

Con la finalidad de resolver problemas inherentes a la administración de medicamentos, se llevó a cabo un Curso de "Administración de Medicamentos" en el Hospital Universitario "Hospital de Clínicas José de San Martín" en Noviembre de 2001. Los talleres aportaron…

Como o uso de plantas medicinais tem se popularizado, sendo comum sua utilização como
complemento aos tratamentos convencionais, a falta de conhecimento sobre interações entre fármacos e
plantas medicinais põem em risco a saúde dos usuários. Neste artigo é apresentada…

Doenças tropicais afetam centenas de milhões de pessoas impedindo o desenvolvimento social e econômico nos países mais pobres. Ferramentas (por exemplo drogas, vacinas, diagnósticos) e estratégias para controlar as doenças tropicais freqüentemente não surtem efeitos devido a dificuldades na implementação…

This thesis examines the relationship between moral experience and moral knowledge in contemporary analytic meta-ethics. It begins with a critical examination of the work of Michael Smith, notably his book The Moral Problem, which leaves out of consideration the notion…

During recent years, industry has increasingly focused on knowledge processes. Similar to traditional or manufacturing processes, knowledge processes need to be managed and controlled in order to provide the expected results for which they were designed. During the last decade,…