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Rede uitgesproken op 17 september 1956 ter gelegenheid van de erepromotie van Dr. Th. von Karman door de promotor Dr. C.B. Biezeno
No full textRede uitgesproken door prof. C.B. Biezeno ter gelegenheid van de erepromotie aan de TH Delft van dr. Theodore von Karman.Precision and Microsystems EngineeringMechanical, Maritime and Materials Engineerin
Impact of teaching and assessment format on electrocardiogram interpretation skills
No full textObjectives Interpretation of the electrocardiogram (ECG) is a core clinical skill that should be developed in undergraduate medical education. This study assessed whether small-group peer teaching is more effective than lectures in enhancing medical students' ECG interpretation skills. In addition, the impact of assessment format on study outcome was analysed. Methods Two consecutive cohorts of Year 4 medical students (n = 335) were randomised to receive either traditional ECG lectures or the same amount of small-group, near-peer teaching during a 6-week cardiorespiratory course. Before and after the course, written assessments of ECG interpretation skills were undertaken. Whereas this final assessment yielded a considerable amount of credit points for students in the first cohort, it was merely formative in nature for the second cohort. An unannounced retention test was applied 8 weeks after the end of the cardiovascular course. Results A significant advantage of near-peer teaching over lectures (effect size 0.33) was noted only in the second cohort, whereas, in the setting of a summative assessment, both teaching formats appeared to be equally effective. A summative instead of a formative assessment doubled the performance increase (Cohen's d 4.9 versus 2.4), mitigating any difference between teaching formats. Within the second cohort, the significant difference between the two teaching formats was maintained in the retention test (p = 0.017). However, in both cohorts, a significant decrease in student performance was detected during the 8 weeks following the cardiovascular course. Conclusions Assessment format appeared to be more powerful than choice of instructional method in enhancing student learning. The effect observed in the second cohort was masked by an overriding incentive generated by the summative assessment in the first cohort. This masking effect should be considered in studies assessing the effectiveness of different teaching methods
Prof. Th. W. Adorno and the author Hans Erich Nossack.
No full textProf. Th. W. Adorno and the author Hans Erich Nossack at a reception of Insel Verlag, Buchmesse Frankfurt 1966LB
Author, publisher and bookseller : a tripartite synergy in Nigerian book industry
Get PDFThis work is about the roles of Author, Publisher and Bookseller in Book development in
Nigeria. The paper started by delving into the history of Book Publishing in Nigeria after
which it proceeded by defining who an author, a publisher, and a bookseller is and
expatiated on the indispensable roles of these key actors in Nigerian Book Industry and in
the emerging Information Society. Furthermore, the various constraints to book
development were identified while the paper advised on how the Book Industry can be
further promoted in Nigeria. However, the paper concluded and made recommendations
on how the Book sector can help in enhancing scholarship in the country
Dissipative Range Scaling of Higher Order Structure Functions for Velocity and Passive Scalars
No full textDifferently to Kolmogorov's second similarity hypothesis, we find that the 2n-th order velocity and scalar structure functions scale with n-th order moment of the energy dissipation and the scalar dissipation, respectively. The origins of this scaling are analyzed by the transport equations of the fourth order velocity and scalar increment moments and by direct numerical simulations
Berlin's medical students' smoking habits, knowledge about smoking and attitudes toward smoking cessation counseling
No full textBackground: Diseases associated with smoking are a foremost cause of premature death in the world, both in developed and developing countries. Eliminating smoking can do more to improve health and prolong life than any other measure in the field of preventive medicine. Today's medical students will play a prominent role in future efforts to prevent and control tobacco use.
Methods: A cross-sectional, self-administered, anonymous survey of fifth-year medical students in Berlin, Germany was conducted in November 2007. The study explored the prevalence of smoking among medical students. We assessed their current knowledge regarding tobacco dependence and the effectiveness of smoking cessation methods. Students' perceived competence to counsel smokers and promote smoking cessation treatments was also explored. Analyses were based on responses from 258 students (86.6% response rate).
Results: One quarter of the medical students surveyed were current smokers. The smoking rate was 22.1% among women, 32.4% among men. Students underestimated smoking-related mortality and the negative effect of smoking on longevity. A considerable number of subjects erroneously assumed that nicotine causes coronary artery disease. Students' overall knowledge of the effectiveness of smoking cessation methods was inadequate. Only one third of the students indicated that they felt qualified to counsel patients about tobacco dependence.
Conclusions: This study reveals serious deficiencies in knowledge and counseling skills among medical students in our sample. The curriculum of every medical school should include a tobacco module. Thus, by providing comprehensive training in nicotine dependence interventions to medical students, smokers will have access to the professional expertise they need to quit smoking
Also By The Same Author: AKTiveAuthor, a Citation Graph Approach to Name Disambiguation
No full textThe desire for definitive data and the semantic web drive for inference over heterogeneous data sources requires co-reference resolution to be performed on those data. In particular, name disambiguation is required to allow accurate publication lists, citation counts and impact measures to be determined. This paper describes a graph-based approach to author disambiguation on large-scale citation networks. Using self-citation, co-authorship and document source analyses, AKTiveAuthor clusters papers, achieving precision of 0.997 and recall of 0.818 over a test group of eight surname clusters
"Faust" / by Ravenswood author of Th Opera "Rudolph", The Cantata "Arno, or The Syren of of [!] the Wild-See", The Cantata "Roselfa", etc.
Get PDF"FAUST" / BY RAVENSWOOD AUTHOR OF TH OPERA "RUDOLPH", THE CANTATA "ARNO, OR THE SYREN OF OF [!] THE WILD-SEE", THE CANTATA "ROSELFA", ETC.
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Opening van vier nieuwe laboratoria van de Afdeling der Werktuigbouwkunde van de Technische Hogeschool Delft
No full textSamenvatting van de toespraak door Prof.ir, R. van Hasselt bij de officiele opening van vier nieuwe laboratoriavan de Afdeling der Werktuigbouwkunde Boon, E.F. en Boot, J.: het Laboratorium voor Chemische Werktuigen Vahl, L.: het Laboratorium voor Koudetechniek Van Eldik Thieme, H.C.A.: het Laboratorium voor Voertuigtechniek Blok, H.: het Laboratorium voor WerktuigonderdelenWerktuigbouwkundeMechanical, Maritime and Materials Engineerin
Collective subjects of the mediterranean XX th century
No full textConsidering the Mediterranean as a whole reality, in the way as Fernand Braudel did for Early Modern Age, the author wonders about the possibility of a common subject to describe the historical development of Mediterranean countries in the XX th century.Considering the Mediterranean as a whole reality, in the way as Fernand Braudel did for Early Modern Age, the author wonders about the possibility of a common subject to describe the historical development of Mediterranean countries in the XX th century
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