62 research outputs found
Biochemistry Instructors’ Views toward Developing and Assessing Visual Literacy in Their Courses
Biochemistry instructors are inundated with various representations from which to choose to depict biochemical phenomena. Because of the immense amount of visual know-how needed to be an expert biochemist in the 21st century, there have been calls for instructors to develop biochemistry students’ visual literacy. However, visual literacy has multiple aspects, and determining which area to develop can be quite daunting. Therefore, the goals of this study were to determine what visual literacy skills biochemistry instructors deem to be most important and how instructors develop and assess visual literacy skills in their biochemistry courses. In order to address these goals, a needs assessment was administered to a national sample of biochemistry faculty at four-year colleges and universities. Based on the results of the survey, a cluster analysis was conducted to group instructors into categories based on how they intended to develop visual literacy in their courses. A misalignment was found between the visual literacy skills that were most important and how instructors developed visual literacy. In addition, the majority of instructors assumed these skills on assessments rather than explicitly testing them. Implications focus on the need for better measures to assess visual literacy skills directly
Analytical markers for silk degradation: comparing historic silk and silk artificially aged in different environments
The relationship between patients’ perceptions of care quality and three factors: nursing staff job satisfaction, organizational characteristics and patient age
Evaluating the impact of different exogenous factors on silk textiles deterioration with use of size exclusion chromatography
Developing a non-invasive tool to assess the impact of oxidation on the structural integrity of historic wool in Tudor tapestries
Promoting Patient and Family Partnerships in Ambulatory Care Improvement: A Narrative Review and Focus Group Findings
Evaluating the Effectiveness of a School-Based Cognitive Behavioural Therapy Intervention for Anxiety in Adolescents Diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder
Clinical practice guidelines for the psychosocial care of adults with cancer
Clinical practice guidelines are increasingly being developed in medical settings to provide evidence-based recommendations to guide the clinical care of patients. The development of Clinical practice guidelines for the psychosocial care of patients wit
Improving the psychosocial and clinical care of younger women diagnosed with breast cancer: The need for evidence-based clinical practgice guidelines
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High-resolution computed tomography in evaluation of cochlear patency in implant candidates: a comparison with surgical findings
High-resolution computed tomography (HRCT) is important in the evaluation of cochlear implant candidates. This study examines the accuracy of radiological assessment of cochlear patency in relation to findings at the time of surgery. Older and newer HRCT methods and attending and senior radiologist interpretations are compared in a large series of cochlear implant patients. Subjects were 50 adults (22 to 74 years) and 31 children (2.4 to 11.7 years) who received either a 3M/House or a Nucleus 22-channel cochlear implant. Attending radiologist reports were obtained by chart review and the scans were re-reviewed for this study by a senior radiologist. Accuracy in detecting cochlear ossification ranged from 86.4 per cent for attending radiologists, with all HRCT scans, to 94.7 per cent for the senior radiologist with newer HRCT scans. False positives were rare, but false negatives did occur. Overall, best results were obtained with newer HRCT scans and a senior radiologist. Knowledge of the presence and extent of cochlear ossification is important to the implant surgeon and for patient counselling. Technical guidelines and a check list for interpretation of results are presented
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