The transfer of matter and energy from one organism to another and between organisms and their physical setting is a fundamental concept in life science. Not surprisingly, this concept is common to …
PEDIATRIC BASIC LIFE SUPPORT AND PEDIATRIC ADVANCED LIFE SUPPORT: 2015 INTERNATIONAL CONSENSUS ON CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION AND EMERGENCY CARDIOVASCULAR CARE SCIENCE WITH TREATMENT RECOMMENDATIONS
The Pediatric Task Force reviewed all questions submitted by the International Liaison Committee on Resuscitation (ILCOR) member councils in 2010, reviewed all council training materials and …
Children’s Searching Behavior on Browsing and Keyword Online Catalogs: The Science Library Catalog Project
As we seek both to improve public school education in high technology areas and to link libraries and classrooms on the “information superhighway,” we need to understand more about children’s …
The soft x-ray instrument for materials studies at the linac coherent light source x-ray free-electron laser.
The soft x-ray materials science instrument is the second operational beamline at the linac coherent light source x-ray free electron laser. The instrument operates with a photon energy range of …
STUDENT UNDERSTANDING OF ATOMIC BONDS AND THEIR RELATION TO MECHANICAL PROPERTIES OF METALS IN AN INTRODUCTORY MATERIALS SCIENCE ENGINEERING COURSE
We report on initial findings of a project to identify, study, and address student difficulties in a university-level introductory materials science course for engineers. Through interviews of over 80 …
Companion animal disease surveillance: A new solution to an old problem?
Abstract Infectious disease surveillance in companion animals has a long history. However, it has mostly taken the form of ad hoc surveys, or has focused on adverse reactions to pharmaceuticals. …
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E-Learning in Science and Technology via a Common Learning Platform in a Lifelong Learning Project
This three-year Virtual Measurements Environment curriculum development project for higher education within the Lifelong Learning Programme of the European Union is the result of intense collaboration …
Exploring plant and animal content in elementary science textbooks
Student knowledge about plants is typically less than student knowledge about animals. Textbooks are a commonly-used curriculum material in elementary grades and contain embedded cultural ideologies …
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Prosthesis: New Technological Opportunities and Innovative Biomedical Devices
The objective of this editorial is to present Prosthesis as the main reference point for all researchers involved in biomedical device and prosthesis investigations. Material science and the …
Hidden Hearing Injury: The Emerging Science and Military Relevance of Cochlear Synaptopathy.
INTRODUCTION The phenomenon recently described as "hidden hearing loss" was the subject of a meeting co-hosted by the Department of Defense Hearing Center of Excellence and MIT Lincoln Laboratory …
Announcing the launch of a new journal: Animal Models and Experimental Medicine
In the Chinese Year of the Dog, we are pleased to present to you the first issue of the new journal we have organized: Animal Models and Experimental Medicine (AMEM). Why do we need a new journal in …
Toward the Replacement of Animal Experiments through the Bioinformatics-driven Analysis of ‘Omics’ Data from Human Cell Cultures
This paper outlines the work for which Roland Grafström and Pekka Kohonen were awarded the 2014 Lush Science Prize. The research activities of the Grafström laboratory have, for many years, covered …