Orchestrating Semiotic Leaps from Tacit to Cultural Quantitative Reasoning—The Case of...
This article reports on a case study from a design-based research project that investigated how students make sense of the disciplinary tools they are...
Chemical sensitivities and the Gulf War: Department of Veterans Affairs Research...
The purpose of the New Jersey Center for Environmental Hazards Research is to define the illness referred to as Persian Gulf Syndrome (PGS). Our...
Evapotranspiration (ET) Covers
Evapotranspiration (ET) cover systems are increasingly being used at municipal solid waste (MSW) landfills, hazardous waste landfills, at industrial monofills, and at mine sites....
Addressing Challenges in Genetic Test Evaluation: Evaluation Frameworks and Assessment of...
The findings and conclusions in this document are those of the author(s), who are responsible for its content, and do not necessarily represent the...
Revolutionary Future Uses of Contact Lenses.
It is estimated that there are approximately 39 million contact lens wearers in the United States and the global value of the contact lens...
Historia, filosofĂa y enseñanza de las ciencias : la aproximaciĂłn actual
This paper traces the use of, and arguments for, the history and philosophy of science in school science courses. Specific attention is paid to...
Making Universal Health Coverage a reality: bridging the gap between Global...
The field of Global Mental Health (GMH) has made substantial progress in generating an evidence base, gaining increased resource allocation and having an impact...
Elimination of porcine endogenous retroviruses from pig cells
Recently, a group of scientists under the guidance of George Church at Harvard Medical School published in “Science” that it succeeded to inactivate 62...
Focus on Superconductivity in Semiconductors
Since the discovery of superconductivity in diamond, much attention has been given to the issue of superconductivity in semiconductors. Because diamond has a large...
An interdisciplinary approach to the development of writing skills in computer...
This paper describes an inter-departmental solution to the traditionally poorly-written computer science term paper. A student questionnaire identified common anxieties of topic selection, library...
Cumulative achievement testing: Progress testing in reverse
This collaborative project between the National Board of Medical Examiners (NBME) and Case Western Reserve University (CWRU) School of Medicine explored the design and...
The SweDat Project and Swedia Database for Phonetic and Acoustic Research
The project described here may be seen as a continuation of an earlier project, SweDia 2000, aimed at transforming the database collected in that...
BRINGING NEW TOPICS INTO THE INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING (IE) CURRICULUM
The need to focus efforts on environmental concerns rings important to young people as well as to the National Academy of Engineers. The need...
How to determine humane endpoints for research animals
The website “Humane endpoints in laboratory animal experimentation” is a rich resource with information to help researchers define and implement humane endpoints when planning...
Anthropomorphism, Anthropocentrism, and Anecdote: Primatologists on Primatology
This article critically examines the ways in which primatologists account for their research. Based on a series of unstructured interviews, it argues that the...
