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Mastery Exams: Giving Students a Second Opportunity to Demonstrate Understanding

Journal of Dental Education, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Various stressors can affect student exam performance, and a single weak result may not reflect true understanding. To address this, a “Mastery” exam policy was introduced in the 2021–2022 academic year. If a student scores below 80% on a didactic or pre‐clinical laboratory exam worth at least 10% of their final course grade, they can choose ...
Alexandra Rasdal, Eleanor Streitwieser, Cynthia Rabuck, Faizan Alawi   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

American Elections: A Critical Moment for Research and Reform [PDF]

, 2004
The 2004 election provided important lessons regarding the performance of voting technology, about continuing problems with voter registration and provisional balloting, issues with procedures and poll site voting practices, and raised questions about ...
Alvarez, R. Michael
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Reshaping study design for faster extrapolation‐based drug approval in pediatric inflammatory bowel diseases: An ESPGHAN–NASPGHAN position paper

Journal of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition, EarlyView.
Abstract Children with inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD) have limited access to the available advanced therapies, given the lengthy gap between adult and pediatric approval. We aimed to review key hurdles for pediatric trials and recommend practical solutions.
Dan Turner, Amit Assa, Mikkel Malham, Shira Yuval Bar‐Asher, Carla Rayan, Jeffrey S. Hyams, Holm H. Uhlig, Brad Pasternak, David C. Wilson, Hilary K. Michel, Lissy de Ridder, Eric Zuckerman, Marina Aloi, Peter Szitanyi, Marla C. Dubinsky, Anne M. Griffiths, Roberto Saldana, Javier Martín‐de‐Carpi, Eytan Wine, Richard K. Russell, Jeremy Adler, Joseph Picoraro   +21 more
wiley   +1 more source

It Is Personal: What People with Parkinson's Disease Say Matters Most for Quality of Life

Movement Disorders, EarlyView.
Abstract Background Little is known about what matters most for quality of life in people with Parkinson's disease and how much it varies between individuals. Objective The goal was to define the relative impact of quality of life determinants in people with Parkinson's disease, including variation across individuals and by disease severity, gender ...
Samantha Dorrance, Richa Patel, Glenn T. Stebbins, Jamie Adams, Allison M. Allen, Tara Hastings, Soania Mathur, Onanong Phokaewvarangkul, Gary Rafaloff, Rajasumi Rajalingam, Anette Schrag, Christine Sun, Jennifer Mammen, Connie Marras   +13 more
wiley   +1 more source

Cryptographic algorithms for communicating results from distributed electronic voting systems [PDF]

, 2005
Electronic voting systems are increasingly used in electoral processes ranging from specialized stand alone machines, up to complete paperless and remote voting system. Votes secrecy and confidence are necessary in any electoral process.
Villagarcía Wanza, Horacio Alfredo
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Opening the Black Box of Nonprofit Reputation and Volunteer Attraction With Supervised Machine Learning

Nonprofit Management and Leadership, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT With the aim to explore the potential of machine learning for nonprofit research, this article contrasts traditional linear regression with four contemporary supervised machine learning approaches. Concretely, we predict (1) reputation ratings and (2) the total number of volunteers for 4021 non‐profit organizations in the U.S.
Moritz Schmid, Hannes Lampe, Jurgen Willems   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

An Electronic Voting System Using GSM Mobile Technology [PDF]

Electronic voting systems have the potential to improve traditional voting procedures by providing added convenience and flexibility to the voter. Numerous electronic voting schemes have been proposed in the past, but most of them have failed to provide ...
Feng, Yang, Ng, Siaw-Lynn, Schwiderski-Grosche, Scarlet   +2 more
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Protein Involved in Initiation 1 Interaction With Starch Synthase 4 From Arabidopsis thaliana Induces Inhibition of Elongating Activity

Proteins: Structure, Function, and Bioinformatics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Starch is the major energy storage compound in plants. It accumulates in the form of insoluble, partly crystalline granules whose number and shape are specific to each plant species. These characteristics are defined very early in starch biosynthesis, at the initiation stage.
Mélanie Bossu, Rayan Osman, Guillaume Brysbaert, Marc Ferdinand Lensink, David Dauvillée, Coralie Bompard   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Does Voting Technology Affect Election Outcomes? Touch-screen Voting and the 2004 Presidential Election [PDF]

Supporters of touch-screen voting claim it is a highly reliable voting technology, while a growing number of critics argue that paperless electronic voting systems are vulnerable to fraud.
David Card, Enrico Moretti
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Prisoners' Perceptions and Their Agency on Sustainability Transformation in Finland

Sustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Sustainability transformation is essential for our time, requiring the involvement of all citizens. Several prisons worldwide have developed various sustainable development (SD) programs for prisoners. However, it remains unclear how prisoners perceive SD, which can be a significant obstacle to their agency. This study explores the perceptions
Sirpa M. Manninen, Teija Makkonen
wiley   +1 more source