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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

Estimating effective population size using close‐kin mark–recapture

Methods in Ecology and Evolution
Close‐kin mark–recapture (CKMR) is a method that allows estimating population census size, among other parameters, through the observed number of pairs that are close‐kin including parent–offspring pairs (POPs) and half‐sibling pairs (HSPs).
Jonathan Babyn, Daniel Ruzzante, Mark Bravington, Joanna Mills Flemming   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Spread of Plague Among Black-Tailed Prairie Dogs Is Associated With Colony Spatial Characteristics [PDF]

, 2011
Sylvatic plague (Yersinia pestis) is an exotic pathogen that is highly virulent in black-tailed prairie dogs (Cynomys ludovicianus) and causes widespread colony losses and individual mortality rates \u3e95%. We investigated colony spatial characteristics
Collinge, Sharon K., Cully, Jack, Jr., Frey, Christopher, Johnson, Tammi L., Ray, Chris, Sandercock, Brett   +5 more
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The development and evaluation of a self-marking unit to estimate malaria vector survival and dispersal distance

Malaria Journal, 2019
Background A clear understanding of mosquito biology is fundamental to the control efforts of mosquito-borne diseases such as malaria. Mosquito mark-release-recapture (MMRR) experiments are a popular method of measuring the survival and dispersal of ...
Adam Saddler, Katharina S. Kreppel, Nakul Chitnis, Thomas A. Smith, Adrian Denz, Jason D. Moore, Mgeni M. Tambwe, Sarah J. Moore   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Hacia el origen de todos los modelos: una construcción personalizada de la función de verosimilitud en los estudios de marcaje–recaptura [PDF]

With a proliferation of mark–recapture models and studies collecting mark–recapture data, software and analysis methods are being continually revised. We consider the construction of the likelihood for a general model that incorporates all the features ...
Barker, R. J., White, G. C.
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Estimation of badger abundance using faecal DNA typing [PDF]

, 2003
1.Wildlife management and conservation programmes often require accurate information on population density, but this can be difficult to obtain, particularly when the species in question is nocturnal or cryptic.
Burke, T., Cheeseman, C.L., Delahay, R.J., Frantz, A.C., Pope, L.C., Roper, T.J., Wilson, G.J.   +6 more
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Evaluation of Panoramic Acquisition Errors by Predoctoral Dental Students

Journal of Dental Education, EarlyView.
Abstract Objectives Panoramic radiography is commonly used in the management of dental‐alveolar pathology. Novice clinicians are prone to technical errors that diminish the diagnostic quality of radiographs. The objective of this study was to analyze technical errors made during panoramic exposures by third‐year (D3) dental students in order to enhance
Zachary B. Featherstone, Xiaoxi Cui, Wenjian Zhang   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Evidence of high longevity in an Island lacertid, Teira dugesii (Milne-Edwards, 1829). First data on wild specimens

Acta Herpetologica, 2012
Using the technique of capture, mark and recapture, here is reported a case of high longevity in the Madeiran lizard, Teira dugesii. It is one of the highest reported values for lacertid lizards (16 years or more) in a wild population.
José Jesus
doaj   +1 more source

Ophidiomycosis Prevalence and Disease Ecology in a Natrix tessellata (Laurenti, 1768) Population From Northern Italy

Journal of Experimental Zoology Part A: Ecological and Integrative Physiology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Fungal pathogens pose a growing threat to vertebrate biodiversity. In snakes, Ophidiomyces ophidiicola (Oo) has garnered particular concern, although its impact in Europe remains poorly understood. We conducted a season‐long, standardized survey of dice snakes (Natrix tessellata) along the northern shore of Lake Como (Italy) to quantify Oo and
Matteo Riccardo Di Nicola, Luca Colla, Kevin P Mulder, Federico Storniolo, Elin Verbrugghe, Giuseppe Esposito, Donato A. Grasso, Frank Pasmans, An Martel   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Performance of a Deep Learning Algorithm for Melanoma Classification Across Diverse Dermoscopic and Tele‐Dermatology Datasets

JEADV Clinical Practice, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Early detection of melanoma significantly boosts patient survival rates. Deep learning has demonstrated dermatologist‐level accuracy in assessing pigmented skin lesions by analysing images at the pixel level. However, these neural networks may face challenges with ‘real‐life’ images due to limited training data and image artefacts ...
Marianne Zanchetta, Fanny Gohard, Casandra Coltoiu, Sarah Le Naour, Marie Le Moigne, Valérie Pham‐Huu, Nicole Cochelin, Edmond Demoulins, Bryan Boule, Thibault Maho, Léonie Schroder, Nicolas Diris, Gaëlle Quereux, Brigitte Dreno, Lise Boussemart, Javier Saenz   +15 more
wiley   +1 more source