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Promoting engagement in embryology through gamified student‐developed small group sessions

Anatomical Sciences Education, EarlyView.
Abstract Learning embryology is often challenging for students as it requires conceptualizing morphological changes to embryologic structures across time. To further complicate the process, while some structures transition to permanent structures, others disappear or degenerate.
Jessica N. Byram, Sabrina C. Woods, Elizabeth R. Agosto   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Development of effective 3D digital models for first‐time learners of musculoskeletal anatomy

Anatomical Sciences Education, EarlyView.
Abstract Musculoskeletal anatomy is a critical component of allied health curricula. With the ubiquity of technology in the classroom and the recent COVID‐19 pandemic creating accessibility barriers for students, there is a need for viable digital resources to enhance learning by supplementing traditional textbook studying.
Alexander H. Safir, Michele M. Bird, Mary E. Orczykowski   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Selection in Unsolicited Ratings: the Case of the Sovereign Debt Market [PDF]

, 2017
This paper aims at contributing to the debate on whether unsolicited ratings are strategically motivated. I present evidence from the sovereign debt market that strategic motivation is not necessarily behind the patterns that we see in the data and ...
Gibert, Anna
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Comparative field‐scale assessment of TLUD and Kon‐Tiki biochar systems: agronomic performance and net CO2e‐based techno‐economics

Biofuels, Bioproducts and Biorefining, EarlyView.
Abstract Post‐harvest agricultural residues in Latin America are commonly underutilized, leading to greenhouse gas emissions and lost opportunities for bio‐based value creation. This study tests the hypothesis that decentralized, farmer‐scale pyrolysis technologies can deliver comparable agronomic benefits while exhibiting distinct techno‐economic and ...
Juan F. Saldarriaga, Thomas Käslin, Enara Fernández, Maider Amutio, Gartzen López, Laura Santamaria, Nausika Querejeta, Julián E. López   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Rating agencies and sovereign credit risk assessment [PDF]

, 2011
Credit rating agencies (CRAs) have not consistently met the expectations placed on them by investors and policymakers. It is difficult, however, to improve the quality of ratings through regulatory initiatives.
Véron, Nicolas, Wolff, Guntram B.
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Sovereign credit rating mismatches

, 2016
Este trabalho analisa que fatores, entre os determinantes de ratings soberanos encontrados na literatura, são responsáveis pelas diferenças entre os ratings de crédito soberanos de diferentes agências de rating, no período 1980-2015. Para tal, utilizaram-se modelos probit ordenados e simples de efeitos aleatórios com o objetivo de avaliar o poder ...
openaire   +1 more source

Simulating competition in the US bioeconomy to produce hard‐to‐electrify transportation fuels using limited biomass resources

Biofuels, Bioproducts and Biorefining, EarlyView.
Abstract This study presents a novel bioeconomy optimization framework, BiOpt, designed to address critical questions regarding the strategic use of limited US biomass resources for biofuel production. By integrating detailed techno‐economic analyses, life cycle assessments, and resource assessment data, BiOpt optimizes resource distributions across ...
Nicholas A. Carlson, Emily K. Newes, Kristen Lu, Eric C. D. Tan   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Beyond right or wrong: How partial credit scoring on multiple‐choice questions improves student performance and assessment perceptions

British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, EarlyView.
Aims In this study, we examined the effects of assigning partial credit to selected answer choices on student performance and perceptions in a pharmacology course using Type A multiple‐choice questions (MCQs). Methods Partial credit scoring was incorporated into quizzes and exams in a 10‐week pharmacology course for postbaccalaureate premedical ...
Stephen D. Schneid, Chris Armour, Katharina Brandl   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

How Do Global Credit RatingAgencies Rate Firms from Developing Countries? [PDF]

, 2001
What is the relative contribution of sovereign risks and firm-level credit risks in a firm’srating assignment? Or, stated otherwise, what is the information content of these components in afirm’s rating?
Ferri, Giovanni, Liu, Li-gang
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Using non‐linear slide decks to administer individualized problem‐based learning assessments within pharmacology education

British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, EarlyView.
Aim Problem‐based learning (PBL) is an established approach in medical, nursing, pharmacy and veterinary medicine education. This study describes the implementation and aims to evaluate the use of non‐linear slide decks as a method to deliver PBL as individualized student assessments within pharmacology education. This approach, originally developed in
Wendy R. Francis, Nia A. Davies, Aidan Seeley   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source