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Post-Secondary Students Enjoy and Need Distance Education Nutrition Course
(Journal of the American Dietetic Association, 2004-10-03)
The Science Gap in Canada: A Post-Secondary Perspective
(Canadian Journal of Educational Administration and Policy, 2009-04-04)
Despite having its students score among the top in the world in mathematics and science, the level of science literacy and participation in science-related fields in Canada is relatively low. In the context of the economic ...
Using home-laboratory kits to teach general chemistry
(Chemistry Education: Research and Practice, 2007)
University-level chemistry courses that contain a substantial laboratory component have always been a challenge to deliver effectively through distance education. One potential solution is to enable students to carry out ...
Using home-laboratory kits to teach general chemistry
(Chemistry Education: Research and Practice, 2007-06-08)
University-level chemistry courses that contain a substantial laboratory component have always been a challenge to deliver effectively through distance education. One potential solution is to enable students to carry out ...
Student and Faculty Outcomes of Undergraduate Science Research Projects by Geographically Dispersed Students
(International Review of Research in Open and Distance Education, 2013-12)
Senior undergraduate research projects are important components of most undergraduate science degrees. The delivery of such projects in a distance education format is challenging. Athabasca University (AU) science project ...
Synthesis and structure of [[Cu2(6,6’-bis(2-(2pyridyl)ethylminomethyl)-2,2’-bipyridine)2][PF6]2
(Acta Crystallographica Section E, Crystal Structure Communications, 2006-10-12)
In the structure of the title compound, [Cu2(C26H24N6)2]-
(PF6)2, the Cu atoms of the cation are located on a twofold
axis, and adopt a distorted tetrahedral coordination geometry.
The terminal 2-(2-pyridyl)ethyl groups ...
Inductive Reasoning and Programming Visualization, an Experiment Proposal
(2007)
We lay down plans to study how Inductive Reasoning Ability (IRA) affects the analyzing and understanding of Program Visualization (PV) systems. Current PV systems do not take into account the abilities of the user but show ...
Dietary intake of pregnant women and their infants in a poor black community in South Africa
(Curationis, 2005)
The aimsof thisstudy were (i) to determine the dietary intake of women in a poor rural
area during pregnancy and lactation, and (ii) to determine the nutritional status and
dietary intake of their infants at age 6 months. ...
Towards a new system of health: the challenge of western disease
(Journal of Community Health, 1993)
Over the last three decades, the concept of Western disease
has become well established. Medicine has approached this group
of diseases by searching for new cures but has achieved relatively little
success. We argue ...
The war on cancer: failure of therapy and research
(Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine, 1991)
A generally-held beliefby both the medical profession
and the lay public is that therapeutic medicine greatly
affects health. Providing more hospital beds, doctors
and resources is viewed as the path to improve ...