Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractHow Prepared are Trainee Teachers of University Putra Malaysia (UPM) to Integrate Computer Technology in Classroom Teaching?Shamsiah Mohamed, Ab. Rahim BakarThis research is a presentation of a study on trainee teachers' preparedness to integrate computer technology in teaching. One-hundred and thirty-nine trainee teachers participated in the study. They comprised 12.2% male students and 87.8% female. They majored in agricultural science, home-science, language, economics or accounting and science and mathematics. Their academic achievements were between 2.00 and 3.74 (Mean = 2.91, … …Journal of Social Sciences, Vol. 4, Issue 1 · 31 Mar 2008 · 7,803 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractAbnormal Testicular Vascular Patterns amongst Three Trinidadians: (A Case Report)A. Odekunle, E. O. Uche-NwachiDuring our routine dissections to prepare teaching materials for our students we encountered three abnormal patterns of the testicular arteries in three Afro Trinidadian males. In the first case the right and left testicular arteries arose from accessory renal arteries. Their course to the testis remained unchanged. In the second case the left testicular artery arose from the left renal … …OnLine Journal of Biological Sciences, Vol. 7, Issue 1 · 31 Dec 2007 · 7,016 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractImpacts of Physical and Psychological Abuse of Children on Family Demographic VariablesLama M. Al-QaisyThe aims of this study was to show relationship between physical and psychological abuse of children and family demographical variables. A random sample of study representing TTU students has been selected for that purpose; it was consisted of (279), of whom were (127) females and (170) males. The findings show that there are various types of abuse but psychological abuse … …Journal of Social Sciences, Vol. 3, Issue 4 · 31 Dec 2007 · 7,927 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractTeaching Computer Organization and Architecture Using Simulation and FPGA ApplicationsKasim M. Al-AubidyThis paper presents the design concepts and realization of incorporating micro-operation simulation and FPGA implementation into a teaching tool for computer organization and architecture. This teaching tool helps computer engineering and computer science students to be familiarized practically with computer organization and architecture through the development of their own instruction set, computer programming and interfacing experiments. A two-pass assembler has … …Journal of Computer Science, Vol. 3, Issue 8 · 31 Aug 2007 · 7,104 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractA Web-based Interactive Real Laboratory for Process Engineering EducationMaher Chaabene, Kamel Mkaouar, Mohamed OualiAn online supervision and control of a laboratory designed for process engineering education was conceived. The principal aim was to minimise the time access of an operator when manipulating laboratory features. Hence, the Time delay due to Internet traffic was overcome by using a Web Embedded Server (WES). A human-computer interactive interface using JAVA Script was developed so as to … …Journal of Computer Science, Vol. 3, Issue 7 · 31 Jul 2007 · 6,729 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractMulticultural Upper Secondary School Life in Denmark: Identifications, Solidarity and CitizenshipYvonne MørckEducation has played an important role in the development of the Nordic welfare states. As in other European countries, present day Denmark wrestles with the problem of finding ways to handle the increased diversity of its population in terms of, for instance, ethnicity, religion and language. Hence, negotiations and contestations about how to operationalize different forms of multiculturalism on all … …Journal of Social Sciences, Vol. 3, Issue 2 · 30 Jun 2007 · 8,040 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractSMS for Question-Answering in the m-Learning ScenarioS. R. Balasundaram, B. RamadossEmerging technologies are leading to the development of several new opportunities to guide and enhance learning that were unimaginable a few years ago. The move towards adopting mobile learning technologies is fast growing in both academic and industrial sectors. Mobile learning uses portable devices linked to a commercial public network, including different types of mobile phones and handheld computers. For … …Journal of Computer Science, Vol. 3, Issue 2 · 28 Feb 2007 · 7,448 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractImproving the Psychology Undergraduate Curriculum in Developing Countries: A Personal Note with Illustrations from BrazilCharles I. Abramson, Amauri B. BartoszeckIn this article we suggest various ways in which the undergraduate curriculum for psychology students can be improved in developing countries. Suggestions based on the author's experience in the northeast of Brazil include forming psychology clubs, creating community outreach programs, establishing a human subject pool, skills training, developing research-based courses and seeking outside funding. …Journal of Social Sciences, Vol. 2, Issue 4 · 31 Dec 2006 · 7,333 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractHow Youth in India and Lebanon Rate their IntelligenceRamzi Nasser, Sushila SinghalA sample of 648 Lebanese and 252 Indian students estimated their intelligences based on Gardner's 10 multiple intelligence. Males rated higher their body kinesthetic and religious dimension (spiritual) while females rated higher their verbal and intra-personal estimates of intelligence. Using the educational level of the parent, no significant correlation with self-estimates of intelligence for each of the national samples was … …Journal of Social Sciences, Vol. 2, Issue 4 · 31 Dec 2006 · 7,097 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractSpeedup of Particle Transport Problems with a Beowulf ClusterZhongxiang Zhao, G. Ivan MaldonadoThe MCNP code is a general Monte Carlo N-Particle Transport program that is widely used in health physics, medical physics and nuclear engineering for problems involving neutron, photon and electron transport[1]. However, due to the stochastic nature of the algorithms employed to solve the Boltzmann transport equation, MCNP generally exhibits a slow rate of convergence. In fact, engineers and scientists … …American Journal of Applied Sciences, Vol. 3, Issue 8 · 31 Dec 2006 · 6,923 accessesView PDFCite