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Thursday, March 11, 2010

The departmental chair in Western medicine: tale of the first and foremost. Historical vignette.

30 Oct 2009 The use of the term "chair" in medical literature probably started in the Late Middle Ages with the Italian anatomist Mondino de Liuzzi. History reveals the term's origin at Bologna, one of the oldest degree-granting universities in Europe. Nobody ... Read more...

Teachers' participation in research programs improves their students' achievement in science.

14 Oct 2009 Research experience programs engage teachers in the hands-on practice of science. Program advocates assert that program participation enhances teachers' skills in communicating science to students. We measured the impact of New York City public ... Read more...

Norovirus outbreaks on three college campuses - California, Michigan, and Wisconsin, 2008.

7 Oct 2009 Noroviruses are the most common cause of outbreaks of acute gastroenteritis worldwide. Norovirus outbreaks affect persons of all ages and occur in a wide variety of settings (e.g., nursing homes, hospitals, restaurants, communities, schools, day ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Universities'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• The departmental chair in Western medicine: tale of the first and foremost. Historical vignette. 30 Oct 2009
• RSO Interview with Nazia Zakir. Interviewed by René Michel. 30 Oct 2009
• Teachers' participation in research programs improves their students' achievement in science. 14 Oct 2009
• Science education. The big gamble in the Saudi desert. 14 Oct 2009
• Norovirus outbreaks on three college campuses - California, Michigan, and Wisconsin, 2008. 7 Oct 2009
• Rising star. 6 Oct 2009
• Taking risks to transform science. 30 Sep 2009
• Established stem cell lab at the University of Prince Edward Island. 29 Sep 2009
• The history and composition of the Raymond A. Dart Collection of Human Skeletons at the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa. 29 Sep 2009
• Analysis of retractions puts spotlight on academia. 29 Sep 2009
• The bottom line: students must be engaged. 29 Sep 2009
• The University of New Hampshire's Young Adult Health Risk Screening Initiative. 29 Sep 2009
• Investigation of a mumps outbreak among university students with two measles-mumps-rubella (MMR) vaccinations, Virginia, September-December 2006. 29 Sep 2009
• Costly punishment does not always increase cooperation. 26 Sep 2009
• Profile: Kim Chin-Kyung. The force behind North Korea's new science university. 23 Sep 2009
• [Analysis of syphilis and gonorrhoea cases, based on data from the National STD Centre, Department of Dermatology and Venerology, Semmelweis University (2005-2008)] 18 Sep 2009
• Increase grants, too. 16 Sep 2009
• Biotechnology. Researcher, two universities sued over validity of prostate cancer test. 16 Sep 2009
• Improving patrons' meal selections through the use of point-of-selection nutrition labels. 15 Sep 2009
• Choon Fong Shih. Interviewed by Daniel Cressey. 15 Sep 2009

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Technical information about 'Universities'

Definition: Educational institutions providing facilities for teaching and research and authorized to grant academic degrees.

Descriptor UI: D014495

Alternative terms: Universities; University;

Allowable Qualifiers: classification; economics; history; legislation & jurisprudence; manpower; organization & administration; standards; trends; statistics & numerical data; ethics;

Tree Number: I02.783.850;

Technical Notes: IM; Manual 30.8, 36.18; specify locale if pertinent; colleges as educ institutions go here: do not confuse with bodies such as "College of Physicians" which are indexed under SOCIETIES, MEDICAL; Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences (USUHS), under US Dept of Defense, goes under SCHOOLS, MEDICAL + UNITED STATES; DF: UNIV