The dissection room experience: A factor in the choice of organ and whole body donation—A Nigerian survey

The psychosocial impact of human dissection on the lives of medical and health science students has been noted. To assess the impact of the dissection room experience on one's willingness to become a whole body and organ donor, the attitudes of 1,350 students and professionals from the medical, health, and non‐health related disciplines to body and organ donation were studied. The participants were broken into categories according to degree of exposure to human dissection. Participants who were never exposed to the dissection experience showed more willingness to donate their bodies than those who were exposed. With the exception of the physiotherapy department, the students and professionals from the health science departments who were exposed to the dissection room but never engaged in dissection showed the most unwillingness to donate their bodies (P < 0.001). An unwillingness to donate oneself was noted as one of the negative impacts associated with exposure to the dissection room. Willingness to donate an organ correlated positively with the level of exposure to the dissection room (P < 0.001). Most of the reasons for unwillingness were traceable to negative perceptions of the dissection room as a result of poor and disrespectful management of the human cadavers. Anat Sci Educ. 7: 56–63. © 2013 American Association of Anatomists.     

柚子皮吸附剂对Cr（Ⅵ）的吸附性能

利用低温炭化法来制备柚子皮活性炭吸附剂。探讨了吸附剂用量、温度、pH值、Cr（Ⅵ）初始浓度、吸附时间等对吸附效果的影响。柚子皮吸附剂吸附处理Cr（Ⅵ）的最佳工艺条件是：吸附剂用量10g/L,温度40℃,pH=4,吸附时间10h,Cr（Ⅵ）初始浓度为100mg/L时,Cr（Ⅵ）的去除率能达到98%以上。柚子皮吸附剂对Cr（Ⅵ）具有良好的吸附能力,吸附过程符合二级吸附动力学模型并且可用Langmuir吸附等温线来描述。     

Factors influencing faculty satisfaction with online teaching and learning in higher education

Faculty satisfaction is considered an important factor of quality in online courses. A study was conducted to identify and confirm factors affecting the satisfaction of online faculty at a small research university, and to develop and validate an instrument that can be used to measure perceived faculty satisfaction in the context of the online learning environment. The online faculty satisfaction survey (OFSS) was developed and administered to all instructors who had taught an online course in fall 2007 or spring 2008 at a small research university in the USA. One hundred and two individuals completed the web‐based questionnaire. Results confirm that three factors affect satisfaction of faculty in the online environment: student‐related, instructor‐related, and institution‐related factors.     

Algorithmic thinking development through physical computing activities with Arduino in STEM education

Education and Information Technologies - The need to benefit from information technologies in the twenty-first century digital age is increasing in all economies to overcome problems and...     

建立科技期刊稿件评审管理机构的设想

为保证科技期刊稿件的评审质量，提出了建立审稿专门管理机构的设想，并结合审稿工作的性质，论述成立该机构的必要性、优越性和可行性。