AIMS: To assess the interplay between hope and the information provided by health care professionals. BACKGROUND: Earlier research learned that hope is crucial for relatives of traumatic coma patients. Also it has been reported that the need for information is extremely important for relatives of critically …

Business Process Management Systems (BPMSs) are increasingly implemented in and across organizations. There is much talk on BPMSs, and software vendors and IT-consultancy companies are leveraging this. In this paper we provide an investigation on the originality of BPMSs. We identify concepts, features …

The paper summarizes two models for engineering education, as discussed in earlier papers. The first model (Corporate Curriculum) aims to bring Industry into the school, while the second model (I3) intends to bring the school into Industry. The contribution of the presented models to the Bologna Declaration …

In Multiple Choice tests several alternative answers are given for each question. The candidate must pick one of these alternatives as the correct answer. This type of test can be scored rapidly and objectively. However, a major disadvantage is that there is no way of telling what grounds the candidate …

Observations upon research carried out by post-graduate students on the M.A Comparative European Social Studies. This article follows an earlier article (Lawrence and Reverda, Social Work in Europe, Vol. 5. No. 3, 1998) which discussed the origin and development of the MACESS course. This article explores …

1. An earlier study by our group revealed that the viscosity of faeces from patients with Crohn's disease is significantly lower than that of healthy subjects. This is due to low concentrations of a high-molecular-mass carbohydrate, probably of bacterial origin. The cause of this phenomenon might be …

A method to study ligament-length patterns in situ with roentgenstereophotogrammetry, using strings of glued tantalum markers, was developed. The method was tested against a bone-to-bone marking method in five carpal ligaments in three specimens, whereby the hand was moved through dorsopalmar flexion …