Investigated 4 derivations of G. Ferguson's (see PA, Vol. 29:2097, and 32:1283) theory of human abilities: (a) abilities exert themselves differentially in different learning situations; (b) ...abilities are differentially related to performance at different stages of practice; (c) sufficient practice on a given task may develop into an ability to perform that type of task; (d) an aptitude developed from practice on 1 type of task may transfer to different tasks. 137 10th grade students, in 2 groups, from 2 advanced, 2 average, and 2 low-ability classes, were given 2 different types of vocabulary learning materials. Each group received 1 set of the same type of material/day for 15 days. A battery of ability tests was given at the beginning of the study, results of which were correlated with 2 criterion measures obtained on each of the 15 days. The 2 instructional methods showed different patterns of correlations with abilities over stages of practice and differential transfer. Evidence also shows differential learning-how-to-learn effects and an increasing trend of task-specific variance over practice trials. (French summary) (18 ref.)
Eur.Phys.J.C27:331-374,2003 This final article about the CHOOZ experiment presents a complete description
of the electron antineutrino source and detector, the calibration methods and
stability ...checks, the event reconstruction procedures and the Monte Carlo
simulation. The data analysis, systematic effects and the methods used to reach
our conclusions are fully discussed. Some new remarks are presented on the
deduction of the confidence limits and on the correct treatment of systematic
errors.
The very good ideas of the proposed "Standard for Medical Device Communication" (SMDC - IEEE P 1073), formerly known as "Medical Information Bus (MIB)", have partially been implemented within the ...project ALODIN of the above mentioned academic institutions. The industrial product MCARE of MedKom is a spin off of ALODIN. The paper describes the way ALODIN does and does not conform to the SMDC thus avoiding from our viewpoint some of the drawbacks of the forthcoming standard. In addition a device of the urine collection (UR) class has been developed as an introductory example of SMDC device design.
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