A 2015 review of external examining in the UK assessed the effectiveness of the external examining system in safeguarding academic and quality standards in higher education. The development of the Professional Development Course for External Examiners was a key response to the recommendations from this review. This chapter contains an overview of the structure of the course, the key messages commu

A sintered polycrystalline cubic boron nitride (PCBN) body includes between 40 and 85 vol % of cubic boron nitride (cBN) particles and between 15 and 60 vol % of a binder phase. The binder phase has at least one metal oxide and at least one metal nitride. The metal oxide includes between 20 and 100 vol % of zirconium oxide (ZrO2) and up to 80 vol % of alumina (Al2O3) counted as a volume percentage

This guide is designed to supplement the 2024 Advance HE Framework for Enhancing Assessment Framework in Higher Education, which is part of a series of frameworks developed to promote student success. The Enhancing Assessment Framework draws on the findings of an extensive literature review Impacts of higher education assessment and feedback policy and practice on students: a review of the literat

Background: Unexpected prolongation of first-line coagulation tests, including activated partial thromboplastin time (APTT), should trigger further work-up by performing mixing tests to elucidate the underlying cause, direct further specific testing and clarify their possible clinical impact. The aim of our study was to assess whether methodological diversity has any impact on the APTT mixing test

Background: Providing evidence-based interpretative comments (IC) is an integral task of clinical laboratory professionals. It may be of special relevance for coagulation testing, where pathological first-line tests could trigger more specialized tests. Our aim was to evaluate the quality of ICs provided to the physician in two samples with activated partial thromboplastin time (APTT) prolongation

In healthy individuals, a delicate balance between pro- and anticoagulant systems ensures efficient hemostasis and an open vascular system. As sites of vascular damage, a series of procoagulant reactions take place, which are carefully controlled by several anticoagulant proteins. Circumstantial and genetic risk factors increase the risk of venous thrombosis. Circumstantial risk factors are usuall

Carbohydrates constitute an enormous diversity of molecules, from simple monosaccharides to highly complex branched heteropolymers of molecular weights that are challenging to determine. Carbohydrates are molecules with essential biological functions, including energetic metabolism, cell recognition, structure, and protection. This chapter integrates three aspects associated with the analysis of b

The genetics of β-cell function (BCF) offer valuable insights into the aetiology of type 2 diabetes (T2D)1,2. Previous studies have expanded the catalogue of BCF genetic associations through candidate gene studies3–7, large-scale genome-wide association studies (GWAS) of fasting BCF8,9 or functional islet studies on T2D risk variants10–14. Nonetheless, GWAS focused on BCF traits derived from oral

In five sentence continuation studies we investigated how different forms of negation (negative quantifier, clausal negation, lexical negation) impact discourse structure in Swedish. We looked at what set of referents (the reference set for which some property holds, or the complement set, for which the property does not hold) speakers considered most noteworthy (speaker salient), and what form th

This Regional Outlook focuses on the 2024 Jordanian parliamentary elections, their political consequences, and how the elections were affected by the War on Gaza.

This chapter analyzes the UNHCR Refugee Zakat Fund and the use of Islamic Social Welfare Instruments as a tool for supporting the refugee issue. Looking at the Refugee Zakat Fund from a legal and practical perspective, the research will try to understand the experience of this international non-Muslim organization in managing religious funds for Muslim refugees. The study will address the followin