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de Paiva, Eduardo – Physics Teacher, 2016
Every year millions of people contract cancer in the world, and according to prediction of the World Health Organization by the year 2030 there will be about 27 million new cases. Because of these figures and the resulting social and economic implications of this disease, radiotherapy, which is one form of treatment that uses ionizing radiation,…
Descriptors: High School Students, Physics, Radiology, Cancer
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Polyak, Steven – Teaching Science, 2014
Modern drug discovery programs require the contribution of researchers in a number of specialist areas. One of these areas is structural biology. Using X-ray crystallography, the molecular basis of how a drug binds to its biological target and exerts its mode of action can be defined. For example, a drug that binds into the active site of an…
Descriptors: Biology, Guides, Molecular Biology, Physical Sciences
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Funkhouser, Charles P.; Jafari, Farhad; Eubank, William B. – International Journal of Mathematical Education in Science and Technology, 2002
The article presents an integrated exposition of aspects of secondary school mathematics and a medical science specialty together with related classroom activities. Clinical medical practice and theoretical and empirical literature in mathematics education and radiology were reviewed to develop and pilot model integrative classroom topics and…
Descriptors: Secondary School Mathematics, Learning Activities, Class Activities, Medicine
Baptista Nunes, Miguel, Ed.; McPherson, Maggie, Ed. – International Association for Development of the Information Society, 2014
These proceedings contain the papers of the International Conference e-Learning 2014, which was organised by the International Association for Development of the Information Society and is part of the Multi Conference on Computer Science and Information Systems (Lisbon, Portugal July 15-19, 2014). The e-Learning 2014 conference aims to address the…
Descriptors: Conference Papers, Electronic Learning, Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education