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Flor De Granado Y Granado

Juan Javier del Granado

Enhancing Science And Mathematics Teacher Education: Evaluating An Enhancement Module For Science Pre-Service Teachers, Geoff Woolcott, Robert Whannell, Linda Pfeiffer, Tony Yeigh, James Donnelly, Amanda Scott

Dr Geoff Woolcott

Motivated and well-trained science and mathematics teachers are a requirement for sustaining an industrialised economy. The Australian government has funded several projects to satisfy this requirement designed to improve pre-service teacher (PST) education in regional and rural Australia. One such project uses a collaboration nexus model with lesson feedback and Reflection Module in an iterative process using a repeated sequence comprised of an Enhancement Module, a subsequent Teaching Lesson and a Reflection Module. This paper reports on qualitative investigations of the effectiveness of the collaboration nexus in the Enhancement Module and comments on the value of the iterative process. Results …

The Value Of Academic Libraries: Library Services As A Predictor Of Student Retention, Ashley Ireland, Adam Murray, Jana Hackathorn

Jana Hackathorn

This study examined the predictive relationship between library use by individual students and their retention status in university settings. The methodology builds on a small number of previous studies to examine library use at the individual level to determine if use of specific library services is predictive of retention for freshmen and sophomores. Binary logistic regression yielded results that indicate a strong positive predictive relationship between library use of any kind with both freshmen and sophomore retention. These results suggest that academic libraries add value to institutional retention efforts.

A Qualitative Analysis Of Discipleship In The Seventh-Day Adventist Church: Responses To A Global And Regional Survey, Sherry J. Hattingh, Lindsay Morton, Rick Ferret, Kevin Petrie, Julie-Anne Heise, Kayle De Waal

Julie-Anne Heise

Nationally and Internationally

In-House Daily Consensus Conference: An Important Quality Control/Quality Assurance Activity--Experience At A Major Referral Center., Amna Khurshid, Zubair Ahmad, Asim Qureshi

Zubair Ahmad

Background:For every practicing histopathologist, improvement of diagnostic accuracy is an important objective. Personal consults are an important component of quality control (QC)/quality assurance (QA) in our Section of Histopathology. In addition, the College of American Pathologists recommends a daily in-house consensus conference, which is a prospective system by which all difficult and problematic cases are reviewed and discussed and signed out by consensus. Design: In-house consensus conference is held daily using a multi-headed microscope. This collegial session is run by the seniormost consultant in the section and is attended by all histopathology consultants and residents. The consultants and residents …

Enhancing Conflict Consulting Practice: Lessons From The Field, Neil Katz

Neil Katz

No abstract provided.

Rank-Based Test Procedures For Interaction In The Two-Way Layout With One Observation Per Cell, Brad Hartlaub

Brad Hartlaub

ABSTRACT New aligned-rank test procedures for the composite null hypothesis of no interaction effects (without placing restrictions on the two main e#ects) against appropriate composite general alternatives are developed for the standard two-way layout with a single observation per cell. Relative power performances of the two new aligned-rank procedures and existing tests due to Tukey (1949) and de Kroon & van der Laan (1981) are examined via Monte Carlo simulation. Extensive power studies conducted on the 56and59two-way layouts with one observation per cell show superior performance of the new procedures for a variety of interaction e#ects. Simulated critical values for …

Pre-Service Tecaher's Reflections On Critical Incidents In Their Professional Teaching Experiences, Peter W. Kilgour, Maria T. Northcote, Wendi Herman

Wendi Herman

This conference papers discovers the issues that cause pre-service teachers to be stressed or disappointed with their classroom performance.

This project surveyed and reported on students responses to the worst class they had taken in their professional development and why they believed it was the worst. The details of this project are detailed in the listed conference paper.

Research-Informed Guidelines For The Development Of Adaptively-Released Assessment Feedback (Araf) Strategies In Higher Education, Lindsay Morton, Alexandra Johnson, Anthony Williams, Maria T. Northcote

Lindsay Morton

Local: Research done at Avondale College.

Research-Informed Guidelines For The Development Of Adaptively-Released Assessment Feedback (Araf) Strategies In Higher Education, Lindsay Morton, Alexandra Johnson, Anthony Williams, Maria T. Northcote

Anthony Williams

Local: Research done at Avondale College.

Research-Informed Guidelines For The Development Of Adaptively-Released Assessment Feedback (Araf) Strategies In Higher Education, Lindsay Morton, Alexandra Johnson, Anthony Williams, Maria T. Northcote

Maria Northcote

Local: Research done at Avondale College.

Pre-Service Tecaher's Reflections On Critical Incidents In Their Professional Teaching Experiences, Peter W. Kilgour, Maria T. Northcote, Wendi Herman

Maria Northcote

This conference papers discovers the issues that cause pre-service teachers to be stressed or disappointed with their classroom performance.

This project surveyed and reported on students responses to the worst class they had taken in their professional development and why they believed it was the worst. The details of this project are detailed in the listed conference paper.

Perspectives On 150 Years Of Seventh-Day Adventist Historiography, Daniel Reynaud

Daniel Reynaud

International conference on SDA history, (Maryland USA) with papers posted online on Youtube.

Treat The Cause: Evidence-Based Practice, James M. Rippe, Michael Greger, David L. Katz, John H. Kelly, Margaret Moore, Darren Morton

Darren Morton

Darren was invited by the board of the American College of Lifestyle Medicine to represent the Australasian Lifestyle Medicine perspective on the opening panel of the 2014 American College of Lifestyle Medicine conference in San Diego (Nov, 2014). The dialogue, intended for an international audience, was later published as the mentioned journal article.

Dielectric Function And Bowing Parameter Of Zn_{1-X}Mg_Xse And Zn_{1-X}Be_Xse Alloys, Frank Peiris, Et Al.

Frank Peiris

We report pseudodielectric function data < > = < 1 > + i < 2 > of Zn1−xMg x Se and Zn1−xBexSe samples grown on GaAs substrates. Critical point parameters were obtained by fitting model lineshapes to numerically calculated second energy derivatives of < >, from which the bowing parameters and spin-orbit-splitting ∆1 of the E1 and the E1 + ∆1 gaps were obtained. We discuss the bowing parameters and spin-orbit-splitting ∆1 of the E1 and the E1 + ∆1 gaps.

Market Mechanisms In Environmental Law, Sanja Bogojevic

Sanja Bogojević

No abstract provided.

Napalm: More Than A Weapon, Edwin Martini

Edwin A. Martini

This book will explore the military, political, and cultural history of napalm across time and space. Moving beyond the Vietnam War, this book will examine the use of napalm by the United States in World War Two, Korea, and elsewhere, and its proliferation in other countries’ arsenals as well. It will also explore the many cultural representations of napalm in the post-Vietnam war world.

Gendering Disability To Enable Disability Rights Law, Michelle Travis

Michelle A. Travis

The British Proclamation Of 1763, Thomas Gage, And French Property Rights At Detroit, Guillaume Teasdale

Guillaume Teasdale

Paper Dragon Thieves, J.S. Nelson

J.S. Nelson

E-Government In The Context Of Public Sector Reforms: Lessons From Tanzania And Philippines, Faith J. Shimba, Reginald Ugaddan, Mihayo M. Wilmore

Faith J Shimba

No abstract provided.

Human Trafficking And Refugee Law, Vladislava Stoyanova

Vladislava Stoyanova

No abstract provided.

The Transcriptional Response To Oxidative Stress During Vertebrate Development: Effects Of Tert-Butylhydroquinone And 2,3,7,8-Tetrachlorodibenzo-P-Dioxin, Mark E. Hahn, Andrew G. Mcarthur, Sibel I. Karchner, Diana G. Franks, Matthew J. Jenny, Alicia R. Timme-Laragy, John J. Stegeman, Bruce R. Woodin, Michael J. Cipriano, Elwood Linney

Alicia R. Timme-Laragy

Oxidative stress is an important mechanism of chemical toxicity, contributing to teratogenesis and to cardiovascular and neurodegenerative diseases. Developing animals may be especially sensitive to chemicals causing oxidative stress. The developmental expression and inducibility of anti-oxidant defenses through activation of NF-E2-related factor 2 (NRF2) affect susceptibility to oxidants, but the embryonic response to oxidants is not well understood. To assess the response to chemically mediated oxidative stress and how it may vary during development, zebrafish embryos, eleutheroembryos, or larvae at 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6 days post fertilization (dpf) were exposed to DMSO (0.1%), tert-butylhydroquinone (tBHQ; 10 µM) …