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Integrative Learning Within Tutoring in Higher Education: Contexts for Connections

In response to a gap in the literature regarding integrative learning within higher education tutoring services and the discursive gap that limits how such tutoring is imagined, this multiple case study explored the ways integrative learning takes place within tutoring in higher education and the tools that enabled or constrained such learning. Six tutor-tutee pairs engaged in regular appointments for the topics of college algebra, psychology, finance, biology, theatre, and history, respectively. During the course of one academic semester, 12 participants took part in three interviews, and each pair was observed up to four times. Drawing from sociocultural activity theory, the transcripts were coded and analyzed to identify examples and mediational means of integrative learning in these cases. This analysis yielded a working definition in which integrative learning in tutoring in higher education takes place as learners create relevance from required coursework by articulating why the content has value, making connections, and exercising agency. Major tools affecting integrative learning in this study included dialogue, examples, and context. This study provided descriptive data and patterns that could contribute insights into integrative learning, expand the way tutoring is conceived in higher education, and offer models for tutor training and classroom instruction.
A prospective study of plasma C-peptide and colorectal cancer risk in men.

BACKGROUND Colorectal cancer and type 2 diabetes share many risk factors, and hyperinsulinemia appears to be associated with an increased risk of colorectal cancer. We used the concentration of plasma C-peptide (an indicator of insulin production) to determine whether insulin and insulin resistance are associated with the risk of developing colorectal cancer. METHODS We conducted a nested case-control study in the Physicians' Health Study. Plasma samples were collected from 14 916 cancer-free men from August 1982 through December 1984. Plasma C-peptide concentration, measured with an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay, was available for 176 case patients who developed incident colorectal cancer through December 31, 1995, and 294 age- and smoking status-matched control subjects. Information on four other insulin resistance-related factors at baseline was obtained. We used conditional logistic regression models to investigate associations. All statistical tests were two-sided. RESULTS Plasma C-peptide concentration was positively associated with age, body mass index (BMI), and number of insulin resistance-related factors, and it was inversely associated with fasting time before the blood draw, alcohol consumption, and vigorous exercise. An increased concentration of plasma C-peptide was statistically significantly associated with an increased risk of colorectal cancer (relative risk [RR] for the highest versus lowest quintile of plasma C-peptide = 2.7, 95% confidence interval [CI] = 1.2 to 6.2; P(trend) =. 047), after adjusting for age, smoking status, fasting, BMI, alcohol consumption, vigorous exercise, and aspirin assignment in the Physicians' Health Study. The association became even stronger when the analysis was further adjusted for factors related to insulin resistance other than insulin levels (RR for the highest versus lowest quintile = 3.4, 95% CI = 1.4 to 8.3; P(trend) =. 02) or when data from case patients who were diagnosed during the first 5 years of follow-up were excluded (RR for the highest versus the lowest quintile = 3.4, 95% CI = 1.3 to 8.8; P(trend) =. 03). Adjusting for plasma levels of insulin-like growth factor I (IGF-I) and its binding protein 3 (IGFBP-3) did not materially change the results. There was no apparent modification of risk by BMI, insulin resistance-related factors, or vigorous exercise. CONCLUSION Elevated insulin production, as reflected by elevated concentrations of plasma C-peptide, may predict the risk of developing colorectal cancer, independently of BMI, factors related to insulin resistance, or levels of IGF-I and IGFBP-3.
THE ACTION OF PITUITARY EXTRACT ON THE HEART OF THE UNANESTHETIZED DOG.

Although the effect of the extract of the posterior lobe of the pituitary gland upon the mammalian heart has been studied by a number of investigators, the results have not been uniform. In the first study of the action of pituitary extracts, Oliver and Schafer (1895) found that with the vagi intact no inhibition of the heart took place, but that with the vagi cut there was a slight diminution in heart rate. Howell (1898) obtained a definite slowing with the vagi intact. When the vagi were cut or under the influence of atropine, a slowing of cardiac rate of lesser degree was observed, and he attributed the action of the drug to an influence not only on the cardio-inhibitory center but also to an effect on the heart muscle or the intrinsic nervous mechanism. Von Cyon (1898) obtained similar results. Hedbom (1898), Cleghorn (1899), and Dale (1909), using isolated mammalian heart preparations, found that the rate was lowered under the influence of pituitary extracts, indicating that the action was in part at least direct on the myocardium. Schafer and Vincent (1900) observed but little slowing of the rate when the vagi were paralyzed by atropine, and occasionally no fall in rate even with the vagi intact. They concluded, however, on the basis of the experiments of Howell and of Cleghorn, that in addition to the vagal action, there must be a direct effect on the cardiac muscle. Garnier and Thaon (1906) ascribed the action wholly to an influence through the vagi, for no slowing occurred after these nerves were sectioned. Wiggers (1911) obtained slowing upon perfusion of the drug through the isolated heart; while with the heart in situ, a variety of results was seen. In 217
Aspects of non-abelian gauge dynamics in two-dimensional Script N = (2,2) theories

We study various aspects of = (2,2) supersymmetric non-Abelian gauge theories in two dimensions, with applications to string vacua. We compute the Witten index of SU(k) SQCD with 0$>N>0 flavors with twisted masses; the result is presented as the solution to a simple combinatoric problem. We further claim that the infra-red fixed point of SU(k) gauge theory with N massless flavors is non-singular if (k,N) passes a related combinatoric criterion. These results are applied to the study of a class of U(k) linear sigma models which, in one phase, reduce to sigma models on Calabi-Yau manifolds in Grassmannians. We show that there are multiple singularities in the middle of the one-dimensional K? hler moduli space, in contrast to the Abelian models. This result precisely matches the complex structure singularities of the proposed mirrors. In one specific example, we study the physics in the other phase of the K? hler moduli space and find that it reduces to a sigma model for a second Calabi-Yau manifold which is not birationally equivalent to the first. This proves a mathematical conjecture of R? dland.
Relatedness, Self-Definition and Mental Representation: Essays in honor of Sidney J. Blatt

Morris I. Stein, Foreword. Acknowledgements. John S. Auerbach Kenneth N. Levy, Carrie E. Schaffer, Introduction: The Contributions of Sidney J. Blatt. Part 1: Personality Development. Beatrice Beebe, Joseph Jaffe, Frank M. Lachmann, A Dyadic Systems View of Communication. Beatriz Priel, Representations in Middle Childhood: A Dialogical Perspective. Norbert Freedman, On Spatialization: Personal and Theoretical Thoughts. Part 2: Psychopathology. David C. Zuroff, Darcy Santor, Myriam Mongrain, Dependency, Self-Criticism, and Maladjustment. Nasreen Khatri, Zindel V. Segal, Characterizing Cognitive Vulnerability in Depression. Stephen Fleck, The Development of Schizophrenia: A Psychosocial and Biological Approach. Phebe Cramer, Another 'Lens' for Understanding Therapeutic Change: The Interaction of IQ with Defense Mechanisms. Part 3: Assessment. Barry Ritzler, Sidney Blatt's Contributions to the Assessment of Object Representations. Howard D. Lerner, Object Relations and the Rorschach. Philip S. Holzman, The Rorschach Method: A Starting Point for Investigating Formal Thought Disorder. Part 4: Psychotherapy and the Treatment Process. Peter Fonagy, Mary Target, Some Reflections on the Therapeutic Action of Psychoanalytic Therapy. Lester Luborsky, Tomasz Andrusyna, Louis Diguer, How Often are Relationship Narratives Told During Psychotherapy Sessions? Stanley B. Messer, Laura McCann, Research Perspectives on the Case Study: Single-Case Method. Part 5: Applied Psychoanalysis. Paul L. Wachtel, Greed as an Individual and Social Phenomenon: An Application of the Two Configurations Model. Rachel B. Blass, Attachment and Separateness and the Psychoanalytic Understanding of the Act of Faith. Diana Diamond, Narcissism as a Clinical and Social Phenomenon. Robert R. Holt, The Menace of Postmodernism to a Psychoanalytic Psychology.
Using Debate to Teach Pharmacy Students About Ethical Issues

Objective. To create, implement, and evaluate debate as a method of teaching pharmacy undergraduate students about ethical issues. Design. Debate workshops with 5 hours of contact with student peers and facilitators and 5 hours of self-study were developed for second-year pharmacy students. Student development of various skills and understanding of the topic were assessed by staff members and student peers. Assessment. One hundred fifty students completed the workshops. The mean score for debating was 25.9 out of 30, with scores ranging from 23.2 to 28.7. Seventy percent of students agreed that the debates were a useful teaching method in the degree program. Conclusion. A series of workshops using debates effectively delivered course content on ethical issues and resulted in pharmacy students developing skills such as teamwork, peer assessment, communication, and critical evaluation. These findings suggest that pharmacy students respond favorably to a program using debates as a teaching tool.
Examining the Effects of Students' Classroom Expectations on Undergraduate Biology Course Reform

Title of Dissertation: EXAMINING THE EFFECTS OF STUDENTS’ CLASSROOM EXPECTATIONS ON UNDERGRADUATE BIOLOGY COURSE REFORM Kristi Lyn Hall, Doctor of Philosophy, 2013 Dissertation Directed By: Edward F. Redish Department of Physics In this dissertation, I perform and compare three studies of introductory biology students’ classroom expectations –– what students expect to be the nature of the knowledge that they are learning, what they think they should be (or are) doing in order to learn, and what they think they should be (or are) doing in order to be successful. Previous work has shown that expectations can impact how students approach learning, yet biology education researchers have been reluctant to acknowledge or address the effects of student expectations on curricular reform (NRC, 2012). Most research in biology education reform has focused on students’ conceptual understandings of biology and the efficacy of specific changes to content and pedagogy. The current research is lacking a deeper understanding of how students perceive the classroom environment and how those perceptions can shape students’ interactions with the content and pedagogy. For present and future reforms in biology to reach their full potential, I argue that biology education should actively address the different ways students think about and approach learning in biology classes. The first study uses a Likert-scale instrument, adapted from the Maryland Physics Expectations Survey (Redish, Saul, & Steinberg, 1998). This new survey, the Maryland Biology Expectations Survey (MBEX) documents two critical results in biology classrooms: (i) certain student-centered pedagogical contexts can produce favorable changes in students’ expectations, and (ii) more traditional classroom contexts appear to produce negative epistemological effects. The second study utilizes a modified version of the MBEX and focuses on students’ interdisciplinary views. This study documents that: (i) biology students have both discipline-specific and context-specific classroom expectations, (ii) students respond more favorably to interdisciplinary content in the biology courses we surveyed (as opposed to biology content introduced into the physics courses we surveyed), and (iv) biology faculty are not fully “on board” with interdisciplinary and integrative curriculum initiatives commonly endorsed in the current reform literature. The third study is a case study of students’ classroom expectations. From this data corpus, I have identified distinct patterns of biology-specific classroom expectations. I believe these expectations have important implications for how researchers should approach curricular reforms in the future. EXAMINING THE EFFECTS OF STUDENTS’ CLASSROOM EXPECTATIONS ON UNDERGRADUATE BIOLOGY COURSE REFORM.
OVERCONFIDENCE , PERCEIVED SIGNAL DEPENDENCY AND MOMENTUM

Perceived signal dependencies can be induced by behavioural biases such as clustering illusion, ambiguity aversion or confirmatory bias. The resultant dependencies will lead to time series profiles of prices in markets characterised by overconfident investors that manifest the empirically documented overreaction, momentum and mean reversion effects within a simple and robust modelling structure. This approach has the advantages over a biased self-attribution approach in that it provides a simple, analytic structure and generates further testable implications.
Multiresolution Source/Filter Model for Low Bitrate Coding of Spot Microphone Signals

A multiresolution source/filter model for coding of audio source signals (spot recordings) is proposed. Spot recordings are a subset of the multimicrophone recordings of a music performance, before the mixing process is applied for producing the final multichannel audio mix. The technique enables low bitrate coding of spot signals with good audio quality (above 3.0 perceptual grade compared to the original). It is demonstrated that this particular model separates the various microphone recordings of a multimicrophone recording into a part that mainly characterizes a specific microphone signal and a part that is common to all signals of the same recording (and can thus be omitted during transmission). Our interest in low bitrate coding of spot recordings is related to applications such as remote mixing and real-time collaboration of musicians who are geographically distributed. Using the proposed approach, it is shown that it is possible to encode a multimicrophone audio recording using a single audio channel only, with additional information for each spot microphone signal in the order of 5 kbps, for good-quality resynthesis. This is verified by employing both objective and subjective measures of performance.
Toward Greater Understanding of Faculty Research Collaboration

This article, based on interviews with eighteen active collaborators in the field of higher education, provides two perspectives to enhance knowledge about the process and dynamics through which faculty collaborate to conduct research: (1) metaphors to describe faculty collaboration to conduct research; and (2) an emerging grounded theory, which is useful for understanding and analyzing faculty research collaboration. The article also suggests appropriate directions for further research on faculty collaboration.
Social Influence Modulates the Neural Computation of Value

Social influence—individuals’ tendency to conform to the beliefs and attitudes of others—has interested psychologists for decades. However, it has traditionally been difficult to distinguish true modification of attitudes from mere public compliance with social norms; this study addressed this challenge using functional neuroimaging. Participants rated the attractiveness of faces and subsequently learned how their peers ostensibly rated each face. Participants were then scanned using functional MRI while they rated each face a second time. The second ratings were influenced by social norms: Participants changed their ratings to conform to those of their peers. This social influence was accompanied by modulated engagement of two brain regions associated with coding subjective value—the nucleus accumbens and orbitofrontal cortex—a finding suggesting that exposure to social norms affected participants’ neural representations of value assigned to stimuli. These findings document the utility of neuroimaging to demonstrate the private acceptance of social norms.
Salix daphnoides: A Screening for Oligomeric and Polymeric Proanthocyanidins

In the present study, a qualitative analysis of proanthocyanidins (PAs) from an aqueous-methanolic extract of Salix daphnoides VILL. bark is described. Procyanidin B1 (1), B2 (2), B3 (3), B4 (4), C1 (5), epicatechin-(4β→8)-epicatechin-(4β→8)-catechin (6) and epicatechin-(4β→8)-epicatechin-(4β→8)-epicatechin-(4β→8)-catechin (7) have been isolated by a combination of different chromatographic separations on Sephadex® LH-20-, MCI®-, Diol-and RP-18-phases. Mass spectrometry, 1D- and 2D-NMR, circular dichroism and polarimetry were used for their structure elucidation and verification by comparison with the literature. Additionally, two fractions of very polar flavan-3-ols were compared: “regular” polymeric PAs received at the very end of the Sephadex® LH-20 chromatography showing no mobility on silica TLC and “unusual” PAs with the same RF-value but already eluting together with flavonoids in the Sephadex® LH-20 system. These “unusual” PAs were subsequently enriched by centrifugal partition chromatography (CPC). 13C-NMR, polarimetry, thiolysis, acid hydrolysis and phloroglucinol degradation were used to characterize both fractions. Differences in the composition of different flavan-3-ol units and the middle chain length were observed.
Advances in Latent Variable Mixture Models

Editors' Introduction, Gregory R. Hancock and Karen M. Samuelsen. Acknowledgments. Latent Variable Hybrids: Overview of Old and New Models, Bengt Muthen. PART I: Multilevel and Longitudinal Systems. Multilevel Mixture Models, Tihomir Asparouhov and Bengt Muthen. Longitudinal Modeling of Population Heterogeneity: Methodological Challenges to the Analysis of Empirically Derived Criminal Trajectory Profiles, Frauke Kreuter and Bengt Muthen. Examining Contingent Discrete Change Over Time with Associative Latent Transition Analysis, Brian P. Flaherty. Modeling Measurement Error in Event Occurrence for Single, Non-Recurring Events in Discrete-Time Survival Analysis, Katherine E. Masyn. PART II: Models for Assessment and Diagnosis. Evidentiary Foundations of Mixture Item Response Theory Models, Robert J. Mislevy, Roy Levy, Marc Kroopnick, and Daisy Rutstein. Examining Differential Item Functioning from a Latent Mixture Perspective, Karen M. Samuelsen. Mixture Models in a Developmental Context, Karen Draney, Mark Wilson, Judith Gluck, and Christiane Spiel. Applications of Stochastic Analyses for Collaborative Learning and Cognitive Assessment, Amy Soller and Ron Stevens. The Mixture General Diagnostic Model, Matthias von Davier. PART III: Challenges in Model Evaluation. Categories or Continua? The Correspondence Between Mixture Models and Factor Models, Eric Loken and Peter Molenaar. Applications and Extensions of the Two-Point Mixture Index of Model Fit, C. Mitchell Dayton. Identifying the Correct Number of Classes in Growth Mixture Models, Davood Tofighi and Craig K. Enders. Choosing a "Correct" Factor Mixture Model: Power, Limitations, and Graphical Data Exploration, Gitta H. Lubke and Jeffrey R. Spies. About the Contributors.
Questionnaire surveillance of hidradenitis suppurativa in Japan

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Understanding attitude of health care professional teachers toward interprofessional health care collaboration and education in a Southeast Asian country

Background Faculty members play crucial roles as facilitators of learning for effective inter-professional education (IPE). However, faculty attitudes are reported to be barriers to successful implementation of IPE initiatives within health care education settings. This study aimed to investigate the following: 1) health care faculty members’ attitudes toward interprofessional collaboration (IPC) and IPE; 2) factors affecting faculty members’ perception toward IPC and IPE; and 3) health care professionals’ perceptions toward factors that hamper the quality of IPC, and whether IPE is a possible remedy for the situation. Methods A survey was administered to medicine, nursing, midwifery, and dentistry faculty members at 17 institutions in Central Java Province, Indonesia. Respondents were asked to rate their attitudes toward IPC and IPE using a previously validated “Attitude toward Interprofessional Health care Collaboration and Education” scale. To help interpretation of the survey results, 4 monoprofessional focus groups (FGs) were conducted and 3 key participants who could not be present at the FG meetings were interviewed. We conducted a statistical analysis on the quantitative data and performed a thematic content analysis of the qualitative data using ATLAS Ti (version 7). Results The total response rate was 74.1%. Nurses’ mean scores for attitudes toward IPC and IPE were higher than those of other health care professionals. The main problems of IPC identified from the FG were as follows: 1) differing perceptions of the needs of patients among professionals; 2) unequal participation in decision-making; 3) lack of face-to-face interaction; and 4) overlapping of roles and responsibilities. Faculty members agreed that IPE has the potential to remedy these challenges as long as opportunities are provided to inculcate equal power and contribution in meeting patients’ needs. Conclusion These findings indicate the necessity of convening faculty development programs regarding IPC and IPE. Additionally, innovative strategies must be developed for the implementation of IPC and IPE in a variety of academic settings.