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Collaboration, Consultation and Teamwork for Students with Special Needs

PART 1 focuses on contexts of collaboration, consultation, and teamwork. o Chapter 1 describes collaborative consultation and co-teaching and introduces key elements in the collaborative environment. o Chapter 2 emphasizes the array of differences in professional perspectives and personal preferences among educators, and highlights variables that create these differences. o Chapter 3 provides a brief overview of school improvement issues and collaborative school consultation history, theory, and research. PART 2 features processes that facilitate collaborative school consultation and working in teams. o Chapter 4 develops co-educators' verbal and nonverbal communication skills. o Chapter 5 presents a format for finding the problems that affect student learning and behavior, and then planning ways to address those problems so that students with special needs can succeed. o Chapter 6 focuses on avoiding stress that can lead to burnout from the profession. PART 3 provides content needed by co-educators to work effectively in partnerships for students' special needs. o Chapter 7 introduces co-teaching as a way of addressing all students' special needs collaboratively. o Chapter 8 features family partnerships as the focus of collaborative consultation between home-based co-educators and school-based. o Chapter 9 addresses needs of many diverse populations, including culturally and linguistically diverse students, those in rural and isolated areas, military dependent students, students who more frequently, those who are home schooled, and more. PART 4 addresses the collaborative roles among a variety of co-educators in the schools and communities, the place of technology in collaborative consultation and team efforts, and advocacy and leadership among educators for the future. o Chapter 10 involves school administrators as partners in collaborative activities and addresses the paraeducator role and supervising teachers of paras. o Chapter 11 explores the electronic role of technology as it relates to collaborative communication and networking. o Chapter 12 concludes the text with attention to mentorships among veteran teachers and novice teachers, leadership development for effective schools, and resource acquisition through grants and other funded projects.
TCP over Multi-Hop Wireless Mesh Network

The Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) was designed to provide reliable end-to-end delivery of data over unreliable networks. Traditionally TCP was designed and optimized only for wired networks. Ignoring the properties of wireless Networks, TCP can be implemented with poor performance. In order to adapt TCP to wireless environment, improvements have been proposed in the literature to help TCP to differentiate between the different types of losses. Indeed, in wireless networks losses are not always due to network congestion, as it is mostly the case in wired networks. Here we present an overview of this issue and a detailed discussion of the major factors involved. In addition, we survey the main proposals which aim at increasing the TCP performance in the wireless environments.
Agreement between equations estimating glomerular filtration rate in elderly nursing home residents and in hospitalised patients : implications for drug dosing

Background: detecting chronic kidney disease (CKD) may have important implications for the management of older and frail people. We aimed at investigating whether clinical setting (nursing home: NH versus hospital: H) affects the agreement between glomerular filtration rate (GFR) values estimated by Chronic Kidney Disease-Epidemiology Collaboration (CKD-EPI), Cockcroft-Gault (CG) and Modification of Diet in Renal Disease (MDRD) equations. Design: observational study. Setting: comparison between NH residents and H patients. Subjects: we used data from 177 NH residents, and 439 H patients. Methods: the agreement between estimating equations and the odds of a discrepancy >25% between formulas in relation to setting (NH versus H) were investigated. Results: the agreement between MDRD and CKD-EPI formulas was good either in NH (k = 0.82) or H (k = 0.87) patients, while corresponding figures for CG indicate only a fair agreement with CKD-EPI (k = 0.50 for both populations). Setting (NH versus H) was associated with discordance between MDRD and CKD-EPI (OR = 3.97; 95% CI = 1.75–9.01), but not between CG and EPI (OR = 1.25; 95% CI = 0.87–1.81). 583 Setting and GFR estimate D ow naded rom http/academ ic.p.com /ageing/artictract/40/5/583/46476 by gest on 08 M arch 2019 Conclusions: in NH residents, MDRD and CKD-EPI formulas yield highly concordant GFR values, but CG behaves differently in up to one-third of patients. Such findings have important implications in dosing drugs cleared by the kidney. Setting should be taken into consideration in studies for validation of GFR equations.
Flame Inhibition by CF 3 CHCl 2 ( HCFC-123 )

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2686 Timing of Technology Adoption and Product Market Competition

This paper examines how product market competition affects firms’ timing of adopting a new technology as well as whether the market provides sufficient adoption incentives. It shows that adoption dates differ not only among symmetric firms but also among markets with Cournot and Bertrand competition. More specifically, Cournot competition can lead to earlier adoption than Bertrand competition. It shows also that competition toughness does not always reinforce adoption incentives. When goods are differentiated enough, adoption occurs later than it is socially optimal. JEL Code: L13, O31, O32, O33.
Genetic Polymorphisms in Human Drug Metabolic Enzymes 1

*Department of Cancer Biology, Bowman Gray School of Medicine, Comprehensive Cancer Center of Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, North Carolina 27157; ^Departments of Pediatrics and Pharmacology, Children's Hospital of Michigan, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan 48201; %Laboratory of Biochemical Risk Analysis and ^Human Metabolism Section, Laboratory of Pharmacology and Chemistry, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, P.O. Box 12233, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina 27709; and ^Center for Ecogenetics and Environmental Health, Department of Environmental Health, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98105-6099
chapter 6 E ! ects of task complexity and interaction on L 2 performance

)e Cognition Hypothesis (Robinson, 2005) claims that increases in cognitive task complexity along ‘resource-directing’ variables focus L2 learners’ attention on language. )is results in more accurate and syntactically and lexically more complex speech, while negatively a*ecting +uency. Interactive tasks have been claimed to enhance L2 learners’ attention to language form, raising the chance that they will produce more accurate speech in dialogues than monologues. As speakers ask for clari,cations, and mirror each other’s speech, pair work allegedly leads to structurally less complex and lexically less diverse output while +uency increases. When task complexity and the interactional format are manipulated at the same time, combined e*ects may occur. As a complex task requires more clari,cation work, complex dialogic tasks may lead to higher levels of accuracy, but lower levels of structural and lexical complexity. )is study investigated the e*ects of increased task complexity and interaction: 64 L2 learners of Dutch performed simple and complex tasks either individually (+monologic) or in pairs (–monologic). Task complexity was manipulated along the dimension ‘± few elements’. )e students’ output was analyzed for measures of linguistic complexity, accuracy, and +uency. It was compared to the output produced by 44 native speakers of Dutch performing the same tasks. )e results provide little support for the Cognition Hypothesis, although interaction had a large impact on both L2 learners and L1 speakers. )e discussion takes a cognitive perspective on attentional allocation and L2 task performance.
WHY DO COMPANIES PAY DIVIDENDS ? : A COMMENT Dewasiri

This study reviews one of the unresolved research puzzles in corporate finance; why do companies pay dividends? In this context, a qualitative study dealing with content analysis is carried out based on the theoretical and empirical research. After critically reviewing 407 research articles in dividend policy, 50 empirical studies were taken as the sample based on the relevancy to the research puzzle. The content analysis has provided some significant insights and stylized facts with regard to the corporate dividend policy. However the previous research studies were fundamentally flawed in their design based on quantitative approaches in order to elucidate a behavioural explanation. As a result, most of the study findings cannot be relied upon to see consistency with the theories in question. Despite years of theoretical and empirical evidences, the findings show that the dividend puzzle is still remaining as unresolved research phenomenon in corporate finance due to lack of unanimity among the researchers over the explanations. This study provides the reader an all-embracing understanding on the theories and empirical explanations over the dividend puzzle. It is imperative for the researchers to focus on all empirical and theoretical explanations in a single study and test them simultaneously in a triangular approach in order to have a single consensus over this puzzle. Thus, developing a new paradigm or models to deal with the dividend puzzle is suggested, until then the deduction of various theories in different studies are inconclusive and inconsistent.
Chlamydia Pneumoniae : The Potential Cause of Multiple Sclerosis

Background Multiple sclerosis is an autoimmune disease, its etiology until know is unknown. Many studies suggested that the environmental risk factors one of them is chlamydia Pneumoniae may play a role in the initiation of the disease. Objectives To investigate the relationship between previously Chlamydia Pneumoniae infection and multiple sclerosis disease initiation Methods Sixty patients with multiple sclerosis (30 newly and 30 previously diagnosed), their ages ranged from 13 to 58 years were enrolled in the present study. They attended seeking for treatment or for the diagnoses of multiple sclerosis in outpatient clinic at the Medical City, Baghdad Teaching Hospital, Baghdad in the period from December 2014 till March 2015. In addition, thirty healthy volunteers their gender and ages were matched with patients group were participated as a control. We measured the anti chlamydia Pneumoniae IgG by ELISA technique. Results The chlamydia Pneumoniae positivity in the multiple sclerosis patients was considerably higher than the control group but the variation was not significant (p > 0.05) and there was no difference between the previously and newly diagnosed multiple sclerosis patients. Conclusion There is no statistically significant relationship between previously chlamydia Pneumoniae infection and MS disease.
Randomised controlled trial of the effects of fish oil emulsion in total parenteral nutrition upon tumour vascularity in patients with hepatic colorectal metastases

Tumour growth is dependent on angiogenesis. Angiogenesis often predicts a poorer prognosis in cancer patients and is also associated with the increased development of tumour metastases. Angiogenesis is stimulated by vascular endothelial growth factor, which increases vascular permeability, induces endothelial cell proliferation and promotes endothelial cell survival, which, are pivotal in tumourgenesis. As such angiogenesis and vascular endothelial growth factor inhibitors are now commonplace in the armoury of anti-cancer treatments. In vitro, in-vivo and epidemiological studies have demonstrated that omega-3 fatty acids, principally eicosapentaenoic acid and docosahexaenoic acid have profound anti-inflammatory, anti-apoptotic, anti-proliferative and anti-angiogenic properties. Anti-angiogenic actions include a reduction vascular endothelial growth factor concentration and alteration of vascular endothelial growth factor receptor signalling response. Unfortunately only negligible amounts of EPA and DHA can be produced by human metabolism. Omega-3 fatty acids are however synthesised in abundance by algae and plankton and as a consequence fish are the main dietary source of essential omega-3 fatty acids. However even with a balanced diet rich in fish, human plasma concentrations are minimal. In contrast parenteral administration of a fish-oil lipid emulsion leads to a significant and rapid increase in eicosapentaenoic acid and docosahexaenoic acid concentrations in plasma, and platelet and leukocyte membrane phospholipids within hours. There is a large body of work in the scientific literature that supports the theory that omega-3 fish oils have marked anti-angiogenic properties and that plasma concentrations of omega-3 fatty acids can be quickly and safely manipulated with intravenous infusion. I present the findings from a randomised controlled pilot study in patients with hepatic colorectal metastases to assess the response of biomarkers of angiogenesis to intravenous administration of omega-3 fatty acids compared to controls.
Total phenolics and anthocyanin profiles of Romanian wild and cultivated blueberries by direct infusion ESI-IT-MS / MS

Phenolics and anthocyanins were extracted from wild bilberries (Vaccinium myrtillus L.) and cultivated blueberries (Vaccinium corymbosum L.) collected from Breaza/Romania, and analyzed for their content by spectrophotometric techniques. The results have shown a high content of these bioactives in wild bilberry samples compared to the cultivated ones, in accordance with other reported studies. The total phenolics level in blueberry (Bluecrop cultivar), compared to that in bilberry, was found 31 % lower, while the total anthocyanins content of the same cultivar was found up to 45 % lower than of bilberry, depending on the harvest year. The obtained data may become relevant for future estimation studies of anthocyanins daily consumption and for enrichment of the national food composition databases. Direct-infusion electrospray ionization ion trap tandem mass spectrometry (ESI-IT-MS/MS) was applied to identify individual anthocyanins directly from the crude extracts. The profile of relative abundances of the ions was strongly different. Anthocyanins representing three monoglycosides of five anthocyanidins (cyanidine, delphinidin, peonidin, petunidin, malvidin) were identified in high relative abundance in wild bilberry extracts compared to cultivated blueberry extracts which showed decreased levels (relative abundance of cyanidine and peonidin were <10%). This technique proved to be a valuable method which provides a rapid fingerprint of species-specific anthocyanins.
Optimization for Interference MIMO Relay Communication Systems

With the considerable growth of number of mobile subscriptions worldwide, the demand for wireless communication technologies that can provide higher data rates is increasing. This demand is also driving researchers to develop new ways to address capacity challenges and explore new network topologies that offer features and functions. Multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) is one of the technologies has been developed not only to mitigate multipath fading but also turn it into a benefit for users. However, in long-range communication where the path attenuation of wireless channels becomes significant, the relay nodes are necessary to efficiently compensate the loss without increasing the transmit power. By incorporating relay nodes in a MIMO system, the network coverage and reliability can be significantly improved. In additional, the relay nodes can be installed in places where obstacles affect single-hop communications to mitigate shadowing. In this thesis, we focus on interference MIMO relay systems. We first propose the iterative algorithms to jointly optimize the source, relay, and receiver matrices subjecting to the individual power constraints at the source and the relay nodes. Based on the fact that the mean-squared error (MSE) of the signal waveform estimation at the receivers is closely related to the raw bit-error-rate (BER), the minimal MSE (MMSE) is chosen as the design criterion. The direct paths between the source and destination nodes are taken into account as they provide valuable spatial diversity. The proposed algorithms outperform the existing techniques in terms of both MSE and BER. Next, to reduce the complexity of optimization problem, we investigate a simplified relay matrix design through modifying the transmission power constraint at the relay node. The modified relay optimization problem has a closed-form solution.
Effective Modeling for Coarse Grained Simulations of Shock Driven Turbulent Mixing

We focus on simulating the consequences of material interpenetration, hydrodynamical instabilities, and mixing arising from perturbations at shocked material interfaces, as vorticity is introduced by the impulsive loading of shock waves – e.g., as in ICF capsule implosions. In the coarse grained simulation (CGS) paradigm small scales are presumed enslaved to the dynamics of the largest, or put in other words, the spectral cascade rate of energy (the rate limiting step) is determined by the initial and boundary condition constrained large-scale dynamics. CGS includes classical large-eddy simulation (LES) using explicit subgrid scale (SGS) models, and implicit LES (ILES) relying on SGS modeling implicitly provided by physics capturing numerics. By combining shock and turbulence emulation capabilities based on a single (physics capturing) numerics, ILES provides an effective simulation framework for shock driven turbulent mixing. Beyond the complex multiscale resolution issues of shocks and variable density turbulence, we must address the difficult problem of predicting flow transition promoted by energy deposited at the material interfacial layer during the shock interface interactions. Transition involves unsteady large-scale coherentstructure dynamics capturable by CGS but not by an unsteady Reynolds-Averaged Navier-Stokes (RANS) approach based on single-point-closure modeling. We discuss a dynamic blended hybrid RANS/ILES strategy for applications involving variable-density turbulent mixing applications, and report progress testing their preliminary implementation for relevant canonical problems.
Enhancement of the critical current density by increasing the collective pinning energy in heavy ion irradiated Co-doped BaFe 2 As 2 single crystals

We investigate the effect of heavy ion irradiation (1.4 GeV Pb) on the vortex matter in Ba (Fe0.92Co0.08)2As2 single crystals by superconducting quantum interference device (SQUID) magnetometry. The defects created by the irradiation are discontinuous amorphous tracks, resulting in an effective track density smaller than 25% of the nominal doses. We observe large increases in the critical current density (Jc), ranging from a factor of ∼3 at low magnetic fields to a factor of ∼10 at fields close to 1 T after irradiation with a nominal fluence of BΦ= 3.5 T. From the normalized flux creep rates (S) and the Maley analysis, we determine that the Jc increase can be mainly attributed to a large increment in the pinning energy, from <50 K to ≈500 K, while the glassy exponent μ changes from ∼1.5 to <1. Although the enhancement of Jc is substantial in the entire temperature range and S is strongly suppressed, the artificial pinning landscape induced by the irradiation does not modify significantly the crossover to fast creep in the field-temperature vortex phase diagram.
Encyclopedia of Infant and Early Childhood Development

Infancy is a unique period, in that at no other state is there greater growth and development. During this time, growth is occurring at a physical level, but equally impressive are the socio-emotional and cognitive developments during this time. Genetics, the womb environment, and the physical environment after birth all combine to impact the rate and manner of growth. Who we ultimately become as individuals begins here. Intended for university and public libraries, the "Encyclopedia of Infant and Early Childhood Development" is the major reference work that provides a comprehensive entry point into all of the existing literature on child development from the fields of psychology, genetics, neuroscience, and sociology.The scope of this work is to understand the developmental changes, when they occur, why they occur, how they occur, and those factors that influence that development. Although some medical information is included, the emphasis is on normal growth and is primarily from a psychological perspective. Cutting edge content will encompass the period of time from neo-nates to age three. This work features: award-winning Editors-in-Chief to ensure authoritative quality. It is organized alphabetically by topic for ease of reference. Each article will include a glossary defining any unique terms. Suggested readings at the end of each article provide a resource for additional information. It is extensively cross-referenced within the work to enable reader access to full and relevant information related to their interests. It offers online availability via ScienceDirect platform.
THE PATTERN OF TRAUMATIC DENTAL INJURIES IN CHILDREN IN A TERTIARY HEALTH CARE FACILITY IN NIGERIA

To assess the causes and pattern of traumatic dental injury (TDI) among children that presented in the dental clinic of a tertiary health institution. Retrospective review of dental records in the dental clinic for traumatic dental injuries among children up to 16 years. Information retrieved included demographic data, presenting complaint, cause of trauma, where it occurred, how it occurred, and time interval before presentation for care in clinic. Other information retrieved were on lip competence and type of dental injuries. Data analyzed using SPSS Version 20. Ninety seven (5.7%) subjects; 59 (60.8%) males and 38 (39.2%) females presented with dental trauma. They had a mean age of 6.14 (+ 3.95) years. The 1 to 4 years age group was the majority 38 (39.2%). Most (40.2%) subjects presented for treatment in the clinic less than a week after the injury. The commonest cause of TDI was falls (85.2%), most (76.2%) incidents occurred in homes and their concern at presentation majorly (62.9%). was aesthetics. Increased overjet and lip incompetence was found in 13.4%and 9.9%children, respectively. Seventy-five percent tooth supporting structures injuries and 63.1%dental fractures occurred in the primary and permanent dentitions, respectively. Multiple teeth injury was the commonest presentation. The commonest cause of TDI was falls and they occurred at homes. The most frequently affected age group was the 1 to 4 year age group and this may have resulted from inadequate supervision /care and hard impact absorbing surfaces. Clinical article (J Int Dent Med Res 2016; 9: (1), pp. 33-38)