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Teacher research and school improvement : opening doors from the inside

Part 1: the case for teacher research as a strategy for school improvement school effectiveness and school improvement meanings and traditions school improvement - an overview of key findings schools as complex organizations teacher research for school improvement and school development. Part 2: case studies of teacher research for school improvement action research and school improvement - an introduction researching knowledge of, and communicating about, student progress multicultural and antiracist education the use of structured play in early years education learning how to improve attendance getting the measure of bullying improving levels of literacy among year seven pupils. Part 3: reviewing the case studies, reviewing teacher development the case studies discussed continuing professional development for educational improvement.
Generation and stability of structurally imprinted target skyrmions in magnetic multilayers

Target Skyrmions (TSks) are extended topological spin textures with a constant chirality where the rotation of the z component of the magnetization is larger than π. TSks have topological charge 1 or 0, if the z component of the magnetization Mz goes through a rotation of nπ where n is an odd or even integer, respectively. TSks with a rotation of the z component of up to 4π have been imaged via high spatial resolution element-specific x-ray imaging. The TSks were generated by weakly coupling 30 nm thin Permalloy (Ni80Fe20, PY) disks with a 1 μm diameter to asymmetric (Ir 1 nm/Co 1.5 nm/Pt 1 nm) × 7 multilayers that exhibit Dzyaloshinskii-Moriya interaction. The PY disks stabilize the TSks in the multilayers due to reduced stray field energy and enforced circular symmetry from pinning of domain walls at the edges of the disks. Upon applying external magnetic fields, it is the skyrmion core at the center that ensures stability of the TSk, whereas the collapse of the extended structures in the TSk does not depend on the topological charge.Target Skyrmions (TSks) are extended topological spin textures with a constant chirality where the rotation of the z component of the magnetization is larger than π. TSks have topological charge 1 or 0, if the z component of the magnetization Mz goes through a rotation of nπ where n is an odd or even integer, respectively. TSks with a rotation of the z component of up to 4π have been imaged via high spatial resolution element-specific x-ray imaging. The TSks were generated by weakly coupling 30 nm thin Permalloy (Ni80Fe20, PY) disks with a 1 μm diameter to asymmetric (Ir 1 nm/Co 1.5 nm/Pt 1 nm) × 7 multilayers that exhibit Dzyaloshinskii-Moriya interaction. The PY disks stabilize the TSks in the multilayers due to reduced stray field energy and enforced circular symmetry from pinning of domain walls at the edges of the disks. Upon applying external magnetic fields, it is the skyrmion core at the center that ensures stability of the TSk, whereas the collapse of the extended structures in the TSk does not d.
Hybrid biomimetic design for sustainable development through multiple perspectives

In the bio-technological era the boundary between the biological world and synthetic world is increasingly fading, as well as, the limit between different disciplines in the perspective of multidisciplinary and anti-disciplinary. Conversely, the overcoming of barriers is not to be considered as a symptom of homogenization or loss of complexity, but rather, as a paradigm, in which new forms of connection and intersection between design and science are created. In this vision, hybrid products can be generated in which nature and artifice co-exist: a change of paradigm that deeply revises the concept of environmental sustainability. This paper aims to illustrate activities, methods and results of the Hybrid Design Lab-(HDL)- Department of the Campania University "Luigi Vanvitelli"- specifically dedicated to different forms of collaboration and intersection between design and bio-sciences, specifically aimed to environmental sustainability.
Pulmonary and submandibular lymph node abscesses in a white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus).

A thin, lactating and uncoordinated female white-tailed deer was submitted for necropsy as part of a surveillance program for chronic wasting disease (CWD). Laboratory tests for CWD and rabies were negative. Post-mortem examination revealed pulmonary and submandibular lymph node abscesses associated with Arcanobacterium pyogenes and Pasteurella. The overall presentation suggests that the infections may have been associated with chronic stress.
Output Signal Prediction of an Eddy-Current Probe When Scanning Arbitrary-Shape Surface Cracks in Metals

This article proposes an efficient modeling technique to predict the output signal of an eddy-current (EC) probe when scanning arbitrary-shape surface cracks in metals. The probe is excited by an arbitrary-shape wire carrying an ac current of arbitrary frequency with no restriction on the crack depth profile or magnetic permeability of the metal. In the proposed technique, the equivalence principle is adopted to replace the crack with the equivalent electric and magnetic current densities, and the governing volume integral equations (VIEs) are derived using appropriate Green’s functions. The VIEs are solved by the method of moments (MoM) for the unknown electric and magnetic fields inside the crack. This is done by expanding the electric and magnetic fields in terms of basis functions compatible with the problem. To support the validity of the proposed modeling technique, we compare the predicted output signals of various EC probes with their experimental counterparts and those available in the literature.
V. The Sponges of the „Willem Barents” Expedition 1880 and 1881

The Sponges described hereafter were all preserved in spirit. Those which were treated with chromic acid or some similar reagent were in a state that did not allow any investigation whatever. On the other hand some of the Sponges preserved in spirit were also in a bad condition, so that I could only make out something about the skeleton or the spicules. Some on the contrary were very well preserved so that even a few histological details could be observed. This is one of the reasons why I have treated the Sponges in the unequal manner that the reader will notice. Another reason is that I began my task when I was lecturer in the Hague and had much more time at my disposal than is now the case. I feel obliged to apologise. In the middle of 1882 I had the honour to be called as assistant at Prof. Dohrn’s Station in Naples and since then I could, of course, not devote very much time to my Polar Sponges. Still I had accepted the task and was thus obliged to finish it. I am convinced that many points more are to be found out with the material I had, but I thought it my duty not to spend more time. I hope the Commitee for publishing the results of the Barents-Expedition will excuse me for having made them wait so long a time and giving them so little.
Evaluating Himawari-8 Cloud Products Using Shipborne and CALIPSO Observations: Cloud-Top Height and Cloud-Top Temperature

Cloud-top height (CTH) and cloud-top temperature (CTT) retrieved from the Himawari-8 observations are evaluated using the active shipborne radar–lidar observations derived from the 31-day Clouds, Aerosols, Precipitation Radiation and Atmospheric Composition over the Southern Ocean (CAPRICORN) experiment in 2016 and 1-yr observations from the spaceborne Cloud–Aerosol Lidar with Orthogonal Polarization (CALIOP) cloud product over a large sector of the Southern Ocean. The results show that the Himawari-8 CTH (CTT) retrievals agree reasonably well with both the shipborne estimates, with a correlation coefficient of 0.837 (0.820), a mean bias error of 0.226 km (−2.526°C), and an RMSE of 1.684 km (10.069°C). In the comparison with CALIOP, the corresponding quantities are found to be 0.786 (0.480), −0.570 km (1.343°C), and 2.297 km (25.176°C). The Himawari-8 CTH (CTT) generally falls between the physical CTHs observed by CALIOP and the shipborne radar–lidar estimates. However, major systematic biases are also identified. These errors include (i) a low (warm) bias in CTH (CTT) for warm liquid cloud type, (ii) a cold bias in CTT for supercooled liquid water cloud type, (iii) a lack of CTH at ~3 km that does not have a corresponding gap in CTT, (iv) a tendency of misclassifying some low-/mid-top clouds as cirrus and overlap cloud types, and (v) a saturation of CTH (CTT) around 10 km (−40°C), particularly for cirrus and overlap cloud types. Various challenges that underpin these biases are also explored, including the potential of parallax bias, low-level inversion, and cloud heterogeneity.
Student teachers' perspectives on their readiness towards teaching practice: A case study in a Malaysian university

This paper discusses part of the findings in a case study conducted to student teachers who were in teacher education programme in a selected university. The discussion focuses on the findings of interviews done to the students regarding with their readiness for their teaching practice or teaching practice at schools where there were placed. Open ended interviews were done to randomly ten students who had gone to the schools for their social visit before they go for their teaching practice. Audio data were collected from the participants of the interviews. The data were analysed and categorised thematically. There were main themes of the readiness that emerged from the analysis include social readiness, psychological readiness, general pedagogical knowledge readiness, pedagogical content knowledge readiness and basic skills readiness. The findings show that the student teachers admitted confidently that they were ready socially and psychologically for their teaching practice. They were also had readiness on the aspects of general pedagogical knowledge, pedagogical content knowledge and basics skills that will be required for the performing of the teaching practice. These findings might have connection with why most of the students scored higher achievement grade in teaching practice. Therefore further study might also be conducted to acquire clearer picture to be noted about it.
Drylines in Southern Africa: Rediscovering the Congo Air Boundary

Projected rainfall decline in southern Africa is likely to be highly sensitive to subtleties in the local atmospheric circulation. In an effort to understand the regional circulation complexities, a novel algorithm is developed to identify the Congo air boundary (CAB) in ERA-5, a high-resolution reanalysis dataset. The CAB, a forgotten feature of the circulation, is defined in the austral spring and early summer, using surface humidity gradients and near-surface wind convergence lines, and it is found to be an indicator of the location of the southern edge of the African rain belt. A related convergence-line and dryline feature, described in this paper as the Kalahari discontinuity (KD), is also identified. It is established that either a dryline CAB or KD is present in southern Africa for over 95% of days between August and December, with arc lengths typically exceeding 10°. The seasonal and diurnal cycles of the CAB and the KD are presented, and their prevalence in station observational data is confirmed. The interannual variability of the CAB latitude and detection frequency is found to explain at least 55% of interannual spring rainfall variability in southern Africa between 15° to 25°S. Links are established with the Angola and Kalahari heat lows and tropical temperate trough events.
Event-Triggered Sliding-Mode Control for a Class of T–S Fuzzy Systems

An event-triggered sliding-mode control problem is investigated for a class of multiple-input Takagi–Sugeno (T–S) fuzzy systems via designing a linear switching function. An assumption that all local linear systems share a common input matrix is removed. Then, a novel event-triggered sliding-mode controller with asynchronous premise variables is designed, which can ensure that the trajectory of multiple-input T–S fuzzy systems can be driven onto the region near the sliding surface after finite time. A sufficient condition is established to guarantee the stability of sliding motion, and the sliding-mode controller gain is obtained by solving a set of linear matrix inequalities. The positive lower bound of the interexecution time can be ensured, which means that there is no Zeno phenomenon. In the end, the advantages and effectiveness of the theoretical results are illustrated by two examples.
Co-Teaching: Collaborative and Caring Teacher Preparation

This study investigated what happened during the implementation of a co-teaching model for student-teaching from a relational perspective. When analyzed through the theoretical framework of care ethics, teacher-candidates and their mentor-teachers developed caring relationships, acknowledged and negotiated differential power dynamics, and described cultivating a caring climate through dialogue and modeling.
Leafwise shadowing property for partially hyperbolic diffeomorphisms

ABSTRACT In this note, we characterize hyperbolicity of invariant laminations for partially hyperbolic diffeomorphisms in terms of a leafwise shadowing property. We prove that a -diffeomorphism with partially hyperbolic non-wandering set is Axiom A if and only if the leafwise shadowing property holds along the central lamination for all -close diffeomorphisms. Similar results hold for open classes of strongly partially hyperbolic diffeomorphisms.
Reconceptualising vulnerability and its value for managerial identity and learning

Dominant, masculinised constructions of managerial identities are associated with expectations of being in control and strong, and not with vulnerability. Managers may conceal vulnerability and protect themselves through defensive identity work, and such responses may close down learning opportunities. We reconceptualise vulnerability and recognise its value for managerial identity and learning by drawing upon Butler’s theory of vulnerability. Analysing interviews with middle and senior managers and presenting our own reflexive learning, we address a lack of empirical accounts of managerial vulnerability. We offer three processes of relational vulnerability: (1) recognising and claiming vulnerability, (2) developing social support to share vulnerability with trusted others, and (3) recognising alternative ways of conceptualising and responding to vulnerability. Rather than defensiveness in the face of vulnerability constructed as weakness, the value of vulnerability lies in its openness and its generative capacity for alternative ways of managerial being and learning.
Transforming Ecosystems: Facilitating Sustainable Innovations Through the Lineage of Exploratory Projects

Radical innovations are essential for the sustainable transition of society; however, such innovations are struggling to establish a solid position in the ecosystem. Through a case study, the influence of the ecosystem on a radical, sustainable innovation is investigated. The study shows that the ecosystem causes bottleneck challenges for the innovation and that a lineage of exploratory projects is essential to transforming the ecosystem and thereby supporting the breakthrough of the innovation. A model for lineage ecosystem management is proposed, extending and contributing to the multiproject lineage management approach, with a particular focus on radical, sustainable innovations.
Relationships between social networks and language development during study abroad

ABSTRACT The current study examined second language (L2) learners’ social networks during study abroad and how they changed over time. Participants were 29 British undergraduates majoring in French who were spending an academic year abroad in France. Social network data were collected three times during study abroad (beginning, middle, and end of a nine-month stay) using the Social Networks Questionnaire. Results showed that large proportions of learners’ social networks included L1-using contacts, with little change over time. Analysis of social networks according to social context indicated that work/university and organised free time contexts appeared to favour L2 use, whereas virtual contexts (e.g. Facebook, Skype) appeared to favour L1 use. Correlations between aspects of learners’ social networks and language development (lexical complexity scores in oral interviews) indicated complex and changing relationships over time, indicating that frequent amounts of L2 use during study abroad were associated with high lexical complexity scores.
Assessing and Training Comparative Relations in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder

Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) often present with developmental deficits in the area of generative verbal behaviour and the ability to accomplish arbitrary applicable relational responding (AARR). This study used Relational Frame Theory and the Training and Assessment of Relational Precursors and Abilities assessment protocol in the form of table-top tasks to assess and train comparative relations in three boys with ASD. On exposure to multiple exemplar training (MET), all three participants successfully reached mastery criterion on four separate stages of training. This provides evidence that MET can be used to teach AARR in individuals with ASD.
The influence of selection modality, display dynamics and error feedback on patterns of human foraging

ABSTRACT In previous studies, we have used an iPad task to explore how humans “forage” through static displays containing multiple targets from two categories. When demands on attention were increased, foraging patterns tended to shift from random category selection to exhaustive category selection. Here, we used the same task on a vertically oriented touch-screen. In separate blocks, static or dynamic target items were selected using different modalities, specifically: (a) mouse (b) touchscreen or (c) infrared hand tracker. Although the different selection modalities varied considerably in terms of familiarity and difficulty of use, there was a minimal effect on the patterns of foraging. While there was a consistent reduction in the number of category switches with increased attentional load, the tendency to use exhaustive runs was much reduced, particularly with dynamic displays. We suggest that this pattern is a consequence of generally slowed response times. These findings indicate that in addition to capacity limits, temporal constraints are likely to be an important determinant of foraging patterns in humans. We introduce the term “foraging tempo” to capture this latter notion and to emphasize the probable role played by the overall pace of the regular, repetitive selections required during multi-target search tasks.
Using technology-based learning tool to train facial expression recognition and emotion understanding skills of Chinese pre-schoolers with autism spectrum disorder

Objectives: Given the pervasiveness of emotional and behavioral deficits of individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD), there is a pressing need for effective interventions to address their difficulties on Facial Expression Recognition and Emotion Understanding (FER/EU). Qunatiandi, a structured, app-based intervention program that is designed for Chinese children with ASD was utilized in this study. Three young children (two girls and one boy; age M = 4.94 years) completed an 8-week one-on-one intervention in a rehabilitation center setting. It was hypothesized that the three children would show greater progress in their FER/EU. Methods: In this study, a modified multiple probe across the program phases design was used; the dependent variable was the percentage of unprompted correct receptive identification responses for FER/EU tests during instruction and probes. Data were taken during baseline, the endpoint of instruction sessions, and a maintenance stage followed by intervention termination. Results: Findings of the study revealed that all participants demonstrated significant improvements in social acuity, gains were mostly achieved on emotion distinguishing and understanding (above 80% of accuracy). A similar scoring pattern was also found in the maintenance probe phase. Conclusion: The study is one of only a few early intervention projects to improve FER/EU skills for children with ASD using an app-based intervention. The results demonstrated that children with ASD can experience increases in emotion distinguishing and understanding skills. Maintenance probe results showed that the interventional effect can be maintained for a period of time after intervention.
Prevention of pregnancy-related lumbopelvic pain, using a single exercise and advice-based physiotherapy intervention in early pregnancy: A pilot study

Pregnancy-related lumbopelvic pain is a term used to describe pain emanating from the lumbar spine or pelvic girdle that develops either during pregnancy or in the immediate post-partum period. Although it is estimated that up to 70% of pregnant women will report lumbopelvic pain at some point during their pregnancy, there is a paucity of literature pertaining to the prevention of the condition. This study was therefore undertaken in order to explore the feasibility of a larger-scale study into the prevention of pregnancy-related lumbopelvic pain using a single exercise and advice-based physiotherapy intervention in early pregnancy. Several aspects of feasibility were addressed and it was highlighted that several modifications would have to be made to the protocol in order to ensure successful completion of a larger-scale study. The tendency towards improved outcomes in the study group was however an encouraging finding and supports the need for further research in this field.
Effects of Exercise Training on Fat Oxidation in Untrained Overweight and Obese Females

EFFECTS OF EXERCISE TRAINING ON FAT OXIDATION IN UNTRAINED OVERWEIGHT AND OBESE FEMALES by Kelly P. Manning This study examined whether a high-intensity interval (IT) or a continuous steady-state (CT) exercise training program had the greatest effect on fat oxidation rates and fat mass loss in a population of untrained overweight and obese females. Thirteen female subjects (VO2peak 30.6 ± 1.29 ml . kg . min -1 , BMI 29 ± 0.79, fat mass [FM] 33.3 ± 2.09 kg) were randomly assigned to either a CT (exercise at the relative intensity that elicits the maximal fat oxidation rate [FATmax] ) or an IT (intervals alternating 5 minutes at 40% and 85% VO2peak) training group that exercised approximately 1 hour, 3 days . week -1 for 10 weeks. Body composition assessments, peak oxygen uptake (VO2peak), FATmax and plasma free fatty acid (FFA) concentrations were examined preand posttraining using dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA), ParvoMedics gas analysis system and FFA half micro tests (Roche Diagnostics). No significant differences were found post-training in body weight (kg), body fat (%), fat-free mass, or fat mass (P>0.05). The relative exercise intensity that elicited FATmax was significantly increased from 35.3 ± 2.55% to 44.7 ± 3.56% in the IT group post-training (P <0.05). The maximal fat oxidation rate was determined at a higher relative exercise intensity after 10 weeks of a IT program compared with a CT program, which resulted in longer durations of fat oxidation during submaximal exercise bouts. These data suggest that an IT program induces a greater increase in the relative exercise intensity that elicits maximal fat oxidation after 10 weeks of training compared to a CT program in this population. Although body composition and FATmax were not altered, it is possible that through training induced metabolic adaptations from the IT program, intramuscular triacylglyceride (IMTG) contributions to fat oxidation at a given steady-state work rate could be increased post-training. EFFECTS OF EXERCISE TRAINING ON FAT OXIDATION IN UNTRAINED OVERWEIGHT AND OBESE FEMALES by Kelly P. Manning