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Preface

Recognition of the positive impact of Communities of Practice and increased opportunities for social learning across discipline, national and international boundaries has seen growing interest in Communities of Practice in higher education. The authors in this book articulate the theoretical foundations of Communities of Practice (CoPs), the research into their application in higher education, CoP leadership roles and how CoPs sustain and support professional learning. The theoretical and leadership focus of this book provides the foundation for, and is complemented by, a companion book, Implementing Communities of Practice in Higher Education: Dreamers and Schemers, also edited by Jacquie McDonald and Aileen Cater-Steel, and published by Springer. The companion book has a more practical focus with examples and case studies of both student and academic CoPs, applications in sciences or humanities, curriculum development and virtual communities. The two books are the result of the marvellous response of 69 submissions to the initial call for proposals, demonstrating the impressive scope and interest in higher education CoPs. The wide geographic reach of the contents of this book is indicated by the fact that there are contributions from 71 authors from seven countries (Australia, Canada, Netherlands, New Zealand, Spain, UK, and USA). This is an indication of the extent and impact of higher education CoPs. Etienne and Beverly Wenger-Trayner say that the term ‘community of practice’ is fairly recent, although the phenomenon it refers to is age-old (Wenger-Trayner and Wenger-Trayner 2015). As they articulate in the foreword of this book, community of practice theory is informed by, and informs, social learning theory (Bandura 1977). CoPs have gone through three phases, giving different perspectives on ‘what is a community of practice’ as the theory evolves through the different phases. CoP theory now seems well established (Tight 2015; Wenger-Trayner and Wenger-Trayner 2015) with a well-accepted definition used in this book. It is one which most of the authors explicitly or implicitly subscribe to, that Communities of Practice are “groups of people who share a concern or a passion about something they do and learn how to do it better as they interact regularly” (Wenger-Trayner and Wenger-Trayner 2015). Wenger-Trayner and Wenger-Trayner (2015) also say that the three characteristics, the domain, the community and the practice, are the
The application of variable number of tandem repeats in the microevolution study of Mycobacterium tuberculosis strain of Beijing genotype in Chongming Island,Shanghai

To find the variable number of tandem repeat (VNTR) locus combinations that adapt to study the microevolution of Mycobacterium tuberculosis (M. tuberculosis) strain of Beijing genotype and the molecular markers to distinguish different sublineages,VNTR and single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) genotyping were used to genotype 135 strains from culture-positive sputum of tuberculosis patients (collected and preserved by Shanghai Municipal Center for Disease Control and Prevention) in Chongming Island,Shanghai. Based on the data,the minimum spanning tree (MST) was constructed. The results showed that the genotyping information of 16-locus VNTR best matched the SNP genotyping data,indicating that it was applicable in the microevolution study of M. tuberculosis strain of Beijing genotype in Chongming Island,Shanghai. SNP haplotypes were mainly concentrated in ST10 (42.2%),ST19 (30.4%),and ST22 (14.1%). Four VNTR loci (Mtub21,QUB26,MIRU16 and QUB4156) may be the molecular markers to distinguish different sublineages of Beijing genotype strains.
Reducing pain during wound dressings in burn care using virtual reality: a study of perceived impact and usability with patients and nurses

4 Burns patients often suffer severe pain during interventions such as dressing changes, even 5 with analgesia. Virtual Reality (VR) can be used to distract patients and reduce pain. 6 However, more evidence is needed from the patients and staff using the technology about its 7 use in clinical practice and the impact of different VR strategies. This small-scale qualitative 8 study explored patient and staff perceptions of the impact and usability of active and passive 9 VR during painful dressing changes. Five patients took part in three observed dressing 10 changes one with an active VR scenario developed for the study, one with passive VR and 11 one with no VR following which they were interviewed about their experiences. Three 12 nurses who performed the dressing changes participated in a focus group. Thematic analysis 13 of the resulting data generated four themes: 'Caution replaced by contentment', 'Distraction 14 and implications for pain and wound care', 'Anxiety, control and enjoyment' and 'Preparation 15 and communication concerns'. Results suggested that user-informed active VR was 16 acceptable to burn patients, helped manage their perceived pain, and was both usable and 17 desirable within the clinical environment. Further testing with larger samples is now required. 18
Use of new T-cell-based cell lines expressing two luciferase reporters for accurately evaluating susceptibility to anti-human immunodeficiency virus type 1 drugs

Two new T-cell-based reporter cell lines were established to measure human immunodeﬁciency virus type 1 (HIV-1) infectivity. One cell line naturally expresses CD4 and CXCR4, making it susceptible to X4-tropic viruses, and the other cell line, in which a CCR5 expression vector was introduced, is susceptible to both X4- and R5-tropic viruses. Reporter cells were constructed by transfecting the human T-cell line HPB-Ma, which demonstrates high susceptibility to HIV-1, with genomes expressing two different lucif- erase reporters, HIV-1 long terminal repeat-driven ﬁreﬂy luciferase and cytomegalovirus promoter-driven renilla luciferase. Upon HIV infection, the cells expressed ﬁreﬂy luciferase at levels that were highly correlated ( r 2 (cid:1) 0.91 to 0.98) with the production of the capsid antigen p24. The cells also constitutively expressed renilla luciferase, which was used to monitor cell numbers and viability. The reliability of the cell lines for two in vitro applications, drug resistance phenotyping and drug screening, was
Antimicrobial activity of the roots and stem bark of Ceiba pentandra grown in Bauchi State, North Eastern Nigeria

The roots and steam barks of Ceiba pentandra was prepared by extracting 100g of the crude sample using the hot soxhlet extraction with n-hexane, ethyl acetate, acetone, methanol and water sequentially in order of their polarity index. The extracts were tested against some clinical isolates of Eschericia coli, Staphylococcus aureus, Aspergillus niger and Candida albicans. The results showed that water stem extracts of Ceiba pentandra produces high activity with 15.00ug/ml, and the methanol roots of extracts of Ceiba pentandra A(R)B, M(R)A and W(R)A had the least activity of 0.00, 0.0 fungal activity. Streptomycin was used as the standard for the antibacterial activity while Fulcin was used as the standard for the antifungal activity. The antimicrobial activity of the roots and stem barks of Ceiba pentandra justifies the claims by the traditional healers that the roots and stem barks of the plants in used to cure different ailments.
CHEMOSYSTEMATICS IN THE RUTACEAE II. THE CHEMO- SYSTEMATICS OF THE ZANTHOXYLUM/FAGARA COMPLEX

Summary The biosynthetic pathways leading to the major groups of secondary metabolites isolated from the Zanthoxylum/Fagara complex are reviewed and there is shown to be a common precursor in chorismic acid. The use of the compounds as chemotaxonomic markers is discussed and they are found to support the concept of a direct link between the Rutaceae and ranalian stock. The potential value of the secondary metabolites in chemosystematic analysis within the family is also briefly discussed. The alkaloids, coumarins, flavanoids and lignans of the taxa Zanthoxylum and Fagara are examined in detail and the distribution found to support authorities who have expressed the view that these taxa are congeneric (Zanthoxylum s.l.). The chemosystematics of Zanthoxylum s.l. indicates that the genus is primitive within the family. The secondary metabolites of Zanthoxylum s.l. are used to construct a putative phylogeny of the genus and its possible "key" position in the evolution of the family is speculated upon. It is noted that the Englerian classification of Zanthoxylum s.l. , and of the Rutaceae in general, appears to be unsatisfactory.
Epigenetic regulation of

Mash1 is a proneural gene important for specifying the neural fate. The Mash1 locus undergoes specific epigenetic changes in ES cells following neural induction. These include the loss of repressive H3K27 trimethylation and acquisition of H3K9 acetylation at the promoter, switch to an early replication timing and repositioning of the locus away from the nuclear periphery. Here I examine the relationship between nuclear localization and gene expression during neural differentiation and the role of the neuronal repressor REST in silencing Mash1 expression in ES cells. Following neural induction of ES cells, I observed that relocation of the Mash1 locus occurs from day 4-6 whereas overt expression begins at day 6. Mash1 expression was unaffected by REST removal in ES cells as well as the locus localization at the nuclear periphery. In contrast bona fide REST target genes were upregulated in REST -/cells. Interestingly, among REST targets, loci that were more derepressed upon REST removal showed an interior location (Sthatmin, Synaptophysin), while those more resistant to REST withdrawal, showed a peripheral location (BDNF, Calbidin, Complexin). To ask whether the insulator protein CTCF together with the cohesin complex might be involved in regulating Mash1 in ES cells, I performed ChIP analysis of CTCF and cohesin binding across the Mash1 locus in ES cells and used RNAi to deplete CTCF and cohesin expression. A slight increase in the transcription of Mash1 was seen in cells upon Rad21 knock down, although it was not possible to exclude this was a consequence of delayed cell cycle progression. Finally ES cell lines that carried a Mash1 transgene were created as a tool to look at whether activation of Mash1 can affect the epigenetic properties of neighbouring genes.
THE IMPACT OF AUDIT QUALITY, AUDIT COMMITTEE AND FINANCIAL REPORTING QUALITY: EVIDENCE FROM MALAYSIA

In recent decades, there has been a noticeable increase in the practice of earnings management (EM) as a proxy for financial reporting, especially real activities, with effect on the quality of financial statements. The role of the audit committee in mitigating EM remains ambiguous because of inconclusive findings. Therefore, this study examines the moderating effect of audit quality and audit committee on financial reporting quality, also known as real earnings management in Malaysian companies. The results show that corporate governance mechanism such as financial accounting expert, meeting and indicate significant results with real EM while, audit committee independence and size, shows an insignificant result on real EM. In addition, the results show that audit quality of the audit committee leads to less aggressive EM practice in real activities. The findings also show that audit quality and audit committee has a significant role in restricting the real EM. Audit quality is found to significantly moderate the relationship between audit committee with financial reporting quality proxy. Overall, this study provides a reference point for the relevant parties such as regulatory bodies, policymakers and standard setters towards improving the quality of earnings and corporate governance practices in ensuring credible accounting information.
Some Procedures For Identifying Hotspots

The word hotspot was coined by British biologist Norman Myers in 1988. After general acceptance of the term hotspot it became common to use the term in different domains of investigation. Hotspot means something unusual or anomalous. Therefore, it is needed in monitoring a situation or a process, and can be used for early warning. In the statistical literature, hotspots are variously described as extreme observations, outliers, anomalous observations, and so on. Extreme values are excessively large or excessively small observations. Outliers are observations that are sufficiently away from the majority of observations to create a doubt about their belonging to the same population as all the other observations. In the present paper, some previous procedure of identifying outliers are discussed and some new procedures are suggested.
ESP Textbook Development for Vocational School in Indonesia

The role of textbooks for English language teaching (ELT) in a vocational school in Indonesia is indisputable. They facilitate the teaching-learning process and source of skills development for the students. However, the ELT textbook for vocational school still received little attention since most ELT government-approved books still focus on general English with little attention to the specialized skills development on the expertise. Vocational school varies in the expertise area; therefore, the students need intensive and extensive exposure to English for Specific Purposes (ESP). The ELT, then, should be based on the learners' needs. This paper discusses the literature review as a methodology for conducting research and offers ESP textbook development issues. The data were taken from some relevant references. The finding discussed a justification for developing ESP textbook in vocational school, and the criteria for textbook selection, material development, and development planning. Moreover, the materials reflect the authenticity of real-world language and enable students to rehearse language outside the classroom, activate the acquisition process, focus on the linguistic system, and manipulate on a particular linguistic feature and also on exchange meaning. Those issues need to be covered to inform the stakeholders on the significance of ESP textbooks, which will enable the English teacher to equip the students with the specific English skills that will be useful in their future careers.
Impact of brassinolide in amelioration of salinity induced adverse effects on growth, yield attributes and yield of barley

The study entitled “Impact of brassinolide in amelioration of salinity induced adverse effects on growth, yield attributes and yield of barley’’ was conducted in the cage house at Department of Plant Physiology, S.K. N. College of Agriculture Jobner during rabi season of 2015-2016 under pot culture experiments. Two wheat cultivars namely RD-2035 (salinity susceptible) and RD-2794 (Salinity tolerant) were grown in cemented pots under salinity (0, 3, 6, 9, and 12 dSm). Different concentrations of brassinolide (0.0, 0.5, 1.0 and 1.5 ppm) were sprayed at 45 and 75 days after sowing. Control plants were provided normal water. A significant decrease were recorded in Plant height, Leaf area, number of spikes/plant, number of seeds/spike, length of spike/plant, test weight, grain yield with increase in salt stress up to EC 12 dSm ,Whereas the foliar spray treatment with brassinolide up to 1.5 ppm significantly increased Plant height, Leaf area, number of spikes/plant, number of seeds/spike, length of spike/plant, test weight, grain yield in both the cultivars under salt stress as well as non stress conditions. The 1.5ppm concentration of brassinolide was found most effective under salt stress and non stress conditions. RD-2794 observed superior over RD-2035 on the basis of physio-biochemical analysis.
Speech-Based CALL System to Evaluate the Meaning and Grammar Errors in English Spoken Utterance

In this research, we are developing a CALL (Computer Assisted Language Learning) system to evaluate the English spoken sentences grammatically and linguistically. We give the user a certain prompt written in his native language, then the response is recorded as English audio file. The English spoken response is converted to text using baseline English DNN-HMM ASR and another two commercial ASRs (Google and Microsoft Bing). The produced transcription is assessed in terms of language and meaning errors. Grammatical errors are detected using English grammar checker, part of speech analysis and extracting incorrect bi-grams from grammatically incorrect responses. Errors related to the meaning are detected using novel approaches which measure the similarity between the given response and stored set of reference responses. The training and testing datasets of spoken CALL shared task 2017 and 2018 were used in all of our experiments presented in this thesis. We propose three main approaches to build this CALL system. The first approach is rule-based, which take a final decision about the given response (accept or reject) by passing audio transcription given by ASR (text) through a sequence of pipelined stages and rules. Each rule checks if the response has a language error or not. If a rule can not detect any errors, it passes the response to the next rule, and so on. In the second approach, the genetic algorithm was combined with firs approach to tune the parameters and thresholds used in each rule. The third approach is a machine learning model which predicts the final decision, accept or reject. Different types of features were extracted from the response and used in these approaches. The universal sentence encoder was used to encode each sentence into 512-dimensional vector to represent the semantic features of the response. Also, we propose a binary embedding approach to produce 438 binary features vector from the response. To assess the grammatical errors, a set of features were extracted using the grammar checker tool and part of speech analysis from the text response. Finally, the best two DNN models have been fused together to enhance the system performance. D-score was used as a performance metric in all of our experiments. The D-score of our three proposed systems are 6.5, 14.4 and 13.87, respectively. Compared with the results of similar systems (spoken CALL shared task 2018) published in Interspeech 2018, our second and third systems outperform them.
Evaluation of medicinal constituents and properties of Linum usitatissimum, Prosopis juliflora and Guizotia abyssinica

Linum usitatissimum, Prosopis juliflora and Guizotia abyssinica are remarkably important medicinal plants used for therapeutic purpose. The present study deals with phytochemical analysis of selected plants and also carried out to investigate antibacterial, antifungal and cytotoxic activity. The ethanolic extracts of seeds of the plants were tested for the presence of various phytochemical constituents such as tannins, terpenoids, alkaloids, flavanoids, phlobatannins, cardiac glycosides and steroids. The antibacterial activity was tested against human pathogenic micro-organisms like Bacillus subtilis (ATCC 6633), Streptococcus aureus (ATCC 6538), Streptococcus abony (ATCC 6017), Escherichia coli (ATCC 8739), Pseudomonas aeruginosa (ATCC 9027) by the agar well diffusion method. The ethanolic extracts of seeds of selected plants were tested against pathogenic fungi like Alternaria solani, Aspergillus niger, Lasiodiploidia theobromeae, Rhizopus spp. and Candida albicans by pour plate method. The cytotoxic effect of selected plants were tested against HEK293T (Human embryonic kidney cell line) and c2c12 (Mouse, Muscle cell line) by MTT assay. Results showed that selected plants contain important phytochemicals which can be used to investigate its potential use for developing new drugs.
United States Patent ( 19 ) DOns 0 n et al . USOO 5866785 A 11 Patent Number : 5 , 866 , 785 ( 45 ) Date of Patent : * Feb

63 Continuation of Ser. No. 184,237, Jan. 19, 1994, Pat. No. 5,589,367, which is a continuation of Ser. No. 923,692, Jul. 31, 1992, Pat. No. 5,316.931, which is a continuation-in-part of Ser. No. 600,244, Oct. 22, 1990, abandoned, Ser. No. 739,143, Aug. 1, 1991, abandoned, Ser. No. 641,617, Jan. 16, 1991, abandoned, and Ser. No. 737,899, Jul. 26, 1991, abandoned, said Ser. No. 600,244, is a continuation of Ser. No. 310,881, Feb. 17, 1989, abandoned, which is a continu ation-in-part of Ser. No. 160,766, Feb. 26, 1988, abandoned, and Ser. No. 160,771, Feb. 26, 1988, abandoned, said Ser. No. 641,617, is a continuation of Ser. No. 347,637, May 5, 1989, abandoned, said Ser. No. 737,899, is a continuation of Ser. No. 363,138, Jun. 8, 1989, abandoned, which is a continuation-in-part of Ser. No. 219.279, Jul. 15, 1988, abandoned.
Expression of DNA repair gene ERCC1 and its relationship with PAH-DNA adducts in lung cancer tissues

AIM: To investigate the expression of nucleotide excision repair gene ERCC1 and its relationship with PAH (polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons)-DNA adducts in lung cancer tissues. METHODS: ERCC1 mRNA expression and the PAH-induced DNA adducts were detected in 150 lung cancer tissues, 120 adjacent lung tissues without cancer cells, 40 benign lung lesions and 40 normal lung tissues. The effects of some exposure factors on the expression of ERCC1 gene and the connection between ERCC1 and PAH-DNA adduct was analyzed. RESULTS: Reduced expression levels of ERCC1 were observed in 46 of 150 (30.7%) lung cancer specimens and 1 of 40 (2.5%) normal lung tissues. Smoking may suppress the expression of ERCC1 gene. The level of PAH-DNA adduct was negatively correlated with the expression of ERCC1 gene, the Spearman coefficient was -0.648, P0.01. CONCLUSION: ERCC1 is an important nucleotide excision repair gene and may participate in the repair of DNA damage, such as PAH-DNA adduct. Low expression of ERCC1 may play an important role in the development of human lung cancer. [
A funds of knowledge approach to promoting school engagement

Research shows that the exclusion of families’ funds of knowledge (FoK) from the curriculum contributes to low levels of school engagement. This study is part of an ongoing research project aiming to promote school engagement among students from immigrant backgrounds through the strategic use of FoK. We provide an overview of the project design and explain how it has been implemented in the specific context of early childhood education in a school in Catalonia. A qualitative approach is used to assess the effect of the process from the teacher perspective, contrasting positive aspects with some of the difficulties experienced. We conclude that including families’ FoK in pedagogical practice can contribute towards improving student engagement and fostering more inclusive educational environments.
Effect of mode of pollination on fruit set and quality of sweet cherry (Prunus avium L.) in kullu valley of Himachal Pradesh

The present investigation was conducted to study the effect of mode of pollination on fruit set and quality of sweet cherry at Beekeeping Horticulture Research Sub Station, Katrain and in private orchard at village Dobhi, district Kullu, Himachal Pradesh during 2014-2015. The experiment was laid down in randomized block design (RBD) factorial and different modes of pollination viz., bee pollination, open pollination, hand pollination and controlled pollination were practised. The experimental results revealed that bee pollination (70.95 %) was equally superior to open (63.47 %) and hand pollination (70.35 %). No fruits were obtained from the flowers caged before flowering indicating that cherry requires insect pollination for fruit set. Besides this, the effect of different modes of pollination on fruit quality revealed that there was no difference in width, length, TSS, weight and volume of fruits under open and bee pollination. Further, one colony per hectare is recommended for orchards planted in such areas, where natural insect population including A. cerana is abundant, suggesting that area like Katrain, Kullu, HP surrounded by natural habitat and with rich floral diversity is providing natural habitat for different insect pollinators.