Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
International Education and Innovative Approaches to University Teaching

clear, however, is that Australian universities are acquiring considerable experience of international education, both in the sense of educating international students offshore, and in the sense of educating such students here. The University of Wollongong already has 12% international students from 45 countries. Clearly there are tensions between the need to design programs which meet the requirements of one target country with a single dominant culture (e.g. courses for Korean managers) and are not portable, and the need for programs which can be offered to multiple culture cohorts. Hence Australian universities may need to develop a two track approach to changing our universities into international universities. One track would emphasise international education for international students from specific countries. The other track would emphasise planetary portable education. In practice, the two tracks are likely to influence each other’s articulations. This means, we suggest, that any set of strategies for internationalising our universities will need to be flexible and polycentric. In this paper we suggest that experience of international education has practical implications even in the short term for what we teach, how we teach, whom we teach, and when we teach. In the longer term, we suggest that Australian universities may need to move towards a pedagogy which is: (1) intercultural pervasional; (2) grid multireferential; and (3) planetary portable, as opposed to monocultural, single grid referential, and localist. Since we take a strong view of the importance of international education, it may be useful to begin with a non-controversial example. Many Australian universities now recognise the need to establish special support courses in English language for their international students. Such courses, once in place however, suggest wider applications. Indeed they often become models for similar courses for Australian students. Such a simple example prepares the reader for the less obvious suggestion that as we discover what international students need, we often find that these needs are those of many Australian students. Moreover, such discoveries may be relevant to the staff development needs of Australian university teaching staff. Specifically, they may highlight areas in which retraining and reskilling is called for. We now turn to some more complex possible implications for innovative teaching practices. It is not suggested that Australians should change their teaching practices merely to please foreigners. We do argue, however, that taking account of the conflicting needs and expectations of international students exposes and problematises the monocultural assumptions of our allegedly multicultural society and the monocultural prejudices of our teaching practices in particular.
Dynamic Regulation of Nucleosome for Detection of CD80 Gene Expression in Murine

The basic building blocks of chromatin are referred to as the nucleosome. Nucleosomes play major role in transcriptional regulation, ranging from repression through occlusion of binding sites for transcription factors, to activation through spatial juxtaposition of transcription factor-binding sites. Examining the position of nucleosome in CD80 promoter is essential to detect the mechanism of tissue specific transcriptional regulation at chromatin level. The CD80 is the most potent of all of the co-stimulatory molecule, expressed on the surface of B cells upon antigen stimulation. The expression of CD80 is tightly regulated, normally limited to only a few cell types including B cells. Therefore this study is important, how nucleosomes become positioned during gene regulation in diverse murine tissues and cell lines. The upstream region of CD80 promoter was examined for its nucleosomal organization by low resolution analysis of MNase-southern blot assay. Four nucleosomes were detected in all murine tissues and cells screened for this analysis. Curiously, similar pattern of nucleosome positioning was detected in all the tissues and cell lines screened. This results conclude that there is no regulation at the level of nucleosome positioning in murine CD80 promoter. However, there must be a regulatory mechanism involved in these tissues either at the molecular level or chromatin level or both as the CD80 gene expression was detected in organs rich in antigen presenting cells, spleen, thymus and lung. This was addressed by possible remodeling mechanism through covalent modification of histone proteins which mark for active transcription and repression of gene regulation. Journal of Food and Agriculture 2010 Vol. 03, No. 1 & 2, Page 14-23 DOI: http://dx.doi. org/10.4038/jfa.v3i1-2.5166
Study on characteristics of lithospheric stress field,tectonic motions and its exhumation mechanism of the ultrahigh-pressure metamorphic belt in and around the Sulu-Dabie orogenic belt.

The Sulu-Dabie orogen belt is a tectonic boundary between the North and the South China.In present paper,the regional characteristics of seismic activity,the modern crustal stress field,tectonic motions and its dynamics have been analyzed in east China in detail based on the focal mechanism solutions of more than 1000 middle and great earthquakes occurred during 1918 and 2006.The results suggest that the crustal stress field and tectonic movement in the North China and the South China are attributable to relative motions among the Pacific Ocean,the Philippine Sea and the Eurasian plates,and interactions along blocks of mainland.The North China are controlled by the compressive stress in a NEE direction due to subduction of the Pacific Ocean plate and the identical tensile stress in 170 in a broad region from the Baikal to the Ryukyu trench throughout the North China.The mechanism solutions of large events occurred in the North China showed that they were attributed to the action of the compressive in the NEE direction and the tensile in the NNW direction.The earthquakes occurred in the North China were caused by the right strike-slip faults,which also shows the characteristics of tectonic movement here.The compressive force in a NWW direction from the Longitudinal valley in Taiwan controls the crustal stress field in the South China up to the eastern region of southern part of the North-South Seismic Belt(NSB). The results obtained in this study show that there is a boundary of regional crustal stress field between the North China and the South China.This boundary mainly consistent with the Qinling belt in its western part,however,it deviates in and east of the Dabie belt and turns to the south-east at 30°N,passes the Wenzhou area at 27°N,throughout the East Sea of China,finally up to the Ryukyu trench.The results also suggest that the exhumation mechanism of the ultrahigh-pressure metamorphic belt in and around the Sulu-Dabie orogenic belt may be caused by the strong tensile stress since Mesozoic and the mushroom structure of the lithosphere in the North China.
Bark Beetle-Pathogen-Conifer Interactions: an Overview

In North America, as in other parts of the world, forest management historically has been equated with timber management. A narrow focus on maximizing productivity of commercially valuable tree species precluded recognition of the importance of associated species or their interactions for sustained forest productivity and stability. Any factor (biotic or abiotic) which interfered with the goal of maximum timber yields was considered a "pest" to be vigorously suppressed (Stark and Waters, 1985). Only recently have interactions among the various forest species, including "pests," become recognized both as indicators of forest health and as contributors to long-term forest health. Accumulating scientific evidence now supports a view of forests as integrated ecosystems in which species interactions respond to changes in forest condition and maintain nutrient cycling and soil fertility critical to forest productivity and stability. This view, supported by increasing insect and pathogen problems in stressed managed forests and increasing public demand for non-timber amenities, together with recent legislation requiring environmental impact assessment and protection of endangered species, is revolutionizing forestry and, consequently, our approach to forest protection.
Time course analyses confirm independence of automatic imitation and spatial compatibility effects

Automatic imitation has been used as a behavioural index of the functioning of the human mirror system (e.g. Brass, Bekkering, Wohlschlager, & Prinz, 2000; Heyes, Bird, Johnson, & Haggard, 2005; Kilner, Paulignan, & Blakemore, 2003). However, several papers have criticised the assumption that automatic imitation is mediated by the mirror system on the grounds that automatic imitation has been confounded with simple spatial compatibility (Aicken, Wilson, Williams, & Mon-Williams, 2007; Bertenthal, Longo, and Kosobud, 2006; Jansson, Wilson, Williams, & Mon-Williams, 2007). Two experiments are reported in which, in contrast with previous studies, automatic imitation was measured on both spatially compatible and spatially incompatible trials, and automatic imitation was shown to be present regardless of spatial compatibility. Additional features of the two experiments allowed measurement of the time courses of the automatic imitation and spatial compatibility effects both within and across trials. It was found that automatic imitation effects follow a different time course from spatial compatibility effects, providing further evidence for their independence and supporting the use of automatic imitation as a behavioural marker of mirror system functioning.
Inner Region Accretion Flows onto Black Holes

We examine here the inner region accretion flows onto black holes. A variety of models are presented. We also discuss viscosity mechanisms under a variety of circumstances, for standard accretion disks onto galactic black holes and supermassive black holes and hot accretion disks. Relevant work is presented here on unified aspects of disk accretion onto supermassive black holes and the possible coupling of thick disks to beams in the inner regions. We also explore other accretion flow scenarios. We conclude that a variety of scenarios yield high temperatures in the inner flows and that viscosity is likely not higher than alpha ∼ 0.01.
Essays on the economics of immigration in the United States

by Thomas J. Murray III Between 1960 and 2000 the percentage of the United States population classified as immigrants increased from approximately 6% to 12%. In this dissertation I analyze the effects of this increased immigration on both native educational choices as well as on native population changes. In Chapter 1, I use a panel of school districts across the United States to investigate whether increased immigrant presence in U.S. public school districts between 1990 and 2000 has led to increases in native private school enrollment. Results show that native flight to private schools due to increased immigrant presence in public schools is largely driven by the white population; an additional 10 immigrants in public schools leads to approximately 2 additional white natives enrolled in private schools. While Chapter 1 focuses on outcomes measured at the school district level, it is important to understand which schools are most likely to be impacted by this flight within a school district. Chapter 2 answers this question by focusing on native flight from individual public and private schools in the state of Florida between 2001 and 2007. Analysis at the individual school level confirms native flight is driven by white natives and is most prevalent in public schools that are located in close proximity to a private school. Results suggest that an additional 4 white students enroll in a particular private school for every 5 Thomas J. Murray III. additional immigrant children who enroll in the 5 closest public schools to that private school. Chapter 3 investigates the short-run population changes of native individuals to an increase in the immigrant population in a metropolitan area. Using annual level population totals for approximately 150 metropolitan areas from 2000-2009, I estimate that an additional immigrant leads to an increase in the low-skill native population of approximately 0.5 to 0.8 individuals in that current year. Results also show that high skill native populations decrease as immigrant inflows increase to a given metropolitan area.
Sustainability and Food & Nutrition Security

Recurrent food crises and climate change, along with habitat loss and micronutrient deficiencies, are global issues of critical importance that have pushed food security and environmental sustainability to the top of the political agenda. Analyses of the dynamic linkages between food consumption patterns and environmental concerns have recently received considerable attention from the international and scientific community. Using the lens of a broad sustainability approach, this conceptual article aims at developing a multidimensional framework to evaluate the sustainability of food systems and diets, applicable to countries of the Mediterranean region. Derived from natural disaster and sustainability sciences, a vulnerability approach, enhanced by inputs from the resilience literature, has been adapted to analyze the main issues related to food and nutrition security. Through causal factor analysis, the resulting conceptual framework improves the design of information systems or metrics assessing the interrelated environmental, economic, social, and health dynamics of food systems.
Short Term Climatic Forecast:Present Condition,Problems and Way Out

Present condition,problems and way out for short -term climatic forecast were analyzed according to methodolo-gy.Slow increased accuracy of short-term climatic forecast could be cau sed by lack of the basic theory and eff ective method.Numerical weather prediction should be transferred from an initial condition problem to an evolutio n problem.It should bring statistical method and dynamic method closer together and l earn from other' s strong points to offset one' s own weaknesses.
Mesoporous pores impregnated with Au nanoparticles as effective dielectrics for enhancing triboelectric nanogenerator performance in harsh environments

A facile and scalable synthesis of mesoporous films impregnated with Au nanoparticles (NPs) as effective dielectrics is demonstrated for enhancing the nanogenerator performance based on vertical contact-separation mode. This technique is so simple and scalable, providing a promising solution for developing large-scale and practical self-powered devices. The spatial distribution of Au NPs made it possible to fabricate an Au NP-embedded mesoporous triboelectric nanogenerator (AMTENG) with a high output power of 13 mW under cycled compressive force, giving over 5-fold power enhancement, compared with a flat film-based TENG under the same mechanical force. It is proposed that the presence of aligned dipoles produced due to the charges created by the contact between Au NPs and PDMS inside the pores can influence the surface potential energy of mesoporous films. With such an enhanced power output and unique device design, we demonstrate various applications such as self-powered shape mapping sensors, foot-step driven large-scale AMTENGs, and integrated circuits with capacitors for powering commercial cell phones for realizing self-powered systems from footsteps, wind power, and ocean waves.
Climate Change and the Coast : Building Resilient Communities

This book presents case studies on climate change from America’s Gulf of Mexico coast, Britain, Australia, New Zealand, The Maldives, southern Africa, Bangladesh, and Vietnam. The book shows how sea-level rising and severe coastal storms due to climate change along with the continuing coastal development are causing these communities to be more resilient. The table of contents lists the chapter titles as: Climate Drivers in the Coastal Zone; On the Frontline in the Anthropocene: Adapting to Climate Change through Deliberative Coastal Governance; Social-ecological Change in Canada’s Arctic: Coping, Adapting, and Learning for an Uncertain Future; Climate Change and Infrastructure Adaptation in Coastal New York City; Crisis on the Delta: Emerging Trajectories for New Orleans; Building Resilient Coastal Communities by Enabling Participatory Action: A Case Study from India; Climate Adaptation Technologies in Agriculture and Water Supply and Sanitation Practice in the Coastal Region of Bangladesh; Coastal Zone Management and Climate Policy in Vietnam; A Climate for Change: A Comparative Analysis of Climate Change Adaptation in Rapidly Urbanizing Australian and Chinese City Regions; The Evolution of Coastal Vulnerability Assessments to Support Adaptive Decision-making in Australia: A Review; Adapting Australian Coastal Regions to Climate Change: A Case Study of South East Queensland; From Coping to Resilience: The Role of Managed Retreat in Highly Developed Coastal Regions of New Zealand; A Tale of Two Atoll Nations: A Comparison of Risk, Resilience, and Adaptive Response of Kiribati and the Maldives; Planning for Coastal Change in Caribbean Small Islands; A Risk-based and Participatory Approach to Assessing Climate Vulnerability and Improving Governance in Coastal Uruguay; The Promise of Coastal Management in Brazil in Times of Global Climate Change; Toward Adaptive Management in Coastal Zones: Experience from the Eastern Coastline of England; Adaptation to Change in the North Sea Area: Maritime Spatial Planning as a New Planning Challenge in Times of Climate Change; Mainstreaming Climate Change Adaptation with Existing Coastal Management for the Mediterranean Coastal Region; Climate Change and the Coastal Zone of Mozambique: Supporting Decision-making for Community-based Adaptation; Climate Change and the Coasts of Africa: Durban Case Study; and Toward Reflexive Adaptation and Resilient Coastal Communities.
Alphaherpesviruses Molecular Biology , Host Interactions and Control

Prophylactic and therapeutic vaccines for the alphaherpesviruses including varicella zoster virus (VZV) and herpes simplex virus types 1 and 2 have been the focus of enormous preclinical and clinical research. A live viral vaccine for prevention of chickenpox and a subunit therapeutic vaccine to prevent zoster are highly successful. In contrast, progress towards the development of effective prophylactic or therapeutic vaccines against HSV-1 and HSV-2 has met with limited success. This chapter provides an overview of the successes and failures, the different types of immune responses elicited by various vaccine modalities, and the need to reconsider the preclinical models and immune correlates of protection against HSV. Background The Alphaherpesvirinae subfamily of the Herpesviridae are large, enveloped double-stranded DNA viruses that include several important human and animal pathogens. The majority of the world's population is infected with at least one or more of the three major human Alphaherpesvirinae: herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV-1), HSV type 2 (HSV-2) and human herpesvirus 3, more commonly known as varicella zoster virus (VZV). This subfamily is
Does Geography Have Impact on Poverty in India?

Institutions play an important role in explaining poverty. Along with institution, fundamental forces like geography and climate influence poverty too. Analysis shows that probability of being poor is high for countries at the equator but it declines with latitude. Empirical evidence in India does not support this fact. Wide variation of poverty exists across the states in India. It has been observed that there is an upward linear trend in poverty rate as longitude increases, i.e. a west-to-east variation of poverty instead of north-to-South variation in global scenario. Other geography-related variable is “maximum temperature in winter” which influences poverty negatively. “Maximum temperature in summer” has a positive relation with poverty rate. These three variables (i.e. longitude, maximum temperature in summer and maximum temperature winter) can explain poverty rate by forty-eight percent.
The new development fi nance or exploiting migrant labour

This paper challenges the recent hailing of migrant remittances as a panacea for development fi nance in countries of the global South. It argues that such a viewpoint fails to recognise the costs to migrant workers of remitting. Many of these workers reside in the industrialised countries of the global North. Based on an empirical investigation of low-paid migrant workers in London, this paper highlights the nature of remittance sending, the often exploitative nature of the labour market conditions under which remittances are produced, and the economic and emotional sacrifi ces that migrants make in order to remit. Thus, we argue, a development policy based on the generation of remittances is inappropriate, unsustainable and unethical.
PITFALL TRAPPING IN ECOLOGICAL STUDIE S OF WANDERING SPIDER S

The use of pitfall trapping and quadrat sampling in ecological studies of spiders is discussed . Comparison of these methods in studies of species diversity shows pitfall trapping to give a closer estimate of the total number of species in a community . Limiting the method to studies o f cursorial forms, like wandering spiders, may diminish sampling error due to differential species activity . Several conditions for limited use of pitfall trapping in ecological research are proposed . Improvements in trap dispersion and trap design are presented which may substantially reduce samplin g errors . Descriptors : Pitfall trapping, ecological methods, wandering spiders .
Study on the application of MIMO system

As multi-antenna without phase-controlling being used in MIMO system to transmit signals with the same carrier frequency, directional transmission beam would be produced in MIMO system, which would form a number of blind spots of radio coverage. The above conclusions would be proved in the paper by mathematical analysis and radio beam simulation method. The present researches of the MIMO theory only proved that channel capacity could be increased on the setting mathematical model in base-band by the space division multiplex (SDM) principle. But the reasonable physical model matching to that mathematical model have not been given by those researches, resulting in that the SDM could not been realized in MIMO system physically.
Terrestrial Impact Structures and their Confirmation: Example from Dhala Structure, central India

Although seventy percent of the Moon surface area is covered by meteoritic impact structures only 176 confirmed impact structures known on Earth hitherto. In India, the recently discovered Dhala impact structure, M.P. and the Lonar crater, Maharastra are the only two confirmed impact structures. The simple, complex and multi-ring impact structures are confirmed on the basis of mesoscopic and microscopic shock metamorphic features besides the physical and/or chemical signature(s) of the impactor (meteorite). The role of bolide impacts in the formation of mineral deposits and playing a crucial role in some of the major mass extinction events is also well known. The impact cratering process is considered responsible for the planetary evolution, landscape modification, and the presence of water and life on Earth.