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Enhancing Teachers’ Awareness About Relations Between Science and Religion

Educators advocate that science education can help the development of more responsible worldviews when students learn not only scientific concepts, but also about science, or “nature of science”. Cosmology can help the formation of worldviews because this topic is embedded in socio-cultural and religious issues. Indeed, during the Cold War period, the cosmological controversy between Big Bang and Steady State theory was tied up with political and religious arguments. The present paper discusses a didactic sequence developed for and applied in a pre-service science teacher-training course on history of science. After studying the historical case, pre-service science teachers discussed how to deal with possible conflicts between scientific views and students’ personal worldviews related to religion. The course focused on the study of primary and secondary sources about cosmology and religion written by cosmologists such as Georges Lemaitre, Fred Hoyle and the Pope Pius XII. We used didactic strategies such as short seminars given by groups of pre-service teachers, videos, computer simulations, role-play, debates and preparation of written essays. Along the course, most pre-service teachers emphasized differences between science and religion and pointed out that they do not feel prepared to conduct classroom discussions about this topic. Discussing the relations between science and religion using the history of cosmology turned into an effective way to teach not only science concepts but also to stimulate reflections about nature of science. This topic may contribute to increasing students’ critical stance on controversial issues, without the need to explicitly defend certain positions, or disapprove students’ cultural traditions. Moreover, pre-service teachers practiced didactic strategies to deal with this kind of unusual content.
Developing Democratic Dispositions: Eighteenth-Century Public Debating Societies and the Generative Capacity of Decorum

This essay argues that public debating societies that emerged in Britain in the later eighteenth century functioned as sites of invention where citizens could develop dispositions associated with a more inclusive form of democracy. I locate the generative aspects of these forums in the principle of decorum. I argue that this principle functioned as a means for participants to negotiate traditional codes of conduct and standards of speech that constrained interactions among various constituents of the body politic. To illustrate this claim, I focus on the clash of codes exemplified in an encounter between a Quaker woman and a member of Parliament in a public debating forum. By highlighting these discursive interactions, this essay extends current conversations in public sphere theory that call for a focus on the processes and forms of rhetorical engagement among diverse publics.
METHOD FOR PRODUCING A FLAT STRIP

The invention relates to a method for producing a flat strip in which a supporting fiber fabric comprised of a multitude of parallelly aligned supporting fibers that are interwoven with cross fibers is embedded in a binder matrix made of synthetic material. According to the invention, the supporting fiber fabric (38) is stiffened using a binder matrix made of thermoplastic material and is sealed against liquid penetration. In order to form the binder matrix, the supporting fiber fabric (38) can be pressed together with a film (40', 40'') made of thermoplastic material, heated and cooled again. In an alternative embodiment, the supporting fiber fabric (38) is firstly impregnated with a preferably aqueous thermoplastic suspension (52) and is subsequently heated while vaporizing the water and melting the thermoplastic material and is cooled again while forming the solidified binder matrix.
Regulation and evolution of c4 photosynthesis

Life is dependent on sugars made during photosynthesis. When plants colonized land ~450 million years ago they used a photosynthetic system known as the C3 pathway that still operates in the majority of species today. However, from ~30 million years ago over sixty plant lineages evolved a version of photosynthesis known as the C4 pathway that increases CO2 fixation efficiency by about 50%. C4 species such as maize and sorghum are now the most productive on the planet and achieve this by compartmentalizing gene expression between cell-types.

As with other complex biological systems made up of multiple distinct cell-types, it has not been possible to understand how photosynthesis genes are regulated in specific cell-types of C4 leaves. In contrast to strategies being used by other groups, I propose to discover how specific cell-types of ancestral C3 leaves regulate gene expression, and then to use this information to determine how C4 photosynthesis operates. To achieve this, state-of-the-art approaches used on whole tissues will be adapted to study individual cell-types.

Revolution will test the hypothesis that cell-specific gene expression in C4 leaves is mediated by pre-existing regulatory networks found in C3 species. Intracellular mechanisms regulating photosynthesis genes in ancestral C3 but also derived C4 leaves will be identified. In C3 leaves I wish to understand how some cell-types express photosynthesis genes whilst others remain photosynthetically repressed. In C4 leaves I wish to discover the extent to which cell-specific expression is based upon pre-existing regulatory networks in the C3 leaf.

Revolution will therefore generate information of broad relevance to understanding gene expression in eukaryotes, and provide insight into mechanisms underpinning one of the major evolutionary transitions since plants moved to land.
Endoscopic submucosal dissection of a squamous cell carcinoma in situ in the anal canal diagnosed by magnifying endoscopy with narrow-band imaging

A 60-year-old female underwent screening colonoscopy. Narrow-band imaging (NBI) without magnification showed a 20-mm, well-demarcated brownish area located close to the dentate line of the anal canal. Conventional white-light imaging revealed an ill-defined, flat lesion with scattered reddish spots at the same site. Magnifying endoscopy with NBI (M-NBI) revealed abnormal microvessels with dilatation, tortuosity, caliber change and various shapes that were similar to the intrapapillary capillary loop patterns seen in esophageal squamous cell carcinoma in situ. Endoscopic submucosal dissection (ESD) was performed, and on histological examination, the resected specimen showed squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) in situ and clear surgical margins. Thus, NBI is an efficient method for detecting superficial SCC in the anal canal and M-NBI may be useful for determining the extent of the lesion. During screening colonoscopy, the anal region should be carefully observed using NBI, as early detection offers a greater opportunity for ESD which is a less invasive procedure.
SYSTEMS, DEVICES, METHODS AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIA THAT FACILITATE CONTROL OF BATTERY-POWERED DEVICES

Systems, methods, apparatus and computer-readable medium for controlling battery-powered devices are provided. In some embodiments, a control device can include radio frequency (RF) circuitry and be configured to: receive one or more RF signals from a controller; and control one or more operations of a battery-powered device located proximate to the control device based, at least, on the one or more RF signals. The one or more operations can include de-activating an operation of the battery-powered device, activating an operation of the battery-powered device or the like. In various embodiments, a system can include a control device that controls a battery-powered device and a controller that is communicatively coupled to the Internet and configured to output information associated with the state of the battery-powered device to social media networking sites.
Plight of pelagic primary producers in a changing marine environment

The P4 fellowship will test the impact of past climate extremes on marine ecosystems using coccolithophores, a group of marine primary producers that experienced first order effects of climate and hydrodynamic changes in ancient pelagic oceans. Here we will use sedimentary materials of exceptional quality drilled during the International Ocean Discovery Program Expedition 361: South African Climates (January-March 2016) from the Mozambique Channel (Site U1476), the Natal Valley (U1474), the Agulhas Plateau (U1475), and Cape Basin (U1479), to reconstruct surface water biotic response during the Mid-Pliocene Warm Period (MPWP; 3.264 to 3.025 Ma), an interval considered to be the closest analogue for future warm climate. For the first-time, recovery of a complete Pliocene/Pleistocene succession in this region offers an unprecedented and timely opportunity to investigate episodes of major ocean and climate reorganizations during the Neogene period. With this, P4 is original and novel, being able to combine biological (assemblage composition), physical (volume and mass estimates) and geochemical (trace elements, stable isotopes) coccolithophore-derived datasets for understanding the climate of the MPWP, and explore its link with the past dynamics of the greater Agulhas Current system. P4 is innovative and collaborative, using state-of-the-art analytical techniques, and in combination with other proxies from ongoing works of other Expedition 361 scientists, offer a broad context for understanding 21st century global climate vulnerabilities. The resulting palaeoclimate datasets, coupled with real-time ecosystem data collection and numerical modelling, will provide a unique ‘test-bed’ for future model inter-comparisons. Furthermore, an exceptional set of training and transferable skills between the Experienced Researcher, the Supervisor, and the Secondment Hosts is envisaged, an important prerequisite for the successful delivery of P4’s ambitious research objectives.
The localization and physiological effects of cannabinoid receptor 1 in the brain stem auditory system of the chick

Fast, temporally-precise, and consistent synaptic transmission is required to encode features of acoustic stimuli. Neurons of nucleus magnocellularis (NM) in the auditory brain stem of the chick possess numerous adaptations to optimize the coding of temporal information. One potential problem for the system is the depression of synaptic transmission during a prolonged stimulus. The present study tested the hypothesis that cannabinoid receptor 1 (CB1) signaling may limit synaptic depression at the auditory nerve-NM synapse. In situ hybridization was used to confirm that CB1 mRNA is expressed in the cochlear ganglion; immunohistochemistry was used to confirm the presence of CB1 protein in NM. These findings are consistent with the common presynaptic locus of CB1 in the brain. Rate-dependent synaptic depression was then examined in a brain slice preparation before and after administration of WIN 55,212-2 (WIN), a potent CB1 agonist. WIN decreased the amplitude of excitatory postsynaptic currents (EPSCs) and also reduced depression across a train of stimuli. The effect was most obvious late in the pulse train and during high rates of stimulation. This CB1-mediated influence could allow for lower, but more consistent activation of NM neurons, which could be of importance for optimizing the coding of prolonged, temporally-locked acoustic stimuli.
Nano-Satellites based global infrastructure to enable iot/m2m networks - giot  (global iot)

The global Internet of Things (IoT) market is expected to sky rocket in upcoming years by reaching up 200 bn connected devices in 2020 compared to 15 bn in 2015 and the total market value is expected to reach 1.48 Tn Eur. However, just mostly populated areas are covered with such services and approximately 80% of the globe is without connectivity. Exiting satellite based solutions are either expensive, hardly accessible for new operators and not tailored for newest applications and operations.  Consortium consisting of NanoAvionics nano-satellite bus provider, Atnwerp Space inter-satellite link subsystem provider for continuous connectivity and KSAT responsible for ground stations and communication with fleet of satellites will approach this challenge by providing integrated nano-satellite based infrastructure for real time communication for IoT/M2M operators. This infrastructure “constellation as a service” will provide at least 10 times cheaper IoT/M2M services, real time data exchange and significantly reduce number of barriers to enter for new IoT/M2M operators. The targeted applications are fleet management, agriculture, asset tracking, pipelines monitoring etc.  During the project, the nano-satellite based infrastructure will be developed from TRL 6 to TRL 8 together with piloting customer and after operations in orbit it will be prepared for scale-up with other companies which have signed 2 letters of support and 3 Piloting agreements. The estimated impact for participating companies is creation of additional over 190 million Eur in 5 years after project implementation.
Marketing e o consumidor de uma unidade bancária da cidade de Imperatriz- MA / Marketing and the consumer of a banking unit in the city of Imperatriz-MA

Resumo: Atualmente o marketing nas unidades bancárias necessitou se reinventar, isso por vários motivos, dentre eles a migração dos usuários para bancos digitais, com isso tornou-se relevante estudar a relação do marketing com o consumidor em unidades bancárias. Tendo esse contexto como base o presente artigo tem como objetivo apresentar a relação do consumidor com o marketing em uma unidade financeira e suas definições de grau de estratégias de obtenção na hora da oferta de produtos e suas qualidades de mercado. Para alcançar tal objetivo foi realizado uma pesquisa de caráter qualitativo descritivo, utilizando a plataforma google forms,a entrevista contou com um universo amostral de 40 pessoas, dentre os principais resultados notou-se que a maior parte dos usuários estão satisfeitos com os serviços e produtos bancários oferecidos, por mais que alguns serviços não estejam alcançando o grau de satisfação mais alto, outro ponto relevante foi que a maior parte dos usuários usam serviços de mobili banking ao invés dos bancos físicos. Como indicação de estudos futuros é relevante estudar a influências que os meios digitais execem nas agências bancárias. Palavras- chave: Undades bancárias, Marketing, Mobili Banking. Abstract: Currently, marketing in banking units needed to reinvent itself, this for several reasons, among them the migration of users to digital banks, with this it became relevant to study the relationship between marketing and the consumer in a banking unit. Based on this contention, the present article aims to present the consumer's relationship with marketing in a financial unit and its definitions of degree of procurement strategies at the time of offering products and their market qualities. To achieve this objective, a descriptive qualitative research was carried out, using the google formes platform, with a sample universe of 40 people, among the main results it was noted that most users are satisfied with the services and products banking services offered, even though some services have not reached the highest degree of satisfaction, another relevant point was that most users use mobile banking services instead of physical banks. As an indication of future studies, it is relevant to study the influences that digital media have on bank agencies.Keywords: Banking Units, Marketing, Mobile Banking.[3] Professor Orientador. MBA em Administração e Marketing, pela UNINTER. Bacharel em Administração pela UEMA 2003
Control of active faults and sea level changes on the distribution of shallow gas accumulations and gas-related seismic structures along the central branch of the North Anatolian Fault, southern Marmara shelf, Turkey

Detailed reviews of multichannel seismic reflection, sparker, chirp and multibeam data that were collected on the southern Marmara Sea shelf revealed various shallow gas indicators and related sedimentary structures, including enhanced reflections, seismic chimneys, acoustic blanking, bright spots, pockmarks, mound-like features and seeps. Seismic attribute analyses were applied to characterise the existence of gas-bearing sediments. The distribution of shallow gas indicators provides important insights into their origin and the geological factors that control them. Prominent gas accumulations and seeps are observed along the profiles that cross the branches of the central segment of the North Anatolian Fault Zone, which indicates that the gas seeps are controlled by active faulting. This indicates that the faults act as conduits through the sedimentary column. The dense occurrences of gas directly off the river mouths along the shallow bays provide clues about the organic-rich carbon content of the sedim...
La fabrique d’une sorcière : manuels d’inquisiteur et imaginaire collectif dans l’Europe de la première modernité

Imaginary in Early Modern EuropeLa fabrique d'une sorcière : manuels d'inquisiteur et imaginaire collectif dans l'Europe de la première modernité Construyendo a una bruja: manuales de inquisidor y el imaginario colectivo en la Europa Moderna
Advancing synthethic supramolecular chemical biology

Many supramolecular systems have been inspired by nature, but the number of supramolecular systems that are truly functional in water at the low concentrations required for biomolecular studies are very limited. Cucurbiturils are one of a few select supramolecular systems that show great promise for the modulation of protein assemblies in biologically relevant media, but they require better means to control homo- and heterodimerization. In order to effect strong and selective heterodimerization I will design and synthesize a wide range of complementary guest pairs, using chemical and electronic concepts such as π-π stacking and electronic donor−acceptor pairs. After testing these on the cucurbituril host-guest system, they will be assessed on heterodimeric protein assemblies such as split luciferase. As many biological processes require multimeric protein assemblies, I will develop novel supramolecular constructs to gain control over the formation of such assemblies. By constructing protein-coupled cucurbiturils and developing novel double cucurbituril systems, trimeric and tetrameric protein assemblies will be assessable. Development of these advanced supramolecular tools is crucial in order to access synthetic signaling platforms with potential for molecular diagnostics.
Development of the most advanced audio systems enabling the production of a revolutionary generation of mems micro speakers that will be deployed in the world's top mobile applications

USound develops cutting-edge piezoelectric MEMS technology for providing Micro Electronic-Acoustic devices expanding
the functionalities of earphones and headphones, with exceptional audio performance, lean manufacturing flow,
miniaturization, simple integration and low power consumption thereby overcoming the limitations of all the existing
technologies on the market. USound gains competitive advantage through the collaboration with best in class European
scientific and industrial partners, applying the high potential “fabless semiconductor” business model. The underlying
technology is based on three main technology blocks: Piezoelectric MEMS, Embedded Component Packaging technology
and Standard complementary metal–oxide–semiconductor (CMOS) process and has already reached TRL 6. USound’s first
product will be a sub-miniature speaker for in-ear or near-the-ear headphones.
Manufacturers face an increasing demand for improved sound quality, for devices with ever more functions and lower power
consumption, and a fierce competition within the industry, resulting in decreasing gross margins and selling prices. USound
B2B customers will gain competitive advantage through 20% overall cost reduction, low power applications, higher
integration, design flexibility and improved sound quality which allow offering devices with new and improved functions. The
feasibility study will support final prototyping, validation & demonstration to reach TRL 9 and provides the economic
arguments (risk management, IP strategy, Business plan) to ensure further private investments, public funding (e.g. SME
phase 2) and boosting the market uptake. With USound technology Europe will have the opportunity to take over a leading
role in the field of MEMS technology for the global Micro Electronic-Acoustics market, building up unique knowhow protected
by patents and fostering Europe as a high class R&D location with new jobs and high competitiveness towards competition
from the US and Asian markets
Contrast Tests of GRAPES Prediction with T213 and T639 as Initial Field and Boundary Condition

Using global model T213L31 and T639L60's product as initial field and boundary condition,and using the same physical processes and programs to drive GRAPES-Meso,we contrasted and tested forecasting ability of rainfall and temperature in Xinjiang during April to September 2009,the results showed the follows:(1)Using T639's product as initial field and boundary condition,Ts skill score of 24 hour precipitation for 103 stations increased about 5 points than that of T213,and rainy/sunny forecasting accurate rate increased 20 points,but error rate also increased.For the distribution of the stations rainfall forecasting score,different initial field showed same situation: west of north Xinjiang,Tianshan Mountain area were the best,south of Xinjiang was the worst.(2)Using T639's product as initial field and boundary condition,hourly 1 ℃ and 2 ℃ temperature forecasting accurate rate for 103 stations increased 15 and 28 points respectively than that of T213,the average forecasting error was negative.Accuracy increased mostly in Tianshan Mountains area and both sides of Tianshan Mountain,the increased accuracy in south Xinjiang was greater than that of north Xiniang,and the increase of 2 ℃ forecasting accurate rate was greater than that of 1 ℃.
Lifted temperature minimum during the atmospheric evening transition

Abstract. Observations of lifted temperature minimum (LTM) profiles in the nocturnal boundary layer were first reported in 1932. It was defined by the existence of a temperature minimum some centimetres above the ground. During the following decades, several research studies analysed this phenomenon verifying its existence and postulating different hypotheses about its origin. The aim of this work is to study the existence and characteristics of LTM during the evening transition by using observations obtained during the Boundary Layer Late Afternoon and Sunset Turbulence (BLLAST) campaign. Data obtained from two masts instrumented with thermocouples and wind sensors at different heights close to the ground and a mast with radiometers are used to study the role of mechanical turbulence and radiation in LTM development. The study shows that LTM can be detected under calm conditions during the day–night transition, several hours earlier than reported in previous work. These conditions are fulfilled under weak synoptic forcing when the local flow shifts associated with a mountain–plain circulation in relatively complex orography. Under these special conditions, turbulence becomes a crucial parameter in determining the ideal conditions for observing LTM. Additionally, LTM observed profiles are also related to a change in the atmospheric radiative characteristics under calm conditions.