bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025_split huggingface dataset:
The Development of a Curriculum for Renewable Energy: A Case Study of Charcoal Briquettes from Agricultural Residues for Environmental Literacy of Secondary School Students at Samaki Wittaya Municipality School
Authors: Klakayan Jagree , Singseewo Adisak 
Published: March 2016

<p>This research aimed to (1) design a curriculum on Production of Charcoal Briquettes from Agricultural Residues, (2) implement the designed curriculum, and (3) study and compare the learning achievements of Matthayomsuksa 3 students at Samakee Wittaya Municipality School in terms of knowledge, learning skills, and participation in the production of charcoal briquettes from agricultural residues. The sample group consisting of 26 Matthayomsuksa 3 students was selected by the purposive sampling techniques. The research tools included a survey, interviews, a curriculum on charcoal briquette production, a knowledge test, a learning skill assessment questionnaire, and a participation assessment questionnaire. This research study was conducted in three phases. In phase 1, a survey and interviews were employed to gather initial data for curriculum development. A curriculum on charcoal briquette production was developed in phase 2 using the initial data gained from phase 1. The designed curriculum was implemented with the sample group in phase 3. The data were analyzed by mean and standard deviation, and the research hypotheses were tested by paired samples t-test and F-test (One-way MANCOVA and One-way ANCOVA). As assessed by the experts, the quality and content validity of the curriculum was at the average level ( = 0.80-1.00), and the suitability of the curriculum was at the high level ( = 3.60-4.40). Besides, it was found that after the implementation of the curriculum the students’ mean scores, both in each and all aspects, for knowledge, learning skills and participation in charcoal briquette production were higher than those before the implementation of the curriculum at the significance level of 0.05. The one-way MANCOVA results showed that students of different genders had different knowledge, learning skills and participation in charcoal briquette production, statistically significant at the level of 0.05. The univariate tests also revealed a significant difference in two dimensions of environmental knowledge of the students—knowledge on renewable energy and participation in renewable energy production, at the significance level of 0.09.</p>
Nederland een van de meest punitieve landen in Noord- en West-Europa? Een mythe ontzenuwd
Authors: van Velthoven Ben 
Published: March 2016

The myth of Dutch punitivity disproved
It is frequently claimed that the punishment regime in the Netherlands lately has become one of the most severe in North and West Europe. This claim is critically addressed using data over the period 1990-2011 from the European Sourcebooks of Crime and Criminal Justice. Prison stock data from recent SPACE I Annual Penal Statistics are also taken into account. These data hardly do warrant a reliable international comparison of punitivity levels in Europe. At any rate, there is no evidence that the punishment regime in the Netherlands is among the most severe in North and West Europe, on the contrary.
Dansk medieforskning igennem de seneste 30 år. En kommentar til SHF’s fagseminar om dansk film- og medievidenskab
Authors: Mortensen Frands 
Published: March 2016

Dansk medieforsknings mest originale indsats ligger ikke på det teore-
tiske plan, men i det empiriske og analytiske arbejde. Medieforskningen
har defineret sig ved sin genstand snarere end ved sine teorier og meto-
der. Det er synspunktet i denne kritiske kommentar til SHF's fagseminar
og oplæggene fra Ib Bondebjerg og Peter Schepelern. Frands Mortensen
leverer hermed skitsen til en alternativ historie, der samtidig tilbyder en
status over forskningen inden for de enkelte medier.
Repræsentation og flerrepræsentation i computermediet og i de levende billeder
Authors: Højbjerg Lennard 
Published: March 2016

Artiklen beskæftiger sig med spørgsmålet om, hvordan computeren
repræsenterer andre medier, og hvad man skal forstå ved repræsen-
tation, når computeren benyttes til at vise levende billeder. Centralt i
diskussionen står begrebet flerrepræsentation, som belyses med ud-
gangspunkt i en række filmteoretiske overvejelser og med inddragelse
af eksempler fra såvel gamle som nye medier.
Den lidt for virkelige reality
Authors: Christensen Lars Holmgaard 
Published: March 2016

En vigtig dimension i de store reality koncepter som Robinson Ekspe-
ditionen, Big Brother og Baren er deres høje grad af (inter)aktivitet,
som bliver formidlet gennem andre medier. Artiklen behandler det dis-
kussionsforum, som TV3 oprettede i forbindelse med Robinson Ekspe-
ditionen 2000. Det spiller en særlig rolle, at kommunikationen foregår i
et offentligt rum i regi af TV3, og debattørerne udfolder en opmærksom-
hedsvækkende diskurs, som har en fornærmende og rituel karakter i
forhold til de deltagende personer i Robinson Ekspeditionen. Over tid
opstår der imidlertid en mere dialogisk samtaleform mellem de aktive
personer i gruppen. Afslutningsvist diskuteres, om de aktive seeres
indlæg kan formidles i en interaktiv form i forhold til selve tv-teksten.
Det giver dog visse problemer at videreformidle de underholdende,
men fornærmende indlæg direkte i tv’s offentlige rum.
Levende billeder på nettet
Authors: Weider Mikkel 
Published: March 2016

Siden slutningen af 90’erne har verden oplevet en eksplosiv udvikling i
mængden af videoklip på Internettet. Fra at være et overvejende tekst-
og grafikbaseret medie, har Internettet udviklet sig til også at have bety-
delige mængder levende billeder. En lang række hjemmesider har alle-
rede implementeret, eller planlægger at implementere, levende billeder i
form af live transmissioner og video-on-demand. Derved skabes en slags
hybrid mellem de typisk tekstbaserede hjemmesider og det traditionelle
tv-medie. Det er denne artikels fokus at beskrive særegenhederne for
den nye mediehybrid.
Boogie – Fjernsyn med mig !! *GG*
Authors: Bjørner Thomas , Christensen Lars Holmgaard 
Published: March 2016

DR lancerede i januar 2002 Boogie, som er et interaktivt musikvideo-
program for unge, i et forsøg på at lave et programformat, der går tæt
på de ting, som har de danske unges interesse og som fylder meget
i hverdagen hos dem. Boogie handler om det farverige, det sjove, stjer-
nerne, drømmene, det glamourøse og det opsigtsvækkende. I denne
artikel gives et indblik i Boogies ungdomsdiskurs dels gennem en semi-
otisk tekstanalyse og dels gennem interview med unge Boogie-brugere.
Filmretorik og den internationale politik
Authors: Widding Astrid Söderbergh 
Published: March 2016

Med baggrund i de seneste års krigs- og terrorhandlinger – Afghanistan,
Irak, den 11. september – reflekterer forfatteren over forholdet mellem
krig, tilskuer, medier og forestillinger om virkeligheden. Forholdet mellem
medier og virkelighed tenderer ifølge forfatteren mod at smelte sammen i
en gennemmedieret kultur, hvor fremstillingsformer fra for eksempel film
kan anvendes til at formidle faktiske begivenheder. Forfatterens blik på
mediekulturen tager afsæt i flere aktuelle udgivelser fra postmodernis-
mens centrale filosoffer, blandt andet Jean Baudrillard og Paul Virilio.
Denne artikel er dermed samtidig en introduktion til deres refleksioner
over terrorhandlingerne den 11. september og deres betydning i det
moderne samfund.
Partiskiftere og politik som oplevelse
Authors: Andersen Johannes 
Published: March 2016

Partiskiftere bliver et mere og mere centralt element i den moderne politiske kultur, og som sådan er
de medvirkende til at give de politiske processer dynamik og udfordringer. Derfor står de centralt i alle
politiske partiers sigtekorn, når man nærmer sig eksempelvis et folketingsvalg. Det er ikke mindst de
unge, der indtager rollen som partiskifter. De orienterer sig i forhold til det politiske især i forbindelse
med valgkampe, og de afgør ofte, hvor de skal stemme, i løbet af valgkampens sidste dage. Her er de
ikke mindst påvirket af de politiske lederes aktiviteter. Det kan meget vel betyde, at den politiske kom-
munikation i stigende udstrækning kommer til at indeholde oplevelsesbaserede elementer på bekostning
af mere holdningsprofilerede positioner. Artiklen omhandler således en række centrale vilkår for den type
politisk kommunikation, der analyseres i efterfølgende artikler.
Molecule desorption induced by gate-voltage application in MOS structure
Authors: Hirota Nozomu , Hattori Ken , Daimon Hiroshi , Hattori Azusa N. , Tanaka Hidekazu 
Published: March 2016

Abstract
For the first time, we demonstrate desorption from a MOS surface by applying gate voltages (V
G). We observed CH4, CO, and CO2 desorption from a MOS (Fe nanofilm/a-SiO2/Si) surface in vacuum only when applying negative V
G, suggesting the occurrence of electronic excitation by hot-hole injection. This demonstration is the first step in the application of MOSs to electrically controlled catalysts.
NeisseriaBase: a specialisedNeisseriagenomic resource and analysis platform
Authors: Zheng Wenning , Mutha Naresh V.R. , Heydari Hamed , Dutta Avirup , Siow Cheuk Chuen , Jakubovics Nicholas S. , Wee Wei Yee , Tan Shi Yang , Ang Mia Yang , Wong Guat Jah , Choo Siew Woh 
Published: March 2016

Background.The gram-negativeNeisseriais associated with two of the most potent human epidemic diseases: meningococcal meningitis and gonorrhoea. In both cases, disease is caused by bacteria colonizing human mucosal membrane surfaces. Overall, the genus shows great diversity and genetic variation mainly due to its ability to acquire and incorporate genetic material from a diverse range of sources through horizontal gene transfer. Although a number of databases exist for theNeisseriagenomes, they are mostly focused on the pathogenic species. In this present study we present the freely available NeisseriaBase, a database dedicated to the genusNeisseriaencompassing the complete and draft genomes of 15 pathogenic and commensalNeisseriaspecies.Methods.The genomic data were retrieved from National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) and annotated using the RAST server which were then stored into the MySQL database. The protein-coding genes were further analyzed to obtain information such as calculation of GC content (%), predicted hydrophobicity and molecular weight (Da) using in-house Perl scripts. The web application was developed following the secure four-tier web application architecture: (1) client workstation, (2) web server, (3) application server, and (4) database server. The web interface was constructed using PHP, JavaScript, jQuery, AJAX and CSS, utilizing the model-view-controller (MVC) framework. The in-house developed bioinformatics tools implemented in NeisseraBase were developed using Python, Perl, BioPerl and R languages.Results.Currently, NeisseriaBase houses 603,500 Coding Sequences (CDSs), 16,071 RNAs and 13,119 tRNA genes from 227Neisseriagenomes. The database is equipped with interactive web interfaces. Incorporation of the JBrowse genome browser in the database enables fast and smooth browsing ofNeisseriagenomes. NeisseriaBase includes the standard BLAST program to facilitate homology searching, and for Virulence Factor Database (VFDB) specific homology searches, the VFDB BLAST is also incorporated into the database. In addition, NeisseriaBase is equipped with in-house designed tools such as the Pairwise Genome Comparison tool (PGC) for comparative genomic analysis and the Pathogenomics Profiling Tool (PathoProT) for the comparative pathogenomics analysis ofNeisseriastrains.Discussion.This user-friendly database not only provides access to a host of genomic resources onNeisseriabut also enables high-quality comparative genome analysis, which is crucial for the expanding scientific community interested inNeisseriaresearch. This database is freely available athttp://neisseria.um.edu.my.
Child Care in the
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Authors: Rose Katherine K. 
Published: March 2016

Abstract
Nonparental child care refers to settings in which children between the ages of six weeks and 12 years receive custodial and/or educational care by adults other than their parents. This can occur in a variety of settings, ranging from center‐based to home‐based care, and quality levels in these settings vary from program to program. In the absence of federal regulations governing standards for care, individual states are charged with regulating child care programs and these standards vary from state to state. Researchers interested in studying child care typically focus on issues related to quality, developmental influences, parental choice/preference, and its impact on labor force participation.
Perspectives From Emerging Researchers: What Next in EE/SE Research?
Authors: Aguayo Claudio , Higgins Blanche , Field Ellen , Nicholls Jennifer , Pudin Susan , Tiu Sangion Appiee , Osborn Maia , Hashemzadeh Farshad , Lubuulwa Kevin Kezabu , Boulet Mark , Christie Belinda A. , Mah Jeremy 
Published: March 2016

AbstractFollowing the inaugural Australian Association for Environmental Education (AAEE) research symposium in November 2014, we — a group of emerging researchers in Environmental Education/Sustainability Education (EE/SE) — commenced an online collaboration to identify and articulate our responses to the main themes of the symposium. Identifying as #aaeeer, our discussions coalesced into four main areas that we felt captured not only some of our current research interests, but also ‘under-explored’ areas that need further attention and that also held the potential for meaningful and ‘dangerous’ contributions to EE/SE research and practice. These themes were: (1) uncertain futures, (2) traditional knowledges for the future, (3) community EE/SE, and (4) the rise of the digital, explorations of which we present in this article. By no means intended to capture all that is worth researching in this field, these themes, and this article, are deliberately presented by #aaeeer to spark discussions, as well as showcase an example of online collaboration between researchers in a number of countries.
Interdecadal variability of degree-day factors on Vestari Hagafellsjökull (Langjökull, Iceland) and the importance of threshold air temperatures
Authors: MATTHEWS TOM , HODGKINS RICHARD 
Published: March 2016

ABSTRACTThe skill of degree-day glacier melt models is highly dependent on the choice of degree-day factor (DDF), which is often assumed to remain constant in time. Here we explore the validity of this assumption in a changing climate for two locations on Vestari Hagafellsjökull (1979–2012) using a surface energy-balance (SEB) approach that isolates the effect of changes in the prevailing weather on the DDF. At lower elevation, we observe stable DDF during the period of study; however, at higher elevation, DDF is noted to be more variable and a statistically-significant downward trend is observed. This is found to result from an inappropriate threshold air temperature (Tcrit) from which to initiate the positive-degree-day sum, and is removed by settingTcritto −1.83°C, rather than the usual value of 0°C used in degree-day melt models. The stationarity of DDF onceTcritis adjusted contradicts previous research and lends support to the use of constant DDF for projecting future glacier melt. OptimizingTcritalso improves the skill of melt simulations at our study sites. This research thus highlights the importance ofTcritfor both melt model performance and the evaluation of DDF stationarity in a changing climate.
ENGAGING THE WORLD: ANTHONY LAKE AND AMERICAN GRAND STRATEGY, 1993–1997
Authors: JONES FRANK L. 
Published: March 2016

ABSTRACTUsing recently available archival material, this article examines Lake's key beliefs and the part they had in shaping US grand strategy in the first Clinton administration. Lake operated as one of the major architects of the administration's foreign policy. His intellectual influence commenced in the 1992 presidential campaign, when he served as candidate Bill Clinton's principal foreign policy adviser, and continued through the first presidential term, reaching its most concrete manifestation in the Clinton administration's 1994 National security strategy. The article analyses Lake's ideas and his overarching concerns about national purpose, his strategic vision, and his definition of national security policy objectives using the analytical framework known as a mental map. Likewise, it considers his role in articulating a new grand strategy during a period of strategic adjustment, one in which the cold war doctrine of containment no longer applied.
THE RESOLUTION OF DISPUTES BEFORE THE SINGAPORE INTERNATIONAL COMMERCIAL COURT
Authors: Yip Man 
Published: March 2016

AbstractThe jurisdictional framework of the Singapore courts has become more nuanced with the establishment of the Singapore International Commercial Court (SICC) on 5 January 2015 and the signing of the Hague Convention on the Choice of Court Agreements 2005 (Hague Convention) on 25 March 2015. Although the Hague Convention has yet to be incorporated in domestic law, it is expected this will happen in the near future. The SICC project, on the other hand, is part of Singapore's strategy to promote the jurisdiction as an international dispute resolution hub. In essence, the SICC is a domestic specialist court established to deal with international commercial litigation. Adapted from the arbitral model but underpinned by judicial control, central to the SICC framework are party autonomy and flexible procedural rules. The Hague Convention complements the SICC project by increasing the number of jurisdictions in which Singapore judgments will be recognized and enforced. These 2015 developments—key to establishing Singapore as the regional hub for dispute resolution—requires careful working out and an evaluation is needed of the jurisdictional regime that applies to the SICC and the internal allocation of jurisdiction as between the SICC and the Singapore High Court sans the SICC, as well as the impact of the Hague Convention. This article focuses on explaining the in personam jurisdictional rules of the Singapore High Court that now includes the SICC division. Its chief objective is to offer the international community an overview of the working framework of Singapore's version of an ‘international’ commercial court.
Morphology, molecular and systematic analyses of Bychowskyella (Monogenea: Dactylogyridae) in siluriform fish from India
Authors: Verma C. , Chaudhary A. , Singh H.S. 
Published: March 2016

AbstractThree species of genus Bychowskyella Akhmerov (1952), i.e. B. fossilisi Majumdar & Agarwal, 1989, B. tchangi Gusev, 1976 and B. wallagonia (Jain, 1959a) Gusev, 1961, were found to parasitize the gill filaments of siluriform fish in India. This redescription based on light microscopic examination of B. fossilisi, B. tchangi and B. wallagonia provides detailed taxonomic data for these species. We also amplified the 18S ribosomal RNA gene to evaluate the phylogenetic relationships of these three species. The morphological and genetic profiles confirmed the validation and taxonomical relationships of the above-mentioned species belonging to the genus Bychowskyella.
Brain dopamine and serotonin transporter binding are associated with visual attention bias for food in lean men
Authors: Koopman K. E. , Roefs A. , Elbers D. C. E. , Fliers E. , Booij J. , Serlie M. J. , la Fleur S. E. 
Published: March 2016

BackgroundIn rodents, the striatal dopamine (DA) system and the (hypo)thalamic serotonin (5-HT) system are involved in the regulation of feedingbehavior. In lean humans, little is known about the relationship between these brain neurotransmitter systems and feeding. We studied the relationship between striatal DA transporters (DAT) and diencephalic 5-HT transporters (SERT), behavioral tasks and questionnaires, and food intake.MethodWe measured striatal DAT and diencephalic SERT binding with [123I]FP-CIT SPECT in 36 lean male subjects. Visual attention bias for food (detection speed and distraction time) and degree of impulsivity were measured using response-latency-based computer tasks. Craving and emotional eating were assessed with questionnaires and ratings of hunger by means of VAS scores. Food intake was assessed through a self-reported online diet journal.ResultsStriatal DAT and diencephalic SERT binding negatively correlated with food detection speed (p= 0.008,r= −0.50 andp= 0.002,r= −0.57, respectively), but not with food distraction time, ratings of hunger, craving or impulsivity. Striatal DAT and diencephalic SERT binding did not correlate with free choice food intake, whereas food detection speed positively correlated with total caloric intake (p= 0.001,r= 0.60), protein intake (p= 0.01,r= 0.44), carbohydrate intake (p= 0.03,r= 0.39) and fat intake (p= 0.06,r= 0.35).ConclusionsThese results indicate a role for the central 5-HT and DA system in the regulation of visual attention bias for food, which contributes to the motivation to eat, in non-obese, healthy humans. In addition, this study confirms that food detection speed, measured with the latency-based computer task, positively correlates with total food and macronutrient intake.
The prevalence of visual hallucinations in non-affective psychosis, and the role of perception and attention
Authors: van Ommen M. M. , van Beilen M. , Cornelissen F. W. , Smid H. G. O. M. , Knegtering H. , Aleman A. , van Laar T. ,   GROUP Investigators
Published: March 2016

BackgroundLittle is known about visual hallucinations (VH) in psychosis. We investigated the prevalence and the role of bottom-up and top-down processing in VH. The prevailing view is that VH are probably related to altered top-down processing, rather than to distorted bottom-up processing. Conversely, VH in Parkinson's disease are associated with impaired visual perception and attention, as proposed by the Perception and Attention Deficit (PAD) model. Auditory hallucinations (AH) in psychosis, however, are thought to be related to increased attention.MethodOur retrospective database study included 1119 patients with non-affective psychosis and 586 controls. The Community Assessment of Psychic Experiences established the VH rate. Scores on visual perception tests [Degraded Facial Affect Recognition (DFAR), Benton Facial Recognition Task] and attention tests [Response Set-shifting Task, Continuous Performance Test-HQ (CPT-HQ)] were compared between 75 VH patients, 706 non-VH patients and 485 non-VH controls.ResultsThe lifetime VH rate was 37%. The patient groups performed similarly on cognitive tasks; both groups showed worse perception (DFAR) than controls. Non-VH patients showed worse attention (CPT-HQ) than controls, whereas VH patients did not perform differently.ConclusionsWe did not find significant VH-related impairments in bottom-up processing or direct top-down alterations. However, the results suggest a relatively spared attentional performance in VH patients, whereas face perception and processing speed were equally impaired in both patient groups relative to controls. This would match better with the increased attention hypothesis than with the PAD model. Our finding that VH frequently co-occur with AH may support an increased attention-induced ‘hallucination proneness’.
Prenatal diagnosis of tetralogy of Fallot with a double aortic arch
Authors: Cheng Andrew L. , Pruetz Jay D. , Kung Grace C. 
Published: March 2016

AbstractIn this study, we present a case of prenatally diagnosed tetralogy of Fallot with a double aortic arch, correlating images from fetal echocardiography, transthoracic echocardiography, and cardiac MRI.