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A contribuição da Creche Seara para uma alimentação saudável de crianças de 1 a 5 anos, no município de Santarém, Pará, Brasil
Authors: De Almeida Lacildo Silva , Dos Santos Maria do Rozário Costa , Da Silva Saiara Conceição De Jesus , Neves Paulo Alexandre Panarra , Da Hora Neriane Nascimento 
Published: May 2016

O estudo foi desenvolvido em uma instituição que tem como objetivo melhorar a qualidade de vida das crianças, especialmente daquelas cujas famílias se encontram em situação de vulnerabilidade social, a creche Centro Educacional João de Barro (CEJB) mantido pela Associação Santarena de Estudos e Aproveitamento dos Recursos da Amazônia (Seara), no município de Santarém, Pará. O presente trabalho teve como objetivo descrever as ações educativas, sócio- culturais e pedagógicas desenvolvidas no CEJB e identificar o perfil dos voluntários/ profissionais atuantes na creche. Quanto à metodologia, a pesquisa é um estudo de caso, de enfoque quanti-qualitativo, na qual se utilizou de observação, entrevista semi-estruturada com profissionais que atuam na creche, como diretora, coordenadoras, professores e nutricionista, e posteriormente, aplicação de um questionário destinado a 23 voluntários para conhecer melhor os trabalhos realizados na creche, bem como as práticas educativas desenvolvidas. A equipe de funcionários é ampla e diversificada, dentre os voluntários, destaca-se a participação dos pais, os integrantes da ONG denominada “Amigos da Alemanha” e um nutricionista. Constatou-se a importância da integração das instituições de ensino com as famílias das crianças para o desenvolvimento de práticas de promoção a saúde. Portanto, as ações educativas sobre alimentação saudável desenvolvidas pela creche estão contribuindo no combate as deficiências e carências alimentares de várias crianças de baixa renda das crianças atendidas pela creche, bem como na orientação dos pais e responsáveis das crianças que são atendidas para continuidades de boas práticas alimentares em casa.
Cognitive competence: a key positive youth development construct for university students
Authors: Shek Daniel T.L. , Yu Lu 
Published: May 2016

AbstractCognitive competence is an important quality for effective leaders. To help university students understand the importance of cognitive competence and develop this quality, a lecture on cognitive competence is designed and incorporated in a general education subject entitled “Tomorrow’s Leaders”. The present paper reviews the basic concepts and theories of cognitive competence and outlines its linkages with positive youth development and effective leadership. The objectives, intended learning outcomes for students, lecture outline, and related materials of the lecture on cognitive competence are introduced. Some teaching and learning issues in relation to this lecture are also discussed.
Riding on a roller coaster: personal reflections of teaching a subject on leadership and intrapersonal development
Authors: Leung Janet T.Y. 
Published: May 2016

AbstractA university subject on leadership and intrapersonal development was delivered during the academic year of 2012–2013 to the first-year university students. The teacher taught four classes of a total of 268 undergraduate students coming from four different disciplines. The teacher shares her experience in teaching the subject with reference to the stages of forming, storming, norming and performing that the students had gone through. Personal reflections on teaching the subject as well as perceived benefits to the students are also highlighted. The teacher deeply reflects on the essence of university education in the cultivation of the leadership and intrapersonal attributes of the students. In facing the growing trend of “McDonaldization” and commercialization of university education, a general education subject that emphasizes the intrapersonal and interpersonal qualities of the students, and fosters the holistic development of the students is essential in university education.
The Quadratic Hazard Rate Power Series Distribution
Authors: Roozegar Rasool , Nadarajah Saralees 
Published: May 2016

Abstract
Okasa et al. (Okasha, H. M., Kayid, M., Abouammoh, M. A., and Elbatal, I., “A New Family of Quadratic Hazard Rate Geometric Distributions with Reliability Applications,” J Test. Eval., Vol. 44, No. 5, 2015, JTE20150116 [DOI: 10.1520/JTE20150116] introduced the novel quadratic hazard rate geometric distribution. Here, we introduced a generalization containing Okasha et al.’s distribution as a particular case. The generalization was shown to be more flexible by reanalyzing the real data set in Okasha et al. and another real data set.
Experimental Investigation of the Effect of Polyisobutilene Additives to Mineral Oil on Cooling Characteristics
Authors: Lohvynenko P. N. , Moskalenko A. A. , Kobasko N. I. , Karsim L. O. , Riabov S. V. 
Published: May 2016

Abstract
Results of an experimental study of the effect of polyisobutilene additives to mineral oils I-20A, I-12A, and I-8A on their cooling characteristics are provided. It is shown that a small amount of the polyisobutilene oligomer in mineral oil I-20A (3 %) can completely eliminate a film-boiling process during the quenching of steel parts and make a significantly shorter period of film-boiling during quenching in oils I-12A and I-8A. In this case, a surface of steel parts is cooled intensively and constantly, the part distortion is minimal, and hardness is greater and more consistent. The results of the study were applied to bearing products produced by the Svenska Kullagerfabriken AB (SKF) bearing plant (Lutsk, Ukraine).
Transient Thermoelectric Cooling of thin Film Devices
Authors: Ravi Kumar A. , Yang R.G. , Chen G. , Fleurial J.-P. 
Published: May 2016

ABSTRACTWe report theoretical analysis for the transient thermal response of thermoelectric (TE) element and the integrated thin-film devices. It is predicted that the TE element geometry and applied current pulse shape influences the transient response of the system. Analysis for the integrated systems shows that the transient response is affected by the effusivity of the attached mass. This analysis provides a means to examine the effectiveness of thermal management of the thin-film devices, particularly semiconductor lasers, using the transient mode operation of thermoelectric coolers, and also suggests geometry constraints and optimum pulse shapes for an integrated system.
Классификация действий в корпоративных системах
Authors: Багрин Павел Петрович 
Published: May 2016

В настоящей статье автор рассматривает действия в рамках функционирования корпоративных систем. В каждой системе существует перечень действий, реализация которых приводит к определенному результату. Однако на настоящий момент нет общепринятой классификации действий. Автор выявляет значимые классификационные признаки действий, определяет виды действий в соответствии с выявленными признаками. Использование классификации позволяет структурировать работы по выявлению действий, оказывающих влияние на функционирование корпоративной системы.
Возможность применения опыта составления стимулирующих трудовых контрактов коммерческих организаций в бюджетном секторе и на государственной службе в России
Authors: Баринова Вера Александровна , Еремкин Владимир Александрович , Ланьшина Татьяна Александровна 
Published: May 2016

Работа посвящена анализу возможности применения опыта стимулирования коммерческих организаций в бюджетном секторе и на государственной службе. Авторы на основании анализа теории и международного опыта формулируют условия применения стимулирующих контрактов и рекомендации по их внедрению в бюджетном секторе и на государственной службе в России.
The effectiveness of computers on vocabulary learning among preschool children: a semiotic approach
Authors: Basöz Tutku , Can Dilek Tüfekci 
Published: May 2016

Semiotics in foreign language learning has recently achieved some prominence as a theoretical foundation for language teaching and learning. Although there have been a number of research on the semiotics in foreign language learning, the practical use of semiotics in preschool classroom environment still remains unanswered. What is more, the effectiveness of computers on vocabulary learning among preschool children is still an obscure area, which attracts the attentions of researchers, scholars and practitioners. Thus, the present study aims to investigate whether there is a significant difference in preschool children’s vocabulary gain depending upon the computer assisted vocabulary instruction or the traditional vocabulary instruction both adopting a semiotic approach. The sample group of the study included 35 preschool children (5-years) who are studying at Balıkesir University Necatibey Faculty of Education Kindergarten. In this quasi-experimental study, the children were assigned to computer assisted vocabulary instruction group (16) or traditional vocabulary instruction group (19), which were the experimental and control groups. Before the experiment, the children were given a pre-test, which measured the number of target vocabulary the children had already known. While the experimental group learned the target vocabulary through computer-assisted instruction, the control group was taught the same target vocabulary via traditional vocabulary instruction. After the experiment, the same test was given to the children as the post-test. The results of the study showed that both instruction types were successful in teaching vocabulary and there was no significant difference between the groups in terms of their vocabulary gain. Keywords: Vocabulary learning; semiotic approach; computer assisted vocabulary instruction; preschool children; foreign language learning
A scale of lifelong learning attitudes of teachers: The development of LLLAS
Authors: Hursen Cigdem 
Published: May 2016

Knowledge, which is the most significant characteristic of today’s knowledge society, has been changing and improving very rapidly. Particularly, the developments in science and technology have been influencing social, economical and cultural life; thus professions and descriptions of professions have been continuously renewed. In addition, the needed profile of man power relevant to the changing professions has been changing continuously and the learnt knowledge has not been prevalent. For this reason, there is a need for the individuals to update their knowledge and skills continuously in order to adopt themselves to the technological changes and new work conditions. Lifelong learning approach can provide societies and individuals with opportunities to catch up with these changes and developments. In raising individuals as lifelong learners, teachers play a big role. In order to establish lifelong learning societies, first of all teachers should have all the characteristics of lifelong learning. This is why it is extremely important to determine what the attitudes of the teachers are towards lifelong learning approach. However, there has not been developed any scale measuring teachers’ attitudes towards lifelong learning approach so far. Therefore, in this current study, it is aimed to develop a scale to determine what the attitudes of the teachers are towards lifelong learning approach. The subject group is consisted of 300 teachers, working in the schools of the Northern Cyprus. The findings on the validity of the structure of the scale are measured by the factor analysis. As a result of the analysis, a lifelong learning attitude scale is developed with 19 items in three sub-dimensions (LLLAS). The sub-dimensions of the scale are formed in the following expressions: “reluctance to learn”, “belief in the benefits of learning activities for professional development”, “awareness of personal learning skills”. As the result of the validity and reliability analysis, it was decided that the scale (LLLAS) would be appropriate in terms of its characteristics to be used in future studies. Keywords: Teachers, lifelong learning, attitude, scale, validity, reliability
The relationship between Cyber-Loafing and internet addiction
Authors: Keser Hafize , Kavuk Melike , Numanoglu Gulcan 
Published: May 2016

The goal of this study was to investigate the relationship between preservice teachers’ internet addiction level and cyber-loafing activities. This study was conducted as a survey study. Participants of the study was Computer Education and Instructional Technology department students (n=139) at Ankara University. “Cyber loafing activity Scale” originally developed by Blanchard and Henle (2008), adopted to Turkish by Kalayci (2010) and updated by Yasar (2013) and “Internet Addiction Scale” developed by Sahin and Korkmaz (2011) was used as data collection instruments. To analyze the data descriptive statistics, Mann Whitney U, Kruskal Wallis H, and Spearman Rho Correlation coefficients was used. There were significant differences between the gender groups both in cyber-loafing activities and internet addiction levels. Male preservice teacher had higher internet addiction levels and cyber-loafing activity scores in average. However there were not significant differences between different groups based on grade level, period of internet usage, perceived internet ability, both for cyber-loafing activities and internet addiction levels. There were a moderate positive relationships between internet addiction and individual cyber-loafing, and search cyber-loafing. There were also a small positive relationships between internet addiction and social cyber-loafing. There was not a significant relationship between internet addiction and news cyber-loafing. Keywords: cyber-loafing, internet addiction, preservice teachers
Internet-Based learning from the perspective of employees: A study on analysis of awareness, use case and effectiveness
Authors: Kocoglu Fatma Önay , Gulsecen Sevinc , Erol Cigdem Selcukcan , Kocoglu Elif Seda 
Published: May 2016

The increasing importance of knowledge, rapid developments in information and communication technologies caused changes on habits in the field of work, academic, social lives and so on. Education is one of these areas. Today, information technology products and internet have become indispensable components of the education. Also different educational terms come into our lives such as e-learning, mobile learning, r-learning. In addition to this, especially corporate companies are providing trainings to their employees through learning management systems contributes to the improvement of its employees in both the professional and technical issues. However, awareness of these developments, usage of internet and information technologies and attitude towards the new learning methods are interesting topics. This study aims to find out results such as how and how much individuals benefit from internet and available technological devices for their education, in particular do they use mobile devices, are aware of them and what their opinions about new education methods are. Within the scope of this study, we used a questionnaire consisting of two different types of questions as multiple choices and five point Likert scale to learn demographic information, internet and computer usage in individual education and attitudes towards internet based and mobile education. The study group includes 34 people use computers and the internet, work in different sectors, are randomly chosen. The study results will be shared in full text. For the analysis of the questionnaire frequency, percentage and certain statistical methods are used.Â Keywords: Internet based learning, mobile learning, learning methods, employees
Technological pedagogical content knowledge of prospective mathematics teachers regarding evaluation and assessment
Authors: Atasoy Ercan , Uzun Neslihan , Aygun Berna 
Published: May 2016

The â€˜technology integrated assessment processâ€™ is an innovative method to capture and determine studentsâ€™ understanding of mathematics. This assessment process is claimed to provide a singular dynamism for teaching and learning activities and it is also claimed to be of the most important elements of instruction in the educational system. In this sense, this study aims to investigate technological pedagogical content knowledge (TPACK) of prospective mathematics teachers regarding the â€˜evaluationâ€™ and â€˜assessmentâ€™ process. To achieve this aim, the method of qualitative research was conducted with 20 teachers. Video records and lesson plans were collected and a Mathematics Teacher TPACK Development Model was utilized to reveal themes and key features of the data. The findings revealed that, although the majority of teachers stated that they would like to use technology-integrated tools in the assessment and evaluation processes, they strongly preferred to use traditional assessment and evaluation techniques, such as pen and paper activities, multiple-choice questions in virtual environments, etc. Hence, the evidence suggests that teachers would be unable to use appropriately the technological assessment process in order to reveal studentsâ€™ understanding of mathematics. As seen from the teachersâ€™ lectures, they perceived that technology would be suitable for evaluation and assessment but in a limited way.Â Keywords: Technological pedagogical content knowledge, prospective mathematics teachers
Digital technology use in ELT classrooms and self-directed learning
Authors: Sert Nehir , Boynueğri Ebru 
Published: May 2016

The digital era is a new challenge for teachers. While children get acquainted with digital technology before the age of six, teachers, who have encountered the digital world at a later time in their lives, struggle with it. Self-directed learning, which is crucial for lifelong learning, can be enhanced by the use of technology within and beyond classroom settings. The aim of this study was to examine the difference between the perceptions of students in low- and high-income groups about their use of technology in a general sense and their teachersâ€™ use of technology in ELT classrooms. It also tested the correlation between the perceptions of their self-directed learning behaviours and their own/their teachersâ€™ technology use. The population of the study consisted of 75 students from high- and 70 students from low-income groups. Causal comparative and correlational research methods were adopted in the study. The surveys to measure the studentsâ€™ perceptions about technology use were developed by the researchers. A scale, established by Demirtas and Sert (2010), was used to identify the level of self-directed learning views of the students. The data were collected at the beginning of the first term of the 2015-2016 school year. The results indicated that there was no significant difference between perceptions of the low- and high-income students regarding their own technology use. Likewise, perceptions of the low- and high-income students did not differ regarding their teachersâ€™ technology use. There was no correlation between the perceptions of the low-/high-income mixed group regarding their use of technology and their teachersâ€™ use of technology. Lastly, self-directed learning perceptions of the low-/high-income mixed group did not correlate with their perceptions on any aspects of technology use. The educational implications of these results were discussed and suggestions were put forward in order to produce more effective learning environments.Â Keywords: Digital technology, self-directed learning, ELT
A challenge for higher education: Wearable technology for fashion design departments
Authors: Demir Elif Buğra Kuzu , Demir Kadir , Odabaşı Sanem , Odabaşı Ferhan 
Published: May 2016

As the technology is integrated into different disciplines, we witness how powerful it can be. Rather than standing in isolation, technology changes the nature of the field it arrives in. Wearable technologies in fashion design education is a good example for this. Wearable technology defined as lightweight, easy portable and wearable smart devices that have sensors and computing capabilities. The structure of wearable technologies has brought a new trend to fashion design area. Fashion design, as known to be a very dynamic application area, has already accepted the issue and started using the most powerful examples of wearable technologies already. However, although the stages are using wearable technologies, the schools that graduate fashion designers of the future are far beyond the capacity of the stages. It is therefore; this paper brings suggestions for the integration of technology into fashion design departments in Turkey and while doing this it tries to be country specific.Â Â Keywords: wearable technology, wearables, fashion design, fashionable technology
Lynneth Lowe, El ámbar en Chiapas y su distribución en Mesoamérica, México, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Instituto de Investigaciones Filológicas, Centro de Estudios Mayas, 2004
Authors: Pérez Suárez Tomás 
Published: May 2016

Sin duda este libro viene a llenar un espacio significativo en el estudio de los materiales arqueológicos precolombinos. A través de los años y de las culturas el hombre ha conferido cargas antagónicas a las excreciones y secreciones, ya sean estas humanas, animales, vegetales, terrestres y aun astrales, pues en muchas culturas de Mesoamérica se consideraba que el oro era excremento del Sol y la plata de la Luna. Las resinas, sangre de los árboles, como el hule, el chicle y, sobre todo, el copal, eran altamente valoradas; al grado de que el humo de este último se tenía por comida para los dioses. Es posible que los mesoamericanos igualmente atribuyeran al ambar, resina fósil que también se quema y desprende una sustancia aromática, tuviera el mismo origen que el copal. Cabe señalar que muchos objetos de ambar recuperados en las excavaciones arqueológicas, fueron confundidos con copal, como bien se ilustraen las paginas de este interesante trabajoque aquí se reseña.
The Application of Integral Equations for the Solution of a Satellite under the Gravitational Field of an Oblate Spheroid
Authors: Ranjana Dr. Kumari 
Published: May 2016

<p>The launching of artificial satellites under the various fields of forces has created a<br />revolution in the field of space research. Many researches numerical as well as<br />analytical have been developed to investigate the problem. Here a new method has been explored to deal with the problem .It is the method of application of Integral Equations. The motion of an artificial satellite in the gravitational field of an oblate spheroid have been studied .We have found the solution by choosing a suitable kernel .The convergency and uniqueness of the solution have also been examined .The error committed in closing the approximations at nth stage has been calculated.</p>