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Contributions from the clinic of activity to teacher’ training: understanding the school context
Creators: name: Pizzi, Laura
name: Melo, Wanessa
Publisher: name: Form@re - Open Journal per la formazione in rete
Year: 2018

description: The purpose of this work is to present some of the contributions of the Clinic of Activity developed by Yves Clot and his research approach through filming, the Autoconfrontation, highlighting its potential for teacher education, taking into consideration that the research of teaching activity is developed in classrooms. This procedure allows teachers to analyze their work, evaluating their results, in order to reveal the elements that are present in the “real activity”. For Clot, “real activity” is not the only element that is at stake when the worker performs an activity. The “real of activity” is part too, broadening the concept of activity, involving all planned actions that could not be performed. This concept can be a powerful tool in the process of teacher education. Contribuições da clínica da atividade para a formação docente: compreendendo o contexto escolar O propósito desse trabalho é apresentar algumas contribuições da Clínica da Atividade desenvolvida por Yves Clot e sua abordagem de pesquisa realizada através de filmagens, a Autoconfrontação, destacando seu potencial para a formação de professores/as, levando em consideração que a investigação da atividade docente é desenvolvida nas salas de aula. Esse procedimento permite que os docentes façam uma análise do seu trabalho, avaliando seus resultados de forma a revelar os elementos que estão presentes no “real da atividade”. Para Clot, a “atividade real” não é o único elemento que está em jogo quando o trabalhador realiza uma atividade. O “real da atividade” é parte também e envolve todas as ações planejadas e que não puderam ser executadas, ampliando o conceito de atividade. Esse recurso pode ser uma ferramenta potente no processo de formação docente. teacher activity; teacher education; clinic of activity; school context; atividade docente; formação docente; clínica da atividade; contexto escolar.
description: Form@re - Open Journal per la formazione in rete, Vol. 18 No. 2 (2018): Working in the school as a complex organization
Tribes, Memory and Politics in Iraq
Creators: name: Chokr, Mae
Publisher: name: University of Westminster
Year: 2022

description: This research examines how the tribal system has maintained its political interests by engaging with three agents those being, the central political government, religion, namely Islam, and Ibn Khaldun’s concept of asabiyah as a sociocultural bond of cohesion amongst members of a group-forming community. Thus, the research question is as follows, does tribal heritage play a role in Iraq’s politics today? This will require answering, what tribal heritage is, and what the structure and role of the tribal system in Iraq consists of. The hypothesis of the research suggests that asabiyah as a social bond embedded in tribal heritage, plays a role in shaping political dynamics in Iraq. By researching the history of tribal formation and how it has played a part in religion and religious institutions as well as the Iraqi government, one can understand how and to what extent the tribal system maintains its relations and interests with formal institutions. This includes how it shapes goal-formation processes of political leaderships, framing spaces of political communications which are seen as legitimate, or validating specific spokespersons from constituencies. Therefore, the research will lead to an understanding of how the tribal system as an informal legitimacy and un-institutionalized political entity can be considered as a significant and key shaper of politics in Iraq. Moreover, this thesis explores how the tribal system can define and maintain its own informal spaces of legitimacy by intersecting with religion, the central government and asabiyah. In the future, this research project can help approach the context of Iraqi politics through the lens of the tribal system and therefore contribute to conflict transformation processes and dialogues by integrating a wider net of legitimate actors such as the tribes.
Bestimmung des semileptonischen Verzweigungsverhältnisses von $\mathrm{B^{0}}$-Mesonen
Creators: name: Mai, Oliver
Publisher: name: Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron, DESY, Hamburg
Year: 1991
Subjects: thesis
electron positron: colliding beams
colliding beams: electron positron
electron positron: annihilation
annihilation: electron positron
Upsilon(10570): electroproduction
electroproduction: Upsilon(10570)
B0: pair production
pair production: B0
B0: semileptonic decay
semileptonic decay: B0
B0: nonleptonic decay
nonleptonic decay: B0
B0: branching ratio
CKM matrix matrix
ARGUS
experimental results
DESY DORIS Stor
B0 --> D*(2010) pi
B0 --> lepton neutrino anything
10.57 GeV-cms

description: Diplomarbeit, Universität Hamburg, 1991; 68 pp. (1991). = Diplomarbeit, Universität Hamburg, 1991
title: Study on postural stability and proprioception in a group of basketball players
Creators: name: Kandulska, Weronika
name: Kryś, Matylda
name: Sopa, Martyna
name: Walczak, Tomasz
name: Pogorzała, Adam M.
Publisher: name: Publishing House of Poznan University of Technology
Year: 2023

description: 5th Conference on Biomedical Engineering. Book of Abstracts, 19-20
Messung exklusiver semileptonischer Zerfalle des $\mathrm{D^0}$-Mesons
Creators: name: Wanke, R.
Publisher: name: Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron, DESY, Hamburg
Year: 1991
Subjects: thesis
electron positron: colliding beams
colliding beams: electron positron
electron positron: annihilation
annihilation: electron positron
D0: electroproduction
electroproduction: D0
D0: semileptonic decay
semileptonic decay: D0
D0: branching ratio
ARGUS
experimental results
DESY DORIS Stor
D0 --> K- lepton neutrino
9.46-10.58 GeV-cms
D0 --> K*(892) positron neutrino/e
D0 --> K pi- positron neutrino/e

description: Diplomarbeit, Universität Hamburg, 1991; 67 pp. (1991). = Diplomarbeit, Universität Hamburg, 1991
MIGNEX Case Study Brief ETH2 - Migration and Development dynamics in Batu, Ethiopia
Creators: name: Kasavan, Camille
name: Adhanom, Tewelde
name: Hannah, Murray
Publisher: name: Peace Research Institute Oslo
Year: 2022

description: Foreign-owned agribusinesses have led to increased employment and rural-urban in-migration in Batu, yet well-paid jobs and development interventions are limited.

Key Takeaways

Major development interventions are limited in Batu, most changes in the town are tied to foreign private investment.

International migration aspirations are low, with most young adults (56%) preferring to remain in Ethiopia, whether this be in Batu (55%) or elsewhere in the country (45%).

International out-migration is often perceived as a ‘last resort’ when other livelihood options have been exhausted.
Two refinements of the Bishop-Phelps-Bollobás modulus
Creators: name: Chica, Mario
name: Kadets, Vladimir
name: Martin, Miguel
name: Meri, Javier
name: Soloviova, Mariia
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Functional Analysis (math.FA)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: 46B04

description: Extending the celebrated result by Bishop and Phelps that the set of norm attaining functionals is always dense in the topological dual of a Banach space, Bollobás proved the nowadays known as the Bishop-Phelps-Bollobás theorem, which allows to approximate at the same time a functional and a vector in which it almost attains the norm. Very recently, two Bishop-Phelps-Bollobás moduli of a Banach space have been introduced [J. Math. Anal. Appl. 412 (2014), 697--719] to measure, for a given Banach space, what is the best possible Bishop-Phelps-Bollobás theorem in this space. In this paper we present two refinements of the results of that paper. On the one hand, we get a sharp general estimation of the Bishop-Phelps-Bollobás modulus as a function of the norms of the point and the functional, and we also calculate it in some examples, including Hilbert spaces. On the other hand, we relate the modulus of uniform non-squareness with the Bishop-Phelps-Bollobás modulus obtaining, in particular, a simpler and quantitative proof of the fact that a uniformly non-square Banach space cannot have the maximum value of the Bishop-Phelps-Bollobás modulus.
description: A misprint has been corrected
Quantitative Analysis of Cytokinesis In Situ during C. elegans Postembryonic Development
Creators: name: Maddox, Amy S.
name: Lacroix, Benjamin
name: Dorn, Jonas F.
name: Bourdages, Karine G.
name: Descovich, Carlos P.
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2014

description: The physical separation of a cell into two daughter cells during cytokinesis requires cell-intrinsic shape changes driven by a contractile ring. However, in vivo, cells interact with their environment, which includes other cells. How cytokinesis occurs in tissues is not well understood. Here, we studied cytokinesis in an intact animal during tissue biogenesis. We used high-resolution microscopy and quantitative analysis to study the three rounds of division of the C. elegans vulval precursor cells (VPCs). The VPCs are cut in half longitudinally with each division. Contractile ring breadth, but not the speed of ring closure, scales with cell length. Furrowing speed instead scales with division plane dimensions, and scaling is consistent between the VPCs and C. elegans blastomeres. We compared our VPC cytokinesis kinetics data with measurements from the C. elegans zygote and HeLa and Drosophila S2 cells. Both the speed dynamics and asymmetry of ring closure are qualitatively conserved among cell types. Unlike in the C. elegans zygote but similar to other epithelial cells, Anillin is required for proper ring closure speed but not asymmetry in the VPCs. We present evidence that tissue organization impacts the dynamics of cytokinesis by comparing our results on the VPCs with the cells of the somatic gonad. In sum, this work establishes somatic lineages in post-embryonic C. elegans development as cell biological models for the study of cytokinesis in situ.
Quantitative Trait Loci Affecting Atherosclerosis at the Aortic Root Identified in an Intercross between DBA2J and 129S6 Apolipoprotein E-Null Mice
Creators: name: Kayashima, Yukako
name: Tomita, Hirofumi
name: Maeda, Nobuyo
name: Kim, Hyung-Suk
name: Zhilicheva, Svetlana
name: Kim, Shinja
name: Bennett, Brian J.
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2014

description: Apolipoprotein E-null mice on a DBA/2J genetic background (DBA-apoE) are highly susceptible to atherosclerosis in the aortic root area compared with those on a 129S6 background (129-apoE). To explore atherosclerosis-responsible genetic regions, we performed a quantitative trait locus (QTL) analysis using 172 male and 137 female F2 derived from an intercross between DBA-apoE and 129-apoE mice. A genome-wide scan identified two significant QTL for the size of lesions at the root: one is Ath44 on Chromosome (Chr) 1 at 158 Mb, and the other Ath45 on Chr 2 at 162 Mb. Ath44 co-localizes with but appears to be independent of a previously reported QTL, Ath1, while Ath45 is a novel QTL. DBA alleles of both Ath44 and Ath45 confer atherosclerosis-susceptibility. In addition, a QTL on Chr 14 at 73 Mb was found significant only in males, and 129 allele conferring susceptibility. Further analysis detected female-specific interactions between a second QTL on Chr 1 at 73 Mb and a QTL on Chr 3 at 21 Mb, and between Chr 7 at 84 Mb and Chr 12 at 77 Mb. These loci for the root atherosclerosis were independent of QTLs for plasma total cholesterol and QTLs for triglycerides, but a QTL for HDL (Chr 1 at 126 Mb) overlapped with the Ath44. Notably, haplotype analysis among 129S6, DBA/2J and C57BL/6 genomes and their gene expression data narrowed the candidate regions for Ath44 and Ath45 to less than 5 Mb intervals where multiple genome wide associations with cardiovascular phenotypes have also been reported in humans. SNPs in or near Fmo3, Sele and Selp for Ath44, and Lbp and Pkig for Ath45 were suggested for further investigation as potential candidates underlying the atherosclerosis susceptibility.
Innovative teaching methods. Effective solutions to complex contests
Creators: name: Panciroli, Chiara
name: Corazza, Laura
name: Vignola, Patrizio
name: Marcato, Elena
name: Leone, Daniela
Publisher: name: Form@re - Open Journal per la formazione in rete
Year: 2018

description: Innovative teaching methods can be thought of as a complex device, where cognitive, emotional and procedural elements are interconnected. Teaching is also defined as innovative when it is possible to find successful and effective solutions to complex contests in terms of mediation and sustainability. This abstract investigates three different teaching methods (Flipped Classroom, Cooperative Learning and Project Based Learning) and the complex system of Competency-based Learning they refer to. Furthermore, not only does it examine three experiences and highlight their strengths and weaknesses (according to the SWOT analysis), but also provides recommendations for limiting risks and making use of the exploiting opportunities. Didattica innovativa. Soluzioni efficaci per contesti complessi La didattica innovativa può essere intesa come dispositivo complesso, in cui interagiscono elementi cognitivi, affettivi e procedurali. La didattica si definisce innovativa, inoltre, quando sa creare una dialettica tra complessità del contesto e soluzioni metodologiche efficaci, sia in termini di mediazione, sia di sostenibilità dei processi. L’articolo prende in esame tre strategie d’insegnamento (flipped classroom, cooperative learning, Project Based Learning) e il relativo sistema complesso della didattica per competenze e analizza tre esperienze d’insegnamento, evidenziandone gli elementi di forza e di debolezza e le relative raccomandazioni per limitare i rischi e sfruttare le opportunità.
description: Form@re - Open Journal per la formazione in rete, Vol. 18 No. 2 (2018): Working in the school as a complex organization
Partialwellenanalyse des Zerfalls $D^0$ $\rightarrow$ $K^+K^-\bar K^0$
Creators: name: Rohde, Angela
Publisher: name: Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron, DESY, Hamburg
Year: 1993
Subjects: thesis
electron positron: colliding beams
colliding beams: electron positron
electron positron: annihilation
annihilation: electron positron
D0: electroproduction
electroproduction: D0
D0: nonleptonic decay
nonleptonic decay: D0
D0: branching ratio
partial wave analysis
mass spectrum: (anti-K0 K+ K-)
(anti-K0 K+ K-): mass spectrum
model: spectator
final-state interaction
Phi(1020)
f0(980)
K anti-K: molecule
ARGUS
experimental results
DESY DORIS Stor
D0 --> anti-K0 K+ K-
D0 --> Phi(1020) anti-K0
Phi(1020) --> K+ K-
D0 --> f0(980) anti-K0
approx. 10.6 GeV-cms

description: Universität Hamburg, Diplomarbeit, 1993; 65 pp. (1993). = Universität Hamburg, Diplomarbeit, 1993
Range Expansion and Population Dynamics of an Invasive Species: The Eurasian Collared-Dove (Streptopelia decaocto)
Creators: name: Scheidt, Spencer N.
name: Hurlbert, Allen H.
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2014

description: Invasive species offer ecologists the opportunity to study the factors governing species distributions and population growth. The Eurasian Collared-Dove (Streptopelia decaocto) serves as a model organism for invasive spread because of the wealth of abundance records and the recent development of the invasion. We tested whether a set of environmental variables were related to the carrying capacities and growth rates of individual populations by modeling the growth trajectories of individual populations of the Collared-Dove using Breeding Bird Survey (BBS) and Christmas Bird Count (CBC) data. Depending on the fit of our growth models, carrying capacity and growth rate parameters were extracted and modeled using historical, geographical, land cover and climatic predictors. Model averaging and individual variable importance weights were used to assess the strength of these predictors. The specific variables with the greatest support in our models differed between data sets, which may be the result of temporal and spatial differences between the BBS and CBC. However, our results indicate that both carrying capacity and population growth rates are related to developed land cover and temperature, while growth rates may also be influenced by dispersal patterns along the invasion front. Model averaged multivariate models explained 35–48% and 41–46% of the variation in carrying capacities and population growth rates, respectively. Our results suggest that widespread species invasions can be evaluated within a predictable population ecology framework. Land cover and climate both have important effects on population growth rates and carrying capacities of Collared-Dove populations. Efforts to model aspects of population growth of this invasive species were more successful than attempts to model static abundance patterns, pointing to a potentially fruitful avenue for the development of improved invasive distribution models.
The systemic thinking of the school middle-manager. Ideas for professionalization
Creators: name: Agrati, Laura Sara
Publisher: name: Form@re - Open Journal per la formazione in rete
Year: 2018

description: Middle-management is taking an increasingly central role in the school considered as an adaptive complex system because it assists the school leader in the organizational processes and the distributed leadership procedures. This article examines the complex framework of the middle management as analyzed in literature and available in the Italian educational system. It also supports the reflection on its professional development. Through the comparison between the proposals by the Italian professional associations’ debate and the well-established experience of the English National Professional Qualification for Middle Leadership, a professional profile of the middle-manager is outlined, focusing on the systemic thinking, as a characterizing common trait. The characteristics of the systemic thinking described by some recent international studies are put in relation to the different staff roles and to the specific characteristics of 95 expert teachers involved in a recent survey, carried out through a questionnaire. The aim is to gain evidence capable of addressing further investigations and supporting the scientific debate on middle-management’ competences as well as the effective professional training interventions. Il pensiero sistemico del middle-manager scolastico. Spunti per la professionalizzazione In una scuola intesa come sistema complesso adattivo, il middle-management assume un ruolo sempre più centrale poiché coadiuva la dirigenza nei processi di organizzazione e nelle procedure di leadership distribuita. Il presente articolo prende in esame il quadro composito del middle-management esistente in letteratura e nell’ordinamento scolastico italiano e invita a riflettere sul suo sviluppo professionale. Attraverso il confronto tra le proposte dell’associazionismo professionale italiano e l’esperienza ormai consolidata del National Professional Qualification for Middle Leadership inglese, verrà delineato un possibile profilo di competenza del middle-manager e focalizzata l’attenzione sul pensiero sistemico, quale tratto comune caratterizzante. Le caratteristiche del pensiero sistemico del middle-manager – individuate in alcuni recenti studi internazionali – verranno messe in rapporto ai diversi ruoli di staff e alle caratteristiche specifiche di 95 docenti esperti coinvolti in una recente indagine conoscitiva tramite questionario. Lo scopo è di ricavare evidenze in grado di indirizzare indagini ulteriori e di ampliare il dibattito scientifico sulle competenze professionali del middle-management di tipo sistemico nonché sugli interventi efficaci sul piano della sua formazione professionale.
description: Form@re - Open Journal per la formazione in rete, Vol. 18 No. 2 (2018): Working in the school as a complex organization
Teacher leadership as a key element for enhancing teacher professional development
Creators: name: Flores, Maria
Publisher: name: Form@re - Open Journal per la formazione in rete
Year: 2018

description: This paper reports on findings from a 3-year research project aimed at examining teachers’ views of teacher leadership and the conditions to enhance it. A mixed-method research design was devised. Data were collected in three phases: i) phase I consisted of a national survey in which 2,702 teachers participated; ii) phase II included semi-structured interviews with the 11 head teachers and focus group with pupils (n=108) and with teachers (n=99); iii) phase III involved a professional development programme in 5 schools located in northern Portugal, in which 66 teachers participated. Findings point to three main themes: i) a pluralistic view of leadership; ii) teachers as leaders of learning; iii) developing school-based projects as an opportunity for professional development. Implications for developing conditions for teacher leadership and professional development are discussed. La leadership dei docenti come elemento-chiave per il miglioramento del loro sviluppo professionale Il presente contributo si propone di illustrare i risultati di una ricerca durata tre anni, con la finalità di indagare la leadership dei docenti, i loro rispettivi punti di vista e le condizioni per potenziarla. Il disegno di ricerca utilizzato ha carattere misto. I dati sono stati raccolti in tre distinte fasi: i) indagine nazionale che ha visto il coinvolgimento di 2,702 docenti (fase I); ii) interviste semi-strutturate con undici dirigenti scolastici ed un focus group con studenti (n=108) e con docenti (n=99) (fase II); iii) programma di sviluppo professionale realizzato in cinque scuole del Portogallo settentrionale, con il coinvolgimento di 66 docenti (fase III). I risultati di ricerca hanno messo in rilievo tre approcci importanti: i) una dimensione pluralistica della leadership; ii) la concezione del docente come leader di apprendimento; iii) lo sviluppo di progetti educativi a dimensione scolastica come opportunità di sviluppo professionale. Nel contributo sono infine discusse le condizioni per lo sviluppo della leadership dei docenti e per il loro sviluppo professionale.
description: Form@re - Open Journal per la formazione in rete, Vol. 18 No. 2 (2018): Working in the school as a complex organization
RBC Barcoding Allows for the Study of Erythrocyte Population Dynamics and P. falciparum Merozoite Invasion
Creators: name: Cerami, Carla
name: Clark, Martha A.
name: Spidale, Nicholas A.
name: Goheen, Morgan M.
name: Fulford, Anthony
name: Kasthuri, Raj S.
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2014

description: Plasmodium falciparum invasion of host erythrocytes is essential for the propagation of the blood stage of malaria infection. Additionally, the brief extracellular merozoite stage of P. falciparum represents one of the rare windows during which the parasite is directly exposed to the host immune response. Therefore, efficient invasion of the host erythrocyte is necessary not only for productive host erythrocyte infection, but also for evasion of the immune response. Host traits, such as hemoglobinopathies and differential expression of erythrocyte invasion ligands, can protect individuals from malaria by impeding parasite erythrocyte invasion. Here we combine RBC barcoding with flow cytometry to study P. falciparum invasion. This novel high-throughput method allows for the (i) direct comparison of P. falciparum invasion into different erythrocyte populations and (ii) assessment of the impact of changing erythrocyte population dynamics on P. falciparum invasion.
Tunneling in Polymer Quantization and the Quantum Zeno Effect
Creators: name: Demir, Durmus Ali
name: Sargin, Ozan
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: As an application of the polymer quantization scheme, in this work we investigate the one dimensional quantum mechanical tunneling phenomenon from the perspective of polymer representation of a non-relativistic point particle and derive the transmission and reflection coefficients. Since any tunneling phenomenon inevitably evokes a tunneling time we attempt an analytical calculation of tunneling times by defining an operator well suited in discrete spatial geometry. The results that we come up with hint at appearance of the Quantum Zeno Effect in polymer framework.
description: 21pp,3 figures, to be published in Phys. Lett. A
Pitch distributions for individual instruments in the symphonies No. 1-9 of L.v. Beethoven
Creators: name: Quiring, Roman
name: Weinzierl, Stefan
Publisher: name: Technische Universität Berlin
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: 780 Musik
subject: 534 Schall und verwandte Schwingungen
subject: Music Information Retrieval
subject: Corpus studies
subject: Pitch distribution
subject: L.v. Beethoven (1770-1827)
subject: Musical instruments
subject: Symphonic orchestra
subject: MIDI

description: This dataset contains pitch distributions for the symphonies No. 1-9 of Ludwig van Beethoven. Data is available for all symphonies, all movements, and every musical instrument separately. Pitch distributions are represented as histograms in the MIDI pitch range. For transposing instruments, the pitch distributions refer to the sounding, not the written pitch. See the file header for information about the source of the original data and more information on the data collection.
Descriptions of new species of hymenopterous insects collected by Mr. A. R. Wallace at Celebes. (Part Formicidae)
Creators: name: Smith, F.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 1860
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy

description: 3. Formica gracilipes, Smith, Proc. Linn. Soc. vol. ii. p. 55. ☿. Hab. Celebes; Singapore.
description: Published as part of Smith, F., 1860, Descriptions of new species of hymenopterous insects collected by Mr. A. R. Wallace at Celebes. (Part Formicidae), pp. 57-93 in Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society of London, Zoology 5 on page 68
Accompanying training professionalization processes, using didactic and research in a complex perspective
Creators: name: Frisch, Muriel
Publisher: name: Form@re - Open Journal per la formazione in rete
Year: 2018

description: The lack of reference to didactics obscures the perspective on the relationship to knowledge. It seems to us, however, that professionalization through training and a complex skills-based approach both imply integrating knowledge, knowledge constructions and devices; connecting elements together and reflecting on conceptualization processes in order to learn more dynamically without neglecting didactic innovations. How could new forms of complexity be re-established in pedagogy while bridging training-research with didactic research? Which frameworks and teaching tools would be needed to enable progress? In this article, after contextualizing our theoretical work and frameworks, we will present the emergence of a complex model connecting information-savoir and connaissance with pratiques-expérience-expérimentation-exploration-expertise-compétence-(re)-connaissance; a feedback on the concept of contre-transposition and the problematization approach for the purpose of (re)constructing professional skills. We will then use a flipped classroom method to try to understand how a teacher-in-training builds construction indices of his or her professionalism in interaction with pupils and teachers’ actions. Accompagnare i processi di professionalizzazione attraverso una prospettiva complessa di formazione e ricerca I mancati riferimenti alla didattica impediscono di mettere in luce la prospettiva legata al rapporto con la conoscenza. Ci sembra, tuttavia, che la professionalizzazione attraverso la formazione e un approccio complesso basato sulle competenze implichi l’integrazione di conoscenze, costruzioni di conoscenze e dispositivi da un lato, ed il collegamento, dall’altro, di elementi di riflessione sui processi di concettualizzazione che supportino un apprendimento dinamico senza trascurare le innovazioni didattiche. Come possono essere ristabilite nuove forme di complessità in pedagogia attraverso l’interazione tra ricerca-formazione e ricerca legata alla didattica? Quali framework e strumenti didattici sono necessari per promuovere il progresso? Nel presente articolo, dopo aver contestualizzato il quadro teorico di riferimento, illustriamo un modello complesso che collega informazioni-conoscenza e comprensione con pratiche-esperienza-sperimentazione-esplorazione-expertise-competenza-(re)-conoscenza. Forniamo inoltre alcune riflessioni sul concetto di contrasposizione e sull’approccio che problematizza la (ri)costruzione delle competenze professionali. Utilizzeremo quindi un metodo di flipped classroom per comprendere come un docente in formazione possa costruire indici per la definizione della sua professionalità nell’interazione con gli allievi e con le azioni degli altri docenti.
description: Form@re - Open Journal per la formazione in rete, Vol. 18 No. 2 (2018): Working in the school as a complex organization
A Rounder Sense of Purpose: developing and assessing competences for educators of sustainable development
Creators: name: Vare, Paul
Publisher: name: Form@re - Open Journal per la formazione in rete
Year: 2018

description: A Rounder Sense of Purpose is a three-year European Union-funded project. In its first phase has developed a concise set of educator competences for the teaching of education for sustainable development based on a more extensive framework developed by the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe in 2011. An important factor in promoting the use of such competences is having a means to assess them. The project has used an assessment approach based on the peer review of dialogue stimulated by brief presentations with follow-up question and answer sessions. Dialogue is assessed in terms of horizontal and vertical learning. This paper reports on an action research exercise based on this assessment approach involving over twenty student volunteers. Initial findings suggest that the approach may provide an efficient and effective means of assessing affective learning in relation to sustainability education. Lo studio europeo A Rounder Sense of Purpose per sviluppare e valutare le competenze per gli educatori dello sviluppo sostenibile Il progetto di ricerca dal titolo A Rounder Sense of Purpose, della durata di tre anni, ha sviluppato, nella sua prima fase, un sintetico set di competenze educative legate all’insegnamento dei temi dello sviluppo sostenibile. Esso ha come riferimento il quadro sviluppato dalla Commissione economica per l’Europa delle Nazioni Unite nel 2011. Un mezzo per promuovere l’utilizzo di tali competenze è rappresentato dalla predisposizione di dispositivi per la loro valutazione. L’approccio utilizzato nel progetto di ricerca per la valutazione si basa sulla peer review e sul dialogo, stimolati da brevi presentazioni con sessioni di domande e risposte di follow-up. Il dialogo è valutato in termini di apprendimento orizzontale e verticale. Il presente articolo intende riportare una attività di ricerca-azione che ha inteso sperimentare questo approccio valutativo, con il coinvolgimento di oltre venti studenti volontari. I risultati preliminari suggeriscono che l’approccio adottato può fornire uno strumento efficiente ed efficace per valutare l’apprendimento affettivo in relazione all’educazione alla sostenibilità.
description: Form@re - Open Journal per la formazione in rete, Vol. 18 No. 2 (2018): Working in the school as a complex organization
Paper "Size Matters" Excel Data prepared for SPSS
Creators: name: Meier, Felix Christian
name: Schöbel, Markus
name: Feufel, Markus
Publisher: name: Technische Universität Berlin
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: 600 Technik, Technologie
subject: embodiment
subject: expansive body postures
subject: traffic safety
subject: cockpit design
subject: parking violations
subject: unethical behaviour

description: The present excel file includes all data used for the study and it is prepared to be fed into SPSS. First column shows a number. Every car got number as it was collected during experiment. In the second column the pairs of legally and illegally parked cars are counted. In the third column and fifth column brand and model of each car are coded. The fourth column shows the values of a car brand status, retrieved from a questionnaire. The sixth column codes, if a car was legally or illegally parked. the next columns show the spatial measurements of each car. The last column shows the product for Driver Seat Space playing a crucial role for the study. Due to the big numbers, you need to transform the measurements and the driver seat space to Z-values. Summary of study: In cockpits, ergonomists thus far mainly re-design interfaces to help drivers improve traffic safety. We replicate evidence showing that increasing physical space surrounding the driver relates to an increased probability of parking violations. These findings suggest that spatial design should be added to the ergonomist's toolbox for reducing traffic violations.
Working in the school as a complex organization. Theoretical perspectives, models, professionalism for the Secondary School
Creators: name: Balduzzi, Lucia
name: Del Gobbo, Giovanna
name: Perla, Loredana
Publisher: name: Form@re - Open Journal per la formazione in rete
Year: 2018

description: Lavorare nell’organizzazione complessa scuola. Prospettive teoriche, modelli, professionalità per la Secondaria di I e II grado
description: Form@re - Open Journal per la formazione in rete, Vol. 18 No. 2 (2018): Working in the school as a complex organization
Untersuchung zu den Eigenschaften eines internen Drahttargets für das HERA-B Experiment
Creators: name: Spratte, S.
Publisher: name: Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron, DESY, Hamburg
Year: 1996
Subjects: thesis
p nucleus: nuclear reaction
target: internal
internal: target
target: wire
wire: target
efficiency
beam: lifetime
lifetime: beam
background
numerical calculations
HERA-B
DESY HERA Stor

description: Universität Dortmund, Diplomarbeit, 1996; 98 pp. (1996). = Universität Dortmund, Diplomarbeit, 1996
Performance dataset
Creators: name: Salinas, Felipe
Publisher: name: Technische Universität Berlin
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: 500 Naturwissenschaften und Mathematik
subject: Lithium-ion
subject: 18650 cell
subject: second life
subject: reuse
subject: circular economy
subject: cycling

description: This data contains the date (DD-MM-YYYY), step time (hh:mm:ss), cycle, current (A), voltage (V), capacity (Ah), Energy (Wh) and Environment Temperature (°C) of cells of the same type (Sanyo UR18650FM), which were cycled 100 times under exact conditions of charge/discharge (0.4C) and between 2.8-4.2 V. Most of the cells were analyzed in the thesis related to this dataset, and additional information gathered afterwards has been included.
Self-synchronizing scheme for high speed computational ghost imaging
Creators: name: Suo, Jinli
name: Xiao, Yudong
name: Bian, Liheng
name: Zhang, Lei
name: Dai, Qionghai
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Optics (physics.optics)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Computational ghost imaging needs to acquire a large number of correlated measurements between reference patterns and the scene for reconstruction, so extremely high acquisition speed is crucial for fast ghost imaging. With the development of technologies, high frequency illumination and detectors are both available, but their synchronization needs technique demanding customization and lacks flexibility for different setup configurations. This letter proposes a self-synchronization scheme that can eliminate this difficulty by introducing a high precision synchronization technique and corresponding algorithm. We physically implement the proposed scheme using a 20kHz spatial light modulator to generate random binary patterns together with a 100 times faster photodiode for high speed ghost imaging, and the acquisition frequency is around 14 times faster than that of state-of-the-arts.
Relationship Factors and Trajectories of Intimate Partner Violence among South African Women during Pregnancy and the Postpartum Period
Creators: name: Moodley, Dhayendre
name: McNaughton-Reyes, H. Luz
name: Maman, Suzanne
name: Foshee, Vangie A.
name: Groves, Allison K.
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2014

description: Intimate partner violence (IPV) is a significant public health problem in South Africa. However, there is limited research on whether and how IPV changes during pregnancy and the postpartum period and on the factors that might affect women's risk during this time. In this study, we describe the mean trajectories of physical and psychological IPV during pregnancy and the postpartum period and examine whether relationship power, partner social support, and relationship stress are associated with women's trajectories of IPV. Data come from a longitudinal study with 1,480 women recruited during pregnancy between May 2008 and June 2010 at a public clinic in Durban. Women completed behavioral assessments at their first antenatal visit, at fourteen weeks and at nine months postpartum. Women's experiences of IPV were measured at all three time points and relationship power, partner social support and relationship stress were each measured at the baseline assessment. We used multilevel random coefficients growth modeling to build our models. The mean trajectory for both types of IPV was flat which means that, on average, there was not significant change in levels of IPV over pregnancy and the postpartum period. However, there was significant individual variability in trajectories of IPV over the study period. Women who had higher relationship power had lower levels of physical and psychological IPV over time than women with lower relationship power. Additionally, women with higher relationship stress and lower partner support had higher levels of psychological IPV at pregnancy. Interventions that maximize women's relationship power and partner social support and minimize relationship stress during this transformative time are needed.
Performance metrics for ultrasound-guided needle placements, using a conventional monitor and an augmented reality head-mounted display
Creators: name: Rüger, Christoph
Publisher: name: Technische Universität Berlin
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: 629 Andere Fachrichtungen der Ingenieurwissenschaften
subject: 610 Medizin und Gesundheit
subject: Augmented Reality
subject: Medical
subject: Mixed Reality
subject: Ergonomics
subject: Image Guidance

description: Purpose Augmented reality (AR) and head-mounted displays (HMD) are current subjects of investigation in medical practice. A commonly proposed use-case of AR-HMDs is to display data in image-guided interventions. Although technical feasibility has been thoroughly shown, effects of AR-HMDs on interventions are not yet well researched, hampering clinical applicability. Therefore, the goal of this study is to better understand the benefits and limitations of this technology in ultrasound-guided interventions. Methods We used an AR-HMD system (based on Hololens, Microsoft Corp., Redmond, WA, USA) which overlays live ultrasound images spatially correctly at the location of the ultrasound transducer. We chose ultrasound-guided needle placements as a representative task for image-guided interventions. To examine the effects of the AR-HMD, we used mixed methods and conducted two studies in a lab setting: (1) in an experimental study, we asked participants to place needles into a training model and evaluated task duration and accuracy with the AR-HMD as compared to the standard procedure without visual overlay and (2) in a qualitative study, we analysed the user experience with AR-HMD using think-aloud protocols during ultrasound examinations and semi-structured interviews after the task. Results Participants (n=20) placed needles more accurately (mean error of 7.4 mm vs. 4.9 mm, p=0.022) but not significantly faster (mean task duration of 74.4 s vs. 66.4 s, p=0.211) with the AR-HMD. All participants in the qualitative study (n=6) reported limitations of and unfamiliarity with the AR-HMD, yet all but one also clearly noted benefits and/or that they would like to test the technology in practice. Conclusion We present additional, though still preliminary, evidence that AR-HMDs provide benefits in image-guided procedures. Our data also contribute insights into potential causes underlying the benefits, such as improved spatial perception. Still, more comprehensive studies are needed to ascertain benefits for clinical applications and to clarify underlying mechanisms.
Release of Neuronal HMGB1 by Ethanol through Decreased HDAC Activity Activates Brain Neuroimmune Signaling
Creators: name: Crews, Fulton T.
name: Zou, Jian Y.
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2014

description: Neuroimmune gene induction is involved in many brain pathologies including addiction. Although increased expression of proinflammatory cytokines has been found in ethanol-treated mouse brain and rat brain slice cultures as well as in post-mortem human alcoholic brain, the mechanisms remain elusive. High-mobility group box 1 (HMGB1) protein is a nuclear protein that has endogenous cytokine-like activity. We previously found increased HMGB1 in post-mortem alcoholic human brain as well as in ethanol treated mice and rat brain slice cultures. The present study investigated the mechanisms for ethanol-induced release of HMGB1 and neuroimmune activation in a model of rat hippocampal-entorhinal cortex (HEC) brain slice cultures. Ethanol exposure triggered dose-dependent HMGB1 release, predominantly from neuronal cells. Inhibitors of histone deacetylases (HDACs) promoted nucleocytoplasmic mobilization of HDAC1/4 and HMGB1 resulting in increased total HMGB1 and acetylated HMGB1 release. Similarly, ethanol treatment was found to induce the translocation of HDAC1/4 and HMGB1 proteins from nuclear to cytosolic fractions. Furthermore, ethanol treatment reduced HDAC1/4 mRNA and increased acetylated HMGB1 release into the media. These results suggest decreased HDAC activity may be critical in regulating acetylated HMGB1 release from neurons in response to ethanol. Ethanol and HMGB1 treatment increased mRNA expression of proinflammatory cytokines TNFα and IL-1β as well as toll-like receptor 4 (TLR4). Targeting HMGB1 or microglial TLR4 by using siRNAs to HMGB1 and TLR4, HMGB1 neutralizing antibody, HMGB1 inhibitor glycyrrhizin and TLR4 antagonist as well as inhibitor of microglial activation all blocked ethanol-induced expression of proinflammatory cytokines TNFα and IL-1β. These results support the hypothesis that ethanol alters HDACs that regulate HMGB1 release and that danger signal HMGB1 as endogenous ligand for TLR4 mediates ethanol-induced brain neuroimmune signaling through activation of microglial TLR4. These findings provide new therapeutic targets for brain neuroimmune activation and alcoholism.
Reproducibility and Validity of A-Mode Ultrasound for Body Composition Measurement and Classification in Overweight and Obese Men and Women
Creators: name: Melvin, Malia N.
name: Woessner, Mary N.
name: Fultz, Sarah N.
name: Wingfield, Hailee L.
name: Smith-Ryan, Abbie E.
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2014

description: Identifying portable methods to measure body composition may be more advantageous than using body mass index (BMI) to categorize associated health consequences. Purpose: To compare the validity and reliability of a portable A-mode ultrasound (US) to a criterion three compartment model (3C) for the measurement of body composition. Methods: Forty-seven overweight and obese subjects participated in this study. Body composition was measured once via air displacement plethysmography for body density (Bd) and bioelectrical impedance spectroscopy for total body water (TBW) for the 3C calculations. Ultrasound measurements (BodyMetrix, Intelametrix) were made using an A mode, 2.5- MHz transmitter. All measurements were made on the right side of the body at 7 skinfold sites. The US software calculated percent body fat (%BF), fat mass (FM) and fat free mass (FFM) from the 7-site Jackson and Pollock equation. Results: %BF and FM, respectively, measured by the US (29.1±6.5%; 27.4±8.1 kg) was significantly lower compared to the 3C model (33.7±7.6%; 31.8±9.8 kg; p<0.0005). Fat free mass was significantly higher for the US (66.7±13.0 kg) compared to the 3C model (62.3±12.6; p = 0.001). The US demonstrated respectable reliability for %BF, FM, and FFM with intraclass correlation coefficients (ICC) ranging from 0.84–0.98 and standard error of the measurement (SEM) values and 2.2%BF, 1.9 kg, 1.9 kg, respectively. Discussion: The US was found to under predict %BF and FM with large deviations from the criterion (n = 10>4%BF error). While the US was not valid in this population, it was reliable producing results with minimal error, suggesting this technique may be effective for tracking changes in a weight loss or clinical setting.
Novel de-novo reference-based guided assembly for bacterial genomes
Creators: name: Kumar, Manish
name: Singhal, Neelja
name: Aswal, Manisha
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2023
Subjects: Bioinformatics and computational biology not elsewhere classified

description: Escherichia coli are highly diverse bacteria with different pathogenic types, serotypes and phylogenetic types/phylotypes. In recent years, infections with E. coli have increased worldwide and so has the emergence of antibiotic resistant strains. In the present study we have assembled, annotated and analyzed genome sequences of three strains of the pathogenic phylogroup D of Escherichia coli. These strains were isolated from river Yamuna, a prominent anthropogenic urban river of northern India. Of these, two strains were antibiotic-resistant while one was -susceptible. Various genomic characteristics like, the gene ontology (GO) annotations, virulence factors, antimicrobial resistance genes and mobile genetic elements (MGEs) were determined to understand genomic difference between antibiotic resistant and susceptible strains of E. coli. The short-sequence reads were assembled into contigs using the de-novo approach and further, scaffolding of contigs was performed by using the best reference genome for a particular isolate which resulted in a significant increase in the N50 value of each assembly. The bioinformatics assembly approach used in this study could be easily applied to study other bacterial genomes.
The geometric semantics of algebraic quantum mechanics
Creators: name: Morales, John Alex Cruz
name: Zilber, Boris
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Mathematical Physics (math-ph)
subject: Quantum Algebra (math.QA)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: 03C98, 70A05

description: In this paper we will present an ongoing project which aims to use model theory as a suitable mathematical setting for studying the formalism of quantum mechanics. We will argue that this approach provides a geometric semantics for such formalism by means of establishing a (non-commutative) duality between certain algebraic and geometric objects.