Ideal Textbook Research Articles

A tiny Drude scatterer can accurately model a coherent emitter in nanophotonics

Abstract We add a missing element to the set of directly computable scenarios of light-matter-interaction within classical numerical Maxwell solvers, i.e., light scattering from hybrid systems of resonators and individual Fourier-limited emitters. In particular, individual emitters are incorporated as tiny polarizable and resonant spherical scatterers. This emitter model is based on well-known extremal properties of Mie modes. The spherical emitter is made from an artificial Drude metal with ϵ ( ω ) = ϵ b − ω p 2 / ( ω 2 + i Γ ω ) ${\epsilon}(\omega )={{\epsilon}}_{b}-{\omega }_{p}^{2}/({\omega }^{2}+i{\Gamma }\omega )$ . By tuning ϵ b and ω p we adjust the resonance frequency and the Fourier-limited linewidth and by adjusting Γ we may add non-radiative damping or dephasing. This approach automatically reproduces the ideal text book coherent scattering cross-section of Fourier-limited two level quantum systems of σ 0 = 3λ 2/(2πϵ out) which is not possible with typically used Lorentz permittivities which only mimic optical resonances. Further, the emitter’s linewidth adopts to the surrounding optical local density of states (LDOS). To demonstrate this we successfully benchmark our approach with prominent examples from the literature.

Stereotypical Representation of Women in Junior High School Textbook: A Study of the Textbook English Published by Shanghai Foreign Language Education Press

Supervised by SDG goals (Gender Equality and Quality Education) and renewed national standards, China is performing an ongoing reformation of education curriculum, aiming to eradicate gender discrimination of all kindsincluding the omission and stereotyped representation of females in textbooks. To undo the historical preconceptions towards females and build impartial cognition in students, this paper demonstrates a critical approach to exam and refine the acclaimed textbook English (SFP Oxford Edition). The research adopted data collected by Sheng to testify the low participation of female figures in this textbook, and by deep down analyzing the contents of all six textbooks, the prescribed occupation for women, the inadequate representation of motherhood and heroine, and the omission of minority groups have been revealed. This research deconstructed the widely-used textbook in China, raised and categorized problems on equal and precise gender representation, which will guide and facilitate the development and iteration towards ideal textbook.

The political economy of lighthouses in antebellum America

The study of the lighthouse features prominently in debates over the private provision of public services. However, little attention has been devoted to how lighthouse systems operated once governments took charge of its production. We exploit the fact that Antebellum America came close to the ideal textbook solution to providing public goods and we assess how the government allocated lighthouses before the Civil War. We find some evidence that the lighthouses were built according to commercial needs. However, we discover stronger evidence that political considerations played a role in selecting where lighthouses would be built.

Criteria of Good English Textbook for Students: A Senior English Textbook Analysis

Background: English textbooks are a medium for delivering a material; good textbooks must support good material in accordance with eight ideal textbook criteria. Objective: This study aims to analyze and describe English textbooks used in SMA Negeri 1 Gorontalo Regency. Purpose: This study aims to analyze and describe English textbooks used in SMA Negeri 1 Gorontalo Regency. Method: This study used a qualitative method with a content analysis approach to textbooks. Data were obtained through a system of observation of topics, language aspects, task forms for four language skills, and task structures in each chapter of the book. The textbooks analyzed were for grade X high school students published by the Ministry of Education and Culture of the 2017 edition of the K-13 curriculum. The data were analyzed descriptively in accordance with eight criteria for textbook analysis, namely the purpose and approach of book design and organization, language content, language skills, topics, methodology, teachers' books, and language practice situations. Results and Discussion: The results showed that of the eight criteria for a good textbook, this book fulfills five criteria. The five criteria have clear objectives and approaches, book design and organization, language content, language skills, topics, and language practice situations. Conclusion and Implications: This research has implications for efforts to improve students' mastery of English language skills through the teaching materials in the textbooks used.

Technology computer aided design based deep level transient spectra: simulation of high-purity germanium crystals

Very often deep level transient spectroscopy (DLTS) specimens deviate from ideal textbook examples, making the interpretation of spectra a huge challenge. This challenge introduces inaccurate estimates of emission signatures and the lack of appropriate estimates for the concentrations of the observed trap levels. In this work it is shown with the example of high-purity germanium that technology computer aided design including symbolic differentiation provides the necessary numerical stability over a wide temperature range to model DLTS spectra. Moreover high-purity germanium is a quasi intrinsic semiconductor for which it is well-known that original small signal theory can introduce strong errors. It is furthermore shown that the parasitic impact of fractional filling and high resistivity material can be modelled and that these modelled spectra can in the future assist the interpretation of experimental results.

The Political Economy of Lighthouses in Antebellum America

Lighthouses are the quintessential public goods and thus constitute a key illustration of market failure in need of government remedy. Considerable debates have been waged over whether optimal private provision was historically possible. However, little to no attention has been devoted to how lighthouse systems operated once governments took charge of remedying the public goods problem. Using the fact that Antebellum America came close to following the ideal textbook solution to the provision of public goods, we assess how government allocated lighthouses before the Civil War. We find some evidence that the lighthouses were built according to commercial needs. However, we also find strong evidence that political considerations played a strong role in selecting where lighthouses would be built.

BOOK REVIEW Paul Nanu and Emilia Ivancu (Eds.) Limba română ca limbă străină. Metodologie și aplicabilitate culturală. Turun yliopisto, 2018. Pp. 1-169. ISBN: 978-951-29-7035-3 (Print) ISBN: 978-951-29-7036-0 (PDF).

BOOK REVIEW Paul Nanu and Emilia Ivancu (Eds.) Limba română ca limbă străină. Metodologie și aplicabilitate culturală. Turun yliopisto, 2018. Pp. 1-169. ISBN: 978-951-29-7035-3 (Print) ISBN: 978-951-29-7036-0 (PDF).

Gastrectomy case volume and textbook outcome: an analysis of the Population Registry of Esophageal and Stomach Tumours of Ontario (PRESTO).

To determine the association between gastric cancer surgery case-volume and Textbook Outcome, a new composite quality measurement. Textbook Outcomeincluded (a) negative resection margin, (b) greater than 15 lymph nodes sampled, (c) no severe complication, (d) no re-intervention, (e) no unplanned ICU admission, (f) length of stay of 21days or less, (g) no 30-day readmission and (h) no 30-day mortality following surgery. All patients undergoing gastrectomy for non-metastatic gastric adenocarcinoma registered in the Population Registry of Esophageal and Stomach Tumours of Ontario between 2004 and 2015 were included. We used multivariable generalized estimating equation (GEE) logistic regression modelling to estimate the association between gastrectomy volume (surgeon and hospital annual volumes) and Textbook Outcome. Volumes were considered as continuous variables and quintiles. Textbook Outcome wasachieved in 378 of 1660 patients (22.8%). The quality metrics least often achieved were inadequate lymph node sampling and presence of severe complications, which occurred in 46.1% and 31.7% of patients, respectively. Accounting for covariates and clustering, neither surgeon volume nor hospital volume were significantly associated with Textbook Outcome. However, hospital volume was associated with adequate lymphadenectomy and fewer unplanned ICU admissions. Higher case volume can impact certain measures of quality of care but may not address all care structures necessary for ideal Textbook recovery. Future quality improvement strategies should consider using case-mix adjusted Textbook Outcome rates as a surgical quality metric.

The experience of and reflection on triangulation and/or mixed methods, discussing a study on the ideal and reality, use and understanding of history textbooks

This paper reflects on the achievements of triangulation but also on its inconsistencies and contradictions. It suggests that mixed methods can be confusing. Good triangulation should involve intensive reflection on a variety of materials and analyses, as well as a necessary complexity of questions and results.This implies a tolerant overlap between single-method and mixed-methods approaches. The paper illustrates these points by discussing an early example of mixed-methods research, a large project – Understanding of Textbooks, Use of Syllabuses and Processes of Reflection in History Lessons – carried out by the author in 2002. The aim of this study was to evaluate history textbooks and the ways in which historical sources and narratives were presented and used. It involved both a closed format, which produced quantitative data – a questionnaire, used to collect data on participants' knowledge, attitudes, emotions, and competences – and qualitative data collected from a subgroup of participants, who wrote short essays related to sections of the questionnaire. Some were interviewed after completing the questionnaire ('stimulated recall'). In this way, a type of two-step triangulation study emerged involving micro- and macro-analysis. The paper reflects on positive aspects of the study and also on its weakness. Participants' responses showed almost no correlation between their definition of the ideal textbook, which would deal with controversial issues, and the ways in which they used textbooks, with no recognition of the ambiguity.

Ideal text book in ubiquitous society: anytime, anywhere, anything, anybody with text book

Ideal text book in ubiquitous society: anytime, anywhere, anything, anybody with text book

Lesson image inducing proactive, interactive and deep learning and ideal textbook

Lesson image inducing proactive, interactive and deep learning and ideal textbook

Ideal textbook supporting students, learning and implementations — inducing observation, experiment and any action and broadening their horizons

Ideal textbook supporting students, learning and implementations — inducing observation, experiment and any action and broadening their horizons

Child’s creative activity as an opportunity to develop metalearning skills – analysis of an educational programmeCreating my own textbook – I know what I want to learn and how

AbstractThe objective of my project entitled “Creating my own text-book - I know what I want to learn and how” was to develop children’s awareness of a broadly defined ability to learn, through the creation of their own textbooks, which they would like to use at school. The main aim of the research described below was to gain an understanding of what children them-selves would consider to be an ideal textbook from which to learn, what they would really like to learn about, and what are their interests and needs in terms of learning at school. Twenty-seven pupils from the III-rd grade of primary school participated in the project. The educational project lasted five months. A basic assumption of the research was that pupils have their own personal knowledge with regard to the content of what they would like to be taught at school. Conclusions from the research were formulated on the basis of interviews carried out with the children and an analysis of the textbooks which they created. The results show that the pupils who participated in the educational project are able to describe what their ideal school textbook should be like. The objective of the present paper is to present the conclusions drawn from the educational project from the perspective of developing meta-learning skills in young, school-aged children.

BUKU TEKS AL-LUGHAH AL-‘ARABIYAH AL-MU’ĀSHIRAH BAGI PENUTUR NON ARAB Desain, Kontruksi dan Implementasi

Textbook is one components that affects the achievement of learning goals, especially the Arabic text books. The book al-Lughah al-‘Arabiyah al-Mu’ashirah was written by Eckehard Schulz is one of the Arabic language textbooks that studied by the Arabic language learners. This Arabic textbook is an intensive basic course in Arabic language for beginners student at the Oriental Institute of the University of Leipzig Germany. This book aims to study Standar and Modern Arabic Language, both written and communication. Therefore, this article will describe about the contents and systematic book comprehensively. Beside that, this book will be analyzed more in depth with the design criteria ideal textbook development through several stages such as selection, gradation, presentation and repetition. finally, through it will be known aspects of important notes and excellences as a Arabic text book for non Arab.

British Romanticism: Criticism and Debates. Edited by Mark Canuel. London: Routledge, 2015. Pp. xxi+639.

<i>British Romanticism: Criticism and Debates</i>. Edited by Mark Canuel. London: Routledge, 2015. Pp. xxi+639.

La comedia nueva. El sí de las niñas by Leandro Fernández de Moratín

Reviewed by: La comedia nueva. El sí de las niñas by Leandro Fernández de Moratín Tatevik Gyulamiryan Moratín, Leandro Fernández de. La comedia nueva. El sí de las niñas. Ed. Jesús Pérez Magallón. Madrid: RAE, 2015. Pp. 408. ISBN 978-8-46704-624-3. Jesús Pérez Magallón’s fine edition of La comedia nueva and El sí de las niñas presents the famous works of the early nineteenth-century dramatist Leandro Fernández de Moratín in a new light. Magallón first presents La comedia nueva and El sí de las niñas in their entirety with expansive commentary in notes, then furnishes a critical review of Moratín’s work. Anyone seeking a thorough interpretation of La comedia nueva and El sí de las niñas will find valuable material in Magallón’s edition. This edition would be an ideal textbook for first-time Moratín readers, as well as a useful resource for scholars researching the Spanish dramaturge’s work. Magallón believes in the innovative and timeless nature of Moratín’s work and calls the playwright a true classic of Spanish theatre (xii, 277). He offers commentaries from renowned Spanish writers and critics—among them José Martínez Ruíz (Azorín), Mariano José de Larra, and Marcelino Menéndez Pelayo—that echo this acclaim, as well as compares Moratín’s work to that of his contemporaries. Magallón’s discussion of the plays highlights their reception in Spain, controversies that they created among scholars, and varied thematic interpretations the plays offer. He argues that the title of Moratín’s La comedia nueva is a well-contemplated product of long reflections on the current state of Spanish theatre. Although the play appears alternatively entitled El café in various editions, according to Magallón, we have no written proof to assume that this title was anything Moratín considered while writing, publishing, and presenting his work (4). La comedia nueva presents a number of commentaries and observations on literature through two characters with distinct views on literature who enter into conversation. According to various critics, La comedia nueva is all about the new drama that emerges from the lamentable decadence of Spanish theatre of the eighteenth century (206). Similarly, El sí de las niñas exhibits new approaches to theatrical performances. For example, Moratín puts intimate spaces like living rooms on display, exposing the privacy of the characters. Throughout his work, Moratín presents the juxtaposition of reason and sentiments, thus following the convictions of the European movement called Illustration. El sí de las niñas is a great example of works in which reason and sentiments come together. Reason is personified by authority—whether it be familiar (Don Diego or Doña Irene), monarchical (The King), or divine (God)—while sentiments are presented in the light of love and family. For Moratín, it is important that reason and sentiment amalgamate in the form of happiness and prove that happiness is achievable (273). Moratín allows the spectators and readers to penetrate into the intimate consciousness of each protagonist of El sí de las niñas (Don Diego, Doña Francisca, and Don Carlos) by presenting them at certain scenes vocalizing certain thoughts, and by exposing their private conversations. El sí de las niñas is perhaps Moratín’s last work that observes the essence of Neoclassicism and Illustration, while opening doors for Romanticism. Leandro Fernández de Moratín’s works of theater are original yet didactic. Moratín strongly believed that theater, aside from being entertaining, exerts an essential influence on social life, culture, and traditions. Therefore, Moratín’s convictions about the importance of educating society are prominently present in his works, for example in his criticism of contemporary [End Page 161] literature in La comedia nueva, and of family relations in El sí de las niñas. Like Anton Chekhov, Moratín believed that every word played a crucial role in the formation of his work, and he carefully picked every setting, sentence, or exclamation to contribute to the progress of his plays...

Biological Wastewater Treatment in Warm Climate Regions Volume II

Biological Wastewater Treatment in Warm Climate Regions gives a state-of-the-art presentation of the science and technology of biological wastewater treatment, particularly domestic sewage. The book covers the main treatment processes used worldwide with wastewater treatment in warm climate regions given a particular emphasis where simple, affordable and sustainable solutions are required. This comprehensive book presents in a clear and informative way the basic principles of biological wastewater treatment, including theory and practice, and covering conception, design and operation. In order to ensure the practical and didactic view of the book, 371 illustrations, 322 summary tables and 117 examples are included. All major wastewater treatment processes are covered by full and interlinked design examples which are built up throughout the book, from the determination of wastewater characteristics, the impact of discharge into rivers and lakes, the design of several wastewater treatment processes and the design of sludge treatment and disposal units. The 55 chapters are divided into 7 parts over two volumes: Volume One: (1) Introduction to wastewater characteristics, treatment and disposal; (2) Basic principles of wastewater treatment; (3) Stabilisation ponds; (4) Anaerobic reactors; Volume Two: (5) Activated sludge; (6) Aerobic biofilm reactors; (7) Sludge treatment and disposal. As well as being an ideal textbook, Biological Wastewater Treatment in Warm Climate Regions is an important reference for practising professionals such as engineers, biologists, chemists and environmental scientists, acting in consulting companies, water authorities and environmental agencies. ISBN: 9781843391074 (Print) ISBN: 9781780402703 (eBook)

Biological Wastewater Treatment in Warm Climate Regions Volume I

Biological Wastewater Treatment in Warm Climate Regions gives a state-of-the-art presentation of the science and technology of biological wastewater treatment, particularly domestic sewage. The book covers the main treatment processes used worldwide with wastewater treatment in warm climate regions given a particular emphasis where simple, affordable and sustainable solutions are required. This comprehensive book presents in a clear and informative way the basic principles of biological wastewater treatment, including theory and practice, and covering conception, design and operation. In order to ensure the practical and didactic view of the book, 371 illustrations, 322 summary tables and 117 examples are included. All major wastewater treatment processes are covered by full and interlinked design examples which are built up throughout the book, from the determination of wastewater characteristics, the impact of discharge into rivers and lakes, the design of several wastewater treatment processes and the design of sludge treatment and disposal units. The 55 chapters are divided into 7 parts over two volumes: Volume One: (1) Introduction to wastewater characteristics, treatment and disposal; (2) Basic principles of wastewater treatment; (3) Stabilisation ponds; (4) Anaerobic reactors; Volume Two: (5) Activated sludge; (6) Aerobic biofilm reactors; (7) Sludge treatment and disposal. As well as being an ideal textbook, Biological Wastewater Treatment in Warm Climate Regions is an important reference for practising professionals such as engineers, biologists, chemists and environmental scientists, acting in consulting companies, water authorities and environmental agencies. ISBN: 9781843390022 (Print) ISBN: 9781780402734 (eBook)

Kalaupapa: A Collective Memory by Anwei Skinsnes Law (review)

Reviewed by: Kalaupapa: A Collective Memory by Anwei Skinsnes Law Colette J. Higgins Kalaupapa: A Collective Memory. By Anwei Skinsnes Law. Honolulu: University of Hawai‘i Press, 2012. xxi + 575 pp. Illustrated. Notes. Bibliography. Indexes. $28.99 paper; $45.00 cloth There have been many books written about Kalaupapa as a place where those with Hansen’s Disease (a.k.a. leprosy) were isolated. Previous books have typically focused on Kalaupapa’s notable mea kōkua (helpers), such as Father. Damien, Mother Marianne, and Brother Dutton, but Kalauapapa: A Collective Memory by Anwei Skinsnes Law is unique in that it tells the story of this place from the perspective of those being sent there by the government’s isolation policy. Law’s objective in writing this book is to bring back the voices of the people themselves. She is able to do this by using extensive quotes discovered after decades of archival research and after collecting over 200 hours of oral history interviews. For anyone interested in leprosy, Kalaupapa, or Hawaiian history, this is a must read. This book is appropriately subtitled A Collective Memory. While its chronological organization and easy-to-read prose make it an ideal textbook for a college course about Kalaupapa or leprosy in Hawai‘i, it does not read like a typical textbook. It is in fact a collection of many memories over many years. More than 300 photographs and long excerpts from primary sources allows readers to immerse themselves into an experience that feels like it is part photo album and part memoir. Additionally, this book contains seventeen pages of endnotes and a comprehensive bibliography that will assist future researchers who want to dig deeper into specific events or people. For those doing genealogical research about family members who were sent to Kalaupapa, the Index of Names will serve as a useful tool. Concerning the Hawaiian language style, the author notes that diacritical marks, i.e. the ‘okina (glottal) and kahakō (macron), are “not generally used in this book” because the names and quotes are “primarily from the time period before these symbols were used” (p. xxi). Considering that over 8,000 people were sent to Kalaupapa between 1866 and 1969, this book attempts to resurrect as many stories of individuals as possible. To connect these individual stories, Law provides some consistent themes throughout her book. She highlights their individual identities by focusing on their unique abilities. This is possible because she has had more than 300 pages of letters and documents translated from Hawaiian to English. The letters to the Board of Health and the Hawaiian language newspapers show a prolonged nonviolent resistance by the people themselves. They refused to accept the unjust isolation policy that separated them from their families, they insisted on their rights as human beings and to be treated [End Page 204] with dignity, and their writings reveal no shame or stigma associated with leprosy within the Hawaiian community. Law provides a very clear contrast of the two cultural responses to leprosy (foreign vs. Hawaiian). The Board of Health represents the foreign view that sought to isolate those with the disease, while the Hawaiian cultural response was to care for their sick family members. The letters reveal numerous requests to the Board of Health seeking permission to serve as mea kōkua for their sick relatives sent to Kalaupapa. Law’s use of so many primary sources reveals a clear contrast in cultural responses when comparing English vs. Hawaiian sources. This book includes chapters on Father Damien De Veuster, Mother Marianne Cope, and Joseph Dutton, but from the perspective of the residents they served. Also included are the early leaders in the Kalaupapa community (i.e. William Humphreys, Jonathan Napela, Peter Kaeo, Ambrose Hutchison, Thomas Nathaniel). Of these, Ambrose Hutchison deserves a special mention. He lived in Kalauapapa from 1879 to 1932, served in an official leadership capacity for ten years, and has largely been left out of Kalaupapa’s history, until now, thanks to Law’s extensive use of his unpublished manuscript. A student looking for a research paper topic might want to dig deeper into one of the following: the inoculation of Keanu and whether he could...

Book Review: ECC Essentials: Teaching the Expanded Core Curriculum to Students with Visual Impairments

ECC Essentials: Teaching the Expanded Core Curriculum to Students with Visual impairments, Carol B. Allman and Sandra Lewis, Editors, Susan J. Spungin, Consulting Editor. New York: AFB Press, 2014,638 pp. Paperback, $59.95; online, $36; e-book (ePUB or Kindle), $41.95; by online chapter, $10.95 each. It is a well-established belief that students with visual impairments (that is, those who are blind or have low vision) need specific instruction in a set of skills called the expanded core curriculum (ECC) (Hatlen, 1996) in addition to the core curriculum subjects needed by all students. These specialized skills are needed because of the effect of visual impairment on the ability of students with visual impairments to observe others and the world in general, the way many skills and concepts are learned incidentally by individuals with vision. ECC Essentials: Teaching the Expanded Core Curriculum to Students with Visual Impairments is the first comprehensive publication that specifically addresses all nine areas of the ECC: compensatory access, sensory efficiency, assistive technology, orientation and mobility (O&M), independent living, social interaction, recreation and leisure, career education, and self-determination. This book is targeted for vision professionals, specifically teachers of students with visual impairments and O&M specialists, whose primary roles are to evaluate, instruct, and support the ECC with their students who are blind or visually impaired. It contains a wealth of information that will also be of value to the families of these children, other educators and related service professionals working with these students, and administrators who may not understand the significance of the ECC for students with visual impairments. The key message reiterated multiple times throughout the book is that ECC skills are necessary to access the core curriculum while in school and to function as independently as possible at home, at school, in the community, and into adulthood. The other repeated concept in this book is how all nine areas of the ECC overlap with one another. In fact, the suggestion that educators need to consistently embed other ECC areas into instruction in each specific area is one of the most important concepts purported in this publication. Teachers of students with visual impairments often feel overwhelmed when trying to determine how to address all nine areas of the ECC with all of their students. The multiple examples and scenarios in which many ECC areas are infused into one lesson are extremely valuable aspects of the book. ECC Essentials is an ideal textbook for use in a methods or strategies course for preservice teachers who are just learning how to teach students with visual impairments. It is chock-full of teaching strategies with sound rationale of the importance of each ECC area and why each is needed by students who are visually impaired. The book is divided into three parts: Part I includes the importance of the ECC, unique needs of students with visual impairments, and assessment and instruction principles and strategies. Part II has a chapter on each of the nine ECC skill areas that describes each area and provides assessment and teaching strategies, addresses the role of the teacher of students with visual impairments, offers suggestions for working with parents, and includes sample learning activities that could be used as lesson plan models. Part III focuses on ways to support the ECC in general education settings, how to align the ECC with state standards, and how to infuse the ECC into home and community. SOMETHING FOR NEW AND SEASONED EDUCATORS Considering that the book is over 600 pages long, it is probably most useful to a seasoned teacher as a reference tool that one would use to look up specific information and to get ideas for instructional strategies or to find resources when teaching an area of the ECC. It is, however, a valuable overview and reminder of the many principles of good teaching, which may have been forgotten over the years. …