International Research Conference Research Articles

“Intellectual Culture and Book. Traditions and the Present Day”: The International Research Conference “Rumyantsev Readings - 2013”

On the Annual International Research Conference “Rumyantsev Readings - 2013”, held on 16-17 April, 2013 in the Russian State Library

Passion for Bibliophily [International Conference “Bibliophily and Private Collections”

On the Second International Research Conference “Bibliophily and Private Collections”, held on March 22, 2013 and organized by the Federal Agency for Press and Mass Communications, the Russian State Library and the Nonprofit Partnership “National Union of Bibliophiles” (NUB).

Exploring Virtual PLCs: Professional development for the busy practitioner.

No AccessPerspectives on School-Based IssuesArticle1 Jun 2013Exploring Virtual PLCs: Professional development for the busy practitioner. Kerry J. Davis Kerry J. Davis Google Scholar More articles by this author https://doi.org/10.1044/sbi14.2.28 SectionsAboutFull TextPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationTrack Citations ShareFacebookTwitterLinked In As speech-language pathologists remain in short supply in many geographical regions, virtual learning communities may be one way for clinicians to support each other professionally. Participating in social networking sites such as Twitter and Facebook may support meaningful professional development and enhance collegiality. In this article, I discuss the theoretical framework related to professional learning communities and communities of practice, and how technology can support professional development. 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The critical shortage of speech-language pathologists in the public school setting: Features of the work environment that affect recruitment and retention.Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools, 38(1), 31–46. LinkGoogle Scholar Espuny, C., González, J., Lleixá, M., & Gisbert, M. (2011). University students' attitudes towards and expectations of the educational use of social networks.In The Impact of Social Networks on Teaching and Learning.‖ Revista de Universidad y Sociedad del Conocimiento (RUSC), 8(1), 186–199. Retrieved from http://rusc.uoc.edu/ojs/index.php/rusc/article/view/v8n1-espuny-gonzalez-lleixa-gisbert/v8n1-espuny-gonzalez-lleixa-gisbert-eng Google Scholar Lave, J., & Wenger, E. (1991). Situated learning: Legitimate peripheral participation. New York, NY: Cambridge University Press. CrossrefGoogle Scholar Lenhart, A., Purcell, K., Smith, A., & Zickuhr, K. (2010). Social media and mobile Internet use among teens and young adults.Retrieved from http://pewresearch.org/ Google Scholar Lord, G., & Lomicka, L. (2007). Foreign language teacher preparation and asynchronous CMC: Promoting reflective teaching.Journal of Technology & Teacher Education, 15, 513–532. Retrieved from http://www.aace.org/pubs/jtate/ Google Scholar Mawhinney, L. (2008). Laugh so you don't cry: Teachers combating isolation in schools through humor and social support.Ethnography and Education, 3(2), 195–209. doi:10.1080/17457820802062466 Google Scholar Morewood, A. L., Ankrum, J. W., & Bean, R. M. (2010). Teachers' perceptions of the influence of professional development on their knowledge of content, pedagogy, and curriculum.College Reading Association Yearbook, 31, 201–219. Retrieved from http://www.aleronline.org/ Google Scholar Schmucki, L., & Sivin-Kachala, J. (2010). 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Professional learning in the learning profession: A status report on teacher development in the United States and abroad (Technical Report).Dallas, TX: National Staff Development Council. Retrieved from http://www.nsdc.org/news/NSDCstudytechnicalreport2009.pdf Google Scholar Wenger, E. (2004, January/February). Knowledge management as a doughnut: Shaping your knowledge strategy through communities of practice.Ivey Business Journal, 1–8. Retrieved from http://www.iveybusinessjournal.com/ Google Scholar Wenger, E. (2006). Communities of practice: A brief introduction.Retrieved from http://www.ewenger.com/theory/communities_of_practice_intro.htm Google Scholar Wenger, E., McDermott, R., & Snyder, W. (2002). Cultivating communities of practice.Boston, MA: Harvard Business School Press. Google Scholar Wenger, E., White, N., & Smith, J. (2009). Digital habitats: Stewarding technology for communities.Portland, OR: CPSquare. 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Preface to the ESPA-2012 special issue

This issue of Theoretical Chemistry Accounts contains a recollection of some of the work presented and discussed at the 8th edition of the Electronic Structure: Principles and Applications (in short, ESPA-2012). The ESPA events are biennial international research conferences organized within the activities of the Spanish Theoretical Chemistry groups that co-organize the Interuniversity Doctorate in Theoretical Chemistry and Computational Modeling. The main aim behind all ESPA conferences, shared by the organizers of ESPA-2012, is promoting scientific excellence and exchange of ideas among their Ph. D. students, in a friendly environment. ESPA-2012 follows previous events held in Madrid, San Sebastia’n, Sevilla, Valladolid, Santiago de Compostela, Palma de Mallorca, and Oviedo.

First Notice and Call for Papers: Research in Post-Compulsory Education Inaugural International Research Conference, organised by the Further Education Research Association (FERA)

First Notice and Call for Papers: Research in Post-Compulsory Education Inaugural International Research Conference, organised by the Further Education Research Association (FERA)

Discourse on the search for a renewed identity of Muhammadiyah for its post‐centennial era: International Research Conference on Muhammadiyah (IRCM) (Respond to this article at http://www.therai.org.uk/at/debate)

Discourse on the search for a renewed identity of Muhammadiyah for its post‐centennial era: International Research Conference on Muhammadiyah (IRCM) (Respond to this article at http://www.therai.org.uk/at/debate)

Comment: Australia, nationalism and transnationalism

Historians of Australia have embraced transnationalism with an enthusiasm that cannot be fully explained by its capacity to generate fresh historical insights. Transnationalism, after all, is also perfectly calibrated to allow such historians to re-enter international conversations from which they had largely withdrawn during the field's 'national' phase of the 1960s-90s. It allows historians of Australia to reimagine themselves as global scholars rather than mere national historians Of, worse still, as 'area specialists'. It reflects the cosmopolitan identities of the Anglo-Celtic urban middle class from which many Australian professional historians have come. It expresses their suspicion of nationalist impulses in an era when these have seemed rather more conservative and dangerous than during the age of decolonisation and the liberation of national literatures and histories from imperial condescension. Combined with fast and cheap international air travel and access to generous research grants, transnationalism opens up an exciting and even glamorous world of international research funding, publication, archival research and conference attendance.

MODERN TRENDS OF DEVELOPMENT OF BREEDING AND SEED PROJ DUCTION OF COLE CROPS (RECAPITULATION OF THE INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH AND PRACTICE CONFERENCE OF COLE CROPS, SEPTEMBER, 2013, VNIISSOK)

On 24-25 of September, 2013, the International Research and Practice Conference of Cole Crops was held in the All-Russian Research Institute of Vegetable Breeding and Seed Production, in terms of which the meeting of the research and methodologycal commission and open field day have been conducted.

Literacy in the Persianate World: Writing and the Social Order. Edited by Brian Spooner and William L. Hanaway


 
 
 Literacy in the Persianate World: Writing and the Social Order. Edited by Brian Spooner and William L. Hanaway. Penn Museum International Research Conferences, vol. 4. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, 2012; distributed by University of Pennsylvania Press. Pp. xviii + 437. $59.95, £39.
 
 

Personal perspective

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to share a personal perspective on the 2012 Academy of Human Resource Development (AHRD) International Research Conference in the Americas held in Denver, Colorado. It explores the author's reflection on her experiences attending AHRD conference sessions related to companies based in India.Design/methodology/approachThe author's reflection was based on participant observations from a constructionist perspective.FindingsThis paper argued that attending AHRD conference sessions related to South Asia enhanced the author's worldview.Originality/valueThis paper offers the personal perspective of an American doctoral student based on her observations as an attendee of AHRD conference sessions focused on business issues in South Asia.

Review: Scholarship for Sustaining Service Learning and Civic Engagement

Sustaining community-based partnerships is essential to promoting the scholarship of engagement along the K-20 continuum. That’s the basic premise for the eighth edition in the Advances in Service-Learning Research series edited by Melody Bowden, Shelley Billig, and Barbara Holland. This latest volume includes peer-reviewed articles competitively selected from presentations given at 7th International Research Conference on Service-Learning and Community Engagement held in Tampa, Florida during October 2007.

THE RESULTS OF A SPECIFIC CBT INTERVENTION IN YOUNG HELP-SEEKING PATIENTS WITH SOCIAL DECLINE AND AN ULTRA-HIGH RISK FOR DEVELOPING A FIRST EPISODE OF PSYCHOSIS

s of the 3rd Biennial Schizophrenia International Research Conference / Schizophrenia Research 136, Supplement 1 (2012) S1–S375 S17 the most recent update on randomised controlled intervention trials in this population and thereby contribute substantially to the discussion. Morrison and colleagues report on a large scale 5-site UK-based trial (n=288) comparing cognitive therapy (CT) with monitoring in community settings. In contrast to earlier pilot findings CT was not superior to monitoring in preventing transitions to psychosis. Van der Gaag and colleagues report on another large scale trial (n=201), which was performed at 4 sites in NL in which CT was applied to an enriched clinical sample which was treated in secondary care for an axis I disorder. CT was able to significantly reduce the number of transitions during an 18-month period. McGorry and co-workers report on an australian 12-month trial of risperidone (0.5-2 mg/day), cognitive therapy, or supportive therapy in 115 people at-risk of psychosis. Although the specific treatment conditions reduced transitions to psychosis from 20% in the control condition to 10%, this was a non-significant finding. Bechdolf et al. present the rationale and intermediate findings of a three arm trial in 10 centres throughout Germany (n=300) evaluating CT, aripiprazole and clinical management (CM) as well as placebo and CM for the prevention of psychosis. After having shown that the neuroprotective agent omega-3 PUFAs can reduce the risk of progression to psychotic disorder in a pilot study conducted in Austria (n=80) Amminger et al. present on baseline erythrocyte membrane fatty acids that predicted transition to psychotic disorder in this trial. C. Correll (USA) will discuss the results as regards their implications for the concept of the at-risk mental state, the risk-benefit ratio of interventions in this population and further research questions. EARLY DETECTION AND INTERVENTION EVALUATION FOR PEOPLE AT-RISK OF PSYCHOSIS Anthony P. Morrison, Paul French, Suzanne L.K. Stewart, Max Birchwood, David Fowler, Andrew I. Gumley, Peter B. Jones, Richard P. Bentall, Shon W. Lewis, Graham K. Murray, Paul Patterson, Kat Brunet, Jennie Conroy, Sophie Parker, Tony Reilly, Rory Byrne, Linda M. Davies, Graham Dunn School of Psychological Sciences, University of Manchester, Manchester, United

Poster #1 PREVALENCE AND FACTORS ASSOCIATED WITH TARDIVE DYSKINESIA AMONG INDIAN PATIENTS WITH SCHIZOPHRENIA

s of the 3rd Biennial Schizophrenia International Research Conference / Schizophrenia Research 136, Supplement 1 (2012) S1–S375 S91

Poster #49 NEUROANATOMICAL ALTERATIONS IN REGIONS MEDIATING LANGUAGE IN YOUNG ADULTS AT HIGH RISK FOR INHERITANCE OF SCHIZOPHRENIA (GHR)

Poster #49 NEUROANATOMICAL ALTERATIONS IN REGIONS MEDIATING LANGUAGE IN YOUNG ADULTS AT HIGH RISK FOR INHERITANCE OF SCHIZOPHRENIA (GHR)

Poster #119 GENETIC MODULATION OF THE LONG-TERM EFFECTS OF CANNABIS ON BRAIN STRUCTURE, FUNCTION AND SYMPTOMATOLOGY

Published abstract from the 3rd Biennial Schizophrenia International Research Conference Florence, Italy 14-18 April 2012

Poster #108 THE INFLUENCE OF DISC1 SER704CYS POLYMORPHISM ON THE CORTICAL THICKNESS OF SALIENCE NETWORK (INSULA AND ANTERIOR CINGULATE) IN PSYCHOSIS

s of the 3rd Biennial Schizophrenia International Research Conference / Schizophrenia Research 136, Supplement 1 (2012) S1–S375 S319 Poster #107 EVIDENCE OF AN ASSOCIATION BETWEEN DYSBINDIN GENE AND AGE AT ONSET IN SCHIZOPHRENIA Kyuyoung Lee1, Eunjeong Joo1, Yongsik Kim2 1Department of Neuropsychiatry, Eulji University School of Medicine, Eulji General Hospital, Seoul, Korea; 2Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Science and Institute of Human Behavioral Medicine, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea Background: The dysbindin gene (DTNBP1) is located in chromosome 6p22.3, one of the regions of positive linkage for schizophrenia. In particular, dysbindin protein has been found to play a role in the glutatmate neural transmission in the brain. A strong genetic association between DTNBP1 and schizophrenia has been replicated through many recent studies. However, we have not replicated positive association between DTNBP1 and schizophrenia in our Korean sample. Because schizophrenia has been regarded as a disease with a quite heterogeneous origin and evolvement, it is useful to categorize patients with schizophrenia into relatively homogeneous subsets based on clinical characteristics including age at onset (AAO). Therefore, we investigated the association between DTNBP1 and AAOof schizophrenia. Methods: We assessed age at first occurrence of positive psychotic symptomsof 197 patients with schizophrenia. Four SNPs, SNPA, P1763, P1320 and P1655 of DTNBP1 were genotyped. Results: In SNPA, the patients with AT (N=10) showed significant earlier AAO than those with AA (N=187) (p<0.0001). The patients with heterozygote for SNP P1763 (TG, N=40) or P1320 (CT, N=41) also showed significant earlier AAO than those with homozygote (P<0.0001, P<0.0001, respectively). However, in SNP P1655, there was no significant difference of AAO between genotypes. Discussion: In conclusion, although we were unable to support an association between DTNBP1 and schizophrenia, DTNBP1 might play a role in disease-modifying. However, considering the several limitations of this study, further research involving different polymorphisms in DTNBP1and various clinical subsets with sufficient numbers will be required to evaluate the contribution of DTNBP1 to schizophrenia. Poster #108 THE INFLUENCE OF DISC1 SER704CYS POLYMORPHISM ON THE CORTICAL THICKNESS OF SALIENCE NETWORK (INSULA AND ANTERIOR CINGULATE) IN PSYCHOSIS Lena Palaniyappan1, Vijender Balain1, Molly Simmonite1, Liam Carrol2, Peter McGuffin2, Katherine Aitchison2, Peter F. Liddle1 1Division of Psychiatry, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, England, United Kingdom; 2MRC SGDP, Institute of Psychiatry, Kings College, London, England, United Kingdom Background: Psychosis is characterized by significant reduction of grey matter in anterior cingulate cortex (ACC) and the insula. An emerging literature has demonstrated an association between the Disrupted-inSchizophrenia 1 (DISC1) gene and the development of cortical grey matter. Allelic variation at rs821616 (Ser704cys) has been associated with both structural and functional changes in psychosis. Our objective was to examine the relationship between grey matter reduction salience network sites (ACC/Insula) and Ser704cys variation in psychosis. Methods: High-resolution anatomical scans were obtained from 45 subjects (23 with psychosis and 22 healthy individuals with 10 cysteine carriers in each group). We employed cortical surface based analysis using Freesurfer (v5.0) to measure cortical thickness and surface area. Various cortical regions were parcellated using Destrieux atlas, and the regions constituting the insula (short and long gyri) and anterior cingulate were included for further analysis. Results: We detected a significant omnibus interaction effect between diagnostic status and genotype for cortical thickness (F(1,38)=5.071, p=0.03). Among cysteine non-carriers, a highly pronounced diagnostic difference was noted in the adjusted mean thickness (patients = 3.014mm, controls = 3.254mm, t=3.54, p=0.002). Such a diagnostic difference was not noted in cysteine carriers (patients = 3.122mm, controls = 3.139mm, t=0.23, p=0.83). Among patients, a significant difference was also noted between the two genetic groups in terms of levels of functioning measured using Social and Occupational Functioning Scale (total SOFAS score: cys non-carriers = 47.54; carriers = 59.10, F=6.07, p=0.02) and symptom burden measured using Signs and Symptoms in Psychotic Illness scale (total SSPI score: cys non-carriers = 13.46; carriers = 8.10, F=2.71, p=0.11). The polymorphism was not associated with effects on the cortical surface area of ACC/Insula. Discussion: Our findings suggest that morphometric changes associated with psychosis are influenced by the polymorphic variation in DISC1, which plays a cardinal role in regulating neuronal migration. The pathoplastic effect of DISC1 in psychosis is likely to be mediated by the structure of grey matter in the Salience Network. Poster #109 HISTORICAL STUDY OF INFLUENCE OF NON-GENETIC FACTORS ON TWIN CONCORDANCE FOR SCHIZOPHRENIA

Poster #127 ANALYSES OF MONOAMINE METABOLITES IN THE CEREBROSPINAL FLUID OF PATIENTS WITH SCHIZOPHRENIA

s of the 3rd Biennial Schizophrenia International Research Conference / Schizophrenia Research 136, Supplement 1 (2012) S1–S375 S137 toxic effects of CNS proline elevation, which is supported by our data from a mouse model system. We also propose that vitamin D supplementation targeted to hyperprolinemic patients, will be useful in the treatment of schizophrenia. Poster #126 DOPAMINERGIC FUNCTION IN TREATMENT RESISTANT SCHIZOPHRENIA: NEW EVIDENCE FROM AN [18]-DOPA PET STUDY Arsime Demjaha1,2, Robin Murray1, Shitij Kapur1, Oliver Howes1,2 1Institute of Psychiatry, London, United Kingdom; 2Imperial College, London,

THE IMPACTS OF YOGA AND AEROBIC EXERCISE ON NEURO-COGNITION AND BRAIN STRUCTURE IN EARLY PSYCHOSIS – A PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS OF THE RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL

This journal suppl. entitled: Abstracts of the 3rd Biennial Schizophrenia International Research Conference

“Reading in Education and Culture”: International Research Conference

About International research conference organized by the Scientific Council on Reading Problems of the Russian Academy of Education, held on November, 22-23, 2011 in Moscow.

“Library in the Context of History”. The 9th International Research Conference

“Library in the Context of History”. The 9th International Research Conference