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UCAR to Keep Managing National Center for Atmospheric Research

The head of the University Corporation for Atmospheric Research says he is excited about “taking our science to the next level.”

How can Arts-Based Educational Research be Emancipatory? Insights from Three Research Projects

Abstract In this article I discuss the nature of arts-based research. Based on what relevant research says, I acknowledge that this research approach is built on different assumptions and seeks to enhance people critical consciousness. Three arts-based research projects were reviewed. Findings indicate how artsbased research helps individuals understand their realities and move towards desired change.

From Optimism to Disappointment: The Evolution of Swami Vivekananda’s Attitude towards the West

This article belongs to the body of imageological studies dealing with mutual perceptions of nations, communities and cultures as well as the idea of “Other”. The main topic is the evolution of attitude to the West in the works of Swami Vivekananda, who was a social and religious figure on the cusp of XIX – XX centuries and an ideologist of Indian nationalism. It is widely known that roots of the actual social and political thought in India go back to the period of colonialism. With the status of one of the most influential thinkers in modern India and attention paid to the legacy of Vivekananda by ruling Bharatiya Janata Party and Prime Minister Narendra Modi, his case appears to be of a considerable importance. Vivekananda spent years in America and Europe, establishing contacts and promoting Indian culture. He used it as a “soft power” to draw attention of the West to the national liberation struggle just starting to unfold in India. So the research goal is to trace the transformation of Swami Vivekananda’s attitude to the West and find out how its picture after the author’s close acquaintance with Western countries is different from the one in his earlier works. In this context the research focuses on his travel writings created while in the West as well as back in India. In addition to a number of traditional means of research, i.e. historical genitival and historical comparative, content analysis and discourse analysis are also employed. The result of the research says for a rather significant devaluation of the West in Swami Vivekananda’s eyes. His views develop from an enthusiastic, optimistic expectation of Western help in the struggle against British colonialism to the realization that the declining West, torn by interstate differences on the verge of a great war, is not willing to provide an active support to the Indian people, notwithstanding its interest to the Indian civilization. So his last works present evident criticisms of the West and appreciation of India as the source of moral integrity, which the West is devoid of and which is vital for a further development of the mankind.

What does the research say about androgen use and cerebrovascular events?

Many studies have investigated the benefits of androgen therapy and neurosteroids in aging men, while concerns remain about the potential associations of exogenous steroids and incidents of cerebrovascular events and ischemic stroke (IS). Testosterone is neuroprotective, neurotrophic and a potent stimulator of neuroplasticity. These benefits are mediated primarily through conversion of a small amount of testosterone to estradiol by the catalytic activity of estrogen synthetase (aromatase cytochrome P450 enzyme). New studies suggest that abnormal serum levels of the nonaromatized potent metabolite of testosterone, either high or low dihydrotestosterone (DHT), is a risk factor for stroke. Associations between pharmacologic androgen use and the incidence of IS are questionable, because a significant portion of testosterone is converted to DHT. There is also insufficient evidence to reject a causal relationship between the pro-testosterone adrenal androgens and incidence of IS. Moreover, vascular intima-media thickness, which is a predictor of stroke and myocardial symptoms, has correlations with sex hormones. Current diagnostic and treatment criteria for androgen therapy for cerebrovascular complications are unclear. Confounding variables, including genetic and metabolic alterations of the key enzymes of steroidogenesis, ought to be considered. Information extracted from pharmacogenetic testing may aid in expounding the protective-destructive properties of neurosteroids, as well as the prognosis of androgen therapy, in particular their cerebrovascular outcomes. This investigative review article addresses relevant findings of the clinical and experimental investigations of androgen therapy, emphasizes the significance of genetic testing of androgen responsiveness towards individualized therapy in post-IS injuries as well as identifying pertinent questions.

A review of the risks associated with children and young people’s social media use and the implications for social work practice

This paper explores what the research says about the risks to children and young people of using social media. Taking a systematic approach this literature search identified 16 peer reviewed articles, written in English since January 2010. Four areas of risk were identified: cyberbullying and online abuse, exposure to negative forms of user-generated content, the converging of offline and online networks, and developing interpretations of privacy. The research also highlighted how the extent of the risk depends upon the developmental stage and social circumstances. This review provides several implications for social work practice. Social workers must develop their understanding of different social media platforms in order to identify risks and maximise opportunities. Assessment approaches must be tailored to ensure social media use and its effect on those of different ages and backgrounds is considered. Finally they need to consider their role in educating about the risks of social media use.

U.S. air quality gains slowing, study shows

Improvement of U.S. air quality of the past decades has slowed significantly, making it difficult for regions of the country to meet national ozone standards in the future, new research says. The study looked at the two pollutants—nitrogen oxides (NOx) and carbon monoxide—that combine with sunlight to create ground-level ozone (Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 2018, DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1801191115). For NOx, the study found emissions had been dropping at 7% per year between 2005 and 2009, but that rate slowed to 1.7% between 2011 and 2015. CO showed similar rate changes. The researchers, primarily associated with the National Center for Atmospheric Research, attribute the declining emissions reductions to increasing NOx emissions from industrial and residential sources, less-effective catalytic converters for heavy-duty diesel trucks, and a topping out of vehicle emissions reductions. The day the study published, EPA issued its national ozone attainment report that identifies regions out of compliance with air

INVESTIGATING ANTECEDENTS AND STAGE-SPECIFIC EFFECTS OF CUSTOMER INTEGRATION INTENSITY ON NEW PRODUCT SUCCESS

This cross-sectional study specifically examines the antecedents and performance consequences of customer integration intensity for B2C industries. In line with this focus, we extend the notion of market-oriented management by explicitly considering the role of customers and retailers as two distinct facets of the market intelligence perspective. Moreover, for new product development in B2C industries, research says little about when customers should be integrated during the new product development process. First, data from 205 firms and evidence from a validation study of 175 firms indicate that customer integration intensity in new goods development positively affects overall new product success. Further, the results show that companies can foster the intensity of customer integration by emphasising both retailer and customer orientation and by establishing an incentive system that comprises new product development-specific components. Second, additional cross-sectional data from 171 firms show that managers need to integrate customers intensively in the development and launch stage and less in the ideation stage for the successful development of new goods.

La Organización administrativa y su relación con los aspectos académicos de los alumnos de primaria de los Centros Educativos Privados Magíster y José María Arguedas del distrito de Villa María del Triunfo 2013.

La investigación científica que hemos realizado es básica, correlacional causal no experimental, los factores de estudio son dos: Organización administrativa– Aspecto académico de los alumnos de los centros educativos Magister y José María Arguedas del distrito de Villa María del Triunfo. La población y muestra estuvo conformada por 10 Personal administrativo, 40 Docentes, 120 alumnos de las dos Instituciones Educativas.
 El diseño de la investigación es transeccional, correlacional, causal. bivariada, transversal. Para la recolección de datos se confeccionaron tres cuestionarios uno para directivos, otro para docente y un tercero para el perfil del estudiante estructurados como medición y consta de los siguientes aspectos: GESTIÓN P. E. I., P. A. T., P. A. ESTRUCTURA ORGANIZATIVA: Organigrama, Manual de Organización y Funciones, Manual de Procedimientos Administrativos. PLAN DE ESTUDIOS (Diversificación curricular): Áreas, Objetivos, Contenidos, Estrategias, metodológica, Evaluación.
 Perfil del alumno: Socio-afectivo, Cognitivo y Psicomotora se aplicó a los de la muestra. Los instrumentos cumplen con las cualidades de validez y confiabilidad. El estudio plantea la siguiente hipótesis de investigación: La organización administrativa tiene una relación directa en los aspectos académicos (Plan de estudios – diversificación curricular y el perfil del alumno) de los alumnos en los centros educativos Magister y José María Arguedas del distrito de Villa María del Triunfo Año 2012.
 Los resultados obtenidos nos permiten rechazar la hipótesis nula y aceptar la hipótesis investigadas pues se ha encontrado según la correlación de Rho de Spearman de 0,901 es MUY ALTA asociación de las variables y siendo altamente significativo. Además, según la pruebas de la independencia (***p < .000) altamente significativo, por tanto se acepta la hipótesis alterna de investigación que dice: La organización administrativa tiene una relación directa en los aspectos académicos (Plan de estudios – diversificación curricular y el perfil del alumno) de los alumnos en los centros educativos Magister y José María Arguedas del distrito de Villa María del Triunfo Año 2012.

‘The Research Says …’: Perceptions on the Use of Social Science Research in the Family Law System

This article reports on a study which investigated the perceptions of professionals in the family law system about how social science research is used in that system in Australia. The results shed light on the daily practices of actors in the system regarding their use of social science research and demonstrate the ubiquitous presence of this research in the family law environment. The study involved a series of focus groups with lawyers and social scientists and gathered data about how the participants perceived various professions engaged with social science research. This revealed the actual world of family law practice, undiscoverable from the published cases. The data show how practitioners perceive that family law professionals, including judges, harness the research positively, but also expose a range of concerns, particularly about judges citing social science research in the courtroom. The article concludes with some steps that could be taken to clarify the way in which social science research could be used.

‘The Research Says Perceptions on the Use of Social Science Research in the Family Law System

‘The Research Says Perceptions on the Use of Social Science Research in the Family Law System

Line integral on engineering mathematics

Definite integral is a basic material in studying mathematics. At the level of calculus, calculating of definite integral is based on fundamental theorem of calculus, related to anti-derivative, as the inverse operation of derivative. At the higher level such as engineering mathematics, the definite integral is used as one of the calculating tools of line integral. the purpose of this is to identify if there is a question related to line integral, we can use definite integral as one of the calculating experience. The conclusion of this research says that the teaching experience in introducing the relation between both integrals through the engineer way of thinking can motivate and improve students in understanding the material.

What Social Science Research Says about Police Violence against Racial and Ethnic Minorities: Understanding the Antecedents and Consequences—An Introduction

AbstractPolice violence against racial and ethnic minorities by law enforcement is an international social justice issue that has elicited substantial societal attention, both historically and more recently since the death of Michael Brown in 2014 in the United States. This volume of the Journal of Social Issues integrates theoretical and empirical research to examine police violence (i.e., disproportionate physical and psychological injury and maltreatment) against racial and ethnic minorities and provides policy recommendations directed at reducing this violence from a multidisciplinary perspective. Organized across two substantive sections, one section is devoted to evidence of and factors contributing to police violence against racial and ethnic minorities, including racial stereotyping, implicit bias, and contextual factors. The other section focuses on societal‐level, downstream consequences of exposure to this violence for both individual targets and their community, including attitudinal, physical, and mental health consequences. A concluding chapter integrates the special issue articles’ findings and provides new perspectives on policing and race. This opening article to the special issue reviews existing literature and outlines the unique contributions of the included articles on this topic.

ADHD stigma plagues half of young sufferers, research says

Mental health warning for ADHD sufferers as report reveals long diagnosis delays and a lack of recognition from frontline staff

Three advances make magnetic tape more than a memory [News

In the age of flash memory and DNAbased data storage, magnetic tape sounds like an anachronism. But the workhorse storage technology is racing along. Scientists at IBM Research say they can now store 201 gigabits per square inch on a special sputtered tape made by Sony Storage Media Solutions. The palm-size cartridge, into which IBM scientists squeezed a kilometer-long ribbon of tape, could hold 330 terabytes of data, or roughly 330 million books' worth. By comparison, the largest solid-state drive, made by Seagate, is twice as big and can store 60 TB, while the largest hard disk can store only 12 TB. IBM's best commercial tape cartridge, which began shipping this year, holds 15 TB.

PENDAFTARAN AKTA JUAL BELI YANG MELEBIHI JANGKA WAKTU PENDAFTARAN TANAH DI KANTOR AGRARIA DAN TATA RUANG/BADAN PERTANAHAN NASIONAL KOTA SEMARANG

Implementation Land registration in society is now the task of the State. Land registration is carried out by the government for the benefit of the people, as an effort to provide legal certainty in the field of land. The Land Registration is carried out by the Land Office, and in carrying out the tasks the Land Office is assisted by The Land Deed Official, to carry out the activities set forth in PP 24/1997.The formulation of the problem in this research are: 1) How is the regulation of the registration of the Deed of Sale and Purchase exceeding the period of registration of land for the realization of legal certainty ?; 2) What are the obstacles faced by the Land Deed Officer in relation to the deed of sale and purchase that exceeds the period of land registration, which is shown for the realization of legal certainty and how is the solution to the settlement?This research method using research approach that is juridical normative. The specifications of this study were descriptively analyzed. Methods of data collection in this study, can be obtained by library research.The result of the research says that 1. The legal arrangement of registration of Deed of Sale and Purchase exceeding the time period specified for the realization of legal certainty is where if the registration of sale and purchase certificate exceeds 7 days then it is requested more clearly to the local Land Office. 2. The obstacles faced by the Land Deed Authority in relation to the deed of sale and purchase that exceeds the period of land registration such as the lack of public awareness, the bad image of the National Land Agency and the rights base is different from the field data. To overcome these obstacles then the National Land Agency made a program such as doing counseling to the public and through the PRONA program.The conclusion of the research results suggests that the legal arrangement of registration of Sale and Purchase Deed beyond the time period specified for the realization of legal certainty is where if the registration of the deed of sale and purchase exceeds 7 days then applied more clearly to the local Land Office. Although the submission of the deed of sale and purchase of land to the Land Office as practiced by most of the Land Deed Officials is not in accordance with the applicable laws but does not result in the cancellation of the land and there is no legal provision stating that With the delay of submission of the deed of sale and purchase of the land makes the relevant deed null and void. Keywords: Deed of Sale and Purchase, Land Registration

THE DYNAMICS OF CHANGES IN RETURN OF STOCKS ON FOOD AND BEVERAGES COMPANIES REGISTERED IN INDONESIA STOCK EXCHANGE

Fluctuation of stock investment results it is important to know for an investor, when fluctuations in the results is very high then investors will hesitate. Some research says that the return of stocks affected by the ROA, but some are saying has no effect. In addition DER also has significantly to stock return and vice versa. In the meantime there are researchers who say that CR and EPS also influence on stock return and vice versa. The purpose of this research is to know whether the influential variables significantly to return the shares. This type of research included quantitative research techniques, data collection done by tracing the financial report, annual report and the report on sustainable corporate social information or selected samples. The population used in this company is manufacturing companies listed on the Jakarta Stock Exchange, the sampling technology used is purposive sampling. The conclusion from these studies is variable ROA, DER, CR and EPS effect significantly to return shares.

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Institutional Factors for Supporting Electronic Learning Communities

This study was designed to explore how the electronic learning community (eLC) process at an established state virtual high school (SVHS) supported new and veteran online high school teachers through the communities of practice (CoP) framework. Specifically, this study focused on the institutionally-driven nature of the eLC process, using Wenger’s CoP framework to analyze institutional factors that influenced the eLC process. Case study methods, including observation, interviews, and document analysis, were used to provide a rich and dynamic analysis of the eLC process in light of what research says about preparation and support for quality online teaching. While the institutionally-driven nature of the eLC process posed some barriers to alignment with the domain and community elements of the CoP framework, case study participants expressed that the eLC process impacted their practice and connected them to colleagues with which they could collaborate and problem solve. The use of strategies such as valuing the work of eLCs, removing barriers, and connecting the eLC process to the organizational strategy served to facilitate alignment with the CoP framework and overcome some of the potential disadvantages of an institutionally-driven eLC process.

Towards Employment: What Research Says About Support-to-Work in Relation to Psychiatric and Intellectual Disabilities.

This article presents an overview of research about support-to-work in relation to psychiatric and intellectual disabilities. The overview shows that support-to-work services are multifaceted, and that work can be seen as a tool for individual rehabilitation or as a set of goals to achieve. Providers are presented with specific components, which are characterized by systematic, targeted, and individualized interventions. The overview illustrates a need for long-term engagement and cooperation of and between welfare services and agents within the labor market to dissolve the Gordian knot that the transition from welfare interventions to employment seems to be.

Teachers’ Attitudes About Students’ Self-Assessment :, What Research Says And What Classrooms Reveal

The assessment reform in Algeria is still in its embryonic stage despite the wide use of self-assessment in EFL classrooms. Little empirical research is done on how to integrate formative assessment in Higher Education. The purpose of this study is to contribute to the development of students’ self-assessment by addressing the gap found in teachers’ current assessment practices. Specifically, this paper explores teachers’ classroom assessment practices in the English department of Bejaia University, Algeria and their attitudes and beliefs about students’ self-assessment in academic writing. The study involved fourteen Algerian teachers of EFL writing who developed writing logs in which issues related to their attitudes and experiences about assessment in general and self-assessment in particular were addressed. Results permitted to frame self-assessment from teachers’ perspective and identify a range of factors responsible for the development of this process in EFL classrooms. In an attempt to facilitate the integration of self-assessment into EFL writing instruction and reinforce the assessment reform, we suggested a number of implications.