... reservation, to the governor of South Dakota, to the superintendent of a challenged inner-city school district, to the Secretary ofthe U.S Army, they gave us a vision ofthe tremendous promise ofthe Internet, ... collectively move the power ofthe Internet for learning from promise to practice vi vii THE POWER OFTHE INTERNET FOR LEARNING The Internet is perhaps the most transformative technology in history, ... 32 Just as the Internet was opening up the world, the members ofthe Havasupai Indian reservation in Arizona felt the walls closing in on them Living at the basin ofthe Grand Canyon, the Supai...
... lifespan oftheevaluation and beyond the initial funding period ofthe CLAHRCs (2008 to 2013) The outputs ofthe study will be both theoretical and practical, and therefore opportunities for formative ... not for judgement The purpose oftheevaluation is formative, focusing on processes and a range of potential and actual impacts from implementation and use of knowledge as they occur over the ... realistic evaluationofthe mechanisms and impact of protocolbased care within the NHS There are growing numbers of researchers engaged in realistic evaluation research (for example [67-69]), this evaluation...
... assess the suitability ofthe course book to the level and the needs ofthe students and the requirements ofthe course in relation to aims, content, and methodology fromthe perspective of students ... designers Therefore, they can provide the most valid information in theevaluation process Also, their understanding of cultural and political factors ofthe institution in which theevaluation ... localization, practicality ofthe materials, teachability ofthe materials, flexibility ofthe materials, appeal ofthe materials, motivating power ofthe materials and impact ofthe materials Tomlinson...
... in the G + C content (Table 2) while the G + C content of a moderately thermophilic strain of leptospirilli is higher On the basis ofthe analyses ofthe primary and secondary structure ofthe ... 30% of organic sulfurof coals tested [67] The culture of Pseudomonas sp CB1 was used forthe desulfurization of different types of coals in continuous culture Depending on the coal type, the ... Most ofthe plasmids appeared to be cryptic Later, the study ofthe chromosomal part ofthe genome of T ferrooxidans was started Specifically, Shiratori et al [44] showed that the gene of mercury...
... use evaluation often takes place before the course starts with the aim to select the appropriate materials most appropriate forthe particular group of learners and forthe aims ofthe course Formative ... designers Therefore, they can provide the most valid information in theevaluation process Also, their understanding of cultural and political factors ofthe institution in which theevaluation ... seeks their opinions about the content ofthe material Part C asks for their opinions about the methodology Part D requires them to offer suggestions forthe material’s further improvement The...
... essential information such as the port of entry, the names ofthe importer and exporter, a detailed description ofthe goods, the quantity ofthe goods, the value ofthe goods, the currency, and the ... France ,etc The major market ofthe company’s products is North Vietnam The area’s consumption accounted for up to 87% ofthe total sales ofthe company in 2011 The Central Vietnam and the others took ... enter goods for consumption, storage at the port of arrival, or transportation to another port of entry following the same procedures as forthe port of arrival The entry of imports for consumption...
... calls for water conservation They also continuously make efforts to promote the utilization of SWT devices including the distribution of free SWT-tap developed by them as shown in Fig.7 On the other ... was the relocation of large-scale factories in Tokyo such as Toyosu Gas, Ebisu Brewery, Kirin Beer and others to the outskirts of Tokyo Another major factor was the reduction of water use in the ... where the water usage of 700 households was monitored for a period of time to review the consumption pattern However, according to TMG, the amount of reduction is not clear yet but they believe the...
... member ofthe d-subdivision) were unsuccessful or led to the degradation ofthe isolated species [10]; as a consequence, the stoichiometry ofthe complex was not established The formation of stable ... features are comparable to the ones observed forthe D desulfuricans ATCC 27774 ccNiR complex in the presence of SDS [19] In fact, all the coupling signals observed in the EPR ofthe native enzyme (see ... containing the double of NrfA subunit in respect to the NrfH subunit Nevertheless, inside these huge aggregates there are species ofthe type a2b2 The present findings are in agreement with the reported...
... followed their own customs and traditions in using the forest and land as they had done since the time of their ancestors The National Forest Meeting in 1989 raised the importance ofthe forest forthe ... to the suitability ofthe land or the nature ofthe project and there was no study ofthe distribution of income in the local area 2.5 Lack of participation by affected people The granting of ... with the small-scale farmers in the North of Laos, without help or support from either the state or the business sector22 (in Hat Yao), before the expansion of rubber into the other regions of the...
... addition, the majority ofthe lesions examined appear to be ofthe Class I type, rather than Class II lesions for which the technology would have the greatest potential benefit Finally, since 1/3 ofthe ... in the majority ofthe Class II patients, a cardinal rule fortheevaluationof diagnostic tests.9 By omitting a scalpel biopsy in nearly all patients from Class II, information critical to the ... appropriate to the purpose ofthe test? Use examiners representative ofthe target or primary clinical providers ofthe test? Show evidence that the test can distinguish cancer/precancer from other conditions...
... [23] The construction ofthe )70/)36TATA LUC and 3x()70/)36)TATALUC involved the cloning of one or three copies of double stranded oligonucleotides spanning the region from )70 to )36 ofthe xMGP ... Analysis ofthe phase of each ofthe xMGP introns located within the coding region revealed that introns and are of phase I while intron is of phase II [29] The same phases are found in the corresponding ... representation ofthe xMGP promoter constructs used for transient transfections of A6 cells is shown to the left The nomenclature ofthe promoter deletions is based on the transcription start ofthe xMGP...
... If the final experiments will confirm the usefulness ofthe approach, we will extend the integration to the rest ofthe WordNet hierarchy The final evaluation will include a comparison ofthe ... taken fromthe DDC The development WN-PDDC as generic resource (see figure 2) Before starting the development, the set of field labels relevant forthe application must be identified Then the Core ... to the use of generic dictionaries with respect to the IE needs First there is no clear way of extracting from them the mapping between the FL and the ontology; this is mainly due to a lack of...
... illustration ofthe effect ofthe selection ofthe point of departure and ofthe mathematical model used to extrapolate below the point of departure on the risk estimate Note that the 5% response ... illustration ofthe effect ofthe selection ofthe point of departure and the mathematical model used to extrapolate below the point of departure on the risk estimate Note that the 5% response ... secure the services of eminent members of appropriate professions in the examination of policy matters pertaining to the health ofthe public The Institute acts under the responsibility given to the...
... (number of different parts of speech) In fact, for these three variables, the hypothesis of random performance cannot be rejected even at the 5% level Tests based on the productivity ofthe words, ... vectors of estimates forthe performance ofthe various methods The simple frequency test was also evaluated in each testing set for comparison purposes From these vectors, we estimate the density of ... complexity, for tests (2) and (3) This indicator is exact forthe case of test (2), since the formally marked word is derived fromthe unmarked one through the addition of an affix (which for adjectives...
... and ofthe National School of Health were key informants forthe identification of training costs Representatives of aid agencies were supportive but sceptical as to the chances of success ofthe ... scaling-up the national health workforce Capital investments were identified on the basis of information obtained fromthe infrastructure department ofthe MoH They corresponded to the cost (estimated ... forthe number of beneficiaries and number of courses, assumptions were made to derive the number of beneficiaries, on the basis ofthe analysis of courses offered to date and ofthe specialties...
... the ED and at the time of follow-up (FU) Another consideration is validity: the strength ofthe association between the candidate instrument and other relevant outcomes (construct validity) The ... health professional would be necessary, which is neither feasible nor practical; furthermore, caregiver assessment ofthe child's health often is the impetus for caregiver behaviors; therefore, ... demonstrate that the PedsQL™ is a practical and feasible forevaluationof short-term pediatric ED febrile illnesses The brevity and ease of administration ofthe PedsQL™ allowed for enrollment...
... computing the mean scores for each ofthe three indicators Scoring Scoring ofthe Participation in Life Activities Scale is completed by computing the mean scores for each ofthe three indicators before ... support forthe qualitatively-derived theoretical underpinnings ofthe instrument The PLA contributes to the advancement of science by offering a tool to measure what is hypothesized to be the primary ... measuring levels of planning for participation, interference with and prevention from participation afford dimensions ofthe concept that distinguish the PLA from other scales The PedsQL™ [25]...
... TST+/QFT- HCWs is unknown A number of publications suggest it is low [9,27-29] Because ofthe high sensitivity ofthe IGRA and the low specificity ofthe TST, none ofthe several national guidelines ... compared the performance ofthe TST and IGRA in French HCWs when using a high cut-off forthe TST Materials and methods Study setting and study subjects In France the TB incidence in the general ... building was performed backwards using the chance criteria for variable selection [24] All persons gave their informed consent prior to their inclusion in the study No ethics approval ofthe study...