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Standardising curved carapace length measurements for leatherback turtles, Dermochelys coriacea, to investigate global patterns in body size
No full textThere are two commonly utilised, but distinct, methods for measuring carapace length of leatherback turtles (Dermochelys coriacea). Either the carapace is measured along the central ridge or to the side of the central ridge.Here, we demonstrate that these two measurements produce differing results. Moreover, we formulate a globally-applicable correction factor to standardise between these two measurements. Standardised curved carapace length measurements from leatherback turtles at nesting sites worldwide generally fit into 3 size categories: small (157.5 cm; Indian: Southwest, Indian: Northeast, and Pacific: West
Sustained blogging about teaching: Instructional methods that support online participation as professional development
No full textSuccessfully preparing prospective and practicing teachers to blog as a means of professional development requires more than simply introducing popular blogging platforms, teaching technical moves and assigning an arbitrary number of blog posts. To assist teacher educators who aim to engage teachers in sustained blogging to advance their professional growth, the author presents instructional methods drawn from scholarship on effective writing instruction, including the following: examining mentor texts in the form of teacher-generated blog posts; exploring writing territories (i.e., the topics, genres and audiences for whom a teacher could write); and pursuing specific purposes for writing to generate a number of focused blog posts from a single general topic of professional interest
Pincer-Supported Carbonyl Complexes of Cobalt(I)
No full textA pair of POCOP-supported mono- and dicarbonyl complexes of Co have been prepared and crystallographically characterized. The reactivity of (tBuPOCOP)Co(CO) with H2, acids, and carbon monoxide has been compared to that of the previously reported Rh and Ir counterparts. Co is found to share reactivity traits with both Rh and Ir
Short Animation Based on Tim Burton’s Cinematic Technique
No full textCreative project abstract: I am presenting a creative project of a short animation movie using the technique of Claymation based on the work of Tim Burton. The main purpose of this creative project proposal is to understand animating technique of Tim Burton, and how he set modeled the characters and scenarios to create cinematic storytelling. The goals of my project are: 1. Develop a character based on Jack Skellington from The Nightmare Before Christmas to implement the technique he used to animate his puppets. 2. Study and apply the illumination technique used in his movies 3. Study and apply Tim Burton’s visual affects 4. Understand and apply how he used the camera to capture the Claymation animated scenes. The conclusion of this creative project will have a great impact in my future professional work as an animator, and how to become a successful developer of characters in the gaming industry. This will help me in my further career is because developing characters and scenery will allow to further my knowledge with character development. Character development is a crucial part to video game designhttp://opus.ipfw.edu/stu_symp2017/1034/thumbnail.jp
Dynamics of Soybean Vein Necrosis Virus Teplication in Vector Soybean Thrips (Neohydathothrips Variabilis)
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A Case Study of Child Development: A Student Teacher’s Perspective
No full textEducation of a child is mostly understood as teaching practices in schools, but education is also the child’s complete development. The purpose of this case study was to examine the multiple factors that influence a developing child’s cognitive, social emotional, language and physical development. The study considered the ecological factors based on Bronfenbrenner\u27s Ecological Theory (home, school and community) that contribute to the child’s learning and development (McDevitt \u26 Ormrod, 2016). This case study uses Bronfenbrenner’s theory to examine the contextual influences on a developing child through analyzes of the child’s individual self within the microsystem of school, peers, family and community. This inquiry was a 15-week case study that was conducted at a local school in Fort Wayne Community Schools in which one child was observed in the school setting. During the fifteen weeks of the case study, I did six naturalistic observations of the child in the school setting, engaged in informal interviews with the child, teacher and other school staff and collected anecdotal field notes. As a student teacher intern and researcher, I also spent time working with the child one-on-one in the classroom and got to know him on a personal level. The observations were analyzed using concepts of child development research and theories of child development to learn about one child’s unique experience in the classroom. This case study demonstrated a real-life experience of a child and the influential factors of child development looking at cognitive, social emotional, language and physical development. Knowledge acquired during this study was understanding a child’s thought process of the world and learning, good relationships with peers, socialization, and the importance of active and competitive play in school for boys. This case study demonstrates the importance of not only to teaching and mentoring students in the classroom but accommodating content based on each students’ needs.http://opus.ipfw.edu/stu_symp2017/1009/thumbnail.jp
Walter Ruttmann Inspired Film
No full text“Revisiting/Recreate Walter Ruttmann animating technique” I am presenting a Creative project of a short film using the technique of abstracted animation based on the work of Walter Ruttmann. The main purpose of this creative project proposal is to get a better understanding of the animation technique used by Walter Ruttmann and how he used abstract shapes to tell multiple stories. The goals of my project are: 1. Develop a few different types of shape sequences similar to Ruttmann’s Opus 1. 2. Study and apply the color technique used in Walter Ruttmann’s films. 3. Study and apply Ruttmann’s various shape movements. 4. Understand how Walter Ruttmann converts one shape into the next in a way that is pleasing to the eye. 5. Show how Rittman’s work contributes to today’s animation. The conclusion of this creative project will help give me a better understanding on how to integrate different animation techniques into my work. Exploring the style of Walter Guttmann will further give me the knowledge to become a better animator and graphic designer.http://opus.ipfw.edu/stu_symp2017/1008/thumbnail.jp
Anti-proliferation of melanoma cells and immune stimulation by the cyanobacterial indole-alkaloid scytonemin
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The Spread of Authoritarian Regimes in Interwar Europe
No full textA number of studies have found that a variety of political phenomena, including democracy, can spread through a diffusion process. It is also possible that non-democratic phenomena can follow a similar pattern. The spread of authoritarian regimes in Europe between World I and World War II provided a classic case to determine whether there were such patterns. In fact, the creation of authoritarian political systems followed a diffusion pattern in some periods under some circumstances. There were also indications that those countries that were at lower levels of economic development were a factor that led to the establishment of authoritarian political systems