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XvGoIS, a galactinol synthase is transcriptionally upregulated under water deficit : the role of raffinosaccharides in abiotic stress tolerance in the resurrection plant Xerophyta viscosa (Baker)
No full textIncludes bibliographical references (leaves 84-102).As part of an ongoing project to genetically manipulate maize for increased abiotic stress tolerance, we have isolated and identified a number of genes from the resurrection plant Xerophyta viscosa (Baker) that are differentially expressed during water deficit. A cDNA was isolated from a library constructed from the leaves of water stressed X viscosa plants, which showed high identity to galactinol synthase (GoIS) enzymes from a variety of plant species. GolS is fundamental to the biosynthesis of raffinose family oligosachharides (RFOs), sucrosyl carbohydrates that are unique to plants and implicated in carbon translocation and abiotic stress tolerance. We subsequently designated this cDNA XvGoIS
Intercultural awareness and intercultural communication through English: an investigation of Thai English language users in higher education
No full textOver the previous few decades there has been an increased emphasis on the cultural aspects of English language teaching. However, in settings where English is used as a global lingua franca the cultural associations of the language are complex and the role culture plays in successful communication has yet to be extensively investigated. To conduct such a study it is necessary to explicate the role and nature of English in global contexts and particularly how
English functions as a lingua franca (ELF). Furthermore, a theoretical understanding of the relationships between languages and cultures in intercultural communication is needed, which emphasises the fluid and dynamic nature of any connections. The thesis focuses on cultural awareness (CA) as an approach to equipping learners and users of English for the diversity of intercultural communication. However, it is suggested that CA has still not incorporated an
understanding of the multifarious uses of English in global contexts where no clear cultural associations can be established. Thus, intercultural awareness (ICA) is offered as an alternative which addresses these needs. This results in the formulation of research questions which aim to explore how ICA can best be characterised in an expanding circle setting and the role it plays in intercultural communication. Furthermore, this research also aims to explicate the relationships between the English language and cultures in such an environment and how this reflects on language use and attitudes. The study was predominantly qualitative utilising approaches associated with ethnography with the aim of producing a rich description of the research participants and their environment. The fieldwork took place over a six month period in a Thai university and seven participants formed the core of this study. The main data sources were recordings of the participants engaged in intercultural communication and interviews with the participants. These were supplemented with a survey, diaries, observations and documents from the research site. The findings of the study suggest that in successful intercultural communication culturally based forms, practices and frames of reference are employed as emergent, dynamic and liminal resources in a manner that moves between individual, local, national and global
references. Furthermore, the results also indicated that ICA was a valid construct in the context investigated for explaining the types of cultural knowledge and related skills needed by participants to take part in successful intercultural communication through English
The worldwide status of phasmids (Insecta: Phasmida) as pests of agriculture and forestry, with a generalised theory of phasmid outbreaks
No full text© 2015 Baker. This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://
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The Liebowitz Social Anxiety Scale as a self-report instrument: A preliminary psychometric analysis
No full textBaker SL, Heinrichs N, Kim HJ, Hofmann SG. The Liebowitz Social Anxiety Scale as a self-report instrument: A preliminary psychometric analysis. Behaviour Research and Therapy. 2002;40:701-715
EVALUATION ON CONSISTENCY BETWEEN HJ-1 CCD AND TM IMAGES IN MONITORING FRACTIONAL GREEN VEGETATION COVER
No full textThe fractional green vegetation cover (Fc) is an important climate model parameter. Remote sensing technique has become one of the most effective means to acquire vegetation dynamics information. The CCD cameras onboard HJ-1 satellites (Environment and Disaster monitoring and forecasting Satellite constellation) are advanced in revisit frequency and image coverage compared with Landsat TM. This study aims to assess the capability of HJ-1 CCD images in monitoring of Fc in terms of comparing with the widely used TM images. The quality of HJ-1 CCD is compared with the same temporal TM image in two aspects: the image statistical analysis and the image application analysis. After the comparison between the HJ-1 CCD image and TM image of the same area. The results show a high level of uniform between HJ-1 and TM images. Therefore, the conclusion may be drawn that the HJ-1 CCD image is feasible and suitable for Fc monitoring.Engineering, Electrical & ElectronicGeosciences, MultidisciplinaryRemote SensingEICPCI-S(ISTP)
Konsep Pendidikan Untuk Perempuan Perspektif Nyai Hj. Masriyah Amva
No full textOne figure of a well-known female cleric in Cirebon is Nyai Hj. Masriyah Amva. He is a female ulama figure who is different from the others, Nyai Hj. Masriyah Amva became the caretaker of Kebon Jambu Al-Islamy Islamic Boarding School in Babakan Village, Ciwaringin Cirebon, where she became the leader of more than 1,000 male and female santri. The author presents this paper in the form of a qualitative approach, with qualitative descriptive methods, collection techniques using interview and observation methods, which are then analyzed by interactive analysis techniques namely data reduction, data presentation and drawing conclusions. This study aims to illustrate the Concept of Education for Perpective Women Nyai Hj. Masriyah Amva at Kebon Jambu Al-Islamy Islamic Boarding School. According to him, education for women consists of material elements, immaterial elements and character elements. The material element is education that equips students with various sciences according to their respective levels, while the immaterial element is that women are able to present and involve the Creator in all their life processes, according to Nyai Hj. Masriyah Amva, that is, women must be educated in such a way as to form a woman who is persistent, independent, has a personality, is pious and tough with hard prayers, hard efforts and always has positive thoughts.Salah satu sosok ulama perempuan yang sangat dikenal di Cirebon adalah Nyai Hj. Masriyah Amva. Beliau adalah sosok ulama perempuan yang berbeda dengan lainnya, Nyai Hj. Masriyah Amva menjadi pengasuh Pondok Pesantren Kebon Jambu Al-Islamy di Desa Babakan, Ciwaringin Cirebon, beliau menjadi pemimpin lebih dari 1.000 santri laki-laki dan perempuan. Penulis menyajikan tulisan ini dalam bentuk pendekatan kualitatif, dengan metode deskriptif kualitatif, teknik pengumpulan menggunakan metode wawancara dan observasi, yang kemudian dianalisis dengan teknik analisis interaktif yaitu reduksi data, penyajian data dan penarikan kesimpulan. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk menggambarkan Konsep Pendidikan untuk Perempuan Perpektif Nyai Hj. Masriyah Amva di Pondok Pesantren Kebon Jambu Al-Islamy. Menurutya pendidikan untuk perempuan adanya unsur material, unsur imaterial dan unsur karakter. Unsur material adalah pendidikan yang membekali santrinya dengan berbagai ilmu pengetahuan sesuai jenjangnya masing-masing, sedangkan unsur Imaterial adalah para perempuan mampu menghadirkan dan melibatkan Sang Pencipta dalam semua proses kehidupannya, unsur karakter menurut Nyai Hj. Masriyah Amva yaitu perempuan harus dididik sedemikian rupa hingga terbentuklah sosok perempuan yang gigih, mandiri, berkepribadian, bertaqwa dan tangguh dengan do`a keras, usaha keras dan selalu berfikiran positif
A Business Model Analysis On Hj Nina’s Rental Housing Using Business Model Canvas Approach
No full textTangerang City has great potential for the growth of residential property projects. This region called thriving city due to economic growth which Tangerang City quite significantly from National. Terms of geographical, Tangerang City have access to strategic Jakarta so many transportation infrastructure could trigger growth property in the area. With the existence of business opportunities related to housing in Tangerang City, Mrs Hj Nina take advantage of these business opportunities by building land owned by property for a rented houses. But in running her business, Mrs Hj Nina has the main obstacle is competition around rented houses. One of the ways that Mrs Hj Nina’s rented house can explore the existing potential is by analyzing the right business model. Based on the results of the research on the identification of business model elements that exist in the house of Mrs Hj Nina, the author proposes several improvement programs for Mrs Hj Nina, namely expanding the house rent, develop business rented by diversifying business, adding facilities, doing community service, the owner having face to face meetings with rented houses, and house renters are active in the activities of local residents. With proposal the program for the improvement is expected to makes a business Mrs Hj Nina can develop and survived in the field of the business
VALIDATION FOR THE ABSOLUTE RADIOMETRIC CALIBRATION OF THE HJ-1B CCD SENSORS OF CHINA
No full textOn September 6, 2008, the satellite HJ-1B was launched into a sun-synchronous, near-polar orbit. In order to determine temporal changes of the absolute radiometric calibration of the HJ-1B satellite in flight, a program was carried out at DunHuang calibration field, Gansu province of China, from August 19 to 30, 2009. In this work, reflectance -based calibration method was employed to simulate the absolute calibration coefficients of the HJ-1B CCD sensors. Then the cotton field, cement court, water pool and test site was selected to validate the calibration coefficient. The validation results indicated that there had a good agreement between the imaged-based reflectance and the ground measurement of the type of cement court and test site. On the other hand, there had a disagreement of the type of cotton field and water because of the effect of mixed pixel.Geosciences, MultidisciplinaryRemote SensingEICPCI-S(ISTP)
KERUGIAN YANG DIDERITA OLEH DOKTER AKIBAT PENGELOLAAN DANA BADAN PENYELENGGARA JAMINAN SOSIAL KESEHATAN DI RUMAH SAKIT UMUM DAERAH HJ. ANNA LASMANAH BANJARNEGARA
No full textResearch with the title Losses Suffered by Doctors due to the Management
of “Badan Penyelenggara Jaminan Sosial Kesehatan” in the Hj. Anna
Lasmanah Hospital Banjarnegara was used based on the statement of the Hj.
Anna Lasmanah Hospital’s Director in 2018, dr. Agung Budianto. Research that
have been done by the author in order to find out the truth of the data about the
loss that experienced by doctors using normative methods through interviews
between the author and Hj. Anna Lasmanah Hospital’s Director as well as
several representatives of doctors or dentists and this interview also involve the
Head of “BPJS Kesehatan” Banjarnegara field office. The result of this
research is the loss that experienced by the doctors is not material losses but
immaterial losses. This immaterial losses is the disappointment of the doctors
with “BPJS Kesehatan” who did the late payments which make the economic
needed of doctors not being able to get on time
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