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The Life of Pei by Pei Feng Su
No full textThe “Life of Pei” tells the story of how the author, as a Taiwanese animal advocate, is making a difference for people, animals, and the environment
[[alternative]]Tien Pei-Lin' Educational Thought and Academic Career
No full text[[abstract]]ABSTRACT
Tien Pei-Lin was born in 1893, and dead in 1975. Tien Pei-Lin had devoted himself to the education in Honan in his early lifehood. In addition, he had also devoted himself to the education in Taiwan since he came to Taiwan in 1938. He is an educational thinker and practitioner.
This study is the first thesis on exploring Tien Pei-Lin’
educational thought and academic career in our country. As far as the research method is concerned, the study is to make use of documentary analysis method and interview method. As to the content of study, at first, it illustrates Tien Pei-Lin’life and important works to illuminate his life process and central ideal. Secondly, the study inquires Tien Pei-Lin’ historical background and influence of other scholars to make us understand his philosophical basis and philosophical views. Thirdly, the study aims at inquiring Tien Pei-Lin’ educational thought and academic career to make us realize his educational thought and his contributions to our country’s education and culture. At last, the study illustrates Tien Pei-Lin’ educational thought implications, and thus it makes some suggestions for contemporary education.
一、Implications
1.Education is a process of creating spiritual values.
2.We need to criticize the deficiency of quantitative research paradigm.
3.We need to reflect educational love in the relationship between teachers and students.
二、Suggestions
1.Education should emphasize the creation of spiritual values.
2.The teacher should advocate educational love.
3.We need to develop the views of teacher education which adapts to social changes.
4.We need to develop the educational institution which is based on traditional culture.
5.We need to develop the research paradigm which involves qualitative research and quantitative research.
Measured weights in PEI adults reveal higher than expected obesity rates
No full textMacLellan et al seek to summarize the findings of the Prince Edward Island (PEI) Nutrition Survey. A random sample of 1,995 adults aged 18-74 were interviewed in their homes and weights, heights, and waist circumference measurements were obtained. Results show that almost one third of PEI adults are obese. More women were classified as being severely obese than men, but for both men and women there appears to be a trend of increased mild obesity with age.Source type: Electronic(1)http://proquest.umi.com/pqdweb?did=650078451&Fmt=7&clientId=65345&RQT=309&VName=PQ
PEI women in poverty: Obstacles to obtaining and maintaining employment
No full textIn 2011, the PEI provincial government asked PEI Islanders what they thought should be done to reduce poverty in PEI, which resulted in a follow-up plan. The goal of this plan, called the Social Action Plan to Reduce Poverty (SAPRP), is to support those in poverty enough so that they may become self-sufficient and stay out of poverty. One essential aspect of an individual’s ability to become self-sufficient is employment; thus helping Islanders to obtain and maintain employment is key to reducing poverty in PEI. The issue of employability is not simple, as is acknowledged by the SAPRP’s discussion of vulnerable groups in PEI, such as women, people with disabilities, and recent immigrants. Although SAPRP acknowledges that some groups are more vulnerable than others when it comes to poverty, it fails to take into account the ways in which such vulnerable groups experience poverty and employment barriers differently than other populations. This paper explores six Island women’s experiences of employment barriers in their own words, taken from interviews that were part of a series of liberation psychology workshops for an ongoing participatory action research project with Women’s Network PEI. These interviews were analyzed using interpretative phenomenological analysis methods, from the standpoint of feminist psychology, which emphasizes that women’s experience has long been underrepresented in research. Major themes generated from the participants’ interviews include: society’s unrealistic standards for employment, various forms of oppression experienced by vulnerable women, the role strain of motherhood, and personal struggles. These themes as well as the literature on vulnerable populations and employability are used to make some recommendations for the provincial government’s poverty eradication strategy and shed some light on the unique experiences and life circumstances of PEI women living in poverty
Development of small interfering RNA delivery system using PEI-PEG-APRPG polymer for antiangiogenic vascular endothelial growth factor tumor-targeted therapy
No full textZong-Xia Lu1, Li-Ting Liu1,2, Xian-Rong Qi11Department of Pharmaceutics, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Peking University, Beijing, People's Republic of China; 2Department of Pharmacy, School and Hospital of Stomatology, Peking University, Beijing, People's Republic of ChinaBackground: Small interfering RNA (siRNA) can silence target genes in the cytoplasm and be a major tool in gene therapy. Vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF), a potent regulator of angiogenesis, is overexpressed in most tumors and is closely associated with tumor growth and metastasis. It has been shown that inhibition of VEGF expression by siRNA is an effective and useful method for antiangiogenic tumor therapy.Methods: In the present study, we synthesized a targeted delivery system of PEI-PEG-APRPG incorporating angiogenic vessel-homing Ala-Pro-Arg-Pro-Gly (APRPG) peptide into cationic polyethylenimine (PEI) via a hydrophilic poly(ethylene glycol) (PEG) spacer.Results: PEI-PEG-APRPG effectively condensed siRNA into 20–50 nm nanoparticles with a positive surface charge using a suitable N/P ratio. The siRNA/PEI-PEG-APRPG complex effectively enhanced the stability of siRNA in RNase A, and improved the proliferation-inhibiting ability and transfection efficiency of siRNA in vitro and tumor accumulation in vivo. In addition, the siRNA/PEI-PEG-APRPG complex exhibited high efficiency as antitumor therapy with regard to tumor growth, microvessel density, and VEGF protein and mRNA levels.Conclusion: These findings suggest that PEI-PEG-APRPG effectively delivers siRNA to tumors overexpressing VEGF and thereby inhibits tumor growth.Keywords: PEI-PEG-APRPG, VEGF siRNA, gene delivery, tumor-targeted, antiangiogenic therap
Ultrasonic welding of carbon/epoxy and carbon/PEEK composites through a PEI thermoplastic coupling layer
No full textThis paper investigates welding of carbon/epoxy and carbon/PEEK composites using the following procedure. Firstly, the carbon/epoxy composite was made “weldable” through a very thin PEI thermoplastic film co-cured on its surface. During the curing cycle, the PEI resin and the components of the epoxy resin system partially diffused into each other generating a gradient interphase between the original epoxy and PEI resins. Subsequently, the carbon/PEEK composite adherend was welded onto the PEI-rich surface of the weldable carbon/epoxy adherend, exploiting the total miscibility between PEI and PEEK. Thermal degradation of the carbon/epoxy adherend during the welding process was avoided via the ultra-short heating times enabled by the ultrasonic welding technology. In this research, mechanical testing was used to evaluate the weld strength relative to reference joints. Additionally, cross-section scanning electron microscopy was used to assess the morphology of the PEI/epoxy interphase before and after the welding process.Structural Integrity & Composite
Leading by example: A collaboration between nursing and child life to model interprofessional practice with nursing students
No full textAn exploration of the ethical implications of the digitisation and dissemination of Mātauranga Māori (with special reference to the Pei te Hurinui Jones Collection)
No full textAt the core of this thesis is the ethical implications involved in the digitising of Mātauranga Māori. It investigated how Kaupapa Māori theory can inform this process and how issues relating to access were considered. It is intended that this information should provide whānau, hapū, iwi and institutions with a solid foundation for the development of their own digital collections. The research reported here tracks the processes and procedures undertaken by a Research Team on a Ngā Pae o te Māramatanga research funded project that is being conducted to research and develop ethical processes for the digitisation of the manuscripts, works and collected taonga of one of Māoridom’s prominent scholars, the late Dr. Pei te Hurinui Jones.
The thesis begins with an outline of the scope of the research and the approaches and methods used (Chapter 1). This is followed by selected literature reviews on museums, libraries and archives and the influence of writing in the Aotearoa /New Zealand context (see Chapter 2), digitisation, digital libraries and Mātauranga Māori (see Chapter 3), and ethics, ethics in practice and Kaupapa Māori theory (see Chapter 4). Chapter 5 describes the Pei te Hurinui Jones’ collections, the processes that were undertaken during the initial negotiation stages, the development of tikanga in the archiving, cataloguing, physical layout and conservation of the collection and the drafting and development of the Deed of Gift under the principle of takoha. Chapter 6 discusses the research ethics approval process, the methodology applied, and the development and analysis of the thematic categories that emerged from the focus group discussion. A conceptual model of the digitisation process is then presented. Chapter 7 provides an overview of the research and a summary of the findings, together with an indication of its limitations, research contribution, and suggestions for future research
Coming together: Discovering the narrative of nurses who care for families experiencing early miscarriage
No full textPerceptions of pre- and post-event impacts of PEI 2014 year-long celebrations
No full textThis study examines Canadian perceptions of pre- and post-event impacts of the PEI 2014 Celebrations using the 2013 and 2015 surveys of PEI residents and other Canadians conducted by the Centre for Tourism Research. Overall, results indicate that Canadians’ awareness of, knowledge about, and attitudes toward the 1864 Charlottetown Conference and the PEI 2014 Celebrations increased and positively changed over time. The research also suggests that event organizers and/or destination tourism managers need to put greater emphasis on the “socio-cultural aspects” of the event such as community participation and cultural identity, and make an effort to increase tourism volume and value in order to obtain strong support from residents and be successful
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