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Kon-Tiki experiments
No full textWe identify a species of experiment—Kon-Tiki experiments—used to demonstrate the competence of a cause to produce a certain effect, and we examine their role in the historical sciences. We argue Kon-Tiki experiments are used to test middle-range theory, to test assumptions within historical narratives, and to open new avenues of inquiry. We show how the results of Kon-Tiki experiments are involved in projective (rather than consequentialist) inferences, and we argue (against Kyle Stanford) that reliance on projective inferences does not
provide historical scientists with any special protection against the problem of unconceived
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Perfect Blue (Pafekuto Buru). Satoshi Kon (1997)
No full textDisponible Perfect Blue (Pafekuto Buru). Satoshi Kon (1997) cantidad
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Considerada como una de las obras maestras del malogrado director Satoshi Kon, Perfect Blue es uno de los filmes sobre los que la animación comercial japonesa contemporánea ha construido su identidad como producto cultural atravesado, por un lado, por elementos propios de la ficción de explotación, y, por otro, por rasgos pertenecientes a la complejidad narrativa de la narración postclásica. La ópera prima de Kon va más allá de las superficiales representaciones del mundo de las idols japonesas y explora los elementos más sombríos del entramado del entretenimiento mediático que las sustenta: la inmoralidad de sus agencias de representación, lo deshonesto de los productores televisivos, el potencial obsesivo de los otaku y, sobre todo, de las secuelas psicológicas a las que están sometidas las idols
Key challenges for coaching and mentoring in Asia Pacific
No full textThis chapter will consider the following key challenges for coaching and mentoring in Asia Pacific:
Challenge 1: the increased demand for coaches and mentors in Asia Pacific as a result of the talent dynamics and leadership needs in this region.
Challenge 2: the necessity for cross-cultural coaching and mentoring competence due to the cultural diversity in the Asia Pacific region.
Challenge 3: the need to build a coaching and mentoring culture in organisations with the rise of millennials in the workforce.
Challenge 4: the need for more empirical research on coaching and mentoring in the Asia Pacific region to be conducted to provide evidence base for addressing the challenges outlined
Molecular mechanism of central nervous system repair by the Drosophila NG2 homologue kon-tiki:Drosophila NG2 in CNS repair
No full textNeuron glia antigen 2 (NG2)–positive glia are repair cells that proliferate upon central nervous system (CNS) damage, promoting functional recovery. However, repair is limited because of the failure of the newly produced glial cells to differentiate. It is a key goal to discover how to regulate NG2 to enable glial proliferation and differentiation conducive to repair. Drosophila has an NG2 homologue called kon-tiki (kon), of unknown CNS function. We show that kon promotes repair and identify the underlying mechanism. Crush injury up-regulates kon expression downstream of Notch. Kon in turn induces glial proliferation and initiates glial differentiation by activating glial genes and prospero (pros). Two negative feedback loops with Notch and Pros allow Kon to drive the homeostatic regulation required for repair. By modulating Kon levels in glia, we could prevent or promote CNS repair. Thus, the functional links between Kon, Notch, and Pros are essential for, and can drive, repair. Analogous mechanisms could promote CNS repair in mammals
Lessons learnt
No full text[Extract] Our case studies demonstrate that coaching and mentoring are thriving in the Asia Pacific region, with a wide diversity of application and approach. We see in the case studies an immense and sometimes naive enthusiasm. It is clear that good practice is still in the process of being defined in the region overall - as it is to a lesser extent in America and particularly in Europe, where boundaries have begun to emerge and the focus on practioner competence is well established. In Asia Pacific currently, we see a wide variation in thematurity of coaching, with Australia, New Zealand and Singapore being the most advanced. To reach the same level of maturity, coaching and mentoring in other countries needs to tackle a number of significant issues
Julia Christensen, ABC Radio, interviews Kon Vatskalis, Minister for Child Protection
No full textJulia Christensen, ABC Radio, interviews Kon Vatskalis, Minister for Child Protection, on the mandatory reporting of child abuse. They discuss a report on a young child who was found dead some months after medical staff had told Children's Services that this child could be at risk whilst living in his present environment. Duration 8 min. 22 sec
Research data supporting "LanB1 cooperates with Kon-tiki during embryonic muscle migration in Drosophila"
No full textResearch data supporting "LanB1 cooperates with Kon-tiki during embryonic muscle migration in Drosophila
Going Beyond Counting First Authors in Author Co-citation Analysis
No full textThe present study examines one of the fundamental aspects of author co-citation analysis (ACA) - the way co-citation
counts are defined. Co-citation counting provides the data on which all subsequent statistical analyses and mappings
are based, and we compare ACA results based on two different types of co-citation counting - the traditional type that
only counts the first one among a cited work's authors on the one hand and a non-traditional type that takes into
account the first 5 authors of a cited work on the other hand. Results indicate that the picture produced through this non-traditional author co-citation counting contains more coherent author groups and is therefore considerably clearer. However, this picture represents fewer specialties in the research field being studied than that produced through the traditional first-author co-citation counting when the same number of top-ranked authors is selected and analyzed. Reasons for these effects are discussed
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