416 research outputs found
Fig. 1 in Study of some European wild hybrids of Erica L. (Ericaceae), with descriptions of a new nothospecies: Erica nelsonii Fagúndez and a new nothosubspecies: Erica veitchii nothosubsp. asturica Fagúndez
No full textFig. 1. – Erica ×nelsonii Fagúndez. A. Synflorescence of upper left fragment (typus); B. General view of upper right fragment. [P. F. Hunt 1636, K] [Drawn by the author]Published as part of Fagúndez, Jaime, 2012, Study of some European wild hybrids of Erica L. (Ericaceae), with descriptions of a new nothospecies: Erica nelsonii Fagúndez and a new nothosubspecies: Erica veitchii nothosubsp. asturica Fagúndez, pp. 51-57 in Candollea 67 (1) on page 53, DOI: 10.15553/c2012v671a7, http://zenodo.org/record/576238
The body in question in research methodology: "Death of the Author" and "the Pearly Gates of Cyberspace"
No full textIn educational research, theses are still expected to support the myth that learning which will advance knowledge about education is almost exclusively the product of abstract and systematic logical processes, of a disembodied spirit. In my PhD thesis, I demonstrated that a significant role was played in the construction of my knowledge by my body[-mind], much of it initially outside my awareness. This paper will address the tensions between dualistic traditions of our culture (cf. Wertheim, 1999) and new ways of understanding how people come to know what they know (e.g., Damasio, 1994; Lear, 1998; Lemke, 1995; Maturana & Varela, 1992; Sacks, 1998), and apply them to issues of research methodology and thesis presentation
Against professional development
No full textThis paper raises questions about the sort of knowledge which has come to count as professional development knowledge. The author interrogates the curriculum and pedagogy of academic professional development programs in Australian universities, drawing parallels with Third World development programs. She argues that professional development knowledge is privileged over disciplinary knowledge in setting lifelong learning agendas for academics, and notes some problematic consequences of this for academics engaged in professional development programs
Comparing Oregon's green sectors : employment, wages, hours, and worker trends
No full textGail Kiles Krumenauer, Green Jobs Economist, Erica L. Thatcher, Green Jobs Analyst, Barbara Peniston, Special Projects Analyst.Title from PDF caption (viewed on November 21, 2022)."RS PUB 273 (0911)"--Back cover.This archived document is maintained by the State Library of Oregon as part of the Oregon Documents Depository Program. It is for informational purposes and may not be suitable for legal purposes.Mode of access: Internet from the Oregon Government Publications Collection.Text in English
Microbial enrichment culture responsible for the complete oxidative biodegradation of 3‑Amino-1,2,4-triazol-5-one (ATO), the reduced daughter product of the insensitive munitions compound 3‑Nitro-1,2,4-triazol-5-one (NTO)
No full text3-Nitro-1,2,4-triazol-5-one (NTO) is one of the main ingredients of many insensitive munitions, which are being used as replacements for conventional explosives. As its use becomes widespread, more research is needed to assess its environmental fate. Previous studies have shown that NTO is biologically reduced to 3-amino-1,2,4-triazol-5-one (ATO). However, the final degradation products of ATO are still unknown. We have studied the aerobic degradation of ATO by enrichment cultures derived from the soil. After multiple transfers, ATO degradation was monitored in closed bottles through measurements of inorganic carbon and nitrogen species. The results indicate that the members of the enrichment culture utilize ATO as the sole source of carbon and nitrogen. As ATO was mineralized to CO₂, N₂, and NH₄⁺, microbial growth was observed in the culture. Co-substrates addition did not increase the ATO degradation rate. Quantitative polymerase chain reaction analysis revealed that the organisms that enriched using ATO as carbon and nitrogen source were Terrimonas spp., Ramlibacter-related spp., Mesorhizobium spp., Hydrogenophaga spp., Ralstonia spp., Pseudomonas spp., Ectothiorhodospiraceae, and Sphingopyxis. This is the first study to report the complete mineralization of ATO by soil microorganisms, expanding our understanding of natural attenuation and bioremediation of the explosive NTO.Journal ArticleFinal article publishe
Teaching for creativity : from sage to guide to meddler
No full textThis paper serves three purposes. First, it makes a case for seeing creativity as a key learning outcome in our times, and thus the core business of education. It then goes on to examine the nexus of creativity and pedagogy, showing the conceptual work done to demonstrate creativity as a learnable set of dispositions and capabilities. Finally and most importantly, the paper argues the value of a pedagogical approach the author calls “Meddling-in-the-Middle”, in augmenting and enhancing the repertoires of “Sage-on-the-Stage” and “Guide-on-the-Side” in order to build students' creative capacity. Examples are given of what these meta-approaches might look like in relation to the teaching of Shakespeare. The author concludes by arguing the important connection between Meddling pedagogy and creative capacity building
Veterinary science : humans, animals and health
No full textThis living book is a collection of open access materials bringing scientific papers to a humanities audienc
Is Creativity Teachable? Conceptualising the Creativity/Pedagogy Relationship in Higher Education
No full textCan creativity be taught? If so, what should university teachers be doing if it is to be added to a burgeoning list of graduate outcomes for which we take pedagogical responsibility? This paper argues the importance of engaging with this issue in higher education at this time. It does so by exploring reasons for the growing interest in creativity as a learning outcome, elaborating key imperatives in the post-millennial ideational and policy context. The paper then moves to consider questions of the teachability of creativity and the pedagogical implications of this. In doing, the author makes a case that, while it may not be possible or desirable to render all aspects of student creativity calculable as learning outcomes, creativity can be better understood and mobilized in all disciplines through newly emergent learning cultures and forms of pedagogical work
Forever wild, forever contested: Environmental policy and politics in New York State\u27s Adirondack Park, 1967–1990
No full textThis dissertation examines the transformation of environmental legislation and public policy in the Adirondack Park from 1967 to 1990 alongside the growth of so-called anti-environmental attitudes in the rural mountain region. Originally established in 1894, the modern-day Adirondack Park in northern New York is a six-million acre mosaic of public and private lands, including industrial sites, residential communities, recreational lands, and wilderness preservation areas governed by an expansive system of environmental regulations and land using zoning administered by the Adirondack Park Agency (APA). During the formative stages of the modern Adirondack Park Agency, New York residents may have generally agreed that the wild landscape need to be protected from excessive industrial, residential, and recreational development, but when the time came for concrete legislation and regulation participants and planners proved bitterly divided in their goals and opinions. My project explains how an environmental protection plan initiated by public demands and shaped by public concerns in the late 1960s transformed into one of the most contentious topics in New York State politics and most distinctive park management arrangements in the United States by the 1980s. At the heart of the controversy in the Adirondacks is the presence of two contrasting views of how the natural environment should be used and the appropriate relationship between humans and the land. While the land use plans promised to control unregulated development in the region and maintain the unique environmental features, a large segment of Adirondack residents refused to accept state authority over private property use in the region. New York\u27s best efforts to create durable, flexible environmental legislation did not alter these standpoints. The combination of local political disapproval, increased government bureaucracy, and limits on private property rights has produced lasting opposition to environmental protection, not because local residents sought to promote environmental damage, but because they remain opposed to government involvement on principle. The national ascension of anti-environmentalism, property rights, and anti-federalism in the 1980s provided symbolic and rhetorical support to opponents of the APA. The era of environmentalism and mutual benefit for all members of society was replaced by the language of individualism and deregulation. The modern story of environmental regulation in the Adirondacks addresses significant policy questions, including the role of local knowledge versus experts, the differences between rural and urban needs and values, and the challenges of balancing environmental and economic demands, but often in a unique and contradictory manner
Pattern And Process In A Mosaic Hybrid Zone: From Phenotype To Genotype
No full text! Speciation!is!the!process!of!a!single!lineage!splitting!into!two!or!more!daughter! lineages!over!time.!!The!evolution!of!barriers!to!gene!exchange!mark!the!point!in!splitting! where!diverging!lineages!represent!unique!entities!with!independent!evolutionary! trajectories.!!By!identifying!the!genes!that!contribute!to!barriers!between!recently!diverged! species!we!can!begin!to!understand!the!evolutionary!forces!that!led!to!their!divergence,! and!ultimately,!speciation.!!This!dissertation!focuses!on!two!recently!diverged!species!of! field!cricket,!Gryllus'firmus!and!G.'pennsylvanicus,!which!hybridize!in!zone!stretching!from! Connecticut!to!Virginia.!!We![1]!characterize!the!nature!of!understudied!barriers!that!occur! after!mating,!but!before!fertilization,![2]!define!the!role!of!proteins!secreted!from!the!male! accessory!glands!in!those!barriers,!and![3]!describe!patterns!of!variation!and!introgression! within!the!hybrid!zone!for!genes!expressed!in!the!male!accessory!gland.!!Chapter!1!finds! that!there!are!no!postXmating!prezygotic!barriers!between!G.'pennsylvanicus!females!and!G.' firmus!males,!but!that!the!reciprocal!crosses!are!isolated!by!barriers!that!occur!after!sperm! are!released!from!storage,!but!before!fertilization.!!Chapter!2!finds!that!seminal!fluid! proteins!secreted!from!the!male!accessory!glands!induce!a!shortXterm!eggXlaying!response,! but!alone!cannot!explain!the!normal!induction!of!eggXlaying!or!unsuccessful!fertilization!in! ! heterospecific!crosses.!!Chapter!3!lays!the!foundation!for!Chapters!4!and!5!by!describing! patterns!of!admixture!and!the!influence!of!environmental!variables!on!species!distributions! in!a!previously!uncharacterized!region!of!the!hybrid!zone!in!Pennsylvania.!!Chapter!4! compares!patterns!of!introgression!in!Pennsylvania!for!genes!known!to!encode!seminal! fluid!proteins!and!other!genes!expressed!in!the!male!accessory!gland.!!We!find!no!evidence! that!seminal!fluid!proteins!contribute!to!barriers!operating!within!the!hybrid!zone,!but! identify!a!number!of!other!candidate!barrier!genes.!!Chapter!5!compares!the!patterns!we! see!in!Pennsylvania!with!an!independent!transect!of!the!hybrid!zone!in!Connecticut.!!We! find!the!same!genes!under!selection!in!both!regions!of!the!hybrid!zone,!suggesting!that! these!genomic!regions!contribute!to!maintaining!species!boundaries.!
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