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Advancing instructional coaching with teacher formative assessment and input
No full textWith increased attention to teacher quality and accountability, instructional coaching has emerged as a popular form of teacher support and professional development in literacy and other areas of instruction. Despite significant interest from school personnel, researchers, and federal funders, there remains a lack of consensus around the key components and activities of instructional coaching. To that end, studies that use quantitative and qualitative methods can offer valuable information on the development and validation of coaching practices. This chapter briefly describes the Classroom Strategies Assessment System Coaching Model that draws on the adult learning and formative assessment literature. We offer key observations of educators' knowledge of and experience in instructional coaching from focus groups conducted with teachers in high-poverty, urban elementary schools. Directions for practice and research are discussed.Peer reviewe
Evidence for the decay B0→J/ψω and measurement of the relative branching fractions of meson decays to J/ψη and J/ψη′
No full textFirst evidence of the B 0 → J / ψ ω decay is found and the B s 0 → J / ψ η and B s 0 → J / ψ η ′ decays are studied using a dataset corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 1.0 fb -1 collected by the LHCb experiment in proton-proton collisions at a centre-of-mass energy of sqrt(s) = 7 TeV. The branching fractions of these decays are measured relative to that of the B 0 → J / ψ ρ 0 decay:frac(B (B 0 → J / ψ ω), B (B 0 → J / ψ ρ 0)) = 0.89 ± 0.19 (stat) - 0.13 + 0.07 (syst),frac(B (B s 0 → J / ψ η), B (B 0 → J / ψ ρ 0)) = 14.0 ± 1.2 (stat) - 1.5 + 1.1 (syst) - 1.0 + 1.1 (frac(f d, f s)),frac(B (B s 0 → J / ψ η ′), B (B 0 → J / ψ ρ 0)) = 12.7 ± 1.1 (stat) - 1.3 + 0.5 (syst) - 0.9 + 1.0 (frac(f d, f s)), where the last uncertainty is due to the knowledge of f d / f s, the ratio of b-quark hadronization factors that accounts for the different production rate of B 0 and B s 0 mesons. The ratio of the branching fractions of B s 0 → J / ψ η ′ and B s 0 → J / ψ η decays is measured to befrac(B (B s 0 → J / ψ η ′), B (B s 0 → J / ψ η)) = 0.90 ± 0.09 (stat) - 0.02 + 0.06 (syst)
Siolicaris sandhya Reddy & Arbizu 2012, comb. nov.
No full textSiolicaris sandhya (Ranga Reddy, 2001) comb. nov. (Figs. 6 –10) Synonymy. Parastenocaris sandhya Ranga Reddy — Ranga Reddy (2001), Ranga Reddy & Defaye (2007), Ranga Reddy & Schminke (2008), Ranga Reddy & Defaye (2009). Material examined. 3 ♂ and 3 ♀♀. Illustrations based on 1 ♂ and 1 ♀ dissected and mounted on 7 slides each. Type locality. River Krishna at Vijayawada, South India (additional information in Ranga Reddy 2001). Emended description. Male. Integumental window visible only on cephalothorax (Fig. 6A, B). Furca (Figs. 6A) with 7 setae; setae I–III proximally inserted, anterior to seta VII; seta II reduced; seta IV subdistal, inserting dorsally, on the outer margin of furca; seta V inserting on the distal margin of furca; seta VI shorter than seta V, inserting beneath it; seta VII approximately of the same size as seta VI, socketed at basis and inserting dorsally, on inner margin of furca. A1 (Fig. 7A–C) haplocer, 8-segmented and prehensile, 7 th segment without a distal inner apophysis; armature beginning with proximal segment: 0/6/4/2 [1 hyaline spine (dotted structure) and 1 seta]/5+Ae/2 [1 hyaline spine (dotted structure) and 1 seta]/2 [1 hyaline spine (dotted structure) and 1 distal seta]/9+Ae. A2 (Fig. 7D) and Md (Fig. 7E) as described by Ranga Reddy (2001). Mx1 (Fig. 7F) praecoxal arthrite with 5 elements (1 dorsal surface seta, 3 claw-like pinnate spines and 1 slender seta), coxa with 1 seta, basis with 3 setae. Mx2 (Fig. 7G) basis with 2 endites, proximal endite with 1 seta, distal endite with 2 slender setae and 1 pinnate spine; proximal endopodal segment drawn into claw; distal endopodal segment with 2 setae. Mxp (Fig. 7H) subchelate, composed of syncoxa, basis with 1-segmented endopod fused to the claw-like apical seta. P1 (Fig. 7I) coxa bare, basis with outer seta and outer row of spinules, and row of spinules near the insertion of the enp. Exp 3-segmented, exp-1 with outer spine, exp-2 unarmed, exp-3 with 2 outer spines and 2 geniculate setae of different lengths; enp 2-segmented, slightly bent inwards; enp-1 as long as the combined length of first 2 exopodal segments, with 2 long spinules inserted at inner distal third, enp-2 with 1 outer spine and 1 geniculate seta. P2 (Fig. 8A–C) coxa bare; basis without outer seta, with outer pore and 1 row of spinules on outer margin; exp 3-segmented, exp-1 with long outer spine and hyaline frill on its distal inner corner; exp-2 without armature, with a distal row of long spinules and 3 superimposed series of long setules on inner margin; exp-3 with 3 setae, hyaline frill on distal inner corner, row of long spinules on outer distal corner and row of long setules proximally inserted on inner margin; enp 1-segmented, shorter than exp-1, obovate, with proximal and medial row of spinules, distally with long seta and large spinule with hyaline margin. P3 (Fig. 8D–F) coxa naked; basis subquadrate, with row of strong spinules on outer margin, near the insertion of outer seta and pore; apophysis elongate, with distal claw and distal hyaline round tip, 1 large, outer spinule near the insertion of thumb; thumb strong, longer than apophysis, with a broad basis; enp represented by small seta. P4 (Fig. 8G) coxa naked; basis with outer seta, pore, row of small spinules near the outer margin and row of small spinules near the insertion of enp; exp 3-segmented, exp-1 with outer spine and hyaline frill on distal inner corner; exp-2 without armature and with distal row of long spinules; exp-3 with 2 setae and hyaline frill on distal inner corner; enp much reduced in size, 1-segmented, digitiform, bare. P5 (Fig. 9A–C) trapezoidal, with slender inner process, connected by a small, triangular intercoxal plate. With a row of small spinules on inner margin and 4 setae, all distally inserted; proximal exopodal seta, adjacent to the outer basal seta tiny and inserted on a small protuberance. P6 (Fig. 9A–B) as described by Ranga Reddy (2001). Female. Sexually dimorphic in A1, P2–P5 and genital somite. Integumental window visible only on the cephalothorax (Fig. 6B). Furca (Fig. 6B, C, E) armature as in male; variation in furcal shape as described by Ranga Reddy (2001). Telson with ventral row of spinules near the insertion of each furcal ramus (Fig. 6D). FIGURE 10. Siolicaris sandhya (Ranga Reddy, 2001) comb. nov., female. A, A1; B, A1 segment V; C, A2; D, P1; E, P2; F, enp P2; G, inner seta exp-3 P2; H, P3; I, J, P4 basis with enp and partially drawn exp-1. Scale bar = 20 µm. A1 7-segmented (Fig. 10A), not geniculate; armature beginning with proximal segment as follows: 0/4/4/ 1+Ae/2/1/9+Ae. P2 (Fig. 10E–F) inner margin of exp-2–3 without the series of long setules present in males. Enp claviform, with distal row of spinules and distal seta. P3 (Fig. 10H) coxa bare. Basis with a long outer seta and inner row of spinules approximately where enp inserts in other species. Enp completely absent. Exp 2-segmented, exp-1 with outer spine and distally, with outer and inner row of small spinules; exp-2 with 2 distal setae, outer row of spinules and usual hyaline frill at distal inner corner. P4 (Fig. 10I) coxa, basis and exp as in the male, with minor differences in ornamentation; enp reduced in size, smaller than exp-1, 1-segmented, digitiform, bare. P5 (Fig. 9D) trapezoidal, with moderately pronounced inner process, 1 inner spinule and 3 setae, all distally inserted. Intercoxal sclerite not observed. P6 (Fig. 9D) formed by 2 lateral and unarmed plates covering the gonopore. Single medially located copulatory pore.Published as part of Reddy, Ranga & Arbizu, Martínez, 2012, Revision of the genus Siolicaris Jakobi, 1972, with redescriptions of S. sioli (Noodt, 1963) and S. jakobi (Noodt, 1963) from South America, and S. sandhya (Ranga Reddy, 2001) comb. nov. from India (Copepoda, Harpacticoida,, pp. 49-71 in Zootaxa 3493 on pages 59-6
Assessing sweet sorghum juice and syrup quality and fermentation efficiency
No full textSweet sorghum is a C4 crop with high photosynthetic efficiency with a unique
ability of high carbon assimilation (50 g m-2 day-1) and accumulates high
concentrations of easily fermentable sugars (glucose, fructose and sucrose)
in the stalks. Hence, it is widely believed that it is an alternate energy source
that is renewable, sustainable, efficient, cost-effective, convenient and safe to
use. Sucrose is the major sugar in sweet sorghum juice which constitutes up
to 85% of the total sugars (Woods 2000). The sugar yields ranged between
1.6 to 13.2 Mg ha-1, with significant variations observed between years and
regions (Jackson et al. 1980; Reddy et al. 2007; Zhao et al. 2009). The juice
sugar content is dependent on the crop stage, because fructose is more
abundant at the early development stage, whereas sucrose tends to be
dominant after heading (Sipos et al. 2009). The sweet sorghum juice sugar
content ranged from 10 to 25 Brix% at maturity (Reddy et al. 2007; Ritter
et al. 2004). Research at the International Crops Research Institute for the
Semi-Arid-Tropics (ICRISAT) showed that sweet sorghum juice yield ranges
between 16.8 to 27.2 m3 ha-1 (Reddy et al. 2007) and accrues about 23%
additional returns vis-à-vis grain sorghum (Rao et al. 2009)
Andropogon campbellii U. B. Deshmukh, M. B. Shende & E. S. Reddy 2022, nom. nov.
No full textAndropogon campbellii U.B. Deshmukh, M. B. Shende & E. S. Reddy nom. nov. Replaced name:— Andropogon decipiens (Campbell) E. Bridges & Orzell, J. Bot. Res. Inst. Texas 14(2):214.2020, nom. illeg., non A. decipiens (Hack.) Domin, Bibliotheca Botanica 20(Heft 85, 2): 266. 1915. Type:—TYPE: U.S.A., Florida, Martin County, Jonathan Dickinson State Park, more or less open pine flatwoods, 16 Oct 1977, Campbell 3870 (holotype: GH; isotypes: DUKE, FLAS, FSU, GA, MAINE, MISSA, MISSI, TAES, TENN, USF, VDB); Highlands County, Archbold Biological Station, sandy soil of scrublands, 15 Sep 1977, Campbell 3747 (paratypes: CEN, F, GH, NY, US). Distribution:— USA (Florida) Eponymy:— The specific epithet honors the Professor Christopher S. Campbell, School of Biology and Ecology, University of Maine, Orono, Maine 04469, USA.Published as part of Deshmukh, Umakant Bhoopati, Shende, Mukund Bapurao & Reddy, Eanguwar Srinivas, 2022, A new replacing name for Andropogon decipiens (Campbell) E. Bridges & Orzell (Poaceae: Andropogoneae), pp. 111 in Phytotaxa 530 (1) on page 111, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.530.1.10, http://zenodo.org/record/582385
Measurement of the CP-violating phase \phi s in Bs->J/\psi\pi+\pi- decays
No full textMeasurement of the mixing-induced CP-violating phase phi_s in Bs decays is of prime importance in probing new physics. Here 7421 +/- 105 signal events from the dominantly CP-odd final state J/\psi pi+ pi- are selected in 1/fb of pp collision data collected at sqrt{s} = 7 TeV with the LHCb detector. A time-dependent fit to the data yields a value of phi_s=-0.019^{+0.173+0.004}_{-0.174-0.003} rad, consistent with the Standard Model expectation. No evidence of direct CP violation is found
Observations of Bºs→ψ(2S)η and Bº(s)→ψ(2S)π+π- decays
No full textFirst observations of the B0s
→ψ(2S)η, B0 →ψ(2S)π
+
π
− and B0s
→ψ(2S)π
+
π
− decays are made
using a dataset corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 1.0 fb−1 collected by the LHCb experiment in
proton–proton collisions at a centre-of-mass energy of
√
s = 7 TeV. The ratios of the branching fractions
of each of the ψ(2S) modes with respect to the corresponding J/ψ decays are
B(B0s
→ψ(2S)η)
÷
B(B0s
→J/ψη)
= 0.83± 0.14 (stat)±0.12 (syst) ±0.02 (B),
;
B(B0→ψ(2S)π
+
π
−
)
÷
B(B0→J/ψπ
+
π
−
)
= 0.56± 0.07 (stat)±0.05 (syst)± 0.01 (B),
;
B(B0s
→ψ(2S)π
+
π
−
)
÷
B(B0s
→J/ψπ
+
π
−
)
= 0.34± 0.04 (stat)±0.03 (syst)± 0.01 (B),
where the third uncertainty corresponds to the uncertainties of the dilepton branching fractions of the J/ψ
and ψ(2S) meson decays
Measurement of the ratio of prompt χ c to J / ψ production in pp collisions at √s = 7 TeV
No full textThe prompt production of charmonium χ c and J / ψ states is studied in proton-proton collisions at a centre-of-mass energy of √s = 7 TeV at the Large Hadron Collider. The χ c and J / ψ mesons are identified through their decays χ c → J / ψ γ and J / ψ → μ + μ - using 36 pb - 1 of data collected by the LHCb detector in 2010. The ratio of the prompt production cross-sections for χ c and J / ψ, σ (χ c → J / ψ γ) / σ (J / ψ), is determined as a function of the J / ψ transverse momentum in the range 2 < p T J / ψ < 15 GeV / c. The results are in excellent agreement with next-to-leading order non-relativistic expectations and show a significant discrepancy compared with the colour singlet model prediction at leading order, especially in the low p T J / ψ region
Smarandache Directionally n-Signed Graphs — A Survey
No full textFor graph theory terminology and notation in this paper we follow the book [3]. All graphs considered here are finite and simple. There are two ways of labeling the edges of a graph by an ordered n-tuple (a1, a2, · · · , an
Caracterização agroclimática do Estado da Bahia: probabilidades do balanço hídrico mensal.
No full textEste estudo apresenta uma caracterização climática do Estado da Bahia, utilizando probabilidades do balanço hídrico mensal. Na estimativa da probabilidade, dados de precipitação mensal de um período de 15 anos ou mais foram utilizados. A análise foi efetuada para 196 locais. Os valroes de evapotranspiração potencial para anos individuais, foram calculados utilizando a metodologia de Reddy * Amorim Neto (1983) e Reddy (1979). A técnica do balanço hídrico mensal de Thornthwaite & Mather (1955 e 1957) com algumas modificações foi utilizada na estimativa da evapotranspiração real, deficit hídrico e escorrimento superficial (runnoff). Com estes parametros, a probabilidade do déficit hídrico relativo a evapotranspiração potencial, e, do runnoff sob diferentes classes para cada mês, foi calculada e apresentada em tabelas para os 196 locais. A distruibuição espacial das médias e desvios padrões dos períodos úmidos, moderadamente úmidos e secos; o início do período úmido e moderadamente úmido e as probabilidades do período úmido com ... 3 meses; do período seco maior ou igual a 4 meses consecutivos e o período moderadamente úmido maior ou igual a 4 meses, foram graficamente descritas. A variação temporal da média móvel do período úmido de alguns locais são também apresentadas. Estes padrões demonstram claramente a não homogeneidade na série de dados de alguns locais. Para estes locais os resultados são completamente ambíguos
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