Capturing the Essential Elements

When a program with demonstrated effectiveness is expanded, knowing how it works and why it works the way it does is an indispensable first step in preserving its quality. This report draws on P/PV's experience with different programs to show how to define a model's essential elements to increase the chances of successful replication. It contains lessons for program developers, funders and practitioners interested in adopting model programs

World Religions and Ecology Series, Cassell in association with the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF UK): Hinduism and Ecology: Seeds of Truth; Buddhism and Ecology; Judaism and Ecology; Islam and Ecology ; and Christianity and Ecology (Book Review)

These are very welcome titles from WWF UK's expanding range of environmental materials with a focus on religious education. In general the books highlight both doctrine and action, providing a future agenda for further development. There are no books with Sikh or Bahá’í perspectives ...Overall, the series gives a positive impression of the contribution religion could make in future environmental protection. Religions may have in them the seeds of future hope - if only they reshape their agendas to allow principles to address new circumstances where their respective historic traditions do not offer solutions. Plus later postscript

An Incident in Pocheon: The Death of Sapper Gilles Ducasse

The Canadian War Museum supports developmental research. This article is a by-product of the author’s continuing research into Canadian casualty records of the Korean War. This research helps to create a better picture of the makeup of the Canadian Army Special Force in Korea. When completed, it will shed greater light on when, where, and under what circumstances the 516 Canadians who are listed in the Korean War Book of Remembrance died. The research consists of a full review of the service records of Canadian military personnel who died in Korea or in support of the war from 1950 to 1956. The atip division of the Library and Archives Canada has generously supported this research through conducting speedy review and release of the necessary files. The author would like to thank Lesley Bilton-Bravo, Mike Abbots, Marc Frêve, and Le Phung for their work in providing access to the records and for screening the files for sensitive personal information. Le Musée canadien de la guerre soutient les recherches en matière de développement. Découlant des recherches assidues de l’auteur sur les archives canadiennes des victimes de la Guerre de Corée, cet article précise la nature de la force spéciale canadienne en Corée. À terme, il jettera un éclairage nouveau sur les 516 Canadiens figurant au livre du souvenir de la Guerre de Corée, précisant le moment, l’endroit et les circonstances de leur décès. Cette recherche consiste en un examen complet des dossiers du personnel militaire canadien mort en Corée ou en service pour cette guerre, entre 1950 et 1956. La division aiprp de Bibliothèque et Archives Canada a généreusement soutenu cette recherche en étudiant et partageant rapidement les dossiers nécessaires. L’auteur aimerait remercier Lesley Bilton-Bravo, Mike Abbotts, Marc Frêve, et Le Phung de lui avoir donné accès aux dossiers, tout en protégeant les informations personnelles de nature confidentielle

A Migration Study of \u3ci\u3eStelidota Geminata\u3c/i\u3e (Coleoptera: Nitidulidae)

The strawberry sap beetle, Stelidota geminata (Say), is a major pest of strawberries in the northeastern United States. Further knowledge of the migratory habits of this insect pest can enhance the effectiveness of pest management strategies. This nitidulid was shown to migrate from its overwintering sites to one of its primary reproductive sites, strawberry fields, in late May. The beetle population peaked in the third week in July, 1993 in the strawberry field and then gradually declined. In 1994, the peak, as well as the total population, was much greater than in 1993. Furthermore, S. geminata was concentrated in the transition areas surrounding the strawberry fields prior to the ripening of the fruit

Additional Material Culture Remains from the Bowles Creek Site (41CE475) in Cherokee County, Texas

The Bowles Creek site is on a low alluvial rise in the Bowles Creek floodplain; Bowles Creek is a southward-flowing tributary of the Neches River. Stingley found the site in early 2015 during a surface walk over, when Caddo ceramic sherds were noted in a number of gopher mounds. He excavated a number of shovel tests (n=13) and three units (generally 1 x 1 m in size); the units were excavated to between 50-80 cm bs. The site covers at least an estimated 55 m (east-west) x 20 m (north-south) area. The initial archaeological investigations at the Bowles Creek site recovered 617 ceramic sherds, of which 461 were decorated. The plain to decorated sherd ratio in the assemblage was 0.34. Almost 69 percent of the sherds were from utility ware jars, including sherds from Bullard Brushed, Spradley Brushed-Incised, Killough Pinched, and Lindsey Grooved vessels, and ca. 91 percent of the sherds from the site were from grog-tempered vessels, including sherds from vessels tempered with both grog and bone. Approximately 10 percent of the sherds were from bone-tempered vessels. Sherds from both Patton Engraved (n=4) and Poynor Engraved (n=6) vessels were present in the Bowles Creek site fine wares, along with one trailed sherd. The character of the recovered ceramics from the site suggest the ancestral Caddo occupation dated after ca. A.D. 1650, in the Allen phase, although the occurrence of both Poynor Engraved and Patton Engraved sherds in the assemblage may indicate that the site was also used by Caddo peoples sometime before A.D. 1650, perhaps between ca. A.D. 1560-1650 in the latter part of the Frankston phase. A single radiocarbon date has been obtained on a piece of animal bone from Unit 3, 40-50 cm bs, at the site. The radiocarbon age of one AMS sample from the Bowles Creek site is 410 + 24 years B.P. (D-AMS 11799), or A.D. 1540 + 24. The 2 sigma calibration (95 percent probability) of this radiocarbon age, using IntCal13, is A.D. 1525 + 84. This result further suggests that there are Frankston phase (ca. A.D. 1400-1650) archaeological deposits preserved at the site. An additional sample of material culture remains from the Bowles Creek site was obtained by Stingley in July and August 2015, primarily from areas recently disturbed by wild hogs. These remains are the subject of this article

Hubungan antara efikasi kendiri dan kemahiran belajar dalam kalangan pelajar kejuruteraan

Tujuan kajian ini adalah untuk mengenal pasti hubungan antara tahap efikasi kendiri dan kemahiran belajar dalam kalangan pelajar kejuruteraan. Populasi kajian merupakan pelajar Sarjana Muda Kejuruteraan UTHM. Sampel kajian telah dipilih dari kalangan pelajar Sarjana Muda Kejuruteraan Elektrik dan Elektronik, Sarjana Muda Kejuruteraan Awam dan Alam Sekitar dan Sarjana Muda Kejuruteraan Mekanikal dan Pembuatan. Sampel bagi kajian ini ialah seramai 246 responden yang terdiri daripada 165 orang pelajar lelaki dan 81 orang pelajar perempuan iaitu daripada pelbagai peringkat tahun pengajian. Sampel yang dipilih merupakan persampelan secara rawak. Reka bentuk kajian ini merupakan kajian korelasi kerana ingin melihat hubungan di antara pembolehubah-pembolehubah yang terlibat. Kajian ini berbentuk deskriptif dan dengan menggunakan instrumen Self-Efficacy and Study Skill atau SESS skala lima mata bagi mengukur tahap efikasi kendiri dan kemahiran belajar pelajar. Nilai pekali alpha Cronbach untuk konstruk efikasi kendiri adalah α = 0.88 manakala bagi konstruk kemahiran belajar adalah α = 0.89. Dapatan kajian mendapati terdapat perbezaan yang signifikan antara pelajar lelaki dan pelajar perempuan dari segi tahap efikasi kendiri. Pelajar perempuan dilihat mempunyai efikasi kendiri yang lebih tinggi dengan (min = 141.94) berbanding pelajar lelaki dengan (min = 114.45). Selain itu, didapati juga bahawa wujud hubungan korelasi positif yang kuat di antara tahap efikasi kendiri dan kemahiran belajar dalam kalangan pelajar kejuruteraan. Sebagai kesimpulan, hasil kajian menunjukkan bahawa sekiranya efikasi kendiri meningkat, maka kemahiran belajar juga akan turut meningka

User - Thesaurus Interaction in a Web-Based Database: An Evaluation of Users' Term Selection Behaviour

A major challenge faced by users during the information search and retrieval process is the selection of search terms for query formulation and expansion. Thesauri are recognised as one source of search terms which can assist users in query construction and expansion. As the number of electronic thesauri attached to information retrieval systems has grown, a range of interface facilities and features have been developed to aid users in formulating their queries. The pilot study reported here aimed to explore and evaluate how a thesaurus-enhanced search interface assisted end-users in selecting search terms. Specifically, it focused on the evaluation of users' attitudes toward both the thesaurus and its interface as tools for facilitating search term selection for query expansion. Thesaurusbased searching and browsing behaviours adopted by users while interacting with a thesaurus-enhanced search interface were also examined