Development Of West Indies College, 1907-1960: A Historical Study

Problem There is no written history of West Indies College (WIC). What little is cited in periodicals, magazines, Palm Leaves, and other sources about this institution is insignificant, incomplete, and sometimes incorrect. For over half a century, WIC has been preparing workers for the Seventh-day Adventist Church. Until 1984, however, no comprehensive history was written on the development of this important institution of higher learning. Method The documentary-historical method was employed in this research. Books, periodicals, school bulletins, unpublished manuscripts, board minutes, school reports and agendas, school calendars, private files, correspondence, and other relevant documents as well as oral interviews were used to gather information. Conclusions The following conclusions were made: (1) WIC began in a critical time in the history of education in Jamaica. (2) WIC was different from existing schools in scope and curriculum. (3) The first attempts to establish WIC were unsuccessful. (4) The pioneers sacrificed much for the establishment and development of WIC. (5) The pioneers of WIC learned from their mistakes. (6) WIC contributed to the development of its immediate community. (7) West Indian Training School (WITS) began as an industrial school at a time when the people of Jamaica perceived manual training as an effort to restrict them to the lower level of society. (8) Ideological differences concerning the direction of the school and curriculum retarded the early progress of WIC. (9) WIC survived the economic depression of the 1930s although at times the school was beset with serious enrollment and economic problems. (10) The industries were financial assets to the college except for infrequent periods of difficulty. (11) Teachers and students fostered a spirit of togetherness and concern for one another in a family relationship on the campus of WIC. (12) West Indian Training College (WITC) was beset with financial difficulties at times, but with the assistance of the higher organizations it was able to surmount its problems. (13) Professionalization of the curriculum became more apparent in the late 1950s

Model Infiltrasi pada Berbagai Penggunaan Lahan di Desa Tulo Kecamatan Dolo Kabupaten Sigi

This study aims to determine the model of infiltration at a variety of land uses (land palm plantations, cocoa plantation land, wetland and shrub land) in the village of Tulo, District Dolo, Sigi. Data analysis infiltration rate equation model Horton. Infiltration rate measurements in the field using a double ring infiltrometer are embedded into the ground and then ring in the contents above water until the boundary line. Observation of decreased water level in measuring each interval of 10, 20,30,40,50,60 minutes. Measurement of infiltration repeated three times for each land use. The results showed that the model of infiltration in oil plantation area that is f = 8,2 + (10 – 8,2) e-2,64t, on a cocoa plantation land is f = 8 + (10 - 8) e-2,68t, in paddy fields, namely f = 9,23 + (10 – 9,23) e-5,20t and the shrub land is f = 4 + (10 - 4) e-2,96t. Infiltration in the shrub land quite a bit faster in the amount of 6,56 cm/hour, on a cocoa plantation land classified as being in the amount of 2,06 cm/hour, on a coconut plantation land and wetland quite a bit slower with the infiltration rate of the soil palm plantations amounted to 1,87 cm/hour and a wetland of 0,87 cm/hour

Status Keberlanjutan Sistem Pengembangan Penyuluhan Perikanan Era Desentralisasi di Indonesia

This examination forwarded to identify the kind of atributes that reflecting the fisheries exten-sion development and analizing the fisheries present status in some region in Indonesia. Data collecting method implemented during the field survey process, and also literature tracement as the secondary date. This study employs the multi dimensional scaling for the analizing method as the examination of the fisheries present status. Based on the result we know that the sustainability sta-tus of fisheries extension system in decentralize circumstance majority in sustainable condition, except on equipment dimension

Activity and Process Stability of Purified Green Pepper (Capsicum annuum) Pectin Methylesterase

Pectin methylesterase (PME) from green bell peppers (Capsicum annuum) was extracted and purified by affinity chromatography on a CNBr-Sepharose-PMEI column. A single protein peak with pectin methylesterase activity was observed. For the pepper PME, a biochemical characterization in terms of molar mass (MM), isoelectric points (pI), and kinetic parameters for activity and thermostability was performed. The optimum pH for PME activity at 22 °C was 7.5, and its optimum temperature at neutral pH was between 52.5 and 55.0 °C. The purified pepper PME required the presence of 0.13 M NaCl for optimum activity. Isothermal inactivation of purified pepper PME in 20 mM Tris buffer (pH 7.5) could be described by a fractional conversion model for lower temperatures (55?57 °C) and a biphasic model for higher temperatures (58?70 °C). The enzyme showed a stable behavior toward high-pressure/temperature treatments. Keywords: Capsicum annuum; pepper; pectin methylesterase; purification; characterization; thermal and high-pressure stabilit

BSGatlas : a unified Bacillus subtilis genome and transcriptome annotation atlas with enhanced information access

A large part of our current understanding of gene regulation in Gram-positive bacteria is based on Bacillus subtilis , as it is one of the most well studied bacterial model systems. The rapid growth in data concerning its molecular and genomic biology is distributed across multiple annotation resources. Consequently, the interpretation of data from further B. subtilis experiments becomes increasingly challenging in both low- and large-scale analyses. Additionally, B. subtilis annotation of structured RNA and non-coding RNA (ncRNA), as well as the operon structure, is still lagging behind the annotation of the coding sequences. To address these challenges, we created the B. subtilis genome atlas, BSGatlas, which integrates and unifies multiple existing annotation resources. Compared to any of the individual resources, the BSGatlas contains twice as many ncRNAs, while improving the positional annotation for 70 % of the ncRNAs. Furthermore, we combined known transcription start and termination sites with lists of known co-transcribed gene sets to create a comprehensive transcript map. The combination with transcription start/termination site annotations resulted in 717 new sets of co-transcribed genes and 5335 untranslated regions (UTRs). In comparison to existing resources, the number of 5′ and 3′ UTRs increased nearly fivefold, and the number of internal UTRs doubled. The transcript map is organized in 2266 operons, which provides transcriptional annotation for 92 % of all genes in the genome compared to the at most 82 % by previous resources. We predicted an off-target-aware genome-wide library of CRISPR–Cas9 guide RNAs, which we also linked to polycistronic operons. We provide the BSGatlas in multiple forms: as a website (https://rth.dk/resources/bsgatlas/), an annotation hub for display in the UCSC genome browser, supplementary tables and standardized GFF3 format, which can be used in large scale -omics studies. By complementing existing resources, the BSGatlas supports analyses of the B. subtilis genome and its molecular biology with respect to not only non-coding genes but also genome-wide transcriptional relationships of all genes

Tools and data services registry: a community effort to document bioinformatics resources.

Life sciences are yielding huge data sets that underpin scientific discoveries fundamental to improvement in human health, agriculture and the environment. In support of these discoveries, a plethora of databases and tools are deployed, in technically complex and diverse implementations, across a spectrum of scientific disciplines. The corpus of documentation of these resources is fragmented across the Web, with much redundancy, and has lacked a common standard of information. The outcome is that scientists must often struggle to find, understand, compare and use the best resources for the task at hand.Here we present a community-driven curation effort, supported by ELIXIR-the European infrastructure for biological information-that aspires to a comprehensive and consistent registry of information about bioinformatics resources. The sustainable upkeep of this Tools and Data Services Registry is assured by a curation effort driven by and tailored to local needs, and shared amongst a network of engaged partners.As of November 2015, the registry includes 1785 resources, with depositions from 126 individual registrations including 52 institutional providers and 74 individuals. With community support, the registry can become a standard for dissemination of information about bioinformatics resources: we welcome everyone to join us in this common endeavour. The registry is freely available at https://bio.tools