Reviewing media literacy intervention studies for validity

This study is an examination of validity in published articles that have provided tests of the effectiveness of media literacy interventions. We identified 88 published tests of media literacy interventions then analyzed their content using five coding variables that indicated the degree to which authors of those studies established basic validity. We first conducted a meaning analysis to identify the definitions that authors of those studies presented for media literacy. Then we used those definitions to determine the extent to which those authors provided a complete (content validity) and accurate (face validity) operationalization in the design of their measures

Statistical Methodology for Optimal Sensor Locations for Damage Detection in Structures

A Bayesian statistical methodology is presented for optimally locating the sensors in a structure for the purpose of extracting the most information about the model parameters which can be used in model updating and in damage detection and localization. This statistical approach properly handles the unavoidable uncertainties in the measured data as well as the uncertainties in the mathematical model used to represent the structural behavior. The optimality criterion for the sensor locations is based on information entropy which is a measure of the uncertainty in the model parameters. The uncertainty in these parameters is computed by the Bayesian statistical methodology and then the entropy measure is minimized over the set of possible sensor configurations using a genetic algorithm. Results presented illustrate how both the minimum entropy of the parameters and the optimal sensor configuration depend on the location of sensors, number of sensors, number and type of contributing modes and the structural parameterization (substructuring) scheme used

Behind the painting by A.C. Littleton in Shanghai

On June 2, 2015, I was given a tour of the China Accounting Museum (opened in November 2013) at the Lixin School of Accounting in Shanghai. In its International Hall, I came face to face with an oil painting by A.C. Littleton, “my” Littleton. Perhaps in a breach of protocol, I requested my host, Professor Song Xiaoming, to take the painting down from the wall to verify the authenticity of my claim. “There is a word ‘Wood’ on the backside,” I told him. He obliged: sure enough, inscribed in pencil were the words “after Robert Wood”. I explained that Littleton painted by the number, i.e. following numbered instructions, and therefore did not want to sign his own name. They seemed as surprised as I was, for the painting was donated by Pro-fessor Qu Xiaohui of Xiamen University. Following is the story behind the painting being at the museum

As NICSPs e a Contabilidade Governamental de Países em Desenvolvimento

With the purpose of reaching ambitious socioeconomic goals, developing countries need to evolve their institutional capacity in the public sector to establish and implement public policies, which, on their turn, prescind a reform in its government accounting. The social value of reform in government accounting lies, therefore, in its contribution to the development goals, including decrease of poverty. This grounding has lead international and multilateral donors and funders to endorse the International Public Sector Accounting Standards (IPSAS) and its compliance by developing countries. The emphasis on ensuring financial integrity and the change to the accrual accounting can make the IPSAS more useful in reforming the public accounting in developing countries.Con el objetivo de alcanzar metas socioeconómicas ambiciosas, países en vías de desarrollo precisan desarrollar capacidad institucional en el sector público para establecer e implementar políticas públicas, las cuales, por su vez, prescinden de una reforma en su contabilidad gubernamental. El valor social de la reforma en la contabilidad gubernamental reposa, por tanto, en su contribución para las metas de desarrollo, inclusive de reducción de la pobreza. Esa fundamentación ha conducido a los donadores y a los financiadores internacionales y multilaterales a endosar las Normas Internacionales de Contabilidad para el Sector Público (NICSPs) y su adopción en países en vías de desarrollo. El énfasis en asegurar la integridad financiera y la mudanza para el régimen de competencia puede tornar las NICSPs más útiles en la reforma de la contabilidad pública en países en vías de desarrollo.Com o objetivo de alcançarem metas socioeconômicas ambiciosas, países em desenvolvimento precisam desenvolver capacidade institucional no setor público para estabelecer e implementar políticas públicas, as quais, por sua vez, prescindem de uma reforma na sua contabilidade governamental. O valor social da reforma na contabilidade governamental repousa, portanto, na sua contribuição para as metas de desenvolvimento, inclusive de redução da pobreza. Essa fundamentação tem conduzido os doadores e os financiadores internacionais e multilaterais a endossar as Normas Internacionais de Contabilidade para o Setor Público (NICSPs) e a sua adoção em países em desenvolvimento. A ênfase em assegurar a integridade financeira e a mudança para o regime de competência pode tornar as NICSPs mais úteis na reforma da contabilidade pública em países em desenvolvimento

Management of Patients on Nonsteroidal Anti-inflammatory Drugs: A Clinical Practice Recommendation From the First International Working Party on Gastrointestinal and Cardiovascular Effects of Nonsteroidal Anti-inflammatory Drugs and Anti-platelet Agents

Peer Reviewedhttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/72218/1/j.1572-0241.2008.02200.x.pd

Mutant huntingtin enhances activation of dendritic Kv4 K+ channels in striatal spiny projection neurons

Huntington\u27s disease (HD) is initially characterized by an inability to suppress unwanted movements, a deficit attributable to impaired synaptic activation of striatal indirect pathway spiny projection neurons (iSPNs). To better understand the mechanisms underlying this deficit, striatal neurons in ex vivo brain slices from mouse genetic models of HD were studied using electrophysiological, optical and biochemical approaches. Distal dendrites of iSPNs from symptomatic HD mice were hypoexcitable, a change that was attributable to increased association of dendritic Kv4 potassium channels with auxiliary KChIP subunits. This association was negatively modulated by TrkB receptor signaling. Dendritic excitability of HD iSPNs was rescued by knocking-down expression of Kv4 channels, by disrupting KChIP binding, by restoring TrkB receptor signaling or by lowering mutant-Htt (mHtt) levels with a zinc finger protein. Collectively, these studies demonstrate that mHtt induces reversible alterations in the dendritic excitability of iSPNs that could contribute to the motor symptoms of HD

Performance Measures Using Electronic Health Records: Five Case Studies

Presents the experiences of five provider organizations in developing, testing, and implementing four types of electronic quality-of-care indicators based on EHR data. Discusses challenges, and compares results with those from traditional indicators

Meson Decay Constants from Isospin Mass Splittings in the Quark Model

Decay constants of $D$ and $B$ mesons are estimated within the framework of a heavy-quark approach using measured isospin mass splittings in the $D$, $D^*$, and $B$ states to isolate the electromagnetic hyperfine interaction between quarks. The values $f_D = (262 \pm 29)$ MeV and $f_B = (160 \pm 17)$ MeV are obtained. Only experimental errors are given; possible theoretical ambiguities, and suggestions for reducing them, are noted.Comment: 7 pages, LaTeX, EFI-92-3

From Memorization to Discovery in American Accounting Education

由厦门大学会计发展研究中心提供的第四届会计与财务问题国际研讨会——会计教育改革与发展论文集中的第一部分：会计教育一般0