Linfield College: Study Abroad in France

This letter from returnee Caya (Claudia) Sanz de Santamaría explains the value of studying abroad in France

Policy Challenges and Opportunities in Closing the Racial/Ethnic Divide in Health Care

Explores challenges and opportunities in addressing racial and ethnic disparities in health care, including raising public and provider awareness; improving healthcare quality and insurance coverage; and providing access in underserved communities

Urban Criminality along the Course of History, with Special Emphasis on Istanbul

The city of Istanbul historically witnessed many cases of violence The nature of the violence changed with times and its aggravation had seasons while some violence was almost always present in some form or another Being a cosmopolitan urban center violence seems to be one of the additives in the city s very essence and natur

Young Moslem-Populated-Turkey in Face of the Christain-European-Union

AbstractTurkey has been struggling for accession into the European Union for nearly half a century. The process is a slow one marked with stagnation periods. Some think that the actual reason for temporizing Turkey's proceeding on the way to Europe is sheer religion difference. Others are of the opinion that shortcomings of Turkey were responsible and her predominantly Moslem population is irrelevant

The Morozov Discrepancy Principle for the Elliptic Inverse Problem

Inverse problems of parameter identification and source identification in partial differential equations are highly ill-posed problems and for their satisfactory theoretical and numerical treatment some sort of regularization is necessary. In this thesis, we pose this inverse problem as an optimization problem and perform the regularization in Tikhonov sense. The most crucial aspect of the study of the regularized optimization problem is a proper selection of the regularization parameter. Although the theory for one of the most efficient methods for choosing an optimal regularization parameter, the so-called Morozov discrepancy principle, is well-developed for linear inverse problems, its use for nonlinear inverse problems is rather heuristic. In this thesis, we investigate the inverse problem of parameter identification using an equation error approach in which the coefficient appear linearly. Using the results known for linear inverse problems, we develop a rigorous Morozov discrepancy principle for nonlinear inverse problems. We present a detailed computational experimentation to test the feasibility of the developed approach. We also study the inverse problem of source identification in fourth-order boundary value problem

Pembelajaran Kontekstual IPA melalui Outdoor Learning di SDN 1 Keruak Lombok Timur

This study aims to describe and analyze contextual science learning at SDN 1 Keruak, describe and analyze outdoor learning at SDN 1 Keruak, and describe and analyze contextual science learning through outdoor learning at SDN 1 Keruak. This study used a qualitative approach with case study design. The data was collected by means of interview, observation, and documentation techniques. Data analysis techniques include data reduction, data presentation, and drawing conclusions, checking the validity of the findings by extending the participation of researchers and triangulation. Research informants were the principal, educators and students. The results showed that: (1) science learning using contextual learning models could improve students' understanding of concepts. Because in the application of the contextual learning model, the teacher connects the knowledge obtained by students with the knowledge that students have previously had and the teacher also connects the material with the real world of students, namely by bringing objects that they often encounter to be used as learning media so that it can help facilitate students in conceptualizing science material; (2) the outdoor learning approach is an alternative science learning that is in accordance with the spirit of learning science, namely how to find out and develop students' scientific skills. In addition, through the outdoor learning approach, various potential students have the opportunity to develop more optimally because there is real interaction between students and the real world; and (3) contextual learning in science learning is not only carried out in the classroom (Indoor), but mostly done outside the classroom (Outdoor). So that students more easily understand the material that has been delivered by the teacher, students can more quickly grasp the meaning of science learning, students do meaningful work, students are able to work together in groups, and students are more critical and creative in reporting in science learning

Budaya Literasi dalam Pembentukan Karakter Muslim dengan Kajian Tokoh

The emergence of the literacy movement in the community from the RT to the provincial level has made this movement not only accommodated and driven by the government but also fostered by some literacy communities themselves. Campus as an academician is related to students, especially in responding to the positive trends that are currently developing in society. Remembering that students are symbols of academics, youth, agents of change, agents of change, which are engraved as reminders. The campus world that encourages students to be rich, at least paper assignments and presentations are at least a trigger for literacy awareness. The academy world will encourage students to work, in the form of paper assignments and presentations, at least to trigger awareness of the importance of literacy. One of the literacy cultures towards students is through an intensive teaching process in Arabic at STIT Palapa Nusantara which is designed to foster Muslim character who has the nature, peaceful attitude, and strength of religion-based character. This begins with introducing the literacy tradition of Muslim figures such as Rasulullah, Ibrahim, Yusuf, Maryam, Hajar, Asiyah and others. Literacy is sourced from the Koran and other sources to provide knowledge to students about Islam, peace and the strength of character based on faith. Literacy and character growth are very important because they are in a phase of growth of brilliant and mature thinking. It is hoped that it will direct their thoughts and activities towards positive ones and reflect peace as the spirit of Isla

Urban Criminality along the Course of History, with Special Emphasis on Istanbul

The city of Istanbul historically witnessed many cases of violence The nature of the violence changed with times and its aggravation had seasons while some violence was almost always present in some form or another Being a cosmopolitan urban center violence seems to be one of the additives in the city s very essence and natur

Enemy within the gates : reasons for the invasive success of a guppy population (Poecilia reticulata) in Trinidad

The invasion of individuals into new habitats can pose a major threat to native species and to biodiversity itself. However, the consequences of invasions for native populations that are not fully reproductively isolated from their invaders are not yet well explored. Here I chose the Trinidadian guppy, Poecilia reticulata, to investigate how different population traits shaped the outcome of Haskins's introduction, a well-documented invasion of Guanapo river guppies into the Turure river. I especially concentrated on the importance of behaviour for invasive success. I investigated if the spread of Guanapo guppies is due to superiority in behaviour, life-history and/or genetics, or if the outcome of this translocation is due to chance. Despite the fact that by today the invasive front has passed the Turure's confluence with the River Quare many kilometres downstream of the introduction site, and the original genotype only survives in small percentages, as was revealed by genetic analysis in this and other studies, no obvious differences between invasive and native populations could be detected in any of the tested behavioural, life-history and genetic traits. When tested for mate choice, neither Guanapo nor Oropuche (Turure) males seemed to be able to distinguish between the population origin of females, but courted and mated at random. At the same time, females did not prefer to school with individuals of the same population over schooling with more distantly related females. The formation of mixed schools after an invasive event is therefore likely. Because female guppies showed a very low willingness to mate, even after having been separated from males for up to six months, sperm transfer through forced copulations will become more important. Taken together, these behaviours could increase the speed of population mixing after an invasion without the need for behavioural superiority of the invasive population. When tested for their schooling abilities, offspring of mixed parentage, in contrast to pure breds, displayed a large amount of variety in the time they spent schooling, a circumstance that can potentially influence survival rates and therefore the direction of gene pool mixing. Guanapo fish did not show reproductive superiority in a mesocosm experiment, where both populations were mixed in different proportions. On the contrary, in two out of three mixed treatments, the amount of Oropuche (Turure) alleles was significantly higher than expected from the proportion of initially stocked fish. The almost complete absence of distinguishable traits other than genetic variation between the examined populations that belong to different drainage systems, opposes the recent split of the guppy into two different species following drainage system borders, as is argued in this thesis. However, the successful invasion of the Turure by Guanapo guppies and the nearly entire disappearance of the original population can be explained in absence of differing population traits. Here I demonstrate how behavioural and genetic interactions between subspecies influence the outcome of biological invasions and second, how factors other than population traits, such as the geographic situation, can produce an advantageous situation for the invader even in the absence of population differences