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Herd Management Milk Analysis: Jersey versus Holstein and Between Lab Agreement of Results
Teachers' classroom feedback: still trying to get it right
This article examines feedback traditionally given by teachers in schools. Such feedback tends to focus on children's acquisition and retrieval of externally prescribed knowledge which is then assessed against mandated tests. It suggests that, from a sociocultural learning perspective, feedback directed towards such objectives may limit children's social development. In this article, I draw on observation and interview data gathered from a group of 27 9- to 10-year olds in a UK primary school. These data illustrate the children's perceived need to conform to, rather than negotiate, the teacher's feedback comments. They highlight the children's sense that the teacher's feedback relates to school learning but not to their own interests. The article also includes alternative examples of feedback which draw on children's own inquiries and which relate to the social contexts within which, and for whom, they act. It concludes by suggesting that instead of looking for the right answer to the question of what makes teachers' feedback effective in our current classrooms, a more productive question might be how a negotiation can be opened up among teachers and learners themselves, about how teachers' feedback could support children's learning most appropriately
Modelling Technical and Biological Effects in scRNA-seq data with Scalable GPLVMs
Single-cell RNA-seq datasets are growing in size and complexity, enabling the
study of cellular composition changes in various biological/clinical contexts.
Scalable dimensionality reduction techniques are in need to disentangle
biological variation in them, while accounting for technical and biological
confounders. In this work, we extend a popular approach for probabilistic
non-linear dimensionality reduction, the Gaussian process latent variable
model, to scale to massive single-cell datasets while explicitly accounting for
technical and biological confounders. The key idea is to use an augmented
kernel which preserves the factorisability of the lower bound allowing for fast
stochastic variational inference. We demonstrate its ability to reconstruct
latent signatures of innate immunity recovered in Kumasaka et al. (2021) with
9x lower training time. We further analyze a COVID dataset and demonstrate
across a cohort of 130 individuals, that this framework enables data
integration while capturing interpretable signatures of infection.
Specifically, we explore COVID severity as a latent dimension to refine patient
stratification and capture disease-specific gene expression.Comment: Machine Learning and Computational Biology Symposium (Oral), 202
Gravitational Microlensing Evidence for a Planet Orbiting a Binary Star System
The study of extra-solar planetary systems has emerged as a new discipline of
observational astronomy in the past few years with the discovery of a number of
extra-solar planets. The properties of most of these extra-solar planets were
not anticipated by theoretical work on the formation of planetary systems. Here
we report observations and light curve modeling of gravitational microlensing
event MACHO-97-BLG-41, which indicates that the lens system consists of a
planet orbiting a binary star system. According to this model, the mass ratio
of the binary star system is 3.8:1 and the stars are most likely to be a late K
dwarf and an M dwarf with a separation of about 1.8 AU. A planet of about 3
Jupiter masses orbits this system at a distance of about 7 AU. If our
interpretation of this light curve is correct, it represents the first
discovery of a planet orbiting a binary star system and the first detection of
a Jovian planet via the gravitational microlensing technique. It suggests that
giant planets may be common in short period binary star systems.Comment: 11 pages, with 1 color and 2 b/w Figures included (published version
Tourism policy and destination marketing in developing countries: the chain of influence
Tourism marketers including destination marketing organisations (DMOs) and international tour operators play a pivotal role in destination marketing, especially in creating destination images. These images, apparent in tourist brochures, are designed to influence tourist decision-making and behaviour. This paper proposes the concept of a âchain of influenceâ in destination marketing and image-making, suggesting that the content of marketing materials is influenced by the priorities of those who design these materials, e.g. tour operators and DMOs. A content analysis of 2,000 pictures from DMO and tour operator brochures revealed synergies and divergence between these marketers. The brochure content was then compared to the South African tourism policy, concluding that the dominant factor in the chain of influence in the South African context is in fact its organic image
CymantreneâTriazole "Click" Products: Structural Characterization and Electrochemical Properties
We report the first known examples of triazole-derivatized cymantrene complexes (η5-[4-substituted triazol-1-yl]cyclopentadienyl)tricarbonylmanganese(I), obtained via a âclickâ chemical synthesis, bearing a phenyl, 3-aminophenyl, or 4-aminophenyl moiety at the 4-position of the triazole ring. Structural characterization data using multinuclear NMR, UVâvis, ATR-IR, and mass spectrometric methods are provided, as well as crystallographic data for (η5-[4-phenyltriazol-1-yl]cyclopentadienyl)tricarbonylmanganese(I) and (η5-[4-(3-aminophenyl)triazol-1-yl]cyclopentadienyl)tricarbonylmanganese(I). Cyclic voltammetric characterization of the redox behavior of each of the three cymantreneâtriazole complexes is presented together with digital simulations, in situ infrared spectroelectrochemistry, and DFT calculations to extract the associated kinetic and thermodynamic parameters. The trypanocidal activity of each cymantreneâtriazole complex is also examined, and these complexes are found to be more active than cymantrene alone
Magnetic phase diagram of cubic perovskites SrMn_1-xFe_xO_3
We combine the results of magnetic and transport measurements with Mossbauer
spectroscopy and room-temperature diffraction data to construct the magnetic
phase diagram of the new family of cubic perovskite manganites SrMn_1-xFe_xO_3.
We have found antiferromagnetic ordering for lightly and heavily Fe-substituted
material, while intermediate substitution leads to spin-glass behavior. Near
the SrMn_0.5Fe_0.5O_3 composition these two types of ordering are found to
coexist and affect one another. The spin glass behavior may be caused by
competing ferro- and antiferromagnetic interactions among Mn^4+ and observed
Fe^3+ and Fe^5+ ions.Comment: 8 pages, 10 figures, revtex, accepted to Phys. Rev.
Tourism and toponymy: Commodifying and Consuming Place Names
Academic geographers have a long history of studying both tourism and place names, but have rarely made linkages between the two. Within critical toponymic studies there is increasing debate about the commodification of place names, but to date the role of tourism in this process has been almost completely overlooked. In some circumstances, toponyms can become tourist sights based on their extraordinary properties, their broader associations within popular culture, or their role as metanyms for some other aspect of a place. Place names may be sights in their own right or âmarkersâ of a sight and, in some cases, the marker may be more significant than the sight to which it refers. The appropriation of place names through tourism also includes the production and consumption of a broad range of souvenirs based on reproductions or replicas of the material signage that denote place names. Place names as attractions are also associated with a range of performances by tourists, and in some cases visiting a place name can be a significant expression of fandom. In some circumstances, place names can be embraced and promoted by tourism marketing strategies and are, in turn, drawn into broader circuits of the production and consumption of tourist space
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Test data for the calculation of powder paterns for intermetallic phases
Powder diffraction patterns are often calculated from structural parameters to assist in the identification of materials. To ensure that powder pattern calculations are correct, it is useful to have data to test the computer program doing the calculations. this paper contains test data for each of the crystallographic point groups and 63 of the 230 space groups. An important feature of the data is that many tests involve two high-symmetry structures (sodium and magnesium) that are set in successively lower-symmetry space groups. Thus, the calculated powder intensities for sodium, for example, are identical whatever the setting is. Though the data were chosen to be especially useful for the calculation of the powder patterns of metals and intermetallic compounds, the data have wider utility
Trees and shrubs as sources of fodder in Australia
Experience with browse plants in Australia is briefly reviewed in terms of their forage value to animals, their economic value to the landholder and their ecological contribution to landscape stability. Of the cultivated species only two have achieved any degree of commercial acceptance (Leucaena leucocephala and Chamaecytisus palmensis). Both of these are of sufficiently high forage value to be used as the sole source of feed during seasonal periods of nutritional shortage. Both are also leguminous shrubs that establish readily from seed. It is suggested that a limitation in their present use is the reliance on stands of single species which leaves these grazing systems vulnerable to disease and insects. Grazing systems so far developed for high production and persistence of cultivated species involve short periods of intense grazing followed by long periods of recovery. Similar management may be necessary in the arid and semi-arid rangelands where palatable browse species are in decline
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