Autism spectrum disorder : characteristics seen with ASD and interventions used in and outside the inclusion classroom

The number of children in our country diagnosed with an Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) is sharply increasing and does not seem to be slowing down in the near future. It is becoming increasingly more common to see schools implementing inclusion classrooms. These programs range from partial inclusion, where children with special needs spend various numbers of hours in a general education classroom each day, to full-inclusion classrooms. Still others use reverse inclusion, which entails general education students coming into a more self-contained special education classroom for part of the school day. It is critical that general education teachers learn how to meet their students\u27 needs and appropriately adapt their curriculum and classroom management to create a successful learning environment for all students, including those with ASD that will likely be part of their class

Intracellular Phospholipase A1 and Acyltransferase, Which Are Involved in Caenorhabditis elegans Stem Cell Divisions, Determine the sn-1 Fatty Acyl Chain of Phosphatidylinositol

Phosphatidylinositol (PI) is unique in the abundance of stearic acid at the sn-1 position. This fatty acid is thought to be incorporated through fatty acid remodeling. Here, we identified a phospholipase and acyltransferases involved in the fatty acid remodeling at the sn-1 position of PI and provide a link between the sn-1 fatty acid of PI and asymmetric cell division

Aerobic storage under dynamic conditions in activated sludge processes:The state of the art

In activated sludge processes, several plant configurations (like plug-flow configuration of the aeration tanks, systems with selectors, contact-stabilization processes or SBR processes) impose a concentration gradient of the carbon sources to the biomass. As a consequence, the biomass grows under dynamic (unbalanced) conditions and a storage response is usually established without any necessity of other external limitations (e.g. lack of nutrients or oxygen acceptors). Under such conditions, the storage is often the main mechanism of removal of readily available substrates, even though other mechanisms can also contribute to substrate removal, depending on the microbial composition and the previous ‘history” of the biomass. In this paper the type and the extent of this dynamic response is discussed by review of experimental studies on pure cultures, mixed cultures and activated sludges and with main reference to its relevance on population dynamics in the activated sludge. Possible conceptual approaches to storage modelling are also presented, including both structured and unstructured modelling