Meaningful vs. rote learning in arithmetic the decomposition vs. the equal additions method of subtraction

Thesis (Ed.M.)--Boston Universit

Through the lens of the romantic child: portraits of children by Mark Hipper and Terry Kurgan

Thesis (M.A (History of Art))--University of the Witwatersrand, Faculty of Humanities, School of Arts, 2016This research report explores how the eighteenth century Romantic Child Ideal influenced the representations of children created by artists Terry Kurgan and Mark Hipper, and subsequently what the responses to these works reveal about a relationship to and participation in the ideal within the context of South Africa in the late 1990s. Through a close reading of two seminal exhibitions, the group show Purity and Danger (1997) which featured Terry Kurgan’s photographs of her son, and Vicera (1998) Mark Hipper’s mixed media offering of child nudes, I analysed the manner in which these artists both perpetuate and subvert the Ideal through their specific visualisations of the child.MT201

Learning to classify by color and by class.: a crosscultural study of concept discovery.

EducationDoctor of Education (Ed.D.

Urban wind power and the private sector : community benefits, social acceptance and public engagement

Given the ambitious government targets for renewable energy generation in the UK, there has been a push by government and industry towards various types and scales of Renewable Energy Technologies (RETs). This paper explores the implications of commercial urban wind projects for local communities, drawing on a case study of proposals by ASDA to construct wind turbines in two semi-urban locations in the UK. The paper argues that community responses to the proposals were complex and varied and could not adequately be encapsulated by 'nimby' (not in my back yard) assignations. It concludes that while ASDA followed a process of consulting local people, this process highlighted the problems of the 'business as usual' approach to public engagement employed by ASDA, and assumptions made about public acceptance of RETs

Smoking and the Risk of Type 2 Diabetes

Despite accumulating evidence demonstrating strong epidemiologic and mechanistic associations between cigarette smoking, hyperglycemia, and the development of type 2 diabetes, tobacco abuse has not been uniformly recognized as a modifiable risk factor in diabetes prevention or screening strategies. In this review, we highlight population-based studies that have linked cigarette smoking with an increased risk of type 2 diabetes and summarize clinical and preclinical studies offering insight into mechanisms through which cigarette smoking and nicotine exposure impact body composition, insulin sensitivity, and pancreatic β cell function. Key questions for future studies are identified and strategies for smoking cessation as a means to decrease diabetes risk are discussed

THE ECONOMIC AND FISCAL IMPACTS OF A CHEESE PLANT AND DAIRIES IN THE PANHANDLE OF TEXAS

Agribusiness,

Influence of Internal Organizational Factors on E-procurement Adoption in Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises in Nyeri County Kenya

Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises (SMEs) are considered as major pillars of the modern market economies given that they play critical economic and social roles world over more so in developing countries like Kenya. Though E-procurement provides benefits that SMEs could gain from, some internal organizational factors have inhibited effective E-procurement adoption in SMEs. The objective of this study was to assess the influence of internal organizational factors on E-procurement adoption in Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises in Nyeri County Kenya. The study hypothesized that internal organizational factors do not have a significant influence on E-procurement adoption in Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises in Nyeri County Kenya. The study was guided by the Resource Based Theory. In the study, internal organizational factors was the independent variable and E-procurement adoption was the dependent variable. The study used a self-administered questionnaire for data collection that was issued to 105Small and Medium-Sized Enterprise business owners within Nyeri County. A Pilot study was conducted by administering 5 questionnaires and reliability test done by use of Cronbach alpha. Data analysis was conducted using regression and correlation analysis in order to determine the relationship between the variables. The results were presented in tables and the findings discussed. Based on the findings the study concluded that internal organizational factors like employee knowledge, size of an organization, staff retention, trust on technology and perceptions of manager, influence E-procurement adoption in Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises. The findings of this study can assist in deepening the understanding of the challenges that hinder E-procurement adoption by SMEs for managers and policy makers as well as form a body of knowledge for referencing to scholars and academicians. Keywords: Internal organizational factors, Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises, E-procurement DOI: 10.7176/EJBM/12-33-04 Publication date: November 30th 202

The effects of a diet and feeding frequency on peripheral nutrient supply and growth traits of the lamb

Tissue protein synthesis requires a simultaneous supply of energy and amino acids. The effect of altering diet and frequency of feeding on patterns of amino acid and acetate supply to peripheral tissues and the consequent effects on growth and carcass composition was investigated in growing lambs. A rumen 'asynchronous' diet with respect to the ratio of the rate of release of organic matter (OM) and nitrogen (N) was fed once daily (AD) or hourly (AR) and a more 'synchronous' diet was fed once daily (SD) to individually penned growing lambs (n=30) for 16 weeks. Plasma concentrations of acetate, amino acids and insulin were more constant throughout the day in animals fed AH compared to those fed AD. Those fed SD or AD had similar, large pulses in plasma acetate concentration following feeding. Animals fed AH had increased growth rates and greater amounts of carcass crude protein compared to those fed AD (PO.1). Synchronous diets formulated to have either slow (SS) or fast (FP) release of OM and N into the rumen were fed hourly (SSH or FFH) or once daily (SSD or FFD) to individually penned growing lambs (n=28) for 10 weeks. Plasma concentrations of acetate and insulin in groups fed once daily, increased after feeding, remaining elevated for longer in animals fed SSD. Amino acid concentrations decreased following feeding. Once daily fed animals tended to have greater amounts of crude protein in the carcass and generally heavier muscles than those fed hourly, particularly those fed SS. Animals fed AH had significantly higher feed intakes in the first experiment compared to those fed the diets once daily (P<O.OO1) which may be why these animals grew better and deposited more carcass protein than those fed once daily. It was thought that a pulse in acetate following feeding may contribute to an enhanced growth and carcass protein in ruminants. When sodium acetate was infused into growing lambs, intravenously, to raise the concentrations of plasma acetate similar to the pulse in acetate concentrations observed in the plasma of sheep following once daily feeding, no increase in whole-body protein synthesis was observed. The effect of temporal changes in the peripheral nutrient supply on protein synthesis in the ruminant requires further investigation