Information Technology of the Educational Planning and Curriculum Development

In: A.J. Kallenberg and M.J.J.M. van de Ven (Eds), 2002, The New Educational Benefits of ICT in Higher Education: Proceedings. Rotterdam: Erasmus Plus BV, OECR ISBN 90-9016127-9Optimal design of teaching process in higher school is realized to a considerable extent intuitively or on the basis of expert evaluations. Such an approach allows to achieve an approximate solution of the problem only. The experimental study of the teaching process and learners’ characteristics, computer-aided technologies of statistical processing of experimental data, computer simulation of the educational process, computer analysis of simulation results are proposed as methodology of this problem solution. This curriculum design is prominent for the logical project development of education, the content areas of each course, and for the professional qualification. Other opportunities of using this procedure are linked with the development of a new and modifying existing curriculum

Spirit Writing Cults and Popular Sects in modern China: a case study on Dejiao

This paper studies the development of the planchette cult movement in modern China by focusing on the combination of spirit writing cults and charity movements in TeoChew, Guangdong province. During mid-nineteenth century in response to the rapid changes in the social, political and cultural fabric, a new type of spirit writing cult that combined the internal structure of a spirit writing cult with the conservative social reformism of the charitable society became especially prevalent in China. This is called planchette cult movement. It was driven by a millenarian sense of mission by the local intellectual elites to express their profound concern over the decline of traditional orders. The members of this movement hoped to effect a moral reform for their times. Not content to merely hold séances for their membership, they also worked to disseminate their revelations to the illiterate masses by means of active public lectures. Dejiao was a newly formed popular sect which appeared in this context and spread rapidly within the TeoChew community then. This paper examines the activities and expansion of Dejiao to determine the local context and detailed aspects of the planchette cult movement in modern China in the early twentieth century

The study of antioxidant potential of commercially valuable starter cultures of lactic acid bacteria

© 2016, International Journal of Pharmacy and Technology. All rights reserved.One of the main causes of pathological changes in the human body, leading to the development of many diseases such as cardiovascular disease, cancer, diabetes, Alzheimer’s disease, and premature aging is an excessive accumulation of oxygen free radicals in the biological fluids. To prevent oxidative stress in recent years a lot of attention is paid to antioxidant therapy, i.e., providing the necessary amount of antioxidants, primarily natural, in the diet. The paper studies the antioxidant potential of new biotech valued cultures of lactic acid bacteria, that are recommended for the production of fermented functional foods. The study of antioxidant activity of lactic acid bacteria was carried out at the level of cell extract and at the level of extracellular metabolic products. It was found that all investigated new strains of lactic acid bacteria (Lbm. Delbrueckii, Lmb. casei, Lmb. curvatus) had a high antioxidant potential. The strains of lactic acid bacteria Lbm. casei and Lbm. curvatus with the highest antioxidant properties can be recommended for being included into the starter cultures for the production of fermented functional food stuff of different meat