Curricular noticing: A comprehensive framework to describe teachers’ interactions with curriculum materials

Building on the work of Professional Noticing of Children’s Mathematical Thinking, we introduce the Curricular Noticing Framework to describe how teachers recognize opportunities within curriculum materials, understand their affordances and limitations, and use strategies to act on them. This framework builds on Remillard’s (2005) notion of participation with curriculum materials, connects with and broadens existing research on the relationship between teachers and written curriculum, and highlights new are as for research. We argue that once mathematics educators better understand the strategic curricular practices that support ambitious teaching, which we refer to as professional curricular noticing, then this knowledge can lead to recommendations for how to support the curricular work of teachers, particularly novice teachers

The Pussy Hat: An intersection between needlework, feminism, and identity

On January 21, 2017, over one million individuals participated in the Women\u27s March on Washington. Media coverage noted the strong collective visual statement created by a sea of bright pink pussyhats with top corners resembling cat ears. The purpose of this study was to employ Identity Theory to explore the making and wearing of pussyhats as a weapon of resistance for women (Parker, 1984, Introduction). Content analysis of 40 mainstream news articles and editorials between November 8, 2016 and March 8, 2017 revealed a notable frequency of specific terms occurring more than ten times. These terms were aligned with the three enabling factors of identity salience: esteem, social connections, and media connections/visibility. Results indicate the presence of an identity where needlearts and feminism intersect. Making and wearing the pussyhat demonstrates an ever-evolving concept of feminism, which holistically encompasses the wide range of expressions and activities available to contemporary women

Prospectus, April 25, 1973

NEW STUGO REPRESENTATIVES; 4-day nutrition workshop; Student\u27s views sought; Broken Hearts; Junior college visitation day; Student to give report to Academy; May elected chairman of nurse ass\u27n; Day Senator: Brenda Kendricks; Day Senator: Earnest Hite; Day Senator: Ken Segan; Convocations: Bill Tigrak; United Farm Workers organize boycotts; To the Editor; Brenda and Leroy; Judging teams; Festival; haiku; poem; incentive; Women welcome!; AAUW Scholarship awarded; Bridge tourney; bullet; Magical Mystery Tour: A quickie visit to Parkland\u27s new campus; What would you like to know about the new campus?; Prof Spectus; \u27How dare you presume I\u27m straight?\u27 Notes of a lesbian; PC bowlers romp to victory in 1st central Illinois tourney; From above an athlete\u27s feet; What\u27s decent to eat?; Baseballers win three of four games; Track team has high hopes; Changes in PC athletics; Thinclads take third; Wrestlinghttps://spark.parkland.edu/prospectus_1973/1008/thumbnail.jp

The CTSA Consortium's Catalog of Assets for Translational and Clinical Health Research (CATCHR)

The 61 CTSA Consortium sites are home to valuable programs and infrastructure supporting translational science and all are charged with ensuring that such investments translate quickly to improved clinical care. Catalog of Assets for Translational and Clinical Health Research (CATCHR) is the Consortium's effort to collect and make available information on programs and resources to maximize efficiency and facilitate collaborations. By capturing information on a broad range of assets supporting the entire clinical and translational research spectrum, CATCHR aims to provide the necessary infrastructure and processes to establish and maintain an open‐access, searchable database of consortium resources to support multisite clinical and translational research studies. Data are collected using rigorous, defined methods, with the resulting information made visible through an integrated, searchable Web‐based tool. Additional easy‐to‐use Web tools assist resource owners in validating and updating resource information over time. In this paper, we discuss the design and scope of the project, data collection methods, current results, and future plans for development and sustainability. With increasing pressure on research programs to avoid redundancy, CATCHR aims to make available information on programs and core facilities to maximize efficient use of resources.Peer Reviewedhttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/106893/1/cts12144.pd

The CTSA Consortium's Catalog of Assets for Translational and Clinical Health Research (CATCHR): The Ctsa Consortium's Catchr

The 61 CTSA Consortium sites are home to valuable programs and infrastructure supporting translational science and all are charged with ensuring that such investments translate quickly to improved clinical care. CATCHR (Catalog of Assets for Translational and Clinical Health Research) is the Consortium’s effort to collect and make available information on programs and resources to maximize efficiency and facilitate collaborations. By capturing information on a broad range of assets supporting the entire clinical and translational research spectrum, CATCHR aims to provide the necessary infrastructure and processes to establish and maintain an open-access, searchable database of consortium resources to support multi-site clinical and translational research studies. Data is collected using rigorous, defined methods, with the resulting information made visible through an integrated, searchable web-based tool. Additional easy to use web tools assist resource owners in validating and updating resource information over time. In this article, we discuss the design and scope of the project, data collection methods, current results, and future plans for development and sustainability. With increasing pressure on research programs to avoid redundancy, CATCHR aims to make available information on programs and core facilities to maximize efficient use of resources

The Pussy Hat: An intersection between needlework, feminism, and identity

On January 21, 2017, over one million individuals participated in the Women's March on Washington. Media coverage noted the "strong collective visual statement" created by a "sea of bright pink" pussyhats with top corners resembling cat ears. The purpose of this study was to employ Identity Theory to explore the making and wearing of pussyhats as "a weapon of resistance for women" (Parker, 1984, Introduction). Content analysis of 40 mainstream news articles and editorials between November 8, 2016 and March 8, 2017 revealed a notable frequency of specific terms occurring more than ten times. These terms were aligned with the three enabling factors of identity salience: esteem, social connections, and media connections/visibility. Results indicate the presence of an identity where needlearts and feminism intersect. Making and wearing the pussyhat demonstrates an ever-evolving concept of feminism, which holistically encompasses the wide range of expressions and activities available to contemporary women.</p

Investigation into the involvement of phospholipases A(2) and MAP kinases in modulation of AA release and cell growth in A549 cells

1. We have investigated the contribution of specific PLA(2)s to eicosanoid release from A549 cells by using specific inhibitors of secretory PLA(2) (ONO-RS-82 and oleyloxyethylphosphocholine), cytosolic PLA(2) (AACOCF(3) and MAFP) and calcium-independent PLA(2) (HELSS, MAFP and PACOCF(3)). Similarly, by using specific inhibitors of p38 MAPK (SB 203580), ERK1/2 MAPK (Apigenin) and MEK1/2 (PD 98059) we have further evaluated potential pathways of AA release in this cell line. 2. ONO-RS-82 and oleyloxyethylphosphocholine had no significant effect on EGF or IL-1β stimulated (3)H-AA or PGE(2) release or cell proliferation. AACOCF(3), HELSS, MAFP and PACOCF(3) significantly inhibited both EGF and IL-1β stimulated (3)H-AA and PGE(2) release as well as cell proliferation. Apigenin and PD 98509 significantly inhibited both EGF and IL-1β stimulated (3)H-AA and PGE(2) release and cell proliferation whereas, SB 203580 had no significant effect on EGF or IL-1β stimulated (3)H-AA release, or cell proliferation but significantly suppressed EGF or IL-1β stimulated PGE(2) release. 3. These results confirm that the liberation of AA release, generation of PGE(2) and cell proliferation is mediated largely through the actions of cPLA(2) whereas, sPLA(2) plays no significant role. We now also report a hitherto unsuspected contribution of iPLA(2) to this process and demonstrate that the stimulating action of EGF and IL-1β in AA release and cell proliferation is mediated in part via a MEK and ERK-dependent pathway (but not through p38MAPK). We therefore propose that selective inhibitors of MEK and MAPK pathways may be useful in controlling AA release, eicosanoid production and cell proliferation

Crystal structures and proposed structural/functional classification of three protozoan proteins from the isochorismatase superfamily

We have determined the crystal structures of three homologous proteins from the pathogenic protozoans Leishmania donovani, Leishmania major, and Trypanosoma cruzi. We propose that these proteins represent a new subfamily within the isochorismatase superfamily (CDD classification cd004310). Their overall fold and key active site residues are structurally homologous both to the biochemically well-characterized N-carbamoylsarcosine-amidohydrolase, a cysteine hydrolase, and to the phenazine biosynthesis protein PHZD (isochorismase), an aspartyl hydrolase. All three proteins are annotated as mitochondrial-associated ribonuclease Mar1, based on a previous characterization of the homologous protein from L. tarentolae. This would constitute a new enzymatic activity for this structural superfamily, but this is not strongly supported by the observed structures. In these protozoan proteins, the extended active site is formed by inter-subunit association within a tetramer, which implies a distinct evolutionary history and substrate specificity from the previously characterized members of the isochorismatase superfamily. The characterization of the active site is supported crystallographically by the presence of an unidentified ligand bound at the active site cysteine of the T. cruzi structure