Neuroscience and education : the role of emotions in the acceptance of a scientific model

The interest in understanding the functioning of the brain and the mind had, in recent decades, a vertiginous growth, transforming Neurosciences into a fundamental area for understanding the relations of the human beings with the natural and social world. Currently, modern Neuroscience provides a new understanding of different cognitive processes and reveals the neural properties, which give support to language, to arithmetic understanding, to the realization of calculations etc. Non-invasive methods like Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging and Electroencephalography have come to be used to scan the brain, changing old conceptions of various cognitive functions, and capable of bringing, in the future, significant results for Education. The objective of this work is to bring to the attention of researchers in Education the new paths opened up by research in Neuroscience. This work will present a pilot study of a research on the role of emotion in learning and construction of scientific knowledge. This research will be guided by work derived from Cognitive Psychology and the data will be collected and analysed by means of the technological and theoretical structures derived from Neurosciences

Collateral Source Rule: Florida Statute 627.7372

In an attempt to reduce automobile insurance rates1 and the cost of automobile accidents2 in Florida, the legislature enacted the Florida Automobile Reparations Reform Act in 1971

Computadores no ensino de ciências : uma pesquisa sobre o uso da realidade virtual no trabalho de sala de aula de professores de Física

Desde a década de 1980 (Kocijancic, 1996; Rogers, 1996; Brizzi, 2000), muito se tem discutido sobre os limites e possibilidades do uso de softwares nas salas de aula. Entretanto, ainda que algumas pesquisas apontem o envolvimento de inúmeros fatores que determinam o sucesso do uso das TIC’s na escola poucos estudos são realizados com o intuito de compreender quais fatores impedem que os professores façam o uso otimizado de novas tecnologias no contexto escolar. Além disso, poucas pesquisas investem na compreensão de dimensões didático-pedagógicas que influenciam a inserção das TIC’S no contexto escolar. Assim, o objetivo deste trabalho é apresentar a análise de dados coletados em uma aplicação piloto de um curso de Física para o Ensino Médio, que faz uso de um software de realidade virtual (RV)

DETECTION OF CLIMATE CHANGE IN THE SLOVAK MOUNTAINS

This paper is devoted to detection of some expected changes in the climatological regime (means, variability, frequency distribution) at selected elements due to climate change. Very reliable time series of daily data (air temperature and relative humidity since 1951) measured by the meteorological stations at Hurbanovo, 115 m a.s.l., SW Slovakia, Poprad, 695 m a.sl., at the foot of the High Tatras mountains and Lomnický štít, 2635 m a.s.l., the 3rd highest peak in Slovakia have been utilized. More over the daily aerological data measured at the Poprad-Gánovce Observatory since 1961 (850 hPa) were elaborated for comparisons with those obtained by ground measurements. Some results are compared also with those designed as climate change scenarios for Slovakia based on the modified CGCM2 GCM outputs. The results showed very significant increase in temperature and decrease in relative humidity in the April to August season after 1990. Only selected results are presented in this extended abstract

Neuroscience and education: the role of emotions in the acceptance of a scientific model

The interest in understanding the functioning of the brain and the mind had, in recent decades, a vertiginous growth, transforming Neurosciences into a fundamental area for understanding the relations of the human beings with the natural and social world. Currently, modern Neuroscience provides a new understanding of different cognitive processes and reveals the neural properties, which give support to language, to arithmetic understanding, to the realization of calculations etc. Non-invasive methods like Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging and Electroencephalography have come to be used to scan the brain, changing old conceptions of various cognitive functions, and capable of bringing, in the future, significant results for Education. The objective of this work is to bring to the attention of researchers in Education the new paths opened up by research in Neuroscience. This work will present a pilot study of a research on the role of emotion in learning and construction of scientific knowledge. This research will be guided by work derived from Cognitive Psychology and the data will be collected and analysed by means of the technological and theoretical structures derived from Neurosciences

Reference Avionics Architecture for Lunar Surface Systems

Developing and delivering infrastructure capable of supporting long-term manned operations to the lunar surface has been a primary objective of the Constellation Program in the Exploration Systems Mission Directorate. Several concepts have been developed related to development and deployment lunar exploration vehicles and assets that provide critical functionality such as transportation, habitation, and communication, to name a few. Together, these systems perform complex safety-critical functions, largely dependent on avionics for control and behavior of system functions. These functions are implemented using interchangeable, modular avionics designed for lunar transit and lunar surface deployment. Systems are optimized towards reuse and commonality of form and interface and can be configured via software or component integration for special purpose applications. There are two core concepts in the reference avionics architecture described in this report. The first concept uses distributed, smart systems to manage complexity, simplify integration, and facilitate commonality. The second core concept is to employ extensive commonality between elements and subsystems. These two concepts are used in the context of developing reference designs for many lunar surface exploration vehicles and elements. These concepts are repeated constantly as architectural patterns in a conceptual architectural framework. This report describes the use of these architectural patterns in a reference avionics architecture for Lunar surface systems elements

State-constrained optimal control of an elliptic equation with its right-hand side used as control function

A grid approximation is considered for the control-and-state-constrained optimal control of a linear elliptic equation with its right-hand side used as a control function. The resulting finite-dimensional problem is solved by using iterative methods, whose convergence is analyzed theoretically and numerically. Numerical results produced by different methods are compared. © 2011 Pleiades Publishing, Ltd