An Investigation of Selected Duty-Free Noon Supervision Programs for Elementary Teachers

The ultimate aim of all involved in the business of education is the discovery of ways to make the most efficient and economical use of the time, talent, and training of teachers, and thereby improve the quality of instruction at all levels

A model of time-varying music engagement

The current paper offers a model of time-varying music engagement, defined as changes in curiosity, attention and positive valence, as music unfolds over time. First, we present research (including new data) showing that listeners tend to allocate attention to music in a manner that is guided by both features of the music and listeners’ individual differences. Next, we review relevant predictive processing literature before using this body of work to inform our model. In brief, we propose that music engagement, over the course of an extended listening episode, may constitute several cycles of curiosity, attention and positive valence that are interspersed with moments of mind-wandering. Further, we suggest that refocussing on music after an episode of mind-wandering can be due to triggers in the music or, conversely, mental action that occurs when the listener realizes they are mind-wandering. Finally, we argue that factors that modulate both overall levels of engagement and how it changes over time include music complexity, listener background and the listening context. Our paper highlights how music can be used to provide insights into the temporal dynamics of attention and into how curiosity might emerge in everyday contexts

Embodied Emotion:designing interactive products for a person’s emotional being-in-the-world

In this paper we present a new perspective on how one can design interactive products in a way that they will become a meaningful and mediating part in a person’s emotional being-in- the-world. In an ongoing participatory design project, a concept of an assistive and interactive wearable is currently designed with the aim to empower people with an autism spectrum disorder by supporting them in their process of emotion regulation. We reflect on this case study by contrasting embodiment theory with our design insights, offering a new perspective of what it means to design embodied interactive products for emotion regulation. This can be used by designers, offering them an embodied perspective as a guidance when making decisions during the design process. We speculate that our embodied perspective on emotion regulation enables the design of products that integrate better into a person’s lifeworld and are therefore less likely to be abandoned

Pre-Service Teachers and Participatory Action Research: Students, Community, and Action

Participatory Action Research (PAR) has a history of empowerment, transformation, and healing (McIntyre, 2008). Its limited use in teacher education must be addressed, and this study shows pre-service teachers’ overwhelming enjoyment in completing a PAR project. An outline of classroom methods demonstrates how the project was implemented, and 41 student responses are analyzed from a secondary Community and Cultural Context of Education course. Findings indicate 73% concluded PAR was great or enjoyable, and included are reflections about transformational experiences, reasons for not enjoying PAR, and ideas to improve the project. Implications for continued study suggest a need for further inquiry through interviews, pre-service teachers’ likelihood of using PAR in future classrooms, and PAR in method or content courses

Klotho in vascular biology

Klotho is a protein named for the Greek goddess who spins the thread of life. This is a fitting name, as the Klotho protein has been characterized as an anti-ageing factor. Klotho is mainly produced in the kidney. Loss of Klotho in mice has long been known to lead to vascular calcification, similar to patients with chronic kidney disease, who have a severly limited Klotho production capacity. My thesis focuses on the relationship between Klotho and blood vessels. We first assessed whether Klotho protein is expressed in blood vessels, which we could not detect using various methods, except for a very low level of Klotho mRNA (which codes for the protein). We then found that blood vessels in mice that specifically cannot produce Klotho in blood vessels cannot relax as readily as healthy mouse blood vessels, suggesting a physiological role for low Klotho levels. We also assessed whether we should be looking into a supposed different Klotho protein form, secreted Klotho, which we then found does not exist at all and is therefore irrelevant to the vasculature. We also investigated what effect Klotho has on blood vessels. We further characterized the vascular calcification that occurs in Klotho deficiency, we found that Klotho deficiency leads to a vascular condition seen in ageing called arteriolar hyalinosis, to the thickening of the innermost layer of arteries, and to worse vessel relaxation reactions. We identified Klotho as a promising inhibitor of tumour angiogenesis. We finally tried to identify obstacles and opportunities for Klotho to be used clinically

Supraleitende Schalter unter besonderer Berücksichtigung ihrer Anwendung in Verbindung mit supraleitenden Magneten

Ilmenau, Techn. Hochsch., Diss., 1978 - Maschinenschr. vervielf, 146 Bl., ohne ThesenAnmerkungen zum Volltext: Die Bilder 4.2 - 14.13 befinden sich im Anschluss des Textes auf separate Seiten