Implementation of LEAD - Part-II: Grants, Competition and Program Operation

The grants announcement was published in October 1986 and mailed to approximately 3,500 colleges and universities, LEAs, SEAs, education associations, private firms, and individuals. (Development and Implementation of LEAD

The LEAD Program at Age 2: Accomplishments and Future Directions

It is not too early to hazard an initial assessment of LEAD\u27s accomplishments to date and offer suggestions for its future course

Implementation of LEAD - Part I: Legislative Analysis and Regulations Development

Policy specifications set the directions and boundaries for program implementation and created a set of decision choices that ED had to make in the implementation process. (Development and Implementation of LEAD

The LEAD (Leadership in Educational Administration Development) Program: An Overview

LEAD is really a meta-program. No one program model, no common curriculum, delivery methods, or training philosophy defines its collection of projects

Koolijuhtimise täiustamine

1. OSA: POLIITIKA JA PRAKTIKAKogumiku ""Koolijuhtimise täiustamine"" 1. osas ""Poliitika ja praktika"" selgitatakse, miks koolijuhtimisest on saanud võtmetähtsusega hariduspoliitiline küsimus ning esitatakse neli poliitilist hooba, mis üheskoos võivad kaasa aidata koolijuhtimisele ja koolide tulemuste parandamisele

Case study: A GPR survey on a morainic lake in northern Italy for bathymetry, water volume and sediment characterization

We carried out an extensive waterborne GPR survey consisting of 50 profiles with a total length of nearly 37 km on the morainic lake of Candia northerly Turin (Italy). Our aim was to test the capability of GPR to estimate the bathymetry, the water volume and the sediment type. We enhanced and controlled the GPR data processing and interpretation with bathymetry acquired with an acoustic echo sounder and measured conductivity and temperature profile of the water column with a multiparametric probe. We also analyzed the diffraction hyperbola that originated within the sediments in order to estimate the velocity and relative permittivity. With the permittivity and dielectric mixing rules, we estimated the porosity of the sediments above the diffracting objects and drew a map of the bottom lake porosit

Instrument development, data collection, and characteristics of practices, staff, and measures in the Improving Quality of Care in Diabetes (iQuaD) Study

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Improving the delivery of care for patients with diabetes through understanding optimised team work and organisation in primary care

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Do the size and landscape context of forest openings influence the abundance and breeding success of shrubland songbirds in southern New England?

Early successional birds have declined in the northeastern United States due to the regeneration of forest on abandoned farm fields and the suppression of natural disturbances that once provided appropriate habitat. These species have become increasingly dependent on early successional habitats generated by such activities as timber harvesting. Recent approaches of timber harvesting, which range from single-tree harvesting to clearcutting, create forest openings of different sizes and configurations embedded in landscapes with different land use patterns. To assess the importance of forest openings created by timber harvesting for shrubland birds, we surveyed birds on 50m radius plots in 34 harvest sites (0.5–21ha). We collected data on multi-scaled habitat variables ranging from plot-level vegetation characteristics to land use patterns within 1km of each study site. We also monitored mating and nesting success of Blue-winged Warblers (Vermivora pinus) in 10 forest openings. The abundance of most shrubland species was influenced by plot-level habitat variables, such as tree density and vegetation height, rather than shrubland area or the composition of land uses in the surrounding landscape. Only Eastern Towhees (Pipilo erythrophthalmus) were more frequent in survey plots in larger forest openings. In contrast, neither abundance nor reproductive activity of Blue-winged Warblers was correlated with the size of the forest opening. Their abundance was negatively related to vegetation height, however. Only 54% of the territorial male Blue-winged Warblers in forest openings were mated. We documented relatively low nest success rates of 21.1% during the egg laying and incubation nest stages, but increased success rates during the later stages of nesting. Our results indicate that even small forest openings with low vegetation provide habitat for Blue-winged Warblers and other shrubland birds. The overall reproductive rate of territorial male Blue-winged Warblers in forests openings was low during the 2 years of the study, however. Further studies are needed to assess the long-term value of this type of habitat for sustaining shrubland bird populations

Psychiatric and cognitive phenotype in children and adolescents with myotonic dystrophy

Myotonic dystrophy type 1 (DM1) is the most frequent inherited neuromuscular disorder. The juvenile form has been associated with cognitive and psychiatric dysfunction, but the phenotype remains unclear. We reviewed the literature to examine the psychiatric phenotype of juvenile DM1 and performed an admixture analysis of the IQ distribution of our own patients, as we hypothesised a bimodal distribution. Two-thirds of the patients had at least one DSM-IV diagnosis, mainly attention deficit/ hyperactivity disorder and anxiety disorder. Two-thirds had learning disabilities comorbid with mental retardation on one hand, but also attention deficit, low cognitive speed and visual spatial impairment on the other. IQ showed a bi-modal distribution and was associated with parental transmission. The psychiatric phenotype in juvenile DM1 is complex. We distinguished two different phenotypic subtypes: one group characterised by mental retardation, severe developmental delay and maternal transmission; and another group characterised by borderline full scale IQ, subnormal development and paternal transmission