The Effect of Micro-Teaching Laboratory Experiences on Attitudes and Verbal Behavior of Pre-Service Elementary School Teachers

The problem of this study was to determine the effect of a micro-teaching laboratory experience on the attitudes of pre-service elementary school teachers toward the teaching of elementary school science and to determine the effect of a micro-teaching laboratory experience on the indirect verbal behavior of pre-service elementary school teachers

Pregnancy predictors in the fresh cycle using dual trigger protocol

Dual trigger protocol using a combination of GnRH agonist and hCG for final oocyte maturation has been shown to minimize ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome (OHSS) risk without compromising fresh embryo transfer outcomes. Therefore, we sought to determine if any cycle characteristics were associated with predictive of pregnancy outcomes in fresh cycles that utilized this protocol for in-vitro fertilization

Dual trigger protocol is an effective IVF strategy in both normal and high responders without compromising pregnancy outcomes

To compare pregnancy outcomes between normal versus high responders after dual trigger of final oocyte maturation with gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) agonist and human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG) in fresh in-vitro fertilization (IVF) cycles, where ovarian stimulation was achieved by a flexible GnRH antagonist protocol

The Vehicle, Spring 1989

Table of Contents Home MoviesBob Zordanipage 4 Mummy BreathMichael Salempage 5 Pop ArtMonica Grothpage 6 Grey Haze and MoonAllison Stroudpage 7 The State of Being at a Soap & SudsDenise Santorpage 9 Letter HomeJim Reedpage 10 Thursday Afternoon in the StacksRebecca Dickenspage 11 Sizing DownMichael Salempage 12 Intellectual AnatomyMonica Grothpage 13 Grandmother PoemAmy Sparkspage 14 Blues of the BrothermanAlma Watsonpage 15 MigrationPatrick Peterspage 17 RidingBob Zordanipage 18 All Hallow\u27s EveErik Hansonpage 19 Waiting RoomAmy Sparkspage 20 Father, Forgive HerMonica Grothpage 21 Silent ReplyTom Caldwellpage 22 PhotographRobb Montgomerypage 24 WashdayAnn Moutraypage 25 PhotographDiane Atkinspage 26 Uptown FogRobb Montgomerypage 27 Shinbones and SkullsJennifer Berkshirepage 29 Sudden Small PhrasesPatrick Peterspage 31https://thekeep.eiu.edu/vehicle/1053/thumbnail.jp

Functional and morphological plasticity of crocodile (Crocodylus porosus) salt glands

The estuarine crocodile, Crocodylus porosus, inhabits both freshwater and hypersaline waterways and maintains ionic homeostasis by excreting excess sodium and chloride ions via lingual salt glands. In the present study, we sought to investigate the phenotypic plasticity, both morphological and functional, in the lingual salt glands of the estuarine crocodile associated with chronic exposure to freshwater (FW) and saltwater (SW) environments. Examination of haematological parameters indicated that there were no long-term disruptions to ionic homeostasis with prolonged exposure to SW. Maximal secretory rates from the salt glands of SW-acclimated animals (100.8±14.7 µmol 100 g–0.7 body mass h–1) were almost three times greater than those of FW-acclimated animals (31.6±6.2 µmol 100 g–0.7 body mass h–1). There were no differences in the mass-specific metabolic rate of salt gland tissue slices from FW- and SW-acclimated animals (558.9±49.6 and 527.3±142.8 µl O2 g–1 h–1, respectively). Stimulation of the tissue slices from SW-acclimated animals by methacholine resulted in a 33% increase in oxygen consumption rate. There was no significant increase in the metabolic rate of tissues from FW-acclimated animals in response to methacholine. Morphologically, the secretory cells from the salt glands of SW-acclimated animals were larger than those of FW-acclimated animals. In addition, there were significantly more mitochondria per unit volume in secretory tissue from SW-acclimated animals. The results from this study demonstrate that the salt glands of C. porosus are phenotypically plastic, both morphologically and functionally and acclimate to changes in environmental salinity

Workshop report: land use decision-making for biomass deployment, bridging the gap between national scale targets and field scale decisions

The workshop brought together 74 attendees representing stakeholders from academia, industry (including biomass suppliers, agricultural consultancies, and end-users), NGOs and government (with representation from the England, Scotland and Welsh governments). Attendees contributed comments and recommendation on three questions relating to land suitability, barriers to growth of the sector, and tools needed to support stakeholder decisions around deployment

A rush to judgment? Rapid reporting and dissemination of results and its consequences regarding the use of hydroxychloroquine for COVID-19

Funding Information: Disclosures: Dr. Kim reports personal fees from Exagen Diagnostics and GlaxoSmithKline and grants from the National Institutes of Health and the Rheumatology Research Foundation outside the submitted work. Dr. Sparks reports grants from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Autoimmune Centers of Excellence, National Institutes of Health, during the conduct of the study and personal fees from Bristol-Myers Squibb, Gilead, Inova, Janssen, and Optum outside the submitted work. Dr. Berenbaum reports personal fees from Boehringer, Bone Therapeutics, Expanscience, Galapagos, Gilead, GSK, Merck Sereno, MSD, Nordic, No-vartis, Pfizer, Regulaxis, Roche, Sandoz, Sanofi, Servier, UCB, Peptinov, TRB Chemedica, and 4P Pharma outside the submitted work. Dr. Korsten reports personal fees from GlaxoSmith-Kline, Sanofi-Aventis, Pfizer, AbbVie, Novartis Pharma, Lilly, and Bristol-Myers Squibb outside the submitted work. Dr. Sat-tui reports funding from a Vasculitis Clinical Research Consortium (VCRC)/Vasculitis Foundation Fellowship. The VCRC is part of the Rare Diseases Clinical Research Network, an initiative of the Office of Rare Diseases Research, National Center for Advancing Translational Science (NCATS). The VCRC is funded through collaboration between NCATS and the National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (U54 AR057319). Dr. Ugarte-Gil reports grants from Pfizer and Janssen outside the submitted work. Dr. Grainger reports nonfinancial support from Pfizer Australia and Janssen Australia and personal fees from Pfizer Australia, Cornerstones, Janssen New Zealand, and Novartis outside the submitted work. Authors not named here have disclosed no conflicts of interest. Disclosures can also be viewed at www .acponline.org/authors/icmje/ConflictOfInterestForms.do?ms Num=M20-1223.publishersversio

Heterogeneous N2O5 Uptake During Winter: Aircraft Measurements During the 2015 WINTER Campaign and Critical Evaluation of Current Parameterizations

Nocturnal dinitrogen pentoxide (N2O5) heterogeneous chemistry impacts regional air quality and the distribution and lifetime of tropospheric oxidants. Formed from the oxidation of nitrogen oxides, N2O5 is heterogeneously lost to aerosol with a highly variable reaction probability, γ(N2O5), dependent on aerosol composition and ambient conditions. Reaction products include soluble nitrate (HNO3 or NO3−) and nitryl chloride (ClNO2). We report the first‐ever derivations of γ(N2O5) from ambient wintertime aircraft measurements in the critically important nocturnal residual boundary layer. Box modeling of the 2015 Wintertime INvestigation of Transport, Emissions, and Reactivity (WINTER) campaign over the eastern United States derived 2,876 individual γ(N2O5) values with a median value of 0.0143 and range of 2 × 10−5 to 0.1751. WINTER γ(N2O5) values exhibited the strongest correlation with aerosol water content, but weak correlations with other variables, such as aerosol nitrate and organics, suggesting a complex, nonlinear dependence on multiple factors, or an additional dependence on a nonobserved factor. This factor may be related to aerosol phase, morphology (i.e., core shell), or mixing state, none of which are commonly measured during aircraft field studies. Despite general agreement with previous laboratory observations, comparison of WINTER data with 14 literature parameterizations (used to predict γ(N2O5) in chemical transport models) confirms that none of the current methods reproduce the full range of γ(N2O5) values. Nine reproduce the WINTER median within a factor of 2. Presented here is the first field‐based, empirical parameterization of γ(N2O5), fit to WINTER data, based on the functional form of previous parameterizations