Locating Content, Language, and Cognition in a CLIL Art History Biography Activity

This article explains a syllabus that uses the linguistic objectives of a Japanese university language curriculum combined with adapted content objectives from the Australian high school national curriculum for history and media-arts. The content of the syllabus is modern western art history, and the linguistic objectives are adapted from English for Academic Purposes (EAP) reading and writing objectives specified by the university. These objectives are located within a Content and Language and Integrated Learning (CLIL) framework, explaining the justifications for doing so in this context, as well as explaining the syllabus’ relation to the hard-soft CLIL dichotomy and other paradigms. The article comments on the role of cognition in these frameworks, and how this has been accounted for in the syllabus. Following this, the article discusses how these theories have influenced the development of an activity, especially in regard to text treatment, and cognitive-linguistic analogues. The activity is a sequenced reading and writing study in the biography genre. The article concludes with comments on plagiarism and COVID 19’s effects on the instruction and learning of this activity

Chilaiditi’s Syndrome

the surgical team for management of a suspected perforated duodenal ulcer. Subsequent CT imaging of thorax and abdomen revealed hepato-diaphragmatic interposition of the transverse colon, as well as extensive colitis. He was managed conservatively and discharged home well after four days. Chilaiditi’s sign is the appearance of free air under the diaphragm caused by interposition of the transverse colon between the liver and diaphragm. It is usually asymptomatic and is an incidental finding. It is estimated to occur in 0.25% to 0.28 % of the general population 1 and was first described by Demetrious Chilaiditi in 1910. 2 When the sign is observed in association with symptoms such as abdominal pain or vomiting it is termed Chilaiditi’s syndrome. It is in this scenario that the radiographic findings may be mistaken fo

Rural smokers : a prevention opportunity

Background: Smoking is the largest single cause of preventable death and disease in Australia. This study describes smoking prevalence and the characteristics of rural smokers to guide general practitioners in targeting particular groups.Methods: Cross sectional surveys in the Greater Green Triangle region of southeast Australia using a random population sample (n=1563, participation rate 48.7%) aged 25&ndash;74 years. Smoking information was assessed by a self administered questionnaire.Results: Complete smoking data were available for 1494 participants. Overall age adjusted current smoking prevalence was 14.9% (95% CI: 13.1&ndash;16.7). In both genders, current smoking prevalence decreased with age. Those aged 25&ndash;44 years were more likely to want to stop smoking and to have attempted cessation, but less likely to have received cessation advice than older smokers.Discussion: This study provides baseline smoking data for rural health monitoring and identifies intervention opportunities. General practice is suited to implement interventions for smoking prevention and cessation at every patient encounter, particularly in younger individuals.<br /

Abell 1201: a Minor merger at second core passage

We present an analysis of the structures and dynamics of the merging cluster Abell~1201, which has two sloshing cold fronts around a cooling core, and an offset gas core approximately 500kpc northwest of the center. New Chandra and XMM-Newton data reveal a region of enhanced brightness east of the offset core, with breaks in surface brightness along its boundary to the north and east. This is interpreted as a tail of gas stripped from the offset core. Gas in the offset core and the tail is distinguished from other gas at the same distance from the cluster center chiefly by having higher density, hence lower entropy. In addition, the offset core shows marginally lower temperature and metallicity than the surrounding area. The metallicity in the cool core is high and there is an abrupt drop in metallicity across the southern cold front. We interpret the observed properties of the system, including the placement of the cold fronts, the offset core and its tail in terms of a simple merger scenario. The offset core is the remnant of a merging subcluster, which first passed pericenter southeast of the center of the primary cluster and is now close to its second pericenter passage, moving at ~1000 km/s. Sloshing excited by the merger gave rise to the two cold fronts and the disposition of the cold fronts reveals that we view the merger from close to the plane of the orbit of the offset core.Comment: accepted by Ap

Effect of Concrete Slats, Three Mat Types and Out-Wintering Pads on Performance and Welfare of Finishing Beef Steers

The objective was to investigate the effect of placing mats on concrete slatted floors on performance, behaviour, hoof condition, dirt scores, physiological and immunological variables of beef steers, and to compare responses with animals on out-wintering pads. Continental crossbred beef steers [n = 360; mean (±SD) initial live weight 539 kg (42.2)] were blocked by breed and live weight and randomly assigned to one of five treatments; (1) Concrete slats alone, (2) Mat 1 (Natural Rubber structure) (Durapak Rubber Products), (3) Mat 2 (Natural rubber structure) (EasyFix), (4) Mat 3 (modified ethylene vinyl acetate (EVA) foam structure) and (5) Out-wintering pads (OWP’s)

Characterizing Interstate Crash Rates Based on Traffic Congestion Using Probe Vehicle Data

Crash reduction factors are widely used by engineers for prioritizing safety investments. Work zones are routinely analyzed by the length and duration of queues. Queue detection warning technology has been growing in availability and reliability in recent years. However, there is sparse literature on the impact of freeway queueing on crash rates. This paper analyzes three years of crash data and crowdsourced probe vehicle data to classify crashes as being associated with queueing conditions or free flow conditions. In 2014, only 1.2% of the distanced-weighted hours of operation of Indiana interstates operated at or under 45 MPH. A three-year study on Indiana interstates indicates that commercial vehicles were involved in over 87% of back-of-queue fatal crashes compared to 39% of all fatal crashes during free flow conditions. A new measure of crash rate was developed to account for the presence and duration of queues: crashes per mile-hour of congestion. The congested crash rate on all Indiana interstates in 2014 was found to be 24 times greater than the uncongested crash rate. These data were also separated into both rural and urban categories. In rural areas, the congested crash rate is 23 times the uncongested crash rate. In urban areas, the congested crash rate is 21 times the uncongested crash rate. Queues are found to be present for five minutes or longer prior to approximately 90% of congestion crashes in 2014. Longer term, this information shows the importance in the development of technology that can warn motorists of traffic queues

Donors and Sustainability in the Provision of Financial Services in Nigeria

summary The article discusses some of the issues surrounding sustainability in the provision of financial services by the Diocesan Development Services (DDS) in Nigeria. The article describes the history and growth of DDS within the turbulent social, economic and political conditions in Nigeria, and examines (i) to what extent financial sustainability is an achievable goal for DDS, and (ii) whether donors should play a pro?active role in influencing local decisions. The article analyses the problems faced by DDS when a major donor tried to push it to attain rapidly financial sustainability