The Study on Painting Courses Instructional Management in the Art Education Program, Lao PDR

The important factors in the research on the painting courses instructional management in the ArtEducation program of the Arts Education College of Lao PDR, are as follows: teacher and teachingmethod, teaching plan, teaching media and equipment, assessment, facilities, and other supporting factorswhich affect the teaching-learning environment of the courses. This research is a qualitative research,which used questionnaires, interviews, and observations of the teaching-learning environment.The results reveal that the factors in condition of teaching-learning environment in painting thatreceived HIGH average scores are teaching plan, teaching method, teaching content, and assessment.The average score given by the teachers and by the students are 53.22% and 68.22% respectively.After the analysis, the factors that must be quickly developed are 1) teaching media and equipment –including oil painting tools such as oil paint, brushes, palette knives, stretcher bars, easels, color palettes,mixing oils, palette bottles and cups, washcloths and aprons, and drawing models i.e. still life models(triangles, squares, circles, square pipes...) and anatomy model; 2) facilities - including painting studios,exhibition rooms, and information libraries; 3) other supporting factors - including cooperation withinthe organization and external sponsorships.The results conclude that these factors must be prioritized and developed for an effective teachingand learning in painting that comply with social and national development

Assessment of Tree Attributes and Understory Vegetation Composition Six Years Post-thinning in Redwood National Park (Northern CA, USA)

Coastal redwoods (Sequoia sempervirens) are a resilient tree species that once dominated coastal ecosystems. However, redwood forests have experienced numerous impacts compromising their health and vigor, which has led to greater competition from other tree species. Foresters and Ecologists are utilizing novel restoration strategies to conserve and recover redwood forests. This project’s objective was to assess tree attributes and understory composition six years after a restoration thinning treatment. The study took place in Redwood National Park in Orick, California along Holter Ridge Road at a site named Middle Fork Lost Man Creek. In 2015, a student capstone group from Humboldt State University collected data for three plots before and immediately after a thinning treatment. Six years later (2021), our capstone group resampled the data in these plots and added tree height and understory vegetation parameters. Results found that total basal area/acre increased from 205.4 in 2015 (post-thinning) to 215.0 in 2021 and the quadratic mean diameter increased from 17.5 inches in 2015 (post-thinning) to 18.9 inches in 2021. This project can serve as an example for future treatment in similar ecosystems and can potentially assist the recovery of secondary growth forests, while also assisting in connecting sections of Redwood National Park to promote redwood dominance

การสร้างและจัดเก็บองค์ความรู้ของฝ่ายพัฒนาคุณภาพและความปลอดภัยการไฟฟ้าฝ่ายผลิตแห่งประเทศไทย

The purpose of this study is creating and capturing knowledge of Quality and Safety Development Division , Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand (EGAT) that consisted of the process of creating eight knowledge , the process of capturing knowledge by EGAT Knowledge Capture program and studied the opinion of Quality and Safety Development Division ’s employees for knowledge capturing model via EGAT intranet network. The studied samples were three top managements and twenty-one involving KM activities employees selected by purposive sampling from one hundred and fifteen employees. The research tools consisted of KM action plan : year 2009 , EGAT Knowledge Capture program and the questionnaire. Data was analyzed by mean and standard deviation. The result of research was shown that : Eight created knowledge capturing by EGAT Knowledge Capture program complied with Knowledge Spiral or SECI model of Nonaka and Takeuchi (1995) in part of S(Socialization) E(Externalization) C(Combination) and most of the studied samples were male , age between 40-50 , education over bachelor's degree , job position level between 8-9 and job experience more than 25 years had expressed an optimistic point of view towards knowledge capturing model via EGAT intranet network and agreed that this could be classified in the level reaching satisfaction as previously assumed

Vaginal Microbiome and Epithelial Gene Array in Post-Menopausal Women with Moderate to Severe Dryness

After menopause, many women experience vaginal dryness and atrophy of tissue, often attributed to the loss of estrogen. An understudied aspect of vaginal health in women who experience dryness due to atrophy is the role of the resident microbes. It is known that the microbiota has an important role in healthy vaginal homeostasis, including maintaining the pH balance and excluding pathogens. The objectives of this study were twofold: first to identify the microbiome of post-menopausal women with and without vaginal dryness and symptoms of atrophy; and secondly to examine any differences in epithelial gene expression associated with atrophy. The vaginal microbiome of 32 post-menopausal women was profiled using Illumina sequencing of the V6 region of the 16S rRNA gene. Sixteen subjects were selected for follow-up sampling every two weeks for 10 weeks. In addition, 10 epithelial RNA samples (6 healthy and 4 experiencing vaginal dryness) were acquired for gene expression analysis by Affymetrix Human Gene array. The microbiota abundance profiles were relatively stable over 10 weeks compared to previously published data on premenopausal women. There was an inverse correlation between Lactobacillus ratio and dryness and an increased bacterial diversity in women experiencing moderate to severe vaginal dryness. In healthy participants, Lactobacillus iners and L. crispatus were generally the most abundant, countering the long-held view that lactobacilli are absent or depleted in menopause. Vaginal dryness and atrophy were associated with down-regulation of human genes involved in maintenance of epithelial structure and barrier function, while those associated with inflammation were up-regulated consistent with the adverse clinical presentation

Empirical Study on Medical Information and Communication Technology System in Dentistry in Southeast Asia

In the field of dentistry, diagnoses based on data obtained using medical imaging modalities such as digital panoramic radiography and cone beam computed tomography (CBCT) have been widely recommended for advanced dental care. In Lao People’s Democratic Republic (Laos), there are place where advanced dental imaging devices are available in only one university dental hospital. The establishment of an information and communication technology (ICT) system has been expected as telemedicine system, for sharing medical imaging data among medical institutions in Laos. Recently, regional medical cooperation using telemedicine has been developed in Japan, and medical imaging data have been provided and shared among medical institutions, by using a mobile tablet terminal application. Therefore, we have carried out the empirical research on the telemedicine system with the university in Laos. The technologies and research results from our project will be presented in this chapter

Prognostic value of the expression of C-Chemokine Receptor 6 and 7 and their ligands in non-metastatic breast cancer

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Chemokines and chemokine receptors are major actors of leukocytes trafficking and some have been shown to play an important role in cancer metastasis. Chemokines CCL19, CCL20 and CCL21 and their receptors CCR6 and CCR7, were assessed as potential biomarkers of metastatic dissemination in primary breast cancer.</p> <p>Methods</p> <p>Biomarker expression levels were evaluated using immunohistochemistry on paraffin-embedded tissue sections of breast cancer (n = 207).</p> <p>Results</p> <p>CCR6 was expressed by tumor cells in 35% of cases. CCR7 was expressed by spindle shaped stromal cells in 43% of cases but not by tumor cells in this series. CCL19 was the only chemokine found expressed in a significant number of breast cancers and was expressed by both tumor cells and dendritic cells (DC). CCR6, CCL19 and CCR7 expression correlated with histologic features of aggressive disease. CCR6 expression was associated with shorter relapse-free survival (RFS) in univariate and but not in multivariate analysis (p = 0.0316 and 0.055 respectively), and was not associated with shorter overall survival (OS). Expression of CCR7 was not significantly associated with shorter RFS or OS. The presence of CCL19-expressing DC was associated with shorter RFS in univariate and multivariate analysis (p = 0.042 and 0.020 respectively) but not with shorter OS.</p> <p>Conclusion</p> <p>These results suggest a contribution of CCR6 expression on tumor cells and CCL19-expressing DC in breast cancer dissemination. In our series, unlike what was previously published, CCR7 was exclusively expressed on stromal cells and was not associated with survival.</p

Assessment of Tree Attributes and Understory Vegetation Composition Six Years Post-thinning in Redwood National Park (Northern CA, USA)

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