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Concept Mapping: A Neuro-Scientific Approach

Rarely if ever are the boundaries of any scholarly body of knowledge or theory integrated in an inter-disciplinary collaboration, yet there are arguably some situations where just such a symbiotic relationship is quite compelling. One such example was recognized in the remarkable similarities that exist between complex high-tech design and the logical function and design of the human brain. An even better example exists involving the processes of learning and the potential implication for collaboration between neuroscience and adult education

Leadership And Ethics: Grounded Theory Versus Today’s Fad

A universal code of ethics, in the context of corporate and institutional leadership, effectively functioning within the influences of a global culture, could be a powerful factor in positive differentiation, performance, and success. In the general absence of such a code, it is my opinion, consultants, entrepreneurs, and for-profit entities have resorted to applying interpretive knowledge without valid theory or research to fill this gap that I perceive to be left by the field of adult educational practice and scholarship. There is a need, an obligation, and an opportunity for the field of educational practice to reclaim a prominent position of influence in leadership and ethics particularly in the global domain of cross cultural knowledge development

Disaster at the Colorado

This is a good book, worthy to join a host of other western trails studies... The work, largely narrative, is based on many primary sources and, equally important, it is readable. The armchair explorer will be satisfied, and there is enough trail topography for \u27ruts nuts\u27 and \u27in the dirt\u27 students. It is apparent that the author followed much of the trail himself and presents a good sense of place, putting the reader in the picture. —Stanley B. Kimball, Western Historical Quarterly Across north-central New Mexico and Arizona, along the line of Route 66, now Interstate 40, there first ran a little-known wagon trail called Beale\u27s Wagon Road, after Edward F. Beale, who surveyed it for the War Department in 1857. This survey became famous for employing camels. Not so well known is the fate of the first emigrants who the next year attempted to follow its tracks. The government considered the 1857 exploration a success and the road it opened a promising alternative route to California but expected such things as military posts and developed water supplies to be needed before it was ready for regular travel. Army representatives in New Mexico were more enthusiastic. In 1858 there was a need for an alternative. Emigrants avoided the main California Trail because of a U.S. Army expedition to subdue Mormons in Utah. The Southern Route ran through Apache territory, was difficult for the army to guard, and was long. When a party of Missouri and Iowa emigrants known as the Rose-Baley wagon train arrived in Albuquerque, they were encouraged to be the first to try the new Beale road. Their journey became a rolling disaster. Beale\u27s trail was more difficult to follow than expected; water sources and feed for livestock harder to find. Indians along the way had been described as peaceful, but the Hualapais persistently harassed the emigrants and shot their stock, and when the wagon train finally reached the Colorado River, a large party of Mojaves attacked them. Several of the emigrants were killed, and the remainder began a difficult retreat to Albuquerque. Their flight, with wounded companions and reduced supplies, became ever more arduous. Along the way they met other emigrant parties and convinced them to join the increasingly disorderly and distressed return journey. Charles Baley tells this dramatic story and discusses its aftermath, for the emigrants, for Beale\u27s Wagon Road, and for the Mojaves, against whom some of the emigrants pressed legal claims with the federal government.https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/usupress_pubs/1104/thumbnail.jp

MicroRNAs and ovarian function

MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are a class of small non-coding RNAs which function in gene regulation with an important role in cell proliferation, maturation, and activity. The regulatory role of these small RNA molecules has recently begun to be explored in ovarian cells, uncovering their influence on gonadal development, steroidogenesis, apoptosis, ovulation, and corpus luteum development. This emerging area of research has extended and reshaped our understanding on how ovarian function is regulated. Here, we review the current understanding of miRNA biogenesis, the role and mechanism that miRNAs play in post-transcriptional gene expression regulation, and specifically the current evidence of miRNA involvement in ovarian development and function. Future comprehensive understanding of the role of miRNAs in the ovary in both physiological and pathological conditions may offer new treatment strategies for infertility and other ovarian disorders

Improved impact performance of marine sandwich panels using through-thickness reinforcement: Experimental results

This paper presents results from a test developed to simulate the water impact (slamming) loading of sandwich boat structures. A weighted elastomer ball is dropped from increasing heights onto rigidly supported panels until damage is detected. Results from this test indicate that honeycomb core sandwich panels, the most widely used material for racing yacht hulls, start to damage due to core crushing at impact energies around 550 J. Sandwich panels of the same areal weight and with the same carbon/epoxy facings but using a novel foam core reinforced in the thickness direction with pultruded carbon fibre pins, do not show signs of damage until above 1200 J impact energy. This suggests that these will offer significantly improved resistance to wave impact. Quasi-static test results cannot be used to predict impact resistance here as the crush strength of the pinned foam is more sensitive to loading rate than that of the honeycomb core

Influence du vieillissement marin sur l'endommagement en sollicitation hors plan de bordé de bateau de course = Influence of sea water aging on damage development in racing boat hull under inplane shear loading.

National audienceNous avons étudié l'influence du vieillissement en eau de mer d'échantillons de stratifiés carbone/époxy provenant de la structure de voilier de course. D'abord, afin d'établir une référence pour la suite de l'étude, les cinétiques de prise de masse d'eau ont été déterminées à 5 températures (4°, 20°, 40°, 60°,80°C), ainsi que l'influence de l'immersion sur les propriétés mécaniques et sur l'endommagement. Ensuite différents domaines ont été étudiés : l'incidence de la protection de type peinture et enduit sur la prise de masse, l'évolution des propriétés mécaniques et l'endommagement de plaques issues de la même structure a été étudiée. Nous avons montré que la peinture époxy utilisée pour le revêtement des voiliers présentait des propriétés barrières retardant la diffusion de l'eau et la diminution des propriétés mécaniques. L'influence du nombre de couche de peinture n'est pas négligeable, allant même à légèrement modifier l'endommagement. En complément, une peinture anticorrosion couvrant les quilles des monocoques fut testée, on note que la diminution de propriété ne suit pas la prise de masse. Par ailleurs, des plaques protégées par un enduit ont également été vieillies et analysées