Policies on Inclusive Education for Children with Disabilities in Vietnam

This article traces the history of inclusive education policy development, laws that have been promulgated, and the dissemination of policy and legal rights and responsibilities through conferences, seminars and university coursework in Vietnam since 1995 when the responsibility for educating children with disabilities shifted from the Ministry of Labor, Invalids and Social Affairs to the Ministry of Education and Training. Numerous standards of practice related to roles and responsibilities and recommendations for improvemtns in policy and practice are shared as well as lessons learned from external evaluation efforts that will be valuable for further development and refinement of poilicies to forward inclusive education in Vietnam

Postwar Journeys: American and Vietnamese Transnational Peace Efforts since 1975

This dissertation explores U.S.-Vietnam postwar relations through the transnational peace endeavors of American and Vietnamese ordinary citizens. The subjects of the study included Vietnamese refugees, children of American personnel and Vietnamese women, American and Vietnamese veterans and their families, relatives of fallen soldiers on both sides, and other civilians who experienced the impacts of war one way or another. The dissertation also highlights the roles of nongovernmental organizations and individuals who strove for peace and mutual understanding through transnational humanitarian and cultural activities. The study’s major argument is three-fold. First, American and Vietnamese ordinary citizens were active historical actors in their changing environments. Second, it was ordinary citizens of both countries who laid the groundwork for U.S.-Vietnam diplomatic normalization. Third, the “universal human aspirations and emotions” (to borrow historian Akira Iriye’s words) played a significant role in U.S.-Vietnam postwar relations. This research reveals a plethora of boundary-crossing interactions between American and Vietnamese citizens, even during the times of extremely restricted diplomatic relations between the two nation-states. Bringing to center stage American and Vietnamese citizens’ efforts to solve postwar individual and social problems, this dissertation aims to bridge a gap in the scholarship on the U.S.-Vietnam relations

A BIM-Integrated Relational Database Management System for Evaluating Building Life-Cycle Costs

Sustainable procurement is an important policy for mitigating environmental impacts attributing to construction projects. Life-cycle cost analysis (LCCA), which is an essential requirement in sustainable procurement, is a principal tool for evaluating the economic efficiency for the total life-cycle budget of a building project. LCCA is a complex and time-consuming process due to repetitive complicated calculations, which are based on various legal and regulatory requirements. It also requires a large amount of data from different sources throughout the project life cycle. For conventional data management systems, data are usually stored in the form of papers and are input into the systems manually. This results in data loss and inconsistent data, which subsequently contribute to inaccurate life-cycle costs (LCCs). Building information modeling (BIM) is a modern technology, which can potentially overcome the asperities of the conventional building LCCA. However, existing BIM tools cannot carry out building LCCA due to their limited capabilities. The relational database management system (RDBMS) can be integrated with BIM for organizing, storing, and exchanging LCCA data in a logical and systematic manner. In this paper, a BIM-integrated RDBMS is developed for compiling and organizing the required data and information from BIM models to compute building LCCs. The system integrates the BIM authoring program, the database management system, the spreadsheet system, and the visual programming interface. It is part of the BIM-database-integrated system for building LCCA using a multi-parametric model. It represents a new automated methodology for performing building LCCA, which can facilitate the implementation of sustainable procurement in building projects

Investigating the elements influencing the psychological issues of reform school students

Reformatory students are those whose deviant behaviors and habits prevent them from receiving education under normal educational conditions. These students frequently lead a careless, undisciplined lifestyle, being unwilling to work and learn eager to play and demanding. Therefore, when they are admitted to reformatories with severe study and lifestyle requirements, they have great psychological difficulty adjusting to their new environment. Students’ psychological issues in adapting to reformatory learning and living regimes are difficult and psychological deficits make it challenging for students to adapt to reformatory learning and living conditions. In Vietnam, 665 students from reformatory schools were polled to determine the causes of psychological issues. According to the findings, a variety of elements contribute to students’ psychological difficulties. Individual student conditions such as health, awareness, attitudes and actions as well as inappropriate habits, living without goals or aspirations, etc. are on the subjective side of the equation. On the objective side are the students’ conditions, family, education and psychological obstacles brought on by less-than-ideal circumstances which will make it more difficult for community students to adapt. Both the new school and society must pay more attention to reformatory students in order to establish the conditions necessary for successful integration into the new school and ultimate readmission into society for these students

Mass of the Lightest Neutral CP-even Higgs in the Supersymmetric Minimal Reduced 3-3-1 Mode

We calculate the mass of the lightest neutral CP-even Higgs in the frame work of the supersymmetric reduced minimal 3-3-1 model (SUSYRM331) at one-loop level. Like MSSM, at tree level this value of mass is smaller than that of $m_Z=92$ GeV, inconsistent with value of 125 GeV measured by recent experiment. In this work we prove that the mass of the lightest neutral CP-even Higgs will get the consistent value if loop corrections are included

Application of directional derivative method to determine boundary of magnetic sources by total magnetic anomalies

This paper presents the Directional Derivative method to determine location and boundaries of the magnetic directional structure sources through a new function DG (Directional Gradient - DG). Algorithm and computer program are made a code by Matlab language to attempt to calculate on 3D models in the compare with Horizontal derivative method (HG). A new function DG also applied to determine the boundary of magnetic sources by the total magnetic anomalies of Tuan Giao region. The result shows that with the application of new function DG, the boundaries of magnetic sources are exactly defined although they have a directional structure and small horizontal size. Moreover, because it does not depend on directions of magnetization, so in the computation, the transformation of the magnetic field to the pole can ignore, thus, reduce transient error. Alternatively, with the application of new function DG, the interferences in case the sources distributed close together are overcome. This usefulness affirms the possibility of application of the this method in the analysis and interpretation of magnetic data in Vietnam.ReferencesBhaskara Rao D. and N. Ramesh Babu, 1993. A fortran 77 computer program for tree dimensional inversion of magnetic anomalies resulting from multiple prismatic bodies, Computer Geosciences, 19(8), 781-801.Beiki M., David A. Clark, James R. Austin, and Clive A. Foss, 2012. Estimating source location using normalized magnetic source strength calculated from magnetic gradient tensor data. Geophysics, 77(6), J23-J37. Blakely R.J., and R. W. Simpson, 1986. Approximating edges of source bodies from magnetic or gravity anomalies: Geophysics, 51, 1494 -1498. Blakely R.J., 1995. Potential theory in gravity and magnetic applications, Cambridge University Press. Cao Dinh Trieu, Pham Huy Long, 2002. Tectonic fault in Vietnam. Publisher of Science and Engineering. Debeglia N. and J. Corpel, 1997. Automatic 3-D interpretation of potential field data using analytic signal derivatives. Geophysics, 62, 87-96.Geological and Mineral resources map on 1:200,000. Seriesof Tay Bac, sheets of Muong Kha - Son La (F-48-XXV-F-48-XXVI), Phong Sa Ly - Dien Bien Phu (F-48-XIX-F-48-XX), Kim Binh - Lao Cai (F-48-VIII-F-48-XIV), 2005. Published and copyringt by Department of Geology and Minerals of Vietnam, Hanoi. Le Huy Minh, Luu Viet Hung, Cao Dinh Trieu, 2001. Some modern methods of the interpretation aeromagnetic data applied for Tuan Giao region. Vietnam Journal of Earth Sciences, 22(3), 207-216. Le Huy Minh, Luu Viet Hung, Cao Dinh Trieu, 2002. Using the maximum horizontal gradient vector to interpret magnetic and gravity data in Vietnam. Vietnam Journal of Earth Sciences, 24(1), 67-80. Nabighian M.N., 1972. The analytic signal of two-dimensional magnetic bodies with polygonal cross-section: Its properties and use of automated anomaly interpretation: Geophysics, 37, 507-517. Nabighian M.N., 1974. Additional comments on the analytic signal of two-dimensionalmagnetic bodies with polygonal cross-section. Geophysics, 39, 85-92. Roest W. R., J. Verhoef and  M. Pilkington, 1992. Magnetic interpretation using the 3-D analytic signal: Geophysics, 57, 116-125. Vo Thanh Son, Le Huy Minh, Luu Viet Hung, 2005. Three-dimensional analytic signal method and its application in interpretation of aeromagnetic anomaly maps in the Tuan Giao region. Proceedings of the 4th geophysical scientific and technical conference of Vietnam, Publisher of Science and Engineering 2005. Vo Thanh Son, Le Huy Minh, Luu Viet Hung, 2005. Determining the horizontal position and depth of the density discontinuties in Red River Delta by using the vertical derivative and Euler deconvolution for the gravity anomaly data, Journal of Geology, Series A, 287(3-4), 39-52.Vo Thanh Son, et al., 2007. Determining the location and depth of contrast magnetic boundaries by using 3D analytics signal method and higher derivatives. Proceeding of the 5th geophysical scientific and technical conference of Vietnam.

Gender Analysis of the Tuna Value Chain's Purchasing Stage in the South Central Provinces of Vietnam-Case Study of Binh Dinh Province

peer reviewedThis study aims to identify the gender disparities between men and women as purchasing actors in the tuna value chain in South Central provinces, thereby suggesting gender-sensitive policies towards gender equity, women’s empowerment, and sustainable tuna fisheries management. The study was conducted with the aid of a set of structured questionnaires executed through personal interview surveys. Tam Quan and Quy Nhon fishing ports in Binh Dinh province were chosen as study sites for conducting gender analysis at the tuna value chain's purchasing stage in the South Central provinces of Vietnam. Forty respondents were directly interviewed at their home or at the fishing ports in Binh Dinh province in May 2020, of which are ten middlemen and nine middlewomen purchasing yellowfin and bigeye tunas at Tam Quan fishing port; and twelve middlewomen and nine female traders purchasing skipjack tuna at Quy Nhon fishing port. This study used gender analysis tools such as the Harvard, Moser, and the USAID's six gender dimensions to identify gender differences between men and women in the tuna purchasing stage in productive, reproductive, and community managing roles. Some policy recommendations for improving gender equity, women's empowerment, and sustainable tuna fisheries management were proposed, including (i) describe the importance of women's reproductive role in gender-responsive strategies; (ii) establish tuna trading management board at the fishing port to collect information on the needs, issues, and interests of purchasing actors; (iii) organize training courses on tuna business and management skills at the fishing ports during the low season for the full participation of middle-actors, especially women; (iv) provide access to savings, credit, and microfinance for female traders to create opportunities for expanding their business; (v) improve facilities at the fishing ports to increase the overall well-being of the fish trading communities; (vi) introduce alternative job opportunities for laborers in the tuna purchasing stage during the low season; (vii) support laborers trading yellowfin and bigeye tuna in seeking other ways to make a living due to the depletion of these tuna resources

Retrieval of Aerosol Optical Depth Using Satellite Data Associated with Ground-based Observations over Urban and Rural Areas

Optičku je dubinu aerosola (AOD) moguće točno izračunati na temelju uzastopnih mjerenja izravnog i difuznog Sunčeva zračenja na tlu. Međutim, prostorna pokrivenost i frekvencija lokacije uzrokuju određena ograničenja. Stoga su satelitske snimke ispravan alat za dobivanje proizvoda optičke dubine aerosola s više prostornih informacija i obrazaca raspodjele aerosola. Daljinskim istraživanjima aerosola možemo bolje razumjeti najbolji pristup računanju optičke dubine aerosola u urbanim i ruralnim područjima i mogu se uočiti razlike zbog svojstava površinske reflektivnosti. Ovaj se članak bavi konceptima smanjenja kontrasta i pristupima tamnih meta koji se ispituju snimkama Landsata i opažanjima Sunčevog fotometra za povezivanje raspodjele optičke dubine aerosola iznad grada Taipeija u Tajvanu. Za područja sa svijetlim površinama kao što su gradovi navedeni se koncepti primjenjuju metodom koeficijenta disperzije zajedno sa Sunčevim fotometrom kako bi se u velikoj mjeri smanjile pogreške. Za razliku od toga, algoritam tamne mete s odnosom površinske refleksije između plavih (0,49 μm), crvenih (0,66 μm) i infracrvenih (2,1 μm) spektralnih pojaseva prikladan je za vlažno tlo i područja s vegetacijom. Računanje prostorne raspodjele optičke dubine aerosola uspoređuje se s proizvodima MODIS AOD-a i AERONET-a kako bi se provjerila točnost rezultata. RMSE je bio u rasponu od 0,2 do 0,4 i oko 50% podataka bilo je unutar granica očekivane pogreške (EE=± (0,05+0,15 AODsunphometer).Aerosol optical depth (AOD) can be retrieved accurately with sequential ground-based measurements of direct and diffuse solar radiance. However, spatial coverage and location frequency cause certain limitations. Hence, satellite image data are a proper tool for obtaining aerosol optical depth products with more spatial information and patterns of aerosol distribution. Currently, aerosol remote sensing may enhance our understanding of the optimal approach to AOD retrieval over urban and rural areas, and how it differs due to the characteristics of surface reflectivity. The article deals with the concepts of contrast reduction, and dark target approaches are examined using Landsat imaging and the observation of a sun photometer for integrating aerosol optical depth distribution over the city of Taipei in Taiwan. For areas with bright surfaces, such as urban areas, the above concepts were applied using the dispersion coefficient method with a sun photometer, in order to reduce errors considerably in the product. In contrast, a dark target algorithm with a relationship of surface reflectance between the blue (0.49 μm), red (0.66 μm), and infrared (2.1 μm) spectral bands is suitable for moist soils and vegetation areas. The retrieval of AOD spatial distribution is compared with MODIS AOD products and AERONET to verify the accuracy of the results. The RMSE ranged from 0.2 to 0.4, and about 50% of the data were within expected error margins (EE=± (0.05+0.15 AODsunphotometer)

ISOLATION AND SELECTION OF LIPASE-PRODUCING BACTERIA IN VIETNAM

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