Reporting Suicide Worldwide: Media Responsibilities

Guidelines, training and ethical issues raised by the latest review of research about the impact of media coverage on suicidal behaviour

Integrating ICT in Kenyan secondary schools: an exploratory case study of a professional development program

This study explores the introduction of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) in Kenyan secondary schools. Specifically, it is a case study of four schools with no previous access to ICT. The professional development program from which data for this study were drawn was designed to support teachers learning to integrate ICT in the curriculum. Using a mixed method research approach, we collected data from multiple sources and triangulated the views of various stakeholders: questionnaires with teachers, focus groups with teachers, school leaders and ICT coordinators, field observations and document analysis. While the broader program focused on the use of ICT, the results highlighted in this study focus on the development of the four schools with respect to 1) vision building, 2) leadership, 3) collaboration, 4) expertise, and 5) access to adequate resources. The discussion centers on the challenges and opportunities inherent in understanding how to prepare schools in developing countries to integrate ICT in education

Is what you see what you get? representations, metaphors and tools in mathematics didactics

This paper is exploratory in character. The aim is to investigate ways in which it is possible to use the theoretical concepts of representations, tools and metaphors to try to understand what learners of mathematics ‘see’ during classroom interactions (in their widest sense) and what they might get from such interactions. Through an analysis of a brief classroom episode, the suggestion is made that what learners see may not be the same as what they get. From each of several theoretical perspectives utilised in this paper, what learners ‘get’ appears to be something extra. According to our analysis, this something ‘extra’ is likely to depend on the form of technology being used and the representations and metaphors that are available to both teacher and learner

Bill Davis Interview

Transcript of oral history interview with Bill Davis by Mike Downs on his experiences during the Vietnam War on January 26, 1984

Potassium for high rainfall pastures

Potassium plays a major role in plant growth. It maintains the solutions in plant cells at ionic strengths suitable for maintaining strong plant walls and for the proper functioning of leaf pores (stomata) and plant processes such as photosynthesis, transport of sugars and enzyme activation. Potassium does not become a direct part of the plant structure but acts to regulate water balances, nutrient and sugar movement in plant tissue. Plants deficient in potassium cannot use other nutrients and water efficiently. They are less tolerant of stresses such as drought and waterlogging and are more susceptible to pests and diseases.https://researchlibrary.agric.wa.gov.au/bulletins/1079/thumbnail.jp

UNKNOWN SERVER NAME INDICATION (SNI) PROCESSING

Current methods of server name indication (SNI) detection rely on manual traffic analysis to determine which SNIs should be added to a list of SNIs in Application Detection and Control (ADC) peer-to-peer (P2P) modules, which may lead to errors when determining which traffic should be shaped for optimization. Techniques described herein provide for a robust and quantifiable method of determining which SNI traffic flows should be shaped or optimized in a Service Provider’s mobile packet core. Techniques discussed herein reduce the time to identify flows requiring actions and make the process of identifying the flows more quantifiable with live unknown traffic monitoring

Lime for high rainfall pastures: above 800mm average annual rainfall

Conventional agriculture acidifies soil. As your soil becomes more acid, productive pasture species disappear and are replaced by species of low agricultural value. It is a waste of money to apply expensive fertiliser to pastures which are inherently poorly productive because they are growing in an acid soil. The paper examines the types of lime available, how to select lime for quality and when and how much lime to apply. Maganese toxity and aluminum toxicity are examine, how to test your soil, and affect of soil acidity on bacteria and other microorgansims.https://researchlibrary.agric.wa.gov.au/bulletins/1223/thumbnail.jp

Phosphorus for high rainfall pastures

Soil testing for phosphorus provides a reliable indication of when the level of phosphorus in a soil is likely to be adequate for pasture production in the next growing season. It is a waste of money to apply phosphorus fertiliser when soil testing indicates none is required, or to acidified soils, or to undergrazed pastures, or to pastures dominated by poorly productive species. Legumes have higher phosphorus requirement than grasses. Critical soil test phosphorus values do not change when nitrogen fertiliser is applied.https://researchlibrary.agric.wa.gov.au/bulletins/1061/thumbnail.jp