Biometric studies of birds in the order Procellariiforms

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WHAT IS THE NATURE AND PROCESS OF EFFECTIVE TEACHING AND LEARNING?

Over the last ten years my thinking and writing have been concerned with the nature and process of effective teaching and learning. Although I have tried to present my thinking as a chronological sequence much of the work developed concurrently. Over the period covered by my publications my thinking has focused on three main areas: a. An exploration of the implications for language learning of the shared meaning-making process in reading, reading aloud and writing. (Approx.1978-1982) b. An exploration of the influence that a teacher may have in the shared process of meaning-making and its implications for teaching and learning. (Approx. 1982-1990) c. The power context of the classroom where the participants employ power strategies in an attempt to influence the outcome of the negotiation. (Approx. 1990- present) My early interest in linguistics led me to focus on the role of language in the process of teaching and learning. Initially I was concerned with linguistically analysing children's writing in an attempt to explore the ways in which their written language developed. However, I soon began to realise the importance of the learning context and the ways in which meaning is negotiated within that context. It became clear that the linguistic exchanges between the teacher and the pupils had a significant effect upon the learning that was taking place. I began to linguistically analyse the interactions between teachers and pupils. The linguistic evidence seemed to suggest that the operation of power between the teacher and the pupils affected the quality of learning. Much of my later work has therefore been concerned with describing power relationships and their role in the teaching and learning process. My interest extended to interactions in staff meetings where I analysed interactions between teachers and between head teachers and teachers. In all of these interactions I observed dominant strategies which constrained the future possibilities of action for others and were characterised by: * More institutional and less intimate syntax choices. * More formal choices in vocabulary. * Using high key or high termination choices. * Using dominant rising tones * Firmer and more emphatic paralanguage. * Intermittent or disrupted eye contact. * Emphatic gestures. * Repetition. * Ritual forms of language. I also observed less dominant strategies which facilitated or opened up the future possibilities of action for others and were characterised by: * More intimate and less institutional syntax choices. * More casual vocabulary choices * Mid key and mid termination choices. * A soft or moderate voice. * Long eye contact. Once I could describe the linguistic patterns which seemed to accompany dominant and less dominant strategies, I was able to explore the kinds of power strategies operating in the learning situation. I concluded that power strategies circumscribe the degree of co-operation and consent or conflict and challenge in the learning context. I found this was a helpful perspective in trying to describe what may be happening in the teaching and learning process. It can provide a measure of the quality of learning and illuminate different styles of teaching

Mapping biosphere strontium isotope ratios across major lithological boundaries. A systematic investigation of the major influences on geographic variation in the 87Sr/86Sr composition of bioavailable strontium above the Cretaceous and Jurassic rocks of England.

Strontium isotope analysis has provided archaeologists with an unprecedented opportunity to study the mobility of humans and animals in the past. However, a lack of systematic environmental baseline data has seriously restricted the full potential of the analytical technique; there is little biosphere data available against which to compare measured skeletal data. This thesis examines the extent to which geographic variation in biosphere 87Sr/86Sr composition can be spatially resolved within the lowland terrain of England, in a geographically and geologically coherent study area. Systematically collected samples of vegetation, stream water and surface soils, including new and archived material have been used. The potential of these sample media to provide reliable estimates of the 87Sr/86Sr composition of bioavailable strontium are evaluated under both high-density and low-density sampling regimes, and against new analyses of local archaeological material. Areas lying south of the Anglian glacial limit, display a pattern of geographic 87Sr/86Sr biosphere variation (0.7080¿0.7105) controlled by solid geology, as demonstrated by high-density biosphere mapping. Data collected at a wider geographic scale, including above superficial deposits, indicate the dominant influence of re-worked local rocks on the biosphere. These methods have enabled a reclassification of the archaeologically important Cretaceous Chalk domain. Analysis of rainwater and other indicators of atmospheric deposition show that, in this setting, local biosphere variation is not significantly perturbed by atmospheric inputs. Time-related data from archaeological cattle and sheep/goat tooth enamel suggest that the modern biosphere data can be used to understand livestock management regimes and that these are more powerful than using an average value from the enamel. A more complete understanding of possible patterns of mobility in a group of humans has been achieved through analysis of material from Winchester and comparison with the Chalk biosphere domain.British Geological Survey¿s British University Funding Initiative (BUFI) and the School of Life Sciences at the University of Bradford joint funding

IMPLEMENTASI PROGRAM AKSELERASI PENDIDIKAN

This research intended to describe the implementation of accelerated program in education at State Senior High School 1 Terbanggi Besar Central of Lampung. There were eight things examined in this study, namely planing, organizing, implementation, controling, evaluating, supporting factors, inhibiting factors, and the customers satisfied of accelerated program in education at State Senior High School 1 Terbanggi Besar Central of Lampung. Research with qualitative approach. Data were collected using interviews, observation nonparticipant and documentation. Data were analyzed using the patterns of interaction Miles and Huberman have been modified. The findings showed: the planing, organizing, and implementation is done by the team of curiculum develovment. The support factors of accelerated program in education at State Senior High School I Terbanggi Besar Central of Lampung, namely: sum of teachers and a good qualification teachers, sum of superior intelligent students, a good infrastructur, and a good commitment. The inhibiting factors, namely make a schedule, suport government, teaching learning.Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui implementasi program akselerasi di SMA Negeri 1 Terbanggi Besar Lampung Tengah, yang meliputi 8 sub fokus: perencanaan, pengorganisasian, pelaksanaan, pengawasan, evaluasi, faktor pendukung, faktor kendala dan kepuasan pelanggan program akselerasi pendidikan di SMA N 1 Terbanggi Besar. Penelitian ini menggunakan pendekatan kualitatif. Teknik pengumpulan data menggunakan wawancara, observasi nonpartisipan dan dokumentasi. Teknik analisis data menggunakan pola interaksi Miles dan Huberman yang telah dimodifikasi. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa perencanaan, pengorganisasian dan pelaksanaan program akselerasi dilakukan oleh tim pengembang kurikulum sekolah. Faktor pendukung program akselerasi pendidikan di SMA N 1 Terbanggi Besar ialah tersedianya dana yang memadai, kualifikasi dan kompetensi tendik, jumlah siswa cerdas istimewa yang memadai, tersedianya sarana prasarana yang dibutuhkan. Faktor kendalanya alah pengelolaan KBM belum optimal, dan kurangnya pembinaan pemerintah melalui Dinas Pendidikan Kabupaten maupun Provinsi.Keywords: program akselerasi di bidang pendidikan, pelaksanaa

PENERAPAN METODE PROFILE MATCHING PADA APLIKASI PENDUKUNG KEPUTUSAN SELEKSI ASISTEN DOSEN DI LABORATORIUM TERPADU STMIK AKAKOM YOGYAKARTA

Praktikum di STMIK AKAKOM merupakan kegiatan akademik terstuktur yang dilakukan di laboratorium. Untuk mendukung proses pembelajaran dalam kegiatan praktikum, maka diperlukan tenaga asisten dosen. Asisten dosen yang telah mendaftar, lansung mendampingi dosen dalam pelaksanaan praktikum dan kondisi yang ada banyak matakuliah yang tidak memiliki asisten. Maka dibutuhkan rekomendasi calon asisten. Dalam Proses Pembangunan sistem pendukung keputusan untuk menentukan calon asisten dosen menggunakan merode Profile Matching. Metode ini dipilih karena dapat memfasilitasi keinginan atau profile yang diiginkan oleh pengambil keputusan dan memberikan nilai bobot setiap kriteria dengan pendekatan integrasi antara subyektif dan obyektif dari pengambi keputusan. Kriteria-kriteria yang digunakan dalam penentuan keputusan selesksi asisten dosen yaitu IPK, semester, pengalaman dan nilai matakuliah praktikum dan prasyarta praktikum. Untuk kriteria nilai matakuliah menggunakan beberapa model, dimana satu model memiliki satu matakuliah praktikum. Hasil akhir yang diperoleh berupa alternatif calon asisten dosen disetiap matakuliah praktikum di semester 1 dan 2 yang telah diurutkan sesuai dengan nilai masing-masing. Sistem pendukung keputusan ini memudahkan mendapatkan alternatif calon asisten dosen yang sesuai dengan kriteria yang telah ditentukan. Kata kunci: Asisten, sistem pendukung keputusan (SPK), Profile Matching

Protein-protein recognition: The neonatal Fe receptor and immunoglobulin G

The neonatal Fe receptor (FeRn) binds the Fe portion of immunoglobulin G (IgG) at the acidic pH of endosomes or the gut and releases IgG at the alkaline pH of blood. FeRn is responsible for the maternofetal transfer of IgG and for rescuing endocytosed IgG from a default degradative pathway. We investigated how FeRn interacts with IgG by constructing a heterodimeric form of the Fe (hdFc) that contains one FeRn binding site. This molecule was used to characterize the interaction between one FeRn molecule and one Fe and to determine under what conditions FeRn forms a dimer. The hdFc binds one FeRn molecule at pH 6.0 with a K_d of 80 nM. In solution and with FeRn anchored to solid supports, the heterodimeric Fe does not induce a dimer of FeRn molecules. FcRnhdFc complex crystals were obtained and the complex structure was solved to 2.8 Å resolution. Analysis of this structure refined the understanding of the mechanism of the pH-dependent binding, shed light on the role played by carbohydrates in the Fe binding, and provided insights on how to design therapeutic IgG antibodies with longer serum half-lives. The FcRn-hdFc complex in the crystal did not contain the FeRn dimer. To characterize the tendency of FeRn to form a dimer in a membrane we analyzed the tendency of the hdFc to induce cross-phosphorylation of FeRn-tyrosine kinase chimeras. We also constructed FeRn-cyan and FeRn-yellow fluorescent proteins and have analyzed the tendency of these molecules to exhibit fluorescence resonance energy transfer. As of now, neither of these analyses have lead to conclusive results. In the process of acquiring the context to appreciate the structure of the FcRn-hdFc interface, we developed a study of 171 other nonobligate protein-protein interfaces that includes an original principal component analysis of the quantifiable aspects of these interfaces

FUNGSI KOMUNIKASI INTERPERSONAL DALAM MENINGKATKAN KINERJA KARYAWAN RESTORAN THE SAGE BANDUNG

Penelitian ini berjudul “Fungsi Komunikasi Interpersonal dalam Meningkatkan Kinerja Karyawan Restoran The Sage Bandung”. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui bagaimana fungsi empati, suportif, sikap positif dan kesetaraan dalam komunikasi interpersonal, yang dilakukan untuk mengetahui kinerja seorang karyawan dari sub variabel kualitas kerja, ketepatan waktu, inisiatif, kemampuan dan komunikasi. Metode penelitian yang digunakan dalam penelitian ini adalah metode penelitian deskriptif kuantitatif. Metode penelitian atau deskriptif- kuantitatif adalah metode yang hanya memberikan gambaran deskripsi tentang variabel dari sebuah fenomena yang diteliti. Dalam menentukan ukuran sampel dari populasi, peneliti menggunakan rumus Sundjana. Pengumpulan data diperoleh dari studi pustaka, angket, wawancara, dan observasi di The Sage. Berdasarkan hasil analisis dan pembahasan, diperoleh bahwa komunikasi interpersonal karyawan yang baik menjadi faktor pendukung peningkatan kinerja kerja karyawan The Sage. Namun, salah satu hambatan yang terjadi adalah kurangnya pimpinan dalam memberi semangat berupa reward kepada karyawannya, yang dapat memotivasi mereka lebih lanjut dalam mencapai kinerja yang lebih baik. Maka dari itu peneliti menyarankan agar pimpinan The Sage dapat lebih aktif dalam memberikan pengakuan dan penghargaan kepada karyawan sebagai bentuk semangat dan motivasi. Kata Kunci: Komunikasi Interpersonal, Kinerja, Karyawan

PENGARUH DIRECT SELLING DAN MEDIA SOSIAL MELALUI FACEBOOK TERHADAP MINAT BELI KONSUMEN PADA ROKOK SIN HERBAL

This study aims to determine whether there is influence between direct selling and social media through facebook to consumer buying interest in cigarettes sin herbs in Pesona Anggrek, Bekasi Utara. This study used an associative quantitative approach through a survey to 60 members. Sampling method is probability sampling by using simple random sampling. Hypothesis test results (t test) showed that the variables of direct selling and social media through facebook have a significant effect on buying interest. This is indicated by the absolute t value of direct selling and social media through facebook both bigger than t table that is equal to 2.002. The conclusion of this research that direct selling and social media through facebook each have an effect on buying interest. This can mean that, declining and increasing buying interest depends on how to apply direct selling system and social media through facebook effectively. Keywords: Direct selling, social media through facebook, buying interest

Environmental drivers of movement in a threatened seabird: insights from a mechanistic model and implications for conservation

Determining the drivers of movement of different life‐history stages is crucial for understanding age‐related changes in survival rates and, for marine top predators, the link between fisheries overlap and incidental mortality (bycatch), which is driving population declines in many taxa. Here, we combine individual tracking data and a movement model to investigate the environmental drivers and conservation implications of divergent movement patterns in juveniles (fledglings) and adults of a threatened seabird, the white‐chinned petrel (Procellaria aequinoctialis)

Diving of Great Shearwaters (Puffinus gravis) in Cold and Warm Water Regions of the South Atlantic Ocean

BACKGROUND: Among the most widespread seabirds in the world, shearwaters of the genus Puffinus are also some of the deepest diving members of the Procellariiformes. Maximum diving depths are known for several Puffinus species, but dive depths or diving behaviour have never been recorded for great shearwaters (P. gravis), the largest member of this genus. This study reports the first high sampling rate (2 s) of depth and diving behaviour for Puffinus shearwaters. METHODOLOGY/PRINCIPAL FINDINGS: Time-depth recorders (TDRs) were deployed on two female great shearwaters nesting on Inaccessible Island in the South Atlantic Ocean, recording 10 consecutive days of diving activity. Remote sensing imagery and movement patterns of 8 males tracked by satellite telemetry over the same period were used to identify probable foraging areas used by TDR-equipped females. The deepest and longest dive was to 18.9 m and lasted 40 s, but most (>50%) dives were <2 m deep. Diving was most frequent near dawn and dusk, with <0.5% of dives occurring at night. The two individuals foraged in contrasting oceanographic conditions, one in cold (8 to 10°C) water of the Sub-Antarctic Front, likely 1000 km south of the breeding colony, and the other in warmer (10 to 16°C) water of the Sub-tropical Frontal Zone, at the same latitude as the colony, possibly on the Patagonian Shelf, 4000 km away. The cold water bird spent fewer days commuting, conducted four times as many dives as the warm water bird, dived deeper on average, and had a greater proportion of bottom time during dives. CONCLUSIONS/SIGNIFICANCE: General patterns of diving activity were consistent with those of other shearwaters foraging in cold and warm water habitats. Great shearwaters are likely adapted to forage in a wide range of oceanographic conditions, foraging mostly with shallow dives but capable of deep diving