An Impact Assessment of Academic Disciplines on Secondary School Teachersa Dispositions to Affective Characteristics in Cross River State, Nigeria

The study was an assessment of teachers academic disciplines and their dispositions to some affective characteristics like values orientation work attitude motivation and needs satisfaction The study which adopted survey design used a sample of 1062 teachers selected from an estimated population of 21 240 teachers spread across the 203 public secondary schools in Cross River State of Nigeria An instrument called Teachers Affective Characteristics Questionnaire was used for data collection The data were analysed using One-Way Analysis of Variance ANOVA test statistic Results of the study showed that teachers academic disciplines significantly influence their dispositions to affective characteristics It was concluded that it was teachers with education disciplines that were more disposed to affective characteristics than their counterparts with non-education disciplines The study concludes that teachers should be encouraged to pick higher degrees in education after their first degrees as this will improve their work values work attitude motivation and needs satisfaction also considered in this study as job satisfactio

Variação do desenvolvimento embrionário das sementes de erva-mate.

A erva-mate (Ilex paraguariensis St. Hil.) é uma espécie nativa da Floresta Ombrófila Mista, com ampla distribuição geográfica e de grande importância socioeconômica. As sementes desta espécie germinam em surtos desuniformes, pois apresentam dormência tegumentar e fisiológica, requerendo um período de estratificação em areia. O trabalho objetivou avaliar o desenvolvimento dos embriões das sementes de erva-mate, oriundas de diferentes procedências do Sul do Brasil. Os frutos foram coletados em fevereiro de 2003 nos municípios de Cascavel, Toledo e Campo Mourão, no Paraná, e Soledade, no Rio Grande do Sul. O experimento foi conduzido no laboratório de Análise de Sementes da Embrapa Florestas, em delineamento inteiramente casualizado com quatro repetições de 25 sementes cada. Concluiu-se que as procedências do Estado do Paraná apresentaram sementes com embriões mais desenvolvidos do que aquelas oriundas da procedência do Rio Grande do Sul, provavelmente em decorrência das temperaturas médias anuais mais altas e maior insolação

The Immutability of Online Course in Art Education

The signifier and signified of symbol representation in art works can generate and reflect reality. However, it can never produce the absolute truth. This paper mainly discusses the relationship between immutability with arbitrariness, sociality, and continuity in art education, both online and in outline. Overall, it is recommended that practical art teaching should be guided by artistic achievements. In addition, we clarify immutability of network teaching mode in art education, and recommend exploration of conscious, independent and self-discipline modes

Psychoanalysis Ellie Chu Portrayed from Freud's and Maslow's Theories in "The Half of It" Movie

Psychology is the science that studies human behavior which is applied in analyzing human personality. This journal examines the application of the psychological theories of Sigmund Freud (Id, Ego, and Superego) and Abraham Maslow (physiological needs, safety needs, love and belonging needs, self-esteem, and self-actualization) in analyzing Ellie Chu the main character of the film "The Half of It". The author uses the descriptive qualitative research method to explain Ellie Chu's character. The author obtained data from watching the film "The Half of It" which was released by Netflix in 2020 and reading the script for the film "The Half of it". Directed by Alice Wu, this film follows the journey of Ellie Chu, a talented young writer who gets entangled in a journey of finding a complex identity in her small town. This analysis aims to show how the application of Freud's and Maslow's theories provides insight into Ellie's character development and motivation throughout the film. By exploring her subconscious desires and the fulfillment of her needs, we gain a deeper understanding of her actions, decisions, and emotional journey. Understanding the psychological underpinnings of Ellie's character increases our appreciation of the film's themes of identity, love, and self-discovery. It is hoped that from this analysis the readers can also be inspired by the story of Ellie Chu who can take responsibility for truth, honesty, and sacrifice

Destination Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis.

Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) is a prototypical neurodegenerative disease characterized by progressive degeneration of motor neurons both in the brain and spinal cord. The constantly evolving nature of ALS represents a fundamental dimension of individual differences that underlie this disorder, yet it involves multiple levels of functional entities that alternate in different directions and finally converge functionally to define ALS disease progression. ALS may start from a single entity and gradually becomes multifactorial. However, the functional convergence of these diverse entities in eventually defining ALS progression is poorly understood. Various hypotheses have been proposed without any consensus between the for-and-against schools of thought. The present review aims to capture explanatory hierarchy both in terms of hypotheses and mechanisms to provide better insights on how they functionally connect. We can then integrate them within a common functional frame of reference for a better understanding of ALS and defining future treatments and possible therapeutic strategies. Here, we provide a philosophical understanding of how early leads are crucial to understanding the endpoints in ALS, because invariably, all early symptomatic leads are underpinned by neurodegeneration at the cellular, molecular and genomic levels. Consolidation of these ideas could be applied to other neurodegenerative diseases (NDs) and guide further critical thinking to unveil their roadmap of destination ALS

Destination Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis

Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) is a prototypical neurodegenerative disease characterized by progressive degeneration of motor neurons both in the brain and spinal cord. The constantly evolving nature of ALS represents a fundamental dimension of individual differences that underlie this disorder, yet it involves multiple levels of functional entities that alternate in different directions and finally converge functionally to define ALS disease progression. ALS may start from a single entity and gradually becomes multifactorial. However, the functional convergence of these diverse entities in eventually defining ALS progression is poorly understood. Various hypotheses have been proposed without any consensus between the for-and-against schools of thought. The present review aims to capture explanatory hierarchy both in terms of hypotheses and mechanisms to provide better insights on how they functionally connect. We can then integrate them within a common functional frame of reference for a better understanding of ALS and defining future treatments and possible therapeutic strategies. Here, we provide a philosophical understanding of how early leads are crucial to understanding the endpoints in ALS, because invariably, all early symptomatic leads are underpinned by neurodegeneration at the cellular, molecular and genomic levels. Consolidation of these ideas could be applied to other neurodegenerative diseases (NDs) and guide further critical thinking to unveil their roadmap of destination ALS

Global vaccine safety blueprint: the landscape analysis (survey of regulators)

The perspectives of regulatory licensing authorities were assessed in countries that produce, procure, and both produce and procure vaccines. A web-based survey was developed to explore regulators’ knowledge, attitudes and practices concerning their national vaccine safety system. Additionally, their opinions about what would be needed to ensure future capacity and capabilities for a global vaccine safety system were probed, along with models of collaboration for regulatory authorities and the private sector that address public safety issues

The influence of budget allocation by function on student retention of public community colleges in the sixteen states in the Southern Region Education Board

Stakeholders of higher education expect a positive return for their investment. One of the measures of success for higher education is persistence; one of the measures of persistence is retention rate. One segment of higher education, community colleges, receives a significant outlay of public resources in terms of government appropriations, student financial aid, and individual investment. This study follows the framework of Ryan (2004) and Gansemer-Topf and Schuh (2006) who successfully created models using the allocation of financial resources to predict graduation and retention rates for four-year colleges. Using data from the U. S. Department of Education’s Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), this study examined the relationship between the allocation of financial resources and selected institutional demographics with freshman retention for community colleges. This study found no relationship between financial allocation and selected institutional demographics with freshman retention. In addition, this study found no predictive model using financial allocation to determine freshman retention, but found a minimally effective model by adding selected institutional characteristics as predictors. Further research adding additional predictors may discover an effective predictive model for freshman retention

BIAS AND VARIABILITY IN IMAGE-BASED VOLUMETRIC YTTRIUM-90 DOSIMETRY

90Y-microsphere therapy has been widely accepted as a treatment option for both primary and metastatic liver tumors where the patients are ineligible for surgical resection and external beam radiation therapy. The prognosis of untreated patient having liver cancer is very poor with life expectancy less than a year at advance stage. Hence the ability to predict treatment efficacy right after the treatment from post-therapy imaging will help personalize treatment strategies and achieve better outcome. Such prediction can be modeled from correlation of dose and tumor response metrics. It has been shown that local dose deposition method can generate dose map from 90Y emission images with accuracy comparable to dose-point kernel and Monte Carlo simulation methods. The bias and variability of the input images remain to be the weakest link in volumetric dosimetry. The objectives of this dissertation project were to improve image-based volumetric 90Y dose quantification using current commercially available systems and to determine its limitation (bias/variability). We have developed a practical image reconstruction method for 90Y bremsstrahlung SPECT/CT (bSPECT/CT) images with CT attenuation correction and energy-window based background compensation. Although the volumetric quantitative accuracy of our bSPECT/CT images is limited by partial volume effect, the images can be used to accurately quantify the total 90Y activity delivered to the patient, which allow gross treatment delivery verification and limited outcome prediction. We have also characterized the accuracy and variability of volumetric 90Y dosimetry calculated from count-limited 90Y-PET/CT images. Knowledge of overall errors (systematic and random) in volumetric 90Y dosimetry is important to derive statistically significant dose-response model, which in turn allowing prediction of treatment outcome and personalization of treatment strategy

Scoping Job Enlargement with the Cultural Dimension of Individualism: An Industrial

Job satisfaction and sustainable job performance require managers to find the right balance between job enlargement and the division of labor in designing the optimum scope of work toward a continuum of employee engagement. This dissertation explores the cultural dimension of “Individualism” and its’ implication in this balance. If a manufacturing line is transferred from the United States (91 mean individualism score) to China (20 mean individualism score) does the scope of the work need to change to ensure that a greater population of workers is engaged and that they have work passion toward sustained performance (Hofstede, n.d.)? Does the statement of work need to increase in detail and prescriptiveness or conversely in autonomy and diversity of tasks to match the mean cultural dimension of individualism corresponding with the target culture of the workforce? This study builds on the theory of job enlargement, and considers a cultural implication of individualism in international business