Gleanings in natural history : with local recollections, to which are added maxims and hints for an angler /

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Gleanings in natural history.

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Gleanings in natural history : with local recollections : to which are added maxims and hints for an angler /

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Tracking NatureWatch successes.

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On the right track : NatureWatch highlights.

"FS-577."

Cornell science leaflet

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Cornell science leaflet.

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C&T NO MEIO RURAL: A divulgação de Ciência e Tecnologia no programa televisivo Caminhos da Roça

Esta pesquisa examina o discurso de um programa televisivo regional brasileiro de canal aberto para identificar qual é a linguagem utilizada na abordagem de assuntos de Ciência e Tecnologia. O corpus compõe-se de um recorte baseado nas exibições do ano de 2006 do programa televisivo Caminhos da Roça - criado e exibido desde 2002 pela EPTV Ribeirão (Empresas Pioneiras de Televisão) afiliada da Rede Globo em Ribeirão Preto/SP. A proposta foi analisar, em relação ao formato, à linguagem e aos conteúdos as matérias jornalísticas que tratam especificamente de assuntos de ciência e/ou tecnologia voltadas para o agronegócio e que tenham mostrado algum contato entre pesquisador e cidadão do campo. Este trabalho, de natureza qualitativa, empregou a metodologia de Análise de Discurso de linha Francesa (AD) e identificou C&T como um assunto bastante presente no Caminhos da Roça. Constatou-se ainda que, embora haja muita divulgação de C&T não há um padrão de aprofundamento desses assuntos e que a abordagem varia de edição para edição, além da ciência ser mostrada em forma de tecnologia que se aplica ao campo. A linguagem empregada pelo Caminhos da Roça para o tratamento de assuntos de Ciência e Tecnologia é, predominantemente clara e simplificada e o discurso mais encontrado se define como uma mescla entre o tecnológico, o informativo e o pedagógico.(AU)

O docente com dupla habilitação: desafios deste novo paradigma

Relatório de Estágio apresentado à Escola Superior de Educação de Paula Frassinetti para a obtenção do grau de Mestre em Educação Pré-Escolar e Ensino do 1º Ciclo do Ensino Básico

The nature of pedagogic teacher-student interactions : a phenomenographic study

Globally, teaching has become more complex and more challenging over recent years, with new and increased demands being placed on teachers by students, their families, governments and wider society. Teachers work with more diverse communities in times characterised by volatility, uncertainty and moral ambiguity. Societal, political, economic and cultural shifts have transformed the contexts in which teachers work and have redefined the ways in which teachers interact with students. This qualitative study uses phenomenographic methods to explore the nature of pedagogic teacherstudent interactions. The data analysis reveals five qualitatively different ways in which teachers experience pedagogic engagements with students. The resultant categories of description ranged from information providing, with teachers viewed as transmitters of a body of knowledge through to mentoring in which teachers were perceived as significant others in the lives of students with their influence extending beyond the walls of the classroom and beyond the years of schooling. The paper concludes by arguing that if teachers are to prepare students for the challenges and opportunities in changing times, teacher education programs need to consider ways to facilitate the development of mentoring capacities in new teachers.

The nature and prevalence of inter-organizational project ventures : evidence from a large scale field study in the Netherlands 2006-2009

There has recently been noted a rapid increase in research attention to projects that involve outside partners. Our knowledge of such inter-organizational projects, however, is limited. This paper reports large scale data from a repeated trend survey amongst 2000 SMEs in 2006 and 2009 that focused on inter-organizational project ventures. Our major findings indicate that the overall prevalence of inter-organizational project ventures remained significant and stable over time, even despite the economic crisis. Moreover, we find that these ventures predominantly solve repetitive rather than unique tasks and are embedded in prior relations between the partnering organizations. These findings provide empirical support for the recent claims that project management should pay more attention to inter-organizational forms of project organization, and suggest that the archetypical view of projects as being unique in every respect should be reconsidered. Both have important implications for project management, especially in the area of project-based learning.

The two faces of normative commitment : a qualitative study of the dual nature of normative commitment

Organisational commitment is extensively represented in the human resource management and organisational behaviour literature as a key factor in the relationship between employees and their organisations. Although Allen and Meyer (1990) noted that an employee can experience the three components of organisational commitment simultaneously, in terms of commitment profiles, the majority of studies have looked at the antecedents and outcomes of affective, continuance, and normative commitment independently. There is still only limited research that has investigated the nature of commitment profiles and their implications for employee work-related behaviours (Gellatly Meyer and Luchak 2006; Herscovitch & Meyer 2002; Somers 2010; Wasti 2005). An area where the commitment profiles approach potentially provides new insights is on the nature of normative commitment.

Insights into the nature of the coupling interactions between uracil corrosion inhibitors and copper : a DFT and molecular dynamics study

In this study, the nature of the coupling interactions between copper and uracil as well as its several derivatives has been systematically investigated employing the atoms in molecules (AIM) theory and energy decomposition analyses. The whole interaction process has been investigated through the analyses of the radial distribution functions of the Cu⋯X (X = S and O) contact on the basis of the ab initio molecular dynamics. No direct relationship between the adsorption strengths and inhibition efficiencies of the inhibitors has been observed. Additionally, the possibility of the methyl-substituted dithiouracil species to act as copper corrosion inhibitors has been tested.

Embedding nature into cities – a case study of economic lessons from Singapore

Built environment design around the world faces a number of 21st Century challenges such as rising urban heat island effect and rising pollution, which are further worsened by consequences of climate change and increasing urban populations. Such challenges have caused cities around the globe to investigate options that can help to significantly reduce the environmental pressures from current and future development, requiring new areas of innovation. One such area is ‘Biophilic Urbanism’, which refers to the use of natural elements as design features in urban centres to assist efforts to address climate change issues in rapidly growing economies. Singapore is an illustration of a thriving economy that exemplifies the value of embedding nature into its built environment. The significance of urban green space has been recognised in Singapore as early as the 1960s when Lee Kuan Yew embarked on the ‘Garden City’ concept. 50 years later, Singapore has achieved its Garden City goal and is now entering a new era of sustainability, to create a ‘City in a Garden’. Although the economics of such efforts is not entirely understood, the city of Singapore has continued to pursue visions of becoming a biophilic city. Indeed, there appears to be important lessons to be learned from a city that has challenged the preconceived notion that protecting vegetation in a city is not economically viable. Hence, this paper will discuss the case study of Singapore to highlight the drivers, along with the economic considerations identified along the way. The conclusions have implications for expanding the notion of biophilic urbanism, particularly in the Australian context by discussing the lessons learned from this city. The research is part of Sustainable Built Environment National Research Centre, and has been developed in collaboration with the Curtin University Sustainability Policy Institute.