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Approach to mathematics in textbooks at tertiary level – exploring authors’ views about their texts

2012

The aim of this article is to present and discuss some results from an inquiry into mathematics textbooks authors’ visions about their texts and approaches they choose when new concepts are introduced. Authors’ responses are discussed in relation to results about students’ difficulties with approaching calculus reported by previous research. A questionnaire has been designed and sent to seven authors of the most used calculus textbooks in Norway and four authors have responded. The responses show that the authors mainly view teaching in terms of transmission so they focus mainly on getting the mathematical content correct and ‘clear’. The dominant view is that the textbook is intended to he…

Practitioners’ conceptions of ethical practice in social networking in career services

2018

AbstractThis article reports on a phenomenographic investigation into practitioners’ conceptions of ethical practice in social networking in career services. The results show that ethical practice was conceived as stemming from: (1) an information orientation, (2) a networking orientation, (3) an educational orientation, and (4) a collaborative orientation. Differences appeared along six dimensions including: approach, activities, level of usage, perception, strategy and ethical principles. The findings give us a more profound understanding of critical aspects that may have an important role in relation to further developments and the successful implementation of existing and emerging techn…

Zum 70. Jahrestage der Gesellschaft für Geschichte und Altertumskunde der Ostseeprovinzen Russlands: Rede, gehalten am 6. Dezember 1904

1905

Pimeydestä päivänvaloon : 2000-luvun alun vampyyri - kasvissyöjä, rakastaja ja tappaja

2011

Tutkin sivututkielmassani millainen 2000-luvun alun vampyyri on ja millainen sen suhde on aiempaan vampyyrikirjallisuuteen ja vampyyriperinteeseen. Tutkielman motivaatio ja tärkeys nousevat omasta kiinnostuksesta vampyyrikirjallisuuteen sekä vampyyrin ja yliluonnollisuuden kulttuurisesta ajankohtaisuudesta. Tutkielma perustuu Charlaine Harrisin Dead until dark, Stephenie Meyerin Twilight ja J. R. Wardin Dark lover romaanien tarkkaan lukemiseen ja esiin nousevien piirteiden yhdistämiseen ja vertailuun. Vertailen nykyvampyyria vampyyrikirjallisuuden lähtökohtiin eli goottilaiseen romaaniin, gotiikkaan ja kauhukirjallisuuteen sekä vampyyrikirjallisuuden omaan historiaan intertekstuaalisuuden j…

Inter-Relationships Between Groundnut Yield in Senegal, Interannual Rainfall Variability and Sea-Surface Temperatures

1999

Groundnut production strongly contributes to Senegal’s economy. Interannual variations of groundnut yield for the country as a whole, and their relationship with rainfall amounts, are examined for the 31-yr period 1960–1990. It is shown that on that scale, and after removing decadal trends, almost half of the variance is explained by rainfall variability, especially that of the early part of the rainy season (July–August). Given the high spatial coherence of seasonal rainfall in the region, teleconnections with global- and regional-scale climate dynamics, including sea-surface temperatures, are assessed. Though some features are similar to the rest of the Sahel, others are more specific, su…

The East African March–May Rainy Season: Associated Atmospheric Dynamics and Predictability over the 1968–97 Period

2002

Abstract This paper focuses on the East African March–May “long rains.” Particularly, it investigates the atmospheric patterns associated to the March–May rainfall anomalies, then proposes a seasonal prediction model. In a preliminary step, in order to define a regional rainfall index, a new form of extended principal component analysis is performed, aimed at capturing both the spatial and intraseasonal rainfall coherence. What emerges is that although the long rains exhibit a low temporal coherence, calling for a separation between the months of March–April and May in teleconnection studies, they show a relatively strong spatial consistency over the Kenya–Uganda inland region. From composi…

Intraseasonal wind anomalies related to wet and dry spells during the ?long? and ?short? rainy seasons in Kenya

1997

The largest part of Kenya exhibits two major rainy seasons, the March–May «long rains» and the October–December «short rains», both related to the passage of the ITCZ, but differing in the amount of rainfall recorded and its interannual variability. In order to investigate whether these differences also apply at intraseasonal time-scales, daily rainfall data for the peak month of each rainy season (April and November) were collected for 7 consecutive years (1982–1988). The network comprises 68 stations, from which a classification of the spatial patterns of daily rainfall anomalies has been performed. Wind anomalies corresponding to the various rainfall types and to specific regional rainfa…

Paratextual Prometheus. Digital Paratexts on YouTube, Vimeo and Prometheus Transmedia Campaign

2015

The object of this article is to map correspondences between the literacy of books and the literacy of online video platforms, in order to create common ground between both media and assist transmedia storytellers in the task of exploring video platforms with in-depth knowledge of each textual element surrounding video content. The article proposes a comprehensive categorization and typification of surrounding information in the standard video pages of YouTube and Vimeo, using Gerard Genette’s theory of paratexts as a basic framework. The analysis found that the interplay between paratextual elements, the audience feedback and the absence of endorsement from authors to paratexts created by …

2,7-Di-tert-butyl-9,9-dimethyl-4,5-bis(4-tritylanilinocarbonyl)-9H-xanthene methanol trisolvate monohydrate

2006

The title compound, C75H68N2O3·3CH3OH·H2O, was synthesized starting from the corresponding acid and p-tritylaniline. Single crystals were obtained from a methanol solution as a solvate, with three methanol mol­ecules and one water mol­ecule. The solid-state structure proves the existence of an intra­molecular bifurcated hydrogen bond between one amide H atom and the carbonyl and xanthene O atoms. The packing is stabilized by inter­molecular hydrogen bonds.

A Role for the β1-β2Loop in the Gating of 5-HT3Receptors

2005

Based on theTorpedoacetylcholine receptor structure, Unwin and colleagues (Miyazawa et al., 2003; Unwin, 2005) hypothesized that the transduction of agonist binding to channel gate opening involves a “pin-into-socket” interaction between αV46 at the tip of the extracellular β1-β2loop and the transmembrane M2 segment and M2-M3 loop. We mutated to cysteine the aligned positions in the 5-HT3Aand 5-HT3Bsubunit β1-β2loops K81 and Q70, respectively. The maximal 5-HT-activated currents in receptors containing 5-HT3A/K81C or 5-HT3B/Q70C were markedly reduced compared with wild type. Desensitization of wild-type currents involved fast and slow components. Mutant currents desensitized with only the f…