Low-Level Prenatal Mercury Exposure in North China: An Exploratory Study of Anthropometric Effects

2015 ◽  
Vol 49 (11) ◽  
pp. 6899-6908 ◽  
Author(s):  
Langbo Ou ◽  
Cen Chen ◽  
Long Chen ◽  
Huanhuan Wang ◽  
Tianjun Yang ◽  
...  
2013 ◽  
Vol 28 ◽  
pp. e2013015 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rock Bum Kim ◽  
Byoung-Gwon Kim ◽  
Yu-Mi Kim ◽  
Young-Seoub Hong ◽  
Chang-Hun You ◽  
...  

Author(s):  
Bushra Ismail Ahmed Arnaout

This study aimed to determine the level of adherence to the research ethical standards and research creativity in psychological and educational studies, and to identify the nature of the relationship between adherence to ethical standards and research creativity, as well as to identify the differences in both adherence to the research ethical standards and research creativity due to (gender, scientific degree, number of publications) variables. The researcher selected a random sample of (142) of the researchers in psychological and educational disciplines. There ages ranged between (26- 57) years. The researcher applied the scale of adherence to the research ethical standards and scale of research creativity, all of these tools prepared by the researcher. The results showed that there was a low level of adherence to the research ethical standards as well as low level of research creativity. Also there was a statistical significant strong positive correlation between adherence to research ethical standards and research creativity (R = 0.945), and also found statistically significant differences (0.01) among the average scores in adherence to the research adherence to ethical standards and research creativity due to gender (in favor of females), Scientific degree (in favor of doctoral and post-doctoral researchers), and the number of published researches (in favor of researchers who published more than 6 research and more who are publish more than Of 10 research). The results of the simple regression analysis also indicated that adherence to the research ethical standards is a statistical and powerful indicator of research creativity. The researcher explained the findings in light of the theoretical framework and previous studies, and developed a number of recommendations.


2021 ◽  
Vol 208 ◽  
pp. 111642
Author(s):  
Can-Can Zhou ◽  
Hui Fu ◽  
Guo-Yan Zhang ◽  
Jia-Wei Ma ◽  
Min Ni ◽  
...  

2016 ◽  
Vol 59 ◽  
pp. 8-16 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael S. Bloom ◽  
Iulia A. Neamtiu ◽  
Simona Surdu ◽  
Cristian Pop ◽  
Doru Anastasiu ◽  
...  

2010 ◽  
Vol 138 (4) ◽  
pp. 1017-1025 ◽  
Author(s):  
Huizhong He ◽  
Fuqing Zhang

Abstract This study examines the diurnal variations of the warm-season precipitation over northern China using the high-resolution precipitation products obtained from the Climate Prediction Center’s morphing technique (CMORPH) during May–August of 2003–09. The areas of focus are the Yanshan–Taihangshan Mountain ranges along the east peripheries of the Loess and Inner Mongolian Plateaus and the adjacent North China Plains. It is found that the averaged peak in local precipitation begins early in the afternoon near the top of the mountain ranges and propagates downslope and southeastward at a speed of ∼13 m s−1. The peak reaches the central North China Plains around midnight and the early morning hours resulting in a broad area of nocturnal precipitation maxima over the plains. The diurnal precipitation peak (minimum) is closely collocated with the upward (downward) branch of a mountain–plains solenoid (MPS) circulation. Both the MPS and a low-level southwesterly nocturnal jet are likely to be jointly responsible for the nighttime precipitation maxima over the plains.


Author(s):  
Hajar Ghadirian

<p>This study explored patterns of e-moderating behaviour students performed when they were assigned as peer moderators of asynchronous online discussions in a reciprocal manner. Eighty-four students from an undergraduate blended course were observed during a 7-week-long online discussions. Using quantitative content analysis peer moderators’ interventions were analysed based on Smet, Keer, Wever, and Valcke’s (2010) scheme. The descriptive results show information exchange and knowledge construction supports were of continuous importance. Finally, a cluster analysis identified three distinct patterns of e-moderating behaviour: low-level moderators, mid-level moderators, and high-level moderators. The clusters differed in types of e-moderating support as well as their patterns of participation. High-level moderators dominated knowledge construction support and showed high level of online participation. Mid-level moderators dominated information exchange support and exhibited a moderate level of participation. Socialisation support and low level of participation were characteristics of low-level moderators. We further examined how these approaches were related to peer moderators’ perceptions of online discussions and academic performance. The results indicate that high-level moderators scored highest on all aspects of perceptions of online discussions and outperformed peer moderators in the other clusters with regard to academic performance.</p>


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