Project Method - An Effective Instrument For Developing Competencies Of Future Professionals

We discuss the role of linguistic metaphors as a cognitive frame for the understanding of genetic information processing. The essential similarity between language and genetic information processing has been recognized since the very beginning, and many prominent scholars have noted the possibility of considering genes and genomes as texts or languages. Most of the core terms in molecular biology are based on linguistic metaphors. The processing of genetic information is understood as some operations on text – writing, reading and editing and their specification (encoding/decoding, proofreading, transcription, translation, reading frame). The concept of gene reading can be traced from the archaic idea of the equation of Life and Nature with the Book. Thus, the genetics itself can be metaphorically represented as some operations on text (deciphering, understanding, code-breaking, transcribing, editing, etc.), which are performed by scientists. At the same time linguistic metaphors portrayed gene entities also as having the ability of reading. In the case of such “bio-reading” some essential features similar to the processes of human reading can be revealed: this is an ability to identify the biochemical sequences based on their function in an abstract system and distinguish between type and its contextual tokens of the same type. Metaphors seem to be an effective instrument for representation, as they make possible a two-dimensional description: biochemical by its experimental empirical results and textual based on the cognitive models of comprehension. In addition to their heuristic value, linguistic metaphors are based on the essential characteristics of genetic information derived from its dual nature: biochemical by its substance, textual (or quasi-textual) by its formal organization. It can be concluded that linguistic metaphors denoting biochemical objects and processes seem to be a method of description and explanation of these heterogeneous properties.

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Are Joint Deployment Distribution Operations Centers (JDDOCs) an Effective Instrument for Overcoming Combatant Commanders' Intra-Theater Logistical Challenges

10.21236/ada463668 ◽

2005 ◽

Author(s):

Michael W. Leupold ◽

Bryan Newkirk

Keyword(s):

Distribution Operations ◽

Effective Instrument

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TO THE QUESTION OF THE APPLICATION OF THE TRAINING PROJECT METHOD IN PROFILE TRAINING OF BIOLODGY STUDENTS IN UNIVERSITY

HUMANITARIAN RESEARCHES ◽

10.21672/1818-4936-2016-60-4-141-147 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 60 (4) ◽

pp. 141-147

Author(s):

Marina V. Lozovskaya ◽

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Yuri V. Nesterov ◽

Keyword(s):

Training Project ◽

Project Method

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The Challenge of Sustaining Peace

10.1093/oso/9780198805373.003.0017 ◽

2018 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Necla Tschirgi ◽

Cedric de Coning

Keyword(s):

Human Rights ◽

Security Council ◽

Original Design ◽

Entire Spectrum ◽

The World ◽

Effective Instrument ◽

International Peacebuilding ◽

Do So

While demand for international peacebuilding assistance increases around the world, the UN’s Peacebuilding Architecture (PBA) remains a relatively weak player, for many reasons: its original design, uneasy relations between the Peacebuilding Commission and Security Council, turf battles within the UN system, and how UN peacebuilding is funded. This chapter examines the PBA’s operations since 2005, against the evolution of the peacebuilding field, and discusses how the PBA can be a more effective instrument in the UN’s new “sustaining peace” approach. To do so, it would have to become the intergovernmental anchor for that approach, without undermining the intent that “sustaining peace” be a system-wide responsibility, encompassing the entire spectrum of UN activities in peace, security, development, and human rights.

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INDIVIDUAL PROJECT METHOD: An Example of Its Operation in a Seventh Grade

Francis W Parker School Studies in Education ◽

10.1086/franwparkscho.6.41102698 ◽

1920 ◽

Vol 6 ◽

pp. 5-45

Author(s):

Jennie Hall

Keyword(s):

Seventh Grade ◽

Project Method ◽

Individual Project

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The diagnostic threshold of Cornell assessment of pediatric delirium in detection of postoperative delirium in pediatric surgical patients

BMC Pediatrics ◽

10.1186/s12887-021-02538-x ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 21 (1) ◽

Author(s):

Hong Hong ◽

Chao Guo ◽

Zhi-Hua Liu ◽

Bo-Jie Wang ◽

Shu-Zhe Zhou ◽

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Keyword(s):

Pediatric Patients ◽

Assessment Instrument ◽

Surgical Patients ◽

Reference Standard ◽

Diagnostic And Statistical Manual ◽

Diagnostic Thresholds ◽

Diagnostic Threshold ◽

Effective Instrument ◽

Sensitivity Specificity ◽

Selective Surgery

Abstract Background Cornell assessment of pediatric delirium (CAPD) showed advantage in diagnosis of pediatric delirium in Chinese critically ill patients. But its performance in surgical patients is still unclear. The present study was designed to validate the diagnostic performance of CAPD in surgical pediatric patients. Methods This is a prospective validation study. Pediatric patients who underwent selective surgery and general anesthesia were enrolled. Primary outcome was the incidence of delirium within postoperative three days. CAPD Chinese version was used to evaluate if the patient had delirium one time per day. At the meantime, a psychiatrist employed Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders fifth edition to diagnose delirium, which was the “gold standard”, and the result was considered as reference standard. Sensitivity, specificity and area under receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve were calculated to investigate the performance of CAPD. Results A total of 170 patients were enrolled. Median age was 4 years old. As diagnosed by psychiatrist, 23 (13.5 %) patients experienced at least one episode of delirium during the follow-up period. When diagnostic threshold was set at 9, CAPD showed the optimal sensitivity (87.0 %, 95 %CI 65.3 %-96.6 %) and specificity (98.0 %, 95 %CI 93.7 %-99.5 %) in comparison with other diagnostic thresholds. ROC analysis showed that CAPD was a good delirium assessment instrument with area under curve of 0.911 (95 % CI 0.812 to 1.000, P < 0.001). Agreement between CAPD and reference standard was 0.849 (Kappa coefficient, P < 0.001). Conclusions This study found that Cornell assessment of pediatric delirium could be used as an effective instrument in diagnosis of delirium in pediatric surgical patients. Trial registration www.chictr.org.cn Identifier: ChiCTR-DDD-17,012,231, August 3, 2017.

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