Systematic Observation of Behaviors and Environmental Events Using the Lag Method

1988 ◽  
Vol 67 (1) ◽  
pp. 255-262
Author(s):  
Maria Del Carmen García-López
Keyword(s):  
Building Block ◽  
Measurement Theory ◽  
The Other ◽  
Observation System ◽  
Systematic Observation ◽  
Or Groups ◽  
High Control ◽  
Environmental Events ◽  
Cross Reference ◽  
Accurate Quantification

Systematic observation of individuals or groups focuses on the visible behavior in relation to visible values of the environment. The researcher may find it useful to record both properties of environment-behavior events. The building block of any systematic observation system is defined in a clear set of selection rules which can be used by human observers, the next step is to decide which properties will be measured. Every property is a variable, and each variable makes up a set of values. Measurement theory demands that the variables be defined in such a way that any event will get one and only one value for each variable. The values have to be mutually exclusive and exhaustive. Systematic observation generally does not permit interpretation of events in the particular environment. It is better to separate the observation and its interpretation into an index of cross-reference instead of relating them. On the other hand, it is absolutely essential that constant analysis of the notes and relationships should be carried out while the work of natural observation is still taking place. In spite of the fact that natural systematic observation does not possess high control, it can quite well be complemented by very structured observation and by accurate quantification using techniques of qualitative numeration for this purpose.

Private Education

1986 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Public Education ◽  
Division Of Labor ◽  
Private Education ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
The Other ◽  
Public And Private ◽  
Non Profit ◽  
Or Groups ◽  
Private And Public ◽  
The Relationship

This book focuses on the relationship between private and public education in a comparative context. The contributors emphasize the relationship between private choices and public policy as they affect the division of labor between public and private non-profit schools, colleges, and universities. Their essays examine the kinds of choices offered by each sector, as well as the effects of present and proposed public policies on the intersectoral division of labor. Written from neither a pro-private nor a pro-public point of view, the contributors point to the ways in which they believe one sector or the other may be preferable for certain goals or groups.

Trans‐European Party Groupings: Emergence of New and Alignment of Old Parties in the Light of the Direct Elections to the European Parliament

1979 ◽  
Vol 14 (4) ◽  
pp. 455-478 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paul‐H. Claeys ◽  
Nicole Loeb‐Mayer
Keyword(s):  
Political Parties ◽  
Ad Hoc ◽  
European Parliament ◽  
The Other ◽  
European Level ◽  
Or Groups ◽  
Direct Elections ◽  
Special Case ◽  
Domestic Level

TWO QUESTIONS ARISE WHEN CONSIDERING THE CHANGES that might be brought about by direct elections and by developments in the new European Parliament. One concerns institutionalized cooperation between political parties. To what extent can the three existing European party federations – Socialist, Christian Democrat, Liberal – be considered as a step towards the formation of genuine European political parties? Are they anything more than alignments of traditional parties coordinating their action at European level? The other question is related to parties or groups which have not until now created close-knit ad hoc structures. A special case is that of the Communist parties, which have not organized specific links at Communit level. Another problem is raised by non-traditional parties and groups that have in most cases little or no parlia mentary representation at either national or European level. Will some of them take advantage of the European sphere of action to make more impression than they have been able to do at domestic level, in cooperation with similarly oriented partners in other member countries?

The Fallacies of MDA for Novice Designers

2020 ◽  
pp. 190-205
Author(s):  
Kenneth Chen
Keyword(s):  
Building Block ◽  
Game Design ◽  
The Other ◽  
Novice Designers ◽  
Game Developers ◽  
Shed Light

Ever since MDA was publicized by Hunicke, Leblanc, and Zubek in 2004, it has become a building block for game developers and scholars. However, it has also incited several misconceptions that have spread among students and the gaming community. For example, players have overused the term “mechanics,” to the point that it is virtually meaningless. On the other side, the terms “dynamics” and “aesthetics” have been comparatively neglected, despite their value. Building upon our experiences of teaching an undergraduate game design course, we argue that these misconceptions stem from the ways that consumers have misinterpreted the MDA framework. Game educators are not necessarily working with experienced designers: they are working with students who are often more passionate about playing games than making them. Thus, game educators need to target this misconception in order to shed light on preconceived biases.

Dynamical Simulation of the Motion of Curved Grain Boundaries Composed of Pyramidal-Shaped Ledges

1990 ◽  
Vol 193 ◽  
Author(s):  
Re-Jhen Jhan ◽  
P. D. Bristowe
Keyword(s):  
Grain Boundary ◽  
Grain Boundaries ◽  
Boundary Migration ◽  
Model System ◽  
The Other ◽  
Grain Boundary Migration ◽  
Dynamical Simulation ◽  
Atomic Mechanism ◽  
Or Groups

ABSTRACTA dynamical simulation of curved grain boundaries composed of pyramidal-shaped ledges has shown that the boundaries can move by local conservative shuffles of atoms or groups of atoms such that one adjoining crystal grows at the expense of the other. In the model system studied, the shuffles often take the form of correlated rotational displacements about the axis normal to the boundary. The simulations provide support for the atomic mechanism proposed by Babcock and Balluffi to explain their observation of grain boundary migration without the participation of SGBDs.

scholarly journals Self-Organization of -Crown Ether Derivatives into Double-Columnar Arrays Controlled by Supramolecular Isomers of Hydrogen-Bonded Anionic Biimidazolate Ni Complexes

2012 ◽  
Vol 2012 ◽  
pp. 1-10
Author(s):  
Makoto Tadokoro ◽  
Kyosuke Isoda ◽  
Yasuko Tanaka ◽  
Yuko Kaneko ◽  
Syoko Yamamoto ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Hydrogen Bonding ◽  
Crown Ether ◽  
Building Block ◽  
The Other ◽  
Optical Isomer ◽  
Self Organization ◽  
Optical Isomers ◽  
One Dimensional ◽  
Molecular Building Block ◽  
Hydrogen Bonded

Anionic tris (biimidazolate) nickelate (II) ([Ni(Hbim)3]−), which is a hydrogen-bonding (H-bonding) molecular building block, undergoes self-organization into honeycomb-sheet superstructures connected by complementary intermolecular H-bonds. The crystal obtained from the stacking of these sheets is assembled into channel frameworks, approximately 2 nm wide, that clathrate two cationic K+-crown ether derivatives organised into one-dimensional (1D) double-columnar arrays. In this study, we have shown that all five cationic guest-included crystals form nanochannel structures that clathrate the 1-D double-columnar arrays of one of the four types of K+-crown ether derivatives, one of which induces a polymorph. This is accomplished by adaptably fitting two types of anionic [Ni(Hbim)3]−host arrays. One is a network with H-bonded linkages alternating between the two different optical isomers of the and types with flexible H-bonded [Ni(Hbim)3]−. The other is a network of a racemate with 1-D H-bonded arrays of the same optical isomer for each type. Thus, [Ni(Hbim)3]−can assemble large cations such as K+crown-ether derivatives into double-columnar arrays by highly recognizing flexible H-bonding arrangements with two host networks of and .

Microswitch for Vocalization Responses: Comparing Single- versus Dual-Microphone Arrangements for a Man with Multiple Disabilities

2008 ◽  
Vol 102 (3) ◽  
pp. 935-938 ◽  
Author(s):  
G. E. Lancioni ◽  
M. F. O'Reilly ◽  
N. N. Singh ◽  
J. Sigafoos ◽  
D. Oliva
Keyword(s):  
Multiple Disabilities ◽  
The Other ◽  
Vocal Responses ◽  
Turn On ◽  
Environmental Events ◽  
Practical Implications ◽  
Single Versus

Microswitches are technical devices designed to enable persons with multiple disabilities to control environmental events, generally preferred stimuli such as music and lights, using simple/feasible responses. For example, a sound-detecting microswitch may allow a person to turn on brief periods of preferred stimulation through simple vocal responses. This study compared the accuracy of two versions of a sound-detecting microswitch, i.e., one using a throat microphone and the other both throat and airborne microphones, for a man with multiple disabilities. Analysis showed that the latter microswitch version radically reduced the false activations present with the former microswitch version. Thus, the latter version seemed to have a clear accuracy advantage over the former with important practical implications.

Swim-up of tammar wallaby (Macropus eugenii) spermatozoa in Biggers, Whitter and Whittingham (BWW) medium: maximisation of sperm motility, minimisation of impairment of sperm metabolism and induction of sperm hyperactivation

2017 ◽  
Vol 29 (2) ◽  
pp. 345 ◽  
Author(s):  
Minjie Lin ◽  
Xiyi Zhang ◽  
Ray N. Murdoch ◽  
R. John Aitken
Keyword(s):  
Sperm Motility ◽  
First Record ◽  
Tammar Wallaby ◽  
The Other ◽  
Computer Assisted ◽  
Sperm Analysis ◽  
Rapid Induction ◽  
Marsupial Species ◽  
Accurate Quantification ◽  
Better Than

A variety of media were compared for their ability to sustain the motility of tammar wallaby spermatozoa over an 8-h period following swim–up from coagulated semen. The study demonstrated that a modified Tyrode’s solution, Biggers, Whitter and Whittingham medium (BWW) was significantly better than any of the other assessed media in supporting wallaby sperm motility. After 8 h of incubation in BWW, motility was maintained at 79.3 ± 9.3%, with 77.0 ± 10.4% rapid and 65.7 ± 8.7% progressively motile spermatozoa. By contrast, motility was <10% at the same 8-h time point in all of the other media assessed. After 2 h of incubation in BWW, tammar spermatozoa consumed more oxygen than their counterparts in PBS (52.0 ± 2.7 vs 75.0 ± 6.6 μL per 108 spermatozoa per 2 h; P < 0.001). Motility was not enhanced in any of these media by the addition of 5 mM N-acetyl-D-glucosamine, the major energy substrate in wallaby semen. However, addition of dibutyryl cAMP and pentoxifylline in BWW resulted in the extremely rapid induction of hyperactivated motility in the entire sperm population. This burst of hyperactivated motility was entirely dependent on calcium in BWW and significantly inhibited by calmidazolium, a calmodulin inhibitor. A set of computer-assisted sperm analysis parameters were identified that permitted the accurate quantification of hyperactivation rates in this species. This is the first comparative analysis of media for harvesting and incubating marsupial spermatozoa and the first record of hyperactivated motility in any marsupial species.

scholarly journals Exploring the Use of the Three Rainfall Remote Sensing Products for Flood Prediction in the Brahmaputra Basin

10.29007/h6z1 ◽  
2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maurizio Mazzoleni ◽  
Biswa Bhattacharya ◽  
Miguel Angel Laverde Barajas ◽  
Dimitri Solomatine
Keyword(s):  
The Other ◽  
Hydrological Models ◽  
Flood Prediction ◽  
Satisfactory Model ◽  
Fusion Methods ◽  
Brahmaputra Basin ◽  
Distributed Hydrological Models ◽  
Gauged Basins ◽  
Rainfall Estimates ◽  
Accurate Quantification

An important aspect in hydrological modelling is the accurate quantification and prediction of rainfall. In ungauged or poorly gauged basins ground data is sparse and often is complemented by rainfall satellite products, which brings additional uncertainties. The main objective of this research is to assess performance of distributed hydrological models using the remotely sensed rainfall estimates as forcings for the model. The model, based is based on the conceptual HBV-96 model and the PCRaster framework, is implemented for the Brahmaputra basin. Three different remote sensed datasets of precipitation (MSWEP, TMPA and PERSIANN-CDR) are used. Simple fusion methods are used to combine models results generate by the dataset of precipitation. The preliminary results of this study show that better model results are achieved merging the output results. Using MSWEP and TMPA as the forcing data provides satisfactory model results. On the other hand, use of PERSIANN-CDR leads to better prediction of flow peaks but overestimations of the hydrographs’ falling limbs.

scholarly journals HUBUNGAN KEPERCAYAAN DENGAN PERILAKU MENCARI PERTOLONGAN PADA KELUARGA ORANG DENGAN GANGGUAN JIWA DI KOTA TERNATE

2019 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Sriyani Masita ◽  
Andi Buanasari ◽  
Wico Silolonga
Keyword(s):  
Mental Disorders ◽  
Help Seeking ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Total Sample ◽  
The Other ◽  
Help Seeking Behavior ◽  
Purposive Sampling ◽  
Or Groups ◽  
Seeking Behavior ◽  
Seeking Help

Abstrack : Believe is the willingness of a party to trust the other party based on the expectation that the other party will take certain important actions to heal the family member. Help seeking behavior of individuals or groups who make a way to seek help, treatment in the community an be done by means of bringing individuals to helath services, help from sharmans or other alternatives The purpose of this study was to determine the relationship of trust with behavior seeking help in families of people with mental disorders in Ternate City. the method of This research uses descriptive analytic research design. Sampling technique uses purposive sampling technique with a total sample of 124 respondents. Results Spearman correlation test obtained significant value trust with help seeking behavior 0,000. The conclusions of the results of this study indicate that there is a relationship between stigma and trust with behavior seeking help in people with mental disorders a families.Keywords: Mental disorders, trust, help seeking behaviorAbstrak : Kepercayaan adalah kesediaan suatu pihak untuk mempercayai pihak lain didasarkan pada harapan bahwa pihak lain tersebut akan melakukan tindakan tertentu yang penting untuk menyembuhkan anggota keluarganya. Perilaku mencari pertolongan adalah suatu perilaku individu atau kelompok yang melakukan suatu cara untuk mencari pertolongan. Pengobatan di masyarakat bisa dilakukan dengan cara membawa individu ke pelayanan kesehatan, pertolongan dukun atau alternatif lainya. Tujuan penelitian untuk mengidentifikasi hubungan antara kepercayaan dengan perilaku mencari pertolongan pada keluarga orang dengan gangguan jiwa di kota Ternate. Metode penelitian ini menggunakan desain penelitian deskriptif analitik. Teknik pengambilan Sampel menggunakan teknik purposive sampling dengan jumlah sampel sebanyak 124 responden. Hasil dengan menggunakan uji spearman korelasi didapatkan nilai signifikan kepercayaan dengan perilaku mencari pertolongan 0,000. Kesimpulan hasil penelitian ini menunjukan bahwa terdapat hubungan antara kepercayaan dengan perilaku mencari pertolongan pada keluarga orang dengan gangguan jiwa.Kata kunci : Gangguan jiwa, kepercayaan, perilaku mencari pertolongan

scholarly journals Diglossic Situation in Rainbow Rowell’s Novel Eleanor & Park

2021 ◽  
pp. 388-403
Author(s):  
M Amrin Siregar
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Research ◽  
Research Methods ◽  
Research Method ◽  
Female Student ◽  
Qualitative Research Methods ◽  
The Other ◽  
The Novel ◽  
Or Groups ◽  
Human Problem

This study concerned the diglossic situation in Rainbow Rowell’s Eleanor & Park, written in 2016. It aimed to describe the use of two different varieties of English in the novel, that is, H (high) variety and L (low) variety of the language. These varieties were found in terms of function, prestige, lexicon (vocabulary) and grammar used by some of the characters in the novel when speaking to each other. The results showed that, in terms of function, the recitation or reading of a poem by one of the characters was conducted in H (high) variety. The H (high) variety used was more prestigious. In terms of grammar, the H (high) variety was also used by a teacher when appreciating his female student who had just recited or read the poem. Some of the words or lexicons used by some of the other characters of the novel were in the form of L (low) varieties. The analysis was conducted through the qualitative research methods proposed by Creswell (2009: 4) who explained that this type of research method is a means for exploring and understanding the meaning individuals or groups ascribe to a social or human problem. Keywords: diglossic situation, high variety, low variety

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