Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractReligion and Schools in a Liquid WorldFrank PetersThis study is an exploration of the changing contexts within which schools are required to function. As global borders have become more porous schools are challenged to deal with students from increasingly diverse cultural, linguistic and religious backgrounds, frequently in a political context that is explicitly secular or nondenominational. This perspective may not be perceived by all to be as … …Journal of Social Sciences, Vol. 8, Issue 3 · 10 Aug 2012 · 7,624 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractModel Refinement in the Model Driven Architecture ContextInali Wisniewski Soares, Luciane Telinski Wiedermann Agner, Paulo Cezar Stadzisz, Jean Marcelo SimaoProblem statement: Model Driven Architecture (MDA) is a software development approach based on the design and the transformation of models. In MDA, models are systematically translated to other models and to a source code. Model transformation plays a key role in MDA. Several model transformation languages have been launched lately, aiming to facilitate the translation of input models to output … …Journal of Computer Science, Vol. 8, Issue 8 · 10 Jul 2012 · 7,195 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractSex, Health Behaviors and Social Support: Functional Decline among Older DiabeticsEmily Joy NicklettProblem statement: Men and women experience pronounced differences in functional decline as they age. The mechanisms behind these differences remain unclear, particularly among chronically ill populations. Drawing on the theory of the disablement process, this research examines sex differences in functional decline, focusing on two mechanisms suggested by the literature to partially mediate these disparities: health behaviors and social support. … …Current Research in Medicine, Vol. 3, Issue 2 · 19 May 2012 · 8,045 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractThe Implications of Teacher Effectiveness Requirements for Initial Teacher Education ReformS. G. PretoriusProblem statement: School effectiveness research shows that teacher effectiveness is the single most important school-based factor in student success. The effects of poor teaching linger and can be measured for at least three years after students have left the classroom. It is too late to wait until secondary school level for backlogs to be eradicated. Education systems, such as the … …Journal of Social Sciences, Vol. 8, Issue 3 · 26 Mar 2012 · 9,481 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractLearning Trajectories of Primary Student Teachers; a Cross-Cultural ComparisonPaul Gardner, Chris RixLife history methodology was used to compare the life and educational trajectories of six primary student teachers in England with their counterparts at a Malawian Teacher Training College. A semi structured interview schedule was used to elicit the students’ childhood memories including experiences of school, significant people in their lives, interactions with their teachers and influential factors in deciding to … …Journal of Social Sciences, Vol. 8, Issue 2 · 18 Feb 2012 · 8,504 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractModel Development for Health Promotion in the Elderly Participating in CommunitiesSupat Jampawai, Somporn Pothinam, Manop Kanato et al.Problem statement: The problem of the research derives from a lack of research study to develop the suitable model for health promotion in the elderly and examine factors concerning the health promotion in the elderly. This research aimed to study and develop suitable health promotion model for elderly participating in communities and examine factors related to the health promotion of … …American Journal of Applied Sciences, Vol. 8, Issue 9 · 30 Jul 2011 · 7,463 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractOpen Source Programmers' Information Seeking During Software MaintenanceKhaironi Yatim Sharif, Mohd Rosmadi Mokhtar, Jim BuckleyProblem statement: Several authors have proposed information seeking as an appropriate case study for studying software maintenance and evolution that have provided empirical classifications of information seeking in commercial software evolution settings. Approach: However, there is minimal research in the literature describing the information seeking behavior of Open Source programmers, even though Open Source contexts would seem to exacerbate the … …Journal of Computer Science, Vol. 7, Issue 7 · 30 Jun 2011 · 8,146 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractThe Social Movement of the Phuan in ThailandNiwat Thongwol, Jaruwan Tammawat, Prasopsuk Rittidej, Budsakorn SaenyabudProblem statement: The changing, modernization and globalization had the impact to the Phuan ethnic in Thailand. They faced the problem to adapt themselves and they returned to have ethnic resurgence. The purpose of the article were to study the social movement forms of social organization and to study the causal factor effecting or involving the identity construction in various contexts … …Journal of Social Sciences, Vol. 6, Issue 2 · 30 Jun 2010 · 8,262 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractMemory TracingEva Cogan, Chaya GurwitzProblem statement: Students completing introductory computing courses did not know how to program at the expected level. Seeking the underlying problem, we came to believe that students were focusing only on results and not connecting with the inner workings of their code. This left them poorly prepared to master increasingly complex problems. Approach: We hoped that by promoting memory tracing … …Journal of Computer Science, Vol. 5, Issue 8 · 31 Aug 2009 · 7,162 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractRedox Sensing and Cardiac Myocyte Loss: Some Recent InsightsShyamal K. GoswamiGeneration of reactive oxygen-nitrogen species (ROS/RNS) has long been ascribed to pathophysiological conditions like ageing, neurodegenerative and cardiovascular disorders. However, more recent evidences suggest that while generation of ROS/RNS at a higher threshold is deleterious, at a lower dose these can act as second messengers, influencing specific cellular events like cell growth and differentiation, embryonic development, protection against ischemic injuries … …American Journal of Biochemistry and Biotechnology, Vol. 3, Issue 4 · 31 Dec 2007 · 6,349 accessesView PDFCite