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Philosophy of voltage-gated proton channels

In this review, voltage-gated proton channels are considered from a mainly teleological perspective. Why do proton channels exist? What good are they? Why did they go to such lengths to develop several unique hallmark properties such as extreme selectivity and ΔpH-dependent gating? Why is their current so minuscule? How do they manage to be so selective? What is the basis for our...

Factors Affecting PhD Student Success

International Journal of Exercise Science 12(1): 34-45, 2019. Attrition rates for Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) programs in the United States across the fields of engineering, life sciences, social ... , Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) attrition data is available through The Council of Graduate Schools who performed a quantitative analysis of 30 institutions and nearly 50,000 students across five fields (i.e

Organizations as real and ephemeral

of pragmatist philosophy (particularly the works by John Dewey) and the basic understanding that present experiences are always both grounded in history and tradition (the canon) and dynamically ... -writers, and they are all explicitly inspired by Dewey and pragmatist philosophy. It is, however, important to note that in Dewey?s notion of inquiry, it is the situation ? in which persons are ?aspects

European career guidance policy: A focus on subtle regulatory mechanisms

Current political strategy to reform career guidance systems in Europe is regulated by subtle practices. Using the governmentality perspective, the purpose of this article is to make sense, in ... of standards of improvement career guidance. It is followed by a discussion of the thoughts and practices which underpin the political strategy for reconstruction of career guidance. This paper seeks

Plus ça change – The failure of PIAAC to drive evidence-based policy in Canada

ways ahead for the international literacy surveys in Canada and more broadly. While I have some concerns about the methodology and philosophy of the survey series (St. Clair 2013) I do believe there are ... impact of an endeavour such as PIAAC on a field such as education is a difficult and deeply political endeavour. The first, and obvious point, is that it is very difficult to comment upon an absence. If

Critical transition between cohesive and population-dividing responses to change

important phenomena, from political polarization to the evolution of distinct ecological traits, may be cast in terms of division of populations, we expect our findings and method to be useful and applicable ... Arab Spring and the European debt crisis in 2011 have paved the way for major restructuring of the political, economic and social systems around the world. Such rapid social changes, punctuated by

From Crisis to De-escalation: An Examination of Politics in a U.S. High School Steroid Testing Program

program in Texas was facilitated by a political climate that needs to be understood first. However, soon after the implementation of the program divergent views in the political discourse began to emerge ... substance consumption by student-athletes—it seems that a de-escalation of commitment scenario existed that was clearly triggered by complex political considerations. Examination of the decisions to create

Demokratie und Bildung

conservative). This finding gives reason to verify the aims and methods of political education of adults in Poland, as well as in other European countries. 1 Demokratie und politische Bildung Demokratie kann ... ). Educational ideologies. Contemporary expressions of educational philosophy . Santa Monica CA: Goodyear Publishing Company. Prawo i Sprawiedliwos´c´ ( 2014 ). Program PiS 2014 . http://pis.org.pl/dokumenty

International-vergleichende Forschung zur Bildungspolitik: Literatur-Review theoretischer Ansätze und Perspektiven der vergleichenden Politikwissenschaft

; Jakobi et al. 2010; Schmid et al. 2011) .2 Busemeyer und Trampusch (2011) zeichnen diese Entwicklung in ihrem Literatur-Review Comparative Political Science and the Study of Education nach und zeigen ... ( 02 ), 189 - 230 . Ansell , B. W. ( 2010 ). From the ballot to the blackboard: the redistributive political economy of education . New York: Cambridge University Press. Arnesen , A.-L. , & Lundahl , L

Relevance relations for the concept of reproducibility

science, consciousness studies). It is evident that, according to the authors professional profiles, many areas of human knowledge, such as economics, law, political science, history and others, had to be ... philosophy of science and in communication theory, we propose the concept of a relevance relation as an effective tool to distinguish relevant from irrelevant features of a system at a given level of

Politische Grundbildung – Theoretische und empirische Annäherungen

empirical data from the PIAAC dataset which relate literacy on the one hand with variables on political efficacy, social trust and volunteering on the other hand. Results will be compared with volunteer and ... youth surveys. Furthermore, the connection of a nouveau droite and peoples’ low feelings of political efficacy will be reflected in order to fight back the stereotype, marginalized groups would

Exercise Science Academic Programs and Research in the Philippines

social and political posts in the society. Since then, it has produced some notable alumni which include 7 out of 15 Philippine Presidents, 12 Chief Justices of the Supreme Court, 36 out of 57 National ... courses from Arts and Humanities (15 units), Math, Science and Technology (15 units) and Social Science and Philosophy (15 units). Some of the general courses are compulsory and the rest can be decided by

Exercise Science Academic Programs and Research in the Philippines

social and political posts in the society. Since then, it has produced some notable alumni which include 7 out of 15 Philippine Presidents, 12 Chief Justices of the Supreme Court, 36 out of 57 National ... courses from Arts and Humanities (15 units), Math, Science and Technology (15 units) and Social Science and Philosophy (15 units). Some of the general courses are compulsory and the rest can be decided by

Politische Bildung in Österreich: parteienzentriert und großorganisationsbezogen

long tradition in Austrian adult education. In the period of the Second Republic, ist is cinsidered marginalized. A closer look puts this assumption into perspective. Political education is widely party ... -centered and present in large-scale organizations such as the Federation of Trade Unions. There is a wide and confusing institutional landscape. With a few exeptions, political education is marginalized

Towards synthetic biological approaches to resource utilization on space missions

from scratch that directly manufacture the desired products efficiently. 2.4. Problem solution philosophy Because carbon dioxide and nitrogen compounds are the dominant available resources, organisms ... bioproduction designs, selected for its high CO2-fixation efficiency and biomanufacture viability (see 2.5). Our design philosophy involves (figure 3) (1) using acetogens and methanogens to efficiently convert

Ethical Issues Relating to Scientific Discovery in Exercise Science

. Colleagues should be respected for their professional work regardless of their age, race, religious or political views, sex, or sexual orientation. Social responsibility suggests that an individual and/or

“I will change the world”: The Intersection of Social Change and Male College Athletes’ Leadership Perspectives

• Citizenship http://www.intjexersci.com As a conceptual model, the SCM has been useful in examining gender differences in leadership philosophy between male and female college students. For example, Dugan ( 15

Politische Erwachsenenbildung und Zeit

political adult education. Current socio-cultural and socio-economic challenges - in particular: the commodification and acceleration in the context of education and learning - results in a wide range of ... pressing time issues. However the adult education und the political education pay little attention to the importance of time. For this reason, this issue will be deepened in the article. First, the situation

Die Politik des lebenslangen Lernens in Europa nach dem Boom

Verteilungen wurden zuletzt am 14. Juni 2017 überprüft. Zusavmemröefnfeanrtbliecithtmiint - regime called “technology corporatism” (Bornschier), which was jointly supported by supranational political actors ... . Bonn: Dietz. Bornschier , V. ( 1996 ). Western society in transition . New Brunswick: Transaction. Bornschier , V. ( 2000 ). Western Europe's Move toward Political Union . In V. Bornschier (Hrsg

Thirty-year Trends of Study Design and Statistics in Applied Sports and Exercise Biomechanics Research

-Pearson philosophy of induction . Brit J Philos Sci 57 ( 2 ): 323 - 357 , 2006 . 53. Morris HH . Statistics and biomechanics: Selected considerations . In J. M. Cooper , & B. Haven (Eds.), Proc CIC Symp