Informacinių technologijų magistrantės R. Liucvaikienės: „Augalininkystės mokomojo modeliavimo priemonės sudarymas ir tyrimas“. Informacinių technologijų magistro studijų programa, kompiuterizuoto mokymo specializacija. Darbo vadovas: docentas K. Baniulis Kaunas 2008 metai. Darbo apimtis: 57 puslapiai, pateikta 11 lentelių, 18 paveikslėlių, panaudota 9 literatūros ir 11 internetinių šaltinių. Tyrimo tikslas sukurti mokomąją kompiuterinę modeliavimo priemonę, kuria lanksčiai ir kūrybingai galėtų būti mokoma(si) augalininkystės dalyko. Tikslui pasiekti buvo išanalizuoti funkciniai ir nefunkciniai reikalavimai, suprojektuota ir realizuota mokomoji kompiuterinė priemonė „Augalų augimą įtakojantys faktoriai“ ir atliktas eksperimentinis tyrimas. Išanalizavus analogiškos paskirties programas, buvo nustatyti kuriamai augalininkystės mokymo priemonei pagrindiniai reikalavimai: lengvai įdiegiama; nekeliami dideli reikalavimai techninei ir programiniai įrangai; lengvai valdoma ir tolerantiška vartotojo klaidoms; sudaroma interaktyvi galimybė moksleiviui tapti aktyviu veiksmo dalyviu. Sukurtoje priemonėje pateikta augalininkystės temų teorija ir praktinių darbų pavyzdžiai, savikontrolės ir kontroliniai testai, įdiegti laboratoriniai darbai ir virtualus eksperimentas. Augalininkystės mokymo(si) priemone gali naudotis profesijos mokytojai ir mokiniai, mokydami(esi) augalininkystės dalyko. Projektuojant MKP panaudotos informacinės technologijos, kaip palengvinti projektavimo ir... [toliau žr. visą tekstą] / Information technologies postgraduate R. Liucvaikiene’s paper “Research and construction of educational modeling software for plants growing ”. Information technologies postgraduate study program, computerized teaching specialization. Work leader: doc. K.Baniulis, Kaunas, 2008. Paper size: 57 pages, 11 tables, 18 pictures, 9 literature and 22 internet resources were used. The aim of the research to create computer modeling tool, which could be flexibly and creatively used teaching/learning plant-growing subject. In order to reach the aim of the research functional and non-functional requirements were analyzed, educational computer tool “The Factors Influencing Plants’ Growing” was projected and realized and the experiment research was done. After analyzing similar programs, the requirements for creative plant-growing educational tool were set: easily implemented; no big requirements for technical and software equipments; easily used, tolerant to consumers mistakes; interactive possibility to a student is made to become an active action participant. The tool includes plant-growing theory and examples of practical tasks, self-control and checking tests, implemented laboratory works and virtual experiment. Plant -growing teaching/learning program can be used by profession teachers and students while learning plant-growing subject. While projecting the tool information technologies were used how to release projecting and programming processes and various other problems. Good... [to full text]

The objective of my study was to analyse the factors negatively influencing a somatic cell count (SCC) in raw cow´s milk. Milk samples were tested in three breeds with different technology of breeding and milking for a time period of three years. The SCC values were determined by Fluoro-opto-electronic method on a Fossomatic apparatus. Significant factor influencing SCC was quality practise hygiene of mammary gland. The lowest average values of SCC were determined in breed where was practise thoroughly hygiene of mammary gland (avarage SCC in year 2006 was 223,3.103 SB.ml-1). Next factors negatively influencing SCC were age of cows, annual period, quality of feed and frequency exchanges a udder sleeve. Influence a technology of breeding, milking and size breed on somatic cell count in milk was not extended.

Aim and method: This study aims to investigate the consumer behavior of the cosmetics customers and the consumer perception about the available local and foreign branded cosmetics products in Bangladesh. To achieve the purpose of the study, an effective mixture of qualitative and quantitative method has been utilized by conducting interviews and online survey with local businesspersons and consumers of cosmetics in Bangladesh respectively.   Result and conclusion: Consumer perception regarding cosmetics products in Bangladesh is influenced by seven factors identified in this study. They are country of origin, psychological attributes of the consumers, place where product is sold, external attributes, quality, consumers’ own characteristics and finally increased disposable income of the consumers. We identified all but one of these factors from the existing literature and our analysis showed that findings of the existing literature support our study. One new factor found in the course of this study is that the increasing number of middle to affluent consumers in Bangladesh is another crucial factor that motivates consumer perception towards cosmetics in the context of Bangladesh.   Contribution: The study contributes to literature coherent with consumer behavior and consumer perception regarding the customers of cosmetics products in Bangladesh. As the literature has remained unexplored in context of Bangladesh, this paper would be an insight for local and foreign branded cosmetics regarding how the consumers see the market and the factors that influence their purchase, preference and loyalty decisions. Furthermore, through the findings of the study, recommendations can be prescribed for the local cosmetics manufacturers to strengthen their market share in the future.

Magister Chirurgiae Dentium (MChD) / AIMS AND OBJECTIVES: Most children presenting to dental clinics have pain of varying intensity that usually, has been endured for long periods of time. A study done at Cardiff in the United Kingdom, found that only 15% of children that had dental pain visited the dentist. Therefore, understanding the motivations of patients in seeking health care is vital to the quality of life in the family and community and to the success of any oral health planning process. This study explored factors influencing the time between the initial pain experience and definitive dental treatment, that is, the time lapse. It assessed how factors such as pain, individual and community characteristics affect the timing of dental visits. METHOD: Parents or guardians accompanying children visiting two community dental clinics in Guguletu and Mitchells Plain in the Western Cape were asked to indicate how factors such as severity and duration of pain, efficacy of self-treatment, and impact on parents affected the decision to seek treatment. A total of one hundred and twenty six parents were interviewed using a structured questionnaire. The English questionnaire was translated into Xhosa and Afrikaans and used with the help of interpreters when necessary. Children attending these community dental clinics for treatment on a particular morning were included in the study sample. Children up to thirteen years of age (primary, mixed, and early permanent dentition) comprised the study sample. Only children that had a dental problem were included in the study. Children that were not accompanied by a parent or guardian were excluded. RESULTS: Close to half the children (43 - 45%) had never been to the dentist before. Parents from Mitchells Plain knew earlier of their children's dental problems (most knew14 days before visit) than those from Guguletu where most knew within the last 7 days. However, Guguletu children were presented to the dentist sooner after the painful experience (69.2% within 7 days) than Mitchells Plain where only 48.3% were presented within the same period. It was found that for these communities, the distance from the clinic, the mode of transport, and the fares charged greatly influenced dental attendance. Most families lived within 3km, and walked (more prevalent in Guguletu) or rode a taxi (more prevalent in Mitchells Plain). With taxi the most prevalent mode of transport, money was an important factor of dental attendance. Long queues at the clinic and waiting long for appointments, were cited by parents as the major hindrances to attendance. While a worsening of pain, loss of sleep and sensitivity to chewing hastened dental attendance, parental work commitment and the child's school delayed it. Most families (79%) tried some treatment at home prior to the dental visit. The remedies offered such as Disprin®, direct placement of crushed Disprin® and Panado® were a concern because they were potentially harmful. Both communities were in the low socio-economic class with Guguletu consistently the poorer of the two. They both had disrupted family life as reflected by the low rates of married parents. CONCLUSION: In the presence of pain Guguletu children were presented to the dentist sooner than those of Mitchells Plain. Accessibility of the clinics was a real concern especially in Guguletu. There was rampant inappropriate use of medications such as aspirin and antibiotics. The greatest impact of the child's pain on the parents was on affected sleep. The non-regular attendance pattern of the children closely followed that of the parents.

Research on biosynthesis of tobacco mosaic virus (TMV) ribonucleic acid (RNA) in vitro has been reported by Cochran, et al; Karasek and Schramm; Kim and Wildman; Cornuet and Astier; and Tongur and Baland in. It has been postulated that the replication of a number of viruses containing single-stranded RNA is accompanied by the formation of a virus-specific double-stranded helical RNA, the replicative form. This has been demonstrated both for animal and bacterial viruses including MS2. The double helical structure of purified replicative form of MS2 was established by X-ray diffraction studies. One of the strands was shown to be a viral RNA strand of the parental type ("plus" strand), the other being complementary to it ("minus" strand). Studies on Escherichia coli infected with RNA phages suggest that a structure containing both a "plus 11 and a "minus " strand is an obligatory intermediate in viral reproduction.

Healthy eating in childhood and adolescence is important for proper growth and development and to help prevent chronic diseases. Many factors contribute to healthy eating patterns, and one of the most influential factors is the home and school environment. Both settings have role models who may affect a child’s eating behaviors. This study consisted of 54 home school and 21 public school participants who lived in northeast Mississippi and were between 6-12 years old. Public school children consumed significantly more total calories, net carbohydrates, vitamin C, and calcium compared to the home school children. Also, the public school children consumed more calories in the form of carbohydrates after 3pm compared to home school children. Nevertheless, there was no difference in BMI percentiles in public school and home school children 8-12 years of age. For 6 and 7-year-old children, the home school children had significantly lower BMI percentiles compared to the public school children.

This study investigated teachers' perceptions of classroom assessment in mathematics and their current classroom assessments practices. Specifically, the study sought to gain an understanding of the extent to which teachers use different classroom assessment methods and tools to understand and to support both the learning and teaching processes. The following three questions guided the study: 1) How do primary school teachers perceive classroom assessment in mathematics? 2) What kinds of assessment methods and tools do teachers use to assess their students in mathematics? 3) What is the influence of teachers' perceptions of classroom assessment on their classroom assessment practices? The study used a questionnaire to establish the teachers' perceptions of classroom assessment in mathematics, a lesson observation protocol, and pre-lesson and post-lesson observation interview protocols as main sources of data collection. The data collected through observations and interviews helped to map out patterns between perceptions of classroom assessment and the teachers' classroom assessment practices. Document analysis was used to triangulate the information collected through observations and interviews. In addition, document analysis provided first hand information on the kind of written feedback students get and the nature of activities they do. A total of six teachers (three male and three female) were drawn from two primary schools in Malawi. The data suggest that teachers perceive classroom assessment as tests that teachers give to their students at specified time intervals. What teachers said about their teaching was not reflected during their teaching. Since teachers perceived classroom assessment as tests, they showed limited ability to use different methods and tools to assess their students while teaching. The teachers' perceptions of classroom assessment have influence on their classroom assessment practices. Five of the six teachers perceived assessment as testing, and classroom assessment practices were not clearly embedded in their teaching. Teacher experience and teacher education program did not seem to contribute much to teachers' perceptions of classroom assessment; however, teacher's academic qualification seemed to influence teachers' flexibility to accept new ideas. / Ph. D.

This thesis is focused mainly on the recognition of Kosovo, its subsequent withdrawal and finding factors influencing both of these acts. In order to identify them, it firstly introduces the theoretical and historical background, inter alia the debate between declaratory and constitutive theory, the brief history of Kosovo and existing explanations for both recognition and derecognition. Apart from building on previous literature, it develops a new distinction, between internal and external factors of (de)recognition, the former being connected with the characteristics of the country itself, whereas the latter with the influences of other states. Secondly, it conducts a quantitative analysis including recognition as a dependent variable and the individual factors representing independent variables. Thirdly, three cases of derecognition, Suriname, Palau and Ghana are presented in a brief descriptive analysis. The results show that both internal and external factors influence recognition to the same extent. Specifically, transnational religious ties (percentage of Muslims, or Orthodox), economic wealth and influence of other states, either by following their example (voting coincidence with the USA in the UNGA), or through alliances (membership in NATO) proved as highly significant, with domestic...

As a result of the advances in information and communication technology, E-Learning has been integrated as an essential element in educational settings. Despite its successful implementation, a significant number of E-Learning projects fail to achieve their goals. This has motivated researchers and practitioners to study the reasons for failure and success and the factors that impact E-Learning. This research attempts to investigate the factors that influence the implementation and development of E-Learning and the most appropriate framework for secondary schools in Bahrain. The research adopted a quantitative approach to examine both teachers’ and students’ perceptions of critical factors in secondary schools in the Kingdom of Bahrain. A total of 540 respondents completed the survey-based questionnaire. The results revealed that there are four sets of factors which influence the success of E-Learning in the school education sector. These are: students’ characteristics (computers skills; motivation and attitudes); teachers’ characteristics (attitudes; control of technology and pedagogy and teaching style); technology (quality of technology and effectiveness of infrastructure) and design and content (perceived ease of use and quality of content). In addition, the findings show that there are some differences in perceptions amongst teachers according to gender, specialization, teaching experience and E-Learning experience. Similarly, the findings show that there are some differences in perceptions amongst students according to gender, specialization and level of study (years in school). The main contribution of this research is that it addresses the success of E-Learning in the schools sector in Bahrain and in the Arab region as this area of research lacks theoretical and empirical studies. In addition, the research proposes a conceptual framework that integrates the critical factors and demographic variables. The proposed conceptual framework contributes to the knowledge of E-Learning success by creating a guide for educational institutions and governments for better development and implementation, serving as a planning tool for new E-Learning projects and as an assessment mode for the efficacy of existing projects.

Dans le service d'odontologie du Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Toulouse les patients présentant une pulpopathie consultent spontanément le service et sont pris en charge dans le cadre de la formation initiale des étudiants. Les patients peuvent aussi être référés par des praticiens de ville ou par d'autres services hospitaliers et sont alors pris en charge soit par des praticiens experts en endodontie ou des étudiants en formation continue. Dans tousles cas, le traitement endodontique engagé doit apporter au patient un bénéfice par rapport à la situation initiale en limitant les risques de comorbidité et les risques d'échecs. La lésion inflammatoire périapicale d'origine endodontique a une étiologie bactérienne et elle est, en terme de prévalence, très fréquemment associée au traitement endodontique. L'apparition, la persistance ou l'accroissement de cette lésion inflammatoire est consécutif à une exposition à un facteur favorisant ou risque et signe l'échec du traitement. Ce travail rassemble les données bibliographiques qui justifient qu'une attention particulière soit apportée au risque d'échec en endodontie. Deux études de recherche clinique et trois études expérimentales ont été développées dans ce cadre pour limiter le risque d'échec et sont intégrées dans cette synthèse qui établit un descriptif détaillé des risques d'échecs lié au traitement endodontique en fonction du patient, de l'opérateur et du geste. L'état général et les conditions bucco-dentaires du patient permettent de poser les indications du geste endodontique et les modalités de prise en charge. Les compétences de l'opérateur et le respect des procédures centré sur la désinfection et l'étanchéité sont les garants d'un traitement de qualité. / No abstract available