The National DNA Database on trial: engaging young people in South Wales with genetics     

Anderson C  Stackhouse R  Shaw A  Iredale R 《Public understanding of science (Bristol, England)》2011,20(2):146-162

While there has been research conducted on public views about ethical and social aspects of the National DNA Database (NDNAD), there is little which focuses on views of young people, in particular those whose details are held on the NDNAD. We describe an engagement activity developed in South Wales to engage young offenders with ethical and social issues surrounding the NDNAD--a Mock Trial--and how we facilitated the presentation of their views to policy makers. We discuss the successes and challenges we encountered with engaging young offenders, decisions that the young people reached about possible future policies for the NDNAD at the Mock Trial, and their contribution to the decision-making process.  相似文献   

Book reviews     

Eric H. Boehm  Thomas L. Bonn  Beth Luey  Mary E. Curtis  James R. Squire  Boyd Childress  Anita Walker Scott  Paula T. Kaufman  Vicky Hay 《Publishing Research Quarterly》1990,6(2):75-87

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Tracking the civil rights and women's movements in the United States     

Anita Meehan  Glynis Bean 《Int J Intercult Relat》1981,5(2):165-173

Membership in civil rights and women's liberation organizations in the United States was tracked over a period of 22 years. Men's social and fraternal organizations were also tracked as a comparison group. Systematic fluctuations in membership suggest that this criterion would be useful for identifying the developmental stages of a movement. In addition, peaks in membership were correlated with historical events. Implications and directions for future research are discussed.  相似文献   

Genetic susceptibility to lead poisoning—A case report     

Anita R. Bijoor  T. Venkatesh 《Indian journal of clinical biochemistry : IJCB》2007,22(2):162-163

Lead poisoning is well documented in persons occupationally exposed to lead. What is less known is, that even in persons working in lead based industries, the effect of lead and the appearance of signs and symptoms of lead poisoning is genetically determined. Three genes related to lead metabolism, exhibiting polymorphism have already been demonstrated-δALA-dehydratase, Vitamin D receptor gene and Hemochromatosis gene. These alleles determine the susceptibility of the individuals to lead. We present here a case of a lead acid battery worker, who presented without any signs and symptoms of lead poisoning except for a very high level of blood lead (82.8μg/dl and 47.5μg/dl 9 months later)  相似文献   

Duverney's skeletons     

Guerrini A 《Isis; an international review devoted to the history of science and its cultural influences》2003,94(4):577-603

In 1730, shortly before his death, the Paris anatomist Joseph-Guichard Duverney wrote his will, leaving his anatomical specimens to the Académie des Sciences, of which he was a member. But the will was disputed by Pierre Chirac, supervisor of the Jardin du Roi where Duverney, as professor of anatomy, had performed most of the dissections that produced the specimens. The ensuing debate between Chirac and René-Antoine Ferchault de Réaumur, arguing for the Académie, reveals the tensions surrounding both the concept of intellectual property in this period and the collective enterprise in natural philosophy. The differing roles and audiences of the Académie and the Jardin were central to this debate. In addition, this essay explores the origins and significance of the anatomical specimens themselves and their changing role in instruction and display, as well as the transition from the cabinet of curiosities to the natural history museum.  相似文献   

金缕梅科银缕梅属与帕罗堤属的亲缘关系——核糖体DNA ITS序列证据     

李建华  A. Linn Bogle  Anita S. Klein  潘开玉 《中国科学院研究生院学报》1997,35(6):481-493

本文对金缕梅科弗特吉族(Molinadendron和Matudaea除外)的细胞核核糖体DNA ITS片段进行了序列分析，在此基础上对该族的演化关系、尤其是中国特有属银缕梅属的系统位置进行了最简约分支分析。基本结果如下：其一，蚊母族和狭义的弗特吉族均不形成自己的单系分支，因此，支持Endress的处理，即合并两族为广义的弗特吉族；其二，银缕梅属同帕罗堤属有着密切的亲缘关系，支持形态学和解剖学结论；其三，根据该片段核苷酸序列的演化速率推算出的银缕梅属和帕罗堤属间分化时间为晚中新世。此结论大致与化石记录相符。  相似文献   

Overreporting and underreporting of child abuse: teachers' use of professional discretion     

Webster SW  O'Toole R  O'Toole AW  Lucal B 《Child abuse & neglect》2005,29(11):1281-1296

OBJECTIVE: According to mandatory reporting laws for professionals, the relationship between initial recognition that a child may have been abused and the subsequent reporting of that suspected case of child abuse to the responsible agency would, at first glance, appear to be clear. However, this relationship has developed into one of the major social policy controversies of the recent past. Our major goal is to present research findings that address this social policy debate concerning the problems of underreporting and overreporting, focusing specifically on teachers. METHOD: A factorial survey design, that combines the advantages of the factorial experiment with those of surveys, was employed in a probability sample of teachers (N=480) who responded to vignettes in which case characteristics were systematically manipulated. Teachers responded with judgments about whether the vignette was child abuse and the likelihood that they would report this suspected case. Characteristics of the teachers and their work setting (school) were also measured. RESULTS: When comparing the teachers' recognition and reporting scores, we found that they gave the same score for 63% of the vignettes they judged, gave higher reporting than recognition scores (overreporting) for 4% of the vignettes, and gave higher recognition than reporting scores (underreporting) for 33% of the vignettes. Discrepancies between recognition and reporting (over and under reporting) were related to characteristics of the case, teacher, and school where the teacher was employed. CONCLUSIONS: Teachers in our Ohio sample evidence the use of professional discretion in making judgments about the recognition and reporting of child abuse and do not appear to make these judgments with equal certainty. Their use of discretion is more likely to result in underreporting than overreporting.  相似文献   

Book reviews     

Candido Alberto Gomes  Anita Dighe  Albert K. Amedzro  Ruhama Even  Toru Umakoshi 《International Review of Education/Internationale Zeitschrift für Erziehungswissenschaft/Revue internationale l'éducation》1994,40(1):81-88

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Teacher Enthusiasm: Reviewing and Redefining a Complex Construct     

Keller  Melanie M.  Hoy  Anita Woolfolk  Goetz  Thomas  Frenzel  Anne C. 《Educational Psychology Review》2016,28(4):743-769

Educational Psychology Review - The last review on teacher enthusiasm was 45 years ago, and teacher enthusiasm remains a compelling yet complex variable in the educational context. Since...  相似文献   

Physics students' epistemologies and views about knowing and learning     

Wolff-Michael Roth  Anita Roychoudhury 《科学教学研究杂志》1994,31(1):5-30

Classrooms are complex environments in which curriculum, students, and teachers interact. In recent years a number of studies have investigated the effect of teachers' epistemologies on the classroom environment, yet little is known about students' epistemologies and how these interact with those of teachers. The purpose of this study was to document students' epistemologies and their concurrent views about knowing and learning. Using a written essay, short-answer responses to statements, a preferred classroom environment inventory, and interviews, students' views on scientific knowledge and their own knowing and learning were collected from 42 students in three sections of an introductory physics course. Our rather broad, qualitative inquiry provides a dynamic view of students' understanding of knowing and learning in high school physics. Our analyses reveal a spectrum of epistemological commitments commensurable with positions from objectivism to relativism, most of them with experientialist coloring. Even within individuals, these commitments could be at once commensurable and incommensurable with the same epistemological position. We also find rather significant inter- and intra-individual differences with respect to the consequences of a specific epistemological stance to learning, the learning strategies employed, and the learning environment preferred. Students' views on knowing and learning in physics are presented in the form of an emergent theory. The findings are discussed in terms of their application to classroom environments.  相似文献