Author: Zoltan T Nagy
Publisher: PenSoft Publishers LTD
ISBN: 9546427101
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 419
Book Description
DNA barcoding has become a well-accepted and popular tool for the identification of species and the detection of cryptic taxonomic diversity. As such, it has a tremendous potential for a wide variety of applications in taxonomy, agronomy, conservation biology, forensics etc. Therefore, several countries, institutions and organizations have launched DNA barcoding projects in the context of the international ?Consortium for the Barcode of Life? (CBOL) initiative. Also Belgium has done so with the establishment of the FWO research community ?Belgian Network for DNA barcoding?. In 2012, this network organized the ?Third European Conference for the Barcode of Life? (ECBOL3) in Brussels. During this event a call was made to publish a collection of papers under the thematic title ?DNA barcoding: a practical tool for fundamental and applied biodiversity research?. With the financial support of the EC project ?ViBRANT? (Virtual Biodiversity Research and Access Network for Taxonomy), 21 papers were bundled to form this special ?ZooKeys? issue with the aim to present various applications, advantages and limitations of DNA barcoding. Hence, it is the editors? hope that this issue provides a modest, but timely, contribution to the already vast literature on DNA barcoding.
DNA barcoding: a practical tool for fundamental and applied biodiversity research
Author: Zoltan T Nagy
Publisher: PenSoft Publishers LTD
ISBN: 9546427101
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 419
Book Description
DNA barcoding has become a well-accepted and popular tool for the identification of species and the detection of cryptic taxonomic diversity. As such, it has a tremendous potential for a wide variety of applications in taxonomy, agronomy, conservation biology, forensics etc. Therefore, several countries, institutions and organizations have launched DNA barcoding projects in the context of the international ?Consortium for the Barcode of Life? (CBOL) initiative. Also Belgium has done so with the establishment of the FWO research community ?Belgian Network for DNA barcoding?. In 2012, this network organized the ?Third European Conference for the Barcode of Life? (ECBOL3) in Brussels. During this event a call was made to publish a collection of papers under the thematic title ?DNA barcoding: a practical tool for fundamental and applied biodiversity research?. With the financial support of the EC project ?ViBRANT? (Virtual Biodiversity Research and Access Network for Taxonomy), 21 papers were bundled to form this special ?ZooKeys? issue with the aim to present various applications, advantages and limitations of DNA barcoding. Hence, it is the editors? hope that this issue provides a modest, but timely, contribution to the already vast literature on DNA barcoding.
Publisher: PenSoft Publishers LTD
ISBN: 9546427101
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 419
Book Description
DNA barcoding has become a well-accepted and popular tool for the identification of species and the detection of cryptic taxonomic diversity. As such, it has a tremendous potential for a wide variety of applications in taxonomy, agronomy, conservation biology, forensics etc. Therefore, several countries, institutions and organizations have launched DNA barcoding projects in the context of the international ?Consortium for the Barcode of Life? (CBOL) initiative. Also Belgium has done so with the establishment of the FWO research community ?Belgian Network for DNA barcoding?. In 2012, this network organized the ?Third European Conference for the Barcode of Life? (ECBOL3) in Brussels. During this event a call was made to publish a collection of papers under the thematic title ?DNA barcoding: a practical tool for fundamental and applied biodiversity research?. With the financial support of the EC project ?ViBRANT? (Virtual Biodiversity Research and Access Network for Taxonomy), 21 papers were bundled to form this special ?ZooKeys? issue with the aim to present various applications, advantages and limitations of DNA barcoding. Hence, it is the editors? hope that this issue provides a modest, but timely, contribution to the already vast literature on DNA barcoding.
Sociological and Philosophical Perspectives on Education in the Asia-Pacific Region
Author: Chi-Ming Lam
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 9812879404
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 240
Book Description
This book demonstrates the value of approaching education from a sociological and philosophical perspective. Specifically, it addresses current and long-standing educational issues in the Asia-Pacific region, integrating sociological and philosophical insights with practical applications in four key areas: educational aims, moral education, educational policy, and the East-West dichotomy. It discusses educational aims in terms of rationality, philosophical thinking, and sustainable development and presents the literary, religious, and analytical approaches to moral education. Four educational policies are then considered: Hong Kong’s language policy, Hong Kong’s policy on the internationalization of education, East Asia’s policies on English education, and Australia’s policy on teacher education. Different aspects of the East-West dichotomy are analysed: Confucian rationalism versus Western rationalism, Confucian learning culture versus Western learning culture, and Asian research methodology versus Western research methodology. Taken as a whole, the book shows that issues in education are rarely simple, and looking at them from multiple perspectives allows for rich and informed debates. It presents a rare philosophical and sociological analysis of the cultures and experiences of education in the Asia-Pacific region, and promotes research that leads to more culturally rooted educational policies and practice.
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 9812879404
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 240
Book Description
This book demonstrates the value of approaching education from a sociological and philosophical perspective. Specifically, it addresses current and long-standing educational issues in the Asia-Pacific region, integrating sociological and philosophical insights with practical applications in four key areas: educational aims, moral education, educational policy, and the East-West dichotomy. It discusses educational aims in terms of rationality, philosophical thinking, and sustainable development and presents the literary, religious, and analytical approaches to moral education. Four educational policies are then considered: Hong Kong’s language policy, Hong Kong’s policy on the internationalization of education, East Asia’s policies on English education, and Australia’s policy on teacher education. Different aspects of the East-West dichotomy are analysed: Confucian rationalism versus Western rationalism, Confucian learning culture versus Western learning culture, and Asian research methodology versus Western research methodology. Taken as a whole, the book shows that issues in education are rarely simple, and looking at them from multiple perspectives allows for rich and informed debates. It presents a rare philosophical and sociological analysis of the cultures and experiences of education in the Asia-Pacific region, and promotes research that leads to more culturally rooted educational policies and practice.
China's International Behavior
Author: Evan S. Medeiros
Publisher: Rand Corporation
ISBN: 0833047094
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 279
Book Description
The expanding scope of China's international activities is one of the newest and most important trends in global affairs. Its global activism is continually changing and has so many dimensions that it immediately raises questions about its current and long-term intentions. This monograph analyzes how China defines its international objectives, how it is pursuing them, and what it means for U.S. economic and security interests.
Publisher: Rand Corporation
ISBN: 0833047094
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 279
Book Description
The expanding scope of China's international activities is one of the newest and most important trends in global affairs. Its global activism is continually changing and has so many dimensions that it immediately raises questions about its current and long-term intentions. This monograph analyzes how China defines its international objectives, how it is pursuing them, and what it means for U.S. economic and security interests.
TRIPS and Developing Countries
Author: Gustavo Ghidini
Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
ISBN: 184980494X
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 336
Book Description
TRIPS reflects the dominant view that enforcing strong intellectual property rights is necessary to solve problems of trade and development. The global ensemble of authors in this collection ask, how can TRIPS mature further into an institution that su
Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
ISBN: 184980494X
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 336
Book Description
TRIPS reflects the dominant view that enforcing strong intellectual property rights is necessary to solve problems of trade and development. The global ensemble of authors in this collection ask, how can TRIPS mature further into an institution that su
ASE Test Preparation - Transit Bus H2, Diesel Engines
Author: Cengage Learning Delmar
Publisher: ASE Test Preparation Series
ISBN: 9781418065706
Category : Study Aids
Languages : en
Pages : 203
Book Description
Prepare to take and pass the new ASE transit bus certification exam on Diesel Engines with help from this total test preparation package! Coverage begins with a brief history of ASE from its inception to the present, including a detailed description of the significance of ASE. Next, technicians receive the key information and strategies they need to take and pass this ASE exam. Realistic sample questions that reflect those actually featured on the ASE Diesel Engines exam follow, as well as up-to-date task lists and an overview of transit bus diesel engine systems. Coverage concludes with a sample ASE exam and additional test questions for further practice.
Publisher: ASE Test Preparation Series
ISBN: 9781418065706
Category : Study Aids
Languages : en
Pages : 203
Book Description
Prepare to take and pass the new ASE transit bus certification exam on Diesel Engines with help from this total test preparation package! Coverage begins with a brief history of ASE from its inception to the present, including a detailed description of the significance of ASE. Next, technicians receive the key information and strategies they need to take and pass this ASE exam. Realistic sample questions that reflect those actually featured on the ASE Diesel Engines exam follow, as well as up-to-date task lists and an overview of transit bus diesel engine systems. Coverage concludes with a sample ASE exam and additional test questions for further practice.
China's "New" Diplomacy
Author: P. Kerr
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 0230616925
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 306
Book Description
Bringing together Chinese and Western scholars of diplomacy, this book highlights the view that China's 'new' diplomacy is an instrument of foreign policy, a socialising process that fosters both positive and negative change and an important indicator of China's future role.
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 0230616925
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 306
Book Description
Bringing together Chinese and Western scholars of diplomacy, this book highlights the view that China's 'new' diplomacy is an instrument of foreign policy, a socialising process that fosters both positive and negative change and an important indicator of China's future role.
U.S. Department of State, Www.state.gov
Author: United States. Department of State
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Computer network resources
Languages : en
Pages : 8
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Computer network resources
Languages : en
Pages : 8
Book Description
Phenomenology as Qualitative Research
Author: John Paley
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1317227611
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 219
Book Description
Phenomenology originated as a novel way of doing philosophy early in the twentieth century. In the writings of Husserl and Heidegger, regarded as its founders, it was a non-empirical kind of philosophical enquiry. Although this tradition has continued in a variety of forms, ‘phenomenology’ is now also used to denote an empirical form of qualitative research (PQR), especially in health, psychology and education. However, the methods adopted by researchers in these disciplines have never been subject to detailed critical analysis; nor have the methods advocated by methodological writers who are regularly cited in the research literature. This book examines these methods closely, offering a detailed analysis of worked-through examples in three influential textbooks by Giorgi, van Manen, and Smith, Flowers and Larkin. Paley argues that the methods described in these texts are radically under-specified, and suggests alternatives to PQR as an approach to qualitative research, particularly the use of interview data in the construction of models designed to explain phenomena rather than merely describe or interpret them. This book also analyses, and aims to develop, the implicit theory of ‘meaning’ found in PQR writings. The author establishes an account of ‘meaning’ as an inference marker, and explores the methodological implications of this view. This book evaluates the methods used in phenomenology-as-qualitative-research, and formulates a more fully theorised alternative. It will appeal to researchers and students in the areas of health, nursing, psychology, education, public health, sociology, anthropology, political science, philosophy and logic.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1317227611
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 219
Book Description
Phenomenology originated as a novel way of doing philosophy early in the twentieth century. In the writings of Husserl and Heidegger, regarded as its founders, it was a non-empirical kind of philosophical enquiry. Although this tradition has continued in a variety of forms, ‘phenomenology’ is now also used to denote an empirical form of qualitative research (PQR), especially in health, psychology and education. However, the methods adopted by researchers in these disciplines have never been subject to detailed critical analysis; nor have the methods advocated by methodological writers who are regularly cited in the research literature. This book examines these methods closely, offering a detailed analysis of worked-through examples in three influential textbooks by Giorgi, van Manen, and Smith, Flowers and Larkin. Paley argues that the methods described in these texts are radically under-specified, and suggests alternatives to PQR as an approach to qualitative research, particularly the use of interview data in the construction of models designed to explain phenomena rather than merely describe or interpret them. This book also analyses, and aims to develop, the implicit theory of ‘meaning’ found in PQR writings. The author establishes an account of ‘meaning’ as an inference marker, and explores the methodological implications of this view. This book evaluates the methods used in phenomenology-as-qualitative-research, and formulates a more fully theorised alternative. It will appeal to researchers and students in the areas of health, nursing, psychology, education, public health, sociology, anthropology, political science, philosophy and logic.
The Role and Impact of Public-private Partnerships in Education
Author: Harry Anthony Patrinos
Publisher: World Bank Publications
ISBN: 0821379038
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 116
Book Description
The book offers an overview of international examples, studies, and guidelines on how to create successful partnerships in education. PPPs can facilitate service delivery and lead to additional financing for the education sector as well as expanding equitable access and improving learning outcomes.
Publisher: World Bank Publications
ISBN: 0821379038
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 116
Book Description
The book offers an overview of international examples, studies, and guidelines on how to create successful partnerships in education. PPPs can facilitate service delivery and lead to additional financing for the education sector as well as expanding equitable access and improving learning outcomes.
Hardware Hacker
Author: Don Lancaster
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781882193042
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 186
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781882193042
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 186
Book Description