Development of Japanese elementary curriculum that emphasises spoken-ness

This paper discusses the curriculum development which aims to enhance the spoken-ness or naturalness of two-way spoken conversation in Japanese. There are many special features in Japanese spoken conversation, such as particle omission, sentence-final particles, response tokens, fillers, repeat/repair and inversion. Being special characteristics of spoken Japanese, these features are indispensable to �natural� Japanese, and should be included in Japanese learning process if the goal of the Japanese education is to acquire natural Japanese. Despite their significance, these features have not sufficiently and systematically been taught in the current Japanese education. This is due to the fact that these features have not been recognised as formal learning objectives by Japanese teachers. However, there is no theoretical or empirical evidence that these features are too difficult for beginners and should not be taught at the elementary level. The study will discuss the curriculum development in the elementary courses of Japanese program at the Australian National University (ANU), which systematically adopts these features at the early stage of learning process. It will detail the development background, curriculum contents, and assessment of the special features. Since the curriculum was first implemented in the Japanese elementary courses at the ANU five years ago, no students or teachers have provided negative comments about learning/teaching these features. It is crucial that teachers first recognise those features as formal learning objectives and include in their Japanese courses

Self-Organizing Information Fusion and Hierarchical Knowledge Discovery: A New Framework Using Artmap Neural Networks

Classifying novel terrain or objects from sparse, complex data may require the resolution of conflicting information from sensors woring at different times, locations, and scales, and from sources with different goals and situations. Information fusion methods can help resolve inconsistencies, as when eveidence variously suggests that and object's class is car, truck, or airplane. The methods described her address a complementary problem, supposing that information from sensors and experts is reliable though inconsistent, as when evidence suggests that an object's class is car, vehicle, and man-made. Underlying relationships among classes are assumed to be unknown to the autonomated system or the human user. The ARTMAP information fusion system uses distributed code representations that exploit the neural network's capacity for one-to-many learning in order to produce self-organizing expert systems that discover hierachical knowlege structures. The fusion system infers multi-level relationships among groups of output classes, without any supervised labeling of these relationships. The procedure is illustrated with two image examples, but is not limited to image domain.Air Force Office of Scientific Research (F49620-01-1-0423); National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NMA 201-01-1-2016, NMA 501-03-1-2030); National Science Foundation (SBE-0354378, DGE-0221680); Office of Naval Research (N00014-01-1-0624); Department of Homeland Securit

Self-Organizing Hierarchical Knowledge Discovery by an ARTMAP Image Fusion System

Classifying novel terrain or objects front sparse, complex data may require the resolution of conflicting information from sensors working at different times, locations, and scales, and from sources with different goals and situations. Information fusion methods can help resolve inconsistencies, as when evidence variously suggests that an object's class is car, truck, or airplane. The methods described here consider a complementary problem, supposing that information from sensors and experts is reliable though inconsistent, as when evidence suggests that an object's class is car, vehicle, and man-made. Underlying relationships among objects are assumed to be unknown to the automated system or the human user. The ARTMAP information fusion system used distributed code representations that exploit the neural network's capacity for one-to-many learning in order to produce self-organizing expert systems that discover hierarchical knowledge structures. The system infers multi-level relationships among groups of output classes, without any supervised labeling of these relationships.Air Force Office of Scientific Research (F49620-01-1-0397, AFOSR F49620-01-1-0423); Office of Naval Research (N00014-01-1-0624); National Imagery and Mapping Agency and the National Science Foundation for Siegfried Martens (NMA501-03-1-2030, DGE-0221680); Department of Homeland Securit

Factors influencing the start of development in Daphnia pulex winter eggs [Translation from: Biological Reviews Vol. 13, 24-26, 1951]

The winter eggs of Daphnia pulex, after passing safely through the winter , develop and hatch in the spring, multiplying by themselves, while some males emerging among them with the changes in environment produce fertile eggs, which are universally known as winter eggs . This study researches the factors governing the development of winter eggs through experiments

Pembelajaran fisika dengan model creative problem solving dan model problem based learning terhadap kreativitas dan hasil belajar siswa pokok bahasan fluida statis Kelas X Semester II MAN Model Palangka Raya Tahun Ajaran 2014/2015.

ABSTRAK Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui (1) Ada terdapat antaraperbedaan yang signifikan kreativitas siswa pokok bahasan fluida statis dengan model Creative Problem Solving dan Problem Based Learning Model di kelas X MAN Model Palangka Raya(2) Ada terdapat antaraperbedaan yang signifikan Hasil Belajar siswa pokok bahasan fluida statis dengan Model Creative Problem Solving dan model Problem Based Learning di kelas X MAN Model Palangka Raya. Penelitian ini menggunakan model rancangan The StaticGroupPretest-Postest Design.Instrumen yang digunakan adalah tes kreativitas siswa pada dimensi berpikir kreatif, tes hasil belajar kognitif siswa. Populasi penelitian adalah kelas X semester 2 MAN Model Palangka Raya Tahun Ajaran 2014/2015, sampel penelitian adalah kelas X-MIA2 berjumlah 35 orang sebagai kelas eksperimen dan kelas MIA3 berjumlah 36 orang sebagai kelas kontrol. Analisis data pretest dan post testkreativitas siswa dan THB menggunakan program SPSS versi 17.0 for windows. Hasil penelitian menunjukan bahwa: (1) berdasarkan analisis uji hipotesis pada post-test, gain dan N-gainKreativitas menunjukkan terdapat perbedaan signifikan antara siswa yang diajar dengan model creative problem solving di kelas eksperimen dan siswa yang diajar dengan model problem based learningdi kelas kontrol pada taraf signifikansi 0,05, (2)berdasarkan analisis hipotesis pada post-testTHB tidak terdapat perbedaan sedangkan gain dan N-gain THB menunjukkan tidak terdapat perbedaan yang signifikan antara siswa yang diajar dengan model creative problem solvingdi kelas eksperimen dan siswa yang diajar dengan model pembelajaran problem based learningdi kelas kontrol pada taraf signifikansi 0,05

PENGARUH KEPRIBADIAN DAN EMOSI KARYAWAN PADA ABUSIVE SUPERVISION

Penelitian ini menguji pengaruh kepribadian dan emosi karyawan pada abusive supervision dengan lokasi dalam penelitian ini berada di PT. Kimberly – Clark Indonesia. Variabel penelitian ini meliputi variabel independent emotional stability, conscientiousness, agreeableness. Variabel mediasi negative emotions dan variabel dependen abusive supervision. Penelitian ini menggunakan data kuantitatif. Sampel yang digunakan dalam penelitian ini sebanyak 106 karyawan PT. Kimberly – Clark Indonesia. Pengujian yang dilakukan dalam penelitian ini menggunakan software SPSS 16.00 for windows untuk uji validitas, reliabilitas dan pengujian hipotesis. Hasil penelitian ini menunjukkan bahwa abusive supervision berhubungan negatif dengan emotional stability, conscientiousness dan agreeableness. Negative emotions memediasi hubungan negatif antara emotional stability, conscientiousness, dan agreeableness pada abusive supervision. Kata Kunci : emotional stability, conscientiousness, agreeableness, negative emotions, abusive supervision

Analisis Variabilitas Curah Hujan dan Suhu di Bali

Indonesia sebagai negara kepulauan yang terdiri dari pulau-pulau besar dan kecil menjadi sangat rentan terhadap dampak Perubahan iklim. Salah satu pulau yang juga rentan terhadap Perubahan iklim adalah pulau Bali. Dampak potensial adanya Perubahan iklim adalah Perubahan pola hujan, peningkatan suhu udara dan kenaikan permukaan laut. Sektor yang akan menerima dampak Perubahan iklim dengan serius adalah sektor kehutanan dan pertanian. Untuk mendukung upaya mitigasi dan adaptasi maka diperlukan informasi Perubahan iklim yang terjadi. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui variabilitas iklim di Bali. Metode yang digunakan adalah analisis kecendrungan curah hujan, analisis Perubahan suhu udara, analisis Perubahan tipe iklim dan analisis pergeseran bulan basah, lembab dan kering. Data hujan yang digunakan adalah data hujan dari GPCC (1961-1998) dan BMKG Bali (19992008), sedangkan data suhu berasal dari BMKG Bali (2004-2008). Hasil analisis menunjukkan bahwa di pulau Bali secara umum sudah mengalami Perubahan iklim. Tipe iklim berdasarkan Schmidt-Ferguson mengalami Perubahan dari relatif basah menjadi agak kering. Suhu udara rata-rata bulanan serta curah hujan bulanan dan tahunan memiliki kecenderungan yang semakin meningkat. Bulan basah dan bulan kering telah mengalami pergeseran dan Perubahan jumlahnya. Dampak Perubahan iklim terhadap ekosistem hutan di Bali belum diketahui dengan pasti, namun terdapat beberapa implikasi Perubahan iklim terhadap sektor kehutanan diantaranya kebakaran hutan dan Perubahan jadual penanaman

Requirement of the FATC domain of protein kinase Tel1 for localization to DNA ends and target protein recognition

Two large phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase-related protein kinases (PIKKs), ATM and ATR, play a central role in the DNA damage response pathway. PIKKs contain a highly conserved extreme C-terminus called the FRAP-ATM-TRRAP-C-terminal (FATC) domain. In budding yeast, ATM and ATR correspond to Tel1 and Mec1, respectively. In this study, we characterized functions of the FATC domain of Tel1 by introducing substitution or truncation mutations. One substitution mutation, termed tel1-21, and a truncation mutation, called tel1- Î"C, did not significantly affect the expression level. The tel1-21 mutation impaired the cellular response to DNA damage and conferred moderate telomere maintenance defect. In contrast, the tel1-Î"C mutation behaved like a null mutation, conferring defects in both DNA damage response and telomere maintenance. Tel1-21 protein localized to DNA ends as effectively as wild-type Tel1 protein, whereas Tel1-Î"C protein failed. Introduction of a hyperactive TEL1-hy mutation suppressed the tel1-21 mutation but not the tel1-Î"C mutation. In vitro analyses revealed that both Tel1-21 and Tel1-Î"C proteins undergo efficient autophosphorylation but exhibit decreased kinase activities toward the exogenous substrate protein, Rad53. Our results show that the FATC domain of Tel1 mediates localization to DNA ends and contributes to phosphorylation of target proteins. © 2015 Ogi, Goto, Ghosh, et al

HUBUNGAN ANTARA KECERDASAN EMOSI DENGAN TINGKAT KECEMASAN PADA SISWA KELAS XI SMA 3 SURAKARTA

ABSTRACT Background: Emotional quotient is an individual’s ability in regulating his/her emotional life with intelligence. One factor of emotional quotients is to motivate him/herself. Anxiety is a condition characterized by fear and somatic symptom. The students with high emotional quotient had regulated the their emotional life since adolescent period. This study aimed to analyze the relationship between emotional quotient and the anxiety level in the XI graders. Method: This study was an analytical observational research with cross-sectional approach. The research was conducted in August 2012 in SMA 3 Surakarta. The sample was taken using purposive sampling and simple random sampling. Emotional quotient was measured using Emotional Quotient inventory questionnaire and anxiety using Taylor Manifest Anxiety Scale questionnaire. The data was analyzed using Shapiro Wilk normality test and Pearson correlation test using SPSS 17.0 for Windows. Result: This research indicated a very strong negative correlation between emotional quotient and anxiety, with the result of Pearson correlation test showing r = -0.921, p < 0.001. Conclusion: There was a meaningful and statistically significant relationship between Emotional Quotient and Anxiety Level in the XI Graders of SMA 3 Surakarta. Keywords: emotional quotient, anxiety, XI graders ASBTRAK Latar Belakang : Kecerdasan emosi adalah kemampuan seseorang mengatur kehidupan emosinya dengan inteligensi. Salah satu faktor dari kecerdasan emosional adalah memotivasi diri sendiri. Kecemasan adalah suatu keadaan yang ditandai dengan perasaan ketakutan yang disertai dengan tanda somatik. Siswa yang memiliki kecerdasan emosi tinggi telah mengatur kehidupan emosinya sejak remaja. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk menganalisis hubungan antara kecerdasan emosi dengan tingkat kecemasan pada siswa kelas XI. Metode : Penelitian ini merupakan penelitian observasional analitik dengan pendekatan cross sectional. Penelitian dilaksanakan pada bulan Agustus 2012 di SMA 3 Surakarta. Pengambilan sampel dipilih secara purposive sampling dan simple random sampling. Kecerdasan emosi diukur dengan kuesioner inventori Emotional Quotient dan kecemasan diukur dengan kuesioner Taylor Manifest Anxiety Scale. Data dianalisis dengan uji normalitas Shapiro Wilk dan uji korelasi Pearson melalui program SPSS 17.0 for Windows. Hasil : Penelitian ini menunjukkan korelasi negatif yang sangat kuat antara kecerdasan emosi dengan kecemasan, hasil uji korelasi Pearson menunjukkan r = -0,921, p < 0,001. Simpulan : Terdapat hubungan yang sangat bermakna dan secara statistik signifikan antara kecerdasan emosi dengan kecemasan pada siswa kelas XI SMA 3 Surakarta. Kata Kunci : kecerdasan emosi, kecemasan, siswa kelas X