Local Agency and Region Building in Indonesia's Periphery: Shifting the Goalposts for Development

Elizabeth Morrell 서울대학교행정대학원 2010 Asian Journal of Political Science Vol.18 No.1

Indonesia’s post-Suharto regionalism is a response to the nation’s former centralistgovernance, and to real or perceived socio-economic disadvantage. Islands in the easternarchipelago illustrate this well, because there*far from the national capital Jakarta*local and national interaction is being redefined as regions seek improved social,economic, and political environments. Whilst in most cases not defying nationalintegration, people in these regions no longer wish to be dependent upon the centralauthority of Jakarta, and look beyond previously restricted boundaries for newopportunities. This article explores some of the territorial realignments and keygeopolitical networks that have been formed as a result of this. These include newprovinces and trans-regional collaborations in which leaders claim to offer greaterprotection for local interests. In case studies from the eastern zone, this article examinessome of the cooperation and competition generated in the process of forming the newlocations and alliances. It evaluates benefits for local communities, and seeks tounderstand how the new regionalism may influence established concepts and patterns ofpower in the nation.

木粉 칼럼을 이용한 ACZA 木材防腐防蟲劑의 定着性 硏究

김영숙,Morrell, J. J. 國民大學校 山林科學硏究所 1997 山林科學 Vol.9 No.-

A simple method was attempted to determine the fixation of Ammoniacal Copper Zinc Arsenate(ACZA) using the glass column with wood particle. ACZA solution was percolated through the column packed with wood particle of Douglas fir and then the filtrates were also analyzed by X-Ray Fluorescence Analyzer. As a results, the experimental data indicated that the rate of copper adsorption to wood particle was higher than zinc and arsenic below 1.5% ACZA. While the rate of zinc adsorption increased at the higher concentration showing the decrease of Copper adsorption. Arsenic adsorption wasn't detected at any column.

New Frontiers in Hard Materials Testing

Gee Mark,Gant Andrew,Morrell Roger,Roebuck Bryan 한국분말야금학회 2006 한국분말야금학회 학술대회논문집 Vol.2006 No.1

Significant advances in mechanical testing for hard materials are discussed in this paper. There are three specific areas that are covered. In the measurement of fracture toughness factors such as the control of slow crack growth to produce strating cracks, and evaluating reproducibility and repeatability of tests have been recently examined. The miniaturization of tests reduces the amount of material that is used in testing, improves the throughput of tests, and also improves cost effectiveness. New techniques such as stepwise testing and micro scratch testing have contributed to significant additions to the knowledge of the wear mechanisms that operate in these materials.

Exploring Secondary Science Teacher Preparation Program and Suggesting its Development Direction: A Case of USA and Korea

박영신,이기영,Patricia D. Morrell,Adele Schepige 한국지구과학회 2017 한국지구과학회지 Vol.38 No.5

Teacher quality is a topic of international concern, as it impacts student learning and teacher preparation. This study compared the undergraduate secondary science teacher preparation programs from two universities in Korea with those of Oregon, USA. We examined the programs’ structural curricular coherence, conceptual curricular coherence, and curricular balance. Structural curricular coherence was determined by examining the overarching goals of the institutions’ programs, the organization of the programs of study in terms of meeting those goals, and outside bodies of evidence. All universities were in structural coherence for various reasons. Conceptual curricular coherence was determined by examining students’ perceptions of the connection between their preparation and their clinical practice. In case of Korea, most students from both universities were not satisfied with their practical preparation. In the US, the students from both institutions felt well prepared to transition to inservice teaching. To determine curricular balance, we examined the institutions’ preparation programs looking at the credit hours taken in the four main areas of the teacher knowledge base: GPK (General Pedagogical Knowledge), SMK (Subject Matter Knowledge), PCK (Pedagogical Content Knowledge), and CK (Contextual Knowledge). The total credit hours taken in each category was very similar by country but the application and field component in the USA was far greater than those of Korea where the focus was heavily on SMK and PCK. The main reason for these may be the nations’ licensing and employment processes.

Changing Wheat Quality with the Modification of Storage Protein Structure

Tamas, Laszlo,Bekes, Ferenc,Morrell, Matthew K.,Appels, Rudi The Korean Society of Plant Biotechnology 1999 Plant molecular biology and biotechnology research Vol.1 No.1

The visco-elastic properties of gluten are major determinants of the processing properties of doughs. These visco-elastic properties are strongly influenced by the ratio of monomeric and polymeric proteins and the size distribution of the polymeric proteins, which make up the gluten fraction of the dough. Recent studies have revealed that other features, such as the number of the cysteine residues of the HMW-GS, also play an important role in determining the functional characteristics. To modify the processing properties at molecular level, the relationship between the structure of molecules and dough properties has to be understood. In order to explore the relationships between individual proteins and dough properties, we have developed procedures for incorporating bacterially expressed proteins into doughs, and measuring their functional properties in small-scale equipment. A major problem in investigating the structure/function relationships of individual seed storage proteins is to obtain sufficient amounts of pure polypeptides from the complex families of proteins expressed in the endosperm. Therefore, we have established a simplified model system in which we produce specific protein genes through bacterial expression and test their functional properties in smallscale apparatus after incorporation into base flour. An S poor protein gene has been chosen as a template gene. This template gene has been modified using standard recombinant DNA techniques in order to test the effects of varying the number and position of cysteine residues, and the size of the protein. Doughs have been mixed in small scale apparatus and characterized with respect to their polymeric composition and their functional properties, including dough mixing, extensibility and small scale bating. We conclude that dough characteristics can be manipulated in a predictable manner by altering the cysteine residues and the size of high molecular weight glutenins.

Student Teachers and Beginning Teachers' Understandings of Scientific Inquiry

Young-Shin Park,Larry Flick,Patricia D. Morrell,Camille Wainwright 한국지구과학회 2004 韓國地球科學會誌 Vol.25 No.3

This study examined the knowledge and practices of scientific inquiry displayed by three student teachers and two beginning teachers at secondary levels. Observations using the instrument of OTOP designed by the research team of OCEPT (Oregon Collaborative for Excellent in the Preparation of Teachers) generalized similar teaching strategies of scientific inquiry between student and beginning teachers, such as using group work for students’ first hand experience, using concrete materials for experimentation or visual tools for demonstration, using questions for factual knowledge mainly without opportunities to understand how scientific knowledge is constructed. Those scientific inquiry activities were very confirmative ones to follow the steps without opportunities of understanding nature of science or nature of scientific inquiry. However, all participants in this study hold knowledge of scientific inquiry envisioned by the National Science Education Standards [NSES] (NRC, 1996), where students identify their hypothesis, use critical and logical thinking, and consider alternative explanations through argumentation as well as experimentation. An inconsistent relationship between participating teachers knowledge and practices about scientific inquiry resulted from their lack of pedagogy skills of implementing it in the classroom. Providing opportunities for these teachers to reflect on their beliefs and practices about scientific inquiry was recommended for the future study. Furthermore, increasing college faculty interest in new teaching approaches for upgrading the content knowledge of student teachers and beginning teachers was recommended as a solution, since those teachers showed evidence of influence by college faculties at universities in their pedagogy skills.

Cervical Screening Using Visual Inspection with Acetic Acid (VIA) and Treatment with Cryotherapy in Fiji

Fong, James,Gyaneshwar, Rajaneshwar,Lin, Sophia,Morrell, Stephen,Taylor, Richard,Brassil, Ann,Stuart, Anne,McGowan, Catherine Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention 2014 Asian Pacific journal of cancer prevention Vol.15 No.24

The purpose of this study was to demonstrate the feasibility of VIA screening with cryotherapy and to record normative values for indicators anticipated in similar low resource settings. Women aged 30-49 years were targeted, resulting in 1961 women screened and treated at two primary health care (PHC) centres near Suva, Fiji. Recruitment was through provision of information, education and communication (IEC). Referrals to a gynaecology outpatient department (OPD) at a referral hospital occurred throughout the screening pathway. Participation was 32% (95%CI 31-33%), higher in iTaukei (Melanesians) women (34%, 95%CI 33-36) compared to Fijians of Indian descent (26%, 95%CI 24-28). Regression analysis, adjusted for confounders, indicated significantly lower participation in those of Indian descent, and age groups 35-39 and 45-49 years. Of those examined by VIA, 190 were positive with aceto-white lesions (9.9%), within the expected range of 8-15%, with minor geographic and ethnic variation. Positive VIA results were more common in the peri-urban area, and in those aged 35-39 years. Of women aged 30-49 years, 59 received cryotherapy (none of whom had significant complications), 91 were referred to OPD, two cervical carcinomas were identified and eight cervical intra-epithelial neoplasms (CIN) II-III were diagnosed. These results provide normative findings from a community-based VIA screening program for other similar low resource settings.

Effects of season and single layer centrifugation on bull sperm quality in Thailand

Nongbua Thanapol,Utta Apirak,Am-in Nutthee,Suwimonteerabutr Junpen,Johannisson Anders,Morrell Jane M 아세아·태평양축산학회 2020 Animal Bioscience Vol.33 No.9

Objective: The aim of study was to investigate the effects of season and single layer centrifugation (SLC) before cryopreservation on post-thaw bull sperm quality in Thailand. Methods: Semen was collected from 6 bulls (Bos indicus) in summer, rainy season and winter 2014 through 2016. Semen characteristics, sperm morphology, sperm kinematics, viability, chromatin structure and mitochondrial membrane were evaluated. Meteorological data were available from the local meteorological station; Results: Season had an effect on semen characteristics in the raw ejaculate, with higher proportions of normal spermatozoa and lower abnormalities in winter than in the other two seasons. Sperm kinematics, viability, DNA fragmentation index, and mitochondrial membrane potential were not different between seasons. Sperm samples selected by SLC had greater normal morphology and a lower proportion with bent tails than controls and higher values of progressive motility (PRO), beat cross frequency, linearity, straightness, wobble (WOB), and lower values of slow motility, velocity average path (VAP), velocity curved line, and amplitude of lateral head displacement than controls. In addition, SLC-selection had a favorable effect on PRO, VAP, and WOB that differed among seasons. Conclusion: Our results suggested that these bulls were well adapted to their location, with season having an effect on sperm morphology. Moreover, SLC could be used prior to cryopreservation, regardless of season, to enhance normal morphology and kinematics of bull sperm samples without adversely affecting other parameters of sperm quality. However, there was considerable variation among bulls in DNA fragmentation index, mitochondrial membrane potential and sperm viability. In addition, SLC had a positive effect on sperm morphology and sperm kinematics, which could be expected to influence fertility.

Developing Diffusion Coefficients for SCF Impregnation of Douglas Fir Heartwood with Cyproconazole

Kang, S. M.,Ra, J. -B.,Levien, K. L.,Morrell, J. J. Taylor & Francis Inc. 2006 Journal of wood chemistry and technology Vol.26 No.2

<P> The effects of the treating period and specimen length on supercritical fluid impregnation of cyproconazole were investigated for Douglas fir heartwood using cooling to induce biocide deposition. Retention levels at various treatment periods and locations were measured. These retention values were assumed to be equivalent to the concentration of biocide at the end of the treatment period. The concentration values versus distance from the surface were then fitted to an empirical expression as a function of time and distance. From the resultant concentration formulae, time-varying effective diffusion coefficients for the biocide at the depth locations of the data were determined using Egner's solution method for the Fickian diffusion equation in one direction. The diffusion coefficient values suggested that diffusion was probably the rate-limiting phenomena accounting for biocide penetration. Prolonged treatment appeared to increase the effective diffusion coefficients, probably by removing extractives in heartwood pits.</P>

Effect of Wood Material Type on Biocide Retention and Distribution Using Supercritical Fluid Impregnation

Sung Mo Kang,Doo Jin Jung,Ja Oon Koo,J. J. Morrell 한국목재공학회 2005 목재공학 Vol.33 No.5