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Starting with the creation of the early technical schools before the First Wold War and finishing with John Patten’s policies as Secretary of State for Education in 1993, Sanderson examines the development of the technical school sector and the factors which weakened it and led to its demise. The book argues that the neglect of technical schools has resulted in poor levels of skill formation and industrial performance in Britain, especially since the Second World War.

Einige berufliche Schulen in Hessen durchlaufen zurzeit das Pilotprojekt SV+ oder haben inzwischen den Weg zur 'selbstandigen beruflichen Schule' (SBS) gefunden. Diese Schulen haben zwar eine gewisse Budgethoheit (auch als groes Schulbudget bekannt), die Finanzierungsquellen bleiben aber, wie bei der herkommlichen nicht-selbstandigen Schule, der Landeshaushalt und der Haushalt der kommunalen Schultrager. Im Rahmen einer groeren Selbstverantwortung und des Einsparungsdrucks der offentlichen Hand aber auch neuer Anforderungen, werden die zukunftigen selbstandigen beruflichen Schulen jedoch langfristig andere und neue Finanzierungswege finden mussen. In Wisconsin, dem langjahrigen Partnerland des Bundeslandes Hessen in Bildungsfragen, hat sich mit den Technical Colleges bereits seit langem die selbstandige berufliche Schule mit einem komplexen System der Mischfinanzierung etabliert. Diese Studie soll dieses System darstellen und die Moglichkeiten, Chancen und Gefahren einer Ubernahme fur das Land Hessen betrachten und bewerten.

An electrochemical sensor composed of conductive metal-organic framework [Ni.sub.3(HITP).sub.2] and molecular imprinted polymers (MIP) is fabricated to detect dopamine. Ni.sub.3(HITP).sub.2 promotes electrons transfer due to the structure of in-plane charge delocalization and layered expansion conjugation. The combination of MIP with Ni.sub.3(HITP).sub.2 improves the selectivity and conductivity, exhibiting a wide detection range (0.06 ~ 200 µM) and a low detection limit (0.109 µM). The kinetic mechanism on the electrode surface is an adsorption controlled process, with the equal number of electrons and protons participating in oxidation in the electrocatalytic process of catechol converting to o-quinone. Graphical

The Public Technical Schools of the State of Sao Paulo (ETECs) have sought improvements aimed at the training of their students, through the analysis of data from their graduates who passed entrance exams, to support educational management in the development of educational strategies. The performance of these graduates can be analyzed using Educational Data Mining (MDE). The objective of this work was to identify and analyze the profile of public technical school graduates who passed entrance exams, using Educational Data Mining, to implement changes that support educational management in the development of educational strategies. ETEC Paulistano, the object of study in this work, has a student body made up of 95% of students from the Vila Brasilandia region, with 70% of them coming from the public school. A questionnaire was administered to graduates from classes from 2016 to 2018. Five steps was adapted from the phases of the Knowledge Discovery in Databases (KDD) process were applied: Selection and Collection of Data; Data Pre-Processing; Educational Data Mining; Interpretation and Analysis of Discovered Knowledge and Implementation of Changes. The identification of the graduate's profile made it possible to implement changes based on the analysis of the questionnaire results, resulting in the creation of two new courses and the reduction of the daily workload of the courses from 8 to 6 hours, completed with the completion of an internship. It was then concluded that the MDE made it possible to implement changes, which supported educational management in the development of educational strategies. Keywords: Educational Data Mining. ETEC, Graduate Profile. Centro Paula Souza. Educational Management. As Escolas Tecnicas Publicas do Estado de Sao Paulo (ETECs) tem buscado melhorias direcionadas a formacao do seu discente, por meio da analise de dados de seus egressos aprovados em exames vestibulares, para apoiar a gestao educacional no desenvolvimento de estrategias educacionais. Pode-se analisar o desempenho destes egressos com a aplicacao da Mineracao de Dados Educacionais (MDE). O objetivo deste trabalho foi identificar e analisar o perfil dos egressos de escola tecnica publica aprovados em vestibulares, com o uso da Mineracao de Dados Educacionais, para implementar mudancas, que apoiem a gestao educacional no desenvolvimento de estrategias educacionais. A ETEC Paulistano, objeto de estudo deste trabalho, conta com um corpo discente composto por 95% de alunos da regiao da Vila Brasilandia, sendo que 70% deles vem da escola publica. Foi aplicado um questionario para os egressos das turmas dos anos de 2016 a 2018. Cinco etapas adaptadas das fases do processo de Descoberta de Conhecimento em Bases de Dados (Knowledge Discovery in Databases--KDD) foram aplicadas: Selecao e Coleta dos Dados; Pre-Processamento dos Dados; Mineracao de Dados Educacionais; Interpretacao e Analise do Conhecimento Descoberto e Implementacao de Mudancas. A identificacao do perfil do egresso possibilitou implementar mudancas com base na analise dos resultados do questionario, resultando na criacao de dois novos cursos e na reducao da carga horaria diaria dos cursos de 8 para 6 horas, completada com a realizacao de estagio. Concluiu-se entao que, a MDE possibilitou implementar mudancas, que apoiaram a gestao educacional no desenvolvimento de estrategias educacionais. Palavras-chave: Mineracao de Dados Educacionais. ETEC. Perfil de Egressos. Centro Paula Souza. Gestao Educacional. Las Escuelas Tecnicas Publicas del Estado de Sao Paulo (ETECs) han buscado mejoras dirigidas a la formacion de sus estudiantes, a traves del analisis de datos de sus egresados aprobados en examenes de ingreso, para apoyar la gestion educativa en el desarrollo de estrategias educativas. El desempeno de estos egresados puede ser analizado con la aplicacion de la Mineria de Datos Educativos (EAW). El objetivo de este trabajo fue identificar y analizar el perfil de los egresados de escuelas tecnicas publicas aprobados en los examenes de ingreso a la universidad, con el uso de Mineria de Datos Educativos, para implementar cambios, que apoyen la gestion educativa en el desarrollo de estrategias educativas. El objeto de este estudio es ETEC Paulistano, con un alumnado compuesto en un 95% por estudiantes de la region de Vila Brasilandia, de los cuales el 70% provienen de la escuela publica. Se aplico un cuestionario a los egresados de las clases de los anos 2016 a 2018. Se aplicaron cinco etapas adaptadas del proceso de descubrimiento de conocimientos en bases de datos: seleccion y recoleccion de datos; preprocesamiento de datos; mineria de datos educativa; interpretacion y analisis de conocimientos descubiertos; e implementacion de cambios. La identificacion del perfil de retorno permitio implementar cambios basados en el analisis de los resultados del cuestionario, lo que dio como resultado la creacion de dos nuevos cursos y la reduccion de la carga de trabajo diaria de los cursos de 8 a 6 horas, completados con la realizacion de pasantias. Se concluye que la ODE permitio implementar cambios que apoyaron la gestion educativa en el desarrollo de estrategias educativas. Palabras clave: Mineria de Datos Educativa. ETC. Perfil de Egressos. Centro Paula Souza. Gestion Educativa.

Cell migration is an adaptive process that depends on and responds to physical and molecular triggers. Moving cells sense and respond to tissue mechanics and induce transient or permanent tissue modifications, including extracellular matrix stiffening, compression and deformation, protein unfolding, proteolytic remodelling and jamming transitions. Here we discuss how the bi-directional relationship of cell–tissue interactions (mechanoreciprocity) allows cells to change position and contributes to single-cell and collective movement, structural and molecular tissue organization, and cell fate decisions. Friedl and co-authors discuss how migrating cells sense and respond to tissue mechanics, and how cells in turn modify their surroundings.

General Relativity and its higher derivative extensions have symmetric teleparallel reformulations in terms of the non-metricity tensor within a torsion-free and flat geometry. These notes present a derivation of the exact propagator for the most general infinite-derivative, even-parity and generally covariant theory in the symmetric teleparallel spacetime. The action made up of the non-metricity tensor and its contractions is decomposed into terms involving the metric and a gauge vector field and is found to complement the previously known non-local ghost- and singularity-free theories.

Due to a constant attack by phage, bacteria in the environment have evolved diverse mechanisms to defend themselves. Several reviews on phage resistance mechanisms have been published elsewhere. Thanks to the advancement of molecular techniques, several new phage resistance mechanisms were recently identified. For the practical phage therapy, the emergence of phage-resistant bacteria could be an obstacle. However, unlike antibiotic, phages could evolve a mechanism to counter-adapt against phage-resistant bacteria. In this review, we summarized the most recent studies of the phage-bacteria arm race with the perspective of future applications of phages as antimicrobial agents.

To determine the longitudinal associations of long-time mobile phone use (LTMPU) with sleep disturbances and mental distress in a prospective cohort of technical college students. A total of 4333 (response rate: 91.5%) and 3396 (response rate: 78.4%) participants were recruited at baseline and 8-month follow-up, respectively. Data were collected by a set of questionnaires including socio-demographics, lifestyle practice, duration of mobile phone use per day, sleep patterns on weekdays and weekends, as well as Insomnia Severity Index, Epworth Sleepiness Scale, reduced Morningness-Eveningness Questionnaire, Beck Depression Inventory, and Zung Self-Rating Anxiety Scale. LTMPU was defined as using mobile phone ≥4 hours/day. At baseline, 23.5% (n = 1020) of the participants reported using mobile phone ≥ 4 hours/day. LTMPU at baseline was positively associated with the new incidences (range, adjusted odds ratio 1.31-1.53) of a series of the sleep disturbances and mental distress at follow-up. The discontinuation of LTMPU was associated with an amelioration of the risks of most of these problems. Cross-lagged analyses revealed bidirectional associations of the duration of mobile phone use with poor sleep and mental health outcomes. LTMPU predicts the new incidences of most sleep disturbances and mental distress, while discontinuation of LTMPU is associated with amelioration of these problems. Moreover, there are bidirectional associations between the duration of mobile phone use and various sleep and mental outcomes. These findings highlight the critical role of prevention and early recognition of excessive mobile phone use and their accompanied mental and sleep problems.

We examine the effects of gravitational fields produced by topological defects on a Dirac field and a Dirac oscillator in a spinning cosmic string spacetime. We obtain the eigenfunctions and the energy levels of the relativistic field in that background and consider the effect of various parameters, such as the frequency of the rotating frame, the oscillator’s frequency, the string density and other quantum numbers.