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- Petersen, Ann-Louise, 1949-
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Teachers' Perceptions of Principals' ICT Leadership
- 2014
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Ingår i: Contemporary Educational Technology. - 1309-517X. ; 5:4, s. 302-315
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- This article focuses on the leadership used by the principal in a collaborative ICT project. The case study chosen was a school project conducted within the NCCE project (Nordic Cross Country Education). The EU funded project ran for three years in grades 5-9 in Sweden, Denmark and Norway. The goal of the project was to develop cross-boarder education models between the national education systems in the three countries. The project was based on virtual communication using digital technology. The study focuses on how the Swedish teachers from two schools involved in the NCCE project experienced the leadership of the principals in ICT related matters. A qualitative method was used by interviewing the teachers in order to inquire about what kind of support they had received from the school leadership on pedagogical issues, technical equipment and ICT competence. The ICT leadership was analysed by Dexter’s three basic features: setting direction, developing people and making the organisation work. The result showed two kinds of leadership. The first one resembled a distributed leadership, where the principal worked closely with teachers and ICT managers, almost like being one of the team. The second one resembled more a formal leadership where principals had a positive attitude towards ICT development but did not participate personally in the project work.
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- Sallam, Malik, et al.
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Assessing Healthcare Workers’ Knowledge and Their Confidence in the Diagnosis and Management of Human Monkeypox : A Cross-Sectional Study in a Middle Eastern Country
- 2022
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Ingår i: Healthcare (Switzerland). - : MDPI AG. - 2227-9032. ; 10:9
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- The ongoing multi-country human monkeypox (HMPX) outbreak was declared as a public health emergency of international concern. Considering the key role of healthcare workers (HCWs) in mitigating the HMPX outbreak, we aimed to assess their level of knowledge and their confidence in diagnosis and management of the disease, besides the assessment of their attitude towards emerging virus infections from a conspiracy point of view. An online survey was distributed among HCWs in Jordan, a Middle Eastern country, during May–July 2022 using a questionnaire published in a previous study among university students in health schools in Jordan. The study sample comprised 606 HCWs, with about two-thirds being either physicians (n = 204, 33.7%) or nurses (n = 190, 31.4%). Four out of the 11 HMPX knowledge items had <50% correct responses with only 33.3% of the study respondents having previous knowledge that vaccination is available to prevent HMPX. A majority of study respondents (n = 356, 58.7%) strongly agreed, agreed or somewhat agreed that the spread of HMPX is related to a role of male homosexuals. Confidence in the ability of diagnosis based on the available monkeypox virus diagnostic tests was reported by 50.2% of the respondents, while the confidence levels were lower for the ability to manage (38.9%) and to diagnose (38.0%) HMPX cases based on their current level of knowledge and skills. Higher confidence levels for HMPX diagnosis and management were found among physicians compared to nurses. The endorsement of conspiracy beliefs about virus emergence was associated with lower HMPX knowledge, the belief in the role of male homosexuals in HMPX spread, and with lower diagnosis and management confidence levels. The current study highlighted the gaps in knowledge regarding HMPX among HCWs in Jordan as well as the lack of confidence to diagnose and manage cases among physicians and nurses. Raising the awareness about the disease is needed urgently considering the rapid escalation in the number of cases worldwide with reported cases in the Middle East. The attitude towards male homosexuals’ role in HMPX spread necessitates proper intervention measures to prevent stigma and discrimination among this risk group. The adoption of conspiratorial beliefs regarding virus emergence was widely prevalent and this issue needs to be addressed with proper and accurate knowledge considering its potential harmful impact.
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- Schildkamp, Kim, et al.
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Professional Development in the Use of Data: From Data to Knowledge in Data Teams
- 2019
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Ingår i: Scandinavian Journal of Educational Research. - : Informa UK Limited. - 0031-3831 .- 1470-1170. ; 63:3, s. 393-411
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Schools need support in the use of data. To provide this support, a data team intervention was developed. A prior study conducted in the Netherlands showed that several factors can enable or hinder the work of data teams. The current replication study focuses on the factors influencing data use in data teams and the perceived effects of the data teams’ work, but looking at data teams in Sweden. The results of this qualitative study show that the data teams’ work is influenced by the same factors as in the Netherlands: Data characteristics (e.g., relevance of the data), team characteristics (e.g., heterogeneity of the team), and school organizational characteristics (e.g., school leader support).
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- Schwartz, Yuri B, et al.
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Interbands of Drosophila melanogaster polytene chromosomes contain matrix association regions.
- 1999
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Ingår i: Journal of Cellular Biochemistry. - 0730-2312 .- 1097-4644. ; 72:3, s. 368-372
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- The DNA of three previously cloned interband regions (85D9/D10, 86B4/B6, and 61C7/C8) of Drosophila melanogaster polytene chromosomes has been tested for the presence of matrix association regions (MAR), using the in vitro matrix-binding assay of Cockerill and Garrard. MARs were found in all three interband regions under study. These results are discussed in frames of a model postulating that interband regions of polytene chromosomes correspond to the chromosomal DNA loop borders, which can be identified in interphase nuclei using biochemical approaches.
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- Tubert, Cecilia, et al.
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Decrease of a Current Mediated by K(v)1.3 Channels Causes Striatal Cholinergic Interneuron Hyperexcitability in Experimental Parkinsonism
- 2016
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Ingår i: Cell Reports. - : CELL PRESS. - 2211-1247. ; 16:10, s. 2749-2762
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- The mechanism underlying a hypercholinergic state in Parkinsons disease (PD) remains uncertain. Here, we show that disruption of the K(v)1 channel-mediated function causes hyperexcitability of striatal cholinergic interneurons in a mouse model of PD. Specifically, our data reveal that Kv1 channels containing K(v)1.3 subunits contribute significantly to the orphan potassium current known as I-sAHP in striatal cholinergic interneurons. Typically, this Kv1 current provides negative feedback to depolarization that limits burst firing and slows the tonic activity of cholinergic interneurons. However, such inhibitory control of cholinergic interneuron excitability by K(v)1.3-mediated current is markedly diminished in the parkinsonian striatum, suggesting that targeting Kv1.3 subunits and their regulatory pathways may have therapeutic potential in PD therapy. These studies reveal unexpected roles of Kv1.3 subunit-containing channels in the regulation of firing patterns of striatal cholinergic interneurons, which were thought to be largely dependent on K-Ca channels.
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- Van Ingen, Michiel, et al.
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Making waves, and beyond
- 2020
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Ingår i: Critical Realism, Feminism, and Gender : A Reader - A Reader. - Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2020. |Series: Routledge studies in critical realism : Routledge. - 9781351621120 - 9781138083707 ; , s. 1-7
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Bokkapitel (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- In evaluating the current state of feminism and gender studies it has become increasingly challenging to avoid the conclusion that these fields are in a state of disarray; or, less calamitously, that they are in a state of considerable flux. While the presence of a diverse range of theoretical/political positions may simply reflect the vitality of the feminist movement - it does raise any number of fundamental questions. For example, what role (if any) should the second wave distinction between (biological) sex and (social/cultural) gender play in twenty-first-century feminism and gender studies? What consequences does any negation or affirmation of this opposition have for the place of trans-politics within feminism? It seems ill-advised to imagine that it would be possible to develop a satisfactory understanding of the three ‘waves’ that are conventionally held to make up the history of feminism without taking into consideration the role that philosophical and methodological fissures have played in bringing about and solidifying them.
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