The document discusses the relationship between schools and their surrounding communities. It argues that schools and communities must work together for education to have a real impact. The community provides valuable resources for learning, from field trips and interviews to cultural events and guest speakers. There are two main ways to utilize community resources: taking students into the community through activities like field trips and community service, and bringing community members into the school through events, lectures, and parent-teacher groups. Using local resources provides natural, hands-on learning experiences and helps students explore career options and develop interests that can last beyond their school years.
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Multi-source connectivity as the driver of solar wind variability in the heli...Sérgio Sacani
The ambient solar wind that flls the heliosphere originates from multiple
sources in the solar corona and is highly structured. It is often described
as high-speed, relatively homogeneous, plasma streams from coronal
holes and slow-speed, highly variable, streams whose source regions are
under debate. A key goal of ESA/NASA’s Solar Orbiter mission is to identify
solar wind sources and understand what drives the complexity seen in the
heliosphere. By combining magnetic feld modelling and spectroscopic
techniques with high-resolution observations and measurements, we show
that the solar wind variability detected in situ by Solar Orbiter in March
2022 is driven by spatio-temporal changes in the magnetic connectivity to
multiple sources in the solar atmosphere. The magnetic feld footpoints
connected to the spacecraft moved from the boundaries of a coronal hole
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is refected in the in situ measurements, which show the transition from fast
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a coronal mass ejection. Our results describe solar wind variability at 0.5 au
but are applicable to near-Earth observatories.
Introduction:
RNA interference (RNAi) or Post-Transcriptional Gene Silencing (PTGS) is an important biological process for modulating eukaryotic gene expression.
It is highly conserved process of posttranscriptional gene silencing by which double stranded RNA (dsRNA) causes sequence-specific degradation of mRNA sequences.
dsRNA-induced gene silencing (RNAi) is reported in a wide range of eukaryotes ranging from worms, insects, mammals and plants.
This process mediates resistance to both endogenous parasitic and exogenous pathogenic nucleic acids, and regulates the expression of protein-coding genes.
What are small ncRNAs?
micro RNA (miRNA)
short interfering RNA (siRNA)
Properties of small non-coding RNA:
Involved in silencing mRNA transcripts.
Called “small” because they are usually only about 21-24 nucleotides long.
Synthesized by first cutting up longer precursor sequences (like the 61nt one that Lee discovered).
Silence an mRNA by base pairing with some sequence on the mRNA.
Discovery of siRNA?
The first small RNA:
In 1993 Rosalind Lee (Victor Ambros lab) was studying a non- coding gene in C. elegans, lin-4, that was involved in silencing of another gene, lin-14, at the appropriate time in the
development of the worm C. elegans.
Two small transcripts of lin-4 (22nt and 61nt) were found to be complementary to a sequence in the 3' UTR of lin-14.
Because lin-4 encoded no protein, she deduced that it must be these transcripts that are causing the silencing by RNA-RNA interactions.
Types of RNAi ( non coding RNA)
MiRNA
Length (23-25 nt)
Trans acting
Binds with target MRNA in mismatch
Translation inhibition
Si RNA
Length 21 nt.
Cis acting
Bind with target Mrna in perfect complementary sequence
Piwi-RNA
Length ; 25 to 36 nt.
Expressed in Germ Cells
Regulates trnasposomes activity
MECHANISM OF RNAI:
First the double-stranded RNA teams up with a protein complex named Dicer, which cuts the long RNA into short pieces.
Then another protein complex called RISC (RNA-induced silencing complex) discards one of the two RNA strands.
The RISC-docked, single-stranded RNA then pairs with the homologous mRNA and destroys it.
THE RISC COMPLEX:
RISC is large(>500kD) RNA multi- protein Binding complex which triggers MRNA degradation in response to MRNA
Unwinding of double stranded Si RNA by ATP independent Helicase
Active component of RISC is Ago proteins( ENDONUCLEASE) which cleave target MRNA.
DICER: endonuclease (RNase Family III)
Argonaute: Central Component of the RNA-Induced Silencing Complex (RISC)
One strand of the dsRNA produced by Dicer is retained in the RISC complex in association with Argonaute
ARGONAUTE PROTEIN :
1.PAZ(PIWI/Argonaute/ Zwille)- Recognition of target MRNA
2.PIWI (p-element induced wimpy Testis)- breaks Phosphodiester bond of mRNA.)RNAse H activity.
MiRNA:
The Double-stranded RNAs are naturally produced in eukaryotic cells during development, and they have a key role in regulating gene expression .
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We characterize the earliest galaxy population in the JADES Origins Field (JOF), the deepest
imaging field observed with JWST. We make use of the ancillary Hubble optical images (5 filters
spanning 0.4−0.9µm) and novel JWST images with 14 filters spanning 0.8−5µm, including 7 mediumband filters, and reaching total exposure times of up to 46 hours per filter. We combine all our data
at > 2.3µm to construct an ultradeep image, reaching as deep as ≈ 31.4 AB mag in the stack and
30.3-31.0 AB mag (5σ, r = 0.1” circular aperture) in individual filters. We measure photometric
redshifts and use robust selection criteria to identify a sample of eight galaxy candidates at redshifts
z = 11.5 − 15. These objects show compact half-light radii of R1/2 ∼ 50 − 200pc, stellar masses of
M⋆ ∼ 107−108M⊙, and star-formation rates of SFR ∼ 0.1−1 M⊙ yr−1
. Our search finds no candidates
at 15 < z < 20, placing upper limits at these redshifts. We develop a forward modeling approach to
infer the properties of the evolving luminosity function without binning in redshift or luminosity that
marginalizes over the photometric redshift uncertainty of our candidate galaxies and incorporates the
impact of non-detections. We find a z = 12 luminosity function in good agreement with prior results,
and that the luminosity function normalization and UV luminosity density decline by a factor of ∼ 2.5
from z = 12 to z = 14. We discuss the possible implications of our results in the context of theoretical
models for evolution of the dark matter halo mass function.
Richard's entangled aventures in wonderlandRichard Gill
Since the loophole-free Bell experiments of 2020 and the Nobel prizes in physics of 2022, critics of Bell's work have retreated to the fortress of super-determinism. Now, super-determinism is a derogatory word - it just means "determinism". Palmer, Hance and Hossenfelder argue that quantum mechanics and determinism are not incompatible, using a sophisticated mathematical construction based on a subtle thinning of allowed states and measurements in quantum mechanics, such that what is left appears to make Bell's argument fail, without altering the empirical predictions of quantum mechanics. I think however that it is a smoke screen, and the slogan "lost in math" comes to my mind. I will discuss some other recent disproofs of Bell's theorem using the language of causality based on causal graphs. Causal thinking is also central to law and justice. I will mention surprising connections to my work on serial killer nurse cases, in particular the Dutch case of Lucia de Berk and the current UK case of Lucy Letby.
The increased availability of biomedical data, particularly in the public domain, offers the opportunity to better understand human health and to develop effective therapeutics for a wide range of unmet medical needs. However, data scientists remain stymied by the fact that data remain hard to find and to productively reuse because data and their metadata i) are wholly inaccessible, ii) are in non-standard or incompatible representations, iii) do not conform to community standards, and iv) have unclear or highly restricted terms and conditions that preclude legitimate reuse. These limitations require a rethink on data can be made machine and AI-ready - the key motivation behind the FAIR Guiding Principles. Concurrently, while recent efforts have explored the use of deep learning to fuse disparate data into predictive models for a wide range of biomedical applications, these models often fail even when the correct answer is already known, and fail to explain individual predictions in terms that data scientists can appreciate. These limitations suggest that new methods to produce practical artificial intelligence are still needed.
In this talk, I will discuss our work in (1) building an integrative knowledge infrastructure to prepare FAIR and "AI-ready" data and services along with (2) neurosymbolic AI methods to improve the quality of predictions and to generate plausible explanations. Attention is given to standards, platforms, and methods to wrangle knowledge into simple, but effective semantic and latent representations, and to make these available into standards-compliant and discoverable interfaces that can be used in model building, validation, and explanation. Our work, and those of others in the field, creates a baseline for building trustworthy and easy to deploy AI models in biomedicine.
Bio
Dr. Michel Dumontier is the Distinguished Professor of Data Science at Maastricht University, founder and executive director of the Institute of Data Science, and co-founder of the FAIR (Findable, Accessible, Interoperable and Reusable) data principles. His research explores socio-technological approaches for responsible discovery science, which includes collaborative multi-modal knowledge graphs, privacy-preserving distributed data mining, and AI methods for drug discovery and personalized medicine. His work is supported through the Dutch National Research Agenda, the Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research, Horizon Europe, the European Open Science Cloud, the US National Institutes of Health, and a Marie-Curie Innovative Training Network. He is the editor-in-chief for the journal Data Science and is internationally recognized for his contributions in bioinformatics, biomedical informatics, and semantic technologies including ontologies and linked data.
2. Social Science
INTRODUCTION
Today, educationalist have come to realise that the immediate community is a
wonderful curriculum laboratory providing extremely, dynamic, interesting and real life
opportunities for learning. The School and Community must work together in the process
of education in a co-operative and collective quest. In the absence of this living, dynamic
relationship between the two education will be unreal. Unable to make any abiding
impact on the mind and character of children. The life of the community is powerfully
influenced by social purposes the techniques of production. Knowledge of culture not
bale to keep pace with these changes and adjust its programes to them the school
becames an out dated, backward looking agency.
Types of community Resources
Michaelis (1972) listed following community resources in his social studies for children
in a democracy.
Study or field trips (Industries Museums)
Field Studies (Housing, Pollution, Transportation)
People to interview (Travelers, Police)
Resource visitors (Panel individuals)
Service and other organisations (Red cross club)
Service projects (Safety, clean up)
Local current events (Campaigns, drives)
3. Recreational resources (Parks, Museums)
School Resources (Collections, teachers)
Publications and visual media (Newspapers, bulletins)
Television, Radio (Travel programs, news)
Methods of utilizing community resources
There are basically two ways.
1. Taking the school to the community
2. Bringing community to the school
1. Taking the school to the community
School can be brought to the community
a. Field Trips:-
Field Trips to places of civic, cultural, geographical and social places are very
helpful in integrating class room instruction, stimulating imagination and learning by
providing sensory perceptions, seeing life vividity learning to the art of living with others
and expanding emotional and intellectual horizons.
b) Community service :-
Which includes cleanliness of the community attending on the sink, social service
infairs, planting of trees, digging of manure, pots, making of drains etc. All these
activities help in developing a sense of dignity of labour, fellow-feeling etc.
c) Social survey clubs :-
4. Social survey clubs should be organised in schools which could under take to
investigate some of the crying needs and problems of the surrounding are. Eg: The
condition of roads, the percentage of literacy, the drainage of the village street or town
etc. The study of the community will help much in the development of a child.
2. Bringing community to the school
The following ways are used to bring the community to the school.
a) Celebration of festivals
Attempts should be made to celebrate national, local, international days, birthday
of eminent personalities etc. The school premises so that the parent may also be brought
in to close content with the activities of the schools. Some of these festivals of which
many peoples gather provide opportunities of social service to the students and teachers
and thereby help in a good relationship between the school and community.
b) The school as a social Recreational and Cultural centre
Most of the village schools are common meeting place for villagers especially for
planning and conducting social service activities. School ground may provided to local
community for playing and for older peoples for evening discussions.
c) Adult Education centers :-
The schools should become centres of adult education both in rural and urban
areas.
d) School Library :-
Efforts should be made to extend the service of the library to the community by
providing books to parents, availing library hours after and before school hours, or by
issuing books to secretary of old students association who act as librarian.
5. e) Lecturers by resource persons :-
People as well as books are desirable sources of information and inspiration. In
every community no matter how small or isolated, the scores of person of rich and varied
bac kgro und who can “ope n doors” to vivid learning experiences. these include the
bankers, the doctor, the engineer, the merchant, the artist, the sarpanch, the municipal
commissioner, the editor. These are community is human resources which can be utilised
by the enterprising teacher to enrich and vitalise the school programme, these
distinguished men are resource persons who can explain to students their own important
role in the community & services rendered by them to community in the different
directions. Important persons from other towns, states and countries can also be invited to
create better understanding of different types of people. This will help students identity
themselves with other people and their problems.
f) Parent - Teachers Association :-
There should be a parent teachers association in the school to co-operate in the
common task of giving better education to child meeting with parents of particular class,
inviting parents to witness training displayed by children and participating parents in
school programmes will help in bring to community to school parents may be associated
in the management of schools also.
g) Exhibitions :-
On occasions like School day an exhibition may be arranged for the benefit of the
students and the public.
h) Career conferences :-
6. Specialists in different fields may be selected from amongst the parents and their
talks arranged o the various apects of their occupations.
i) Educational conferences :-
Educational conferences should be organised in which parents, teachers and
representative of the education department participate. These conference help exchange
of thoughts opinions, experiences, stock taking of the past and plan for future.
Advantages of utilising community
Resources in social studies
1. Natural way of importing education
A study of the community is useful for imparting education in a natural way.
Proceeding from the known to the unknown and from the near to the distant it is natural
process of establishing relationship.
Particularly suitable to young students.
2. Growth of new interest
A servey of the community and a study of its problems, provide opportunities for
the growth of new interest which are natural and creative, not imposed from outside but
developed from within.
3. Choice of vocation
Study of community offers a wide choice of vocation to school children who
observe various groups of people in to the community engaged in different economic
activities for the welfare of the community. This observation creates interest and urge in
7. the minds of some boys to explore industries, means of transport and communication,
trade, commerce, business, agriculture and so on in their adult life. Some girls may feel
inclined to home nursing, preparation and distribution of food teaching or religion. Thus,
a choice of vocation for adult life may be made by students right from the primary or
secondary school stage.
4) Social use of leisure
Interested in the community outside the school, the student would spend his spare
time in the study of some specific portion of the community life. Caarying this interest
beyond school days, he may acquire a technique for using the increased leisure at his
disposal creatively and usefully.
5) Development of skill and attitudes
After studying the problems of one ’s community. One may think of de velo pment
of ones city, town or countryside. The students may grow into useful citizens, anxious of
tackling social problems. A sense of security may give a sense of pride in ones
community past achievements and a reasonable degree of faith in its future possibilities
8. CONCLUSION
The community can be a social studies laboratory where geographic historical,
economic and other concepts concrete, seeble, and tangible resources which are
extremely dynamic interesting and meaningful for the teaching of social studies. A school
can not remain an ivory tower. If we are to have “School witho ut walls” extensive and
critical use must be made of community resources.
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Teaching of social studies
N.R. Samena Mishra
Social studies in the class room trends and method
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