Canadian Indians.

Indian education programmes have consistently failed and therefore, radical re-thinking on research and practical action is warranted. In considering Indians as a single cultural group in research, two points are frequently neglected. First, culture is always dynamic. Secondly, there is a great deal of cultural diversity within the classification of North American Indians. Further, it is suggested that rather than consider what it is about the Indian culture that causes school failure, a close examination should be made of the characteristics of the educator's culture that makes it difficult to teach children that are different. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

Characteristic patterns of QuikScat-based wind stress and turbulent heat flux in the tropical Indian Ocean

Using QuikScat-based vector wind data for 1999-2003, surface wind stress and turbulent heat (Q) have been mapped for the tropical Indian Ocean (IO) to understand their seasonal variability. During July wind stress is enhanced by ∼ 70% in the Arabian Sea compared to that during January. The Arabian Sea experiences a large Q loss (150-200 W/m²) during the summer and winter monsoons, which is nearly 1.3 times of that in the Bay of Bengal. The southeasterlies are strengthened during the southern hemisphere winter. Empirical Orthogonal Function analysis captures different phases of monsoon-induced variability in wind stress and Q, ranging from seasonal to high-frequency perturbations. Coherency between time coefficients of EOF-1 for wind stress and Q suggests that former leads the latter with a temporal lag of 20-40 days for period > 322 days. At high frequencies (< 21 days) Q leads wind stress with a temporal lag of 2 days. Possible explanation for wind stress leading Q over an annual time scale is offered based on the marine atmospheric boundary layer physics and pre-conditioned ocean surface, while on shorter time scales (21 days) ocean thermodynamics through mixed layer processes cause Q to lead wind stress.     

Psychological and demographic correlates of early academic skill development among American Indian and Alaska Native youth: A growth modeling study.

Research regarding the development of early academic skills among American Indian and Alaska Native (AIAN) students has been very limited to date. Using a nationally representative sample of AIAN, Hispanic, African American, and White children at school entry, the authors used latent growth models to estimate the associations among poverty, low parental education, living in a rural location, as well as child attitudes toward learning and internalizing/externalizing behaviors, with mathematical and reading cognitive skill development across the 1st 4 years of school. Results indicate that AIAN children entered kindergarten with scores on both mathematical and reading cognitive tests that were comparable to their peers from other ethnic groups of color. Importantly, all children who entered kindergarten with lower cognitive skill scores also acquired skills more slowly over the next 4 years. Having a positive approach to learning at the start of kindergarten was associated with cognitive skill levels at school entry nearly 1 standard deviation above the population average. Results are discussed with reference to the shared early educational profiles observed between AIAN and other children of color. These findings provide a much-needed update regarding early academic development among AIAN children. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

青藏高原东南缘碰撞造山结构与物质组成:来自岩石地球化学和地球物理的联合约束

青藏高原东南缘位于印度板块与欧亚板块侧向汇聚部位,是检验碰撞造山动力学模型的理想场所。尽可能全面收集该区已有地球物理和新生代岩浆岩数据,探讨这些资料对碰撞造山带结构和物质组成的指示。结果表明:青藏高原东南缘不同部位的壳幔结构和组成存在较大差异。兰坪—思茅地块、保山地块和腾冲地块等的中地壳(15～30 km深度)普遍发育低速层,表明富水层或者部分熔融物质的存在,为青藏高原物质向东南流动提供了可能。部分熔融产物以大型剪切带内具有高Sr、低Nd同位素特征的淡色花岗岩脉为代表。但是,扬子板块同等深度下却发育高速层,其组成很可能是峨眉山玄武岩,它的存在阻隔了碰撞带物质向东流动。扬子板块和兰坪—思茅地块下地壳底部均出现呈条带状展布的高速体。根据新生代具有高Sr、低Y的岩石显示的下地壳源区特征,结合该区地质演化历史,将上述两套呈条带状展布的高速体分别解释为新元古代铁镁质弧岩浆岩和二叠纪—三叠纪铁镁质弧岩浆岩。青藏高原东南缘地幔各向异性存在明显南、北分区特征,在26°N以北表现为SN向,在26°N以南表现为近EW向。这一差异跟俯冲的印度板片撕裂有密切关系。该撕裂在综合地球物理剖面上显示为突变的印度板片俯冲角度,在地表表现为苦橄岩、煌斑岩、埃达克岩以及淡色花岗岩等的集中出露。这一新模型明显区别于前人的岩石圈拆沉和对流减薄等作用。     

集外来片段,成自家整体 ——印度古代建筑文化对希腊与伊斯兰建筑文化的吸纳

该文从印度历史上的建筑文化交流角度出发，探讨印度建筑对外来建筑文化的吸纳与同化；以希腊建筑的片段与雕刻和伊斯兰建筑穹拱与彩饰两个典型方面，论述希腊与伊斯兰建筑文化在印度古代建筑文化中的重要影响。     

用ITS2鉴定芥辣类调味品中山葵、辣根和芥末组分

日式饮食中的芥辣类调味品主要以同属十字花科的山葵(Eutrema wasabi)、辣根(Armoracia rusticana)、芥末(mustard)做原料加工而成。利用核糖体DNA内部转录间隔区Ⅱ(Internal transcribed spacer 2,ITS2)技术快速、准确地鉴定出山葵、芥末和辣根,为该技术应用于芥辣类产品质量检测提供参考。以3种植物材料(山葵、辣根、白芥末)为实验材料,提取基因组DNA,通过引物ITS2_S2进行PCR扩增得到ITS2片段,测序结果通过生物信息学分析进行物种鉴定。MEGA7.0(Molecular evolutionary genetics analysis)分析ITS2序列结果表明,山葵、白芥末和辣根K2P(Kimura 2-parameter)遗传距离在0.088～0.171,均大于0.01,种间变异位点有36个,初步推断利用ITS2序列能将山葵、白芥末和辣根3物种区分开来。另外,GenBank中获得山葵以及近亲西北山嵛菜、辣根、芥末的ITS2序列,MEGA7.0进行种间序列分析,计算K2P,并用邻接法(Neighbor-joining,NJ)构建进化树,山葵与近亲西北山嵛菜聚为一支,棕芥末与白芥末、黑芥末聚为一大支,而辣根单独为一支。通过分析ITS2序列,发现山葵与近亲西北山嵛菜、辣根、芥末的种间K2P遗传距离在0.030～0.105,均大于0.01。研究表明,利用ITS2技术可以鉴别山葵、辣根和芥末等近缘物种,此技术可以用于芥辣类调味品特定原料成分鉴定及定量,为食品质量控制和食品安全提供科学依据。     

控制雪里蕻腌制过程中亚硝酸盐形成的研究

亚硝酸盐是一种对人体有害的的物质。本文试验详细研究了雪里蕻腌制过程中亚硝酸盐的形成规律。通过试验找出了亚硝酸盐的形成与雪里蕻腌渍液的食盐浓度、温度、酸度、含糖量及杂菌污染的关系，为在生产中有效降低腌制雪里蕻产品中亚硝酸盐的含量提供了理论依据。     

Erucic acid content in some rapeseed/mustard cultivars developed in Bangladesh

Seed samples of 21 indigenous and developed rapeseed/mustard cultivars (Brassica campestris, B. juncea and B. napus) were characterized for their fatty acid composition. Erucic acid was one of the main fatty acids, in proportions ranging from 21.59 to 51.57% followed by oleic acid ranging from 7.03 to 25.21%. The other major monounsaturated fatty acid was gadoleic acid, which accounted for 4.12–12.06%. The major polyunsaturated fatty acids were linoleic and linolenic acid, ranging from 11.79 to 16.89% and 6.29 to 11.15%, respectively. Among the saturated fatty acids, palmitic acid accounted for 1.20–3.36%. Erucic acid content was negatively correlated with all other major fatty acids. The cultivars Binasarisha‐3, Binasarisha‐4, Binasarisha‐5, MM 22‐12‐98, MM 2‐16‐98, MM 36‐6‐98, MM 49‐3‐98, MM 34‐7‐98 and Barisarisha‐8 of B. napus had significantly (P < 0.001) low levels of erucic acid and high levels of oleic, linoleic and linolenic acids among all the cultivars. These four cultivars and five advanced generation mutant lines may be exploited in breeding programmes for the development of nutritionally better‐quality locally adaptive cultivars. Copyright © 2005 Society of Chemical Industry