Realizing Autonomy
Practice and Reflection in Language Education Contexts
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Open AccessPersonalized recurrence risk assessment following the birth of a child with a pathogenic de novo mutation
Following the diagnosis of a paediatric disorder caused by an apparently de novo mutation, a recurrence risk of 1–2% is frequently quoted due to the possibility of parental germline mosaicism; but for any spec...
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New GJA8 variants and phenotypes highlight its critical role in a broad spectrum of eye anomalies
GJA8 encodes connexin 50 (Cx50), a transmembrane protein involved in the formation of lens gap junctions. GJA8 mutations have been linked to early onset cataracts in humans and animal models. In mice, missense mu...
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Open AccessAPSIC guidelines for disinfection and sterilization of instruments in health care facilities
The Asia Pacific Society of Infection Control launched its revised Guidelines for Disinfection and Sterilization of Instruments in Health Care Facilities in February 2017. This document describes the guideline...
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The density-dependent effect of initial nematode population levels on the efficacy of Trichoderma as a bio-nematicide against Meloidogyne hapla on tomato
Trichoderma strains were tested for their ability to reduce the severity of root-knot nematode (RKN), Meloidogyne hapla galling on tomato roots. In initial glasshouse trials, under low le...
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Open AccessUnexpected medical undergraduate simulation training (UMUST): can unexpected medical simulation scenarios help prepare medical students for the transition to foundation year doctor?
Preparing medical students with the skills necessary to deal with emergency situations as junior doctors can be challenging due to the complexities of creating authentic ‘real life’ experiences in artificial e...
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Erratum: Chapter 9 Biological Control and Biopesticide Suppression of Botrytis-Incited Diseases
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Erratum to: Methods for the Evaluation of the Bioactivity and Biocontrol Potential of Species of Trichoderma
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Methods for the Evaluation of the Bioactivity and Biocontrol Potential of Species of Trichoderma
Members of the genus Trichoderma comprise the majority of commercial fungal biocontrol agents of plant diseases. As such, there is a wealth of information available on the analysis of their biocontrol potential a...
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Biological Control and Biopesticide Suppression of Botrytis-Incited Diseases
Recent years have seen the development of many biological control agents and other biopesticides, such as plant extracts, minerals and organic compounds, against Botrytis-incited diseases. This chapter presents s...
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Plant Hosts of Botrytis spp.
A list of known plant species that serve as hosts of Botrytis spp. is presented. Botrytis species are reported to attack a total of 596 genera of vascular plants (tracheophytes), representing over 1400 plant spec...
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Take-all decline in New Zealand wheat soils and the microorganisms associated with the potential mechanisms of disease suppression
Take-all, caused by the soilborne pathogen Gaeumannomyces graminis var. tritici, (Ggt), is an important root disease of wheat. Continuous wheat crop** has been shown to induce take-all decline (TAD). This resea...
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Trichoderma atroviride LU132 promotes plant growth but not induced systemic resistance to Plutella xylostella in oilseed rape
Several species of the fungus Trichoderma can promote plant health and are widely used as commercial biopesticides. Beneficial effects of this fungus are attributed to various mechanisms such as mycoparasitism, p...
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Investigation of organic anions in tree root exudates and rhizosphere microbial communities using in situ and destructive sampling techniques
Understanding of the role of low molecular weight organic anions (OAs) in structuring rhizosphere microbial communities in situ is limited due to challenges associated with sampling. Improved techniques are ne...
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Variability in control of onion white rot by Trichoderma atroviride under different disease pressures
Pellet and solid substrate formulations combined with a soil drench formulation of Trichoderma atroviride were evaluated under varying disease pressures in field trials to determine which formulation(s) provided ...
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Realizing Autonomy: Contradictions in Practice and Context
There is no denying that learner autonomy is an extremely intriguing concept to language educators, an attraction that is reflected in an expanding repertoire of research and innovative practice. This growing ...
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Parallel Universes: Globalization and Identity in English Language Teaching at a Japanese University
The sociologist Anthony Giddens has written that the era of late modernity in which we live is characterized by a focus on and anxiety about identity. ‘What to do? How to act? Who to be? These are focal questi...
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Disability Management Approach to Job Accommodation for Mental Health Disability
A body of research exists that outlines the personal, social, and economic costs of mental health disability (e.g., Dewa and McDaid 2010, this book; Dewa et al. 2007; WHO 2005). More recently, employers are be...
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Open AccessEXercising with C omputers in L ater L ife (EXCELL) - pilot and feasibility study of the acceptability of the Nintendo® WiiFit in community-dwelling fallers
Falls management programmes have been instituted to attempt to reduce falls. This pilot study was undertaken to determine whether the Nintendo® WiiFit was a feasible and acceptable intervention in community-dwell...
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Utilizing Soil Microbes for Biocontrol
This review focuses on the potential for microbial biological control of soil-borne pests and pathogens. The range of crops affected by key soil-borne pests and pathogens, and opportunities for biocontrol usin...
