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Showing 1 to 16 of 16 for “"Alternate-Day"”.
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Implementation of an alternate day block schedule: a case study
… to various subject areas during the school day. One of the school improvement efforts that has influenced secondary scheduling is the block schedule. In Virginia secondary schools, the Alternate Day Block Schedule has become an innovative effort for school improvement. In this scheduling …
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Breaking the Time Barrier: Algebra Instruction in an Alternate-Day Block Schedule
… of algebra instruction in an extended alternate-day block schedule. Using case study methodology, data were gathered from six algebra teachers' classrooms. Data sources included multiple classroom observations, teacher interviews, surveys, and a review of students' final algebra grades. …
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A comparison of literacy achievement in full-day, alternate-day, and half-day kindergarten
… attend one of three kindergarten programs: full-day, alternate-day, and half-day. The sample of this study consisted of 1530 kindergarten students enrolled in a centralized kindergarten program during the 2000-2001 and the 2001-2002 school years. Only the scores of the 1530 students who had both …
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An Analysis of Alternative Day Program Services in Supported Employment
… (1) who is participating in alternative day-program services, (2) what alternative day-program services are being used, and (3) does participation in alternate day-program services effect selected outcome variables? The results of the analysis and implications for programming and future …
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Kindergarten Scheduling: Options and Effects on Student Achievement
… three types of kindergarten scheduling. Half-day/everyday, full-day/alternate day, and full-day/everyday schedules were studied. Procedures. The Brigance Basic Inventory was administered to students attending three different types of kindergarten. Eleven different skills were pre and …
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Evaluating preference-seeking and aversive qualities of Salvia divinorumand Mitragyna speciosa
… conditioning trials which involved alternate day pairings of test compound to one compartment and vehicle to the other. This was folloby a compartment preference trial conducted under drug-free states. As expected, rats shoplace preference to mitragynine similar to that of 1mg/kg …
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An Investigation of the Features and Effectiveness of the Full-Day Early Learning Kindergarten Program in Ontario
… of the main components of a high fidelity Full-Day Early Learning Kindergarten (FDELK) classroom, specifically play-based learning and teacher-ECE collaboration. Study 2 is a quantitative analysis that investigates how effectively the FDELK program promotes school readiness skills, namely …
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Cannabinoid Modulation Of Cisplatin Induced Neuropathy
… cisplatin or saline solution ip every second day to induce tactile allodynia (ringers on alternate days). Tactile responses to hind-paws were quantified in g of force using an electric von frey (evf) prior to (baseline) and after the cisplatin administration protocol. Separate groups of mice …
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The Effects of Non-Surgical Interventions on Osteoarthritis-Like Changes in the Mouse Knee
… injections of high molecular weight HA one day following TGF--β1 injections resulted in decreased synovial hyperplasia, minimized osteophyte formation, and significantly decreased severity of cartilage lesions. A four week, alternate day, low intensity aerobic treadmill running program prior …
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Resource allocation in chickens: genetic and nongenetic influences on development, growth and reproduction
… and increased rapidly to approximately 140 days of age. Concomitantly, body weights increased to approximately 130 days and then plateaued. Influences of early and late feathering alleles were minor except for weights of feathers. Alternate-day feeding prior to sexual maturity reduced …
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RGD based peptide amphiphiles as drug carriers for cancer targeting
… in comparison to control treatment for both alternate day and twice weekly treatments. The studies showed the feasibility of using the non covalent peptide based self-assemblies as vehicles for targeted delivery in cancer.</p>
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Inhibition of Psychrotrophic Bacterial Growth in Refrigerated Milk by Addition of Carbon Dioxide
… (9). Milk may be held under refrigeration for 5 days or longer before processing, or pasteurization for fluid consumption. This delay in processing results from a combination of events which include alternate day pickup of bulk milk from the farm, long distance hauling of milk, and shorter work …
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Molecular regulation of nutrient sensing and immunometabolism by calorie restriction
… too,’ he answered. ‘Because as we were saying today, there's nothing in the world like eating moderately to live a long life.’ ‘If that's the way things are,’ I thought to myself, ‘I never will die.’ Because I've always been forced to keep that rule, and with my luck I'll probably keep it all my …
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Genotype by nutrition interactions for immunoresponsiveness and disease resistance in chickens
… of 5 X 6. The nutritional regimens were either alternate-day (AD) and ad libitum (AL) feeding or high (E) and low (A) nutrient density. As expected, within a feeding regimen males were heavier than females and within a sex, AL chicks were heavier than AD chicks. Also, chicks fed Diet E were …
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Time-restricted eating on inflammation and oxidative stress in overweight, older adults
… of intermittent fasting (IF) regimens, including alternate-day fasting, the 5:2 diet, time-restricted eating, and Ramadan fasting, in mitigating inflammation and lowering oxidative stress. It highlights the potential of IF regimens in attenuating inflammatory responses. Chapter 3 presents a …
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Bio-behavioural evaluation of efavirenz and Δ9-tetrahydrocannabinol alone and in combination in rats with respect to psychosis and anxiety
… North-West University (NWU). The rats received alternate day drug-vehicle exposure to intraperitoneal injections of vehicle (pharmaceutical grade olive oil), EFV (5 mg/kg), Δ9-THC (0.75 mg/kg) or the combination of EFV + Δ9-THC (5 mg/kg and 0.75 mg/kg) for 17 days. The rats were subjected to …