L - systems and Beyond Organizer

Polyphonic Supervision—Meta-governance in Denmark

This article will show how Luhmann’s concept of functional differentiation makes it possible to analyse how the government draws various stakeholders into governable terrain through the use of different functional systems. The article takes its outset in a recent reform aimed at a renewal of the authority relations between the municipalities and the non-governmental housing associations in Denm...

Beyond Talking: We Need Effective Measures to Tackle Systemic Corruption and the Power That Allows It to Persist in Health Systems; A Response to Recent Commentaries

Neuroectodermal specification and regionalization of the Spemann organizer in Xenopus

During gastrulation in Xenopus convergence and extension movements, mediated by mediolateral intercalations, are the driving force for early neural plate morphogenesis. Here we show that the winged helix transcriptional regulator, Xfd-12' is dynamically expressed in medial neural plate precursors that undergo convergence and extension movements. These medial neuraxial progenitors are specified ...

The Effect of Visual Advance Organizer and Types of Passages on EFL Learners’ Listening Comprehension

Testing the comprehension of spoken language is of primary importance. A lot of factors may affect the performance of EFL learners on listening comprehension tests, among which are the use of visual advance organizers, and types of listening passages (dialogues or monologues). As B-Ikeguchi (1997) states a few studies have been carried out on the effects of these factors on EFL learners’ listen...

A novel role of the organizer gene Goosecoid as an inhibitor of Wnt/PCP-mediated convergent extension in Xenopus and mouse

Goosecoid (Gsc) expression marks the primary embryonic organizer in vertebrates and beyond. While functions have been assigned during later embryogenesis, the role of Gsc in the organizer has remained enigmatic. Using conditional gain-of-function approaches in Xenopus and mouse to maintain Gsc expression in the organizer and along the axial midline, neural tube closure defects (NTDs) arose and ...