Organizers and Sponsors

Society for Developmental Biology 2013 West Coast Regional Conference 2013 West Coast Sponsors Organizers

A PKP Open Conference System: how a portable, open source conference management system can help to run a conference

Authors can submit abstracts and papers, edit them, if necessary, and read reviewers’ suggestions for accepting the paper. Reviewers can read abstracts and papers assigned to them and write comments and recommendations to justify acceptance or rejection. The administrator sets up the conference website, defining appearance, logos, images, dates, reviewers, organizers, sponsors and related links...

Using Teacher- and Student-Developed Graphic Organizers as a Writing Tool

This study investigated 1) whether the effect of teacher-developed graphic organizers vis-à-vis student-developed ones was more significant on improving intermediate EFL learners’ writing, and 2) whether the use of both graphic organizers had any impact on their writing. The participants were selected in two stages: 130 students sat for a piloted proficiency test. Those who scored above half of...

The Impact of Visualization and Graphic Organizers on EFL Learners’ Cognitive, Emotional, and Behavioral Engagement and Listening

The present study examined the impact of visualization and graphic organizers as pre-listening strategies on English as a foreign language (EFL) learners’ cognitive, behavioral, and emotional engagement and their listening comprehension. To do so, this study was carried out in three listening classes at Islamic Azad University of Mashhad. The participants included 80 junior EFL university stude...

Attenuation of lead and antimony in shooting range soils by iron amendments using simulated rainwater and soil columns

University of Alaska Museum of the North, 907 Yukon Drive, Fairbanks, AK 99775 The meeting and lunch / reception will take place in the Museum’s Auditorium. Organizers: William R. Simpson, Sarah Hayes, Jennifer Guerard Sponsors: Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, UAF College of Natural Sciences and Mathematics, UAF Geophysical Institute, UAF Special Thanks to: Meghan Murphy (CNSM ...