简介:InEgyptologydealingwithbothhistoricalandliterarytextsoftenraisesthequestionoftheirpoliticalintention.Thealmostfixedplotofthe"Knigsnovelle”andthe“annals,"typicalformsofrecordingEgyptianhistory,seemstoreflecttherigidEgyptianviewofhistoryanchoredinideology.Thehistoricalcourseofevents,whatwemaycall“reality,”islesssignificantthanthecoursepostulated
简介:Since2011,theGreekMinistryofEducationintroducedLaw3966—institutingthemodelexperimentalschools.Newpolicieswereappliedtothesespecialschoolsthatdifferentiatethemfromothertypesofschools.Themajorchangesweretowardspersonnelrecruitment.AsfortheveryfirsttimeinGreekpubliceducation,teacherswererecruitedafterevaluationandinterviewandstudentswerejoinedtheseschoolsafternationalexams,too.Ontheotherhand,someoftheinnovativeeducationalmethodsimplementedweretheexcellencegroupsinstitutedfortheveryfirsttimeinGreekpublicschools—participationinEuropeanprograms(e.g.,Erasmus+)andopen-to-societyeducationalprograms.Additionally,informationandcommunicationtechnology(ICT)wasstronglyintroducedinlearningprocedure,teacherswereencouragedtoparticipateinhighlyratedin-servicetrainingcourses,andaseriousnumberofconferenceswereorganizednationally.Despiteoftheseremarkableeducationalachievementsin2016,thegovernmentdecidedtomakesomeseriouschangesinthelaw,thus,causingfatalsetbackstoschools’projectplans.Inmanyexperimentalschools,thefive-yeareducationalplan,whichwasplannedaccordingtoLaw3966,wasbrutallyinterrupted,asthistypeofschoolsactuallydidnotexistanymore!Astheinitialplanwaspredictingamajorevaluationafterafive-yearperiod,thesecruciallawchangescancelledanytypeofevaluation,almosttwoyearsbeforetheendofthisperiod.Eventually,teacherswerenomoreinterestedinproducingandintroducinginnovationintheirclassrooms.Inthispaper,wearetryingtorecordthechangescausedtothenumberandqualityofeducationalactivities(excellencegroups,educationalprograms,andinnovativeteachingmethods)afterthesemajorlawchanges.Wedetectedadramaticdecreaseinthenumberofactivitiesandexceptionaldisappointmenttohighlyqualifiedteachersandeducators.So,wearequestioningourselves:WeremodelexperimentalschoolstoogoodtobeGreek,orthesechangesweretooGreekto
简介:TheCommissionfortheGeologicalMapoftheWorld(CGMW),anIUGSaffiliatedbody,hasjustissuedthefirsteditionoftheStructuralMapoftheIndianOceanwhichwaspresentedduringthe32ndIGC(Florence).Duringthe1980's,theCommissionpublishedtheGeologicalAtlasoftheWorld,whichincludedthemapsofthe5oceansoftheglobe.Twodecadeshaveelapsedandtheknowledgeofthesea-floorexperiencedverysignificantprogress;thereforesome5yearsago,theCommissiondecidedtolaunchanewtypeofoceanmapping.TheStructuralMapoftheIndianOceanisthefirstofthisnewseriesofmaps.
简介:Asisalreadyknown,mostoftheplasmaliteratureisoccupiedwiththeplasmainstabilitiesandtheinevitableplasmawaves,whichremainmajorobstaclestothethermonuclearfusionprocess.Manyexperimentaldataontheplasmawaves(growthordamping)andtheiraccompaniedtheoreticalinterpretationshavebeenpublishedduringthelastfivedecades;lotsofthemhavebeenidentifiedandjustifiedaswell,somenotyet.Oneoftheseisourpreviousresearchonplasmawaves,whichoriginatedintheearly80'satthePlasmaPhysicsLaboratoryoftheNCSR'Demokritos'.Asthewaverisingisdefinedbythegrowthrate(orthedampingontheextinguishment),theseimportantwavyquantitieswillbestudiedindetailinthepresentpaper.Threeexamplesaretakenfromourprevioustheoreticalresults,andthefirstobservationrevealsthattheinvolvedquantitiesarecomplicatedenoughtobestudiedbythemselves.So,theuseofsuitableapproachmodels,whichmayinterprettheexperimentalwavyquantities,isthecentralideaofthepresentattempt.Furthermore,calculationswithalittlechangeoftheinitialconditionshavebeenrepeatedinordertodeterminewhethertheplasmabehavesasachaoticmedium.