University of Bedfordshire

About: University of Bedfordshire is a education organization based out in Luton, Bedford, United Kingdom. It is known for research contribution in the topics: Population & Social work. The organization has 3860 authors who have published 6079 publications receiving 143448 citations. The organization is also known as: University of Luton.

Tea Derived Galloylated Polyphenols Cross-Link Purified Gastrointestinal Mucins

Abstract: Polyphenols derived from tea are thought to be important for human health. We show using a combination of particle tracking microrheology and small-angle neutron scattering that polyphenols acts as cross-linkers for purified gastrointestinal mucin, derived from the stomach and the duodenum. Both naturally derived purified polyphenols, and green and black tea extracts are shown to act as cross-linkers. The main active cross-linking component is found to be the galloylated forms of catechins. The viscosity, elasticity and relaxation time of the mucin solutions experience an order of magnitude change in value upon addition of the polyphenol cross-linkers. Similarly small-angle neutron scattering experiments demonstrate a sol-gel transition with the addition of polyphenols, with a large increase in the scattering at low angles, which is attributed to the formation of large scale (>10 nm) heterogeneities during gelation. Cross-linking of mucins by polyphenols is thus expected to have an impact on the physicochemical environment of both the stomach and duodenum; polyphenols are expected to modulate the barrier properties of mucus, nutrient absorption through mucus and the viscoelastic microenvironments of intestinal bacteria.

Computer-Assisted Assessment: Impact on Higher Education Institutions

Abstract: As an increasing number of higher education institutions (HEI's) look to computers to solve some of the problems associated with the burden of expanded student numbers, advances in technology are increasingly impacting the way in which the curriculum is delivered and assessed (Hartley et al, 1999). More contentious than using computers to deliver content and support student learning is computer-assisted assessment (CAA). CAA can include a range of activities such as, the collation, analysis and transmission of examination grades across networks and, most desirably, the use of computer-based assessment, where students complete assessments at workstations and their answers are automatically marked. CAA is, in comparison to computer-aided learning, a relatively new development and is often pioneered by enthusiastic individual academics (Stephens et al, 1998). The successful implementation of CAA is often hindered or abandoned due to time and funding restrictions, or reliance on an individual academic.

Learning to teach in the secondary school : a companion to school experience

Abstract: Part 1. Becoming a Teacher 1.1 What Do Teachers Do? 1.2 The Student Teacher's Role and Responsibilities 1.3 Managing your Time and Preventing Stress 1.4 Teaching and Learning with ICT: An introduction Part 2. Beginning to Teach 2.1 Reading Classrooms 2.2 Schemes of Work and Lesson Planning 2.3 Taking Responsibility for Whole Lessons Part 3. Classroom Interactions and Managing Pupils 3.1 Communicating with Pupils 3.2 Motivating Pupils 3.3 Behaviour for Learning Part 4. Pupil Differences 4.1 Differentiation, Progression and Pupil Grouping 4.2 Growth, Development and Diet 4.3 Cognitive Development 4.4 Responding to Diversity 4.5 Moral Development and Values 4.6 Introduction to Inclusion Part 5. Helping Pupils 5.1 Ways Pupils Learn 5.2 Active Learning 5.3 Teaching Styles and Individualised Learning 5.4 Improving your Teaching Part 6. Assessing and Recording Pupils' Work 6.1 Assessment: Principles and practice 6.2 External Examinations and Assessment Part 7. The School, Curriculum and Society 7.1 Aims of Education 7.2 The School Curriculum 7.3 The National Curriculum 7.4 The Broader Curriculum 7.5 Scottish Curriculum and Assessment Part 8. Your Professional Development 8.1 Getting your First Post 8.2 Developing Further as a Teacher: Managing your Induction Year 8.3 Accountability, Contractual and Statutory Duties Part 9. And Finally