Editorial on colloidal processing Centennial Feature

APA CENTENNIAL FEATURE Classrooms: Goals, Structures, and Student Motivation

This article examines the classroom learning environment in relation to achievement goal theory of motivation. Classroom structures are described in terms of how they make different types of achievement goals salient and as a consequence elicit qualitatively different patterns of motivation. Task, evaluation and recognition, and authority dimensions of classrooms are presented as examples of st...

Colloidal Processing of Ceramics

Colloidal processing of ceramics is reviewed with an emphasis on interparticle forces, suspension rheology, consolidation techniques, and drying behavior. Particular attention is given to the scientific concepts that underpin the fabrication of particulate-derived ceramic components. The complex interplay between suspension stability and its structural evolution during colloidal processing is h...

Colloidal Agglomerates in Tank Sludge: Impact on Waste Processing

On agreement feature processing and representation

Agreement is normally defined as an asymmetric dependency whose realization proceeds (i) in a subject-toverb direction and (ii) independently from the thematic and discourse functions of the elements involved. In this work, I review some experimental data from Spanish and Italian showing that the directionality of agreement is not as rigid as assumed in standard models and that the comprehensio...

Special Feature Report from the Editorial Office

In July 2002, we started our second 3-year term as the Editors of Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation (NDT). We are pleased to see that a large readership consults the journal, either in its usual paper format or in its more recently introduced electronic format. Important changes in manuscript handling have occurred in the last 2 years, as outlined below. We also give an update on manuscript f...