Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Lifetime Learning-enabled Modelling Framework for Digital Twin

Recently Digital Twin (DT) has attracted much attention from researchers due to its capacity of system monitoring and health management to improve the reliability and availability of systems. This emerging technology has been considered a promising solution for various sectors to enhance the sustainability of business development. In general, DT relies on the living models for simulating system behaviors to monitor the systems or assets in production. Such models could be either mathematical/physics-based or data-driven, which are able to explain, predict, and describe system behaviors timely and accurately. Therefore, the machine learning-enabled modeling technology has become a powerful tool to develop such data-driven living models. However, data-driven models developed with supervised learning techniques carry a fatal deficiency: once the operational environments are changed, the model may hardly work well or even becomes useless due to the distribution shift between the training data and the new dataset. This paper attempts to address this issue by proposing to apply transfer learning techniques to develop lifetime robust living models for real-world DT systems. This paper presents a framework for developing lifetime data-driven living models. A case study, railway digital twin from our on-going research project along with the preliminary results, will be presented to demonstrate the feasibility and usefulness of the proposed modeling framework for digital twin.
İşitme Engelli Bireyler İçin Mesleki Eğitim Programlarının Düzenlenmesine Yönelik Öneriler

Universite egitimi isiten ve isitme engelli ogrenciler icin mesleki gelisimleri acisindan onemli adimlardan biridir. Arastirmalarda isitme engelli genclerin okuma yazma egitimi icin hazirlanan egitim ortamlarinin anlamli, islevsel ve amacli olmasinin onemi belirtilmektedir. Isitme engellilerin mesleki egitim programlarinda dil ve okuma yazma becerilerinin onemi vurgulanmalidir. Okuma yazma ogretimi yaklasimlari arasinda Dengeli Okuma Yazma Ogretimi’nin isitme engellilerin de okuma-yazma ihtiyaclarina yanit verdigi ve mesleki egitim programinin ilkeleriyle uyumlu oldugu gorulmektedir. Bu makalede egitim programinin ogeleri dikkate alinarak isitme engelli bireyler icin hazirlanacak mesleki egitim programlarina yonelik oneriler sunulmaktadir. Bu onerilerin ulkemizde ve yurtdisinda isitme engellilere yonelik mesleki egitim programlarinin hazirlanmasinda yararli olacagi dusunulmektedir.
Developing autoplay media based mathematics teaching materials for elementary school

This study aims to develop and create autoplay learning media based teaching materials on mathematics learning for elementary schools which meet the criteria of valid, practical, and effective. This study adopts Research and Development (R&D) through the development model of ADDIE (Analyze, Design, Development, Implementation, and Evaluation). Data collection techniques applied in this study are questionnaires and tests. Besides, the results of the research were analyzed through questionnaire analysis, t test, and n-gain test. The results of this study indicate that the development of instructional materials based on autoplay learning media meets the criteria of valid, practical and effective, where the average validation results by 3 validators are 90.67; students’ response on the use of instructional media-based teaching materials is 85% which is responded positively; learning outcomes of the experimental class was better than the control class; and there was a high increase in the experimental class between pretest and posttest of 0.85.
The ShaRInK framework: a holistic perspective on key categories of influences shaping individual perceptions of knowledge sharing

Purpose – This paper aims to present a holistic framework, termed ShaRInK (Sharer, Relations, Institution, Knowledge), that depicts key categories of influences that shape individual perceptions of knowledge sharing within an organisational setting. Design/methodology/approach – An exploratory and qualitative case study strategy in which empirical data were gathered from 24 interviewees that were based in four different branches (i.e. China, The Netherlands, the UK and the USA) of a single information technology services organisation. Findings – The findings led to a holistic framework that depicts four key categories of influences that shape knowledge sharing from an individual perspective: attitudes and characteristics of the sharers, relations between the sharers, institutions which act as a united entity on sharer perceptions and knowledge itself. Furthermore, the four key influences not only shape knowledge sharing independently but are intertwined and have a synergistic effect. The ShaRInK framework.
The relationship between attitude toward labor pain and length of the first, second, and third stages in primigravida women

INTRODUCTION: Factors affecting labor pain include physiological, psychological, and social factors, among which psychological factors refer to attitudes and beliefs about labor pain. Hence, the present study was conducted to determine the relationship between attitude toward labor pain and length of the first, second, and third stages in primigravida women. MATERIALS AND METHODS: This cross-sectional study was performed on 230 pregnant women who were referred to hospitals affiliated to Isfahan University of Medical Sciences in a two-stage sampling in 2018. In the beginning, the participants completed the questionnaire of demographic/fertility characteristics and attitude to labor pain (25Q), and at the next stage, the researcher completed the form of labor information including length of the labor stages. Data were analyzed by SPSS software version 22 and Pearson correlation coefficient, Student's t-test, one-way ANOVA, and general linear regression. RESULTS: The mean (standard deviation) of the attitude to labor pain was 53.96 (1.9), and the length of the first stage was 10.01 (0.3) (h), the second stage was 1.6 (0.4) (h), and the third stage was 15.9 (1.7) (min). One hundred and eighty-three (79.6%) had negative attitude and 47 (20.4%) had positive attitude toward labor pain. There was a significant positive correlation between attitude toward labor pain and length of the first (P = 0.001, r = 0.37) and second stages of labor (P = 0.001, r = 0.24). There was no significant between length of third stage of labor and attitude toward labor pain (P = 714). CONCLUSION: The results showed that the majority of primiparous women had a higher (negative) attitude toward labor pain, which was associated with longe the first and second stages of labor.
Global functional connectivity abnormalities in children with fetal alcohol spectrum disorders.

BACKGROUND Previous studies, including those employing diffusion tensor imaging (DTI), have revealed significant disturbances in the white matter of individuals with fetal alcohol spectrum disorders (FASD). Both macrostructural and microstructural abnormalities have been observed across levels of FASD severity. Emerging evidence suggests that these white matter abnormalities are associated with functional deficits. This study used resting-state functional MRI (fMRI) to evaluate the status of network functional connectivity in children with FASD compared with control subjects. METHODS Participants included 24 children with FASD, ages 10 to 17, and 31 matched controls. Neurocognitive tests were administered including Wechsler Intelligence Scales, California Verbal Learning Test (CVLT), and Behavior Rating Inventory of Executive Functioning. High-resolution anatomical MRI data and 6-minute resting-state fMRI data were collected. The resting-state fMRI data were subjected to a graph theory analysis, and 4 global measures of cortical network connectivity were computed: characteristic path length, mean clustering coefficient, local efficiency, and global efficiency. RESULTS Results revealed significantly altered network connectivity in those with FASD. The characteristic path length was 3.1% higher (p = 0.04, Cohen's d = 0.47), and global efficiency was 1.9% lower (p = 0.04, d = 0.63) in children with FASD compared with controls, suggesting decreased network capacity that may have implications for integrative cognitive functioning. Global efficiency was significantly positively correlated with cortical thickness in frontal (r = 0.38, p = 0.005), temporal (r = 0.28, p = 0.043), and parietal (r = 0.36, p = 0.008) regions. No relationship between facial dysmorphology and functional connectivity was observed. Exploratory correlations suggested that global efficiency and characteristic path length are associated with capacity for immediate verbal memory on the CVLT (r = 0.41, p = 0.05 and r = 0.41, p = 0.01, respectively) among those with FASD. CONCLUSIONS Resting-state functional connectivity measures provide new insight into the integrity of brain networks in clinical populations such as FASD. Results demonstrate that children with FASD have alterations in core components of network function and that these aspects of brain integrity are related to measures of structure and cognitive functioning.
Recurrent thymoma: evidence for histological progression

The clinicopathological features of nine cases of recurrent thymomas have been studied. At presentation, all cases were histologically classified as thymomas with cortical differentiation, including predominantly cortical thymoma, cortical thymoma and well‐differentiated thymic carcinoma. In five cases the morphological features of the recurrence(s) were suggestive of a histological progression of the tumour from predominantly cortical thymoma to cortical thymoma and/or well‐differentiated thymic carcinoma, usually associated with a more advanced clinical stage, the latter indicating a clinical progression. These findings suggest that all types of thymoma with cortical differentiation are histologically and histogenetically related neoplasms, associated with a more aggressive clinical behaviour and a significant risk of recurrence. The overall outcome of patients with recurrent thymoma in this series was poor, since six patients (66.6%) died due to the disease, 2–14 years after the first diagnosis. The clinical implication of our findings is that thymomas with cortical differentiation always need careful follow‐up, even in those cases which are not obviously invasive at onset.
ANALYSIS OF THE EMOTIONS OF SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS IN STEM AREAS

Emotions have a major influence on motivation, commitment and interest in STEM areas (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics). Numerous studies have shown that age is a determining factor in the attitude of students towards scientific-technological subjects, and it is the stage of secondary education where a large decrease in positive attitudes towards these areas occurs. Some of the factors that positively influence the students' attitude towards STEM areas are the relationship between science and everyday life and the perception that STEM areas are a useful tool for the current scientific-technological society. In this line, the general objective of the research has been to analyze the opinions of secondary students (13-16 years) towards the different school subjects and to diagnose the emotions expressed by the students towards STEM areas. The design of the research has been exploratory, non-experimental and quantitative. The sample consisted of 584 secondary students from various high schools. As a measuring instrument, a questionnaire was designed based on previous research, to analyze the emotional and attitudinal dimension of the students towards the STEM areas in the educational framework. The results obtained in the different emotional variables were analysed in terms of gender, academic year, subject and type of activities. The analysis of the obtained data reveals a statistically significant decrease (Sig. < 0.05) of positive emotions and a statistically significant increase (Sig. < 0.05) of negative emotions when transitioning from Primary to Secondary Education. With respect to the typology of activities, it is observed that positive emotions decrease significantly in more traditional theoretical activities as opposed to experimental STEM activities. Likewise, negative emotions increase when the task is more formal although this increase is not significant. It is concluded that negative emotions arise, to a large extent, when STEM learning environments are too passive for students, which requires teachers to combine expository sessions with didactic strategies that enhance students' skills in these areas. Therefore, the implementation of STEM educational workshops can be very helpful in improving STEM attitudes and vocations in the future.
Review of Three Pediatric Wheat-Related Disorder Cases with Disparate Clinical Manifestations

The consumption of wheat-based products is high in most Western countries (e.g. Europe, United States) and is increasing in Eastern countries as a consequence of a shift toward a Western lifestyle. Historically, Wheat-Related Disorders (WRD) referred only to wheat allergy and celiac disease. In recent years, a growing number of subjects worldwide have reported intestinal and extraintestinal symptoms, without the diagnostic features of celiac disease or wheat allergy. In these subjects, symptoms of a wheat-related disorder may originate from non-celiac gluten sensitivity, the non-gluten antibody target protein serpins, purinins, α-amylase/protease inhibitors, globulins, farinins, wheat exorphin sensitivity, wheat germ agglutinin sensitivity, wheat amylase-trypsin inhibitor sensitivity, and/or FODMAP (fermentable oligo-, di-, monosaccharides and polyols) sensitivity. This article reviews the pertinent literature and presents three pediatric cases of wheat-related disorders that present with varied clinical presentations: liver failure, type 1 diabetes mellitus and a conjunctival tumor believed to be Kaposi’s sarcoma. All conditions responded rapidly to a wheat-free diet. A wheat-related disorder (with or without celiac disease) may affect any organ or system including cardiovascular disease, neurological diseases, connective tissue diseases, allergies, inflammatory bowel disease, nephritis and others. While there is increasing awareness that wheat-related disorders can manifest with extraintestinal symptoms, clinicians still rely too heavily on the presence of gastrointestinal symptoms to suspect a wheat-related disorder. These three cases showed wheat-related pathogenesis affecting diverse organs, such as the liver, pancreas, or eye, without marked gastrointestinal symptoms. Therefore, in patients with unexplained symptoms, who do not improve with standard therapies, it may be prudent to screen for serological indicators of a WRD. Clinical awareness of the diversity of presentations of a WRD may lead to earlier suspicion, investigation and a reduction in co-morbidities. Keyword: Adverse reactions to foods; Celiac disease; Conjunctival tumor; Kaposi’s sarcoma; Liver failure; Non-celiac gluten sensitivity; Type 1 diabetes mellitus; Wheat-related disorders Citation: O’Bryan T (2018) Review of Three Pediatric Wheat-Related Disorder Cases with Disparate Clinical Manifestations. J Gastroenterol Hepatology Res 3: 020.
Planimetric optic disc parameters in normal eyes: a population-based study in South India.

PURPOSE To study the optic disc parameters of normal eyes in a population-based south Indian study. METHODS One hundred and fifty three subjects from a population-based sample of 1060 included in the Andhra Pradesh Eye Disease Survey (APEDS) were enrolled in the optic disc study. The male-female ratio, the refractive error and distribution of other ocular parameters in the disc study subjects and the APEDS were not significantly different. Magnification corrected morphometry of optic disc photographs obtained by Zeiss telocentric fundus camera was carried out in one randomly chosen eye of each of these 143 subjects. RESULTS The mean optic disc parameters with the 95% confidence intervals for the distribution were: disc area 3.37 mm2 (2.04 - 4.7), vertical disc diameter 2.12 mm (1.67 - 2.57), vertical cup to disc ratio 0.37 (0.19 -0.55) and neuroretinal rim area 2.8 mm2 (1.76 - 3.84). The disc area, the vertical cup to disc ratio and the rim area showed a normal distribution. The cup to disc ratio correlated with the vertical disc diameter but the association was not strong. CONCLUSION The disc area, the vertical cup to disc ratio and the neuroretinal rim area are normally distributed in the South Indian population. The normal optic disc parameters would form a basis for future comparisons in different forms of glaucoma.
Reflective Teaching in an EFL Writing Instruction Course for Thai Pre-service Teachers

Reflective practice has been proved to be a meaningful way of learning about teaching and various aspects of teachers’ work by several studies in different EFL teaching contexts. In Thailand, despite the commonly-reported problems about the English language education program for prospective English teachers, a few studies were conducted on how to improve the situation. By employing the reflective teaching approach, this study reports on how an educator assisted 48 Thai pre-service English teachers to learn how to teach English writing in the Writing Instruction course. The findings from the survey, the teacher-educator’s notes during the course and the focus-group interview showed the considerable success of this teaching approach. Furthermore, the information from the evaluations on micro-teaching performances by the teaching groups, their peers and teacher-educator, and the students’ reflections on their teaching strengths and weaknesses and their plans for reconstructing their teaching revealed some considerations for improvement. This study is thus expected to not only reflect on how teacher-educators are trying to improve the quality of English preservice-teachers in Thailand and to develop their experiences to be life-long learners, but also provide some insights to enhance reflective prospective teachers in other educational settings with similar teaching and learning cultures.
AGE-RELATED DYNAMICS OF PLAY IN ELEMENTARY SCHOOLCHILDREN WITH INTELLECTUAL DISABILITIES

The data published in scientific literature proves unequivocally that play in preschoolers with mental retardation (intellectual disability) even in educational environment is formed with substantial difficulties and distinct unusual features (Baryaeva L.B., Nefedova Yu. V., Elkonin D.B. et al). For that reason play doesn’t reach its full developmental potential as the primary activity and stays primary all through the elementary school, but until now this phenomenon has not been researched sufficiently. To check this assumption an experimental design is realized with 146 elementary schoolchildren with mild mental retardation (intellectual disability), aged 7-12, studying in 1-4 grades of special needs schools of Saint-Petersburg, Russia. An observational protocol is used to study play, which allows to research the following 9 aspects of play: interest towards toys and toy manipulations, adequacy of independent toy manipulations, usage of substitute objects, predominant content of play, goalorientedness of play, skill at adjusting one’s actions to actions of other participants, flexibility in interactions with peers during play, participation of an adult managing the play, speech during communal play. The goal of this study is to establish the existence or absence of age-related change in how students with mental retardation (intellectual disability) learn to play and to describe that change qualitatively if it exists. For that purpose a comparative analysis of the results of observing two groups of students (grade 1-2 93 participants, grade 3-4 53 participants) is performed. The analysis reveals that children with mild mental retardation (intellectual disability) demonstrate slight positive age-related dynamics in the development of all researched aspects of play (mean 1.0-2.1; max 6.0). Only when they reach 10-12 y.o. everyone develops a stable interest in play and, in most cases, an ability to incorporate into play not just simple manipulations but also elements of social interactions between people (restricted to topics already studied: family, store, doctor’s office, etc.). By the end of elementary school the duration of play becomes relatively longer, especially when supported by an adult, and the degree of independence increases, but the children are still incapable of independently organizing and managing role play even in small groups. Only the children raised in a special needs kindergarden possess basic experience with play when commencing school education.
Linkage of grain prices in Ukraine with the world crude oil prices

Over the past decade, we have observed an increased use of renewable energy sources based on agricultural commodities. It is stimulated by a wide range of political tools in developed countries and leads to the linkage of agricultural markets with energy markets even in the countries which do not have own peculiar policies regarding renewable energy. In this context, the purpose of the paper is to assess the linkage between corn and wheat prices in Ukraine and Brent crude oil prices. The price analysis was carried out on the basis of monthly data covering the period between January 2001 and December 2018 with the use of ARDL-ECM models and bound tests approach. The obtained results indicate time varying relationships between the Ukrainian grain prices and the world crude oil prices. The strongest price linkage was observed between 2008 and 2013, a period characterised by a substantial increase in bioethanol production, low grains inventory levels and high crude oil prices. It should be noted that reaching planned mandatory blending levels in most countries promoting biofuel policy and relatively low crude oil prices does not constitute a motivation to increase the use of cereals for biofuel production. The increase of stocks in the world grain markets also contributes to reducing the strength of price connections.