Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Sınıf Öğretmenlerine Yönelik Hizmet İçi Eğitim Model Önerisi / Inservice Training Model Suggestion for Classroom Teachers

Bu arastirmada, Turkiye’de Milli Egitim Bakanligi’na bagli ilkogretim okullarinda gorev yapan sinif ogretmenlerine yonelik bir hizmet ici egitim model onerisi olusturma amaclanmistir. Tarama modelinin kullanildigi arastirmanin orneklemini Ege Bolgesindeki illerin sosyo- ekonomik gelismislik siralamasina gore 4 ilde (Izmir, Aydin, Usak, Afyon) bulunan ilkogretim okullari ve bu okullarda gorev yapan tabakalama ornekleme yoluyla secilen 500 sinif ogretmeninden olusmaktadir. Arastirmanin verileri arastirmaci tarafindan gelistirilen anket formu araciligiyla toplanmistir. Elde edilen verilerin cozumlenmesinde frekans, yuzde, aritmetik ortalama ve standart sapma degerlerinden yararlanilmistir. Arastirma sonucuna gore; sinif ogretmenleri, hizmet ici egitim programlarinin Milli Egitim Bakanligi ve egitim fakultelerinin isbirligi icinde organize edilmesi gerektigini vurgularlar. Ayrica bu hizmet ici egitim kurslarinin universitelerdeki alan uzmanlarinca verilmesini, kurs programlarinda yer alacak derslerin ise oncelikli olarak seminer donemlerinde olmasini istemektedirler. Hizmet ici egitim kurslarinda yontem olarak moduler egitimin uygun oldugunu belirterek kurs programlarinin sonunda performans degerlendirmeye bakilmasini ve basarili olanlarin maddi olarak odullendirilmesini istemektedirler. Anahtar Kelimeler : Sinif Ogretmenligi, Hizmet Ici Egitim, Hizmet Ici Egitim Modeli.
Advancing Work Practices Through Online Professional Development: A Study of the Effectiveness of Online Professional Development Illustrated by an Empirical Case of Danish K-5 Science Teachers

A structured search of library databases revealed that research examining the effectiveness of e-Learning has heavily increased within the last five years. After taking a closer look at the search results, the authors discovered that previous researchers defined and investigated effectiveness in multiple ways. At the same time, learning and development professionals within public and private organisations are increasingly being asked to prove the effectiveness of their learning and development initiatives. This paper investigates the effectiveness of eLearning through an integrative review. The paper answers the following research questions: How is the effectiveness of e-Learning defined? How is the effectiveness of e-Learning measured? What makes e-Learning solutions effective? The authors discovered 19 distinct ways to define effectiveness, the most common of which is ‘learning outcome’, appearing in 41 % of the articles examined in the literature review. Moreover, the most common way to measure effectiveness is quantitatively with preand post-tests. This paper includes an empirical study of an e-Learning solution for science teachers (K–12) which serves as a valuable addition to the findings of the literature study. The study suggests that it is difficult to use e-Learning to improve teaching performance, as participating teachers can apply several strategies to avoid substantially changing their work-related practices. Furthermore, the study shows that only using the fulfilment of pre-defined learning objectives as an effectiveness parameter does not allow developers and researchers to see unexpected and unintended changes in practice that occur as a result of the eLearning program. Finally, the research provides insight into the validity of selfassessments, suggesting that participants are able to successfully report their own practices, provided certain qualitative survey approaches are used. In this paper, a model for understanding the relationships of the key factors that influence effectiveness is developed. The model categorises these factors from three perspectives: the context in which the e-Learning solution is used, the artefact (the e-Learning solution itself) and the individuals that use the artefact. It was found that ADVANCING WORK PRACTICES THROUGH ONLINE PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT 28 support and resources, the individuals’ motivation and prior experience and interaction between the artefact and the individuals that use it all influence effectiveness. Towards the end, this paper discusses whether e-Learning and traditional face-to-face learning should be measured according to the same definitions of and approaches to effectiveness, ending with a call for learning designers and researchers to target their measurement efforts to counting what counts for them and their stakeholders.
Stenomesius japonicus (Ashmead) (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae): a new parasitoid of Tuta absoluta (Meyrick) (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae) in Syria

Editor: Hossein Lotfalizadeh ABSTRACT . Stenomesius japonicus (Ashmead, 1904) (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae) was collected for the first time from larvae of the tomato leaf-miner, Tuta absoluta (Meyrick, 1917) (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae) infesting Lycopersicon esculentum Mill. in Syria. Diagnostic morphological characters, biology and distribution of the newly recorded species are provided. Its role in the biological or integrated control of T. absoluta remains to be evaluated. A list of all eulophid wasps recorded from Syria absoluta Stenomesius Ashmead (Hymenoptera: a of Tuta absoluta (Meyrick) Gelechiidae) in Syria. Journal of Insect Biodiversity and Systematics ,
Pharmacological Cardioversion in Patients with Recent-Onset Atrial Fibrillation and Chronic Kidney Disease Subanalysis of the CANT II Study

Pharmacological cardioversion (PCV) is commonly a primary option for termination of recent-onset atrial fibrillation (AF) in emergency departments (ED). This is a subanalysis of the CANT II study, evaluating the effectiveness and safety of antazoline in patients (n = 777) at three stages of chronic kidney disease (CKD): Group I > 60 mL/min (n = 531), Group II 45–59 mL/min (n = 149), and Group III < 45 mL/min (n = 97). Patients in Group III were older and with a higher prevalence of co-morbidities; however, we did not find statistically significant differences in the overall effectiveness of PCV in comparison with the other groups. In patients receiving amiodarone, the PCV success rate was similar in all the studied groups, but along with a renal function decline, it decreased in patients receiving antazoline (79.1 vs. 35%; p < 0.001), and it increased almost significantly in patients receiving propafenone (69.9 vs. 100%; p = 0.067). In patients in Group I, antazoline restored a sinus rhythm as effectively as propafenone and amiodarone; however, in patients in Group III, both antazoline and amiodarone became less effective in restoring a sinus rhythm than propafenone (p = 0.002 and p = 0.034, respectively). The rate of safety endpoint was the highest in patients in Group III (eGFR < 45 mL/min), and it was significantly higher than in patients in Groups I and II (p = 0.008 and p = 0.036, respectively). We did not observe antazoline-related adverse events in any of the studied groups of patients. This real-world registry analysis revealed a different influence of CKD on the effectiveness of individual drugs, and while propafenone and amiodarone maintained their AF termination efficacy, antazoline became significantly less effective in restoring sinus rhythm.
More active lessons: teachers’ perceptions of student engagement during physically active maths lessons in Finland

ABSTRACT The Moving Maths study was conducted to increase third grade pupils’ physical activity and support their learning in Finland. Altogether 397 children (mean age 9.3 years) and 22 teachers took part in an intervention with two types of physically active maths lessons for five months. One group carried out lessons in which PA was integrated into maths learning goals, while another group implemented PA as short breaks. A control group was also allocated. The aim of the current study was to qualitatively examine classroom teachers’ (n = 12) experiences and perceptions of student engagement during the intervention. The results indicated that pupils showed positive emotional and social engagement in both intervention groups. Positive cognitive engagement was indicated by concentration on seated work after the activities, but some teachers reported uncertainty about the learning results. It is concluded that in addition to reducing children’s harmful sedentary behaviour, physically active lessons can positively affect student engagement and may thus enhance learning.
Perceived Risk as a Determinant of Propensity to Adopt Account Information Services under the EU Payment Services Directive 2

Globalisation, technological advances, liberalisation of financial markets, and changing consumer behaviour are transforming banking profoundly. Under the EU Payment Services Directive 2 (PSD2), incumbent banks must open up their data, processes, and business functionalities to customers and third parties including rivals. It is critical to understand consumer behaviour post-PSD2, and the potential impact of PSD2 on the functioning of the retail banking and financial services market. In this preliminary study of 244 consumers from six European countries, we explore the role of social influence, facilitating conditions, perceived risk, and effort and performance expectancy in order to unravel the determinants of consumers’ acceptance of account information services (AIS) as provisioned under PSD2, which provide consolidated bank account information for consumers with multiple bank accounts across multiple banking institutions. Our findings suggest that the competing influences of (a) positive perceptions such as social influence, facilitating conditions, and performance expectancy, and (b) negative perceptions related to risk, sway consumers’ intentions to adopt AIS.
Social stigma and vulnerabilities of HIV/AIDS-positive people: Reconsidering social work education and NGOs’ role in Bangladesh

Abstract Despite the low incidence of HIV in Bangladesh, an HIV diagnosis results in stigma and discrimination. Therefore, the study looked at the causes and patterns of social exclusion, as well as strategies for reducing the exclusion of HIV/AIDS positive people. It also emphasized the importance of reconsidering social work education and the role of non-governmental organizations in curbing the stigma that these people confront. In this qualitative study, a convenience sampling approach was utilized to select the participants from the NGO, Ashar Alo Society (AAS). The findings are grouped into four themes: social stigma towards HIV/AIDS positive people, social exclusion from family and community, healthcare, education, and employment, the role of the non-governmental organizations in reducing their exclusion and vulnerabilities and reconsideration of social work knowledge. Recommendations include the provision of remote healthcare and support services to combat stigma, as well as the adoption of social work knowledge in the new NGO efforts to assist PLWHIV in accessing care.
Circulo Domoche: making memory and doing methodology as we go

ABSTRACT In this article, we reflect on a research method we called Circulo Domoche, part of a larger research project on the histories of schooling of Mapuche women in Chile in a context of continual violence against Indigenous people. It originates in the personal experience of the researchers with Chilean schooling and our academic work on education. We share our process of methodological exploration for studying the stories of schooling of Mapuche women from multiple generations. The three authors, along with four others, met periodically and wrote each other letters to talk about our memories of schooling to explore ways of doing research that does not reproduce epistemicide and exploitation of Indigenous people through research. Building on theoretical perspectives from Indigenous scholars and scholars of colour we developed a way of making memory while doing research together. We propose thinking of methodology as not structured beforehand but one that grows along with and as the research unfolds. We share here this community construction as resistance to necropolitics as well as what we have learned by creating spaces of refusal within an academy that functions in a different logic of neoliberal regulation of the construction of knowledge.
Bulletin of Electrical Engineering and Informatics

Received Nov 17, 2021 Revised Feb 13, 2022 Accepted Mar 6, 2022 This work proposes a new coordinated vaccine scheduling model suitable for the city size COVID-19 vaccination program. It is different from the existing COVID-19 vaccination scheduling mechanism where there is no coordination among endpoint providers. On the other side, the vaccine stock in every provider is limited, so that this mismatch creates many unserved participants. Moreover, studies on the COVID-19 vaccination scheduling problem are hard to find. This work aims to solve this mismatch problem. It is developed by combining the nearest distance and the single course timetabling. It is then optimized by using a cloud theory based-simulated annealing algorithm. The simulation result shows that the proposed model outperforms both the uncoordinated and basic course timetabling models. It can minimize the number of unserved participants, total travel distance, and the number of participants with missed timeslot. It produces zero unserved participants if the total vaccine quantity is at least equal to the total number of participants. The proposed model creates lower total travel distance than the uncoordinated or basic course timetabling adopted model. It is also better than the basic course timetabling model in creating a low number of participants with missed timeslot.
Glycogen Synthase Kinase 3: Ion Channels, Plasticity, and Diseases

Glycogen synthase kinase 3β (GSK3) is a multifaceted serine/threonine (S/T) kinase expressed in all eukaryotic cells. GSK3β is highly enriched in neurons in the central nervous system where it acts as a central hub for intracellular signaling downstream of receptors critical for neuronal function. Unlike other kinases, GSK3β is constitutively active, and its modulation mainly involves inhibition via upstream regulatory pathways rather than increased activation. Through an intricate converging signaling system, a fine-tuned balance of active and inactive GSK3β acts as a central point for the phosphorylation of numerous primed and unprimed substrates. Although the full range of molecular targets is still unknown, recent results show that voltage-gated ion channels are among the downstream targets of GSK3β. Here, we discuss the direct and indirect mechanisms by which GSK3β phosphorylates voltage-gated Na+ channels (Nav1.2 and Nav1.6) and voltage-gated K+ channels (Kv4 and Kv7) and their physiological effects on intrinsic excitability, neuronal plasticity, and behavior. We also present evidence for how unbalanced GSK3β activity can lead to maladaptive plasticity that ultimately renders neuronal circuitry more vulnerable, increasing the risk for developing neuropsychiatric disorders. In conclusion, GSK3β-dependent modulation of voltage-gated ion channels may serve as an important pharmacological target for neurotherapeutic development.
Analyses on the pigment composition of different seed coat colors in adzuki bean

Abstract Seed coat color is an important quality and domestication trait. The adzuki bean has more than a dozen seed coat colors closely associated with the anthocyanin and flavonoid metabolism pathways. In this study, we explored the pigment composition of 10 different seed coat color adzuki beans including red, black mottle on red, black mottle on gray, golden, green, black, ivory, brown, and light brown. The results showed that anthocyanins are the main pigment in adzuki bean seed coat. There were no carotenoid or pelargonidin derivatives in the seed coats of any accessions. Different colors of adzuki bean seed coat have different pigment compositions and the combination of procyanidins and anthocyanins affected seed coat color. The ivory seed coat had an extremely low proanthocyanidin and anthocyanin content. Only the green adzuki bean seed coats contained chlorophyll. Our results explain the pigment composition of the different seed coat colors and the combination of proanthocyanidins and anthocyanins affected seed coat color in adzuki bean. These results can provide a theoretical basis for the study of adzuki bean coloring mechanism.
Prevalence of epstein barr virus in malignant lymphomas in Iraq

Malignant lymphomas are among the common tumors that are associated with and may complicate Epstein Barr Virus (EBV) infection. Although the strongest association is with the endemic Burkitt lymphomas (BL), the trend of association with sporadic lymhpomas reveals a consistently increasing prevalence of the virus in Hodgkin’s disease (HD) in recent years compared to the non-Hodgkin type (NHL) which may point to a possible role for the virus in the predisposition and etio-pathogenesis of the disease.evaluate the association of EBV with Hodgkin’s and non-Hodgkin lymphomas in relation to age, sex and HD subtype retrospectively using archival tissue biopsy sections.Method: EBV was detected by In Situ Hybridization (ISH) using EBERs RNA probes in paraffinembedded tissue sections prepared from archival tissue biopsy blocks. (a) EBV was detected in 25 of 40 HD cases (62.5%), 9 of 30 (30%) NHL cases, 4 of 10 (40%) BL cases, and in 5 of 20 (25%) other (non-BL) NHL cases. (b) Among the EBV-positive HD cases, 19 (76%) were of the mixed cellularity (MC) subtype, 1 (4%) of the Nodular Sclerosis (NS) subtype, 1 (4%) of the Lymphocyte Predominance (LP) subtype and 4 (16%) cases were of the Lymphocyte Depletion (LD) subtype. (c) Age distribution of HD cases revealed a bi-modal pattern characterized by an early major peak (67.5% of cases) below 35 years and a minor peak (32.5% of cases) above the age of 40. On the contrary, NHL cases revealed a nearly even age distribution (43.3% versus 56.6%) below and above the age of 40, respectively. (d) No difference was observed in the incidence of HD between males and females where the ratio was close to 1:1. On the other hand, a slight male predominance was seen among NHL cases with a male to female ratio of 2:1. (a) the prevalence rate of EBV infection was high among HD cases and fell within the prevalence rates found in previous similar studies revealing a range of values from 20 to 90%. (b) the higher prevalence of EBV positivity in HD compared to NHL found in this study points to a more substantial role for the virus in the pathogenesis of former compared to the latter disease which also comes in agreement with the greater environmental element compared to the genetic element in the etiology of HD. (c) The unexpected high EBV positivity in the LD subtype of HD may be interpreted as result of the progression of some of the early less aggressive MC-HD cases to the advanced more aggressive LDHD subtype. (d) the bi-modal age distribution of EBV-positive HD cases follows the same pattern of distribution of the disease in general and testifies for the influence of environmental factors in the incidence of the disease.
Audit Committee Independence and Auditor Reporting for Financially Distressed Companies: Evidence From an Emerging Economy

This study examines the relationship between audit committee independence (by using stockholding as a measure to assess substantive independence) and auditor reporting for financially distressed companies. Based on hand-collected data for 86 financially distressed companies listed on Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) for the period 2011 to 2019, our logistic regression results show that the greater the percentage of audit committee stockholding, the less likely the auditor is to issue going concern report. Further, this relationship is exacerbated by CEO influence. The results are robust to alternative estimation techniques, different measures of audit committee independence and CEO influence, and endogeneity issue. These results suggest that alongside procedural independence, it is important to focus on substantive independence of audit committees by using stockholding as an independence measure and assessing its impacts on auditor reporting. This study has important implications for shareholders and investors.
Associations between Daily Ambient Air Pollution and Pulmonary Function, Asthma Symptom Occurrence, and Quick-Relief Inhaler Use among Asthma Patients

Particulate matter (PM) is harmful to human health, especially for people with asthma. The goal of this study was to enhance the knowledge about the short-term effects of daily air concentrations of PM on health outcomes among asthma patients. The novelty of this study was the inclusion of a homogeneous group of patients (N = 300) with diagnosed and partly controlled asthma. Patients recorded their symptoms, asthma quick-relief inhaler use, and peak expiratory flow (PEF) measurements in a diary for two weeks. Data on particulate air pollution were obtained from stationary monitoring stations. We have shown that particulate pollutants (PM10 and PM2.5) are associated with significant deterioration of PEF and an increase in the frequency of early asthma symptoms, as well as asthma quick-relief inhaler use. These effects are observed not only on the day of exposure, but also on the following day. For public health practice, these results support the rationale for using peak-flow meters as necessary devices for proper asthma self-management and control, especially in locations where the air is polluted with particles. This may decrease the number of asthma patients seeking medical help.
Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on daily life and worry among mothers in Bhaktapur, Nepal

The COVID-19 pandemic has affected many aspects of daily life worldwide, but the impact may be higher for impoverished populations. The main aim of this study is to describe the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on different aspects of daily life in mothers in Nepal. We included 493 mothers of children aged 54–71 months participating in a randomized controlled trial on vitamin B12 supplementation. Mothers answered questions regarding the exposure and impact of the pandemic on their daily lives, and pandemic-related worries and sleep problems. We examined the extent to which worry, and sleep problems differed between mothers according to their exposure to COVID-19, socioeconomic status, and previous symptoms of depression. The mean age (SD) of the mothers was 32.3 (4.6) years and 54% had education below the secondary level. Of the mothers, 5.4% had either been exposed to someone who had tested positive or who had a family member with COVID-19. One-third of the participants responded that the pandemic had affected their economic situation, employment, and family life to a great deal. Both mothers and fathers with educational levels above 10 years or households with higher socioeconomic status had significantly higher average worry scores (maternal p = 0.020 and paternal p = 0.005). Mothers with a history of symptoms of depression had significantly more worry-related sleep problems during the pandemic (p = 0.020) than those without a history of depressive symptoms. Our study underlines the negative impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on diverse aspects of everyday life of mothers in Nepal.