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An Authentically Simulated Approach to Disciplinary Literacy Instruction in a Study Strategies Course.

Scholars have increasingly added to the body of literature on disciplinary literacy practices (Hynd, 1999; Hynd, Holschuh, & Hubbard, 2004; Shanahan & Shanahan, 2008). Within this larger body of scholarship, much work has been focused on the field of postsecondary transitional (see Author, 2010 for a discussion of this term) or developmental literacy (Briscoe & LeMaster, 1991; Chase, Gibson, & Carson, 1994; Holschuh, 2003; Nist & Simpson, 2000; Simpson & Nist, 1997). Despite this emphasis on the discipline-specific nature of academic literacy practices within the scholarship, a significant divide remains between what is endorsed in the theoretical literature and what occurs in practice in developmental reading and study strategies classrooms. Notably, many study strategies courses continue to have as their curricular focus a very limiting emphasis on generic strategies or a one-sizefits-all approach (Reynolds & Werner, 2003). In effective reading and study strategy classrooms, strategyfocused instruction moves beyond the confines of basic procedural aspects of strategic reading and studying (for example, identifying the various steps involved in SQ3R) and delves into issues of This manuscript describes a first-year college study strategies course designed to introduce students to literacy practices typical in academic settings. Given constraints imposed by institutional requirements on students’ schedules during their first year, an authentic course pairing with a content area course is rarely possible; therefore, the study strategies course described in this manuscript is intended as a possible alternative by providing authentically simulated instruction in three disciplines (biology, psychology, and history). Sonya L. Armstrong Northern Illinois University
A Survey on the Usage of Eye-Tracking in Computer Programming

Traditional quantitative research methods of data collection in programming, such as questionnaires and interviews, are the most common approaches for researchers in this field. However, in recent years, eye-tracking has been on the rise as a new method of collecting evidence of visual attention and the cognitive process of programmers. Eye-tracking has been used by researchers in the field of programming to analyze and understand a variety of tasks such as comprehension and debugging. In this article, we will focus on reporting how experiments that used eye-trackers in programming research are conducted, and the information that can be collected from these experiments. In this mapping study, we identify and report on 63 studies, published between 1990 and June 2017, collected and gathered via manual search on digital libraries and databases related to computer science and computer engineering. Among the five main areas of research interest are program comprehension and debugging, which received an increased interest in recent years, non-code comprehension, collaborative programming, and requirements traceability research, which had the fewest number of publications due to possible limitations of the eye-tracking technology in this type of experiments. We find that most of the participants in these studies were students and faculty members from institutions of higher learning, and while they performed programming tasks on a range of programming languages and programming representations, we find Java language and Unified Modeling Language (UML) representation to be the most used materials. We also report on a range of eye-trackers and attention tracking tools that have been utilized, and find Tobii eye-trackers to be the most used devices by researchers.
Reduction of Protein Networks Models by Passivity Preserving Projection

Reduction of complex protein networks models is of great importance. The accuracy of a passivity preserving algorithm (PRIMA) for model order reduction (MOR) is here tested on protein networks, introducing innovative variations of the standard PRIMA method to fit the problem at hand. The reduction method does not require to solve the complete system, resulting in a promising tool for studying very large-scale models for which the full solution cannot be computed. The mathematical structure of the considered kinetic equations is preserved. Keeping constant the reduction factor, the approximation error is lower for larger systems.
Face recognition using 3D surface extracted descriptors

The discriminating power of three dimensional (3D) descriptors extracted from 3D human face surfaces is analyzed. An automatic face recognition system using different subsets of the descriptor set has been implemented and tested. We used 420 3D-facial meshes belonging to 60 individuals, including views presenting light rotations and facial expressions, for the experiments. An HK segmentation (based in the signs of the mean and Gaussian curvatures) for isolating regions of pronounced curvature has been performed. Eighty six descriptors have been obtained from the segmented regions. The thirty five more discriminating ones in frontal views provide 78% of recognition success rate when best match is selected, and a 92% of recognition success is obtained when the five best matches are selected.
Fast Track Communication MoS 2 actuators : reversible mechanical responses of MoS 2-polymer nanocomposites to photons

New molybdenum disulfide (MoS2)-based polymer composites and their reversible mechanical responses to light are presented, suggesting MoS2 as an excellent candidate for energy conversion. Homogeneous mixtures of MoS2/polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) nanocomposites (0.1–5 wt.%) were prepared and their near infrared (NIR) mechanical responses studied with increasing pre-strains. NIR triggering resulted in an extraordinary change in stress levels of the actuators by ~490 times. Actuation responses of MoS2 polymer composites depended on applied pre-strains. At lower levels of pre-strains (3–9%) the actuators showed reversible expansion while at high levels (15–50%), the actuators exhibited reversible contraction. An optomechanical conversion (η)∼0.5-3 MPaW was calculated. The ratio of maximum stress due to photo-actuation (σmax) at 50% strain to the minimum stress due to photo-actuation (σmin) at 3% strain was found to be ∼315-322% for MoS2 actuators (for 0.1 to 5 wt.% additive), greater than single layer graphene (∼188%) and multi-wall nanotube (∼172%) photo-mechanical actuators. Unlike other photomechanical actuators, the MoS2 actuators exhibited strong light–matter interactions and an unambiguous increase in amplitude of photomechanical response with increasing strains. A power law dependence of σmax/σmin on strains with a scaling exponent of β = 0.87–1.32 was observed, suggesting that the origin of photomechanical response is intertwined dynamically with the molecular mechanisms at play in MoS2 actuators.
Hypertext and CASE

Computer-aided software engineering (CASE) systems require a database system that must let designers logically associate documentation and source code, make annotations to record explanations and assumptions, and manage different versions of the software. The author reports the development of a database, Neptune, which demonstrates that hypertext provides an appropriate data model for CASE systems. Hypertext is a medium-grained, entity-relationship-like data model that lets information be structured arbitrarily and keeps a complete version history of both information and structure. Neptune achieves application independence by using a layered system architecture; at the bottom is a transaction-based server, the Hypertext Abstract Machine, and layered above it are applications and the user interface. The use of Neptune in the Dynamic Design CASE environment is discussed. <<ETX>>
HYBRID METAHEURISTIC EXPERIMENTS OF REAL-TIME ADAPTIVE OPTIMIZATION OF PARAMETRIC SHADING DESIGN THROUGH REMOTE DATA TRANSFER

The author seeks a practical approach to complement deterministic design optimization in environmental performance-based building design. This study investigates algorithms and scripted processes to test and monitor the dynamic optimal control of building components. To this end, an integration of wireless data transfer equipment (nRF24L01) and a customized metaheuristic hybrid optimization algorithm (Tabubased adaptive pattern search simulated annealing, T-APSSA) through a parametric visual programming language (VPL) interface (Rhino grasshopper®) is presented with experimental design of a responsive kinetic shading device. To demonstrate the performance of the algorithmic hybridization and early design integration, T-APSSA is compared to simulated annealing and pattern (direct) search, and two different approaches to daylight-optimized design solutions are tested: a deterministic optimization based on historical weather data and a site-specific adaptive optimization according to real-time monitoring of incident solar radiance. The suggestion of a seamless environmental building design workflow through remote data communication contributes to strengthening intelligent architectural design decisions.
Single-resonator, time-switched FM MEMS accelerometer with theoretical offset drift complete cancellation

The work presents the first frequency modulated (FM) accelerometer operating in time-switched differential mode: readout is based on a double sampling of the oscillation frequency of a single resonator, consecutively biased in two different configurations in time. This technique theoretically enables zeroing of offset drift components related to the temperature coefficient of frequency (TCf), even in presence of process nonuniformities. Additionally, the TCf offset drift component can be tuned to compensate the thermal-stress component, delivering compact, ultra-low-drift, accelerometers. Experiments on various samples demonstrate repeatable sub-50μg/K drift without post-acquisition corrections, at a consumer-grade 100μg/VHz noise density.
Koi Herpesvirus: Status of Outbreaks, Diagnosis, Surveillance, and Research

Koi herpesvirus (KHV; Cyprinid herpesvirus 3) is a major threat to common carp and koi carp production worldwide. It is listed by the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE), and has been reported in 26 countries. KHV was designated a Specific Disease by Japanese law in 2003. Japan’s National Research Institute of Aquaculture (NRIA) is a reference laboratory for the disease and conducts confirmatory diagnosis. The number of disease occurrences in Japan peaked in 2004, but has been gradually decreasing since then. The disease occurs mostly during spring and autumn when water temperatures are 16-28°C. In general, conventional polymerase chain reaction (PCR) is the most useful method for diagnosing KHV due to its high sensitivity, high specificity, and rapidity. More recently, real time PCR, nested PCR, and loop-mediated isothermal amplification (LAMP) were developed to diagnose the virus. Reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) targets mRNA of KHV to detect the replicating virus. An enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) detects antiKHV antibodies in carp serum of surviving infected fish and is expected to be a tool for surveillance of KHV. However, cross reactions with antiCyprinid herpesvirus 1 antibodies in the ELISA need to be resolved. A systematic research project on development of diagnostic and prevention technologies for KHV disease was conducted in 2004-2006 by the NRIA in cooperation with Japanese universities and enterprises and SEAFDEC. The fruitful results of the project are included in this review. Introduction Koi herpesvirus (KHV; Cyprinid herpesvirus 3) disease is a major threat to common and koi carp production worldwide. It has been reported in 26 countries (Haenen and Olesen, 2007). KHV was first isolated from adult koi and common carp (Cyprinus carpio) associated with mass mortality in outbreaks in the United States and Israel in 1998 as a new herpesvirus (Hedrick et al., 2000). The virus was isolated from the gill, kidney, and spleen of affected fish using the koi fin (KF-1) cell line with cytopathic effects (CPE) characterized by severe vacuolation. Its pathogenicity to koi carp and common carp was demonstrated by bath and intraperitoneal injection. * Corresponding author. e-mail: yuasa@fra.affrc. go.jp Koi Herpesvirus: Status of Outbreaks, Diagnosis, Surveillance, and Research Kei Yuasa* and Motohiko Sano National Research Institute of Aquaculture, Fisheries Research Agency, Minami-Ise, Mie 516-0193, Japan
The Liquidity Regimes and the Prepayment Option of a Corporate Loan in the Finite Horizon Case

We investigate the prepayment option related to a corporate loan. The default intensity of the firm is supposed to follow a Cox-Ingersoll-Ross (CIR) process and the short interest rate is assumed constant. A liquidity term that represents the funding costs of the bank is introduced and modeled as a continuous time discrete state Markov jump process. The prepayment option is an American option with the payoff being an implicit function of the parameters of the problem. We give a verification result that allows to compute the price of the option. Numerical results are completely consistent with the theory; it is seen that the exercise domain may entirely disappear during such a liquidity crisis meaning that it is not optimal for the borrower to prepay. The method allows to quantify and interpret these findings.
Automatic Detection of Surgical Phases in Laparoscopic Videos

The assessment and evaluation of surgical skills require a considerable amount of time and effort. Currently, the assessment is accomplished by either observing a recorded video the surgery in the case of laparoscopic procedures or watching it in real-time in an operating room in the case of open surgical procedures. Given the limited time available to experts, knowing the surgical work-flow can expedite the process of assessment by helping the surgeons to focus on the most important parts of each surgical phase separately. In this paper, we propose a novel method to identify the surgical phases using recorded videos (the data set) of a laparoscopic procedure. A deep learning (DL) Convolutional Neural Network (CNN) is used followed by a recurrent neural network (RNN) to consider both spatial and temporal information to classify the video frames. In order to evaluate the resulting DL model, we used the publicly available cholec80 dataset which contains 80 videos of laparoscopic cholecystectomy procedure. Our experimental results show significant improvement in the identification of surgical phases over existing methods in both real-time and off-line modes.
Review of trends on ICT convergence in electric industry

This study collects reports related to the future electric power industry, analyzes the text data of the report, and reviews key issues related to ICT convergence by a period. As a result, ICT convergence discussions have been ongoing, but discussions on the types, functions, and utilization of ICTs are more specific than the effects provided by ICTs in recent years. ICTs are becoming increasingly widespread in the electric power industry, with energy use efficiency in the late 2000s, renewable energy management in the early 2010s, and more recently (2016∼2017) as an important means of managing and spreading distributed resources including energy storages. This study introduces an efficient and effective method of understanding how the focus of the discussion on the electric power industry changes.
Synchrotrace: synchronization-aware architecture-agnostic traces for light-weight multicore simulation

Trace-driven simulation of chip multiprocessor (CMP) systems offers many advantages over execution-driven simulation, such as reducing simulation time and complexity, and allowing portability, and scalability. However, trace-based simulation approaches have encountered difficulty capturing and accurately replaying multi-threaded traces due to the inherent non-determinism in the execution of multi-threaded programs. In this work, we present SynchroTrace, a scalable, flexible, and accurate trace-based multi-threaded simulation methodology. The methodology captures synchronization- and dependency-aware, architecture-agnostic, multi-threaded traces and uses a replay mechanism that plays back these traces correctly. By recording synchronization events and dependencies in the traces, independent of the host architecture, the methodology is able to accurately model the non-determinism of multi-threaded programs for different platforms. We validate the SynchroTrace simulation flow by successfully achieving the equivalent results of a constraint-based design space exploration with the Gem5 Full-System simulator. The results from simulating benchmarks from PARSEC 2.1 and Splash-2 show that our trace-based approach with trace filtering has a peak speedup of up to 18.4x over simulation in Gem5 Full-System with an average of about 7.5x speedup. We are also able to compress traces up to 74% of their original size with almost no impact on accuracy.
MYCOSYNTHESIS OF SILVER NANOPARTICLES: CHARACTERIZATION, ANTIOXIDANT AND ANTI-INFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY FROM PLEUROTUS FLORIDA (MONT) SINGER: A MACRO FUNGI

Â Â Objective: To determine the antioxidant and anti-inflammatory activity of myco-synthesized silver nanoparticle (AgNP) from Pleurotus florida. Methods: Fresh mushrooms were collected, processed, and the AgNPs were synthesized using standard reducing agent 1 mM of silver nitrate. The characteristics of synthesized particles were confirmed using ultraviolet, Fourier transmission infrared, X-ray diffraction, and energy dispersive X-ray analysis. These nanoparticles were subjected for antioxidant activity through 2, 2-diphenyl-1-picrylhydrazyl (DPPH) assay and anti-inflammatory activity using bovine serum albumin denaturation assay, respectively, and the percentage of inhibition of AgNPs was calculated with standard error mean.Results: The AgNPs were recorded the absorbance band at 410 nm was the particle size of 20-50 nm with a rod in shape. In DPPH assay the antioxidant activity was recorded as 96.2% with 50% inhibitory concentration (IC50) value of 85 I¼g/ml. In anti-inflammatory activity, the activity was recorded as 92. 10Â±0.005% and IC50 value was recorded as 100 I¼g/ml.Conclusion: The results indicated the significant antioxidant and anti-inflammatory activity of AgNPs from P. florida. Hence, further in vivo studies are focused to confirm the anticancer and anti-inflammatory activities.
1 CONTROL OF SOLAR HEAT GAIN TO REDUCE THE ENERGY CONSUMPTION OF BUILDINGS IN IRAQ

It would be advantageous to reduce the energy consumption of buildings to a more environmentally friendly level and to a more energy cost efficient level by using Solar Control Window Films (SCWF). These films help to keep the summer heat out and help to ock the heat inside in winter. The summer period in Iraq is long and very hot (the temperature = 43-48 C). This is due to a lot of solar radiation (e.g. in Duhok /Northern Iraq, it is rang ing from about 2.44 to 8.10 kWh/day.m ) This paper will discuss the advantages of using SCW F to reduce the energy consumption of buildings in Ir aq. Solar gain has been measured in two rooms (in a building with and without SCWF. Solar heat gain Coefficient, the net annual cost sa vings due to sticking SCWF on the window, and simple payback period have been calculated.
CHARACTERIZATION OF NATURAL MATERIALS CONTAINING N.O.A. (NATURALLY OCCURRING ASBESTOS): THE PROBLEM OF QUANTIFICATION

The quantification of NOA (Naturally Occurring Asbestos) in a rock or soil matrix is complex and subject to numerous errors. Current legislation in Italy (DM 6/9/94) defines the threshold of 1000 mg/kg of asbestos fibers on the total of the material, beyond which the material is considered as hazardous waste. The objective of this study is to compare two fundamental techniques for analysis: the first one is based on analysis with a Phase Contrast Optical Microscope (PCOM) while the second one requires the use of a Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM). In order to provide a sufficiently reliable uncertainty of the PCOM methodology, 10 repetitions of the analysis by two different operators on two selected samples were carried out. Another important part of this study is the comparison between SEM and PCOM analysis. Over 100 tests have been performed to date on natural samples from both cores and from excavation materials with the use of the two techniques. A good correlation between the results obtained has been found. One of the major aims of this work is to encourage a technical discussion which includes all the countries affected by the problem of asbestos in order to adopt common technical specifications and guidelines.
SOD 1 Superoxide dismutase 1 SOD 2 Superoxide dismutase 2 SVF Stromal vascular fraction TRX 1 Thioredoxin

Aims/hypothesis A subset of obese individuals remains insulin sensitive by mechanisms as yet unclear. The hypothesis that maintenance of normal subcutaneous (SC) adipogenesis accounts, at least partially, for this protective phenotype and whether it can be abrogated by chronic exposure to IL-6 was investigated. Methods Adipose tissue biopsies were collected from insulinsensitive (IS) and insulin-resistant (IR) individuals undergoing weight-reduction surgery. Adipocyte size, pre-adipocyte proportion of stromal vascular fraction (SVF)-derived cells, adipogenic capacity and gene expression profiles of isolated pre-adipocytes were determined, along with local in vitro IL-6 secretion. Adipogenic capacity was further assessed in response to exogenous IL-6 application. Results Despite being equally obese, IR individuals had significantly lower plasma leptin and adiponectin levels and higher IL-6 levels compared with age-matched IS counterparts. Elevated systemic IL-6 in IR individuals was associated with hyperplasia of adipose tissue-derived SVF cells, despite higher frequency of hypertrophied adipocytes. SC preadipocytes from these tissues exhibited lower adipogenic capacity accompanied by downregulation of PPARγ (also known as PPARG) and CEBPα (also known as CEBPA) and upregulation of GATA3 expression. Impaired adipogenesis in IR individuals was further associated with increased adipose secretion of IL-6. Treatment of IS-derived SC pre-adipocytes with IL-6 reduced their adipogenic capacity to levels of the IR group. Conclusions/interpretation Obesity-associated insulin resistance is marked by impaired SC adipogenesis, mediated, at least in a subset of individuals, by elevated local levels of IL-6. Understanding the molecular mechanisms underlying reduced adipogenic capacity in IR individuals could help target appropriate therapeutic strategies aimed at those at greatest risk of insulin resistance and type 2 diabetes mellitus.