Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Image recognition using a neural network

A new type of feedforward neural network for recognition of MRF (Markov random field) images is presented. The proposed forward and backward networks are essentially generalizations of the forward and backward procedures in backpropagation training for general feedforward networks. Due to the feedforward structure of the networks, they are recurrent for homogeneous MRF images and easy to implement. Because of the use of the maximum-likelihood criterion, this approach always performs well if all classes of images are equally likely. Basically, the proposed approach takes advantage of the feedforward neural networks and, by the joint probability, solves two basic problems in MRF modeling: how to measure a Gibbs distribution and how to estimate the Gibbs parameters from clean and noisy MRF samples. <<ETX>>
Adults’ readiness for online learning in the Czech Republic and Latvia (digital competence as a result of ICT education policy and information society development strategy)

The study examined adults’ readiness for online learning in the Czech Republic and in Latvia. This paper describes and compares the research results in the Czech Republic and Latvia. The outcomes of the study show that there is no statistically significant difference in adults’ readiness to study online between both countries. Statistically significant differences were found in the Czech Republic – adults in the age group 18-29 had higher results in the “Readiness to study online”, while adults in the age group 50-58 had the lowest result. Also statistically significant differences were found in relation to previous activities – people, who had enrolled and completed online learning courses previously, had significant higher rate of “Readiness to study online”. This was observed both in Latvia and the Czech Republic. Collecting data from online readiness survey tool before the course would give useful information to the faculty to plan specific activities for specific groups of learners, to customize their learning path during the progress of the course.
Policy and Service Delivery Implications for the Implementation and Scale-up of an Adolescent Parent Support Programme

This paper examines a four-year evidence-based study on an adolescent parenting support pilot programme known as Sinovuyo Teen. The parenting support programme aims to reduce violence inside and outside the home in a poor rural community in Eastern Cape, South Africa. This is one of the four working papers looking at data from a qualitative study that complemented a cluster randomized controlled trial (RCT). Both the study and the trial were conducted during the last year of the parenting support programme. The research question was: What are the policy and service delivery requirements and implications for scaling up the Sinovuyo Teen Parenting programme in South Africa and beyond? The primary data for this paper were collected through semi-structured interviews and focus group discussions (FGDs) with key stakeholders, including programme implementers. Thematic analysis identified four themes, three of which are presented in this paper: programme model; programme fit in a service delivery system; and programme in local cultural and policy context. Although the findings show the Sinovuyo Teen Parenting programme was positively viewed, if it were to be scaled up and sustainable, the intervention would need to be grounded in established policies and systems.
Integrating Yoga into a Comprehensive School Counseling Program: A Qualitative Approach

Using an exploratory phenomenological qualitative research design, this study investigated the lived experiences of 10 school counselors who integrate yoga into their comprehensive school counseling programs. Analysis of data revealed five significant themes and subsequent subthemes describing the participants’ lived experiences of yoga integration within their school counseling programs. We include implications for research and practice.
A Rough Set Method for Web Classification

The rapid development of the Internet brings a new problem, which is how to rapidly and effectively retrieve needed information from vast number of web pages. The progress of machine learning techniques shows a new direction of solving this problem. In this paper, a incremental learning algorithm of decision Tablereduction based on rough set theory is proposed. Based on the algorithm, a classifier of web pages is realized. It is shown by our experiments that this classifier can acquire good performance.
Religious affiliation and earnings: Evidence from Brazil

Abstract This article examines the relationship between wages and religious affiliation for Brazil using conventional human capital earnings functions. Data drawn from the 1991, 2000, and 2010 Brazilian Censuses were analysed for men and women. Our results indicate that Brazilian men (women) who identified as Traditional Protestants received a small wage premium 2.6% (1.4%) compared to those who identified as Catholic—the largest religious denomination in Brazil—even after controlling for a range of demographic and social characteristics. In contrast, Brazilian men (women) who identified as Pentecostal Protestants received a sizeable wage penalty of 4.3% (5.8%). In an effort to explain the wage gap between different religious affiliations in Brazil, we also conducted a conventional Oaxaca-Blinder decomposition.
Times Higher Education World University Rankings

The aim of the research is to identify the intellectual framework of research performance, to identify the theoretical foundations of competitiveness in universities, to monitor the reality of research performance at Fayoum University in the field in the light of indicators of competitiveness, and to come up with proposed mechanisms to improve research performance at Fayoum University in light of indicators of competitiveness, and to use the descriptive approach. The research reached a set of results, namely that Fayoum University suffers from some obstacles that weaken its research performance, including: poor marketing of scientific research inside and outside the university, lack of knowledge sharing between different disciplines, lack of competitive scientific projects with other universities and institutions, deficiencies in development programs. The professionalism offered to faculty members, the weak encouragement of the university to make a map of the research that must be conducted within the department, the college and the university, the weak supply of laboratories with modern devices and equipment that help to carry out scientific research so that they can compete with international universities .
Reversing the Dehumanization of Families of Color in Schools: Community-Based Research in a Race-Conscious Parent Engagement Program

Parents’ involvement in their children’s education is widely understood as a key component of educational success. However, schools typically expect parents to engage with the school system in ways consistent with White, middle-class parenting and behavioral norms and in ways that are deferential to the school’s agenda. In this article, we report on findings from a community-based participatory action research (CBPAR) project—the Parent Mentor Program—in a racially and economically diverse small city in Central New York. The project uses a raceand class-conscious framework to (1) understand barriers to the involvement of parents of color, and (2) reframe parents’ role in the school system as advocates whose primary purpose is to bridge cultural disconnects between White teachers and students of color. Drawing upon ethnographic methods of focus groups, interviews, participant observation, and document analysis, we argue that the Parent Mentor Program, in which marginalized parents of color assist in high school classrooms, increases the engagement of parents of color in the school system, produces a close-knit community that reduces parental isolation and that fosters a collective understanding of shared experiences of injustice, and positions parents of color as empowered advocates who work collaboratively with White teachers to promote educational equity for children of color. SCHOOL COMMUNITY JOURNAL 320
USING CREATIVE DRAMA ACTIVITIES TO IMPROVE METACOGNITIVE AWARENESS OF STUDENT TEACHERS

: This study investigated the effects of creative drama on metacognitive awareness of student teachers studying English Language Teaching. Before and after a 30-hour creative drama workshop, they taught one lesson which was observed and video-recorded by the researcher, participated in stimulated recall sessions, and filled in the Metacognitive Awareness Inventory for Teachers (MAIT). Additionally, group discussions were recorded throughout the workshop. The content analysis of qualitative data from observations, stimulated recall and discussions led to the categorization of metacognitive awareness into three categories: metacognitive knowledge, metacognitive regulation, and metacognitive experience. Also, the quantitative analysis of the MAIT revealed a significant difference in their metacognitive awareness. As a conclusion, integration of creative drama activities into teacher education was discussed.
Family Impact of Pediatric Hearing Loss: Findings from Parent Interviews and a Parent Support Group

Parents experience numerous stressors tied to their child’s diagnosis as deaf or hard of hearing (DHH). This study sought to inquire about the lived experiences of parents with children who are DHH to determine the types of supports that should be provided within an audiology care coordination system. Semi-structured phone interviews were conducted with parents of children under the age of five who are DHH and patients of the Division of Audiology at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center (CCHMC). Interview findings determined focus group questions, which were facilitated in a parent support group with parents of children who are DHH and seen by the division. The results revealed parents’ reactions and adaptations to their child’s hearing health needs, as well as helpful supports and services. An audiology care coordinator (ACC) and a local parent support group were two of four supports identified as helpful in navigating their child’s hearing health care. The findings of this study lend context for the types of support services pediatric institutions can provide to help families when their child is identified as DHH through a care coordination approach.
Critical Care : Architecture and Urbanism for a Broken Planet

How architecture and urbanism can help to care for and repair a broken planet: essays and illustrated case studies.Today, architecture and urbanism are capital-centric, speculation-driven, and investment-dominated. Many cannot afford housing. Austerity measures have taken a disastrous toll on public infrastructures. The climate crisis has rendered the planet vulnerable, even uninhabitable. This book offers an alternative vision in architecture and urbanism that focuses on caring for a broken planet. Rooted in a radical care perspective that always starts from the given, in the midst of things, this edited collection of essays and illustrated case studies documents ideas and practices from an extraordinarily diverse group of contributors.Focusing on the three crisis areas of economy, ecology, and labor, the book describes projects including village reconstruction in China; irrigation in Spain; community land trust in Puerto Rico; revitalization of modernist public housing in France; new alliances in informal settlements in Nairobi; and the redevelopment of traditional building methods in flood areas in Pakistan. Essays consider such topics as ethical architecture, land policy, creative ecologies, diverse economies, caring communities, and the exploitation of labor. Taken together, these case studies and essays provide evidence that architecture and urbanism have the capacity to make the planet livable, again.Essays byMauro Baracco, Sara Brolund de Carvalho, Jane Da Mosto, Angelika Fitz, Helene Frichot, Katherine Gibson, Mauro Gil-Fournier Esquerra, Valeria Graziano, Gabu Heindl, Elke Krasny, Lisa Law, Ligia Nobre, Meike Schalk, Linda Tegg, Ana Carolina Tonetti, Kim Trogal, Joan C. Tronto, Theresa Williamson, Louise WrightCase studiesaaa atelier d'architecture autogeree, Ayuntamiento BCN, Kashef Mahboob Chowdhury/Urbana, Ciclica [Space.Community. Ecology] + CAVAA arquitectes, Care+Repair Tandems Vienna (including Gabu Heindl, Zissis Kotionis + Phoebe Giannisi, rotor, Meike Schalk + Sara Brolund de Carvalho, Cristian Stefanescu, Rosario Talevi and many others), Colectivo 720, Estudio Teddy Cruz + Fonna Forman, EAHR Emergency Architecture & Human Rights, Fideicomiso de la Tierra del Cano Martin Pena CLT, Anna Heringer, Anupama Kundoo, KDI Kounkuey Design Initiative, Lacaton & Vassal, Yasmeen Lari, muf architecture/art, Paulo Mendes da Rocha + MMBB, RUF Rural Urban Framework, Studio Vlay Streeruwitz, De Vylder Vinck Taillieu, Xu Tiantian/DnA_Design and Architecture, ZUsammenKUNFT BerlinCopublished with Architekturzentrum Wien
Informal learning and skill formation within the Indian informal tailoring sector

ABSTRACT The informal economy in India provides more than 90 per cent of the labour force. This leads to the largest number of people in informal settings being trained informally and their skills are considered to be low. Previous research findings, however, have not supported this general assumption about low skill levels. The current study is concerned with the sub-sector of urban tailoring that has not yet been the focus of much research. The main questions of interest are: What kinds of skills do Indian tailors have and where and in what ways are these skills acquired? Twelve interviews with tailors were conducted in Delhi and ten in or near Vellore, Tamil Nadu. The results show clearly that tailors in the informal sector in India not only have a wide range of skills in tailoring, but also in organizing and running their business in economic terms.
The Impact of Using Activities Based on the Montessori Approach in Science in the Academic Achievement of Fourth Grade Students

This study investigated the effect of using activities based on the Montessori approach in science academic achievement of the fourth grade students. A quasiexperimental design was used wherein the students were equally divided into two groups: the experimental and the control group. Both groups consisted of 31 students. To achieve the aim of the study, Montessori Hall has been set up with six dimensions, and each corner has several shelves comprised different materials used for conducting the science activities. In addition, a teacher guide was prepared to be used by the teacher to implement the Montessori approach for the experimental group. Finally, an achievement test that consisted of seven multiple choice questions (MCQs) and five short answer questions was constructed and administered to both study groups. The results of the study indicated that there were statistically significant differences at the level of significance (P ≤ 0.05) between the mean values of the experimental and the control groups in the academic achievement in favor of the experimental group. In light of the study results, the study recommends holding training workshops for teachers on how to use the Montessori approach in teaching science classes.
The Effectiveness of Cognitive Emotion Regulation Strategies on Self-efficacy Dimensions in Married Workers of Shahid Beheshti Hospital in Shiraz

Introduction: Self-efficacy refers to the judgment of individuals about their ability to perform a task or to adapt to a particular situation. In this vein, the purpose of this study was to investigate the effectiveness of training Grass's cognitive emotion regulation strategies on self-efficacy dimensions in married workers of Shahid Beheshti Hospital in Shiraz. Methods: In this semi-experimental study, 40 married workers of Shahid Beheshti Hospital in Shiraz with mean age of 40 who received a low selfefficacy score were selected and randomly divided into two groups of 20 subjects including (1) control and (2) experimental groups. Then, in the experimental group, Grass's cognitive emotion regulation strategies were trained in eight 90-minute sessions. Sherer's self-efficacy scale was used as self-efficacy questionnaire for pre-test and post-test. Data analysis was done using multivariate analysis of covariance (MANCOVA) in SPSS software at a significance level of p≤ 0.05. Results: It was found that there is a positive and significant relationship between the training of Grass's cognitive emotion regulation strategies and increased self-efficacy in married workers of Shahid Beheshti Hospital (p = 0.0001). Conclusion: It seems that by training cognitive emotion regulation strategies, an individual may find the desire to use his/her capabilities.
An Improved Opportunistic Routing Protocol using Message Drop Count and Success Count

In opportunistic delay tolerant network, message is delivered to a destination node from a source node via intermediate forwarding opportunistically. In this paper, message drop count and success count are recorded, and count difference is defined as the subtraction of success count from drop count. Then, an improved opportunistic routing protocol is proposed in this paper, where a message is forwarded to another node with both lower count difference and higher delivery predictability for this message.
How Relevant Is Grit? The Importance of Social Capital in First-Generation College Students’ Academic Success

Traditional definitions of Grit have diminished the role of institutional actors in student success. Social capital theory posits that students derive benefits like institutional resources, information, and support through their social networks to achieve success in higher education. This study employed social network analysis to operationalize dimensions of social capital. Using a sample of first-generation college students (FGCSs; N = 156) at a 4-year private institution, this study explored the relationship between grit and social capital, and how these concepts relate to FGCS success. This study found that Grit and its two components—consistency of interest and perseverance of effort—do not predict FGCS’ grade point average, while access to social capital with faculty and staff does. Implications for practice and future research are discussed.
Priority Based Split Replication Protocol for Minimum Average Delay In Mobile Adhoc Networks

Now a day’s mobile computing is becoming more and more popular. The efficiency of file querying suffers from the properties of networks which include node mobility and limited communication range and resource. File sharing is one of the aspects which include peer to peer file sharing over MANET. Main advantages of P2P file sharing are files can be shared without base stations, overload on server can be avoided and it can exploit the otherwise wasted peer communication opportunities among mobile nodes. File replication which plays important role in enhancing file availability and reduce file querying delay. By creating replicas the probability of encountered requests can be improved. Random Way Point used for the normal MANET and Community-Based Mobility Model used for Disconnected MANETs. In RWP, nodes are moving with random speed to the randomly selected points, so the probability of meeting each node is similar for all the nodes Community-based mobility model used in some content dissemination or routing algorithms for disconnected MANETs. So both models contain idea of resource for file replication, which considers both node storage and meeting frequency .
The social accomplishment of transition: Investigating classroom talk practices as students move from primary to secondary school

xiii CHAPTER 1 . 1 THE SOCIAL ACCOMPLISHMENT OF TRANSITION: AN INTRODUCTION . 1 1.1 Background information and statement of research problem . 1 1.2 Research aim and questions . 3 1.3 Significance of the research . 4 1.3. 1 Conceptual implications of the research . 4 1.3. 2 Methodological implications of the research . 4 1.3. 3 Professional implications of the research . 5 1.4 Definitions of terms . 5 1.5 Structure of the thesis . 6 CHAPTER 2 . 11 CONCEPTUALISING PRIMARY TO SECONDARY SCHOOL TRANSITION: A REVIEW OF THE LITERATURE. 11 2.
Wavelet Synopsis Based Clustering of Parallel Data Streams

In many real-life applications, such as stock markets, network monitoring, and sensor networks, data are modeled as dynamic evolving time series which is continuous and unbounded in nature, and many such data streams concur usually. Clustering is useful in analyzing such paralleled data streams. This paper is interested in grouping these evolving data streams. For this purpose, a synopsis is maintained dynamically for each data stream. The construction of the synopsis is based on Discrete Wavelet Transform and utilizes the amnesic feature of data stream. By using the synopsis, a fast computation of approximate distances between streams and the cluster center can be implemented, and an efficient online version of the classical K-means clustering algorithm is developed. Experiments have proved the effectiveness of the proposed method.
Studying Drivers of Risk and Needs Assessment Instrument Implementation in Juvenile Justice

Research suggests that the effectiveness of an assessment instrument is influenced by how well it was implemented. The factors that may help or hinder the effective implementation of an assessment instrument in juvenile justice agencies are not well understood. This bulletin discusses two studies that are examining the factors—such as staff training and buy-in, managerial support and operating procedures, and stakeholder engagement—that appear to drive effective implementation. The Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention funded these studies.
A proof of Tsygan's formality conjecture for Hamiltonian actions

In this short note we prove an equivariant version of the formality of multidiffirential operators for a proper Lie group action. More precisely, we show that the equivariant Hochschild-Kostant-Rosenberg quasi-isomorphism between the cohomology of the equivariant multidifferential operators and the complex of equivariant multivector fields extends to an $L_\infty$-quasi-isomorphism. We construct this $L_\infty$-quasi-isomorphism using the $G$-invariant formality constructed by Dolgushev. This result has immediate consequences in deformation quantization, since it allows to obtain a quantum moment map from a classical momentum map with respect to a $G$-invariant Poisson structure.