Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
La competencia digital en los docentes del siglo XXI: Hábitos de uso y autopercepción / Digital Competence in 21st Century Teachers: Usage Habits and Self-Perception

ABSTRACT During the last years, Information and Communication Technologies have been included in the educational field, not only as support tools for teachers, but also as an essential part of the training and of the very learning environment. For this reason, the digital competence is considered one of the main competences in the teachers’ professional profile. However, there is a digital divide between the new Pre-School and Primary students, digital natives, and their teachers. Our study aims at knowing the self-perception on the digital competence and the daily habits of use of technology either in professionals of several fields and in students of the Degrees in Pre-School and Primary Education, most of them with working experience, comparing both items with the observation of their performance in blended learning subjects, with a significant online workload for the students. The aim of this communication is to present the initial results of the survey and the comparative analysis, which shows a gap between the self-perception and the usage habits, in order to suggest measures to be implemented in Higher Education. RESUMEN A lo largo de los ultimos anos, las Tecnologias de la Informacion y la Comunicacion se han ido incorporando al ambito educativo, no solo como herramientas de ayuda al profesorado, sino tambien como parte integrante de la formacion y el propio entorno de aprendizaje. Por este motivo, la competencia digital es una de las principales competencias del perfil profesional de un docente. Sin embargo, existe una brecha digital entre los nuevos alumnos de Infantil y Primaria, nativos digitales, y sus profesores. Nuestro estudio pretende, a traves de la realizacion de encuestas a profesionales de diversos ambitos y a estudiantes de los Grados en Educacion Infantil y Primaria, ya diplomados en Magisterio y con experiencia docente en muchos casos, conocer su autopercepcion de la competencia digital y sus habitos basicos de uso de la tecnologia, comparando ambas cuestiones con el desempeno en asignaturas semipresenciales, con una importante carga de trabajo en linea para los estudiantes. El objetivo de esta comunicacion es presentar los resultados iniciales de la encuesta y del analisis comparativo, que indica un desfase entre la autopercepcion y los habitos de uso, para proponer medidas que puedan tomarse desde las aulas universitarias. Contacto principal: miriam.jimenez@uem.es
ORGANIZING A HOSPITAL SYSTEM FOR EFFECTIVE STROKE PREVENTION

Over the past few decades, many new discoveries in the field of stroke have led to a substantial expansion of evidence-based guidelines for stroke care. Examples such as acute reperfusion therapy for ischemic stroke, warfarin for atrial fibrillation, carotid endarterectomy for symptomatic and asymptomatic disease, endovascular treatments, antithrombotic therapy, 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl coenzyme A reductase inhibitors, blood pressure control, and rehabilitative techniques have focused attention on the stroke care delivery system in the United States and elsewhere. Despite the advances and existing guidelines, many authors have suggested that evidence-based stroke treatments are underused. Quality indicator identification, proposed legislation, stroke care delivery system development, and continuing research efforts are aimed at defining quality stroke care and improving its access and delivery.
Klasifikasi Lagu Berdasarkan Genre pada Format WAV

Abstrak Dalam dunia yang berkembang pesat, media audio semakin komplek. Karena itulah diperlukan sebuah mekanisme penentuan jenis lagu (genre) yang tepat secara efektif dan efisien. Pencarian secara manual sudah tidak efektif dan efisien lagi karena banyaknya data yang tersimpan. Zero Crossing Rate (ZCR), Average Energy (E) dan Silent Ratio (SR) adalah 3 Feature Extraction yang digunakan untuk klasifikasi pencarian 12 genre. Tiga dimensi adalah bentuk visualisasi pengukuran tingkat kemiripan sebuah data berdasarkan hasil klasifikasi yang diinput oleh user. Dalam penelitian ini pengujian klasifikasi menggunakan metode 3, 6, 9 dan 12 genre melalui jarak terdekat (Euclidean Distance). Hasil pengujian yaitu menunjukkan bahwa 3 genre yaitu Balada, Blues dan Classic menunjukkan = 96,67%, 6 genre yaitu Balada, Blues, Classic, Harmony, Hip Jop dan Jazz menunjukkan = 70% dan 9 genre yaitu Balada, Blues, Classic, Harmony, Hip Hop, Jazz, Keroncong, Latin dan Pop menunjukkan = 53,33% serta 12 genre = 33,33% Kata Kunci — Zero Crossing Rate (ZCR), Average Energy (E), Silent Ratio (SR), Euclidean Distance Abstract Music genre is getting complex from time to time. As the size of digital media grows along with amount of data, manual search of digital audio files according to its genre is considered impractical and inefficient; therefore a classification mechanism is needed to improve searching. Zero Crossing Rate (ZCR), Average Energy (E) and Silent Ratio (SR) are a few of features that can be extracted from digital audio files to classify its genre. This research conducted to classify digital audio (songs) into 12 genres: Ballad, Blues, Classic, Harmony, Hip Hop, Jazz, Keroncong, Latin, Pop, Electronic, Reggae and Rock using above mentioned features, extracted from WAV audio files. Classification is performed several times using selected 3, 6, 9 and 12 genres respectively. The result shows that classification of 3 music genres (Ballad, Blues, Classic) has the highest accuracy (96.67%), followed by 6 genres (Ballad, Blues, Classic, Harmony, Hip Hop, Jazz) with 70%, and 9 genres (Ballad, Blues, Classic, Harmony, Hip Hop, Jazz, Keroncong, Latin, Pop) with 53.33% accuracy. Classification of all 12 music genres yields the lowest accuracy of 33.33%. Keywords — Zero Crossing Rate (ZCR), Average Energy (E), Silent Ratio (SR), Euclidean Distance
Epigenetics, Diet or Exercise?

Michael R. Graham1, Bruce Davies2 and Julien S Baker3* 1Parc-y-Bont, Newport Road, Llantarnam, Cwmbran, NP44 3AF, UK 2Department of Health and Exercise Science, University of South Wales, UK 3Department of Exercise and Health Sciences, University of the West of Scotland, UK *Corresponding author: Julien S Baker, Professor, Department of Exercise and Health Sciences, Director of Research, Institute of Clinical Exercise and Health Science, Applied Physiology Research Laboratory, School of Science and Sport, University of the West of Scotland, Hamilton, Lanarkshire, ML3 OJB, Scotland, UK, Tel: 01698 283100; Fax: 01698 894404; E-mail: jsbaker@uws.ac. uk
Development and Manufacture of Yogurt and Other Functional Dairy Products

Overview of Yogurt and Other Fermented Dairy Products, Fatih Yildiz Strategies for Yogurt Manufacturing, Barbaros Ozer Yogurt Microbiology and Biochemistry, G. Candan Gurakan and Neslihan Altay Ayran: Microbiology and Technology, Celalettin Kocak and Yahya Kemal Avsar Kefir and Koumiss: Microbiology and Technology, Zeynep Guzel-Seydim, Tugba Kok-Tas, and Annel K. Greene Probiotic Dairy Beverages: Microbiology and Technology, G. Candan Gurakan, Aysun Cebeci, and H. Barbaros Ozer Functional Bioactive Dairy Ingredients, Theodoras H. Varzakas and Ioannas S. Arvanitoyannis Quality Attributes of Yogurt and Functional Dairy Products, Barbaros Ozer and Huseyin Avni Kirmaci Nutritional Aspects of Yogurt and Functional Dairy Products, Costas Chryssanthopoulos and Maria Maridaki Health Attributes of Yogurt and Functional Dairy Products, Yonca Karagul-Yuceer and Yahya Kemal Avsar Immunity and Functional Diary Foods in Human Life Cycle, Ilkay Basturk Functional Dairy Foods and Flora Modulation, Theodoras H. Varzakas, Ioannas S. Arvanitoyannis, and Eugenia Bezirtzoglou Application of Functional Dairy Products from IBS to IBD, Tarkan Karakan Functional Dairy Products and Probiotics in Infectious Diseases, Meltem Yalinay Cirak Index
The Sense of Danger

In an early episode of The Sopranos, the young gangster Christopher Moltisanti decides to take an acting-for-writers course to help him with his screenplay. He wants to write the next Goodfellas (hey, even bully boys need creative fulfilment), but he's suffering from writer's block, and it becomes clear that he is ambivalent about developing the emotional vulnerability needed to write well. Acting enables him to tap into his emotions, and in class he gives a powerful performance of the James Dean character in Rebel without a Cause. But he's so horrified by his tears that he over-corrects and in the next session beats the crap out of a fellow workshop participant.
Implementing Multifactorial Education Modules with Older Adults: Individualized and Interactive Fall Prevention Education

Falls are a significant concern for community-dwelling older adults (OAs), with one in four OAs reporting a fall every year. Occupational therapy students collaborated with first responders of the Novato Fire District to identify gaps in fall prevention community outreach programs and found that many interventions lack an interactive or individualized approach. Based on the gap analysis and current literature, seven education modules were developed to address key risk factors including home safety hazards, polypharmacy, fear of falling, and strength and balance exercises. Thirty community-dwelling OAs participated in the education modules that were implemented at two senior community sites in Marin County. Participants were screened via Functional Reach Test (FRT) and completed a survey to determine their personal risk factors for falling, which guided their personalized fall prevention education. Of the participants, 90% rated their experience with the education modules as “very good” or “excellent,” and a majority indicated greatest satisfaction with the balance exercises. The interactive 1:1 education modules are an effective and innovative method for fall prevention education and highlight the importance of client-centered treatment.
Relationship Between Service Quality Characteristics and Its Performance In University Hospitals

This study is to examine the factors that influence the performances of service quality in university hospitals by investigating systematically the conditions of service quality. A synthesis of the health care quality is conducted to identify physical quality, operating process quality, and human resources quality that relate to both the overall satisfaction and intention of revisit. Based on the proposed hypotheses, the relationships between the service quality factors and performances are examined using data collected from 167 patients in three hospitals, in Korea. Reliability and validity tests are performed for examining its relationship with service quality in health care systems. Total eight independent variables with respect to three service quality levels and two dependent variables for performance are identified for relationships between service quality and performance in health care systems. The results provide health care managers with a managerial insight to the planning function of performance with service quality in health care systems as well as other operations (business, government, or other service organizations) systems. Implication of the study for theory, future studies, and practices are discussed.
Which simultaneous-integrated boost (SIB) intensity-modulated radiotherapy (IMRT) technique is dosimetrically superior in the treatment of breast cancer; volumetric-modulated arc therapy (VMAT) or fixed field (ff) IMRT?

Abstract Background and purpose To determine which concomitant boost technique is dosimetrically superior in the treatment of breast cancer; volumetric-modulated arc therapy (VMAT) or fixed field intensity-modulated radiotherapy (ff-IMRT). Materials and methods In total, 30 breast patients were re-planned with both VMAT and fixed field concomitant boost intensity-modulated radiotherapy techniques. A hybrid technique was used delivering 80% of the dose through tangential beams and 20% through an integrated boost. A two-tailed t-test sample for means was used to compare the dosimetric differences between the techniques. Results Maximum dose was statistically lower for VMAT; 103·2 versus 103·7% for ff-IMRT along with statistically lower V2 Gy doses to the contralateral lung (0·7 versus 1·6%) and heart for both left- (19·0%/22·6%), and right- (5·5%/8·8%) sided patients, respectively. ff-IMRT boasted significantly lower ipsilateral lung V20, V18 and V10 Gy (7·9/8·6/13·1 versus 8·1/8·8/13·4%) than VMAT, respectively. No differences were found with minimum coverage, mean dose and V5 Gy to all organs at risk (OARs). Conclusion VMAT and ff-IMRT techniques demonstrate excellent target coverage and OAR sparing facilitated by the hybrid planning technique and deep inspiration breath hold. There is no obvious dosimetrically superior option between the two techniques. Reduced treatment times with VMAT make it more desirable to implement clinically.
Multi-sensor information fusion optimal Kalman filter for time-delay systems

Based on the optimal weighted fusion estimation algorithm with minimum variance,a non-augmentation dis- ributed weighted fusion optimal Kalman filter is given for discrete linear state time-delay stochastic systems with multiple sensors.The cross-covariance matrix of filtering errors between any two-sensor subsystems is derived for state time-delay systems.It has the same accuracy with weighted fusion filter with state augmentation.Compared with local filter based on each sensor,the distributed fusion filter has higher accuracy.Compared with the optimal filter with state and measurement augmentation,it has lower accuracy,but avoids the high-dimension computation and the large memory by augmentation, and has the reduced computational burden.A simulation example also shows its effectiveness.
L’écologie politique de la ville : Vers un revenu suffisant garanti

Loin de se limiter a l’evangile de l’eco-efficience de l’urbanisme durable, l’ecologie politique de la ville vise a favoriser la relocalisation economique, le developpement communautaire et la democratie participative a travers la promotion de la « sphere autonome ». Neanmoins, l’extension de cette sphere necessite du temps, actuellement contraint par la logique economique du regime postfordiste. Une defense du revenu suffisant garanti sera presentee a partir de la perspective de l’ecologie politique et la pensee d’Andre Gorz, afin de montrer comment la liberation du temps permet de multiplier les activites autonomes au sein de l’espace urbain.
Een betere ecologische waterkwaliteit in de stad met verbeterd gescheiden rioolstelsels

Leiden verbeterd gescheiden rioolstelsels tot een betere ecologische waterkwaliteit in stedelijk gebied dan de traditionele gescheiden stelsels? Dit is de centrale vraag uit een van de deelonderzoeken van de proeftuin ‘Anders omgaan met VGS’ van STOWA en stichting RIONED, uitgevoerd door Arcadis en Wageningen Universiteit. Op basis van onderzoek aan de macrofaunasamenstelling concluderen wij dat deze vraag slechts in beperkte mate - en zeker niet in alle opzichten - positief kan worden beantwoord. Andere (omgevings-)factoren zijn van veel grotere invloed. In deze bijdrage gaan we in op het uitgevoerde onderzoek en de consequenties voor het rioleringsbeleid.
Spatial Impulse Response Rendering

Spatial Impulse Response Rendering (SIRR) is a recent technique for reproduction of room acoustics with a multichannel loudspeaker system. SIRR analyzes the direction of arrival and diffuseness of measured room responses within frequency bands. Based the analysis data, a multichannel response suitable for reproduction with any chosen surround loudspeaker setup is synthesized. When loaded to a convolving reverberator, the synthesized responses create a very natural perception of space corresponding to the measured room. In this paper, the SIRR method is described and listening test results are reviewed. The sound intensity based analysis is refined, and improvements for the synthesis of diffuse timefrequency components are discussed.
Spontaneous Electrical Activity of Rabbit Trigger Spot After Transection of Spinal Cord and Peripheral Nerve

Objectives: To assess the changes in the prevalence and the morphology of spontaneous electrical activity [SEA] after spinal cord transection and subsequent nerve transection in an animal model of myofascial trigger point [MTrP] in order to further understand the mechanism of MTrP. Spontaneous electrical activity can be recorded from a minute locus in a human MTrP region, and also from that in the myofascial trigger spot [similar to human MTrP] of rabbit skeletal muscle.Methods: Four adult albino rabbits were studied for the prevalence and amplitude changes of SEA in the biceps femoris muscle before and after spinal cord transection at the level of T4 or T5, and also after subsequent transection of the sciatic nerve.Results: There was no significant change in the prevalence and amplitude of SEA up to 60 minutes after spinal cord transection and 30 minutes after subsequent nerve transection.Conclusions: The occurrence of SEA is not mediated through the spinal or supraspinal circuits. The origin of SEA appe.
The Avestan language and its problems

Les textes avestiques ont ete transmis de maniere orale pendant bien longtemps avant qu'une version ecrite en soit donnee. De ce point de vue, la tradition du vedique et celle de l'avestique sont semblables. Pour progresser dans la reconstruction du vieil-avestique, l'A. propose d'examiner les similitudes et les interdependances de l'avestique et du vedique
Enjeux sociaux et représentations de l'entreprise

Le discours academique et gestionnaire sur la responsabilite sociale remonte au debut du capitalisme, mais n'a pris son veritable essor qu'a partir des annees 1960, alors que l'entreprise faisait face a des mouvements et a des revendications sociales sans precedent. Trois grandes ecoles peuvent etre distinguees : la business ethics et le courant moraliste-ethique ; la business and society et le courant contractuel-societal ; la social issue management et le courant utilitaire-strategique. Sous des formes differentes, ces courants assurent la promotion de la meme ideologie, a savoir la prise en charge formelle de l'interet commun par l'entreprise privee
Parity Logging Overcoming the Small Write Problem in Redundant Disk Arrays

Parity encoded redundant disk arrays provide highly reliable, cost effective secondary storage with high performance for read accesses and large write accesses. Their performance on small writes, however, is much worse than mirrored disks - the traditional, highly reliable, but expensive organization for secondary storage. Unfortunately, small writes are a substantial portion of the I/O workload of many important, demanding applications such as on-line transaction processing. This paper presents parity logging, a novel solution to the small write problem for redundant disk arrays. Parity logging applies joumalling techniques to substantially reduce the cost of small writes. We provide a detailed analysis of parity logging and competing schemes - mirroring, floating storage, and RAID level 5 - and verify these models by simulation. Parity logging provides performance competitive with mirroring, the best of the alternative single failure tolerating disk array organizations. However, its overhead cost is close to the minimum offered by RAID level 5. Finally, parity logging can exploit data caching much more effectively than all three alternative approaches.
Les technologies hybrides et la réduction des émissions de CO2

La concentration de CO 2 dans l'atmosphere est passee de 280 ppm au milieu du 18e siecle a 383 ppm en 2007 avec un taux de croissance soutenu durant les dernieres decennies. D'apres les dernieres estimations de l'AIE, les emissions mondiales en 2006 dues a l'energie sont en hausse de 3,5 % par rapport a 2005 avec un total de 28 Gt de CO 2 (1) . Au niveau mondial, le secteur du transport contribue pour environ 25 % a ces emissions (32 % pour le cas de la France). Les moteurs a combustion interne n'ont pourtant pas cesse de s'ameliorer en efficacite avec une evolution faisant passer, dans le cas francais, l'emission moyenne du parc automobile de 200 g/km en 1990 a 176 g/km en 2005. Le Grenelle de l'environnement s'est fixe un objectif ambitieux, et pourtant plus realiste que le facteur 4, pour faire passer ce chiffre a 130 g/km a l'horizon 2020. En effet, et etant donne l'inertie que presente le renouvellement d'un parc, cet objectif est difficilement atteignable sans l'introduction de nouvelles technologies a l'image des vehicules electriques et hybrides. Ces derniers presentent un potentiel de reduction de CO 2 non negligeable mais qui depend de plusieurs facteurs qui sont exposes dans cet article.
Comfortable power assist control method for walking aid by HAL-3

We have developed the power assist suit HAL (Hybrid Assistive Leg) which provide the self-walking aid for gait disorder persons or aged persons. The power assist was performed according to the operator's intention by using myoelectricity(EMG) signal as the primary command signal. However, there remains the problem that the operator senses the discomfort while the power assist is performed by EMG-based control. The scope of the present research is to propose the control methods to reduce the discomfort which the operator sense while the EMG-based power assist is performed in walking and standing up respectively; 1) the control method that the integrated motion between HAL-3 and the operator corresponds with the particularity of operator's musculo-skeletal system while in the power assist walking, 2) the predictive control method applying feedforward controller to remove the discomfort while in standing up. As the result, the power assist walking was performed corresponding to the joint kinematics of the normal walking without the assistance. Applying feedforward controller realized the quick response while in standing up power assist. These control methods enabled HAL-3 to realize the power assist that the operator sensed the reduce of discomfort.
Automatic extraction of filled information from bankchecks

Presents a technique for extracting the filled information from bankchecks. We have analyzed the bankchecks characteristics and propose a model that can be used to locate and extract the filled information of any bankcheck. This model is based on prior knowledge about check layout structure and in check identification through reading the magnetic ink character recognition line. The redundant information, such as the background pattern, and printed lines and characters, is eliminated from the check image. We maintain a sample of the check's background pattern stored and use it in order to eliminate the original background pattern from digitized checks. Next, the areas where the filled information is supposed to appear are extracted through a template. The baselines are eliminated using an approach based on projection profiles, while the printed characters are eliminated through a subtraction operation. Experimental results from testing real Brazilian bankchecks show that the proposed method is capable of extracting the filled items from bankchecks as an accuracy rate of 88.7-98.3%.
Happy living here... A survey and evaluation of community residential mental health services in Ireland.

The study describes and evaluates the nature and quality of community residential accommodation and the extent to which it met the needs of residents. The functioning of community residences with reference to the appropriateness of premises and their operational role in providing for the residents is discussed. Residents themselves were the prime reporting agents as to the view of their lives and their degree of satisfaction with current service provision. The interaction of the residents with their neighbourhood and environment was also investigated. Enquiry was made as to their ‘citizenisation’, such as voting registration, participation in social amenities and use of community services. In addition, staff understanding of the aims and functions of the residences and their perceptions of the factors that promoted or impeded independent living were investigated.