Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Can The Use Of QR Codes Enhance M-Learning InA Blended Learning Environment?

In recent years, with the introduction of smartphones, tablet computers and the advancement of information and communication technology (ICT), there has been a growing interest in the use of Quick Response (QR) codes for educational purposes. The majority of scholarly accounts in this particular topic have been those related to managing libraries, and to a lesser extent to teaching and learning. At present, applications of QR codes in higher education are minimal, and even fewer in a blended learning environment. This paper describes an exploratory project that attempts to introduce three specific examples of basic QR code-driven activities in an Open and Distance Learning (ODL) institution. Learners were asked to scan QR codes using mobile smartphones or tablet computers. Three different types of content, i.e. text-based instruction, Uniform Resource Locater (URL) of video lectures (called iLectures) and URL of self-test activities were made available to learners via the QR codes. A cross-sectional survey was carried out on learners who have been introduced to the QR codes. The objectives of this project are multi-pronged: first is to create awareness of QR codes among learners; second is to encourage and push the use of specific online materials via mobile devices; and third is to determine learners’ attitudes/perceptions towards the use of a combination of smartphones and QR codes in learning. This study is important to an ODL institution like Open University Malaysia (OUM). For a provider of flexible delivery of instructional materials, QR codes can play a significant role in enhancing mobile learning (or m-learning) and engaging learners in their learning process. The research findings are expected to indicate whether or not the integration of smartphones and QR codes can be considered an effective way forward in achieving a semi-ubiquitous m-learning environment. (Abstract by authors)
The Impact of Capital Intensive Farming in Thailand: A Computable General Equilibrium Approach

The aim of this study is to explore whether efforts to encourage producers to use agricultural machinery and equipment will significantly improve agricultural productivity, income distribution amongst social groups, as well as macroeconomic performance in Thailand. A 2000 Social Accounting Matrix (SAM) of Thailand was constructed as a data set, and then a 20 production-sector Computable General Equilibrium (CGE) model was developed for the Thai economy. The CGE model is employed to simulate the impact of capital-intensive farming on the Thai economy under two different scenarios: technological change and free trade. Four simulations were conducted. Simulation 1 increased the share parameter of capital in the agricultural sector by 5%. Simulation 2 shows a 5% increase in agricultural capital stock. A removal in import tariffs for agricultural machinery sector forms the basis for Simulation 3. The last simulation (Simulation 4) is the combination of the above three simulations. The results for each simulation are divided into four effects: input, output, income and macroeconomic effects. The results of the first two simulations produced opposite outcomes in terms of the four effects. Simulation 2 accelerated the capital intensification of all agricultural sectors, whereas Simulation 1 led to more capital intensity in some agricultural sectors. The effects of the input reallocation had a simultaneous impact on output in every sector. Simulation 1 led to a fall of almost all outputs in the agricultural sectors, whereas there was an increase in agricultural output in Simulation 2. In terms of domestic income effects, as a result of the decline of the average price of factors in Simulation 1, there was a decrease in factor incomes belonging to households and enterprises. Consequently, government revenue decreased by 0.7%. In contrast, Simulation 2 resulted in an increase in all incomes above. Finally, regarding macroeconomic variables, Simulation 1 had a negative impact on private consumption, government consumption, investment, imports and exports, resulting in Gross Domestic Product (GDP) decreasing by 0.8%. On the other hand, Simulation 2 had a positive impact on those same variables, affecting a 0.4% rise of GDP. The effects of Simulation 3 were very small in everything compared with the first two simulations. The effect of Simulation 4 was mostly dominated by Simulations 1 and 2; the negative results of Simulation 1 were compensated by the positive effects of Simulation 2.
Contribution of Manufacturing Industry, Agribusiness Industry, Marine Industry Through People's Welfare to Economic Growth in Batam, Indonesia

Since 1972 the island of Batam designated as the industry, trade, tourism and over the ship. since it is located close to Singapore so that industry in Batam only manufacture, but in the development of all the mostly consumed comes from outside (import) and the broad sea area of 715 square km total area of 1,575 square kilometers along the sea. This study aims to know Contributions Industrial Manufacturing, Agribusiness Industry, Marine Industry Against Public Welfare Through Economic Growth Batam. In this study sampled is Indonesian Chamber were 200 respondents. The results of analysis by using SEM* assisted AMOS* Software version 22, Square Multiple Correlation. Thus it can be stated that the change of Economic Growth by contributions from the Industrial Manufacturing, Agribusiness Industry, Marine Industry 56.7%. Tus it can be stated that the People's Welfare changes by contributions from the Industrial Manufacturing, Agribusiness Industry, Marine Industry and Economic Growth of 56.7%. From this research, it is interesting to conclude: that manufacturing contributes Significantly to economic growth, but not to the people's welfare, while agribusiness and marine contribution members of the economic growth are not significant, but it Gives the agribusiness and marine public welfare significant contribution,
Improvement of solid waste management: Organizational and technological aspects

The paper reveals the existing problems in of solid domestic waste recycling in the developed western countries and in Russia. A direct pattern is shown: the more country developed, the more waste it processes (later wastes are reused) and composts. It is established that the existing system of solid domestic waste circulation in Russia is based on their collection and transporting for disposal in landfi lls and dumps. Using ineffective ways of residential solid waste disposal leads to a rapid fi lling of landfi lls, even in spite of small volumes of incoming wastes and signifi cant areas allocated for their disposal. Taking into account the specifi cs of a curtain territory, the structural and technological recommendations for improving residential solid waste management in the regionbased on of the method of complex processing of residential solid waste are proposed.
Government baru dimulai dengan inisiatif yang dicanangkan beberapa tahun lalu. Bagi negara berkembang seperti Indonesia, yang secara relatif semakin terpuruk posisinya karena krisis yang berkepanjangan. Jika pemerintah dan segenap masyarakat secara serius ingin meningkatkan keunggulan kompetitif Ind

Penerbitan ijin belajar pada Direktorat Jenderal Pendidikan Anak Usia Dini, Nonformal dan Informal (Ditjen PAUDNI) masih dilakukan secara konvensional yaitu bertatap muka secara langsung. Hal ini menimbulkan beberapa permasalahan administrasi dan kesalahan-kesalahan manual yang cukup tinggi. Terjadi kesulitan ketika data lembaga pemohon perijinan akan diambil dan membutuhkan waktu yang cukup lama. Oleh karena itu, perlu upaya untuk pengembangan sistem informasi yang baru untuk memperbaiki manajemen data dan informasi pada layanan penerbitan ijin tersebut. Penelitian ini bertujuan mengkaji sebuah usulan proses bisnis yang baru berupa prototype sistem informasi penerbitan ijin belajar. Pengembangan prototype sistem ini disusun melalui pendekatan Business Process Reengineering untuk menunjukan tahapan-tahapan aktifitas dalam perubahan proses bisnis yang terjadi dengan menggunakan metode StageActivity Framework (SAF). Perubahan proses bisnis menggunakan SAF merupakan sebuah batu loncatan yang efektif bagi instansi pemerintah menuju layanan prima.
Quality Evaluation for Edge Detection of Chromosome G-band Images for Segmentation

Edge detection of chromosome in G-band type image is an important preprocessing step in segmentation. A chromosome type G-band image is generally very noise and poor image quality, lack of contrast and hold in image. A lot of edge caused by chromosome can easily mislead the edge detection algorithm. Particularly, the chromosome overlapping and touching, then it is very difficult to get a clear edge of the femur head. These extraneous edge and noise make edge detection very difficult and challenging, which is not well solved. This paper presents analysis of evaluation chromosome G-band image edge detection. It has been appeared in literature that there are 4 different techniques, i.e. Canny, Laplacain, Robert's, and Sobel, on chromosome image type G-band. From our study, we found that Robert's give promising results in edge detection. A success rate of 97.69% has been achieved.
Investigation of Staphylococcus spp. and Escherichia coli colonization and biofilm formation on university students’ mobile phones and hands

Mobile phones, which became indispensable in our daily lives, are likely to be colonized by microorganisms found in the hands of people using them. In this study, a total of 30 mobile phones and owner hands (30) were screened for Staphylococci and E. coli contamination in various departments at Mustafa Kemal University. For this purpose, samples were taken from the mobile phones and index fingers and thumbs of dominant hands of randomly selected 30 students studying at various departments at Mustafa Kemal University, Faculty of Arts and Sciences. Staphylococcus and Escherichia coli colonization were screened in these samples, and their susceptibility to 11 antimicrobials in different groups. And, oxacillin salt agar screening test was performed to detect methicillin resistance. Microplate (MP) method, Congo Red Agar (CRA) method and Standard Tube (ST) method were used to determine biofilm formation. A questionnaire about mobile phone usage habits was also applied to statistically investigate whether the colonization depends on the usage. According to our results, E. coli colonization was no found in any sample, while 31 samples were isolated as Coagulase-Negative Staphylococci (CoNS) and 2 samples as Staphylococcus aureus . Out of 30 samples collected from the mobile phones of the students, 53.3% was found as CoNS and 3.3% as S taphylococcus aureus . Whereas, among 30 samples collected from the hands of the students, CoNS was isolated in 50% and Staphylococcus aureus 3.3% of the samples. All 33 Staphylococci isolates were found to be susceptible to vancomycin and rifampicin, while 27% were found to be resistant to oxacilline , 36% to cefoxitin , 70% to ampicillin, 48% to tetracycline, 76% to erythromycin, 70% to penicillin, 30% to gentamicin, 30% to ampicillin- clavulanicase , 24% to ciprofloxacin, 27% to ciprofloxacin, 27% to trimethoprim/sulfamethoxazole and 27% to methicillin. It was determined that 9 (27.2 %) of the 33 Staphlococci isolates was resistant to methicillin. Staphylococci were 100% biofilm producers according to the microplate method. Especially hand hygiene should be carefully provided and mobile phones should be regularly cleaned in order to prevent bacterial colonization of mobile phones, and prevention strategies should be developed in terms of public health.
Methodological developments in small animal PET neuroimaging

Positron emission tomography (PET) is a nuclear imaging technique using a multidisciplinary approach to functionally visualize processes in the brain or other living tissue. It is capable to determine the pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic properties of a molecule in the CNS, with a low risk of side effects on the subject. This is executed through injection of a radioactively labeled substance into the subject and detection of released gamma photons after radioactive decay of the molecule in the target organ or tissue. Based on these detections, it is possible to reconstruct the distribution of radioligand in the living tissue into an image representing the physiology of the subject. The present thesis focuses on the methodological development of PET imaging in small animal research and on the support for connecting basic research to human health-related clinical applications in neuroscience. The work underlying this thesis work is divided into three sections. Section 1 consists of the validation of a new PET/MRI small animal imaging system. Since the combination of an MRI magnet with a conventional PET ring could influence the performance of PET measurements, a combined system should be implemented with special care. The results of Study I showed that the combination of PET and MRI components did not affect the performance of the final system and it is capable to effectively conduct consecutive multimodal imaging with functional images from PET and anatomical information of soft tissue. After the validation of the PET system used in this thesis work for imaging, in Section 2 different methodological challenges are presented. Study II focuses on the transporter activity of the blood-brain barrier to highlight the necessity of proper animal model selection while designing pre-clinical PET studies, while in Study III we offer a solution for longitudinal [C]PBR28 imaging with the validation of SUV as an outcome measure in rodents studies, where blood sampling is a difficult task. Within Section 3 a new animal model and a novel ligand is presented. The previously validated SUV approach from Study III is applied in Study IV during the longitudinal follow-up of the M2CAO stroke rat model to measure changes in the TSPO signal as a mark of neuroinflammation after cortical ischemia. In Study V a knockout animal model was used to validate the novel radioligand [C]T-773, which was confirmed to bind selectively to the PDE10A enzyme and its distribution and uptake proves its suitability in small animal research. In conclusion the thesis focuses on the development of novel methodological platforms for small animal imaging PET with the aim to provide advancements in the field of translational
Design and Assessment of Chlorpheniramine Maleate Sublingual Tablets Using Novel Ternary Phase Superdisintegrants

Sublingual tablets are gaining popularity over conventional tablets due to their convenience in administration and suitability for elderly and children who have swallowing difficulties. The aim of this study was to formulate Chlorpheniramine Maleate (CPM) sublingual tablets to achieve rapid onset of action. CPM is a first generation antihistamines, undergoes first pass metabolism in liver. Sublingual dosage forms bypass the metabolism of CPM in liver and so improve the drug bioavailability. The novel ternary phase developed by co-processed superdisintegrants via solvent evaporation method using crospovidone, croscarmellose and sodium starch glycolate in different ratios (1:1:1, 3:1:1, 1:3:1and 1:1:3) were prepared. The pre-compression parameters (angle of repose, Hausner ratio and Carr's index) of the prepared co-processed superdisintegrants were evaluated in comparison to physical mixture of superdisintegrants. The developed co-processed formulae were compared with those the corresponding physical mixtures and individual superdisintegrant sublingual tablets. The tablets were evaluated for its disintegration time, wetting time, in-vitro dispersion time as well as hardness, weight variation, friability, drug content and in-vitro dissolution study. Among all the designed formulations, the formulations CP1 and PM1 containing 4% w/w co-processed and physical mixture of superdisintegrant respectively (1:1:1 mixture of crospovidone, croscarmellose and sodium starch glycolate) were considered to be best formulations, which showed the shortest disintegration time (6.29 and 6.31 sec), in-vitro dispersion time (18.67 and 18.83 sec) and wetting time (12.47 and 12.58 sec) respectively. As well as these promising formulae showed highest drug release (100 and 97.52 %) within two min. Finally, the promising formulae were compared with CPM sublingual tablet prepared using commercially available co-processed mixture of excipients containing superdisintegrant (Pharmaburst
Pressure effect on magnetic and insulator – metal transition of La 0 . 67 Pb 0 . 33 Mn 0 . 9 Co 0 . 1 O 2 . 97 ceramic

In our paper, we study the effect of hydrostatic pressure on the magnetic and insulator–metal transitions of La0.67Pb0. 33Co0.1Mn0. 9O2.97 manganite. The insulator–metal transition does not coincide with the magnetic transition in this ceramic. The compound undergoes the paramagnetic–ferromagnetic phase transition at TC = 260 K and the insulator–metal transition at Tp = 184 K at ambient pressure. We have found that both characteristic temperatures TC and Tp increase with increasing hydrostatic pressure with TC/ p = 11.2 K/GPa and Tp/ p = 20.1 K/GPa, respectively.
A Comparative Study on Different MPPT Techniques Applied On Photovoltaic System

This paper represents a review of a comparative study of widely-adopted MPPT techniques applied to photovoltaic (PV) power system. But, confusion lies while selecting a MPPT as every technique has its own advantages and disadvantages. Also some technique has more complexity than other system and cost also plays big role in selection procedure of MPPT technique for particular application like domestic, industrial etc.
Internally Enacted Narratives: Jonathan Blow’s The Witness

Under what circumstances should a humanities or social sciences scholar consider making a game, rather than a text? Given that the goals of academic writing include communicating research results to peers (and at times the public), arguments along proceduralist lines have been successful in claiming that games are worthwhile academic objects insofar as they can represent ideas in novel ways (see Bogost, 2007). For instance, games might communicate in otherwise impossible or quicker ways than text. I am sympathetic to these arguments, but propose an alternate case in which games are worth pursuing. We can make games as experiments, performing the results of our assumptions. Here, games are leveraged for their ability produce unexpected situations, despite known rules and starting states. In 1950, in arguing for the possibility of artificial intelligence, Alan Turing explained that there is a common fallacy made by philosophers and mathematicians alike, “This is the assumption that as soon as a fact is presented to a mind all consequences of that fact spring into the mind simultaneously with it” (451). Games in this case are like facts, whose ramifications are unknown until played. Put another way, games can demonstrate emergence. Briefly, this approach belongs to a very rich lineage stemming Turing’s work, where John Von Neumann would propose the field of cellular automata, and later John Conway would develop out of that field The Game of Life. Bill Gosper would win Conway’s prize offered to whoever could create a finite patter with infinite growth. His “glider gun,” would serve to demonstrate that unexpected complexity could emerge over time from simple rules (Rendell 17). While Conway’s Life is called a game, it has 0 players and demonstrates very abstract ideas in mathematics. I propose here that games with one or more players can be setup according to social science and humanities research and then play out the results of those findings. The claim here is that games can work as scientific experiments do, validating or calling into question methods, assumptions, and findings. The proposed talk offers a concretized example of this line of argument by exploring a game-experiment of my own. In The Amalgamated, players are expected to reconfigure nodes and edges in a graph in order to act on a system. In this case, the nodes and edges are preconfigured in a way which represents the state of Montreal’s labour movement in 1915-1920. Gathering information using Actor-Network Theory (ANT) methodologies, the game attempts to model the various actors as nodes and their influences on each other as edges. Players take on the roles of a given entity and attempt to exert influence in ways that favour its accumulation of capital and labour. In this way,
Response to Reviewer ’ s Comments : Anonymous Referee # 3

(Referee Comment, RC) The study attempts to examine the possibility of reducing parameter uncertainty by separately calibrating the model for wet and dry periods. Then calibrated parameters were used in regionalization together with selected catchment characteristics. The study concludes that dry season predictions are much better with the used methodology. As such this is a useful research reflecting on an important issue of regionalization in hydrology. However, as noted by the first reviewer, there are significant overlaps between this paper and the previously published work by the author. This raises serious questions about the significant contribution and novelty of this work. For instance, in one of the paper (Kim and Lee, 2014 published in HP), the seasonal calibration for wet and dry periods is already presented in detail concluding that a multi-objective calibration approach is better compared to single objective function. In this paper, the issue of dry and wet season calibration is presented in good detail. In the second paper, Kim and Lee (2014) again published in hydrological processes; the regionalization is presented in detail. The author has noted the references of these papers in this paper submitted to publication for HESS and indicated that this paper builds on the previous work. However, considering the significant overlaps, especially major methodological works already published, I do not see significant originality and novelty in this research. Therefore, I do not recommend publication in HESS journal.
The piglets as an experimental model for elucidating effects of Availa-Zn-170 on growth performance, blood profile and nutrient digestibility.

The weaned piglet is a model for zinc deficiency in children. This study aimed comparing growth and nutrient digestibility of piglets with or without Availa-Zn-170 on diets. Two hundred and eighty-eight 7.5 ± 0.4 kg piglets, weaned at the age of 25d, were used to evaluate the effects of Availa-Zn-170 (17% amino acid zinc) on growth performance, blood profile, and apparent total tract digestibility of crude protein and digestible energy. Six dietary treatments were used: (1) Control diet without Zn supplementation (CON), (2) CON+20 mg/kg Availa-Zn-170 (Availa-Zn-20), (3) CON+40 mg/kg Availa-Zn170, (Availa- Zn-40), (4) CON+60 mg/kg Availa-Zn-170 (Availa-Zn-60), (5) CON+80 mg/kg Availa-Zn-170 (Availa- Zn-80), (6) CON+80 mg/kg feed grade zinc sulphate (Zinc sulphate-80). Our results showed during the overall period, piglets fed Availa-Zn-40 or Availa-Zn-80 had greater (P<0.05) average daily gain and G: F compared with other diets. Dietary treatments did not affect the apparent total tract digestibility of crude protein and gross energy determined on d 40. Compared with the control, the concentration of serum Zn on d 14 and 40 increased when Availa-Zn-170 was added. The results indicate that Availa- Zn-170 could be an effective organic zinc use as alternative to inorganic zinc to increase the growth performance and nutrient digestibility of weaned piglets.