Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Science discourse and epistemic practices norms for the development of scientific epistemology in physics lessons

This study argues that insufficient attention has been focused on explaining the alienation phenomenon toward physics knowledge. The discontinuity towards the physics knowledge requires an exploration about the scientific epistemology development. Scientific epistemology is a study that focuses at nature of knowledge and its acquisition process which treat physics as a way of knowing. The situation of Malaysian physics education is viewed as alarming and a new method of investigation is required to establish a more accurate representation of the current state of physics education. An exploratory study of the norms of science discourse and epistemic practices was therefore conducted to explore the scientific epistemology development through the lens of critical realism. Critical Discourse Analysis (CDA) was used as a methodology to address methodological issues in representing the development of scientific epistemology. The data were obtained from non-participant observations, self-reflexivity, interviews and audio-video recording. Observation and recording sessions were conducted over a period of nearly three months among four physics teachers with different educational backgrounds and their students in Johor Bahru. The analysis identified six elements underpinning the norms of science discourse and epistemic practices: epistemic agency, activity oriented by discourse, discourse moves, epistemic episodes, epistemic operations and epistemic moves. The powers that shape the norms are identified as knowledge authority (epistemic agency), privatizing and publicising ideas (epistemic agency and epistemic moves), epistemic devices and managerial moves (epistemic operations) and social conditions (activity of discourse and discourse moves). Further to this, the implication of the accepted norms is directed to a focus on teachers’ confirmation bias and expanding epistemological resources for students. Physics teachers should reflect on their norms so they can support the chain of scientific epistemology development among the students in learning physics.
Behavioural responses in rats; modulation with beta-lactam antibiotics and antioxidants

N-Acetylcysteine (NAC) has been in clinical practice for several decades as a mucolytic agent and has been used also for the treatment of paracetamol intoxication, doxorubicin- induced cardiotoxicity, stable angina pectoris, ischemia-reperfusion cardiac injury, acute respiratory distress syndrome bronchitis, chemotherapy-induced toxicity, HIV/AIDS, radio contrastinduced nephropathy, heavymetal toxicity and psychiatric disorders including schizophrenia, bipolar disorder and addiction. It has been recently shown that NAC modulates the glutamatergic system through the system xc (Cystine-Glutamate Antiporter): Antiporter cysteine/glutamate. Ceftriaxone (CTX), a β-lactam antibiotic, is also shown to led to an increase of excitatory amino-acid transporter 2 (EAAT2) expression and glutamate transport activity in the brain in animal studies. It has been demonstrated that CTX has neuroprotective effects in both in vitro and in vivo models based on its ability to inhibit neuronal cell death by preventing glutamate excitotoxicity. The aim of the present study was to investigate the neurobehavioural effects of acute administration of NAC and CTX alone and in combination in open field and elevated plus maze tests. For this aim, three different doses (50, 100 and 200 mg/kg, i.p.) of CTX and NAC alone in the first part and their combination in the second part of the experiments and two different doses of diazepam were evaluated in open field and elevated plus maze tests. 200 mg/kg of NAC revealed anxiolytic-like behaviours in both tests while CTX 200 mg/kg failed to produce. Further investigations need to be conducted to rule out the involvement of system xc- on anxiety related behaviours. Increased system xc may represent an effective therapeutic endpoint. J. Exp. Clin. Med., 2014; 31:43-50
An Overview of Process Mapping Techniques and Algorithms in High-Performance Computing

Due to the advent of modern hardware architectures of high-performance comput- ers, the way the parallel applications are laid out is of paramount importance for performance. This chapter surveys several techniques and algorithms that efficiently address this issue: the mapping of the application's virtual topology (for instance its communication pattern) onto the physical topology. Using such strategy enables to improve the application overall execution time significantly. The chapter concludes by listing a series of open issues and problems.
Computer games as a pedagogical tool in education

Designing computer based environments is never easy, especially when considering young learners. Traditionally, computer gaming has been seen as lacking in educational value, but rating highly in satisfaction and motivation. The objective of this dissertation is to look at elements of computer based learning and to ascertain how computer games can be included as a means of improving learning. Various theories are drawn together from psychology, instructional technology and computer gaming, to devise an effective strategy in designing computer-based tutoring systems. With the inclusion of gaming elements, various designs can be tailored to the specific learning criteria of the students, reflecting their competencies and failings. More specifically, certain games can facilitate learner effects such as immersion, reward, motivation, reflection, collaboration and feedback; all necessary for effective learning (Wynn & Oliver, 1996). A taxonomy of the most common games in relation to their possible role in education is developed. The inclusion of gaming concepts is considered from both the behaviourist and constructivist views on instructional design. A model for the inclusion of various exogenous games into existing educational formats corresponding to Gagne’s (1977) instructional events is defined. Exogenous games are those that employ extrinsic fantasies and that are independent of the courseware. Five insertion points for exogenous games are defined. These are; 1) the exogenous game as an engaging environment, 2) as an aid to presentation of information, 3) as a means of aiding the testing of information, 4) as a means of rewarding the student and 5) as a means of enhancing retention and transfer. The model is described in detail with reference to the effective use of computer games for educational purposes. It was found that the model has value in web-based instructional design and designing computer based learning environments for young students and those with special needs.
A 70 MSample/s 110 mW 8 b CMOS folding interpolating A/D Converter

In bipolar technology the folding and interpolation technique has proven to be successful for high sample rates. This paper investigates the possibilities of this technique in CMOS. The major advantage of folding and interpolation in CMOS lies in the field of high sample rate in combination with low power consumption and small chip area. The folding converter requires little power to drive the input compared to other converters since the input behaves like a linear and constant capacitor. For similar reasons the power consumption of the reference ladder of the folding converter can be kept low. The circuit reported here runs at 70 MSample/s and dissipates only 110 mW. There are versions for 5 V and 3.3 V supplies and they are realized in a 0.8 /spl mu/m CMOS process.
Geriatric Content in U.S. Doctor of Pharmacy Degree Curricula

This study was a quantitative, non-experimental, cross-sectional survey to examine geriatric content in U.S. Doctor of Pharmacy degree curricula. This study, guided by Avedis Donabedian’s structure process outcome (SPO) model for health care quality, examined the current state of geriatric content in Pharm. D. curricula and compared findings to a 2003 study (Dutta, Daftary, Oke, Mims, Hailemeskel, & Sansgiry, 2005). One geriatric pharmacy faculty member from each of the 124 U.S. pharmacy schools was invited to participate in a web-based survey to answer questions relating to geriatric content in their school’s curriculum. The existing, online, self-administered questionnaire consisting of demographic, course content, faculty capacity, and practice experience questions was modified and used to collect data. A comparative analysis was conducted using descriptive statistics, frequency distributions, and narratives. Findings suggested that while most schools are still offering geriatric content in some form and content has improved, more focus on the extent to which schools are integrating content in pharmacy education is still needed to catch up to the growing number of people 65 and older who need pharmaceutical and patient care in this country. Document Type Dissertation Degree Name Doctor of Education (EdD) Department Education First Supervisor Dianne Cooney Miner Second Supervisor James E. Schwartz Subject Categories Science and Mathematics Education This dissertation is available at Fisher Digital Publications: https://fisherpub.sjfc. edu/education_etd/1 Geriatric Content in U.S. Doctor of Pharmacy Degree Curricula
Load Analysis and Prediction for Unanticipated Situations

Load prediction is necessary for improving power grid management. In recent years, several methodologies have been advanced to accurately predict power load. However, most of them cannot handle the prediction well during unanticipated situations, which may escalate into serious power failures. In this paper, we introduce a methodology seeking improvements in power load analysis and prediction for unanticipated situations. The new methodology exploits the synergisms found b etween artificial neural networks and fuzzy logic to detect load transients in a quickest manner. It subsequently identifies the transients and provides online prediction for abnormal conditions. Experimental results show that t he new methodology is capable of accurate hourly and daily load prediction.
The Periodontal ligament in health and disease

Beginning with an overview of the tissue and its characteristics, the text covers the development of the periodontal ligament, its cellular structure, biochemistry and biophysics, vasculature, innervation and physiological responses to tooth movement and other forces, as applied in orthodontic treatment. Subsequent sections cover: infectious diseases; trauma; neoplasia and cysts; hormonal and nutritional/metabolic disorders; and diseases of the blood and lymphatic system.
GROUNDING SYMBOLS IN THE ANALOG WORLD WITH NEURAL NETS A Hybrid Model

1.1 The predominant approach to cognitive modeling is still what has come to be called "computationalism"(Dietrich 1990, Harnad 1990b), the hypothesis that cognition is computation. The more recent rival approachis "connectionism" (Hanson & Burr 1990, McClelland & Rumelhart 1986), the hypothesis that cognition is adynamic pattern of connections and activations in a "neural net. " Are computationalism and connectionismreally deeply different from one another, and if so, should they compete for cognitive hegemony, or shouldthey collaborate? These questions will be addressed here, in the context of an obstacle that is faced bycomputationalism (as well as by connectionism if it is either computational or seeks cognitive hegemony on itsown): The symbol grounding problem (Harnad 1990). 1.2 First, a little precision, so we make sure we are all talking about the same thing. By "computation" I meansymbolic computation: the manipulation of physical "symbol tokens" on the basis of syntactic rules thatoperate only on the "shapes" of the symbols (which are arbitrary in relation to what the symbols can beinterpreted as meaning), as in a digital computer or its idealization, a Turing Machine manipulating, say, "0's"and "1's. " What I will say about symbolic computation does not apply to analog "computation" or to analogsystems in general, whose activity is best described as obeying differential equations rather than implementingsymbol manipulations (Newell 1980; Pylyshyn 1984; but see McLennan 1987, 1988, in press-a, in press-b, foranother view of analog computation). 1.3 Another important feature of computation is that it is implementation independent: Whatever propertiesor capabilities a system has purely in virtue of its computational properties will be shared by everyimplementation of that symbol system (computer program), no matter how radically the implementations maydiffer physically: All the specifics of the implementation are irrelevant except the fact that it implements thatparticular symbol system.1. 4 The last and most important property of computation (or of nontrivial computation, if we includeuninterpretable formal gibberish as a trivial form of computation) is that the symbols and symbolmanipulations in a symbol system are systematically interpretable (Fodor & Pylyshyn 1988): they can beassigned a semantics, they mean something (e.g., numbers, words, sentences, chess moves, planetary motions,etc.).
Survey on Energy Consumption in Wireless sensor Network

Wireless sensor network has been widely used in many sectors. The popularity gained due to some reasons such as installation flexibility, mobility, reducing cost and scalability. In wireless sensor network energy consumption is one of the major issues, thus making energy – efficient protocol is design to overcome the energy consumption problem. In many existing protocols for energy – efficient routing them forward packets through minimum energy path to the sink towards the minimum energy consumption, which cause an unbalanced distribution of residual toward all sensor node in network partitioned. This paper focused on the design energy consumption routing protocol using essential hypothetical fields like depth, energy density & residual energy. The basic goal is that an approach towards force packet to the sink through dense energy area. Also addressing routing problem and enhanced the mechanism of eliminating and detecting of loops. It is also support for data security by using data security algorithm like ECC (Elliptic Curve Cryptography). This paper is important towards in energy balancing, network lifetime and coverage ratio.
A Rolling Stone: Evaluation of one NSF S-STEM Program through Successive Grant Periods

In 2008, Gannon University was awarded a National Science Foundation S-STEM grant, which provided scholarship funding for academically talented students in STEM fields, having financial need. The program developed at Gannon University was designed to be quite extensive, providing an educational experience emphasizing not only technical mastery, but personal and professional development and community service through partnerships with nonprofit organizations in the local community. At the time of its development, the program was one-of-a-kind, providing a unique tool to marry technical education with the community-service mission of the university. The development of the program and lessons learned through the four years of that grant activity were previously detailed in another publication. Since that first grant was implemented, two more such grants have been awarded which have allowed the program at Gannon University to continue and evolve. The second four-year grant award period has been completed, and the most recent grant activity is in the midst of its first year. In the current paper, the authors describe lessons taken from the first grant activity, responsive changes made in the second grant activity, further lessons taken from that second grant and proposed responses to be incorporated in the current iteration of the grant. Topics of this paper include actions taken to foster better gender diversity in the program, evolution of grant-activity goals as a response to fruitless efforts, lessons learned with respect to identifying external partners, and lessons taken about assessment of student progress (along with warning signs of imminent trouble) along with planned actions to improve student success outcomes.
THE ROLE OF HONEY WITH ROYAL JELLY IN PROTECTING THE GRAAFIAN FOLLICLES FROM THE TOXICITY OF THE ADRIAMYCIN DRUG

Objective: This study aims to investigate the ability of certain mixture of honey with royal jelly (H+R) to prevent the toxic side effects, caused by the Adriamycin drug. One of the most important side effects of this drug is the change in the structure of cell and tissue of the ovary, especially Graafian follicles, which may lead to sexual ovarian hormonal disorders. Consequently, this will lead to menstrual disorders that lead in certain cases to early menopause (infertility), and decrease in the reproductive capacity. Methods: Twenty-five young adult female Syrian hamsters were injected with (60-75 mg/m 2 (Aderiamycin drug and another twenty-five females were injected with Adriamycin drug after oral administration with preventive dose of honey and royal jelly (800 mg/kg/day of Honey and 10 mg/kg/day of royal jelly). Histologically study of the ovaries was conducted with hymatoxylin & eosin staining, and an immunohistochemical study was applied using the immune. (Ki67) specialized for disclosure of cell divisions. Results: The honey with royal jelly has a clear role in renovating the ovary, enhancing the hormonal balance, and prevents the hormonal disorders, and the occurrence of early menopause caused by Adriamycin. Conclusion: The Honey with royal jelly contributes, as a preventive dose, in preventing the side effects of Adriamycin drug.
3D Dynamic Scene Analysis: A Stereo Based Approach

This book describes several approaches to the analysis of moving scenes using information from a stereovision system. In particular two different methods are proposed to deal with long and short sequences of images of an unknown environment including an arbitrary number of rigid and mobile objects. Results obtained from stereovision systems are found to be superior to those from monocular image systems, which are often very sensitive to noise. It is shown that motion estimation can be further improved by the explicit modeling of uncertainty in geometric objects. The techniques developed in this book have been successfully demonstrated with a large number of real images in the context of visual navigation of a mobile robot
The Semantic Web and an Introduction to RDF

The semantic web is an effort promoted by the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) to make more machine-processable information available on the web. The key infrastructure to build the Semantic Web is the Resource Description Framework (RDF). This is a proposed standard for metadata encoding. This chapter was mainly composed from documentation released by the W3C. It’s prime purpose is to provide an introduction to RDF for a non-technical audience, augmented by a—somewhat personal—discussion of the value of RDF. I argue that although RDF is technically highly competent, it is not sure whether it will take off, because RDF implementations have too many problems as to their social and economic viability.
Heart type fatty acid binding protein, a marker of myocardial ischemia in children with epilepsy

Abstract To evaluate ictal serum levels of heart type fatty acid binding protein (H-FABP) in children with intractable epilepsy as a marker of cardiac ischemia in comparison to their levels in the interictal period and that of controls. The study included 23 seizure episodes recorded in 14 patients with intractable seizures. Serum levels of H-FABP in the ictal and interictal periods were done as well as simultaneous electrocardiogram, Holter and video electroencephalography recordings with evaluation of changes in the heart rate (HR), and HR variability parameters. Levels of H-FABP were higher in the patients' group whether in the ictal or interictal periods compared to the control group. However, levels were not significantly different in the ictal period compared to the interictal one. Ictal tachycardia was recorded in 95% and bradycardia in 5% of the studied seizures episodes. Premature atrial and ventricular contractions were recorded in the 1st postictal hour of 8.7% and 30.4% of the recorded seizures, respectively. Interictal values showed significant increase minutes before the onset of the seizures and remained high 2 hours postictally. All time domain HR variability parameters were lower in the patients' group. Our results showed significant increase in the serum levels of H-FABP in our patients' group, which might suggest a degree of myocardial ischemia even in asymptomatic patients. Though bradycardia, prolonged QTc and arrhythmic changes were reported in few cases, the importance of the results warrants studying those changes at least in patients with refractory seizures.
ANÁLISE DAS CARACTERISTICAS DA DOR FANTASMA EM AMPUTAÇÕES DE MEMBROS INFERIORES.

Amputation is defined as withdrawal, usually surgery, all or part of a committed member of the body. Most amputees report the presence of phantom pain after surgery, and pressure sensations, tingling and sometimes numbness, limb amputated as a hallucination due to the difficulty in accepting the mutilation, setting the phantom sensation, like a dream or desire to preserve the anatomical integrity of body. This study aimed to analyze the characteristics of phantom pain presented in unilateral lower-limb amputations. We conducted a direct and an individual questionnaire formulated by the researcher, composed 11pergutas to patients treated at the rehabilitation center of Assisi School Gurgacz in the period from July to August 2010. Of the 25 patients interviewed 17 (68%) had transtibial amputation and 8 (32%), transfemoral amputation, with a mean age of 58.02 men and 57.40 among women, for the main features of phantom sensation, are among The most cited the tingle in the pit and pulse rate.
Bayesian Adaptive Method for Estimating Speech Intelligibility in Noise

We present the Bayesian Adaptive Speech Intelligibility Estimation (BASIE) method – a tool for rapid estimation of a given speech reception threshold (SRT) and the slope at that threshold of multiple psychometric functions for speech intelligibility in noise. The core of this tool is an adaptive Bayesian procedure, which adjusts the signal-to-noise ratio at each subsequent stimulus such that the expected variance of the threshold and slope estimates are minimised. Simulation results show that the algorithm is able to achieve SRT estimates accurate to within ±1 dB in under 30 iterations. Furthermore, we discuss strategies for using BASIE to evaluate the effects of speech processing algorithms on intelligibility and we give two illustrative examples for different noise reduction methods with supporting listening experiments.
Fundamentals of 5G Mobile Networks

Fundamentals of 5G Mobile Networks provides an overview of the key features of the 5th Generation (5G) mobile networks, discussing the motivation for 5G and the main challenges in developing this new technology. This book provides an insight into the key areas of research that will define this new system technology paving the path towards future research and development. The book is multidisciplinary in nature, and aims to cover a whole host of intertwined subjects that will predominantly influence the 5G landscape, including the future Internet, cloud computing, small cells and self-organizing networks (SONs), cooperative communications, dynamic spectrum management and cognitive radio, Broadcast-Broadband convergence , 5G security challenge, and green RF. This book aims to be the first of its kind towards painting a holistic perspective on 5G Mobile, allowing 5G stakeholders to capture key technology trends on different layering domains and to identify potential inter-disciplinary design aspects that need to be solved in order to deliver a 5G Mobile system that operates seamlessly.