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Using technology to encourage self-directed learning
Authors: Dawson Shane , Macfadyen Leah , Risko Evan F. , Foulsham Tom , Kingstone Alan
Published: September 2024

The rapidly-developing 21st century world of work and knowledge calls for self-directed lifelong (SDL) learners. While higher education must embrace the types of pedagogies that foster SDL skills in graduates, the pace of change in education can be glacial. This paper describes a social annotation technology, the Collaborative Lecture Annotation System (CLAS), that can be used to leverage existing teaching and learning practices for acquisition of 21st Century SDL skills. CLAS was designed to build upon the artifacts of traditional didactic modes of teaching, create enriched opportunities for student engagement with peers and learning materials, and offer learners greater control and ownership of their individual learning strategies. Adoption of CLAS creates educational experiences that promote and foster SDL skills: motivation, self-management and self-monitoring. In addition, CLAS incorporates a suite of learning analytics for learners to evaluate their progress, and allow instructors to monitor the development of SDL skills and identify the need for learning support and guidance. CLAS stands as an example of a simple tool that can bridge the gap between traditional transmissive pedagogy and the creation of authentic and collaborative learning spaces.
Exploring the relationship between afforded learning tasks and learning benefits in 3D virtual learning environments
Authors: Dalgarno Barney , Lee Mark J.W.
Published: September 2024

In this paper, we build on our previously proposed model of learning in three-dimensional virtual learning environments (3D VLEs) (Dalgarno & Lee, 2010) by exploring the relationship between learning tasks that are afforded by such environments and learning benefits that arise from their use. We draw on data from a questionnaire in which 53 of the 117 higher education respondents described how they used 3D VLEs with their students and indicated the degree to which they believed each of the five potential learning benefits occurred. The results provide strong support for the idea that each of the benefits occurred, but suggest the links between learning tasks and learning benefits are, at this stage, unclear. We postulate some of the possible reasons for these findings and make recommendations for further research, discussing some of the challenges involved in designing studies that seek to relate afforded learning tasks to learning benefits through measurement of actual learning outcomes.
Use of media-rich real-time collaboration tools for learning and teaching in Australian and New Zealand universities
Authors: Bower Matt , Kennedy Gregor E. , Dalgarno Barney , Lee Mark J.W. , Kenney Jacqueline , De Barba Paula
Published: September 2024

This paper provides an overview of media-rich real-time collaboration tool use for learning and teaching in Australian and New Zealand universities. These tools, which include video conferencing tools, web conferencing tools and virtual worlds, afford students and teachers the ability to synchronously represent concepts, and enable them to interact with one another to negotiate meaning and develop a sense of connectedness. A survey of 750 higher educators revealed that while desktop video conferencing and web conferencing use display an upward trend, virtual worlds are being used by substantially fewer educators, and have recently begun to experience a decline in usage. There are four major web conferencing products being used, whereas desktop video conferencing and virtual worlds are each being dominated by a single product. The 'best' uses of each technology as perceived by respondents with experience in a range of tools are examined, before the paper concludes with a discussion of implications for tertiary learning and teaching, along with an outline of the authors' future plans.
Sustaining a problematic innovation
Authors: Westberry Nicola , McNaughton Sue , Gaeta Helen , Billot Jennie
Published: September 2024

This paper reports on a study that explored the engagement of 17 academic staff with video conferencing technology in four large first-year classes in higher education during 2011. While the video conferencing brought a number of benefits, its implementation was far from straightforward, raising many issues about whether it should endure, and if so, in what form. Using an insider research approach, this paper considers 'grounds-eye' perspectives from teachers involved with the video conferencing. The findings identify three key issues that affected the sustainability of the video conferencing: a lack of synergy between individual, pedagogical, and organisational levels; the adoption of 'safe' practices by teachers when faced with uncertain learning settings; and the endurance of the video conferencing in an altered form. The paper casts some doubt on the positioning of teachers as 'future makers', showing how teachers can retreat into established practices when technology creates uncertainty in an educational context.
Understanding novice programmers
Authors: Turville Kylie , Meredith Grant , Smith Philip
Published: September 2024

This paper presents the initial findings of an ongoing research program eliciting a basic understanding of students undertaking a first year programming course at the University of Ballarat, with a particular focus on their motivations and aspirations. This paper also provides a brief history of the course within its institutional setting including the different strategies that have been implemented over the last decade, an overview of the overarching study that is currently being undertaken, a discussion of some of the initial results, as well as a short discussion further research that is currently being undertaken. Results from the initial study indicate that students are positive coming into our courses but can become disillusioned as the course progresses. The research path forward will also be presented along with the discussion of these initial findings.
Responding to diversification
Authors: Quinn Diana , Wedding Bruce
Published: September 2024

Government reforms have resulted in an increasing number of pathways and options for a broader cohort of students to undertake university-level study. These diverse learners need support to develop successful study orchestrations, balancing available time for learning with competing interests, such as family, leisure and employment. The Time Budget is a useful tool for naïve students to perceive course workload, understand expectations and balance their commitments. The Time Budget, in a single page, captures what students need to do, and when, to be successful in their studies. Time Budgets have proved to be a sustainable good practice initiative for undergraduate students – a tool that has made the transition from supporting face-to-face learners, to blended and fully-online learners; and from being a feature of individual courses, to whole programs and multi-university collaborations.
The digital tutor
Authors: Panckhurst Rachel
Published: September 2024

Pilot studies using online social networks within a French University postgraduate course were conducted over a five-year period in order to explore and evaluate the relative advantages and challenges of such tools for tertiary education. Students were following a curriculum as part of a second-year predominantly off-campus Master's degree. In this paper, after having defined pedagogical eLearning exchange networks (eLENs), and how they can be implemented by using social learning objects, the latest case study analysis is focused on providing solutions for effective tutoring in the digital era.
Designing an online activity for collaborative language learning
Authors: Marrone Mauricio , Mantai Lilia , Kalyuga Marika
Published: September 2024

Engaging students when learning new vocabulary, building an environment that allows for collaboration and teamwork and providing approaches towards learning via problem solving is not an easy feat in teaching a second language. To have an activity that incorporates these three strategies in one for both face-to-face and geographically dispersed students can be challenging. This paper describes how an online activity in Moodle linked to the glossary module allows students to possibly learn vocabulary more efficiently, quicker and in a more engaging way.
Online learning in ACSEducation
Authors: Jones Asheley , Miller Charlynn
Published: September 2024

Following the theme of “Learning for the Future”, this paper investigates the use of a number of online tools that enhance learning within the Professional Year Program offered by ACSEducation. Supported by the literature on the use of these tools for learning and assessment, the use of online tools has provided engaging and relevant learning for students undertaking ACS programs. This paper explains the choice of tools and how they are applied to ensure the best outcome for the learners. Current research being undertaken to investigate the perceptions of students toward the use of these tools is discussed. Future research into the improvement in the use and efficacy of the tools into the future, and the methods planned for this research is also detailed along with relevant supporting literature.
Google Analytics as a tool in the development of e-learning artefacts
Authors: Ellis Damon
Published: September 2024

The design, development, and evaluation of e-learning artefacts requires extensive and potentially time-consuming evidence collection in order to verify that the artefact is fulfilling its educational goals. There is a need for inexpensive tools that can facilitate the quantitative portion of this evidence base. This paper explores the use of Google Analytics in this capacity. The needs analysis, design, testing, embedding, and evaluation of APA Interactive – an e-learning artefact targeting students at Massey University – serves as a case study, demonstrating how analytics data can inform all stages in the creation of web-based educational resources.
Evolution of a higher ed curriculum based ecosystem
Authors: Cheers Christopher James
Published: September 2024

In a Higher Education context learning is an individual experience within a learning community. Such a community no longer needs to be bound by temporal or spatial limitations. Drawing on concepts found in Complexity Science, Ecological Psychology and Distributed Cognition this paper argues that educational design needs to focus on supporting the dynamics and flow of interaction, the exchange of ideas and negotiation of meaning within a curriculum based ecosystem.
eLearning lecturer workload
Authors: Bright Stephen
Published: September 2024

Lecturers who move into the online learning environment often discover that the workload involved not only changes, but can be overwhelming as they cope with using digital technologies. Questions arise, given the dissatisfaction of lecturers with lowering morale and increasing workload, whether future expansion of this teaching component in tertiary institutions is sustainable. The challenge facing lecturers now, and in the future, is about learning workload management strategies which effectively manage the workload they encounter in the online learning environment. This paper describes a case study (which is a work-in-progress) examining the perceptions of online workload cf. face-to-face teaching of lecturers who are experienced in e- teaching. As well, it identifies strategies the lecturers have developed or adopted to manage this element of their workload.
 
Keywords: lecturer workload, workload strategies, workload management , e-teaching, elearning
Planning to teach with ICT
Authors: Bibi Shaista , Markauskaite Lina , Ashe David
Published: September 2024

In this study we explored the nature and types of knowledge that university teachers draw upon when they are making decisions related to the use of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) in their courses. The data were obtained using a 'think aloud' protocol. Shulman's (1987) and Mishra & Koehler's (2006) frameworks were used as an initial basis to classify teachers' knowledge. The mental resource perspective was adopted as a general lens to obtain an insight into the nature of teachers' knowledge. The results showed that teachers? decisions were based on different types of knowledge. When teachers planned to use ICT in their courses, they combined different knowledge types with context-specific experiences and projected situated actions. In this paper we illustrate three qualities of teachers' knowledge that underpinned core teachers' planning decisions: a) the linking role of pedagogical knowledge; b) relational nature of teachers' design thinking; and c) the experiential basis of teachers' anticipations.
Engaging higher education students via digital curation
Authors: Antonio Amy , Martin Neil , Stagg Adrian
Published: September 2024

The emergence and adoption of freely available digital curation tools has shown a public desire to locate, evaluate and organise web content into manageable, shareable collections. These tools occupy a unique niche, often overlapping with other web tools. This necessitates a clear definition of tools laying claim to this space and suggestion and direction for the use of digital curation to build student engagement. A definition is suggested, as well as a discussion on the emotional design principles and how they build sustained engagement with users.
Distance learners’ use of non-institutional social media to augment and enhance their learning experience
Authors: Andrews Trish , Tynan Belinda , Backstrom Kendra
Published: September 2024

This paper reports on initial data elicited from two related studies which draw on the learner voice in relation to experiences of distance learners in their use of social media in higher education contexts across four universities. Data from these studies suggest that the wide availability, accessibility and affordances of social media create alternative learning options for some distance learners. The studies reported here draw upon affordance theory and identify that some distant learners are actively and deliberately using popular, non-institutional social media tools to augment and extend their learning experiences. This brief paper discusses emerging findings and the possible implications of these findings for the sector.
Fostering teamwork for health care professionals in the online learning environment
Authors: Joyce-McCoach Joanne
Published: September 2024

The inclusion of group assignments as part of teaching and learning in the education of health professionals is an expectation of registration bodies and health care stakeholders. Effective teamwork skills are seen as essential for productive working relationships in multidisciplinary teams and contributing to better health outcomes for staff and health care consumers. The translation of traditional approaches to teaching health care professionals to the online learning environment requires course coordinators to re-examine the relevance, design and assessment of group work. This presentation showcases the development of online group assessments that applies these education principles to the development of an assessment initiative in a multidiscipline health curriculum. It is anticipated that this translation of group work in higher education to the online learning experience will enhance the learning outcomes and experience for health care professionals and better meet the needs and expectations of students and key stakeholders.
ASk for student teachers
Authors: Bassett Mark
Published: September 2024

ASk101 is an online academic literacy development site for early childhood teacher education students at New Zealand Tertiary College, a specialist early childhood teacher education provider. The site provides equitable access to information and support staff for all students, the vast majority of whom are online distance learners. The Poster demonstrates the personalised and interactive features of this site, which meets the challenge of sustainable online support for an ever increasingly diverse student population.
The European Miracle - Reflections on the Economic History of the Early Modern Period
Authors: Schultz Helga
Published: September 2024

In parallel with the great process of European integration, historians are working to create a European historical image. When they ask "Who are we? Where do we come from? Where are we going?", they bring to light the commonalities of history that can form the basis of a European identity.1 The boundaries of national histories that have been set up against each other since the last century must be overcome, as must the division of the continent into hostile blocs that dominated Europe's recent history.
The Haupttreuhandstelle Ost, the Treuhandstelle Posen and the expropriation of property during World War II
Authors: Dingell Jeanne
Published: September 2024

The Haupttreuhandstelle Ost (HTO), Treuhandstelle Posen (TO Posen) was an active "trustee" agency of the German Reich 1939-45. The Berlin headquarters of the HTO, its TO Posen and the other subordinate branch offices in the eingegliederten Gebieten (annexed Polish territories) were called into being through Göring's ministerial decree from the 19. October 1939. The HTO was subordinate to the Vierjahresplan (the four year plan) and was intended to be not only a colonisation instrument, but also a means to pillage the annexed territories for the Nazi war machine.
Statuiert Kants theoretische Philosophie eine radikale negative Theologie? Anmerkungen zu einer These aus der jüngeren Forschung im Lichte von Kants regulativem Deismus
Authors: Wyrwich Thomas
Published: September 2024

Markus Kohl, Ruben Schneider and (in substance) Marcus Willaschek have recently argued that Kant’s theoretical philosophy includes a radical negative theology. This article criticises this radical reading. On the one hand, it argues that different Kantian passages that seem to speak for the absolute incomprehensibility of the highest being can be interpreted as showing that Kant merely rejects comprehensibility according to the pattern of schematised cognition of the understanding (there is no concrete cognition of God). The paper goes on to show that Kant advocates a form of ‘regulative deism’ (although he also associates deism with a form of atheism) and that the analytical conclusions of deistic transcendental theology are no less substantial in principle than those of the Transcendental Aesthetic of the KrV. What Kohl’s, Schneider’s and Willaschek’s interpretations lose sight of is the fact that Kant continuously characterises the highest being conceived by reason in the KrV as a “faultless ideal.”
Bedingungen für gelingende berufliche Reha-Verläufe von Menschen mit psychischen Erkrankungen aus der Perspektive verschiedener Akteure
Authors: Reims Nancy , Tophoven Silke , Rauch Angela
Published: September 2024

Menschen mit psychischen Erkrankungen sind mit besonderen Herausforderungen bei der Integration und Reintegration in den Arbeitsmarkt konfrontiert. Leistungen zur Teilhabe am Arbeitsleben (LTA) sollen dabei unterstützen. Der vorliegende Beitrag blickt auf die Situation von Menschen mit psychischen Erkrankungen in LTA der Bundesagentur für Arbeit aus verschiedenen Perspektiven. Auf Grundlage von qualitativen Interviews mit Tätigen bei Leistungserbringern, in Agenturen für Arbeit und Jobcentern sowie von beruflichen Rehabilitand*innen mit psychischen Erkrankungen selbst werden Gelingensbedingungen für ihre berufliche Rehabilitation und Arbeitsmarktintegration auf verschiedenen Ebenen herausgearbeitet. Mehr Individualität und Flexibilität in der Maßnahmeerbringung, eine kontinuierliche Betreuung und der Faktor Zeit, z. B. durch einerseits zu lange Wartezeiten und andererseits zu wenig Zeit in der Klärungsphase (Diagnostik, Assessment), im Rehabilitationsprozess und für die Nachsorge, stellen sich dabei als zentral heraus.
Association between pembrolizumab-related thyroid adverse events and outcomes in early-stage triple-negative breast cancer patients
Authors: Villanova Marta , Tolaney Sara M , Min Le
Published: September 2024

Pembrolizumab-related thyroid dysfunction has been associated with better outcomes in metastatic cancer patients. This study aims to examine the outcomes (pathological complete response (pCR) and event-free survival (EFS)) in early-stage triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC) patients receiving preoperative therapy who developed pembrolizumab-related thyroid dysfunction. Patients were divided into four groups based on the occurrence or not of pembrolizumab-related thyroid dysfunction (group A and D, respectively) and, in case of pre-existing thyroid disorder, based on the need for levothyroxine start/adjustment or not (group B and C, respectively). pCR and EFS in groups A, B, and C were compared to the ones in group D. Sixty-four early-stage TNBC patients were included, and the median follow-up was 16.5 months (IQR 12.0–23.8). Multiple patterns of thyroid irAEs were observed (overt hypothyroidism in 56.3%, subclinical thyrotoxicosis in 28.1%, overt thyrotoxicosis and subclinical hypothyroidism in 21.9%, and 21.9% of patients). No statistical difference was found in pCR (chi-square test, P = 0.611) comparing groups A, B, and C to group D. The median EFS in groups A, B, and C and in group D were 16.5 (IQR 12.0–24.0) and 16.0 (IQR 12.0–22.3) months, respectively (log-rank test, P = 0.671). The percentage of patients obtaining pCR was 85.7% in patients developing pembrolizumab–related overt thyrotoxicosis and 42.1% in remaining patients (chi-square test, P = 0.036). The EFS was 16.0 months (IQR 12.0–25.0) in patients developing pembrolizumab–related overt thyrotoxicosis and 16.0 months (IQR 12.0–23.5) in the remaining patients (log-rank test, P = 0.494). In conclusion, multiple patterns of pembrolizumab-related thyroid dysfunction occur in early-stage TNBC. Patients developing pembrolizumab-related overt thyrotoxicosis are more likely to achieve pCR.
Caracterización de las funciones ejecutivas en personas con trastorno afectivo bipolar
Authors: Galindo-Salom Martha Madeleine , Ríos Cruz Sonia Gisela , Ortiz Eliana , Avendaño-Prieto Bertha Lucía
Published: September 2024

Neurocognitive deficits are part of both the etiology and consequences of bipolar affective disorder (BPD). The objective of this research was to characterize the executive functioning of a sample of 103 adults diagnosed with BAD in the euthymic phase. A descriptive and comparative cross-sectional study was carried out on the scores obtained in the BANFE-2 test. The description was made with the frequency distribution of neurocognitive performance by TAB diagnostic typologies and the comparison based on statistically significant differences (p < 0.05). Although the results obtained were heterogeneous, in some variables significant differences were found by diagnostic typologies; Of ten findings, in six, the type I group had better performance than the other groups in: planning processing speed, planning and visuospatial working memory, a situation that can be explained from the characteristics of this typology, which in euthymia can be faster and more functional if their condition is not more serious; Type II presented more precision in three planning variables, citing a better abstract attitude; Only in one variable of planning processing speed, the cyclothymic had a better score than type II. These findings are not conclusive, but they can be further explored as a possible indicator of the typologies at the level of their cognitive execution and to that extent adapt the interventions by bringing them closer to their clinical characteristics.
Estudios de psicología ambiental con muestras colombianas: una revisión bibliométrica y temática
Authors: Medina Arboleda Iván Felipe , Sierra Barón Willian
Published: September 2024

Los estudios de revisión de la psicología ambiental en Colombia se han centrado en documentar el campo a partir de los artículos publicados en revistas de psicología por autores que se autoidentifican con el área. Sin embargo, hay pocos estudios sobre los trabajos que se publican en otras áreas de conocimiento sobre este campo. Por esto, el trabajo revisa de manera panorámica —sin distinción de áreas— la producción científica en psicología ambiental con muestras colombianas. Se analizaron un total de 105 documentos recuperados de Scopus. En los resultados se reportan la caracterización bibliométrica y los cuadrantes temáticos por relevancia (nicho: gestión ambiental y planeación urbana; motor: cambio climático, investigación en servicios transformativos, educación ambiental y sostenibilidad; emergentes/declive: confort térmico, arquitectura; básicos: actitudes y comportamiento proambiental, percepción del riesgo). Se destaca el carácter interdisciplinar de las fuentes, los temas, la productividad e impacto de los agentes, diferentes a los reportados en otras revisiones. Por otra parte, hay una baja interacción de los autores y una concentración de las citas a trabajos con liderazgo internacional. Estos hallazgos amplían la perspectiva de la psicología ambiental del país, con investigadores de otras disciplinas que contribuyen a la teoría, métodos e intervención. Se discute que la estructura del campo profesional está motivada por una agenda externalista, interdisciplinar y orientada a la intervención; por lo cual, la consolidación y el registro de esta comunidad académica requiere una mayor apertura de las instituciones formales del campo a profesionales de otras áreas y un intercambio científico dinámico e interdisciplinar.
¿Modelo de reina Habsburgo? La (re)construcción de la imagen de Isabel de Borbón (1635-1644)
Authors: Franganillo Álvarez Alejandra
Published: September 2024

Isabel de Borbón falleció en 1644 mientras ejercía como gobernadora de los territorios castellanos durante la estancia del rey en el frente aragonés. La desaparición física de la primera consorte de Felipe IV se produjo en el momento más álgido de su popularidad: además de reconocerse su acertada acción política, en enero de 1643 el conde-duque de Olivares perdió el favor del monarca, acontecimiento que gran parte de la opinión pública atribuyó a la reina. Como resultado, las honras fúnebres publicadas con motivo de su muerte construyeron la imagen de Isabel de Borbón como la consorte perfecta que defendió los intereses de la corona mientras esta se enfrentaba a su reino de origen. En las páginas que siguen contrastaremos la proyección de esta imagen con la realidad a partir de la documentación conservada, así como la adecuación de esta figura a la proyectada por sus antecesoras pertenecientes a la Casa de Austria con el fin de demostrar si Isabel perpetuó dicho modelo o por el contrario configuró uno nuevo.
Incremento de la productividad de una empresa de confección de prendas de vestir mediante la aplicación de las 5S
Authors: González Vasquez Joe Alexis , Bocanegra Quiñones Ingrid Jasmín , Ruiz Díaz Ángel Aarom , Obando Mantilla Jerson Waldir , Tello de la Cruz Elmer , Javez Valladares Santos Santiago
Published: September 2024

El objetivo de este estudio es analizar cómo la aplicación de la metodología de las 5S impacta en el Departamento de Producción de una empresa dedicada a la fabricación de camisetas. Este enfoque se concentra en la implementación práctica y se basa en un diseño preexperimental. Se utilizaron hojas de verificación para evaluar los niveles de eficiencia, eficacia y productividad en la sección de manufactura. Uno de los resultados más relevantes fue un notable aumento en la productividad. Inicialmente, la productividad estaba en 1.3740 soles por cada sol invertido en recursos de producción, pero, tras implementar las 5S, esta cifra ascendió a 1.5303 soles por cada sol invertido en recursos de producción. Además, la eficiencia mejoró en un 14.8%, la eficacia en un 24.4% y la tasa de adopción de las 5S en la empresa aumentó del 43% al 87%, es decir, se experimentó una mejora del 44%.
Motivación y desempeño laboral del colaborador militar de una institución educativa pública militar en el Callao, 2022
Authors: Turin Ling Walter Andrés
Published: September 2024

This study examined the relationship between motivation and work performance among military personnel in a public military educational institution in Callao in 2022. The research was conducted on a population of 85 military service members, using a census sample for data collection. The study followed a quantitative, non-experimental, cross-sectional, and correlational approach. Data was collected via a questionnaire that used the Likert scale to determine frequency and importance. The results showed a significant and positive relationship (0.376) between motivation and job performance among military personnel in the public military educational institution in Callao in 2022.
Simultaneous determination of cinnarizine and domperidone in marketed tablets using a green HPTLC method
Authors: Alam Prawez , Shakeel Faiyaz
Published: September 2024

Currently, there are no reported green “high-performance thin-layer chromatography (HPTLC)” methods for domperidone (DOM) and cinnarizine (CNZ) simultaneous detection. The objective of the present study was to design and verify a reverse-phase HPTLC method for the concurrent analysis of CNZ and DOM in commercial tablets that is fast, sensitive, and greener. As a green mobile phase, acetone and water in an 80:20 (v/v) binary ratio were used to simultaneously determine CNZ and DOM. The stationary phase was reverse-phase silica gel 60F254S plates. Concurrent measurements of CNZ and DOM were performed at 230 nm. Four different tools were used to assess the greenness of the current method: AGREE, AES, ChlorTox, and NEMI. For both medications, the current approach was linear in the 25–1,000 ng/band range. The accuracy, precision, robustness, sensitivity, and environmental friendliness of the suggested technique for the CNZ and DOM simultaneous detection were verified. The new method's profile was noticeably greener, as seen by the results of every greenness tool, including NEMI, AES (89), ChlorTox (1.08 g), and AGREE (0.83). Utilizing the current approach, the amount of CNZ and DOM in pharmaceutical tablets was found to be 99.53 and 98.87%, respectively. These findings validate the suitability of the existing method for measuring CNZ and DOM simultaneously in commercial tablets. The results of the proposed study indicated that measuring CNZ and DOM in commercial products could be done consistently with the current methodology.
Spatio-temporal EEG dynamics during decision-making in online poker players with problem gambling
Authors: Giustiniani Julie , Nicolier Magali , Maylié Florine , Pazart Lionel , Haffen Emmanuel , Gabriel Damien
Published: September 2024

Background and aims

Gambling activity evolves along a continuum from recreational to Gambling Disorder (GD) and a particular challenge is to identify whether there are some neurophysiological particularities already present in gamblers at an early stage. Our main goal was to determine whether, in the gamblers' population, neural responses generated during uncertain decisions were different depending on problematic gambling risk defined by the Canadian Problem Gambling Index (CPGI). We tested the following hypothesis, that the Problem Gambling group would show a different brain activity related to outcomes processing than people with low risk.

Methods

For this purpose, we established a relatively homogeneous population of Online Poker Players divided into two groups according to the CPGI (Low Risk and Problem Gambling). By means of high-density EEG, we compared the spatio-temporal dynamics generated during the completion of the Iowa Gambling Task.

Results

One specific topographic map was observed between 150–175 ms after a negative outcome for both groups, whereas it was displayed in the win condition only for the Problem Gambling group. We found that the Global Field Power of this map was negatively correlated with participants' adherence to a strategy. Source localization identified Anterior Cingulate Cortex and Temporal regions as generators of this map.

Discussion and conclusions

Reward hypersensitivity EEG responses identified in the early outcome process could constitute a potential biomarker of problematic gambling.
Servidores técnico-administrativos em educação nos Institutos Federais um estudo da produção científica no Brasil nos últimos anos (2017-2022)
Authors: Santos de Holanda Vieira Virgínia , Maria de Lima  Andreza
Published: September 2024

Neste artigo, analisamos a produção científica da Pós-Graduação brasileira sobre os servidores Técnico-Administrativos em Educação (TAEs) nos Institutos Federais de Educação, Ciência e Tecnologia (IFs) no período de 2017 a 2022. O estudo, de abordagem qualitativa, de caráter exploratório e bibliográfico, do tipo Estado da Arte, teve como resultado o indicativo de que os servidores TAEs, mesmo preocupados com o desenvolvimento da sua carreira profissional, possuem relação direta ou indireta nas atividades de ensino. Por isso, esses servidores precisam entender os objetivos da Instituição em que estão inseridos, podendo, assim, contribuir de maneira mais eficaz na formação humana dos discentes. Destacamos a necessidade de estudos sobre o tema, principalmente sobre a relação direta entre o servidor TAE e sua importância no desenvolvimento do Ensino Médio Integrado.
Atividade integradora no curso Técnico Integrado em Alimentos
Authors: Faria Alexandre Geraldo Viana , Morais Lucas Matheus , De Barros Muryel Furtado
Published: September 2024

Este artigo relata uma ação pedagógica, desenvolvida e aplicada na Educação Profissional e Tecnológica. Utilizando de ação metodológica inovadora, visando auxiliar na formação de trabalhadores maiêuticos essa metodologia de ensino, denominada de Atividade Integradora (AI), considera as representações do trabalho, traz em sua concepção a interdisciplinaridade e a contextualização. Na ação, que foi desenvolvida e aplicada para curso técnico integrado em alimentos, foram utilizados princípios pedagógicos da Teoria da Objetivação. Os resultados indicam que os professores envolvidos na ação contribuíram mutuamente com a atividade, desconstruíram paradigmas da incompatibilidade de áreas do conhecimento, o que ficou evidenciado também entre os estudantes. A ação auxiliou na criticidade dos estudantes e na formação de uma concepção mais coletiva de aprendizagem.
Status i znaczenie Trójmorza w konstrukcji współczesnej globalnej architektury bezpieczeństwa
Authors:   Uniwersytet w Siedlcach, Jarnicki Damian
Published: September 2024

This article covers a cross-sectional and updating reflection on the phenomena taking place in the security sphere of the region, the so-called Three Seas. The research subject of the article is the Three Seas Initiative format as a potential subjective keystone of the security of Central and Eastern Europe, treated taking into account historical and current events, as one of the foundations of not only the European or Euro-Atlantic, but also the global security architecture. The priority research goal was to present and analyze the progress and integration and institutional perspectives of the Three Seas Region, and thus an attempt to search for the status arrangements of this format, by analyzing this geopolitical space in the light of, above all, the concept of regional security complexes (but also, among others, geopolitical wedges, the influence of superpowers of the global balance of power). The findings presented in these investigations signal both attempts to comprehensively bind the region with interdependence, attempts at far-reaching rapprochement and co-creation of soft security architecture – in the form of development-progressing infrastructure, as well as pragmatic and conservative behavior, resulting from both the geopolitical dynamics and current national calculations of the Three Seas countries.
Desafios e possibilidades da inteligência artificial generativa para a educação básica: um estudo com docentes do IFTM – Campus Paracatu
Authors: Franklin da Cruz Santos Mayke , Cezar da Silva Cleber
Published: September 2024

Essa pesquisa investiga como os docentes do ensino técnico integrado ao médio no Instituto Federal de Educação Ciência e Tecnologia do Triângulo Mineiro (IFTM) – Campus Paracatu percebem e avaliam o uso pedagógico de ferramentas baseadas em Inteligência Artificial (IA) generativa. Classificada como básica estratégica, a pesquisa empregou métodos mistos com o objetivo de descrever os desafios e possibilidades percebidos pelos docentes quanto ao uso pedagógico de ferramentas baseadas em IA generativa. Utilizou-se um questionário semiestruturado, sendo suas respostas organizadas em duas grandes categorias: possibilidades e desafios. Dentro dessas categorias, foram identificadas subcategorias que detalham os diferentes aspectos das percepções docentes. Os resultados indicaram que os docentes veem um grande potencial pedagógico nas ferramentas de IA generativa, especialmente em facilitar o acesso à informação, auxiliar na programação de computadores, na criação de conteúdo e na personalização do ensino. No entanto, também foram identificados desafios reais, como a possível perda de habilidades cognitivas dos estudantes, a necessidade de orientar o uso responsável das IAs, o risco de dependência tecnológica e a disseminação de desinformação. A pesquisa sugere que, é fundamental promover a formação continuada dos docentes para que eles e seus alunos possam usar essas tecnologias de forma crítica e aproveitar seus benefícios pedagógicos, minimizando os riscos do uso inadequado de uma tecnologia que já está presente no contexto educacional.
Analysis of health literacy demands in the Food Guide for the Brazilian Population
Authors: Peres Frederico , Brandão Ana Laura , Pereira Casemiro Juliana , Meneses Rodrigues Karla
Published: September 2024

The present study aims to identify the health literacy demands, organized based on their different domains, present in the second edition of the Dietary Guidelines for the Brazilian Population (2014). It is an exploratory-descriptive study, based on the application of a protocol, previously validated for the national context, for health literacy load analysis of the material, with subsequent content analysis of selected excerpts, organized in a matrix. The analysis of the results identified possible barriers to understanding and make meaning of the Guide recommendations, organized according to the fundamental, scientific, civic, and cultural domains of health literacy, which ranged from the use of non-colloquial language and jargon to the impossibility of following the recommendations present therein, due to the context of the social group. The results point to the need to bring the form and content of the material closer to the health literacy demands of its potential beneficiaries, facilitating access, understanding, evaluation and significance of its recommendations by health workers and groups of the population for whom it is intended.
O OUTSIDER NAS NEGOCIAÇÕES SOCIAIS NOS FLAGRANTES DE DROGAS: UM ESTUDO SOBRE DESIGUALDADES E DISPUTAS DE MERCADORIA POLÍTICA EM ABORDAGENS POLICIAIS NO RIO DE JANEIRO
Authors: Rangel Bittencourt Amanda
Published: September 2024

O presente trabalho pretende investigar as interações entre policiais e outsiders em flagrantes de drogas e as negociações de mercadoria política, sua evolução e mascaramentos, destacando como tais dinâmicas moldam as aplicações da lei e as percepções de justiça na cidade do Rio de Janeiro. Além da rotulação nos indivíduos vistos como Outsiders ser uma construção política, o trabalho também se aprofunda no conceito de “sujeição criminal”, que abrange tanto os processos de criminalização preventivo dos tipos sociais potencialmente criminosos, quanto os de subjetivação dos rótulos que lhe são atribuídos (Grillo, 2008, p. 146), isto é, fazendo que classificações subjetivas de quem é “bandido” e quem não é, nasçam. Moldando assim os conflitos urbanos e abordagens diferentes de acordo com os marcadores sociais de indivíduos e locais de flagrante, expondo as manifestações de violência urbana e sociabilidade violenta, inclusive no Sistema de Justiça com o alicerce da subjetividade da Lei de Drogas.
Exosomal circ_001860 Promotes Colorectal Cancer Progression through the miR-582-5p/ZEB1 Axis
Authors: Huang Weizhen , Li Jun , Zhou Siwei , Li Yi , Yuan Xia
Published: September 2024

Extensive research has recently been conducted to investigate the regulating impact of exosomal circular RNAs (circRNAs) in throughout the development of multiple malignancies. Nevertheless, there is still much to learn about the biological roles and underlying mechanisms of exosomal circRNAs in colorectal cancer (CRC). Exosomes (exo) were isolated from blood samples and CRC cells by differential centrifugation. In addition, the competitive endogenous RNA (ceRNA) mechanism of circ_001860 in CRC was determined through Starbase and dual-luciferase reporter gene experiments. Gain and loss of function experiments verified the regulatory effect of circ_001860/miR-582-5p/ZEB1 on the malignant phenotype of CRC cells. The therapeutic effect of circ_001860 on CRC xenograft tumor model was explored through mouse experiment. circ_001860 was significantly enriched in exo isolated from CRC blood samples and CRC cells. circ_001860 can be transported into CRC cells via exo. Through competitive binding to miR-582-5p, circ_001860 increased ZEB1, thereby facilitating tumor formation in vivo as well as stimulating CRC cell proliferation and metastasis in vitro. Through the miR-582-5p/ZEB1 axis, exosomal circ_001860 enhanced the advancement of CRC. This finding may offer non-invasive biomarkers for clinical screening and diagnosis of CRC patients.
HIGH-RESOLUTION VISUALIZATION MEASUREMENT OF VORTEX-SHEDDING AT HIGH FREQUENCIES USING SUB-NYQUIST-RATE PIV AND COMPRESSED SENSING
Authors: Kato Yuki
Published: September 2024

Oscillating flows appear in various applications, such as vortex shedding in vehicles, wings, and structures,
as well as pulsating flows in pipes. While time-resolved particle image velocimetry (PIV) is often employed for these measurements, high-speed cameras are required to capture high-frequency oscillations, which increases cost and reduces spatial resolution. This study employs a low-speed, high-resolution camera to achieve high-spatial-resolution visualization measurements. Compressed sensing was utilized to compensate for the lack of time resolution, thereby enabling the measurement of high-frequency velocity oscillations. Random sampling, essential for compressed sensing, was performed by randomizing the exposure times of two time-delayed cameras. Proper orthogonal decomposition was used to identify spatial modes, and correction of nonstationary amplitude modulation was performed
using attractors of the time functions of the two paired modes. The proposed method successfully reconstructed
the flow with a Reynolds number of 250 and a vortex shedding frequency of 73.5 Hz from 20 velocity field data points obtained at 30 Hz. The reconstruction error for the entire velocity field was 11%, effectively reproducing vortex shedding, advection, and diffusion behaviors. The newly developed correction method for amplitude modulation can be applied to other visualization and measurement
techniques using compressed sensing.
DARCY-FORCHHEIMER RADIATIVE FLOW OF A HYBRID NANOFLUID WITH VELOCITY MASS FLUX AND THERMAL STABILITY
Authors: Asghar Adnan , Hanafy Hassan , Fadhel Mustafa Abbas , Lund Liaquat Ali , Khan Sami Ullah , Tlili Iskander
Published: September 2024

This research aimed to predicts the stability of hybrid nanofluid subject to the contribution of the Darcy-Forchheimer flow. The thermal feature of the current model was exposed by encountering thermal radiative consequences. The combination of aluminum oxide and copper tiny materials were collectively decomposed with water liquid, which expressed the base material. The addition of thermal phenomenon occurred by using convective thermal constraints. Multiple numerical simulations supported with the shooting technique were performed. The dual solution was deduced for a governing problem for flow parameters. Additionally, a stability analysis was worked through for the given model. Upon enhancing the nanoparticles volume fraction, the boosted heat transfer phenomenon was observed. The Nusselt number reduced in dual branches due to nanoparticles volume fraction.
DEVELOPMENT OF A POWDER POLYMER PAINT COMPOSITION FOR CORROSION PROTECTION OF OIL AND GAS FACILITIES
Authors: Latypov Oleg R. , Yamshchikova Svetlana A. , Antonov Anton V. , Daminev Rustem R. , Latypova Dina R. , Turkin Ivan S. , Bondar Mikhail A. , Israfilov Eldar I.
Published: September 2024

The article discusses issues related to the development of new compositions of thermoplastic polymer coatings. To obtain a thermoplastic coating, polymer powder paint of two original compositions was used. The paint was applied to metal samples, which were tested. Such properties of coatings as water absorption, resistance to static action of chemical media, flexural strength of the coating, Shore hardness, adhesion and electrical resistance were studied. Based on the results of the experiments, it can be stated that the thermoplastic polyethylene coating of compositions 1 and 2 has high chemical resistance to corrosive environments, weather resistance, physical, mechanical and dielectric properties.
Epidemiology, prognostic factors, and survival analysis in small cell esophageal carcinoma: A population-based study with external validation
Authors: Zhu Jiahao , Xu Benjie , Li Yuanyuan , Pang Xiangyi , Ji Shengjun , Lian Jie , Lu Haibo
Published: September 2024

Small cell esophageal carcinoma (SCEC) is a poorly differentiated esophageal neuroendocrine neoplasm with a poor prognosis. This study aimed to explore the factors and treatment approaches influencing the prognosis of SCEC. In this retrospective study, we collected data from the 18 Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER) registries cohort between 2004 and 2019, as well as from a Chinese institutional registry covering the period from 2012 to 2022. We assessed the annual percentage change (APC) in incidence of SCEC. Kaplan-Meier and Cox regression analyses were conducted to evaluate survival outcomes. Additionally, nomograms were developed for overall survival (OS) and cancer-specific survival (CSS) in the SEER cohort for SCEC and validated in an independent Chinese cohort. This analysis included 299 SCEC patients from the SEER cohort and 66 cases from the Chinese cohort. During the period of 2004–2019, the incidence of SCEC reached a plateau, with an APC of -1.40 (95% confidence interval [CI]: -4.3 to 1.40, P > 0.05). Multivariable Cox regression analysis revealed that age, distant metastasis, and chemotherapy were independent factors for OS, while distant metastasis and chemotherapy were independent factors for CSS. The nomograms developed for OS and CSS in SCEC exhibited remarkable accuracy and reliable predictive capacity in estimating 1-year, 3-year, and 5-year OS and CSS. SCEC is a rare malignancy with aggressive behavior. Distant metastasis is significantly associated with worse OS and CSS in patients with SCEC. Currently, chemotherapy remains the primary treatment approach for SCEC.