bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025_split huggingface dataset:
Un estudio comparado: hacia la implantación de un modelo docente mixto
Authors: Pizarro Juanas María José , Ruiz Pardo Marcelo , Ramírez Sanjuán Paloma 
Published: September 2021

Se propone el estudio comparado de las herramientas y plataformas virtuales empleadas para dar respuesta a la necesidad de enseñanza on-line forzosa y no planificada durante el curso de primavera’20 de la asignatura de iniciación a proyectos. Se han realizado dos cuestionarios, uno orientado a alumnos y otro a profesores, con el objetivo de registrar y analizar la posibilidad de incorporar estas estrategias a cursos futuros. El paso de un sistema 100% presencial a un sistema 100% on-line sin solución de continuidad, ha permitido descubrir una serie de dinámicas e instrumentos muy potentes y su capacidad colaborativa en el aprendizaje, por lo que su incorporación a dinámicas docentes establecidas mediante un sistema de enseñanza bimodal generaría dinámicas docentes más flexibles y con mayor coordinación entre las partes afectadas. Una experiencia enriquecida que se vincula al aprendizaje abierto, ubicuo y flexible que hace uso de nuevos formatos de transmisión del conocimiento.
A comparative study of the tools and virtual platforms implemented to respond to the forced and unplanned need for e-learning during the spring semester'20 of the project initiation course is proposed. Two questionnaires have been carried out, one oriented to students and the other to teachers with the objective of recording and analyzing the possibility of incorporating these strategies into future courses.The move from a 100% classroom-based system to a 100% on-line system without continuity has enabled the discovery of a series of powerful dynamics and instruments and their collaborative capacity in learning, so their incorporation into regular teaching dynamics through a bimodal teaching system would generate more flexible teaching dynamics with greater coordination between the parties involved. An enriched experience that is connected to open, ubiquitous and flexible learning that makes use of new ways of transmitting knowledge.
Creatividad con método: evolución de los talleres de Urbanismo+Proyectos de segundo curso
Authors: Frediani Sarfati Arturo , Alcaina Pozo Lara , Rius Ruiz Maria , Rosell Gratacòs Joaquim 
Published: September 2021

Nuestras asignaturas de Urbanismo + Proyectos I y II, de segundo curso, han pretendido, con mayor o menor fortuna, introducir innovaciones docentes planteando nuevas preguntas, encontrando nuevas respuestas o esclareciendo las preguntas y respuestas actualmente expresadas en términos demasiado vagos o imprecisos. Nuestro objetivo ha sido aproximarnos al formato ideal de taller de Proyectos y Urbanismo que nos hubiera gustado cursar cuando fuimos estudiantes. La docencia en ambos cuatrimestres se basa en la creatividad con método. Informar detalladamente sin mezclar conceptos demasiado pronto, dar ejemplos claros de cada cosa, proponer tareas elementales y acotadas, plantear juegos en momentos importantes del proceso y, en todo momento, dosificar y ordenar el esfuerzo de los y las estudiantes. Aquí seleccionamos tanto los hallazgos que mejor nos definen como las fórmulas que hemos adoptado y adaptado de otros, profundizando en las siete etapas básicas del proceso —cápsulas, juego, análisis, tutoriales, programa, jury y síntesis— y esperando que, a su vez, puedan llegar a ser de utilidad más allá de nuestra escuela.
Our second year architectural and urban design studios I & II, aimed with greater or lesser success to test several educational innovations by asking new questions, by looking for new answers, or by elucidating queries and answers that are actually too vaguely or imprecisely expressed. Our goal was to get as close as possible to the ideal studio format that we would have liked to experience when we were degree students. Both semester’s design studios rely in creativity within a method. We strive to inform accurately by not mixing concepts too soon, to give clear examples of every single content, to pose elementary and well delimited tasks, to play games at a crucial time of the process and, above all, to dose and sort out the students’ efforts. We present hereby the findings that better define our studio as well as the formulae that we adopted and adapted from other practices, divided into seven basic steps —pills, game, analysis, tutorials, programme, jury, synthesis— in the hopes that, in turn, they may be useful beyond our school walls.
La escala líquida: del detalle al territorio como herramienta de aprendizaje
Authors: Sole Gras Josep Maria , Tiñena Ramos Arnau , Sardà Ferran Jordi 
Published: September 2021

La representación bidimensional, precisa y rigurosa de una realidad física concreta pasa por establecer, como acto fundacional, una escala sobre la que estructurar el sistema de referencias espaciales de un mapa o plano. En áreas disciplinares como la arquitectura o el urbanismo, el uso cotidiano de esta herramienta exige un dominio de sus cualidades que, tradicionalmente, parecía consolidado alrededor de unas escalas consensuadas como óptimas para la representación del detalle constructivo, el objeto arquitectónico, la figura de la ciudad o el vasto territorio. No obstante, la aparición de las nuevas tencologías de dibujo asistido y, sobre todo, la creciente consulta documental a través de la pantalla han supuesto una evidente disrupción en los métodos de aprendizaje y, para ello, esta investigación explora, desde las aulas y durante un periodo continuado de quince años, los potenciales cognitivos y didácticos asociados a la escala como herramienta de representación, comparación y aprendizaje.
The two-dimensional, precise and rigorous representation of a concrete physical reality goes through establishing, as a founding act, a scale on which to structure the system of spatial references of a map or a plan. In disciplinary areas such as architecture or urban planning, the daily use of this tool requires a mastery of its qualities that, traditionally, seemed consolidated around agreed scales as optimal for the representation of the constructive detail, the architectural object, the figure of the city or the vast territory. However, the appearance of new assisted drawing technologies and, above all, the growing documentary consultation through the screen have led to an obvious disruption in learning methods. Thus, this research explores, from the classroom and during a continuous period of fifteen years, the cognitive and didactic potentials associated with the scale as a tool for representation, comparison and learning.
Genetic variations analysis for complex brain disease diagnosis using machine learning techniques: opportunities and hurdles
Authors: Ahmed Hala , Alarabi Louai , El-Sappagh Shaker , Soliman Hassan , Elmogy Mohammed 
Published: September 2021

Background and ObjectivesThis paper presents an in-depth review of the state-of-the-art genetic variations analysis to discover complex genes associated with the brain’s genetic disorders. We first introduce the genetic analysis of complex brain diseases, genetic variation, and DNA microarrays. Then, the review focuses on available machine learning methods used for complex brain disease classification. Therein, we discuss the various datasets, preprocessing, feature selection and extraction, and classification strategies. In particular, we concentrate on studying single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNP) that support the highest resolution for genomic fingerprinting for tracking disease genes. Subsequently, the study provides an overview of the applications for some specific diseases, including autism spectrum disorder, brain cancer, and Alzheimer’s disease (AD). The study argues that despite the significant recent developments in the analysis and treatment of genetic disorders, there are considerable challenges to elucidate causative mutations, especially from the viewpoint of implementing genetic analysis in clinical practice. The review finally provides a critical discussion on the applicability of genetic variations analysis for complex brain disease identification highlighting the future challenges.MethodsWe used a methodology for literature surveys to obtain data from academic databases. Criteria were defined for inclusion and exclusion. The selection of articles was followed by three stages. In addition, the principal methods for machine learning to classify the disease were presented in each stage in more detail.ResultsIt was revealed that machine learning based on SNP was widely utilized to solve problems of genetic variation for complex diseases related to genes.ConclusionsDespite significant developments in genetic diseases in the past two decades of the diagnosis and treatment, there is still a large percentage in which the causative mutation cannot be determined, and a final genetic diagnosis remains elusive. So, we need to detect the variations of the genes related to brain disorders in the early disease stages.
Encounters Across Time
Authors: Binney Judith 
Published: September 2021

'Story telling is an art deep within human nature.' A timely collection of writings on history, from one of Aotearoa New Zealand's most distinguished scholars. These essays bring forth important questions for New Zealand history about autonomy, restoration and power that continue to reverberate today. They also serve as a pathway into the rigorous and imaginative scholarship that characterised Judith Binney's acclaimed historical writing.
Looking back at the lawsuit that transformed the chiropractic profession part 2:Rise of the American Medical Association
Authors: Johnson Claire D. , Green Bart N. 
Published: September 2021

ObjectiveThis paper is the second in a series that explores the historical events surrounding the Wilk v American Medical Association (AMA) lawsuit in which the plaintiffs argued that the AMA, the American Hospital Association, and other medical specialty societies violated anti-trust law by restraining chiropractors' business practices. The purpose of this paper is to provide a brief review of the history of how the AMA rose to dominate health care in the United States, and within this social context, how the chiropractic profession fought to survive in the first half of the 20th century.MethodsThis historical research study used a phenomenological approach to qualitative inquiry into the conflict between regular medicine and chiropractic and the events before, during, and after a legal dispute at the time of modernization of the chiropractic profession. Our methods included obtaining primary and secondary data sources. The final narrative recount was developed into 8 papers following a successive timeline. This paper is the second of the series that explores the growth of medicine and the chiropractic profession.ResultsThe AMA's code of ethics established in 1847 continued to direct organized medicine's actions to exclude other health professions. During the early 1900s, the AMA established itself as “regular medicine.” They labeled other types of medicine and health care professions, such as chiropractic, as “irregulars” claiming that they were cultists and quacks. In addition to the rise in power of the AMA, a report written by Abraham Flexner helped to solidify the AMA's control over health care. Chiropractic as a profession was emerging and developing in practice, education, and science. The few resources available to chiropractors were used to defend their profession against attacks from organized medicine and to secure legislation to legalize the practice of chiropractic. After years of struggle, the last state in the US legalized chiropractic 79 years after the birth of the profession.ConclusionIn the first part of the 20th century, the AMA was amassing power as chiropractic was just emerging as a profession. Events such as publication of Flexner's report and development of the medical basic science laws helped to entrench the AMA's monopoly on health care. The health care environment shaped how chiropractic grew as a profession. Chiropractic practice, education, and science were challenged by trying to develop outside of the medical establishment. These events added to the tensions between the professions that ultimately resulted in the Wilk v AMA lawsuit.
Looking back at the lawsuit that transformed the chiropractic profession part 8:Judgment impact
Authors: Johnson Claire D. , Green Bart N. 
Published: September 2021

ObjectiveThis paper is the eighth in a series that explores the historical events surrounding the Wilk v American Medical Association (AMA) lawsuit in which the plaintiffs argued that the AMA, the American Hospital Association, and other medical specialty societies violated antitrust law by restraining chiropractors' business practices. The purpose of this paper is to discuss the possible impact that the final decision in favor of the plaintiffs may have had on the chiropractic profession.MethodsThis historical research study used a phenomenological approach to qualitative inquiry into the conflict between regular medicine and chiropractic and the events before, during, and after a legal dispute at the time of modernization of the chiropractic profession. Our methods included obtaining primary and secondary data sources. The final narrative recount was developed into 8 papers following a successive timeline. This paper is the eighth of the series that discusses how the trial decision may have influenced the chiropractic that we know today in the United States.ResultsChiropractic practice, education, and research have changed since before the lawsuit was filed. There are several areas in which we propose that the trial decision may have had an impact on the chiropractic profession.ConclusionThe lawsuit removed the barriers that were implemented by organized medicine against the chiropractic profession. The quality of chiropractic practice, education, and research continues to improve and the profession continues to meet its most fundamental mission: to improve the lives of patients. Chiropractors practicing in the United States today are allowed to collaborate freely with other health professionals. Today, patients have the option to access chiropractic care because of the dedicated efforts of many people to reduce the previous barriers. It is up to the present-day members of the medical and chiropractic professions to look back and to remember what happened. By recalling the events surrounding the lawsuit, we may have a better understanding about our professions today. This information may help to facilitate interactions between medicine and chiropractic and to develop more respectful partnerships focused on creating a better future for the health of the public. The future of the chiropractic profession rests in the heads, hearts, and hands of its current members to do what is right.
Estimation of Genetic Parameters and Character Association in Indian Mustard (Brassica juncea L.)
Authors: Kumar H. , Kumar A. , Gupta S. , Gupta V. , Singh Amit Kumar 
Published: September 2021

An experiment was undertaken to examine the yield potential and genetic parameters of Indian mustard through yield and yield contributing traits in the Bundelkhand region of Uttar Pradesh. Twenty-five mustard genotypes were assessed for nine agro-morphological traits during Rabi 2018-19. Phenotypic data were subjected to analysis of variance, pairwise mean comparison, genetic parameter studies, and association analysis using R-Packages 1.5, STAR 2.0.1, and SPAR 2.0 Package. The evaluated germplasm had ample genetic variability for studied traits and trait-specific genotypes have been identified. The trait seed yield showed higher heritability coupled with higher genetic advance as percent of the mean (99% and 70.41) followed by the number of SB (98% and 65.57) and TSW (100% and 62.50) are more authentic for selecting the leading genotype. The association studies revealed a significant and positive correlation of seed yield with the number of siliquae per plant (0.346), siliquae length (0.333), and 1000 seed-weight (0.237) at both genotypic and phenotypic levels. The lines Maya, RH 119, IC 571649, Durgamini, and IC 447111 showed better performance and produced higher seed yields in the Bundelkhand region. These identified genotypes having desirable trait combinations may be utilized for creating variability to develop location-specific cultivars.
Assessment of Gypsum as a Soil Ameliorant on Salt-affected Soils in the Ho-Keta Plain of the Volta Region, Ghana
Authors: Sackey L. , Osei E. , Bennoah E. O. , Tettey A. 
Published: September 2021

Aims: To assess the effectiveness of Gypsum as a chemical ameliorant on three selected salt-affected soils of the Ho-Keta plain, in the Volta region of Ghana.
Study Design: Complete Randomized Design.
Place and Duration of Study: Soil Research Institute, Kwadaso, Kumasi between June 2014 and July 2019.
Methodology: Soil sampling was taken in two forms. The initial sampling was taken at a depth of 0-30 cm from Anyako, Anyenui and Atiehife for the soil physical and chemical analysis. Samples were further taken from profiles, composited and sub-sampled for the leaching experiment. Approximately 2.6 kg of the soil samples from the different sites were taken, mixed thoroughly with different rates 0%, 25%, 50%, 75% and 100% of Gypsum, (CaSO4.2H2O) and filled into fifteen perforated polyvinyl plastic pots and replicated four times. The pots were saturated with water, incubated for 24 h and leached intermittently with 120 mL distilled water for a period of four weeks.
Results: Significant displacement of Na+ by Ca2+ and subsequently leached became evident in the reduced values recorded for pH, EC and SAR. The applied gypsum reduced pH within a range of 4.0 to 4.2 compared to the original soil with no significant differences among the treatments at p = 0.05. Though a similar trend was observed for EC, significant difference at p = 0.05 was observed at gypsum level above 50%. Sodium adsorption ratio recorded a marked difference as gypsum level was varied with significant difference at p = 0.05 compare to the control.
Conclusion: The study revealed that gypsum rates at 75% and 100% Gypsum requirement were effective in improving the chemical properties of the soils with significant reductions in salinity, sodicity and pH. Atiehife soil performed better compared to Anyenui and Anyako soils.
Evaluation of OSPE in Medical Laboratory Sciences Department: Post- Examinations Quality Metrics
Authors: Alsagheer Amira Salem , Waggas Dania , Hassanien Mohamed 
Published: September 2021

Introduction: Assessment plays a major role in improving the learning and teaching process. The practical examination has a key role in the assessment of students' competences. In conventional method, the judgment of students' performances is mainly subjective because the same performance of students is graded differently by different examiners. Successful implementation of OSPE deals with this major deficit of the conventional methods
Assessing the assessment is very important because the implementation of OSPEs are very complex and resource intensive, as it needs large numbers of examiners, candidates and physical resources and equipment as well as time.
Assurance of sufficient quality of OSPEs by a range of metrics that gives us critical view about the assessment process as a whole, rather than focusing on candidate outcomes only.
Objectives of the study: The objectives of this study were

To evaluate OSPEs conducted by Medical laboratory sciences department in Fakeeh College for Medical Sciences(FCMS) with regards to their quality metrics as an assessment tool.

Results: A cross-sectional analytic study was conducted in Medical Laboratory Sciences Department Practical Examinations at FCMS
Before OSPE conduction, the different stations were revised for criteria of content coverage, skills assessed, clarity of language, dominant domain assessed, and time allocated for each station. Post examinations quality metrics results showed that the reliability of the different examination in Medical Laboratory Sciences department ranged from 0.75 to 0.93 that mean good to excellent reliability. One OSPE showed that one or two stations didn't contribute to the overall all reliability of the whole exam. All OSPEs showed that there are good positive correlation between the theoretical and practical part of the course, and this come with the concurrent evidence of validity.
Effect of Warm Epsom Salt Pack over Knee Osteoarthritis-A Randomized Controlled Trial
Authors: Rajasekharan Ranjini , Dinesh Sujatha , Shetty Prashanth 
Published: September 2021

Aims: Osteoarthritis, the most common form of arthritis which commonly affects weight-bearing joints like the knee, hip, spine, and joints. Since the effectiveness of conventional medicine on severe types of osteoarthritis is surgical intervention, the patients are seeking alternative medicine. A warm Epsom salt pack is used commonly for pains over joints. Hence this study is undertaken.
Study Design: Randomized Controlled Trial.
Place and Duration of Study: Department of Naturopathy, SDM College of Naturopathy and Yogic Sciences, between November 2019 and January2020.
Methodology: From the inpatient department of Shri Dharmasthala Yoga and Nature cure Hospital Shanthivana, hundred subjects diagnosed with osteoarthritis belonging to the age groupof35to75yearswererecruitedandwererandomlyallocated to case (Warm Epsom salt pack) and control group. Subjects were assessed for Goniometry, Visual analog scale (VAS), Shortform-12(SF-12), Western Ontario and McMaster Osteoarthritis Index Scale (WOMAC) before and after the intervention of 20 minutes.
Results: The study was done to evaluate the effect of Warm Epsom salt on Knee Osteoarthritis. There were 100 subjects in the sample. Shapiro-Wilk’s test/Quantile-Quantile (QQ) plot was used to check the normality of variables. In study group there was a significant decrease in Goniometry (p=<0.0001), SF 12 (p=<0.0001), WOMAC (P=<0.0001). In the control group, other than VAS there were no significant changes in other variables (Goniometry, WOMAC, SF-12).
Conclusion: Our study indicates that a warm Epsom salt pack may reduce pain, stiffness, range of motion, and improves the quality of life. The study revealed that Warm Epsom salt reduced Range of motion from 172.94 to 134.5, WOMAC from 65.94 to 26.38, and Quality of life from 33.98 to 31.22. Results reveal with significant improvement (p<0.001) in pain, swelling, and quality of life.