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Two-stage quality monitoring of a laser welding process using machine learning
Authors: Dold Patricia M. , Bleier Fabian , Boley Meiko , Mikut Ralf 
Published: October 2023

AbstractIn production, quality monitoring is essential to detect defective elements. State-of-the-art approaches are single-sensor systems (SSS) and multi-sensor systems (MSS). Yet, these approaches might not be suitable: Nowadays, one component may comprise several hundred meters of the weld seam, necessitating high-speed welding to produce enough components. To detect as many defects as possible in time, fast yet precise monitoring is required. However, information captured by SSS might not be sufficient and MSS suffer from long inference times. Therefore, we present a confidence-based cascaded system (CS). The key idea of the CS is that not all data are analyzed to obtain the quality weld, but only selected ones. As evidenced by our results, all CS outperform SSS in terms of accuracy and inference time. Further, compared to MSS, the CS has hardware advantages.
International collaborative tasks in language courses for engineers integrated in a multidimensional teaching format
Authors: Kirchmeyer Nathalie , Knauff Kristina 
Published: October 2023

Abstract
The field of language learning has undergone considerable changes with the emergence of new technologies. This digitalization process has led us to reconsider the format of our language courses and has subsequently had an impact on course design, the teacher’s role as well as the student’s role. Language courses at the Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm (KTH) aim to prepare students for their future professional lives and have a strong focus on language for specific purposes (LSP). Our experience has shown that a blended learning course design as well as student-owned learning are especially well suited for these language courses. In this report, we wish to present a multi-dimensional course-design which provides several pedagogical added values by combining three dimensions of teaching and learning; online/face-to-face, synchronous/asynchronous and teacher-led/student-owned. We will illustrate the combination of the three dimensions by presenting how we have integrated international collaborative activities in French and German courses for engineers. Collaborative online international learning projects (COIL) are well suited for our teaching model as they combine online meetings with asynchronous work and are typically a student-owned activity. As a virtual mobility experience, this activity assists students in creating a global engineer profile by emphasizing collaboration and developing intercultural and multilingual competence.
« Being plurilingual is a gift we make to ourselves. » : amener les étudiants à valoriser et développer leurs compétences plurilingues et pluriculturelles
Authors: Sedláčková Kateřina 
Published: October 2023

Résumé
L’article présente le concept du cours « International communication and interaction: Play with languages! » réalisé dans le cadre du projet Erasmus + BIP (Blended Intensive Programme) orchestré par l’Université Masaryk auquel ont participé, virtuellement ainsi qu’en présentiel, des étudiants de quatre universités (OTH Regensburg, Université libre de Bruxelles, CY Cergy Université Paris et Université Masaryk). L’objectif du cours est d’amener les étudiants à se familiariser avec les stratégies plurilingues et à développer leur répertoire linguistique en communauté plurilingue et pluriculturelle. Le cours visant six langues (français, allemand, italien, espagnol, portugais, tchèque) dépasse les schémas classiques d’intercompréhension orientés à des langues apparentées. Les activités portent sur la complémentarité des langues dans l’apprentissage et encouragent le développement de la conscience métalinguistique. Ainsi, la notion de répertoire linguistique devient le pivot du cours. L’analyse des dispositifs pédagogiques et didactiques est réalisée à partir des productions langagières des participants et de leurs écrits autoréflexifs.
“Mur de paroles” – ou tentative de promotion de l’expression orale en langue française
Authors: Guerra Joaquim 
Published: October 2023

Résumé
Cette recherche explore l’utilité des technologies mobiles en classe de langue, en se concentrant sur le système de feedback permis par l’application Padlet (ARS) utilisée dans la discipline de Langue et Culture Française VI des cursus en langues. En nous appuyant sur un modèle de recherche-action, nous avons visé à améliorer les compétences orales des étudiants après avoir constaté que les différents confinements pendant la crise sanitaire du covid-19, l’absentéisme et le manque d’investissement à l’oral ont donné lieu à une plus faible performance dans cette compétence. Les étudiants étaient appelés à télécharger sur Padlet un minimum de trois fiches de lecture, trois critiques de films et les activités collaboratives ou individuelles réalisées en classe. Leur point commun réside dans l’utilisation unique de la compétence orale. Ainsi, les élèves devaient poster des vidéos ou des podcasts et commenter les publications de leurs pairs en essayant de mettre en évidence leurs difficultés dans le cadre de leur pratique orale et de problèmes de contenus. Les données ont été recueillies à travers un questionnaire comportant des questions fermées et ouvertes. Les réponses démontrent que les étudiants ont une attitude positive sur l’utilisation de technologies numériques en classe et que cette expérience a eu un résultat positif sur leur compétence orale. Les étudiants ont aussi précisé que le feedback a engendré une meilleure conscience de leurs difficultés.
Predictors of English Medium Instruction academic success in Vietnamese Higher Education
Authors: Van Vu Duy 
Published: October 2023

Abstract
Recent research has investigated predictors of English Medium Instruction (EMI) academic success in Higher Education in various contexts; however, mixed findings have been reported, and empirical research in emerging contexts like Vietnam is relatively scarce. In addition, little is known about the associations between tertiary EMI outcome, gender, and high school performance. To fill these research gaps, the present study was conducted to explore the roles of gender, high school grades, English language proficiency and vocabulary knowledge (both receptive and productive knowledge) in Vietnamese tertiary EMI academic achievement. To this end, 78 Vietnamese undergraduates majoring in business studies participated in the study. The participants took the Vocabulary Levels Test (Schmitt et al. 2001) and Productive Vocabulary Levels Test (Laufer and Nation 1999) to measure their receptive and productive vocabulary knowledge. Their English language proficiency test scores, EMI course grades, and high school grade point average (GPA) were also collected for data analysis. Simple linear regression analyses revealed that high school GPA, English language proficiency together with both receptive and productive vocabulary knowledge significantly predicted EMI academic outcome while gender did not. The results are discussed with implications for EMI in Higher Education.
Digital multimodal PechaKucha presentations in ESP: insights from students’ learning experiences
Authors: Beltrán-Palanques Vicent 
Published: October 2023

Abstract
Advances in digital and audiovisual communication have contributed to the remediation and emergence of genres (Luzón and Pérez-Llantada 2022, giving rise to new discourse practices. Against this backdrop, it becomes important to review ESP pedagogy to better prepare students to communicate effectively in professional settings. For this purpose, ESP teachers should move beyond traditional literacy to embrace multimodality and develop students’ multimodal literacy. This study presents a multimodal genre-based approach to teaching PechaKucha (PK) presentations (Querol-Julián and Beltrán-Palanques 2021) and reports on students’ learning experiences. This pedagogical approach allowed students to explore the genre of PK presentations and reflect on how to construct their own version. The recipients of this approach were 127 ESP students, of which 44 voluntarily completed a survey purposely designed to explore their learning experiences regarding the preparation and performance of a digital PK presentation. Findings suggest that students made a great effort to effectively construct a digitalised PK mainly because of the format requirements. The students were faced with the challenge of making decisions about what and how to represent ideational, textual, and interpersonal meanings through a PK. Finally, this study suggests that students seemed to have become aware of the complexity of expressing meanings through the multimodal genre of PK presentations.
Second generation of soluble transferrin receptor assay – consequences for the interpretation of the ‘Thomas plot’
Authors: Mirtschink Peter , Neumeister Volker , Menschikowski Mario , Suliman Rayan , Wolf Gunter , Kade Jana , Tiebel Oliver , Poitz David M. 
Published: October 2023

Abstract

Objectives
The ‘Thomas plot’ is a very helpful diagnostic tool for evaluation, monitoring and therapy of the iron status and on the hemoglobinization of the reticulocytes of patients. In 2021 Roche Diagnostics launched a second generation assay for determination of the soluble transferrin receptor (sTfR). Here we compare the old and the new assay for sTfR and analyze the consequences for the ‘Thomas plot’.

Methods
Measurement of sTfR, ferritin and CRP were done using a Cobas8000 system. Hemoglobin content of reticulocytes (Ret-He) was determined using a Sysmex XN9000 system.

Results
The second generation of sTfR assay showed consistently lower sTfR values compared to the first generation, which would result in a left shift of the ‘Thomas plot’ and may lead to false diagnosis of patients using the original cut-offs. Fifteen thousand five hundred ninty two data sets for ‘Thomas plot’ from 2016 to 2021 were retrospectively analyzed to estimate how many patients in our hospital would be affected. In result around 5 % of all ‘Thomas plots’ would be affected by the lower sTfR values of the second generation assays.

Conclusions
Due to the lower sTfR values measured with the second generation assay new cut-offs for the Ferritin-Index (sTfR/lg Ferritin) should be used in order to correctly diagnose the iron status of patients.
Damage constitutive model of jointed rock mass considering structural features and load effect
Authors: Sun Bing , Yang Peng , Luo Yu , Deng Bo , Zeng Sheng 
Published: October 2023

Abstract
Rock masses in underground engineering are usually damaged, which are caused by rock genesis and environmental stress. Studying the constitutive relationship between rock strength and deformation under loading is crucial for the design and evaluation of such scenarios. The new damage constitutive model considering the dynamic change of joint damage was developed to describe the behavior of rocks under loading in this work. First, considering the influence of jointed rock mass structural features in their entirety, the Drucker–Prager criterion and the Hoek–Brown criterion were combined. Second, based on the idea of macro–micro coupling, the calculation formulae of damage variables were derived. Finally, the damage constitutive model of the jointed rock mass was established, and the proposed model was fitted and compared with the test data. Results show that the variation rules for damage value and peak strength are opposite, and the stress–strain is highly sensitive to changes in the parameter s of the model. Moreover, the proposed model can accurately describe the effect of joint deterioration on the entire process of rock mass compression failure, which shows that the damage constitutive models are useful for evaluating the strength characteristics of jointed rock mass in engineering practice.
Intracortical brain-computer interfaces for improved motor function: a systematic review
Authors: Holt Matthew W. , Robinson Eric C. , Shlobin Nathan A. , Hanson Jacob T. , Bozkurt Ismail 
Published: October 2023

Abstract
In this systematic review, we address the status of intracortical brain-computer interfaces (iBCIs) applied to the motor cortex to improve function in patients with impaired motor ability. This study followed the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) 2020 Guidelines for Systematic Reviews. Risk Of Bias In Non-randomized Studies – of Interventions (ROBINS-I) and the Effective Public Health Practice Project (EPHPP) were used to assess bias and quality. Advances in iBCIs in the last two decades demonstrated the use of iBCI to activate limbs for functional tasks, achieve neural typing for communication, and other applications. However, the inconsistency of performance metrics employed by these studies suggests the need for standardization. Each study was a pilot clinical trial consisting of 1–4, majority male (64.28 %) participants, with most trials featuring participants treated for more than 12 months (55.55 %). The systems treated patients with various conditions: amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, stroke, spinocerebellar degeneration without cerebellar involvement, and spinal cord injury. All participants presented with tetraplegia at implantation and were implanted with microelectrode arrays via pneumatic insertion, with nearly all electrode locations solely at the precentral gyrus of the motor cortex (88.88 %). The development of iBCI devices using neural signals from the motor cortex to improve motor-impaired patients has enhanced the ability of these systems to return ability to their users. However, many milestones remain before these devices can prove their feasibility for recovery. This review summarizes the achievements and shortfalls of these systems and their respective trials.
Distinct Neural Components of Visually Guided Grasping during Planning and Execution
Authors: Klein Lina K. , Maiello Guido , Stubbs Kevin , Proklova Daria , Chen Juan , Paulun Vivian C. , Culham Jody C. , Fleming Roland W. 
Published: October 2023

Selecting suitable grasps on three-dimensional objects is a challenging visuomotor computation, which involves combining information about an object (e.g., its shape, size, and mass) with information about the actor's body (e.g., the optimal grasp aperture and hand posture for comfortable manipulation). Here, we used functional magnetic resonance imaging to investigate brain networks associated with these distinct aspects during grasp planning and execution. Human participants of either sex viewed and then executed preselected grasps on L-shaped objects made of wood and/or brass. By leveraging a computational approach that accurately predicts human grasp locations, we selected grasp points that disentangled the role of multiple grasp-relevant factors, that is, grasp axis, grasp size, and object mass. Representational Similarity Analysis revealed that grasp axis was encoded along dorsal-stream regions during grasp planning. Grasp size was first encoded in ventral stream areas during grasp planning then in premotor regions during grasp execution. Object mass was encoded in ventral stream and (pre)motor regions only during grasp execution. Premotor regions further encoded visual predictions of grasp comfort, whereas the ventral stream encoded grasp comfort during execution, suggesting its involvement in haptic evaluation. These shifts in neural representations thus capture the sensorimotor transformations that allow humans to grasp objects.SIGNIFICANCE STATEMENTGrasping requires integrating object properties with constraints on hand and arm postures. Using a computational approach that accurately predicts human grasp locations by combining such constraints, we selected grasps on objects that disentangled the relative contributions of object mass, grasp size, and grasp axis during grasp planning and execution in a neuroimaging study. Our findings reveal a greater role of dorsal-stream visuomotor areas during grasp planning, and, surprisingly, increasing ventral stream engagement during execution. We propose that during planning, visuomotor representations initially encode grasp axis and size. Perceptual representations of object material properties become more relevant instead as the hand approaches the object and motor programs are refined with estimates of the grip forces required to successfully lift the object.
Management of Discharge Instructions for Children With Medical Complexity: A Systematic Review
Authors: Glick Alexander F. , Farkas Jonathan S. , Magro Juliana , Shah Aashish V. , Taye Mahdi , Zavodovsky Volmir , Rodriguez Rachel Hughes , Modi Avani C. , Dreyer Benard P. , Famiglietti Hannah , Yin H. Shonna 
Published: October 2023

CONTEXTChildren with medical complexity (CMC) are at risk for adverse outcomes after discharge. Difficulties with comprehension of and adherence to discharge instructions contribute to these errors. Comprehensive reviews of patient-, caregiver-, provider-, and system-level characteristics and interventions associated with discharge instruction comprehension and adherence for CMC are lacking.OBJECTIVETo systematically review the literature related to factors associated with comprehension of and adherence to discharge instructions for CMC.DATA SOURCESPubMed/Medline, Embase, Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials, PsycInfo, Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature, Web of Science (database initiation until March 2023), and OAIster (gray literature) were searched.STUDY SELECTIONOriginal studies examining caregiver comprehension of and adherence to discharge instructions for CMC (Patient Medical Complexity Algorithm) were evaluated.DATA EXTRACTIONTwo authors independently screened titles/abstracts and reviewed full-text articles. Two authors extracted data related to study characteristics, methodology, subjects, and results.RESULTSFifty-one studies were included. More than half were qualitative or mixed methods studies. Few interventional studies examined objective outcomes. More than half of studies examined instructions for equipment (eg, tracheostomies). Common issues related to access, care coordination, and stress/anxiety. Facilitators included accounting for family context and using health literacy-informed strategies.LIMITATIONSNo randomized trials met inclusion criteria. Several groups (eg, oncologic diagnoses, NICU patients) were not examined in this review.CONCLUSIONSMultiple factors affect comprehension of and adherence to discharge instructions for CMC. Several areas (eg, appointments, feeding tubes) were understudied. Future work should focus on design of interventions to optimize transitions.
Can online banking replace personal banking? A survey of Hungarian banking habits
Authors: El-Meouch Nedim Márton , Banai Ádám , Alpek B. Levente 
Published: October 2023

AbstractOne of the important issues of banking today is the role bank branches and online banking solutions play in serving consumers. With the help of a representative Survey of 1,000 adults in Hungary conducted in 2022, we examine how well online and mobile banking solutions can provide a suitable alternative to bank branches. Based on our results, online banking solutions cannot fully replace personal banking in Hungary due to the customers' attitudes, as we can see that their use does not significantly affect the frequency of visits to the bank branch, and their usage rate does not increase with the distance from the bank branch. We also point out that for the Hungarian population the trend of bank branch closures may entail the risk of being left out of the formal financial system mostly for the older, digitally less receptive social strata living in small settlements and in a relatively worse financial situation.
Crisis, conflict and global rankings
Authors: Holmes Richard 
Published: October 2023

AbstractGlobal university rankings have always been associated with international political and economic conflicts. Even before the COVID-19 pandemic there were signs that scientific and academic globalism was breaking down. The pandemic, the various measures taken to combat it, and military and ideological conflicts have led to the breakdown of international academic cooperation, the formation of very different research complexes, and the development of new regional ranking systems.
Mechanism of scour around two piers
Authors: Malik Rahul , Setia Baldev 
Published: October 2023

AbstractScour around the bridge piers is the main cause of bridge failure below any bridge pier placed within the waterways. It is more than hundred years back a number of researchers described the vortex shedding phenomenon and the resulting Aeolian tones from a circular cylinder. Since then there have been a large number of investigations dealing with various aspects of this phenomenon. In many practical works and situations, flow takes place around more than one obstruction and objects in close proximity. Invariably in all these cases, interference effects occur and the forces on the obstructions are much influenced by these effects. These effects play a key role in the structures like flow-induced vibration of TV and transmission towers, and in many other practical situations. In this research paper the changes in the flow field that occur due to the interference effects are shown, analysed and the results as given in literature are compared with the present experimental work. The features have been brought out in this paper mainly make use of stand and geometry of circular cylinders in close proximity and the flow part of geometry in side by side arrangement.
Applying Feature Transformation-Based Domain Confusion to Neural Network for the Denoising of Dispersion Spectrograms
Authors: Song Weibin , Yuan Shichuan , Cheng Ming , Wang Guanchao , Li Yilong , Chen Xiaofei 
Published: October 2023

Abstract
Ambient noise tomography has been widely used to estimate the shear-wave velocity structure of the Earth. A key step in this method is to pick dispersions from dispersion spectrograms. Using the frequency–Bessel (F-J) transform, the generated spectrograms can provide more dispersion information by including higher modes in addition to the fundamental mode. With the increasing availability of these spectrograms, manually picking dispersion curves is highly time and energy consuming. Consequently, neural networks have been used for automatically picking dispersions. Dispersion curves are picked based on deep learning mainly for denoising these spectrograms. In several studies, the neural network was solely trained, and its performance was verified for the denoising. However, they all learn single-source data in the training of neural network. It will lead the regionality of trained neural network. Even if we can use domain adaptation to improve its performance and achieve some success, there are still some spectrograms that cannot be solved effectively. Therefore, multisources training is useful and could reduce the regionality in training stage. Normally, dispersion spectrograms from multisources have feature differences of dispersion curves, especially for higher modes in F-J spectrograms. Thus, we propose a training strategy based on domain confusion through which the neural network effectively learns spectrograms from multisources. After domain confusion, the trained neural network can effectively process large number of test data and help us easily obtain more dispersion curves automatically. The proposed study can provide a deep insight into the denoising of dispersion spectrograms by neural network and facilitate ambient noise tomography.