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Developing and Applying Technological Pedagogical and Content Knowledge (TPACK) for a Blended Learning Environment: A Rural Higher Education Experience in the Philippines
Year: 2017

This study presents the development and application of Technological Pedagogical and Content Knowledge (TPACK) for blended learning environment (BLE) to a university located in rural area of the Philippines with limited technological resources for online learning. Each elements of TPACK model was used as a guide in the development of teaching plan for blended learning environment. A randomized pretest and posttest quasi experimental research design was used in this experiment to determine the significant difference on the posttest sores of the experimental and control group in terms of their achievement test in Computer Fundamentals. Participants of the study consisted 90 freshmen Bachelor of Science in Information Technology students, 45 students each comprising the experimental and control group. An item analyzed multiple choice achievement test floated before and after the experiment. Result revealed successful integration of technology in a technology deprived university using TPACK model for BLE. In terms of student learning, results revealed that both the experimental and control group slightly increased their mean score using the blended learning approach and traditional teaching inside the classroom which concludes that there is no significant difference between the experimental and control group after the TPACK experiment as compared to the control group exposed to the traditional approach of teaching, hence it is recommended to continuously focus on PCK to further improve the TPACK model for BLE for school in rural areas.
Technologies of Green Fruit's Pest Control Method
Year: 2011

Green fruit's pest control and cure is to take chemical control in scientific way to control the pest infestation effectively and achieve the best economic results,which is mainly based on agricultural control and physical control,with biological control as the core and following the law of the occurrence of diseases of pets.This article introduced the technologies of green fruit's pest control and cure in detail from the aspects of plant quarantine,agricultural control,physical control,biological control and chemical control,which would have practical guiding significance for the future production of green fruit.
Comparison of the pregnancy results between adolescent Syrian refugees and local adolescent Turkish citizens who gave birth in our clinic
Venue: The journal of maternal fetal neonatal medicine the official journal of the European Association of Perinatal Medicine, the Federation of Asia and Oceania Perinatal Societies, the International Society of Perinatal Obstetricians
Year: 2018

Adolescence is the transition period from childhood to adulthood; the World Health Organization has defined it as the ages between 10 and 19. Approximately 11% of all births in the world are by adolescent mothers. Pregnant adolescent refugees who have been forced to emigrate due to civil wars raging on in their native countries often face difficult social life conditions, have little or no access to hospitals, and experience language barriers and poor nutritional status have been found to experience poor maternal and obstetric outcomes. These include an increase in cesarean births, premature births, intrauterine growth retardation, and low birth weight infant rates. The purpose of the article was to share with you the comparative results of the adolescent pregnancies among the immigrants and among the local adolescents who gave birth between January 2016 and July 2017 in Kocaeli Derince Training and Research Hospital Gynecology Clinic in Kocaeli, Turkey. Its materials and method is a comparative study planned retrospectively between 67 adolescent Syrian refugees and 188 adolescent Turkish locals who gave birth between January 2016 and July 2017. The demographic data, obstetric outcomes, hospitalization durations, and neonatal outcomes of the patients were compared between the groups. Results, no statistically significant difference was found between pregnancy numbers, normal birth rates, cesarean sections and interventional birth rates, nullipara multipara birth rates, or premature birth rates <37 weeks) of the pregnant Turkish adolescents and pregnant immigrant adolescents (p .05) The number of days these patients were hospitalized was found to be lower among Syrian immigrants than among the Turkish locals and statistically significant (p .045 and p .05, respectively) In addition, an analysis of the birth rates of low birth weight infants revealed that said rates were higher among the Syrian refugees than the Turkish local and statistically borderline significant (p .049, p .05, respectively) Between January 2016 and July 2017, a total of 8,570 live births were performed in our clinic. In our study of the 255 patients under the age of 19 who gave live births, 188 were Turkish and 67 were Syrian refugees. The average age of Turkish mothers under 19 was found to be 17.30 1.01 years and the average age of immigrant mothers was found to be 17.27 0.82 years. In conclusion, adolescent pregnancies are more common among Syrian refugees. Adolescent pregnancies are at risk for obstetric and neonatal outcomes. Therefore, studies should be done to prevent these pregnancies.
A survey of web resources and tools for the study of TCM network pharmacology
Venue: Quantitative Biology
Year: 2019

BackgroundTraditional Chinese medicine (TCM) treats diseases in a holistic manner, while TCM formulae are multi component, multi target agents at the molecular level. Thus there are many parallels between the key ideas of TCM pharmacology and network pharmacology. These years, TCM network pharmacology has developed as an interdisciplinary of TCM science and network pharmacology, which studies the mechanism of TCM at the molecular level and in the context of biological networks. It provides a new research paradigm that can use modern biomedical science to interpret the mechanism of TCM, which is promising to accelerate the modernization and internationalization of TCM.ResultsIn this paper we introduce state of the art free data sources, web servers and softwares that can be used in the TCM network pharmacology, including databases of TCM, drug targets and diseases, web servers for the prediction of drug targets, and tools for network and functional analysis.ConclusionsThis review could help experimental pharmacologists make better use of the existing data and methods in their study of TCM.
Outlier Detection Method on UCI Repository Dataset by Entropy Based Rough K means
Year: 2016

Rough set theory is used to handle uncertainty and incomplete information by applying two sets, lower and upper approximation. In this paper, the clustering process is improved by adapting the preliminary centroid selection method on rough K means (RKM) algorithm. The entropy based rough K means (ERKM) method is developed by adapting entropy based preliminary centroids selection on RKM and executed and also validated by cluster validity indexes. An example shows that the ERKM performs effectively by selection of entropy based preliminary centroid. In addition, Outlier detection is an important task in data mining and very much different from the rest of the objects in the cluster. Entropy based rough outlier factor (EROF) method is used to detect outlier effectively for yeast dataset. An example shows that EROF detects outlier effectively on protein localisation sites and ERKM clustering algorithm performed effectively. Further, experimental readings show that the ERKM and EROF method outperformed the other methods.
Neuromodulation of cursing in American English: A combined tDCS and pupillometry study
Venue: Brain and Language
Year: 2020

Many neurological disorders are associated with excessive and/or uncontrolled cursing. The right prefrontal cortex has long been implicated in a diverse range of cognitive processes that underlie the propensity for cursing, including non propositional language representation, emotion regulation, theory of mind, and affective arousal. Neurogenic cursing often poses significant negative social consequences, and there is no known behavioral intervention for this communicative disorder. We examined whether right vs. left lateralized prefrontal neurostimultion via tDCS could modulate taboo word production in neurotypical adults. We employed a pre/post design with a bilateral frontal electrode montage. Half the participants received left anodal and right cathodal stimulation; the remainder received the opposite polarity stimulation at the same anatomical loci. We employed physiological (pupillometry) and behavioral (reaction time) dependent measures as participants read aloud taboo and non taboo words. Pupillary responses demonstrated a crossover reaction, suggestive of modulation of phasic arousal during cursing. Participants in the right anodal condition showed elevated pupil responses for taboo words post stimulation. In contrast, participants in the right cathodal condition showed relative dampening of pupil responses for taboo words post stimulation. We observed no effects of stimulation on response times. We interpret these findings as supporting modulation of right hemisphere affective arousal that disproportionately impacts taboo word processing. We discuss alternate accounts of the data and future applications to neurological disorders.
Waqf Financial Tecnology in Startup Capital
Year: 2019

If managed properly, productive waqf can be used as a new strategy to alleviate poverty, create prosperity, and support economic stability. In Indonesia, productive waqf has been approved by national law and the Indonesian Council of Ulama (MUI) This is a positive opportunity to develop the better economy and education. However, there is still lack of understanding on the importance of productive endowments for development. as a consequence, there should be a specific stimulus so that that the management of waqf can be developed productively and supported by financial technology.
Do Tuition Fees Affect Enrollment Behavior? Evidence from a 'Natural Experiment' in Germany
Year: 2012

This paper uses the introduction of tuition fees in seven of the sixteen German states in 2007 as a natural experiment to identify the effects of tuition prices on enrollment probabilities. Based on information on enrollment decisions of the entire population of high school graduates between 2002 and 2008, I find a negative effect of tuition fees on enrollment behavior. The effect is larger than in existing studies for European countries, but of a similar magnitude as effects identified with U.S. data. A potential spill over effect of the policy intervention to the comparison group is accounted for by using the estimation results to calibrate a structural model of the enrollment decision.
Current Concepts in Scaffolding for Bone Tissue Engineering.
Venue: The archives of bone and joint surgery
Year: 2018

Bone disorders are of significant worry due to their increased prevalence in the median age. Scaffold based bone tissue engineering holds great promise for the future of osseous defects therapies. Porous composite materials and functional coatings for metallic implants have been introduced in next generation of orthopedic medicine for tissue engineering. While osteoconductive materials such as hydroxyapatite and tricalcium phosphate ceramics as well as some biodegradable polymers are suggested, much interest has recently focused on the use of osteoinductive materials like demineralized bone matrix or bone derivatives. However, physiochemical modifications in terms of porosity, mechanical strength, cell adhesion, biocompatibility, cell proliferation, mineralization and osteogenic differentiation are required. This paper reviews studies on bone tissue engineering from the biomaterial point of view in scaffolding.
Deep learning algorithm detection of Barrett's neoplasia with high accuracy during live endoscopic procedures: a pilot study (with video)
Venue: Gastrointestinal endoscopy
Year: 2020

We assessed the preliminary diagnostic accuracy of a recently developed computer aided detection (CAD) system for detection of Barrett's neoplasia during live endoscopic procedures.  The CAD system was tested during endoscopic procedures of 10 patients with nondysplastic Barrett's esophagus (NDBE) and 10 patients with confirmed Barrett's neoplasia. White light endoscopy images were obtained at every 2 centimeter level of the Barrett's segment, and immediately analyzed by the CAD system, providing instant feedback to the endoscopist. At every level, 3 images were evaluated by the CAD system. Outcome measures were as follows: (1) diagnostic performance of the CAD system per level and per patient, defined as accuracy, sensitivity, and specificity. Ground truth was established by expert assessment and corresponding histopathology; and (2) concordance of 3 sequential CAD predictions per level.  Accuracy, sensitivity, and specificity of the CAD system in a per level analyses were 90% 91% and 89% respectively. In total, 9 out of 10 neoplastic patients were correctly diagnosed. The single lesion not detected by CAD, showed NDBE in the endoscopic resection specimen. In only 1 NDBE patient, the CAD system produced false positive predictions. In 75% of all levels, the CAD system produced 3 concordant predictions.  This is one of the first studies to evaluate a CAD system for Barrett's neoplasia during live endoscopic procedures. The system detected neoplasia with high accuracy, with only a small number of false positive predictions, and with a high concordance rate between separate predictions. The CAD system is thereby ready for testing in larger, multicenter trials.
FARKLI MAMUL GRUPLARI ICIN KALITE BOYUTLARI ONEM DEGERLENDIRMESI
Year: 2020

Kalite kavrami cogunlukla musterilerin beklentilerine uygunluk uzerinden tanimlanmis olup, bu yaklasim kalite kavraminin farkli kisiler tarafindan farkli sekilde degerlendirildigini ortaya koymaktadir. Bu calisma mamul kalitesini anlamak ve farkli mamul gruplari icin kalite boyutlarinin onem duzeyini belirlemek amaciyla, Garvin tarafindan belirlenen sekiz kalite boyutuna ek olarak fiyat ve cevrecilik boyutlarinin farkli mamul gruplari icin onem duzeylerini incelemektedir. Bu kapsamda beyaz esya, tuketici elektronigi, elektrikli ev aletleri, mobilya, ev tekstili, giyim, ayakkabi ve mobilya olmak uzere sekiz temel tuketim mali grubunda, her mamul grubu icin ucer ornek iceren 24 farkli mamul icin tuketicilerin onem degerlendirmelerini iceren bir anket uygulamasi yapilmistir. Izmir ilinde uygulanan ankette 400 katilimcinin verisi analize dahil edilmistir. Analiz sonuclari tum mamul gruplari icin en onemli kalite boyutunun dayaniklilik oldugunu gostermistir. Farkli mamul gruplari icin kalite boyutlarinin onem degerlendirmelerine yonelik analizde, kalite boyutlari onem degerlendirmelerinin mamul gruplarina gore farklilik arz ettigini gorulmustur. Sekiz kalite boyutuna ek olarak incelenen cevrecilik ve fiyat boyutlari da mamul kalitesi acisindan tuketiciler tarafindan onemli olarak degerlendirilmistir.
English as a medium of instruction in Asian education (from primary to tertiary) Implications for local languages and local scholarship
Year: 2011

This article will review and critique the general trends towards the significant increase in the teaching of English and the use of English as a medium of instruction in education throughout East and Southeast Asia. I shall focus on two levels. First I shall discuss the situation as regards the role of English in primary schools and then consider its role in tertiary education. I shall argue that the trend towards the ever earlier introduction of English into the primary curriculum, along with the push for the relevant national language, is not only pedagogically ill advised for the great majority of primary school children in the region, but also represents a serious threat to local languages and, perhaps most importantly, to children's sense of identity. The increasing trend towards English medium programmes at the tertiary level also threatens local languages and the status and value of knowledge and scholarship written and disseminated in languages other than English. At the same time, 'indigenous' knowledge disseminated through English, while it may reach an international audience, may be essentially reframed through being translated into English. I shall conclude with recommendations designed to encourage multilingualism in local languages at the primary level and the implementation of bilingual policies at the tertiary level.
Auditory fear conditioning modifies steady state evoked potentials in the rat inferior colliculus.
Venue: Journal of neurophysiology
Year: 2017

The rat inferior colliculus (IC) is a major midbrain relay for ascending inputs from the auditory brain stem and has been suggested to play a key role in the processing of aversive sounds. Previous studies have demonstrated that auditory fear conditioning (AFC) potentiates transient responses to brief tones in the IC, but it remains unexplored whether AFC modifies responses to sustained periodic acoustic stimulation a type of response called the steady state evoked potential (SSEP) Here we used an amplitude modulated tone a 10 kHz tone with a sinusoidal amplitude modulation of 53.7 Hz as the conditioning stimulus (CS) in an AFC protocol (5 CSs per day in 3 consecutive days) while recording local field potentials (LFPs) from the IC. In the preconditioning session (day 1) the CS elicited prominent 53.7 Hz SSEPs. In the training session (day 2) foot shocks occurred at the end of each CS (paired group) or randomized in the inter CS interval (unpaired group) In the test session (day 3) SSEPs markedly differed from preconditioning in the paired group: in the first two trials the phase to which the SSEP coupled to the CS amplitude envelope shifted ~90deg; in the last two trials the SSEP power and the coherence of SSEP with the CS amplitude envelope increased. LFP power decreased in frequency bands other than 53.7 Hz. In the unpaired group, SSEPs did not change in the test compared with preconditioning. Our results show that AFC causes dissociated changes in the phase and power of SSEP in the IC.NEW NOTEWORTHY Local field potential oscillations in the inferior colliculus follow the amplitude envelope of an amplitude modulated tone, originating a neural response called the steady state evoked potential. We show that auditory fear conditioning of an amplitude modulated tone modifies two parameters of the steady state evoked potentials in the inferior colliculus: first the phase to which the evoked oscillation couples to the amplitude modulated tone shifts; subsequently, the evoked oscillation power increases along with its coherence with the amplitude modulated tone.
'It's Girl Time' Girliness and Friendships
Year: 2019

With what Chatterton and Hollands call the 'ritual descent' (2002: 95) of young women into bars and clubs every weekend, we must take seriously young women's participation in such spaces and explore further what role participating in the NTE plays in young women's lives. Participating in the NTE has been increasingly recognised as an important component of the lives of many young women (Hollands 1995) and the participants in my study were no exception. Set against a backdrop of conflicting debates positioning the NTE as simultaneously a site of both pleasure and regulation, it is important to understand the value engaging with the NTE has for young women and the ways in which this can offer opportunities for 'doing' femininities or girliness and cementing friendships within these spaces. The girls' night out represents a discreet and distinctive mode of engagement with the NTE, yet one that has received little attention in research, despite the fact that it is likely to reveal a huge amount about the individual and collective production and negotiation of femininities and friendships in nightlife venues. This chapter provides the backdrop for the remainder of the book by exploring what the girls' night out means to young women and the central role it can play in the negotiation and maintenance of friendships and in doing 'girly' Whilst previous research has depicted friendships within the NTE as potentially shallow or instrumental and consumption practices as highly individualised, this chapter highlights the ways in which going out was described as an important and valued opportunity to maintain close female friendships, spend time together and enjoy opportunities to socialise and relax. I will also introduce some of the ways in which alcohol consumption was central to the young women's negotiations of the NTE. Drinking could take on a particular role on the girls' night out, where alcohol could function in the maintenance and cementing of friendships and the creation of intimacy (particularly when 'pre drinking' at home) Consuming certain types of alcohol could also enable 'girliness' to be embodied in particular ways through certain consumption choices. I argue that the 'girling' of drinking and clubbing is particularly significant because alcohol consumption in public spaces has traditionally been recognised as a masculine pastime, rendering drinking and femininity fundamentally incompatible. If young women are able to rupture the linkages between public drinking and masculinity, they may be able to recast women's presence and alcohol consumption in the contemporary NTE as feminine and respectable. I also explore the ways in which getting ready for a girls' night offered further opportunities to do girliness collectively.
A framework based on engineering performance and sustainability to assess the use of new and recycled materials in pavements
Year: 2019

Growing need for increased use of recycled and new materials in road construction has emerged due to the continuous depletion of natural resources and increased impact of the current state of practice on the environment. Sustainable construction practices have been favoured by Federal and State Departments of Transportation as well as the industry. However, the impacts of using new and recycled materials in pavements, particularly on long term pavement durability and performance, are often unknown. A comprehensive procedure for evaluating these "proposed materials" in terms of engineering performance and sustainability is very significant for making appropriate decisions on whether to use them for road construction. The research is performed based on whether the material is proposed to be used in asphalt, concrete, or in unbound layers. An analysis framework and, a software (called NewPave) was developed to help the Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) identify the impacts of new and recycled materials on pavement performance and the environment. The analysis framework included two basic components; (i) engineering performance, and (ii) sustainability. Engineering performance evaluation included several options for each material type to be used in different pavement layers. The sustainability analysis included three basic components; environmental, economic and social analyses. Finally, the scores obtained from the engineering evaluation are combined with those based on sustainability to obtain an overall score. The overall score can be used to accept/reject the trial use of the new and recycled materials in MDOT administered roads. While the framework presented herein was developed for MDOT, it can easily be adapted by other DOTs.