Academic Seminar Research Articles

Quality from within: Entry points to research quality in the humanities

Abstract It is well known that research quality notions vary across research fields. Despite this, humanities quality notions are often portrayed as deviant or particularly hard to grasp. To some extent, this has a historical explanation, as notions from within the humanities have not been the standards used in the development of research evaluation tools. Accordingly, we argue that current discussions on research evaluation and quality notions reflect a lack of understanding of how field-type quality notions in the humanities can be studied. We therefore identify entry points to further studies on how humanities scholars address quality notions in their own words, what one might call ‘quality from within’. The suggested entry points are assessment for recruitment, field-type internal evaluations, public debates on the humanities, book reviews, the academic seminar, PhD supervision, academic memoirs, obituaries and the Festschrift. We here outline how an empirically grounded research agenda around quality in humanities research can be fruitfully pursued. Thus, the study aims to contribute insights into why and how a fresh perspective can provide us with much-needed entry points to understanding quality from within.

The INCREASING THE PROFESSIONALISM OF ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TEACHERS THROUGH WRITING SCIENTIFIC PAPERS, PTK AND NUMERIC LITERACY

Lack of access to information about writing scientific papers, classroom action research and numeric literacy. This causes a lack of professional teachers who produce scientific papers, classroom action research and numeric literacy. PGRI Yogyakarta University is one of the universities that has a professional education program department, there are still several professional teachers who have not written scientific work. classroom action research and numeric literacy. Even though there are already professional teachers who have carried out the writing of works. There are still many teachers who are too busy teaching and preparing material every day which means teachers no longer have time to write work. Based on these problems, the method used is an academic seminar to increase teacher professionalism through scientific work, classroom action research, and numeric literacy. The results of the analysis stated that there were changes that occurred in teachers after participating in academic seminar activities. An understanding of the professionalism of elementary school teachers through writing scientific papers, classroom action research and numeracy in learning which was previously ignored makes writing works interesting. Keywords: teacher professionalism, scientific work, classroom action research, numeracy literacy

Identifying Factor Associations Emerging from an Academic Metaverse Event for Scholars in a Postpandemic World: Social Presence and Technology Self-Efficacy in Gather.Town.

COVID-19 has prompted conferences to transition to online formats, inadvertently diminishing their emphasis on the social element. In online events, a sense of presence leading to a sense of companionship is limited in conventional conferencing platforms. Although the extant body of research on virtual conferences is growing, academic events in the Metaverse get little attention. Such events and their relevance to social presence within the Metaverse and associations among observable factors are seldom discussed. This study examined the perspectives of scholars in an online seminar during COVID-19 hosted in Gather.Town, a Metaverse-like conferencing environment. A hypothetical model was built to determine whether social presence and technology self-efficacy impact scholars' satisfaction and facilitate academic interactions. Ninety-three scholars in an academic seminar for research projects in information and computer education were polled to obtain data, which was then evaluated using partial least squares structural equation modeling (PLS-SEM). The proposed model explained 57.1 percent of the variables, and the findings showed that social presence and technology self-efficacy had a positive and significant impact on academic interactions and exchanges, as well as technology self-efficacy playing an essential role in determining overall satisfaction. However, social presence does not appear to have a direct impact on satisfaction, implying that a positive academic experience may still be achieved with or without the feature of being with others supported by the Metaverse. Although digital communication will only become more diverse and intense, it is important to understand how to maintain the basic character of human interactions virtually, even amid a pandemic. This research attempts to shed light on some critical factors in creating a conducive environment for future Metaverse-like academic events.

Ability estimation methods in computerized adaptive testing for assessment use

Introduction: The all the time use of linear computer-based test for ability estimation in Africa could be traced to the inadequate knowledge of the ability estimation of computerized adaptive testing to arrive at a precise ability estimate of examinee. Purpose: The purpose of the search work was to explain method of ability estimation which is one of the grey areas in computerized adaptive testing for the researchers whose interest are on computerized adaptive testing. Findings: This paper discussed the Maximum Likelihood Estimation method, provide its step-by-step formulae and its limitations of use in computerized adaptive testing. Recommendations: The paper recommended the following: the use of the Maximum Likelihood Estimation method for the higher institutions of learning who wish to use computerized adaptive testing for her proficiency test or post-UTME; a wide usage of computerized adaptive testing as an alternative to the linear computer-based test or as a replacement of linear computer-based test because it estimates precise ability of the examinee; an academic seminar on ability estimation in computerized adaptive testing be organized to teach researchers and evaluators its psychometrics and applications.

Problems and Countermeasures of Postgraduate Academic Exchange Activities

Improving students' research ability within a short academic period is the core goal of graduate education, and academic activities are an important part of achieving this goal. This analysis report takes the academic seminar activities of the School of Architecture of YN University as an example, analyzes the target background of the activities, students' participation, and the operation process of management, and concludes that the activities have problems such as restricted freedom of communication, quality to be strengthened, and lack of standardized system and evaluation mechanism. This paper proposes methods that can be optimized for activities and an evaluation framework for academic exchange activities, so as to provide reference for universities to carry out academic activities and improve the quality of postgraduate training.

The development of community learning center ‘Bue Ban’ in driving the smart city policy in Khon Kaen, Thailand

<span lang="EN-US">This research studied the contextual conditions of Khon Kaen Urban Community for developing the community learning center (CLC) as a part of smart city development. It also aimed to develop ‘Bue Ban’ CLC model based on the public participation and digital advancement. This study was carried out employing the qualitative and operational research method with its tools as an in-depth interview, academic seminar, and fieldwork. The data were obtained from 66 participants, chosen by purposive sampling, and were interpreted by descriptive content analysis. From the study, the models of Bue Ban development and knowledge management, identity, development, publication, utilization or ‘KID-PU’ have been used to develop CLC as a part of smart city development.</span>

Research on Community Governance in the Coastal Areas of Eastern China from the Perspective of Multiculturalism

In recent years, along with the national standard of living has improved significantly, the continuous development of international trade, our country and other foreign countries form mutually beneficial and win-win business management mode, and people not only satisfy in economic exchanges, in order to build a peaceful civilization country, by taking the form of academic seminar, for all countries in the world to understand China, It also allows China to learn from other countries' strengths in community building. This article mainly through to the Beijing haidian district to carry out the "pluralistic perspective of community management governance" academic seminar on analysis and research, the academic seminar on China's cooperation with the university of California to discuss ways, to social governance problems in China's eastern coastal areas is analyzed and improved method for simple description.

An inspiration to the studies on mechanisms of acupuncture and moxibustion action derived from 2021 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine

Abstract The editorial board of Acupuncture and Herbal Medicine recently convened an academic seminar with a focus on studies regarding the mechanisms mediating acupuncture efficacy and moxibustion action inspired by the 2021 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine. Specifically, Professor Bailong Xiao introduced the Nobel Prize for research on the mechanically activated Piezo ion channel, evaluating the structure of the Piezo channel and its physiological and pathological functions, and proposed a possible role for the Piezo channel in acupuncture mechanical stimulation. Professor Michael Xi Zhu introduced the discovery of the transient receptor potential (TRP) family, reporting that the therapeutic effects of Chinese medicine and acupuncture may be achieved via the TRP family, and that information regarding associations between the meridian and lymphatic systems may have important research and medical value. In addition, Professor Tianle Xu reviewed the history of ion channel research, particularly the physiological and pharmacological effects of non-classical ion channels (eg, the acid sensing ion channel family) and pointed out that the characterization and neural circuits of acupuncture deqi manipulation are important for elucidating the mechanisms of acupuncture actions. Professor Yongming Li similarly proposed that the 2021 Nobel Prize may open the door to disclosing the histological basis of acupuncture and moxibustion and analyzing the main scientific concerns regarding the clinical translation of acupuncture and moxibustion from basic to translational research. Finally, Professor Yi Guo summarized the study progress of the acupoint microenvironment induced by acupuncture over the course of nearly 30 years and put forward the hypothesis that acupuncture may initiate the physical-chemical coupling network by activating ion channel receptors in acupoints via physical and mechanical stimulation. Therefore, we conclude that a primary achievement of the 2021 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine is in helping interpret how acupuncture and moxibustion adjust homeostasis (ie, by activating mechanical and thermal sensation), which is conducive to validating and promoting the clinical efficacy of acupuncture modalities.

EFL COLLEGE STUDENTS' SPEAKING CONSTRAINS IN RESEARCH PROPOSAL SEMINAR PRESENTATION

This study is aimed to find out English as a Foreign Language (EFL) college students’ speaking constrains in research proposal seminar presentation. The design of the research was a qualitative descriptive. The subjects of this research were 29 students of English Study Program of Muhammadiyah of Bengkulu who presented their proposal on April 2020 – June 2020. The researcher used observation checklist as the instrument of this research. The checklist was designed based on Gan (2012). The questions were divided into five aspects; limited number of vocabulary, hard to apply grammar rules, and not perfect pronunciation and Intonation. The findings revealed that speaking constrains encountered by the students of English Education Study Program of Muhammadiyah University of Bengkulu in proposal seminar presentation were limited number of vocabulary, hard to apply grammar rules, not perfect pronunciation and intonation. It is suggested that students take a lot of practices and make a good preparation. Structure your talk by the same order that you have structured your research proposal. Moreover, you can also attend English offline academic seminar and watch English seminar on You Tube more frequently.Key Words: EFL college students, speaking constrains, proposal seminar.

The Crisis After the Crisis – Resilience or Reset?

The concept of the crisis after the crisis recently introduced in the academic debate refers to the fact that, since the outbreak of the health crisis generated by SARS-CoV-2, the pandemic has had a major impact on all economic, social, political and cultural activities of the daily life, influencing significantly the global development. However, the sanitary crisis has induced a multiple faceted crisis, with a number of implications whose consequences are to impact on the further development of the human society as a whole. Treated at first with a certain degree of relaxation, considering the stage we were facing at the time, when both the scientific community and the decision-making actors of the responsible organizations in the field were focusing on the management of the situation, unprecedented at such a scale, on identifying the protocols and action strategies, respectively on implementing recommendations for governments, companies and population, the crisis after the crisis would really capture the researchers attention in the second part of the last year. On the occasion of the Penser l'Europe International Academic Seminar of the Romanian Academy in October 2020, the phrase was retained internationally by two famous economists, honorary members of the Romanian Academy: Jaime Gil Aluja, the president of the Spanish Royal Academy of Economic and Financial Sciences, and Thierry de Montbrial, member of the French Academy of Moral and Political Sciences. The debate that took place on this occasion, obviously energized by the already visible social, cultural, economic and sanitary effects, as well as the major impact of the pandemic over the national and international macroeconomic indicators, extended significantly the field of thought regarding the cascading consequences both of the infections and of the measures to limit and especially to combat the spread of the virus, justifying once more the necessity to quickly identify globally viable solutions adjusted to each national economic and epidemiological bivectorial context to facilitate the return to a normal life as soon as possible.

Rajabhat University Education Policy and Image of Suan Sunandha Rajabhat University’s Thai dance and theatre

This article aims to study the relations between Rajabhat university education policy and the image of Thai Classical Dances Program of Suan Sunandha Rajabhat University. The scope of the study focuses on the policy of Suan Sunandha Rajabhat University, located in Bangkok, between 2004 – 2021, by studying from document, interview, observation, and small group discussion. The results showed that, the prominent policy of Suan Sunandha Rajabhat University is to be the smart archetypal university of the society in education, research, academic service, and preservation of art and culture. With the mission to become the university for community, this emphasizes the image of the Faculty of Fine and Applied Arts, Department of Performing Arts (Thai Classical Dances). The faculty has various personnel with outstanding identity, who are academic practitioners, proficient in communication, skillful in thinking, and full of public mind. The contribution to the public can be divided into 4 categories; teaching and practice service, performing arts documentary research, field study, and experimental service; academic service with innovative teaching methods; performance arrangement service, academic seminar, research, and activities for the community; preservation service for art and culture, conservation, succession, and development according to the royal initiative of King Rama X. With the variation in image and organization culture that support for self-development of the personnel and organization as a whole, the Thai Classical Dances Program of Suan Sunandha is well known in both national and international level..

일본 내 대학 교양교육의 글쓰기 교과목에 대한 고찰－도쿄외국어대학 글쓰기 교과목(기초 연습)의 현황과 과제－

일본 내 대학 교양교육의 글쓰기 교과목에 대한 고찰－도쿄외국어대학 글쓰기 교과목(기초 연습)의 현황과 과제－

Медицинское образование в античности: город и болезнь (обзор научного семинара)

The article is a brief overview of the speeches and discussions that took place at the first academic seminar on the history of pedagogical culture, which was organized at the Department of Humanities of the Pirogov Russian National Research Medical University and took place on November 8, 2021.The review aims to provide a representation of the participants' papers and areas of discussion that arose from questions to the papers and / or reflections on the results of the seminar, as well as to inform the reader with some materials of interdisciplinary research on the phenomenology and anthropology of urban educational space.

VIII ЕЖЕГОДНЫЙ НАУЧНЫЙ СЕМИНАР ПО ТАЙВАНЬСКИМ ИССЛЕДОВАНИЯМ «ТАЙВАНЬ: ОТ ПРОШЛОГО К СОВРЕМЕННОСТИ»

The article presents brief review of the VIII Annual Academic Seminar on Taiwan Studies “Taiwan: From Past to Present”, which was held on the 23rd of November, 2021 in the Institute of Oriental Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences. Scholars and experts from three Russian cities (Moscow, Novosibirsk and Vladivostok) and colleagues form Tokyo and Taipei participated in this seminar. During discussion questions related to historical, contemporary and future development of Taiwan were touched.

Data Badges: Making an Academic Profile Through a DIY Wearable Physicalization.

In this pictorial, we present the design and making process of Data Badges as they were deployed during a one-week academic seminar. Data Badges are customizable physical conference badges that invite participants to make their own independent and personalized expressions of their academic profile by choosing and assembling a collection of predefined physical tokens on a flat wearable canvas. As our modular and intuitive design approach allows the construction to occur as a shared, collective activity, Data Badges take advantage of the creative, affective, and social values that underlie physicalization and its construction to engage participants in reflecting on personal data. Among other unexpected phenomena, we noticed how the freedom of assembly and interpretation encouraged a variety of appropriations, which expanded its intended representational space from fully representative to more resistive and provocative forms of data expression.

Evaluating the First Year Experiences

연구의 목적은 K대학에서 진행했던 신입생 세미나 수업 운영 결과를 검토하고 수업의 질적 제고를 위한 개선 방안을 도출하고자 했다. 운영 결과, K대학 신입생 세미나는 학과(전공) 특성을 반영한 전공 비교과(co-curricular activities) 수업으로 진행되고 있었으며 수업 운영에 있어서 구성원(교수, 학생)의 역할(코칭) 및 참여(활동 중심)를 높인 특성을 보였다. 수업 내용은 3개의 범주(확장된 오리엔테이션, 전공 세미나, 진로 세미나)로 구성되어 있었고 각 학과(부)는 3개 범주를 기반으로 학과(부) 특성을 반영하여 세부 주제를 개발·운영하였다. 신입생 세미나 수업에 대한 만족도는 학생들의 특성(예: 자퇴의도, 대학 및 전공 희망순위)에 따라 다르게 나타났는데, 이는 프로그램 개선 시 학생 특성을 고려해야 함을 시사하고 있었다. 본 연구는 학습자 중심 수업 운영을 위해서 상향식 수업 설계의 필요성과 구체적인 경험을 통해 탐색하는 학습방식을 제안하고 있다.The purpose of this study was to review the effectiveness of the freshman seminar organized by K University and identify ways to improve the quality of the program. The freshman seminar at K University covers a wide range of topics and gives students a range of college experiences, including co-curricular activities. In addition, the seminar allows for mutual learning experiences of faculty members and students. It is organized into three learning categories(extended orientation, academic seminar, and professional seminar) in general, and university departments have developed subjects based on the categories. Satisfaction with the freshman seminar differed according to the characteristics of students, suggesting that the characteristics of students should be considered when improving the program. This study suggests a bottom-up approach to course design and experiential learning.

Along the Academe‐Policy Frontier: A Tribute to Aileen S.P. Baviera

Along the Academe‐Policy Frontier: A Tribute to Aileen S.P. Baviera

Fludarabine and Melphalan Compared with Reduced Doses of Busulfan and Flurabine Improves Transplant Outcomes in Older MDS Patients

Background: Allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) is currently the only potentially curative therapy in eligible patients with myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS). Reduced-intensity conditioning (RIC) regimens that have been developed to extend HSCT to older patients resulted in encouraging outcomes. However, several retrospective studies have raised concerns about disease control when RIC is used in MDS and the ideal conditioning regimen has not yet been found. In this study, we aimed to compare two most commonly used RIC regimens; intravenous use of fludarabine with busulfan (FluBu) and fludarabine with melphalan (FluMel). Study population: Through the CIBMTR, after excluding patients with ex-vivo T cell depletion, we identified 1045 MDS patients aged ≥ 60 years and underwent first HSCT with matched related or matched (8/8) unrelated donor (MRD and MUD) using RIC between 2007-2016. RIC was defined via CIBMTR criteria as a regimen that incorporated an IV busulfan (BU) total dose ≤ 7.2 mg/kg or low-dose melphalan (MEL) total dose ≤ 150 mg/m2. By that, we identified 697 MDS patients who received FluBu (BU 6.4 mg/kg: 87%, BU 3.2 mg/kg: 13%) and 448 receiving FluMel (MEL 140 mg/m2: 80%, MEL 100 mg/m2: 20%). Results: The two groups, FluBu and FluMel, were comparable for disease and transplant related characteristics except the more frequent use of ATG or Campath in FluBu group (39% vs. 31%). The median age was 67 in both groups, and 26% and 19% of FluBu and FluMel groups were aged ³70, respectively. Hematopoietic comorbidity index (HCT-CI) was ³3 in 61% and 59% of FluBu and FluMel groups and MDS risk score by CIBMTR at HCT was high/very high in 34% in both groups. FluMel was associated with a reduced relapse incidence (RI) after HSCT compared with FluBu as presented in Table 1 and Table 2. Adjusted RI at 1-year was 43% with FluBu and 25% with FluMel (p=<0.0001). On the other hand, transplant related mortality (TRM) was higher with FluMel compared with FluBu (27% vs. 15%, p=<0.0001). The difference persisted at 2- and 3-years after HSCT as presented in the figure. Since the magnitude of improvement in RI was greater with FluMel than the improvement in TRM with FluBu, disease-free survival (DFS) was improved at 1-year and beyond with FluMel compared with FluBu (48% vs. 41% at 1-year, p=0.030, and 38% vs 28% at 3-years, p=0.0030). These outcome differences remained significant when sensitivity analyses were performed excluding patients who received RIC with either BU 3.2 mg/kg or Mel 100 mg/m2. FluMel, did not lead to higher incidence of severe grade 3-4 aGvHD (HR=1.2, 95%CI, 0.9-1.6, p=0.3) or chronic GvHD (HR=0.9, 95%CI=0.7-1.06, p=0.2). However, grade 2-4 aGVHD was observed more often with FluMel than FluBu (HR=1.3, 95%CI, 1.1-1.6, p=0.006). This led to inferior outcomes of GRFS within the first 2 months with FluMel (HR=1.9, HR=1.4-2.6, p<0.001) but superior outcomes of GRFS beyond 2 months with FluMel compared with FluBu (HR=0.7, 95%CI=0.6-0.8, p<0.001). Conclusion: Our results suggest that between the two most commonly used RIC regimens in older MDS patients, FluMel was associated with superior DFS and overall survival compared with FluBu due to reduced RI despite higher TRM. Disclosures Oran: AROG pharmaceuticals: Research Funding; Astex pharmaceuticals: Research Funding. Nakamura:Kirin Kyowa: Other: support for an academic seminar in a university in Japan; Alexion: Other: support to a lecture at a Japan Society of Transfusion/Cellular Therapy meeting ; Celgene: Other: support for an academic seminar in a university in Japan; Merck: Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees. Scott:Celgene Corporation: Consultancy, Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees, Speakers Bureau; Alexion: Consultancy, Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees, Speakers Bureau; Novartis: Research Funding; Incyte: Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees, Speakers Bureau; Agios: Speakers Bureau. Popat:Jazz: Consultancy; Incyte: Research Funding; Bayer: Research Funding.

Peri-Transplant Administration of Ruxolitinib Is Safe and Feasible in Patients with Myelofibrosis: Primary Results of a Pilot Open-Label Study of Ruxolitinib Administration in Combination with Reduced Intensity Conditioning

Peri-Transplant Administration of Ruxolitinib Is Safe and Feasible in Patients with Myelofibrosis: Primary Results of a Pilot Open-Label Study of Ruxolitinib Administration in Combination with Reduced Intensity Conditioning

Updated Analysis: Novel Machine-Learning-Based Sepsis Prediction Model for Patients Undergoing Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation (Early Sepsis Prediction/Identification for Transplant Recipients: ESPRIT)

Updated Analysis: Novel Machine-Learning-Based Sepsis Prediction Model for Patients Undergoing Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation (Early Sepsis Prediction/Identification for Transplant Recipients: ESPRIT)