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Coding Challenge Answers: Back to School With Modifiers

Check your answers to this month’s Coding Challenge.

Designing a supplementary English workbook by using songs as the English language teaching (ELT) media

This research aims to design a supplementary English workbook by using songs as the media regarding the target needs and learning needs. This research is classified into Research and Development (R&D) with a modified model by Borg and Gall. The held steps began with conducting a need analysis, composing the course grid, designing the first draft, getting an expert judgment, designing the final draft, and conducting a small-scale field test for the students in the eleventh grade of SMAN 2 Gorontalo Utara as the subject of research. The data were obtained qualitatively and quantitatively through interviews and questionnaires. There were three questionnaires applied in this research which were administered to students’ need analysis, expert judgment, and field test validation. The qualitative data were analyzed through essay description meanwhile the quantitative data were analyzed by using a statistical description. The output of this research is a workbook of unit 7 entitled Meaning Through Song which is designed based on students’ target and learning needs. The unit consists of four parts of learning tasks, they are Let’s Check Your Vocabulary, How Good is Your Tense ?, Let’s Talk about Song, and How does It Sound Like?. Those learning tasks are orderly and purposed to assess students’ vocabulary, grammar, speaking, and listening ability which are classified into cognitive and skill assessment. Based on the expert judgment result that consists of content, presentation, language, and graphics, the overall workbook design is categorized as highly appropriate with a Mean score of 3.68. The result is close to the field test validation gained from the students which is 3.63 categorized as highly appropriate.

(196) - Dot Your I's and Check Your T's? Impact of Various T Cell Monitoring Methods on Heart Transplant Outcomes

(196) - Dot Your I's and Check Your T's? Impact of Various T Cell Monitoring Methods on Heart Transplant Outcomes

Check your outliers! An introduction to identifying statistical outliers in R with easystats.

Beyond the challenge of keeping up to date with current best practices regarding the diagnosis and treatment of outliers, an additional difficulty arises concerning the mathematical implementation of the recommended methods. Here, we provide an overview of current recommendations and best practices and demonstrate how they can easily and conveniently be implemented in the R statistical computing software, using the {performance} package of the easystats ecosystem. We cover univariate, multivariate, and model-based statistical outlier detection methods, their recommended threshold, standard output, and plotting methods. We conclude by reviewing the different theoretical types of outliers, whether to exclude or winsorize them, and the importance of transparency. A preprint of this paper is available at: 10.31234/osf.io/bu6nt.

ONLINE EXCLUSIVE: Coding Challenge Answers

Check your answers to this month’s Coding Challenge.

Where have all the polyphenols gone? Check your filter!

Wine represents a complex matrix of polyphenolic compounds. Polyphenols alter the sensory qualities of the wine, represent chemotaxonomic markers and are responsible for many of its health benefits. It is critical to accurately quantify these compounds, which are the subject of extensive current research. Quantification usually requires HPLC analysis, where the main step in sample preparation involves filtration. With the assumption that sample compounds remain on the syringe filter, this study investigated whether diluting the sample before filtration would enable a better recovery of polyphenols, yielding more accurate results. For this purpose, a red, rosé and white wine were diluted with 4 different solvents (water, methanol, ethanol and a 1:1 methanol-ethanol mixture) prior to filtration, and their polyphenolic composition was analyzed. Only 7 polyphenols present in low concentrations were not affected by dilution, while 38 compounds were all detected in higher concentrations when applying certain solvents, compared to undiluted wine. The methanol-ethanol mixture enabled the best flow of polyphenolics through the filter, while the water dilution showed that 30–40% of the sum of anthocyanins remained on the filter if a dilution step was not included in the sample preparation procedure. This study confirmed the need to incorporate a preliminary evaluation of the filtration step during sample preparation to improve the accuracy of subsequent HPLC analyses.

Are you okay with your energy? Check your mitochondria – case study

Are you okay with your energy? Check your mitochondria – case study

Check your EGO at the door

Check your EGO at the door

Check your Privilege, or Sociology of Research Objects

Check your Privilege, or Sociology of Research Objects

Check Your [Deliberative Process] Privilege—Revealing the Foibles of FOIA’s Framing via a Ride into the Sunset/Retention Mismatch

Check Your [Deliberative Process] Privilege—Revealing the Foibles of FOIA’s Framing via a Ride into the Sunset/Retention Mismatch

Check your DNAR

Check your DNAR

Nutrition Education “SAGARI” (Check Your Waist Circumference) as an Attempt to Prevent Adolescents’ Obesity

The incidence of obesity at all ages in Indonesia, including adolescents, has increased. Obesity has a negative impact on physical and social health in adolescents. Excessive food consumption and lack of physical activity are risk factors for obesity in adolescents. Based on this urgency, it is necessary to prevent obesity in adolescents. The purpose of this Community Service activity was to increase adolescents’ understanding of the importance of the 4 pillars of balanced nutrition in efforts and to change attitudes by measuring waist circumference regularly to prevent obesity. Increasing knowledge and attitudes to prevent obesity was obtained by providing a Nutrition Education Program named "SAGARI" (Check Your Own Waist Circumference). The program activities included counseling on the 4 pillars of balanced nutrition with lecture method, demonstration for measuring waist and hip circumferences, measuring nutritional status for SMK students consisting of measuring waist circumference (WC) and body mass index (BMI), and providing measuring tape "SAGARI". The results of this activity were an increase in the median knowledge score from 70.00 to 80.00 and an average attitude score from 3.00 to 3.91 related to obesity prevention in adolescents. These results showed that the "SAGARI" nutrition education program can increase students' knowledge and attitudes regarding obesity prevention which is expected to be implemented through daily behavior. Keywords: Balance nutritional, waist circumference, obesity, adolescent, nutritional status.

13.4 Check Your Connection: Virtual Partial Hospitalization as a Model for Value-Based Psychiatric Care

13.4 Check Your Connection: Virtual Partial Hospitalization as a Model for Value-Based Psychiatric Care

Check your inbox: Use of healthcare messaging portal to increase advance care planning education among gynecologic oncology patients (2216)

Check your inbox: Use of healthcare messaging portal to increase advance care planning education among gynecologic oncology patients (2216)

Check Your Presuppositions! A New Kind of Foundationalism in Objectivism

ABSTRACTAyn Rand’s Objectivism holds a foundationalist view of knowledge—that knowledge is hierarchical, with the less basic supported by inference from the more basic, which is known directly. But two very different forms of foundationalism (deductive and presuppositional) are observable in Objectivism, and vestiges of deductivism, which Rand explicitly rejected, can be found in attempts to systematize her philosophy. This article attempts to resolve conflicts between the two approaches. It endorses presuppositional foundationalism and suggests that Rand’s view be modified accordingly.

Check Your Shopping Cart: DNA Barcoding and Mini-Barcoding for Food Authentication.

The molecular approach of DNA barcoding for the characterization and traceability of food products has come into common use in many European countries. However, it is important to address and solve technical and scientific issues such as the efficiency of the barcode sequences and DNA extraction methods to be able to analyze all the products that the food sector offers. The goal of this study is to collect the most defrauded and common food products and identify better workflows for species identification. A total of 212 specimens were collected in collaboration with 38 companies belonging to 5 different fields: seafood, botanicals, agrifood, spices, and probiotics. For all the typologies of specimens, the most suitable workflow was defined, and three species-specific primer pairs for fish were also designed. Results showed that 21.2% of the analyzed products were defrauded. A total of 88.2% of specimens were correctly identified by DNA barcoding analysis. Botanicals (28.8%) have the highest number of non-conformances, followed by spices (28.5%), agrifood (23.5%), seafood (11.4%), and probiotics (7.7%). DNA barcoding and mini-barcoding are confirmed as fast and reliable methods for ensuring quality and safety in the food field.

‘Gregor, are you Unstable? Check your Bandwidth…’: Adapting Kafka for Zoom in Hijinx Theatre’s Metamorphosis

Abstract First performed live via Zoom in August 2020, Hijinx Theatre’s Metamorphosis was overtly tied to the cultural moment of the COVID-19 pandemic, offering a sense of shifting between perspectives on reality in its adaptation of Franz Kafka’s 1915 novella. The production itself appeared to be in a continual state of transformation: it shifted between scenes adapted from the novella, ‘behind-the-scenes’ vignettes in which the cast played fictionalised versions of themselves, and interactive interludes hosted by a compère-like character known as ‘the barman’. This article explores the effect of adapting Kafka’s story for the world of 2020 not only through the innovative ways in which Hijinx engaged with Zoom performance through their production at a time when experimentation with the platform as a theatrical space/medium was still very much in its infancy; but also through the manner in which the company adapted Kafka’s novella to reflect the cultural moment of the early months of lockdown. In doing so, this article considers the ways in which Hijinx’s Metamorphosis mercurially embodied both the hopelessness of life at the height of lockdown, and the optimism of being able to emerge from the tragedy and loss of the pandemic into a world with renewed hope.

Check Your Layout

Nonprofit Communications ReportVolume 21, Issue 5 p. 6-6 Brief Check Your Layout First published: 05 April 2023 https://doi.org/10.1002/npcr.32174Read the full textAboutPDF ToolsRequest permissionExport citationAdd to favoritesTrack citation ShareShare Give accessShare full text accessShare full-text accessPlease review our Terms and Conditions of Use and check box below to share full-text version of article.I have read and accept the Wiley Online Library Terms and Conditions of UseShareable LinkUse the link below to share a full-text version of this article with your friends and colleagues. Learn more.Copy URL No abstract is available for this article. Volume21, Issue5May 2023Pages 6-6 RelatedInformation

Blueprints for well-being: Modeling the way through Human-Centered Leadership and Pathway to Excellence.

Blueprints for well-being: Modeling the way through Human-Centered Leadership and Pathway to Excellence.

Check Your Likes but Move Your Body! How the Use of Social Media Is Influencing Pre-Teens Body and the Role of Active Lifestyles

The use of social media has been increasing among pre-teens, affecting body satisfaction and leading to the development of a dualism between real and virtual identities. It is also associated with low physical activity levels. This cross-sectional study aimed to investigate the influence of dualism and physical activity levels on body satisfaction in male and female pre-teens. A sample of 2378 Italian pre-teens (Mage = 12.02 years, SD = 0.82) was recruited. Two anonymous and self-administered questionnaires were used to investigate social media use, the representation of the bodies through the social media, body image, and physical activity levels. Descriptive statistics were computed for all variables; Pearson’s Chi square and Cramer’s V were calculated to assess gender differences. Linear mixed models were used to explore the association between body satisfaction (dependent variable) and physical activity levels and the dualism (independent variables). It emerged that physical activity positively influences body satisfaction for both males and females; dualism negatively influences body satisfaction only for females. Therefore, it can be assumed that the engagement of pre-teens in offline activities counteracts the undesirable consequences of the beauty ideal models proposed by image-centred social media platforms.