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Design your own universe: a physics-informed agnostic method for enhancing graph neural networks

AbstractPhysics-informed Graph Neural Networks have achieved remarkable performance in learning through graph-structured data by mitigating common GNN challenges such as over-smoothing, over-squashing, and heterophily adaption. Despite these advancements, the development of a simple yet effective paradigm that appropriately integrates previous methods for handling all these challenges is still underway. In this paper, we draw an analogy between the propagation of GNNs and particle systems in physics, proposing a model-agnostic enhancement framework. This framework enriches the graph structure by introducing additional nodes and rewiring connections with both positive and negative weights, guided by node labeling information. We theoretically verify that GNNs enhanced through our approach can effectively circumvent the over-smoothing issue and exhibit robustness against over-squashing. Moreover, we conduct a spectral analysis on the rewired graph to demonstrate that the corresponding GNNs can fit both homophilic and heterophilic graphs. Empirical validations on benchmarks for homophilic, heterophilic graphs, and long-term graph datasets show that GNNs enhanced by our method significantly outperform their original counterparts.

Communication Tools and E-Learning: A Revolution in the Research Methodology of Communication for a Pedagogical Scenario

Communication is a source of motivation and cohesion, so knowing how to communicate is a way to facilitate e-learning interactions and group/class dynamics through various communication tools. Communication tools and e-learning have brought major changes to teaching and learning. These tools include online learning platforms, forums, webinars, online videos, podcasts, social media, and other advanced communication technologies. They allow learners and teachers to communicate and collaborate remotely, offering increased flexibility and accessibility. It is important to design instructional programs that effectively integrate these online learning and communication tools into the instructional scenario. E-learning allows teachers to choose from a variety of synchronous and asynchronous methods. Asynchronous methods allow for additional communication, while real-time or synchronous methods allow for in-process communication. The choice of communication tools associated with the training modules depends on the learning activity the trainer wants to perform. In this case, we recommend that you offer a variety of communication tools and design your e-learning course to meet the needs of your learners.

Design your surgery

Design your surgery

Sustainable Schoolyards as Learning Landscapes

Learning for sustainability encourages informal learning, embeds daily usages and observations into the learning process, and has the potential to cultivate ecological-based habits for a sustainable future. We cannot separate the learning process and everyday life from each other. Therefore, the present research focuses on sustainable learning programs and designs in schoolyards within the framework of “learning landscapes,” which is an emerging topic that requires interdisciplinary approaches. This article aims to combine curriculum design, spatial design, informal learning, and ecological design themes and explain the practice-based processes in “Design Your Schoolyard” workshops. This participatory and hands-on project involves multiple stakeholders and unfolds this multilayered structure within its process. Nature-child connections are insufficient in most cities, and the cultivation of sustainable practices only happens with nature and the practicing of sustainable behaviors in daily life. Therefore, school gardens are emerging with a new approach that interprets these areas as learning landscapes, not just as spatial designs but as an approach that creates connections with the curriculum and ecology to help children learn about sustainability and builds bonds between nature and children in daily life. This study aims to launch a new discussion about schoolyard designs that support children in learning about sustainability and to highlight the principles of these learning landscapes. Secondly, the research offers various suggestions about handling these sites, the importance of the design of multi-stakeholder processes, and the inclusion of various disciplines into the process from a participatory and experiential project experience.

Design your life: user-initiated design of technology to empower autistic young adults

PurposeThis article describes the development and initial experiences of Design Your Life, a new design approach implementing user-initiated design of technological environments that support autistic young adults to live independently.Design/methodology/approach This article makes use of a phenomenological Research-through-Design approach. Investigation of possible ways in which a set of four guiding principles could be applied into a design toolkit for autistic young adults and their caregivers by means of three design case studies was conducted. Promising methods from the design practice and literature were applied and contrasted with the lived experiences and practical contexts of autistic young adults and their caregivers.FindingsThis exploratory research yielded several important insights for the design direction of Design Your Life. Reflecting on how the guiding principles played out in practice it was noted that: the case studies showed that stakeholders appreciate the approach. The design principles applied cannot be used without the help of a sparring partner. This suggests that caregivers may be trained in design-thinking to fulfil this role. The Design Your Life method will be iteratively developed, refined and validated in practice.Originality/valueThe presented approach puts design tools in the hands of the people who will use the technology. Furthermore, the approach sees technologies as empowering interventions by which a person can strengthen their own living environment. According to this article, this approach is new for this application. It provides valuable perspectives and considerations for autistic people, caregivers, researchers and policy makers.

From Personal to Public Health - building Health Data Pipelines

Abstract The creation of future proof infostructures requires a number of efforts on different levels within a health organisation. One important thing that we need to be genuinely realise and grow aware of is that there is an inherent need to move away from Excel Spreadsheets, Access Databases and legacy data tools (including paper) towards interoperable information systems that are focused on high-quality data coordination mechanisms, robust processes and documentation and most of all design of data flows that enable sustainable data collection and analysis. This hands-on session will inform users on the following elements: – Doing a thorough situation analysis of your current data situation – Design your health data pipeline - paper and imagination required – Resources to help you design the ideal infostructure – Setting your next steps forward – Being aware of your organisational culture to ensure maximum success

Your Website's Role in Raising Funds

Successful FundraisingVolume 30, Issue 9 p. 7-7 Website Design Your Website's Role in Raising Funds First published: 05 August 2022 https://doi.org/10.1002/sfr.32016Read 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 Share a linkShare onFacebookTwitterLinked InRedditWechat No abstract is available for this article. Volume30, Issue9September 2022Pages 7-7 RelatedInformation

Evaluation of Sustainable Schoolyards: “Design Your Schoolyard” Workshops with a Practice-Based Process in Muratpaşa, Antalya.

Evaluation of Sustainable Schoolyards: “Design Your Schoolyard” Workshops with a Practice-Based Process in Muratpaşa, Antalya.

Design Your Experiment (DYE) – Project based learning in Fluid Mechanics Laboratory

There is a need to implement an active and student-centered learning experience in the universities, which could help students expand their vision and better understand its application and concepts outside the classroom learning. This article discusses an approach of Design your experiment (DYE) project in the Fluid Mechanics laboratory to make the course more interesting for the students. We discuss various components involved in the DYE project and its learning outcomes. The student survey shows that the DYE helps the students to enhance their fundamentals, improve their communication, leadership and team management skills.

Design Your Exam (DYE): A novel active learning technique to increase pharmacy student engagement in the learning process

BackgroundDue to the COVID-19 pandemic, innovative e-learning solutions should be implemented to deliver knowledge to healthcare students remotely. Presently, there is a paucity of studies in the literature that have examined student-designed assessments in the classroom. ObjectivesTo examine the educational outcomes comparing the Design Your Exam (DYE) activity versus instructor-designed end-of-class (EOC) quizzes and explore student perceptions and preferences for each teaching modality. MethodsLectures in the Industrial Pharmacy course were delivered to students by two different approaches: instructor-designed EOC assessments and student-designed DYE. The designed learning model was evaluated via an anonymous questionnaire for quality assurance and future course improvement. ResultsMean exam performance for content taught using the instructor-designed EOC quizzes and DYE activity were 74.4% and 71.9%, respectively (p = 0.092). Average student attendance for lectures taught using instructor-designed EOC quizzes and the DYE activity were 77.6% and 72.1%, respectively (p = 0.524). A post-course survey showed that 72.2% preferred the instructor-designed EOC, 5.6% preferred DYE activity, and 16.7% preferred a combination of the activities. Respondents reported that the EOC quizzes helped them to understand the lecture material and kept them focused during the lecture and that the DYE was useful in developing their personal interaction skills. ConclusionDYE is a novel active learning model that can be incorporated into student courses as an alternative to traditional didactic lectures. Further development of the DYE technique, such as including supportive audio-visual resources, is necessary in order to increase student acceptance.

Will a Computer Design Your Next Transformer? [White Hot

The design of magnetics is a real challenge for power electronics engineers. To get a good design means finding the right combination of core material, core shape, bobbin/coil former, winding layup, winding wire or foil, insulation, and terminations. This makes even a one winding inductor a complex multidimensional optimization problem. The author gives a brief overview of several types of magnetics design automation highlighting their capabilities and limitations. It is concluded that these tools bode well and that power electronics designers can look forward to an ever evolving capability in the automated design of magnetic devices. So what do you think? Will a computer design your next transformer or inductor?

Design your strategy, define your costs: third or subsequent-lines in advanced gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GIST)

Design your strategy, define your costs: third or subsequent-lines in advanced gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GIST)

ВІРТУАЛЬНИЙ ЛАБОРАТОРНИЙ ПРАКТИКУМ ЯК ЗАСІБ ВИВЧЕННЯ ПРИРОДНИЧИХ ДИСЦИПЛІН

In the article the way of using information technology in the natural education is activated, such as computer modeling of chemical, physical or biological phenomenon processes, introduction into the educational process of the virtual laboratory works. The relevance of the introduction of virtual laboratories in educational practice is due, firstly, to the information challenges of the time, and secondly, the regulatory requirements for the organization of the educational process of general secondary and higher education. It is mentioned that the use of virtual laboratories in the educational process allows students to conduct experiments with equipment and materials that he is able to use due to lack of a real laboratory or its lack of technical content, get practical skills of conducting experiments of integrated natural direction initiating computer models and the process of operation of unique equipment of chemical, physical, biological laboratory, to study dangerous in the real situation processes and phenomena of natural origin, without fear of possible consequences. The article reveals the advantages and disadvantages of using a virtual laboratory workshop during the study of natural sciences. Possibilities of modern virtual laboratories of a natural direction which allow to model objects and processes of the surrounding world and also to organize computer access to the real laboratory equipment. The possibility of realization of a virtual laboratory workshop on chemical disciplines of the natural cycle in the environment of a virtual simulator of the laboratory IrYdiumChemistryLab is shown. This virtual laboratory involves the formulation of specific tasks or the formation of its own strategy for planning the experiment,the resource immediately differs in the ability to intervene in the program and design your own virtual experiment Created on the basis of IrYdiumChemistryLab virtual laboratory works allow to prepare diluent of various concentrations, to calculate and measure concentrations of ions in solutions of strong and weak electrolytes, to titrate, etc. Virtual laboratories must be present in the practice of teaching natural sciences (chemistry, physics, biology). The need to use a virtual laboratory workshop during distance learning is especially relevant.

Design Your Own Flow Cytometry Experiment: A Four-Week Inquiry Laboratory

Design Your Own Flow Cytometry Experiment: A Four-Week Inquiry Laboratory

Farm/Ranch Succession Planning Program Motivates Families to Take Steps

The United States is experiencing increased aging of farmers and ranchers, highlighting the need for succession planning programs that can help prepare them for successful transfer of land and assets to a successor. We discuss the Design Your Succession Plan program and its evaluation. The program consists of three sessions that address multiple topics regarding succession planning. Over a 5-year period, 516 participants from across North Dakota attended the program. Results from retrospective pretest/posttest surveys indicate that the program had a significant impact on increasing knowledge and confidence among participants. Implementation can assist aging farm and ranch families across the country.

Bridging the Gap: A Computer Science Pre‑MOOC for First Semester Students

Knowledge in Computer Science (CS) is essential, and companies have increased their demands for CS professionals. Despite this, many jobs remain vacant. Furthermore, computational thinking (CT) skills are required in all contexts of problem solving. A further serious problem arises from the gender disparity in technology related fields. Even if tech companies want to hire women in technology, the number of women who enter these fields is remarkably low. In high schools with no technical focus, most teenagers acquire only low‑level skills in CS. The consequences are misleading preconceptions about the fundamental ideas of CS and stereotype‑based expectations. Consequently, many teenagers exclude computing from their career path. In this paper, two promising concepts to overcome these challenges are presented. In 2018, a voluntary gamified lecture “Design your own app”, held at the University of Graz for students of all degree programs, was introduced. The course attracted over 200 students and received positive evaluations. This led to the second concept. In January 2019, a MOOC (Massive Open Online Course) with the title “Get FIT in Computer Science” was designed and launched in August 2019 on the platform iMooX.at with the goal to provide a basic introduction to different concepts of CS, including programming and the application of game design strategies. The MOOC was accompanied by an offline lecture, following the principles of flipped classroom and inverse blended learning. For evaluation purposes, we collected data at three stages: 1) during the MOOC, 2) during the offline lecture, and 3) two months after the lecture. The results showed that the MOOC framework was a promising approach to support and motivate at least a certain group of first‑semester students, especially those who had no prior knowledge in CS.

Design and Implement Your Own Focus Groups

Design and Implement Your Own Focus Groups

Bridging the Gap: A Computer Science Pre‑MOOC for First Semester Students

Knowledge in Computer Science (CS) is essential, and companies have increased their demands for CS professionals. Despite this, many jobs remain vacant. Furthermore, computational thinking (CT) skills are required in all contexts of problem solving. A further serious problem arises from the gender disparity in technology related fields. Even if tech companies want to hire women in technology, the number of women who enter these fields is remarkably low. In high schools with no technical focus, most teenagers acquire only low‑level skills in CS. The consequences are misleading preconceptions about the fundamental ideas of CS and stereotype‑based expectations. Consequently, many teenagers exclude computing from their career path. In this paper, two promising concepts to overcome these challenges are presented. In 2018, a voluntary gamified lecture “Design your own app”, held at the University of Graz for students of all degree programs, was introduced. The course attracted over 200 students and received positive evaluations. This led to the second concept. In January 2019, a MOOC (Massive Open Online Course) with the title “Get FIT in Computer Science” was designed and launched in August 2019 on the platform iMooX.at with the goal to provide a basic introduction to different concepts of CS, including programming and the application of game design strategies. The MOOC was accompanied by an offline lecture, following the principles of flipped classroom and inverse blended learning. For evaluation purposes, we collected data at three stages: 1) during the MOOC, 2) during the offline lecture, and 3) two months after the lecture. The results showed that the MOOC framework was a promising approach to support and motivate at least a certain group of first‑semester students, especially those who had no prior knowledge in CS.

Enhancing consumer value of the co-design experience in mass customization

This research examines the extent to which the consumer’s perceived value of the co-design experience influences satisfaction with that experience and loyalty intentions toward the online mass customization (MC) program, and whether the consumer’s thinking style during the co-design experience affects the perception of value. A total of 178 millennial consumers used Converse’s “Design Your Own” MC program, completing a survey regarding their co-design experience. Results validate the positive (negative) influence of control and enjoyment (complexity) on satisfaction with the co-design experience and the positive impact of satisfaction on loyalty intentions toward the MC program. Additionally, individual thinking style influences perceived value. Experiential thinking during the co-design experience positively (negatively) influences control (complexity) and has no significant effect on enjoyment, whereas rational processing increases complexity and enjoyment, exerting no significant effect on control. Managerial implications of these results can help providers build value-laden, MC co-design experiences.

Book Review: The Scopus Diaries and the (Il)logics of Academic Survival: A Short Guide to Design Your Own Strategy and Survive Bibliometrics, Conferences, and Unreal Expectations in Academia by Abel Polese

Book Review: <i>The Scopus Diaries and the (Il)logics of Academic Survival: A Short Guide to Design Your Own Strategy and Survive Bibliometrics, Conferences, and Unreal Expectations in Academia</i> by Abel Polese