Reflectance Readings Research Articles

Prediction of secondary metabolites in maize under different nitrogen inputs by hyperspectral sensing and machine learning

Flavonoids are compounds resulting from secondary plant metabolism that provide benefits to human health by food. This study aimed to accuracy of predicting flavonoids in maize plants subjected to different nitrogen rates using hyperspectral reflectance and machine learning (ML) algorithms. The experiment was carried out in randomized blocks in a 4 × 5 factorial design (four N inputs: 0; 30; 60 and 120 % of the recommended N input; and five readings of the reflectance spectra in maize leaves from different vegetative stages: V6, V8, V10, V12 and V14, in four replications, totaling 80 treatments. N rates were applied in the V4 and V8 phenological stages, using urea as the N source. For hyperspectral analysis, four leaves from each treatment were collected and analyzed using a spectroradiometer (FieldSpec 4 HRes, Analytical Spectral Devices), capturing the spectrum in the 350 to 2500 nm range. Subsequently, the leaf samples used in the reflectance readings were dried, ground and subjected to isoflavone quantification, analyzed by ultra-performance liquid chromatography in three repetitions, quantifying daidzein 1 (D1), daidzein 2 (D2), genistein 1 (G1), genistein 2 (G2), and total isoflavones. Data obtained was subjected to machine learning analysis, testing two data set input configurations: wavelengths (WL) and calculated spectral bands (B), and D1, D2, G1, G2 and total isoflavones as output variables. The ML algorithms tested were artificial neural networks (ANN), REPTree (DT), M5P decision tree (M5P), ZeroR (R), Random Forest (RF) and support vector machine (SVM), evaluated according to their performance by the correlation coefficient (r) and mean absolute error (MAE). The results show that the SVM algorithm had the highest accuracy in predicting the variables D1, D2, G1, G2 and total isoflavones, outperforming the other algorithms when WL was used as input in dataset.

Oral dentures and quality of life related to Parkinson disease: An integrative review

Parkinson's disease (PD) is a neurodegenerative condition affecting millions of elderly people, causing tooth loss and difficulties in oral hygiene. These complications increase the incidence of cavities and periodontal diseases. Oral rehabilitation with dentures is crucial to restore masticatory function and improve the quality of life for these patients. The objective of this study is to evaluate the impact of oral rehabilitation on the quality of life of edentulous older patients with Parkinson's. An integrative review was prepared following the recommendations of the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA), based on the research's guiding question: "What is the impact of rehabilitation with complete dentures on the quality of life of older patients with Parkinson's?". The PICO search strategy was set up (P=patient, I=intervention, C=control and O =outcome) and the descriptors that guided the search were obtained from the health sciences descriptors of the virtual health library (DeCSbvs) and the headings of medical subjects (MeSH Pubmed). We used the Pubmed/Medline, BVS, CINAHL, EMBASE, SCOPUS and Web of Science databases, in the last 10 years (between June 2012 and June 2022), presenting title and abstract in English. Used the selection process of the articles occurred according to the three steps of the Prisma Flow Diagram: Step 1: Articles selected through critical and reflective reading by title and summary; Step 2: Articles read in full and included in the review only related to the research theme and Step 3: Selection of articles according to the pre-established inclusion and exclusion criteria. As results, from 42 initial studies were included two studies. Conclusions: there is a lack of studies in the field of quality of life related to dentures in patients with Parkinson disease.

Exploring the Impact of SCOBA Creation on Language Learners' Reading and Reflective Thinking Skills in Concept-Based Reading Curriculum

A new reading curriculum incorporating the principles of concept-based instruction and reading strategy instruction was designed and implemented for a previous study. Concept-based instruction was compared with reading strategy instruction to determine the impact of the new curriculum on language learners' reading and reflective thinking skills. The data revealed that the concept-based group performed better in reflective reading and thinking skills.
 The new curriculum involves the creation of a Schema of a Complete Orienting Basis of an Action (SCOBA) during reflection sessions. To explore the necessity of SCOBA creation, an experimental study with two groups was conducted, where only one group created a SCOBA. Both groups received concept-based reading instruction and were compared based on their reading, reflective reading, and reflective thinking skills. The data revealed that the groups performed similarly in reading and reflective reading skills, but the SCOBA group performed better in reflective thinking skills. The study sheds light on the importance of incorporating reflective thinking activities, such as SCOBA creation, in concept-based reading instruction.

Impacts of intestinal ostomy: Perspectives on the experience of the ostomized

Stoma is a term that has the meaning of mouth. Intestinal stoma is a surgical procedure, which aims to change the path of effluents, exteriorizing part of the intestine on the surface of the abdomen. Thus, with this change, there are several impacts on the lives of individuals who are submitted to this surgical procedure. To identify through the research of articles the impacts that the ostomized go through during their experience from the religious sphere, to the labor. This is a literature review study of a qualitative approach of the reflective descriptive analysis type. The searches were conducted in the BVS and Google academic databases between February and May 2023. Inclusion and exclusion criteria were applied. Twenty-six articles were selected that were consistent with the descriptors presented and with the objective of this review. After the reflective reading, four points were raised about this population: The repercussion of the intestinal ostomy for mental health; Impacts of the intestinal ostomy in the return of the labor activities; The sexual life of the person with intestinal ostomy; The religiosity and spirituality as a support network for the person with intestinal ostomy. It is concluded that the ostomy, despite being a method that aims at improving the quality of life of the person who has it, either permanently or temporarily, generates several impacts on the experience of the ostomized person, affecting different areas. Therefore, this study is of great value in order to analyze these impacts, as well as to demonstrate them in a succinct way.

Efectos de la implementación del taller: lectura reflexiva los cómics “El Lustra” en secundaria

Given the significance that comics have as a practice of interpretive visual reading, the present research aims to describe the effect generated by the implementation of the workshop: reflective reading of the comics “El Lustra” in the formation of social awareness in high school students. The research corresponds to the mixed approach (quantitative-qualitative), explanatory type, with a non-experimental – longitudinal design. The main findings when measuring educational actions of reflection and participation in the students, in addition to the practice of social values, highlight that after the implementation and subsequent execution of the workshop, an increase in the number of schoolchildren who respect their classmates is achieved, They practice solidarity and responsibility, they communicate better, they participate more in classes, in group socialization work and they value their family better. It is concluded that the use of comics in the educational process at the secondary level constitutes an alternative with significant levels of effectiveness, in addition to contributing to the development of social values and with it the critical, reflective, expression and creativity capacity.

Contributions of stomatherapy to nursing care for people with Intestinal Ostomy

Stomal therapy is an exclusive specialty of nursing that aims to assist people with stomas, injuries and incontinence, in its preventive, therapeutic and rehabilitative aspects in search of improving the quality of life. The care provided by this professional through the ostomy situation, goes from the moment of its indication to the immediate and late postoperative or outpatient phase aiming at the autonomy and rehabilitation of the patient. To identify through a review of scientific studies the contributions of stomal therapy to nursing care for people with intestinal ostomies. This is a literature review research of a qualitative approach of the descriptive reflective analysis type. The searches were performed in the BVS and Google Scholar databases between February and April, 2023. Inclusion and exclusion criteria were made. Articles were selected that had context with the descriptors presented and with the objective of this study. After the reflective reading, six points were highlighted in a category, which are, respectively: The characteristics of a pole or nucleus of stomized people; Attributions of the stomal therapist nurse; Main difficulties listed by the stomal therapist nurse for assistance to the person with intestinal stoma; Recommendations of the stomal therapist nurse for adherence of the collecting equipment; Materials used for the exchange of the collecting equipment; Main complications arising from the intestinal stoma The Polo of stomized people is of great contribution to the stomized,both for qualifying professionals, providing collecting equipment and adjucent protective materials, as well as providing quality care to the stomized.

Wit issie 'n colour nie (it is a "sermon"!)?

There is a growing need to critically engage the three loaded key concepts in our title – preaching, faith formation, and whiteness – within the contemporary South African context. In doing so, I propose a reflective reading on the following three primary texts, namely Nathan Trantraal’s Wit issie ’n colour nie (2018), Johan Cilliers’ God for us? An analysis and assessment of Dutch Reformed preaching during the apartheid years (2006 [1994]), and Willie James Jennings’ After whiteness – A theological education in belonging (2020). The background for this discussion is to recognise the “(white) elephant in the room”, confess that it is not simply a mere matter of “(just) white noise”, or telling “secret little (white) lies”, and examine how whiteness in our sermons may be transformed and more transformative of more colourful and imaginative Christian witness.ess.

Analysis of the Level of Critical Competence of Teachers Participating in the Distance and Face-To-Face Education Programme of the European Project “Media in Action”, Involving Spain, Italy, Malta, and the United Kingdom

ABSTRACT Critical competence is the most demanded by researchers and the most disadvantaged when it comes to measuring it, according to the results of the project. When it comes to measuring it, according to the results of studies consulted (Livingstone, 2003; Vicent González, 2014; Fedorov et al. 2015; Ferrés, 2018 and 2020; Pereira, 2018). In the studies reviewed on critical competence, a major deficiency was noted in the case of teachers, students, and families when it came to the critical analysis of information published in the media and the use of digital resources. Both the results of scientific studies (Gutiérrez-Marín et al. 2012) and European organizations and UNESCO agree on the need to urgently implement media and critical literacy in virtual classrooms. With the aim of promoting a reflective reading of media messages, this study aims to measure teachers’ critical competence through a series of practical exercises based on the analysis of advertising images, news and hoaxes using a quantitative methodology based on a survey, provided online, to teachers in five countries: Spain, Italy, Malta, and the United Kingdom. The surveys yielded valuable data confirming the effectiveness of training teachers through distance and/or face-to-face education in addressing misinformation and media manipulation.

ONLINE LEARNING VARIETIES AS EFFORTS TO INCREASE STUDENTS’ READING MOTIVATION

The Coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) became a pandemic in March 2020. As the impact, the learning activities experienced a shift from traditional learning methods to technology-based or online learning. The shifting forces the students and instructors to adapt to new things. This study aims to determine how various learning activities in English reading class motivate students and to determine students’ motivation in English reading class. This study involved 22 students from Universitas Kristen Indonesia in Jakarta utilizing experimental research using three strategies of teaching reading. This research recommended three activities that motivated the students to participate actively in class. The three activities include implementing online reading tests, assigning reflective reading, and presenting the summary of journal articles. The three different teaching reading strategies increase students’ motivation to trigger their enthusiasm to participate consistently in every activity. The research suggests that various ways of teaching academic reading are necessary since students feel contented. This study implies that it provides alternative strategies for teaching reading applicable in all reading classes, mainly to university students.

ВОПРОСЫ ИЗУЧЕНИЯ ПРОИЗВЕДЕНИЙ К. Г. ПАУСТОВСКОГО В РАБОТАХ Н. А. ДЕМИДОВОЙ И ЕЁ УЧЕНИКОВ: К 100-ЛЕТИЮ СО ДНЯ РОЖДЕНИЯ УЧЁНОГО-МЕТОДИСТА

Introduction. This article in commemoration of the centenary of the birth of N. A. Demidova (1923–2006), an outstanding academic educator, presents the analysis of studying writings by K.G. Paustovsky at school, which is the core of the scientific and methodological research of N.A. Demidova and her apprentices, Prof. I.V. Sosnovskaya and Prof. L.A. Krylova, prominent experts in methods of teaching literature. The author aims to gain newfound relevance of valuable teaching and learning ideas pertinent to contemporary goals of instruction and education; to ensure continuity in adoption of basic methods and techniques for working with K.G. Paustovsky’s writings as well as of ways to organize students’ activities; and to highlight original teaching and learning solutions. Materials and Methods. The main object of the research is the scientific and methodological legacy of N.A. Demidova and works of her apprentices (I.V. Sosnovskaya and L.A. Krylova) dedicated to the issues of studying K. G. Paustovsky’s writings at school. The following research methods were used: generalization of teaching experience; comparative analysis of programs, textbooks on literature in order to establish the composition of K.G. Paustovsky’s writings and the orientation of their study; interpretation of scientific literature on the methodological legacy of N.A. Demidova. K.G. Paustovsky’s writings and the orientation of their study; interpretation of scientific literature on the methodological legacy of N.A. Demidova. Results. Analysis of works by N.A. Demidova dedicated to studying K. G. Paustovsky’s writings at school suggests that the scholar is all about growth and improvement of best traditions of national methods (V.P. Ostrogorsky, M.A. Rybnikova, V.V. Golubkov, et al.). The academic educator defined significant guidelines for a literature class being the lesson in aesthetic ex¬perience and emotional development of students; for correspondence of the teaching manner to the basic mood of a studied literary piece; and for setting the main objective of a literature class on a reflective reading, active imagination, and deep comprehension of the read. The methodology of studying K.G. Paustovsky’s prose proposed by N.A. Demidova and I.V. Sosnovskaya is a well-balanced composition of traditional (dramatic reading, appeal to art reproduction of landscape painters, vocabulary analysis, verbal painting, comparative analysis, landscape sketching, etc.) and new and updated (conceptual analysis, word portrayal, analysis of titles, etc.) methods and practices of studying literary writings. Quite attractive for the contemporary method is the idea of ‘empathetic dialogue’ (L.A. Krylova) as a kind of spiritual communication in the literature class. Conclusion. This update of a unique skill for studying K. G. Paustovsky’s writings as described in the research by N.A. Demidova and her apprentices is meant to help today’s teachers in solving the vital issue of developing a creative reader with mature reproductive imagination, associative thinking, and aesthetic sense.

Synthesis and Characterization (Electrical and Optical) of TiO2 Doped with MnO2

TiO2 is vastly used in several industries due to its several properties, its wide bandgap and poor ionic conductivity has however hampered its application in the energy industry. In this work, TiO2 has been doped with MnO2 to produce thin films. The doping was carried out in 5, 10 and 15 wt% of MnO2 and the resultant films characterized (uv/vis photospectroscopy and 4-point probe conductivity test). It was observed that the electrical conductivity was highly improved as was observed in the conductivity test which showed the conductivity of pure TiO2 at 0.0100Ω-1m-1, increase to 0.0217 Ω-1m-1 at 5wt% of MnO2 , and to 0.0409Ω-1m-1 at 10wt% and finally to 0.0749wt Ω-1m-1 at 15wt% of MnO2. The improvement in the conducting properties were also made evident by the drastic reduction in the bandgap energy of TiO2 which reduced for 3.2eV of pure TiO2 to 2.7eV, 2.2eV and 1.7eV for 5wt%, 10wt% and 15wt% MnO2 respectively. These bandgap values were obtained from kebulka-monk plots made by the reflectance readings of the UV/VIS.

An empirical study of college students' reading engagement on academic achievement.

With the popularity of Internet technology, reading has developed in the direction of digitalization and mobileization. And entering the metaverse era, both the subject and object of reading may be redefined, presenting a new developmental pattern. This process brings a crisis to reading, such as the fragmentation of reading, the obstruction of reading needs, and the replacement of classical reading. However, reading is still an important way for college students to acquire new knowledge, broaden their horizons and improve their skills. The existence of reading crises inevitably affects the academic achievement of college students. Therefore, from the perspective of university management, this paper conducts regression analysis on 1,155 effective samples of colleges and universities in Anhui Province, extracts the factors that affect college students' reading engagement, and further explores the relationship between college students' reading engagement and academic achievement. The study concluded that: (1) in terms of family reading culture, students who grow up in families with good family reading culture perform better in reading engagement. The amount of family books, family reading education and family reading atmosphere all have significant positive effects on reading time and reflective reading strategies of college students. (2) In the cultivation of reading habits in colleges and universities, the course-driven mechanism and the atmosphere stimulating mechanism have a significant positive effect on students' reading time. The course-driven mechanism, resource supporting mechanism and atmosphere stimulating mechanism have a significant positive effect on the critical reading strategy of college students. (3) In terms of reading time, it is only found that the reading time spent on paper books has a significant positive effect on college students' academic achievement and professional quality. (4) In terms of reading strategies, the replicative reading strategy only has a significant positive effect on the improvement of college students' academic achievement and professional quality. The critical reading strategy has a significant positive effect on the professional quality, general ability and career planning ability of college students.

A Reflective reading of the general secondary school 2022 results and the indicators of admission to Egyptian universities

High school is an important transitional stage in the life of the student and his family together, as it charts the course of the student's professional life when he graduates from the university or from higher education institutions. Because of the importance of the high school, efforts are exerted by all segments of society, students, parents, teachers, administrators, examination, and control committees, and ... etc. There is no doubt that these efforts are financially and morally costly, especially since the high school system has been unstable in recent years. It often changes with the change of the minister, once the portfolio system, and once the tablet system, and finally the Babylon chit system and perhaps other systems will come in the future. The state has expanded the number of universities with their three types: governmental, private, and private, and this may be in pursuit of future plans and a feasibility study of the needs of the labor markets globally, Arab, and locally, which casts doubts about the feasibility of the unstudied expansion in university education. Hence, the importance of this study appears to reveal the reality of the secondary school result 2022 and the trends and indicators of university admission to university education. In addition to this, the study seeks to answer a broad question. Where is Egyptian university education heading, does it support class, for example? Is it education for the elite and another for the poor? Is it based on a specific philosophy, and what? Is the state gradually abandoning support for education in general and higher education in particular.

Analysis of Non-Invasive Fingerprint Thickness Based Authentication Method Utilizing Near Infrared Spectroscopy

Fingerprints are a popular method of biometric based authentication. However, methods currently in use are susceptible to being bypass through the use of forgeries of the fingerprint pattern. Measuring the epidermal thickness of the fingerprint is a solution to the issue, as there are no current ways for a third-party to precisely replicate the thickness measurements. Near-Infrared Diffused Reflectance (NIR-DR) spectroscopy is the proposed method of measuring fingerprint thickness. Reflectance reading is taken at 5 specific wavelength points to generate a simplified plot for comparison. Thickness measurement is gauged by calculationg change in reflectance percentage between the 800-900nm range. Data gathered showed variation in the reflectance spectra that was unique to each subject. Application for a fingerprint thickness-based authentication method is plausible but require additional research with a larger population sample and looking into the effects of age and skin colour for their effect on epidermal thickness.

GOOD NURSING PRACTICES IN ASSISTANCE TO PATIENTS WITH CHEST DRAINAGE

This is a bibliographic research with a qualitative approach that aimed to describe good nursing practices in patient care with chest drain. Surgical intervention is characterized as an invasive procedure, which can cause trauma. The surgical wound is characterized by sutur-ing the edges of the tissue from a deep, mechanical and intentional incision. Due to its com-plexity, in many cases there is a need for devices that assist in the exit of liquids and gases from this process. In these cases, the use of the drain that is inserted during the procedure becomes effective and its handling is under the responsibility of the nursing team, which needs to use good practices, in view of the patient’s needs. Data were collected in a virtual database. For this purpose, the VHL was used, in the following information base: LILACS; BDENF and Google Scholar from January to February 2022. For sample selection, there was a time frame from 2017 to 2021. After associating all descriptors, 80 articles were found, 66 were excluded and 14 articles were selected. After the reflective reading, two categories emerged: Complications related to the chest tube and Nursing Care with the chest tube. It was concluded that assistance is of fundamental importance, since the nursing professional works in all periods of care from the preoperative, intraoperative and postoperative periods. Thus, nursing professionals working in this area must be in constant professional updating, have good knowledge of the processes involved in performing the chest drainage technique and ventilatory mechanics, providing quality care and preventing the emergence of diseases.

Imperatives of Care: Women and Medicine in Colonial Korea

Imperatives of Care: Women and Medicine in Colonial Korea

Ensinando através de vidas: construções biográfico-narrativas pensadas como metodologia ativa e significativa

Abstract The present work intends to present as a perspective of the field of social sciences, the biographical-narrative approach of lives, has the founding potential – when applied in teaching – to activate and make meaningful (and significant) both learning and the lives of students and educators. Based on an interpretive and reflective reading, the methodology is based on a broad discussion about dealing with biographical narratives. Along with this, the relational possibilities that narrating and reconstructing trajectories reveal are pointed out, added to the understanding of how these are intercrossed in contexts and relationships at the micro and macro level, in the private and public spheres, encompassing traditional, popular and cultivated knowledge. This fact leads to the pedagogical latency of this methodological experience of teaching-learning-research. Therefore, it is intended to point to ways of operationalizing – disciplinary and also inter-, multi- and transdisciplinary – the processes and tools, as well as the gains in interests and contextualization of the contents proposed by the curricula and school calendars. These procedures have the relevant role of revealing the socio-historical present of the trajectories and of the agents that circulate educational life, but also of the families and, especially, of the students themselves, and place them as historical agents filled with subjectivities built in the daily interrelationships and intercoms. In this way, it is pointed out, finally, how the biographical-narrative approach has the potential to constitute itself as an active, interpretive and reflective methodology, without forgetting to be critical and to produce openings for the emancipation of the agents (educator and student).

Postgraduate pedagogy in pandemic times: Online forums as facilitators of access to dialogic interaction and scholarly voices

In 2020, when the switch to remote teaching and learning required redesigning asynchronous on-line versions of face-to-face courses, we were concerned about whether access to engaged and dialogic learning could be facilitated in this new space. In attempting to address this concern we asked students in a B Ed Honours course to post, in an online forum, their reflective responses to weekly readings and to each other’s posts. This discussion forum became the engine of the course. With their permission, the posts of students in the 2021 cohort, together with their summative reflective reading response assignment, were analysed in order to understand different kinds of dialogic interactions and their affordances for reducing the potential alienation of asynchronous learning. One of the key findings that emerged from this analysis is the role of dialogic interaction in facilitating the development of personal, professional and scholarly voices which contributed to epistemic access. Our analysis was informed by the theoretical work of Bakhtin on the dialogic and by theoretical and empirical work of scholars in the field of critical pedagogies. We use examples from the writing of a ‘stronger’ and a ‘weaker’ student to illustrate how students negotiated roles and positions for themselves by appropriating and using the textual resources available on the forum. We argue for the value of sustained practice in ‘writing about reading’, of reading each other’s writing and of ‘writing back’ to one another on-line, for the gradual acquisition of a range of confident voices and for enhanced understanding of module content.

Advancing students’ scientific inquiry performance in chemistry through reading and evaluative reflection

Inspired by existing literature indicating that reading literacy is significantly associated with scientific reasoning and chemistry conceptual understanding, this quasi-experimental study explored the effectiveness of reflective reading of scientific articles on student inquiry performance. A total of 134 10th graders from southern Taiwan were divided into two Experimental Groups (EG) and a Comparison Group (CG). Both EG1 and EG2 students engaged in reading and discussing scientific articles and planning their own experiments. Evaluative reflection on their peers’ experimental designs was emphasized for EG1 students while the recognition of variables in designing experimental procedures was emphasized for EG2 students. The CG students learned how to read and understand scientific articles without direct emphasis on their inquiry practices. The results revealed that EG students’ scientific inquiry performances of forming researchable questions and planning experimental procedures could be effectively improved by reading and reflecting on experimental design. Further analysis revealed that students with higher reflection ability performed better than those with lower reflection ability in the competency of experimental design applied to other contexts. Given that using reading in chemistry teaching is scarce, this study's pedagogical approach of reading with a focus on evaluative reflection provides an alternative teaching strategy for those teachers who do not have enough time or laboratory equipment to provide their students the opportunity of doing hands-on experiments.

Learning about the nature of science through the critical and reflective reading of news on the COVID-19 pandemic

The global COVID-19 pandemic caused by the SARS-CoV-2 virus has led to a plethora of information published in the media. Conceived as a socioscientific issue of great relevance currently, this article highlight the educational potential of some media news about the pandemic to reflect and learn about the nature of science (NOS). To this end, a theoretical foundation is first presented regarding the reading of science news published in the media as an educational resource to learn about NOS. Secondly, a proposal is presented on how this might be addressed in the science classroom. The proposal is illustrated by four news items, intentionally selected as examples, which have been published in the Spanish digital press. The aspects of NOS that are discussed in the context of the news items selected are: tentativeness of scientific knowledge, role of error in scientific research, role of debate in the development of science, importance of models and modelling in scientific research, and ethics in science.