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Chatra Paryesana: A Student Enquiry System

In today’s technological era, chatbots not only mimic human conversation but can also perform sophisticated jobs like purchasing theatre tickets. RASA is a free and open-source programme that may be used to run various versions of the NLU and DIET models. It has the capacity for natural language processing, reinforcement learning, and API/database integration. nervous system. This project incorporates a number of rasa’s fundamental principles to allow for user interaction in its execution of tasks. Using the Rasa platform, we developed a chatbot specifically for universities. You can use this chatbot to obtain student information, view grades, and verify attendance. By integrating with Telegram, users no longer need to download and run a separate programme to use this bot. This method is far more interesting than the standard web page.

Совершенствование статистического учета как мера повышения эффективности профилактики болезней системы кровообращения.

Improving the provision of medical care for diseases of the circulatory system, including disease prevention, is an urgent problem, the solution of which is carried out in the Russian Federation at the state level. Purpose of the study is to evaluate information on the features of accounting for peripheral artery diseases and the level of their prevalence on the basis of information contained in official statistical reporting forms. Materials and methods. Based on the information of medical organizations contained in official statistical reporting forms No. 12 and No. 14, an assessment of the features of accounting for peripheral artery diseases and their prevalence in St. Petersburg for the period from 2015 to 2020 was carried out. In order to neutralize the influence of regional peculiarities of the organization of medical care during the pandemic of a new coronavirus infection, 2019 was chosen as the main research period. Extensive and intensive indicators were calculated with an assessment of the reliability of their difference, a correlation analysis was carried out. Results. The official statistical forms take into account a limited list of diseases of the peripheral arteries, which accounts for only 1,2% in the structure of diseases of the circulatory system in St. Petersburg. The proportion of other diseases of the circulatory system that are background is high: high blood pressure – 38,7%, cerebrovascular diseases – 25,5%, coronary heart disease – 22,5%. At the same time, the contribution of peripheral artery diseases in assessing their long–term consequences is significant – there is an increase in the level of surgical interventions, including amputations. In addition, a strong correlation was established between the prevalence of peripheral artery diseases and background diseases (p = 0,78; p < 0,01), which indicates a “cumulative effect” of peripheral artery diseases in the population. Conclusions. It is necessary to develop separate preventive programs for patients with peripheral artery diseases, the instrument of which can be the organization of their effective accounting by means of a register specially created for these purposes.

With End of PHE, States Begin Disenrolling Medicaid Enrollees

With End of PHE, States Begin Disenrolling Medicaid Enrollees

CALCULATION OF FRACTURE INITIATION DIRECTION IN PERFORATED WELL

The work considers the issue of initiating the fracture and its direction in the formation during the hydraulic fracturing operation during the development of the field. Based on the analytical decision on the stress state of the cylindrical channel in the loaded medium, an algorithm is built to calculate the direction of fracture initiation in the case of a well with a set of perforations. The algorithm considers two acceptable scenarios: the fracture can be initiated either by fracturing the wellbore or by fracturing one or more perforations. In addition to the direction of fracture formation, the algorithm allows you to calculate the formation pressure, as well as the final closing pressure of the frac crack. The work also analyzed the effect of wellbore direction on fracture parameters in several different versions of well geometry with perforation channels. The calculations show a significant effect of wellbore direction as well as Poisson ratio on the result of wellbore rupture. The contrast of the main stress tensor components transverse to the well axis also has a significant impact on the direction of fracture initiation. The developed method allows you to determine the direction of the frac fracture for combinations of wellbore trajectories and perforations. The final configuration of the perforation channels has some uncertainty about the specific direction of the channels, since in practice control of the direction of the device is rarely used. To reduce the risks of incorrect assessment of rupture parameters, the algorithm is supplemented with a sensitivity analysis to the direction of the perforation channel system. The algorithm is implemented as a separate Python program module.

Characteristics of Riobamba's household solid waste generation and the benefits of source separation

The generation of urban waste represents a problem for cities, so quantifying and analyzing its generation is fundamental for municipal planning. To obtain these data, a study was conducted in Riobamba, forty households were selected, and data were collected, phase I determined the composition of the waste based on the quartering methodology, in phase II a pilot source sepa-ration program was implemented and quantified, with the data obtained estimates were made according to different percentages of recovery of materials compared to the extension of the useful life of the landfill. The result showed that the generation rate per capita was 0.71 kg/person/day, translated into about 200 tons of waste generated per day in Riobamba city. In terms of compo-sition, the fraction of organic waste constitutes the largest proportion in the two phases with percentages of 60% and 73%, recyclables 20% and 12% and disposable 20% and 15%, which indicates that in the phase of separation at the source, the families created more awareness about the gen-eration of waste, so it is important to implement management practices to reduce the waste volume to a final disposal which will contribute to extend the useful landfill life up to 27 years.

Effective algorithms for separable nonconvex quadratic programming with one quadratic and box constraints

Effective algorithms for separable nonconvex quadratic programming with one quadratic and box constraints

Necessity of Enterprise Resource Planning Systems for Small and Medium-sized Enterprises

For small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), the advantages of ERP systems are obvious. Many small businesses initially use different software and applications to manage each business process, such as separate programs for invoicing, finance, sales, etc. However, these programs are not integrated with each other, which can cause problems such as data loss between different databases, errors caused by manual data entry, and time-consuming manual processes.
 However, ERP systems provide a single, integrated system that connects all important business processes, reducing data loss and errors. With the help of an ERP system, businesses can manage finances more efficiently, implement more consistent sales and marketing strategies, better plan and organize production and logistics processes, and manage human resources more effectively.
 However, ERP systems also have some disadvantages, such as implementation costs and time-consuming implementation. In addition, businesses should choose an ERP system according to the number of their staff and the complexity of their processes to best suit their needs.
 The efficient operation of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and the growth of their performance is facilitated by the use of various technologies/techniques. Covid19 has highlighted even more the importance of using these technologies - which differ from sector to sector - but at what point during the company's life cycle does an SME reach the stage where it already needs a complex, integrated business management system ERP?

Gapless provides combined scaffolding, gap filling, and assembly correction with long reads.

Continuity, correctness, and completeness of genome assemblies are important for many biological projects. Long reads represent a major driver towards delivering high-quality genomes, but not everybody can achieve the necessary coverage for good long read-only assemblies. Therefore, improving existing assemblies with low-coverage long reads is a promising alternative. The improvements include correction, scaffolding, and gap filling. However, most tools perform only one of these tasks and the useful information of reads that supported the scaffolding is lost when running separate programs successively. Therefore, we propose a new tool for combined execution of all three tasks using PacBio or Oxford Nanopore reads. gapless is available at: https://github.com/schmeing/gapless.

Development of undergraduate employability skills through authentic assessment in college-based higher education.

This paper explores how authentic assessment can be implemented to enhance opportunities to develop employability skills through problem-solving tasks. Based on the eight key tenets of authentic assessment (Ashford-Rowe, Herrington and Brown, 2014), this paper presents formative and summative assessment case studies which were created in partnership with external stakeholders on three separate degree programmes at an undergraduate college-based higher education provider. The case studies report on the development of employability skills through authentic learning design on courses ranging from level 4 to level 6 of the Framework for Higher Education Qualifications. The cases add weight to the argument for embedding employability within the curriculum wherein the core skills/intended outcomes are delivered as part of the taught curriculum rather than as paralleled approaches which aim to develop employability as an add-on. Each of the case studies are individually distinct, however they each share commonalities that collectively produce an effective framework for authentic assessment design. These key components include effective collaboration with external stakeholders (employers) from within the respective sectors, the joint formulation of a ‘problem’ that allows students to apply real world skillsets to overcome, and lastly the opportunity for external stakeholders to contribute towards feedback that students receive in respect to the assessment carried out. Learning developers in higher education should look to utilise the conclusions of this paper to inform learning design in their contexts.

CME-Certified Microlearning Platform Successful in Improving Knowledge on the Use of Preventive Migraine Therapies Among Neurologists and PCPs (P8-12.011)

<h3>Objective:</h3> In order to help close the gap in care, a series of short CME-certified programs was developed to allow neurologists and primary care physicians (PCPs) to individualize their learning journey on different topics pertaining to the use of preventive migraine therapies. <h3>Background:</h3> Migraine is a severe, disabling neurologic disorder that affects at least 39 million men, women, and children in the United States. It is well established that measures of patient-related outcomes are inversely related to the number migraine days per month and yet data consistently shows that patients are not receiving appropriate preventive therapies. <h3>Design/Methods:</h3> The online microlearning platform consisted of 6 separate CME-certified video-recorded programs, each program being 5–7 minutes in total length. The content for each program was delivered by a single headache expert. Educational effect was assessed by examining neurologists’ and PCPs’ pre- and post-education response to one question per program. A paired-samples t-test identified significant differences between pre- and post-assessment responses. Data were collected between August 28, 2021 and November 18, 2021. <h3>Results:</h3> Since participants were not required to take all six of the programs, activity participation ranged from 67–84 neurologist and 89–109 PCP learners. Neurologists and PCPs demonstrated significant (<i>P</i> &lt;.05) pre vs post educational improvement in the following areas: gastrointestinal symptoms associated with frequent migraines; American Headache Society recommendations for the use preventive treatment; the mechanism of action of anti-CGRP monoclonal antibodies; and clinical trial outcomes for anti-CGRP monoclonal antibodies. Neither physician group demonstrated a statistically significant improvement in selecting between available anti-CGRP monoclonal antibodies for migraine prevention. <h3>Conclusions:</h3> The results indicated that the use of CME-certified microlearning programming can effectively improve knowledge among both neurologists and PCPs regarding information pertaining the use of preventive migraine therapies. Both clinician groups would benefit from additional education on when and how to effectively utilize preventive migraine therapies. <b>Disclosure:</b> Dr. Finnegan has nothing to disclose. Mrs. Merlo has nothing to disclose. Dr. Halker Singh has received personal compensation in the range of $500-$4,999 for serving on a Scientific Advisory or Data Safety Monitoring board for Impel. Dr. Halker Singh has received personal compensation in the range of $500-$4,999 for serving on a Scientific Advisory or Data Safety Monitoring board for Supernus. Dr. Halker Singh has received personal compensation in the range of $500-$4,999 for serving on a Scientific Advisory or Data Safety Monitoring board for Biohaven. Dr. Halker Singh has received personal compensation in the range of $500-$4,999 for serving on a Scientific Advisory or Data Safety Monitoring board for Teva. Dr. Halker Singh has received personal compensation in the range of $0-$499 for serving as an Editor, Associate Editor, or Editorial Advisory Board Member for Current Neurology &amp; Neuroscience Reports. Dr. Halker Singh has received personal compensation in the range of $10,000-$49,999 for serving as an Editor, Associate Editor, or Editorial Advisory Board Member for Headache Journal. Dr. Halker Singh has received publishing royalties from a publication relating to health care. Dr. Halker Singh has received publishing royalties from a publication relating to health care. Dr. Halker Singh has received personal compensation in the range of $5,000-$9,999 for serving as a CME speaker with Pri-med. Dr. Halker Singh has received personal compensation in the range of $5,000-$9,999 for serving as a CME speaker with Medscape.

Frontier of Understanding Earth's Dynamics

Frontier of Understanding Earth's Dynamics

A dynamic process model for continued integration between ECE and EI/ECSE teacher preparation programs

ABSTRACT Early childhood and early childhood special education programs have predominantly been separate teacher preparation programs that prepare novice teachers for general or special education settings. However, with a growing shift toward inclusion, as well as a shortage of educators with training to teach all children, there is a need for teacher preparation programs to prepare all early childhood educators to support all children and engage all families. This article describes one institute of higher education’s integrated program and the program’s process to align coursework with both the Professional Standards and Competencies for Early Childhood Educators and Initial Practice-Based Professional Preparation Standards for Early Interventionists/Early Childhood Special Educators. We do this by discussing (a) the landscape of teacher education and integrated programs, (b) one IHE’s integrated program history, (c) our process for embedding standards, and (d) next steps.

Elements and Implications of Social and Emotional Learning in the Home Economics Education Curriculum

본 연구는 청소년기 학생들이 자신을 이해하고 타인과 건강한 관계를 맺으며 건강한 공동체를 형성할 수 있는 교육을 제공하기 위한 이론적 관점으로서 사회정서학습(SEL)에 주목하여 2015 개정 가정과 교육과정에서 드러난 사회정서학습의 의미와 핵심역량을 분석하였다. 그 결과 가정과 교육과정의 성격, 목표, 교과 역량, 핵심 개념, 일반화된 지식, 성취기준에 사회정서학습의 핵심역량이 모두 포함된 것으로 분석되었다. 이에 대한 시사점은 첫째, 학교 현장에서 따로 사회정서학습 프로그램을 도입하지 않아도 가정과수업의 명시적 교육을 통해 사회정서학습 핵심역량이 충분히 함양될 수 있다. 둘째, 가정과교육은 실천을 강조하는 교과이기 때문에 사회정서학습의 역량들을 학교 밖에서의 실제적 삶과 연계하여 적용할 수 있다. 마지막으로 사회정서학습의 최종목표인 부모와 가정과의 연계를 중시하고 건강하고 안전하며 정의로운 커뮤니티 형성은 가정과교육의 목표와 유사성이 높으므로 가정과교육을 통해 사회정서학습의 실효성을 높일 수 있다.This study focuses on Social and Emotional Learning (SEL) as a theoretical perspective to provide education that enables adolescent students to understand themselves, establish healthy relationships with others, and form a healthy community. The meaning of learning and core competencies were analyzed. Results showed that the core competencies of SEL were all included in the nature, goals, subject competencies, core concepts, generalized knowledge, and achievement standards of the 2015 revised Home Economics Education (HEE) Curriculum. The implications for this are: First, the core competencies of SEL can be sufficiently cultivated through explicit education in HE classes without introducing a separate SEL program in the school field. Second, since HEE is a subject that emphasizes practice, the competencies of SEL can be applied in connection with actual life outside of school. Lastly, the effectiveness of SEL can be increased through HEE because the goals of SEL, which emphasize the connection between parents and the creation of healthy and safe community, are similar to the goals of HEE.

English Speaking Problems Faced by ESL Students of Intermediate Level in District Chitral

The present research study is an effort to explore the English-speaking problems faced by ESL students of intermediate level in district Chitral. The research is oriented on both quantitative and qualitative paradigms. The population of the study was five colleges of district Chitral and fifty ESL students were selected as research participants. Data was composed by using an online questionnaire. The questionnaire was sent to the participants via Email and WhatsApp. The collected data was analyzed in numerical form and presented in tables and graphs. The main finding of the research is that there is a lack of proper environment inside the ESL classrooms for speaking English and also a lack of basic facilities like English language laboratories and there is no separate programs inside the educational institutions for the development of language skill. Most of the English teachersteach English subjects in their native language. Some recommendations are also given by the researchers.

A Cross-Sectional Study of Knowledge, Practice, and Management of Solid Waste Segregation in Higher Educational Institutes: A Case Study in KSA

Solid waste management is highly considered in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) for the protection of the environment, preserving resources, and producing energy. Solid waste is collected in bins from Qassim University (QU) as a mixture without any segregation processes. The key to obtaining university stakeholders’ involvement in the waste separation program is awareness coupled with participation. This study evaluates the stakeholders’ knowledge and practices related to solid waste separation at QU, KSA, as well as explores the current collection system of solid waste on the university’s campus. A self-administered questionnaire was designed to measure the knowledge and practices of QU stakeholders, as well as the existing management of solid waste in the University. The questionnaire consists of three sections; knowledge, practices, and actual waste management in QU. A total of corrected 437 responses were collected from QU demographic variables based on gender, language, age, and job. Frequency analysis, Chi-square test, t-test, and correlation test were utilized to estimate the average values and the association between the survey statements and demographic variables. The results revealed that the awareness level of respondents is high, and their application is good. Although fewer than 50% of the QU stakeholders have practiced waste separation at the generation site in specific bins, the majority are willing to do that with an agreement level of 98%. Additionally, the analysis proved that the solid waste is collected efficiently in QU but the waste separation at the generation point is poor. The responses of the participants implied that the most disposed of waste in QU is paper, followed by plastic. Teaching courses, workshops, and advertisements related to waste are recommended to increase awareness of the benefits of waste separation at the source, both economically and environmentally. The results of this study help the decision-makers in the programs’ implementation of sustainable development and resource reservation that is also consistent with KSA vision 2030.

A Qualitative Assessment of the Treatment Needs of Women with Concurrent Eating and Substance Use Disorders in a Residential Setting

Objectives: Eating and substance use disorders (SUD) are generally treated separately, leaving eating disorders (ED) overlooked within substance use treatment. The frequent co-occurrence of SUD and ED is well documented. Despite their many similarities and frequent co-occurrence, these two disorder types continue to be largely treated separately–either sequentially, with the most severe disorder addressed first, or concurrently but in separate programs. Our study, therefore, responds to this lacuna of data on patient and provider treatment needs for integrated ED and SUD treatment, centering the perspectives of women with lived experience of ED and SUD to support the development of therapeutic groups for women in treatment programs. Methods: This study was designed as a needs and assets assessment to determine the needs and priorities of women with concurrent ED and SUD for developing group programs. Participants for the needs assessment included both staff members (n = 10) and women receiving treatment (n = 10) who were recruited from a 90-day residential treatment program for women with SUD in British Columbia, Canada. Interviews and focus groups conducted with participants were audio-recorded and transcribed verbatim. Data were thematically analyzed and coded using Dedoose software. Results: Six key themes emerged from the qualitative data and were organized into sections with sub themes. An overarching premise from both staff and program participants was the need for concurrent therapeutic programming, nutritional support, and medical monitoring. The six discrete themes that were elicited included the similarities between ED and SUD, gaps in treatment, community support, family involvement, program participant treatment suggestions, staff treatment suggestions, and family involvement. Conclusions: Throughout this qualitative study, the need for screening and assessment of both disorders along with integrated treatment was stressed by participants, both program participants and staff alike. These findings complement current literature and suggest that pursuing concurrent treatment design may be helpful in addressing unmet program participant needs and could provide a more holistic framework for recovery.

Determinants of waste separation behavior Tabriz, Iran: An application of the theory of planned behavior at health center

Background: Identifying factors that may influence waste separation behavior can lead to more effective waste separation, better recycling plans in a community, and more effective and efficient waste management interventions. The purpose of the survey was to identify the key factors behind such behavior.Methods: The scientific inquiry was cross-sectional in nature, took place in Tabriz, Iran, and employed multistage random sampling to recruit the study’s 360 participants. The data collection process took place between September 2018 and February 2019. A Theory of Planned Behavior-driven questionnaire was developed by the research team for the purpose of data collection. The structural equation modeling (SEM) approach was deployed for data analysis.Results: The structural equation modeling of the data showed the most important determinants of behavioral intention were perceived behavioral control (β = 0.39, p &amp;lt; 0.05), moral commitments (β = 0.19, p &amp;lt; 0.05), and perceived policy effectiveness (β = 0.12, p &amp;lt; 0.05). The strongest determinants of waste separation behavior were behavioral intention (β = 0.29, p &amp;lt; 0.05) and perceived behavioral control (β = 0.25, p &amp;lt; 0.05). In addition, age-group and gender differences were statistically related to waste separation behavior significantly (p &amp;lt; 0.05).Conclusion: Recycling investors and other stakeholders should focus on perceived behavioral control and intention in designing and implementing waste separation programs.

Teacher’s perceptions of separate language learning models for students with immigrant background in Austrian schools

ABSTRACT The majority of European educational systems regard the provision of high-quality language and learning support for students with immigrant background as the greatest challenge and consider separate language support classes as ‘the solution’ to the educational disadvantages these students face. Austria recently implemented separate language support programmes (‘German language support classes and courses = GLSCC’) for students with beginner-level German language skills. There is a growing body of literature which indicates that separate language learning programmes result in lower academic achievement of students with immigrant background compared to inclusive programmes. This study presents teachers’ perceptions (n = 1.267) of positive or negative effects of the GLSCC in Austrian schools. With regard to positive effects, teachers view the GLSCC as an opportunity for individualised and differentiated instruction. However, many teachers reported negative effects in the social dimension which refer to social exclusion and processes of othering. Furthermore, the findings indicate a variety of deficiencies on a didactic (e.g. students miss content in other subjects) and organisational level (e.g. lack of adequate rooms) and indicate a strong need for improved teacher education and training to teach heterogeneous classes.

A rank-two relaxed parallel splitting version of the augmented Lagrangian method with step size in (0,2) for separable convex programming

The augmented Lagrangian method (ALM) is classic for canonical convex programming problems with linear constraints, and it finds many applications in various scientific computing areas. A major advantage of the ALM is that the step for updating the dual variable can be further relaxed with a step size in ( 0 , 2 ) (0,2) , and this advantage can easily lead to numerical acceleration for the ALM. When a separable convex programming problem is discussed and a corresponding splitting version of the classic ALM is considered, convergence may not be guaranteed and thus it is seemingly impossible that a step size in ( 0 , 2 ) (0,2) can be carried on to the relaxation step for updating the dual variable. We show that for a parallel splitting version of the ALM, a step size in ( 0 , 2 ) (0,2) can be maintained for further relaxing both the primal and dual variables if the relaxation step is simply corrected by a rank-two matrix. Hence, a rank-two relaxed parallel splitting version of the ALM with a step size in ( 0 , 2 ) (0,2) is proposed for separable convex programming problems. We validate that the new algorithm can numerically outperform existing algorithms of the same kind significantly by testing some applications.

Cross-institutional Virtual Mock Oral Examination: A New Paradigm?

Sixteen senior plastic surgery residents and 14 faculty from three separate programs participated in a cross-institutional virtual MOE. Over a single day, each trainee was evaluated by two faculty from a separate institution on six scenarios, including digitally interactive photographs. Immediate postexamination debriefing with feedback was performed. All participants were subsequently invited to complete an anonymous survey regarding MOE experience, accuracy, and stress level, with responses graded on a Likert scale (1-5). Twenty-three participants completed the survey, with 87% having prior MOE experience; however, only 26.1% of participants had virtual MOE experience. Most found the virtual platform more convenient (4.18 + 1.18; 5-far more convenient, 1-far less convenient) and less stressful (2.32 + 0.65; 5-far more stressful, 1-far less stressful) than in-person. All participants found the examination fair, and participants found the examination valuable (4.65 + 0.57) in preparing trainees for the American Board of Plastic Surgery oral examination. The majority of participants found the virtual MOE experience valuable and comparable to in-person. These results reinforce that a virtual MOE provides an acceptable alternative with greater convenience and improved cross-institutional collaborative efforts.