scholarly journals An Important Milestone Reached: Letters in Biomathematics Comes Home

2020 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Olcay Akman
Keyword(s):  
Important Milestone

MEDIA AND MODERNITY: THE ROLE OF THE PRINTING PRESS IN THE MODERNIZATION OF WESTERN SOCIETY

1970 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 291-301
Author(s):  
Yuyun Sunesti
Keyword(s):  
Modern Society ◽  
Public Spaces ◽  
Influential Factors ◽  
Western Society ◽  
15Th Century ◽  
Cultural Life ◽  
Information Media ◽  
Printing Method ◽  
Important Milestone

One of the influential factors in the formation of modern society in the Westernworld and subsequently spread to over the world has been the discovery of printing presswhich can be found in the form of printing method, printing company and print media.Since it was firstly used by Gutenberg in about 15th century AD, information which waspreviously delivered through oral medium with a limited audience, then through a methodof printing can be reproduced in large quantities and can be read by more audience, acrossdistance and time. Printing method which encourages the emergence of large printingcompanies and then print media has contributed in transforming modern cultural life ofsociety.In addition, the advent of the printing industries which has transformed intotransnational corporations as well as the emergence of journals and regular newspapersalso contributes significantly in raising public spaces as a medium for discussion andcritical thinking amidst society. Ultimately, this information media transformation brings achange in the state system which is more open and leads to the emergence of ideas ofnationalism which becomes an important milestone in transforming traditional societiesinto modern societies.

Impact of self-regulated learning on academic performance and satisfaction of students in the online environment

2019 ◽  
pp. 345-363 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Academic Performance ◽  
Goal Setting ◽  
Positive Impact ◽  
Social Dimension ◽  
Online Environment ◽  
Self Regulated Learning ◽  
Five Factors ◽  
Regulated Learning ◽  
Students Satisfaction ◽  
Important Milestone

The concept of self-regulated learning (SRL) hasn’t been researched enough in Bosnia and Herzegovina (B&H) and hence this study represents an important milestone in understanding this concept in this context. The conducted research was initiated with the presupposition that SRL had a positive impact on satisfaction and academic performance of students. In order to prove the goals of the research, two main hypotheses were formulated. The results of the exploratory factor analysis (EFA) have shown that the statements within SRL are grouped into five factors: goal-setting, metacognition, environment structuring, computer self-efficacy and social dimension. Multiple regression analysis proved that 4 of 5 factors have a positive impact on satisfaction and academic performance of students. Only goal-setting yielded no significance on the two aforementioned variables, while remaining four factors showed a significant influence on students’ satisfaction and academic performance.

Collaboration in the IETF

2021 ◽  
Vol 51 (3) ◽  
pp. 29-32
Author(s):  
Michael Welzl ◽  
Stephan Oepen ◽  
Cezary Jaskula ◽  
Carsten Griwodz ◽  
Safiqul Islam
Keyword(s):  
Task Force ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Important Milestone

RFC 9000, published in May 2021, marks an important milestone for the Internet's standardization body, the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF): finally, the specification of the QUIC protocol is available. QUIC is the result of a five-year effort - and it is also the second of two major protocols (the first being SPDY, which later became HTTP/2) that Google LLC first deployed, and then brought to the IETF for standardization. This begs the question: when big players follow such a "shoot first, discuss later" approach, is IETF collaboration still "real", or is the IETF now being (mis-)used to approve protocols for standardization when they are already practically established, without really actively involving anyone but the main proponents?

scholarly journals Estimating Craniofacial Growth Cessation: Comparison of Asymptote- and Rate-Based Methods

2021 ◽  
pp. 105566562110026
Author(s):  
Anna M. Hardin ◽  
Ryan P. Knigge ◽  
Hee Soo Oh ◽  
Manish Valiathan ◽  
Dana L. Duren ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Estimation Method ◽  
Logistic Models ◽  
Careful Consideration ◽  
Craniofacial Growth ◽  
Craniofacial Anomalies ◽  
Linear Measurements ◽  
Growth Cessation ◽  
Lateral Cephalograms ◽  
Males And Females ◽  
Important Milestone

Objective: To identify differences between asymptote- and rate-based methods for estimating age and size at growth cessation in linear craniofacial measurements. Design: This is a retrospective, longitudinal study. Five linear measurements were collected from lateral cephalograms as part of the Craniofacial Growth Consortium Study (CGCS). Four estimates of growth cessation, including 2 asymptote- (GCasym, GCerr) and 2 rate-based (GCabs, GC10%) methods, from double logistic models of craniofacial growth were compared. Participants: Cephalometric data from participants in 6 historic longitudinal growth studies were included in the CGCS. At least 1749 individuals (870 females, 879 males), unaffected by craniofacial anomalies, were included in all analyses. Individuals were represented by a median of 11 images between 2.5 and 31.3 years of age. Results: GCasym consistently occurred before GCerr and GCabs consistently occurred before GC10% within the rate-based approaches. The ordering of the asymptote-based methods compared to the rate-based methods was not consistent across measurements or between males and females. Across the 5 measurements, age at growth cessation ranged from 13.56 (females, nasion-basion, GCasym) to 24.39 (males, sella-gonion, GCerr). Conclusions: Adolescent growth cessation is an important milestone for treatment planning. Based on our findings, we recommend careful consideration of specific definitions of growth cessation in both clinical and research settings since the most appropriate estimation method may differ according to patients’ needs. The different methods presented here provide useful estimates of growth cessation that can be applied to raw data and to a variety of statistical models of craniofacial growth.

scholarly journals Discovery of higher-order quantum electrodynamics effect for the vacuum pair production

2021 ◽  
Vol 2021 (8) ◽  
Author(s):  
W. Zha ◽  
Z. Tang
Keyword(s):  
Pair Production ◽  
Quantum Electrodynamics ◽  
World Wide ◽  
Order Effect ◽  
Higher Order ◽  
Lepton Pair ◽  
Scientific Problem ◽  
Sigma Level ◽  
Level Of Significance ◽  
Important Milestone

Abstract The higher-order quantum electrodynamics (QED) effect for vacuum pair production has been searched without success since 1954. In this paper, we show that the combined world-wide data of lepton pair vacuum production is about 20% smaller than the latest lowest order QED calculation with a 5.2 sigma-level of significance and is consistent with the corresponding higher-order QED result. We claim the discovery of higher-order effect for the QED pair production, which settles the dust of previous debates for several decades. The verification of higher-order QED effect is a fundamental scientific problem, which is an important milestone towards the nonperturbative and nonlinear regime of QED vacuum.

scholarly journals Beyond symptom control: Research in psychosocial and existential issues in palliative care

2004 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-2 ◽  
Author(s):  
WILLIAM BREITBART
Keyword(s):  
Palliative Care ◽  
European Association ◽  
Symptom Control ◽  
Official Language ◽  
Research Committee ◽  
Care Research ◽  
The Third ◽  
Control Research ◽  
Existential Issues ◽  
Important Milestone

Stresa, a small town on the shores of the Lago Maggiore, about one hour north of Milan, Italy, was the site of the Third Research Forum of the European Association for Palliative Care (EAPC). From June 3 through 6, 2004, researchers from all across Europe, as well as investigators from North America, Australia, Japan, and Israel, gathered to review the state of palliative care research and set an agenda for the future. The setting was bucolic and tranquil; the official language was English; the accents were diverse; the accommodations were grand; the ambiance was intimate and insouciant; the dinners were elegant; the dress was stylish; the organization was impeccable; and the scholarship was of the highest level. All this, perhaps, was to be expected of an EAPC event, hosted by an Executive Scientific Committee and Research Committee headed by Franco De Conno of the Instituto di Tumori of Milano, Italy, and his colleagues. What was unexpected, however, was the prominence of research on psychosocial, existential, and spiritual aspects of palliative care at this critically important, international, palliative care research forum. Clearly, 2004 marks an important milestone for the entry of research in psychosocial and existential issues into the mainstream of academic palliative care. Palliative and Supportive Care, having just successfully completed its inaugural year of publication in 2003, is now extraordinarily and uniquely well placed to be the preeminent international palliative care journal for research in the psychosocial, existential, and spiritual aspects of palliative care.

ThunderSeis: Seismic analysis of thunder signals recorded at the Gaisberg mountain, Austria

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Artemii Novoselov ◽  
Florian Fuchs ◽  
Manfred Dorninger ◽  
Goetz Bokelmann
Keyword(s):  
Seismic Analysis ◽  
Meteorological Station ◽  
Lightning Stroke ◽  
Seismic Sensors ◽  
Insight Into ◽  
Important Milestone

<p>Lightning strokes create powerful wavefields of seismoacoustic nature, which we refer to as thunder. Unfortunately, even though bolts of lightning received much attention in such fields as physics of plasma and meteorology, less research was conducted to investigate the thunder itself.<br><br>A radio tower on the top of the Gaisberg mountain in Salzburg is permanently instrumented with electrical sensors able to record the current of lightning strokes hitting the tower’s top. In October 2020, observations of 5 thunder signals have been made using several one-component seismic sensors. At the same time, this tower is instrumented with a meteorological station, which allows us to model precisely the propagation of seismo-acoustic thunder signals from the above-mentioned lightnings.<br><br>These observations and modeling give insight into how thunder is created during the lightning stroke, which is an important milestone for seismo-acoustic observations of atmospheric events.</p>

scholarly journals ESTÁGIO SUPERVISIONADO E A TENDÊNCIA À RAZÃO INSTRUMENTAL

Revista Labor ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 1 (17) ◽  
pp. 110
Author(s):  
Elenilce Gomes de Oliveira ◽  
Carlos Augusto De Oliveira Azevedo Filho
Keyword(s):  
Key Words ◽  
Social Relations ◽  
Science And Technology ◽  
Historical Materialism ◽  
Instrumental Reason ◽  
Max Horkheimer ◽  
Federal Institute ◽  
Education Science ◽  
Important Milestone

Resumo  Destaca a tendência à razão instrumental, com base em Theodor W. Adorno e Max Horkheimer, cuja crítica a essa racionalidade constitui marco importante para a compreensão dos obstáculos à emancipação e à liberdade humana. A metodologia tem suporte na acepção do materialismo histórico-dialético, de modo a evidenciar elementos atinentes às relações histórico-sociais. Dessa maneira, põe em ressalto peculiaridades relativas à manifestação desta racionalidade no âmbito do Estágio Supervisionado, componente curricular da Licenciatura em Teatro, no Instituto Federal de Educação, Ciência e Tecnologia do Ceará.   Palavras-chave: Racionalidade. Adorno. Horkheimer. Formação. Estágio Supervised internship and tendency to instrumental reason Abstract  The present paper highlights the tendency to instrumental reason as developed by Theodor W. Adorno and Max Horkheimer, whose criticism to this rationality constitutes an important milestone for understanding the obstacles to human emancipation and freedom. The methodology is based on the dialectical and historical materialism, in order to point elements related to historical-social relations. In this way, it emphasizes peculiarities related to the manifestation of this rationality within the scope of Supervised Internship as one of the curricular components of the Teaching License in Theater at the Federal Institute of Education, Science and Technology of Ceará. Key-words: Rationality. Adorno. Horhheimer. Formation. Supervised Internship.

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