Obstacles to Using Distance E-Learning in Light of the Corona Pandemic and Ways to Confront them from the Point of View of Teachers in Karak Governorate: معوقات استخدام التعليم الإلكتروني عن بعد في ظل جائحة كورونا وسبل مواجهتها من وجهة نظر المعلمين بمحافظة الكرك

The current study aimed to identify the obstacles to the use of e-learning in distance education in light of the Corona pandemic from the point of view of teachers in Karak Governorate and ways to confront them. Four fields, and they were applied to a stratified random sample of (392) male and female teachers from the directorates of education in the Karak governorate. The study found that the obstacles to using e-learning in the distance education process in light of the Corona pandemic from the teachers' point of view, It obtained an overall average (3.63 out of 5), that is, it came with a (medium) degree, and at the level of the fields; The “student” domain came first with an average of (3.76), then the curriculum with an average of (3.71), both with a handicap rating (high), the teacher’s field came third with an average of (3.58), and finally the “infrastructure” field with an average of (3.42), both with a degree (medium). It was also found that there were no statistically significant differences in the obstacles to the use of e-learning in distance education due to the variables of gender and educational qualification, and the existence of differences due to the courses in the field of computer and in favor of those who did not receive any course and those who received one course, meaning that the obstacles they have are great. Such as; Determining appropriate ways to reduce these obstacles, by holding training courses for students and teachers on the use of e-learning, introducing immediate reforms to the curriculum and its teaching methods, and completing the provision of e-learning infrastructure to achieve maximum benefit from technology, especially computer ones.

Big Data Analytics and Its Applications in IoT

Big data and the internet of things (IoT) are two major ruling domains in today's world. It is observed that there are 2.5 quintillion bytes of data created each day. Big data defines a very huge amount of data in terms of both structured and unstructured formats. Business intelligence and other application domains that have high information density use big data analytics to make predictions and better decisions to improve the business. Big data analytics is used to analyze a high range of data at a time. In general, big data and IoT were built on different technologies; however, over a period of time, both of them are interlinked to build a better world. Companies are not able to achieve maximum benefit, just because the data produced by the applications are not utilized and analyzed effectively as there is a shortage of big data analysts. For real-time IoT applications, synchronization among hardware, programming, and interfacing is needed to the greater extent. The chapter discusses about IoT and big data, relation between them, importance of big data analytics in IoT applications.

Integrating traditional biomedical and high reliability organisation approaches: solving puzzles and problems

ObjectiveTo describe the important distinctions between traditional biomedical and high reliability organisation (HRO) approaches in advancing healthcare delivery. To further describe how these two concepts can be integrated in a learning health system to improve care for patients, providers’ experience and healthcare organisations’ effectiveness.Methods and analysisA description of how HRO and traditional biomedical approaches address problems in healthcare is provided, along with a description of their key characteristics. This is followed by a discussion on how to combine these concepts synergistically to the benefit of all stakeholders in a learning health system.ResultsHealth systems are challenged to become learning health systems but the path toward this goal is not well described, particularly on how to integrate existing approaches.ConclusionHRO and traditional biomedical approaches are important strategies to improving healthcare. However, they fundamentally address the challenges in healthcare differently. It is important to find ways to integrate these concepts to achieve maximum benefit in a learning health system.

When to provide bimodal stimulation in unilateral cochlear implant recepients

<p class="abstract"><strong>Background:</strong> With the steady increase in unilateral cochlear implant surgery as management of bilateral sensorineural hearing loss, the benefits of bimodal hearing have been well documented. However very few studies are available on the timing of bimodal hearing stimulation after cochlear implantation. The present study deals with when to provide bimodal hearing in unilaterally implanted children to achieve maximum benefit<span lang="EN-IN">. </span></p><p class="abstract"><strong>Methods:</strong> This study was carried out in 120 children aged between 3-5 years who underwent unilateral cochlear implant surgery. The implant was switched-on two weeks after surgery in all cases. The children were randomized into two groups of 60 each. Group 1 comprised of children who continued to use hearing aid in the non-implanted ear immediately after the cochlear implant surgery. Group 2 children discontinued using hearing aid in the non-implanted ear after surgery and restarted its usage after four weeks of switch on of the cochlear implant. The progress in both groups was monitored using category of auditory performance (CAP) scores and through a questionnaire<span lang="EN-IN">. </span></p><p class="abstract"><strong>Results:</strong> The mean age of the children was 3.55 years. 11.6 % of the recipients could localize sounds and 5% could understand speech in noisy environment in Group 2 whereas in 1.7% of the recipients could localize sounds and none of the recipient could understand speech in noisy environment in Group 1 after 3 months of follow up. CAP scores increased steadily in Group 2 over the study period whereas Group 1 recipients did not show the same progress<span lang="EN-IN">. </span></p><p class="abstract"><strong>Conclusions:</strong> We recommend that bimodal fitting should be the standard practice for clinical management of children who receive unilateral cochlear implant. The best practice is to restart the use of the hearing aid in the non-implanted ear, after one month of activation of the implant to achieve maximum benefit<span lang="EN-IN">.</span></p>

Case Study

Enterprise integration (EI) can be a major enabler for business process improvement, but it presents its own challenges. Based on the process improvement experiences of banks in several different countries, this chapter examines common EI challenges and outlines approaches for combining EI and process improvement to achieve maximum benefit. Common EI-related process improvement challenges are poor usability within the user desktop environment, a lack of network-based services, and data collection and management limitations. How EI affects each of these areas is addressed, highlighting specific examples of how these issues present themselves in system environments. The latter part of this chapter outlines best practices for combining EI with process improvement in relation to the challenges identified. Guidelines are provided on how to apply these practices in different organizational contexts.

Introduction

Particle accelerators were originally developed for research in nuclear and high-energy physics for probing the structure of matter. Over the years advances in technology have allowed higher and higher particle energies to be attained thus providing an ever more microscopic probe for understanding elementary particles and their interactions. To achieve maximum benefit from such accelerators, measuring and controlling the parameters of the accelerated particles is essential. This is the subject of this book.

Bridging the Technology Transfer Gap

The cost–benefits of academic–industry alliances are examined as well as the mechanisms to achieve maximum benefit to all the participants. Strategies to ensure the effective transfer of technology from universities to enterprises are reviewed and suggestions on how these might be refined and supported are offered. The article also touches on the role of a university trading company which can be pivotal in enhancing and expanding academic–industry links.

Dose, Response, and Survival in Metastatic Mammary Cancer

To the Editor: Congratulations to Hryniuk and Bush in their effort to make sense out of many different chemotherapy regimens. However, in my opinion, I think they interpret their results too narrowly. For example, in Fig 2 and especially Fig 4, a straight line parallel to the ordinate at 0.6 fits the data as well as a line with a slope. In Fig 5, I am led by the discussion to accept a line from a median survival time (MST) of 10 months to an MST of 20 months, as the CR plus PR percent is increased from 20% to 80%. A line parallel to the abscissa at an MST of 15 months fits the data as well. If the lines drawn through the data have slopes, then the authors are correct in postulating increased dose intensity from 0.6 to 1.0+ indicates increased responses and increased survival. On the other hand, parallel lines drawn through the data give an alternate conclusion, namely that a threshold must be reached to achieve maximum benefit and doses above the threshold dose achieve very little. Accepting the data points by Hryniuk and Bush without criticism, how do we know what line best fits their compilation of data, a straight line or a line with a slope?