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Park, Eunhee, and Yu-Ping Chang. "Using Digital Media to Empower Adolescents in Smoking Prevention: Mixed Methods Study." JMIR Pediatrics and Parenting 3, no. 1 (March 31, 2020): e13031. http://dx.doi.org/10.2196/13031.

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Background There is a critical need for effective health education methods for adolescent smoking prevention. The coproduction of antismoking videos shows promising results for adolescent health education. Objective This study explored the feasibility of a smoking prevention program using the coproduction of antismoking videos in order to empower adolescents in smoking prevention and tobacco control. A smoking prevention program based on coproduction of antismoking videos over eight sessions was implemented in a low-income neighborhood. Methods A mixed methods design with a concurrent embedded approach was used. In total, 23 adolescents participated in the program. During the prevention program, small groups of participants used video cameras and laptops to produce video clips containing antismoking messages. Quantitative data were analyzed using the Wilcoxon signed-rank test to examine changes in participants’ psychological empowerment levels between pre- and postintervention; qualitative interview data were analyzed using content analysis. Results Pre- and postcomparison data revealed that participants’ psychological empowerment levels were significantly enhanced for all three domains—intrapersonal, interactional, and behavioral—of psychological empowerment (P<.05). Interviews confirmed that the coproduction of antismoking videos is feasible in empowering participants, by supporting nonsmoking behaviors and providing them with an opportunity to help build a smoke-free community. Conclusions Both quantitative and qualitative data supported the feasibility of the coproduction of antismoking videos in empowering adolescents in smoking prevention. Coproduction of antismoking videos with adolescents was a beneficial health education method.
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Schunk, Michaela, Ursula Berger, Lien Le, Eva Rehfuess, Larissa Schwarzkopf, Sabine Streitwieser, Thomas Müller, et al. "BreathEase: rationale, design and recruitment of a randomised trial and embedded mixed-methods study of a multiprofessional breathlessness service in early palliative care." ERJ Open Research 7, no. 4 (October 2021): 00228–2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.1183/23120541.00228-2020.

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BackgroundThe Munich Breathlessness Service has adapted novel support services to the German context, to reduce burden in patients and carers from breathlessness in advanced disease. It has been evaluated in a pragmatic fast-track randomised controlled trial (BreathEase; NCT02622412) with embedded qualitative interviews and postal survey. The aim of this article is to describe the intervention model and study design, analyse recruitment to the trial and compare sample characteristics with other studies in the field.MethodsAnalysis of recruitment pathways and enrolment, sociodemographic and clinical characteristics of participants and carers.ResultsOut of 439 people screened, 253 (58%) were offered enrolment and 183 (42%) participated. n=97 (70%) carers participated. 186 (42%) people did not qualify for inclusion, mostly because breathlessness could not be attributed to an underlying disease. All participants were self-referring; 60% through media sources. Eligibility and willingness to participate were associated to social networks and illness-related activities as recruitment routes. Mean age of participants was 71 years (51% women), with COPD (63%), chronic heart failure (8%), interstitial lung disease (9%), pulmonary hypertension (6%) and cancer (7%) as underlying conditions. Postal survey response rate was 89%. Qualitative interviews were conducted with 16 patients and nine carers.ConclusionThe BreathEase study has a larger and more heterogeneous sample compared to other trials. The self-referral-based and prolonged recruitment drawing on media sources approximates real-world conditions of early palliative care. Integrating qualitative and quantitative components will allow a better understanding and interpretation of the results of the main effectiveness study.
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Martin-McGill, Kirsty, Gemma Cherry, Anthony Marson, Catrin Tudur Smith, Bridget Young, and Michael Jenkinson. "Ketogenic diets as an adjuvant therapy in glioblastoma (KEATING): A mixed methods randomised feasibility study." Neuro-Oncology 21, Supplement_4 (October 2019): iv10. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/neuonc/noz167.043.

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Abstract Background There is increasing interest in the use of ketogenic diets (KD) as adjuvant therapy for glioblastoma (GBM). Trial aims: i) investigate protocol feasibility; ii) assess patient/carer acceptability; iii) explore the decision-making of patients’ invited to participate in KEATING; and iv) inform phase III trial design. Methods Prospective, feasibility study, with embedded qualitative design randomised 12 newly-diagnosed GBM patients to three months of medium chain triglyceride ketogenic diet (MCTKD) or the modified ketogenic diet (MKD) during chemoradiotherapy. Primary outcome was retention; secondary outcomes included recruitment rate, dietary acceptability, progression free survival (PFS) and overall survival (OS). Semi-structured interviews were conducted with a representative sample of patients and relatives (n=15). Results Recruitment targets were achieved, but recruitment rate was low (28.6%). Retention was poor; only 4 of 12 completed the three-month diet (MCTKD n=3; MKD n=1). Median duration until discontinuing was 5.2 weeks (0–7 weeks; n=8). Participants made instantaneous decisions without deliberation: relatives supported diet implementation. Decliners made considered decisions factoring diet burden and quality of life. A three-month diet was undesirable to these patients. Median PFS was 11.4 weeks and OS was 67.3 weeks. Conclusion Recruitment to a ketogenic-glioblastoma trial is possible. To assess effectiveness in a phase III clinical trial, a six week intervention period is proposed. Future trials should optimise and adequately support the decision-making of patients. The role of relatives should not be underestimated.
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Mutmainah, Siti, Usman Usman, and Mukhamad Nurhadi. "Development of Applicative-Integrative Student Worksheet Based on Scientific Approach on Reaction Rate Subject." JKPK (Jurnal Kimia dan Pendidikan Kimia) 3, no. 1 (May 21, 2018): 6. http://dx.doi.org/10.20961/jkpk.v3i1.11982.

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<p>This research aimed to design applicative-integrative student worksheet based on scientific approach, which was applied to the learning process by using guided inquiry learning model. The worksheet was properly assessed from three aspects. There were validity, effectivity and practicality. The approach used in this research was ADDIE approach (Analysis, Design, Development, Implementation and Evaluation) with Embedded Mixed Methods. The stages of this research were extraction of potentials and problems, designing student worksheet, validation by experts including media, subjects, and practitioners, then testing the student worksheet. The results showed that the student worksheet was appropriate based on the analysis of the data obtained. This student worksheet was feasible to be implemented in the learning process of chemistry class, particularly reaction rate subject. The result of this research showed that validity, effectivity and practicality obtained 93.9, 83.1, and 94.3%, respectively.</p><p> </p>
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Harjanto, Ignatius. "The Preference for English in Digital Media among Indonesian Millennials." Beyond Words 9, no. 1 (May 2021): 16–36. http://dx.doi.org/10.33508/bw.v9i1.3143.

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The use of English among Indonesian millennials has been more widespread especially because of exposure to English has been so massive to secondary school in urban areas. There has been a concern that the increasing use of English might diminish their Indonesian language use and cultural identity. This study aims to investigate the roles of English on satellite TV programs and social media posts for Indonesian millennials, their language preference, and the consequences of language preference on their national identity. A concurrent embedded mixed methods design collecting quantitative and qualitative data was carried out through short essays and closed-questionnaires. Both questions of essay writing and closed-questionnaires were sent to students of private high schools in two big cities (Jakarta and Surabaya), aged 18 to 20 years old online. The questionnaire items were in multiple-choice and the short paragraph essay explained the importance of TV programs and social media posts for learning English. After being scrutinized, 989 respondents’ essay responses were analysed. The findings showed that TV programs and social media posts were claimed to have important roles of English learning resources. Although they practiced English through social media, they felt that they still kept themselves as Indonesians when using English on social media
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Widyaningsih, Mitasari, Samsudi Samsudi, and Ellianawati Ellianawati. "Flash Interactive Media to Improve the Mastery of Light Properties Concept." Journal of Primary Education 9, no. 5 (December 31, 2020): 482–92. http://dx.doi.org/10.15294/jpe.v9i5.42991.

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The purpose of this study is to analyze the effect of flash interactive media in improving students' understanding of concepts in elementary schools. This type of research was mixed methods with an embedded experimental model design. Quantitative data analysis techniques on the variable understanding of the concept, namely the results of the analysis of the students' pretest and posttest questions by using paired sample t-test. The results of the analysis are then triangulated with the qualitative Focus Group Discussion (FGD) data and the results of the interviews. This study involved 54 students who were selected by using the nonprobability sampling technique: purposive sampling. The population consists of 31 public schools and 13 private schools. The results of this study show a significant increase in the concept of understanding in the form of an increase in the average score understanding of concepts by 17.82%. According to questionnaire data that has been distributed, teachers and students respond very well to learning using the flash interactive media. Students' motivation to learn accompanies an increase in their understanding of concepts. It appears that the application of flash interactive media in science learning has a positive impact on increasing motivation that has an impact on increasing students' conceptual understanding.
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Bray, Lucy, Lucy Blake, Jo Protheroe, Begonya Nafria, Marla Andreia Garcia de Avila, Charlotte Ångström-Brännström, Maria Forsner, et al. "Children’s pictures of COVID-19 and measures to mitigate its spread: An international qualitative study." Health Education Journal 80, no. 7 (June 3, 2021): 811–32. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/00178969211019459.

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Objectives: To gain insight into children’s health-related knowledge and understanding of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV2) and COVID-19, and measures adopted to mitigate transmission. Design: A child-centred qualitative creative element embedded in an online mixed-methods survey of children aged 7–12 years. Setting: Children participated in the study in six countries – the UK, Australia, Sweden, Brazil, Spain and Canada. Method: A qualitative creative component, embedded in an online survey, prompted children to draw and label a picture. Children were recruited via their parents using the researchers’ professional social media accounts, through known contacts, media and websites from health organisations within each country. Analysis of the form and content of the children’s pictures took place. Results: A total of 128 children (mean age 9.2 years) submitted either a hand-drawn ( n = 111) or digitally created ( n = 17) picture. Four main themes were identified which related to children’s health-related knowledge of (1) COVID-19 and how it is transmitted; (2) measures and actions to mitigate transmission; (3) places of safety during the pandemic; and (4) children’s role in mitigating COVID-19 transmission. Conclusion: Children’s pictures indicated a good understanding of the virus, how it spreads and how to mitigate transmission. Children depicted their actions during the pandemic as protecting themselves, their families and wider society.
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Namisango, Fatuma, Kyeong Kang, and Junaid Rehman. "Service co-creation on social media: varieties and measures among nonprofit organizations." Journal of Service Theory and Practice 31, no. 5 (April 29, 2021): 783–820. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/jstp-07-2020-0146.

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PurposeLittle is known about the variations in service co-creation on social media, despite the resource integrating capabilities and co-creator roles afforded by these platforms. The gap is even more troubling in the nonprofit sector, where leveraging public interaction on social media is prevalent and vital to charitable and philanthropic endeavors. Arguably, such interaction is embedded in resource integrating activities leading to nonprofit service co-creation. This paper reports the forms, dimensions or service co-creation measures enabled by social media use in the nonprofits' sector.Design/methodology/approachThe authors conducted a sequential exploratory mixed methods design. First, the authors interviewed 19 social media managers in education, health and social service nonprofit organizations to identify the varieties in service co-creation realized. Second, the authors surveyed 73 nonprofit organizations on social media and gathered 267 useable responses, which were used to analyze and validate the identified forms of service co-creation.FindingsThe authors found that nonprofit organizations realize up to seven forms of service co-creation using social media. These include co-ideating to tweak service ideas, co-diagnosing social needs and problems, co-assessing service events, co-transforming services to targeted communities, co-advocating for community and service reach, co-resourcing in service delivery, and co-experiencing through a pool of diverse service experiences.Originality/valueThis study develops a reliable and valid multidimensional measure for nonprofit service co-creation enabled by social media platforms. Theoretically, this study offers a nonprofit service co-creation model to drive nuanced explanatory research and service co-creation perspectives in other contexts and engagement platforms. Managerially, this research illustrates the variations in service co-creation, which inform the strategic value of social media to nonprofits and will assist nonprofit practitioners in planning and evaluating their service co-creation outcomes.
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Sumathy, B., Anand Kumar, D. Sungeetha, Arshad Hashmi, Ankur Saxena, Piyush Kumar Shukla, and Stephen Jeswinde Nuagah. "Machine Learning Technique to Detect and Classify Mental Illness on Social Media Using Lexicon-Based Recommender System." Computational Intelligence and Neuroscience 2022 (February 26, 2022): 1–10. http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2022/5906797.

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The emergence of social media has allowed people to express their feelings on products, services, films, and so on. The feeling is the user’s view or attitude towards any topic, object, event, or service. Overall, feelings have always influenced people’s decision-making. In recent years, emotions have been analyzed intensively in natural language, but many problems still have to be watched. One of the most important problems is the lack of precise classification resources. Most of the research into feeling gradation is concerned with the issue of polarity grading, although, in many practical applications, this relatively grounded feeling measure is insufficient. Design methods are therefore essential, which can accurately classify feelings into a natural language. The principal goal of the research is to develop an overflow of grammatical rules-based classification of Indian language tweets. In this work, three main challenges are identified to classify feelings in Indian language tweets and possible methods for tackling such issues. Firstly, it has been found that the informal nature of tweets is crucial for the classification of feelings. Based on the tweets, the mental illness of the person has been classified. Therefore, to categorize Indian language tweets, a combination of grammar rules based on adjectives and negations is proposed. Secondly, people often express their feelings with slang words, abbreviations, and mixed words. A technique called field tags is used to include nongrammatical arguments such as slang words and diverse words. Thirdly, if a tweet is more complex, the morphological richness of the Indian language results in a loss of performance. The grammar rules are embedded in N-gram techniques and machine learning methods. These methods are grouped into three approaches, which functionally predict Indian language tweets with syntactic words.
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Mwangi, Mungai, Dr Mary Gitahi, and Dr George Evans Owino. "Role of Social Network Structures on Birth Attendant Decisions Among Women in Nakuru County, Kenya." International Journal of Health Sciences and Research 12, no. 11 (November 12, 2022): 190–98. http://dx.doi.org/10.52403/ijhsr.20221124.

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Introduction: Three-fourths of maternal deaths occur from direct obstetric complications. These life-threatening pregnancy-related outcomes are avoidable through ensuring that mothers have access to adequate and proper maternal health services and prompt management of any complications during pregnancy or childbirth process. This study examined the relationship between social network structures and birth attendant decisions among women in Nakuru County, Kenya. Methods: The study applied a mixed-method approach that employs a convergent parallel design. Interviewer administered questionnaires and semi-structured interviews were used to collect quantitative and qualitative data among women of birth giving age and community health workers (CHWs) respectively. Chi-square tests for independence were used to assess whether the dependent variable and categorical independent variables are independent at p< 0.05 significance levels. Binomial logistic regression technique was employed to identify variables that are likely to be essential predictors for the dependent variable. Qualitative data from in-depth interviews with key informants was analyzed through content analysis using NVivo 10. Results: About 55% of the women were embedded in homogeneous networks, 76% had high Skilled Birth Attendants (SBA) endorsement networks, and the average number of social networks was 2.4 (SD=1.1, median = 2). There was no significant relationship between social network size and birth attendant decision (χ2(2), p=.072). There was, however, a significant relationship between social network content and birth attendant decision (χ2(1)=55.604, p< 0.001). Social network homogeneity was also strongly related to birth attendant choice (χ2(1)=21.152, p<0.001). Women embedded in social networks with high SBA endorsement had 5.28 higher odds of giving birth in a health facility than their counterparts embedded in low SBA endorsement. Those embedded in a homogeneous network had a 70% reduction in odds of facility delivery. Conclusion: According to the study findings, social networks can either facilitate or constrain facility utilization during birth, and thus health education and mother mobilization interventions promoting facility birth should leverage on the role of social networks. Key words: social networks, mixed methods, birth attendant decisions, skilled birth attendants
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Smith-Forbes, Enrique V. "EXPLORATION OF FACTORS ASSOCIATED WITH PATIENT ADHERENCE IN UPPER EXTREMITY REHABILITATION: A MIXED-METHODS EMBEDDED DESIGN." UKnowledge, 2015. http://uknowledge.uky.edu/rehabsci_etds/27.

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Adherence is considered a prerequisite for the success of exercise programs for musculoskeletal disorders. The negative effects of non-adherence to exercise recommendations impact the cost of care, and also treatment effectiveness, treatment duration, the therapeutic relationship, waiting times, the efficiency of personnel and use of equipment. Adherence to therapeutic exercise intervention is a multifaceted problem. The World Health Organization (WHO) established the multidimensional adherence model (MAM). The MAM describes five interactive dimensions (socioeconomic, healthcare team and system, condition-related, therapy-related, and patient-related factors) that have an effect on patient adherence. The first purpose of this dissertation was to explore the MAM dimension of condition-related factors to determine the Quick Disabilities of the Arm Shoulder and Hand (QDASH) minimal clinical important difference (MCID) for three distal upper extremity conditions. The second purpose was to explore the MAM dimension of personal factors to learn from individuals who expressed incongruence between their QDASH and GROC scores; how they described their perceived change in therapy. The third purpose was to explore the MAM dimension of therapy-related factors to examine the effect of patient-therapist collaborative goal setting on patient adherence to treatment and QDASH outcomes. Results demonstrated in the first study that diagnosis specific MCID’s differed from the global MCID using multiple diagnoses. In the second study results demonstrated that patients expect to have a dedicated therapist who they can trust to work collaboratively with them to establish goals and spend time with them to achieve these goals. In the third study, our first hypothesis was not supported for all three measures of adherence. The median for home exercise program diary adherence was found to trend towards significance by 8.7 percent favoring the experimental group Mann-Whitney U (p < .100). Our second hypothesis was not supported. The experimental group receiving collaborative goal setting intervention had similar QDASH mean change scores 45.9±27.6 compared to the control group 46.1±23.8, Mann-Whitney U (p < .859).
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Roberts, Jennifer M. "A mixed methods study of secondary distance-learning students: Exploring learning styles." ScholarWorks, 2009. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/672.

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Public education in the United States has experienced an increase in distance-learning (DL) opportunities. Because research has focused on student achievement in post-secondary DL programs, little is known about secondary students' experiences. The purpose of the current study was to explore DL applicability within secondary education. Specific research questions addressed by the concurrent mixed methods nested study included examining students' opinions and experiences in a secondary DL course and determining whether individual learning styles were addressed. Structured interviews, group discussions, and a survey were used to gather data over 2 months from 14 students in grades 9 through 12 participating in a state wide Alabama DL program. Surveys were used to assess and match DL activities to Gardner's 8 learning styles. Interviews and discussions explored students' opinions about activities and components and perceptions of their academic achievement. Quantitative data indicated that students reported some activities related to all learning styles with the greatest coverage observed for linguistic methods. Qualitative data were open and axial coded within each research question and the coded data was analyzed to define common DL practices used to meet specific styles and emergent themes related to student perceptions. Triangulation of results showed DL students felt successful based on their participation in a spectrum of activities including interactive video, e-mail, online discussion boards and tutoring sessions, and self-directed learning. The study contributes to positive social change by documenting a variety of strategies employed to successfully engage secondary DL students who present a variety learning styles and challenges related to DL curricular content and modes of delivery.
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Slapak-Barski, Judith. "Faculty and Student Perceptions of Teaching Presence in Distance Education Courses: A Mixed Methods Examination." Thesis, NSUWorks, 2017. https://nsuworks.nova.edu/fse_etd/120.

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This applied dissertation was designed to provide deeper insight to current knowledge about establishing teaching presence (TP) in online courses. Distance education environments are considered more convenient than traditional learning environments, as they provide more opportunities for learning that occurs in various settings. In distance education environments, effective learning should focus on the interaction between e-learning technologies and educational practice in higher education. Online courses are typically devoid of the visual cues and interaction of the traditional classroom. Online learners may experience an isolation effect as a result of learning in the perceived absence of their peers and instructor. Feelings of isolation experienced by distant students are grounded in Moore’s transactional distance (TD) theory. The concept of distance in online education does not refer simply to geographic or temporal separation, but also to the pedagogical space between students and instructors. In Moore’s TD theory, as the amount of dialogue increases, TD decreases. Establishing TP in online education can minimize the isolation effect and reduce TD in many ways. The purpose of this study was to describe and compare student and faculty perceptions of TP in synchronous and asynchronous distance education courses at the college or university level. A mixed-method methodology was employed using a scale measuring TP for the quantitative strand and student and faculty focus groups for the qualitative strand.
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Gu, Jiangyue. "Epistemic Beliefs of Middle and High School Students in a Problem-Based, Scientific Inquiry Unit: An Exploratory, Mixed Methods Study." DigitalCommons@USU, 2016. https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/etd/4674.

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Epistemic beliefs are individuals’ beliefs about the nature of knowledge, how knowledge is constructed, and how knowledge can be justified. This study employed a mixed-methods approach to examine: (a) middle and high school students’ self-reported epistemic beliefs (quantitative) and epistemic beliefs revealed from practice (qualitative) during a problem-based, scientific inquiry unit, (b) How do middle and high school students’ epistemic beliefs contribute to the construction of students’ problem solving processes, and (c) how and why do students’ epistemic beliefs change by engaging in PBL. Twenty-one middle and high school students participated in a summer science class to investigate local water quality in a 2-week long problem-based learning (PBL) unit. The students worked in small groups to conduct water quality tests at in their local watershed and visited several stakeholders for their investigation. Pretest and posttest versions of the Epistemological Beliefs Questionnaire were conducted to assess students’ self-reported epistemic beliefs before and after the unit. I videotaped and interviewed three groups of students during the unit and conducted discourse analysis to examine their epistemic beliefs revealed from scientific inquiry activities and triangulate with their self-reported data. There are three main findings from this study. First, students in this study selfreported relatively sophisticated epistemic beliefs on the pretest. However, the comparison between their self-reported beliefs and beliefs revealed from practice indicated that some students were able to apply sophisticated beliefs during the unit while others failed to do so. The inconsistency between these two types of epistemic beliefs may due to students’ inadequate cognitive ability, low validity of self-report measure, and the influence of contextual factors. Second, qualitative analysis indicated that students’ epistemic beliefs of the nature of knowing influenced their problem solving processes and construction of arguments during their inquiry activities. Students with more sophisticated epistemic beliefs acquired knowledge, presented solid evidence, and used it to support their claims more effectively than their peers. Third, students’ self-reported epistemic beliefs became significantly more sophisticated by engaging in PBL. Findings from this study can potentially help researchers to better understand the relation between students’ epistemic beliefs and their scientific inquiry practice.
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Zakaria, Mohd Hafiz. "E-learning 2.0 experiences within higher education : theorising students' and teachers' experiences in Web 2.0 learning." Thesis, Queensland University of Technology, 2013. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/61958/1/Mohd%20Hafiz_Zakaria_Thesis.pdf.

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This study explores and evaluates students’ and teachers’ experiences when using a range of Web 2.0 tools in Higher Education teaching and learning. It contributes to our understanding of how Web 2.0 learning communities are constructed, experienced and the nature of the participation therein. This research extends our knowledge and understanding of the Web 2.0 phenomena, and provides a framework that can assist with improving future Web 2.0 implementation.
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Chaudhary, Amit. "Supplementing consumer insights at Electrolux by mining social media: An exploratory case study." Thesis, Högskolan i Jönköping, Internationella Handelshögskolan, 2011. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hj:diva-16096.

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Purpose – The aim of this thesis is to explore the possibility of text mining social media, for consumer insights from an organizational perspective. Design/methodology/approach – An exploratory, single case embedded case study with inductive approach and partially mixed, concurrent, dominant status mixed method research design. The case study contains three different studies to try to triangulate the research findings and support research objective of using social media for consumer insights for new products, new ideas and helping research and development process of any organization. Findings – Text mining is a useful, novel, flexible and an unobtrusive method to harness the hidden information in social media. By text-mining social media, an organization can find consumer insights from a large data set and this initiative requires an understanding of social media and its building blocks. In addition, a consumer focused product development approach not only drives social media mining but also enriched by using consumer insights from social media. Research limitations/implications – Text mining is a relatively new subject and focus on developing better analytical tool kits would promote the use of this novel method. The researchers in the field of consumer driven new product development can use social media as additional evidence in their research. Practical implications – The consumer insights gained from the text mining of social media within a workable ethical policy are positive implications for any organization. Unlike conventional marketing research methods text mining is social media is cost and time effective. Originality/value –This thesis attempts to use innovatively text-mining tools, which appear, in the field of computer sciences to mine social media for gaining better understanding of consumers thereby enriching the field of marketing research, a cross-industry effort. The ability of consumers to spread the electronic word of mouth (eWOM) using social media is no secret and organizations should now consider social media as a source to supplement if not replace the insights captured using conventional marketing research methods. Keywords – Social media, Web 2.0, Consumer generated content, Text mining, Mixed methods design, Consumer insights, Marketing research, Case study, Analytic coding, Hermeneutics, Asynchronous, Emergent strategy Paper type Master Thesis
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Ooi, Pey Shin. "Music in Malaysian higher education: the relationships among personal environmental factors and measured achievement of students’ music performance." Thesis, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/2440/112810.

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Music learning involves mastering a complex set of skills. Motivation is particularly important to this learning process, as considerable persistence and resilience is required. There are many empirical studies that show the importance of motivation, and the influences of environmental factors, on the development of music performance skills. However, these mostly focus on the school sector, and specific research in higher education settings is lacking. This study investigates different factors that could impact on music students’ learning processes and learning outcome in the context of Malaysian higher education. Hallam’s (1998) Model of Instrumental Music Learning is adapted as the basic framework for exploring the relationships between students’ motivation towards instrumental music learning, environmental factors (with a focus on parental factors), self-regulation and the measured achievement of performance. This model anticipates Biggs’s 3P Model of Learning (1987, 1999), describing music learning in three stages (presage-process-product). In addition, the relevant literature is reviewed, with a view to consolidating the theoretical bases that link the relationships between the factors identified for this study. A mixed methods design is adopted, combining the strengths of quantitative and qualitative approaches. The quantitative data has been collected using two instruments developed on the basis of existing scales: The Music Student Survey Questionnaire, Malaysian Higher Education (2014), and the Music Performance Assessment Report. Several existing scales designed to measure self-concept, self-efficacy, personal interest, extrinsic motivation, parental involvement, and self-regulation have been adapted for use in the survey questionnaire. The music performance rating scale developed to collect achievement results for the Royal College of Music (RCM) in London has been adapted for use in the assessment report. These instruments were administered to 375 university music students and 33 examiners respectively, from seven universities. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with 19 students to collect qualitative data. Open-ended, theory-driven, and probing questions were prepared to gain an in-depth understanding of the factors that have an impact on students’ music learning processes. Ensuring rigour in research is crucial to yield meaningful and useful results. Statistical procedures including structural equation modelling using confirmatory factor analysis, and Rasch Modelling are undertaken to validate the survey scales used in the quantitative component of this study. Various strategies including member checking, audit trail, and external/peer review are employed to ensure trustworthiness of the qualitative component. Quantitative data analysis is carried out using the path analytic technique to investigate the postulated relationships among the factors considered in this study. The results suggest that highest qualification in music (e.g., ABRSM Grade 8) prior to entering university influenced students’ achievement in music performance. The findings also show that students’ level of expertise, parental factors, and motivational beliefs have significant impact on self-regulated learning. For the qualitative data analysis, a thematic analysis is conducted in order to identify and interpret the associations between significant themes/patterns that emerge from the interview data. Students indicate that parents, teachers, and university play an important role in their musical development. The results of this study have important implications for the design of university music education and for the conduct of parent-teacher-student relationships, and may assist educators to improve and maintain students’ motivation, and to enhance the quality of music learning experiences.
Thesis (Ph.D.) -- University of Adelaide, School of Education, 2017.
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Lin, Pai-Tang, and 林培棠. "The embedded design of mixed-methods research on two experienced senior high school mathematics teachers' specialized content knowledge." Thesis, 2011. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/15274340330454413255.

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This study combines qualitative case study data with quantitative video analysis as an embedded design of mixed-methods research to explore two experienced senior high school mathematics teachers’ specialized content knowledge (SCK). Using systematic classroom observations and the follow-up interviews, this research explores the explicit and implicit aspects of the SCK that the two teacher cases reveal. For encoding the videos, I used Mathematical Quality of Instruction (MQI) developed by Learning Mathematics to Teaching (2006). First, I modified the MQI coding system to adapt to the classroom teaching of two cases. Second, I analyzed the video tapes by using the adapted codes. Last, the coding results were mostly supported from another independent coder to establish acceptable inter-coder reliability. The study results properly describe two teacher cases’ SCK as well as its relationship with their KCT and KCS. The results also show that the two teachers not only have the characteristics of SCK of the original definition in MKT study, but also show other SCK types, for example it also embodied some characteristics similar to HCK. Moreover, "uncertainties” in teaching will evoke some improvisational aspects of SCK. In addition, the two teachers’ SCK clearly affected the arrangement of their teaching and evaluation of teaching (i.e. KCT). KCS also affected the manner and timing of their SCK. As a whole, the research results of the present study clearly point out the inherent relationship between the "uncertainties" of classroom teaching and the improvisational aspects of SCK. It is assumed that the results of this study might be used to help in-service high school mathematics teachers to understand more about the required mathematical knowledge in teaching and to develop their own SCK.
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(11198013), Kevin Wee. "Creation, deconstruction, and evaluation of a biochemistry animation about the role of the actin cytoskeleton in cell motility." Thesis, 2021.

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External representations (ERs) used in science education are multimodal ensembles consisting of design elements to convey educational meanings to the audience. As an example of a dynamic ER, an animation presenting its content features (i.e., scientific concepts) via varying the feature’s depiction over time. A production team invited the dissertation author to inspect their creation of a biochemistry animation about the role of the actin cytoskeleton in cell motility and the animation’s implication on learning. To address this, the author developed a four-step methodology entitled the Multimodal Variation Analysis of Dynamic External Representations (MVADER) that deconstructs the animation’s content and design to inspect how each content feature is conveyed via the animation’s design elements.


This dissertation research investigated the actin animation’s educational value and the MVADER’s utility in animation evaluation. The research design was guided by descriptive case study methodology and an integrated framework consisting of the variation theory, multimodal analysis, and visual analytics. As stated above, the animation was analyzed using MVADER. The development of the actin animation and the content features the production team members intended to convey via the animation were studied by analyzing the communication records between the members, observing the team meetings, and interviewing the members individually. Furthermore, students’ learning experiences from watching the animation were examined via semi-structured interviews coupled with post- storyboarding. Moreover, the instructions of MVADER and its applications in studying the actin animation were reviewed to determine the MVADER’s usefulness as an animation evaluation tool.


Findings of this research indicate that the three educators in the production team intended the actin animation to convey forty-three content features to the undergraduate biology students. At least 50% of the student who participated in this thesis learned thirty-five of these forty-three (> 80%) features. Evidence suggests that the animation’s effectiveness to convey its features was associated with the features’ depiction time, the number of identified design elements applied to depict the features, and the features’ variation of depiction over time.


Additionally, one-third of the student participants made similar mistakes regarding two content features after watching the actin animation: the F-actin elongation and the F-actin crosslink structure in lamellipodia. The analysis reveals the animation’s potential design flaws that might have contributed to these common misconceptions. Furthermore, two disruptors to the creation process and the educational value of the actin animation were identified: the vagueness of the learning goals and the designer’s placement of the animation’s beauty over its reach to the learning goals. The vagueness of the learning goals hampered the narration scripting process. On the other hand, the designer’s prioritization of the animation’s aesthetic led to the inclusion of a “beauty shot” in the animation that caused students’ confusion.


MVADER was used to examine the content, design, and their relationships in the actin animation at multiple aspects and granularities. The result of MVADER was compared with the students’ learning outcomes from watching the animation to identify the characteristics of content’s depiction that were constructive and disruptive to learning. These findings led to several practical recommendations to teach using the actin animation and create educational ERs.


To conclude, this dissertation discloses the connections between the creation process, the content and design, and the educational implication of a biochemistry animation. It also introduces MVADER as a novel ER analysis tool to the education research and visualization communities. MVADER can be applied in various formats of static and dynamic ERs and beyond the disciplines of biology and chemistry.

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Books on the topic "Embedded mixed media methods design"

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Guiliano, Jennifer. A Primer for Teaching Digital History. Duke University Press, 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.1215/9781478022299.

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A Primer for Teaching Digital History is a guide for college and high school teachers who are teaching digital history for the first time or for experienced teachers who want to reinvigorate their pedagogy. It can also serve those who are training future teachers to prepare their own syllabi, as well as teachers who want to incorporate digital history into their history courses. Offering design principles for approaching digital history that represent the possibilities that digital research and scholarship can take, Jennifer Guiliano outlines potential strategies and methods for building syllabi and curricula. Taking readers through the process of selecting data, identifying learning outcomes, and determining which tools students will use in the classroom, Guiliano outlines popular research methods including digital source criticism, text analysis, and visualization. She also discusses digital archives, exhibits, and collections as well as audiovisual and mixed-media narratives such as short documentaries, podcasts, and multimodal storytelling. Throughout, Guiliano illuminates how digital history can enhance understandings of not just what histories are told but how they are told and who has access to them.
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Book chapters on the topic "Embedded mixed media methods design"

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Baran, Mette L. "Mixed Methods Research Design." In Advances in Library and Information Science, 26–52. IGI Global, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/978-1-7998-1025-4.ch002.

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This chapter introduces the various design choices researchers need to decide on prior to conducting the study. The chapter starts with a detailed description of what research design is, followed by an explanation of descriptive, explanatory, or exploratory research questions. This determines what type of data will be collected. The major strategic implementation methods for quantitative, qualitative, and mixed methods are then discussed. The three strategies for mixed methods research—parallel convergent, sequential, and embedded design—are presented in detail along with the rationale for their use. Finally, in the last section, the strands or sequencing of the data collection phase of the study are explained.
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Baran, Mette L. "Mixed Methods Research Design." In Research Anthology on Innovative Research Methodologies and Utilization Across Multiple Disciplines, 312–33. IGI Global, 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/978-1-6684-3881-7.ch017.

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This chapter introduces the various design choices researchers need to decide on prior to conducting the study. The chapter starts with a detailed description of what research design is, followed by an explanation of descriptive, explanatory, or exploratory research questions. This determines what type of data will be collected. The major strategic implementation methods for quantitative, qualitative, and mixed methods are then discussed. The three strategies for mixed methods research—parallel convergent, sequential, and embedded design—are presented in detail along with the rationale for their use. Finally, in the last section, the strands or sequencing of the data collection phase of the study are explained.
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Flynn, Stephen V., and Nicole V. Brady. "Mixed Methods Research: Convergent and Embedded Designs." In Research Design for the Behavioral Sciences. New York, NY: Springer Publishing Company, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.1891/9780826143853.0016.

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Mavodza, Judith. "Mixed Methods Research." In Handbook of Research on Mixed Methods Research in Information Science, 47–69. IGI Global, 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/978-1-7998-8844-4.ch003.

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This chapter seeks to investigate the use of convergent mixed methods design, explanatory mixed methods design, exploratory mixed methods design, embedded mixed method design, transformative mixed methods design, and multiphase mixed methods design in 61 mixed methods-based LIS doctoral dissertations and theses completed between 2006 and 2018, retrieved from the ProQuest Library Science Database. Their retrieval was achieved through search for the term “mixed methods” in the abstract, based on the assumption that each author mentions their research method in the abstract. The aim is to assess the effectiveness of mixed methods use, including advantages and possible challenges of each type. The premise for doing so is that the mixing of methods must be a deliberate, skillfully crafted, not a haphazardly concocted fusion.
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Baran, Mette L. "It is All in the Design." In Mixed Methods Research for Improved Scientific Study, 66–78. IGI Global, 2016. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-0007-0.ch004.

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This chapter introduces the various design choices researchers need to decide on prior to conducting the study. In the first section of this chapter a detailed description of research design is followed by an explanation that the type of information that is collected is based on whether the research question is descriptive, explanatory, or exploratory. The major strategic implementation methods for quantitative, qualitative, and mixed methods are then discussed. The three strategies for mixed methods research Parallel Convergent, Sequential, and Embedded Design are presented in detail along with the rationale for their use. Finally, in the last section, the strands or sequencing of the data collection phase of the study is explained.
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Baran, Mette L. "It is All in the Design." In Cognitive Analytics, 24–36. IGI Global, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/978-1-7998-2460-2.ch003.

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This chapter introduces the various design choices researchers need to decide on prior to conducting the study. In the first section of this chapter a detailed description of research design is followed by an explanation that the type of information that is collected is based on whether the research question is descriptive, explanatory, or exploratory. The major strategic implementation methods for quantitative, qualitative, and mixed methods are then discussed. The three strategies for mixed methods research Parallel Convergent, Sequential, and Embedded Design are presented in detail along with the rationale for their use. Finally, in the last section, the strands or sequencing of the data collection phase of the study is explained.
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Mamorobela, Stevens Phaphadi. "Understanding a Social Media-Enabled Knowledge Management Adoption Model for Small and Medium Enterprises in South Africa." In Handbook of Research on Mixed Methods Research in Information Science, 324–39. IGI Global, 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/978-1-7998-8844-4.ch016.

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This chapter shares the practical application of the explanatory sequential mixed methods research design in a study to investigate a model for adoption of social media enabled knowledge management for the small and medium enterprises in South Africa. Research that solely applies either the quantitative or qualitative approach presents some weaknesses in understanding a phenomenon holistically. The quantitative approach does not adequately provide depth in contextualising issues to bring more understanding of the phenomenon, and qualitative research is poor in providing repeatability and generalizability of findings. The explanatory sequential mixed methods research has capitalized on the weaknesses of the two approaches by combining them to produce more holistic understanding of the phenomenon. This chapter presents the practical application of the explanatory sequential mixed methods research design to investigate a model of social media-enabled knowledge management adoption for the small and medium enterprises in South Africa.
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"Scientific Mixed Media Model Developing NJ-MMM for Boosting Auto-Dealer Visits." In Examining a New Automobile Global Manufacturing System, 471–95. IGI Global, 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/978-1-7998-8746-1.ch023.

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In this chapter, the author has constructed the Scientific Mixed Media Model (SMMM) for boosting automobile dealer visits by developing NJ-MMM (New Japan Marketing Management Model) named Advanced TMS, Strategic Customer Creation Model in order to realize the automobile market creation. Specifically, SMMM develops and validates the effectiveness of putting together four core elements—(1) Video that Unites Customer behavior and Manufacturer Design Intentions (VUCMIN), (2) Customer Motion Picture-Flyer Design Method (CMP-FDM), (3) Attention-Grabbing Train Car Advertisements (AGTCA), and (4) Practical Method using Optimization and Statistics for Direct Mail (PMOS-DM)—into new strategic advertisement methods designed to enhance marketing and the desire in the automotive industry. At present, SMMM is applied to a dealership representing an advanced car manufacturer Toyota, where its effectiveness is verified.
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Friesem, Yonty. "Developing Digital Empathy." In Advances in Media, Entertainment, and the Arts, 145–60. IGI Global, 2016. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-9667-9.ch007.

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In the Digital Age, when technology offers many solutions and distractions at the same time, we should use media literacy research to address these advantages and challenges through a holistic approach. This chapter introduces digital empathy as a holistic framework combining empathic design and empathic listening to bridge the traditional protectionist and empowerment approaches in media literacy research. Digital Empathy is a mixed methods approach that has been developed through a longitudinal study. It is an inclusive model that addresses the participants and the researcher's cognitive, emotional, and social skills through empathic design and empathic listening. Using a longitudinal case study of a month-long media literacy summer class with underprivileged high school students, the chapter describes digital empathy, not only as a pedagogical approach, but also as a holistic research method that will advance media literacy scholarship.
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Pasipamire, Notice. "Integration in Mixed Methods Research Designs by Graduate Students at the University of Science and Technology." In Advances in Library and Information Science, 456–78. IGI Global, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/978-1-7998-1471-9.ch023.

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This chapter reports on a study that investigated how graduate students in the Faculty of Communication and Information Science at NUST were approaching integration in their mixed-methods research dissertations. There has been a concern that lack of expertise of what mixed-methods research is restricts the integrative capacity. Using a research synthesis method, the study investigated three graduate programmes, namely Master's degrees in Library and Information Science, Records and Archives Management, and Journalism and Media Studies from 2016 up to 2018. A total of 95 dissertations were reviewed, and 40 employed mixed-methods research design. It was discovered that integration was commonly done at methods and interpretation levels. Integration of qualitative and quantitative data sets resulted in confirmation (83), expanding understanding (27), and discordance (31). Graduate students dealt with discordant findings by either ignoring the discordance (20), seek corroboration with existing literature (7), or give priority to the quantitative strand (4).
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Conference papers on the topic "Embedded mixed media methods design"

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Barke, Erich, Andreas Fürtig, Georg Gläser, Christoph Grimm, Lars Hedrich, Stefan Heinen, Eckhard Hennig, et al. "Embedded Tutorial: Analog-/Mixed-Signal Verification Methods for AMS Coverage Analysis." In Proceedings of the 2016 Design, Automation & Test in Europe Conference & Exhibition (DATE). Singapore: Research Publishing Services, 2016. http://dx.doi.org/10.3850/9783981537079_1010.

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Mandal, Sudipa, Aritra Hazra, Pallab Dasgupta, and Rama Mohan Chunduri. "Formal Methods for Coverage Analysis of Power Management Logic with Mixed-Signal Components." In 2018 31st International Conference on VLSI Design and 2018 17th International Conference on Embedded Systems (VLSID). IEEE, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/vlsid.2018.34.

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Golonka, Marek Zbigniew. "Comparative Analysis of Methods and Tools for Formal Modelling and Verification for Embedded Systems. Probabilistic Approach." In 2021 28th International Conference on Mixed Design of Integrated Circuits and System (MIXDES). IEEE, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.23919/mixdes52406.2021.9497642.

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Debnath, Sankar, Ganesh Kumar, and S. Jairam. "Calibration Based Methods for Substrate Modeling and Noise Analysis for Mixed-Signal SoCsc." In 20th International Conference on VLSI Design held jointly with 6th International Conference on Embedded Systems (VLSID'07). IEEE, 2007. http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/vlsid.2007.48.

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Malakooti, Amir, S. M. Sajed Sadati, Halil Ceylan, and Sunghwan Kim. "System Design Improvements of Heated Pavements: Recommendations for Future Projects." In 12th International Conference on Concrete Pavements. International Society for Concrete Pavements, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.33593/graq16tb.

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Many agencies allocate a great deal of resources to clearing infrastructure systems (e.g., roads, bridges, and airports) from ice and snow during winter seasons using traditional snow-removal equipment and application of salt or de-icing chemicals. Using an electrically-conductive concrete (ECON) heated pavement system (HPS) is a cost-effective and environmentally friendly approach to melting ice and snow. ECON is a carbon-fiber-reinforced form of concrete that uses carbon fiber (conductive agent) with low median electrical resistivity to conduct electrical current through the concrete ECON layer through embedded stainless-steel electrodes. The inherent electrical resistance in the concrete generates heat used in the ECON HPS to melt ice and snow on the surface. ECON HPS construction is different from regular concrete construction in using two-lift paving, two different concrete mixes, and embedded stainless-steel electrodes with electrical connections to a power supply. An ECON HPS demonstration project has recently been constructed at the south parking lot of the Iowa Department of Transportation in Ames, Iowa. This project consists of 10 instrumented slabs, and this paper is focused on the ideas for improvement and lessons learned emerged from the full-scale demonstration project with respect to the construction methods the ECON mix design, control system design, electrode, cross slope design, and instrumentation of the concrete pavement system. These improvements in the construction of this unique concrete pavement system are expected to increase future paving quality, ECON HPS performance, and significantly decrease construction time and cost of such systems.
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Zade, Azad Q., Mehrdad T. Manzari, and Siamak K. Hannani. "Compatible Numerical Schemes for Coupled Flow and Transport in Porous Media." In ASME 8th Biennial Conference on Engineering Systems Design and Analysis. ASMEDC, 2006. http://dx.doi.org/10.1115/esda2006-95662.

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In this paper, the compatibility of various combinations of numerical schemes for the solution of flow and transport equations in porous media is studied and the possible loss of accuracy and global mass conservation are investigated. Here, the flow equations are solved using three popular finite element methods including the Standard Galerkin (SG), Discontinuous Galerkin (DG) and Mixed Finite Element (MFE) methods among which only the DG method possesses the local conservation property. Besides, the transport of a scalar variable which is governed by a convection-diffusion equation is studied in conjunction with the flow equations. The transport equation is solved using both the Streamline Upwind Petrov-Galerkin (SUPG) and the DG methods. Two test cases are numerically solved using various combinations of methods in order to explore the compatibility of flow and transport solution algorithms. In each test case, the error in total mass conservation and the deviation from the exact solution are compared for various solver combinations.
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Iyer, Akshay, Suraj Yerramilli, James M. Rondinelli, Daniel W. Apley, and Wei Chen. "Descriptor Aided Bayesian Optimization for Mixed Variable Materials Design With High Dimensional Qualitative Variables." In ASME 2022 International Design Engineering Technical Conferences and Computers and Information in Engineering Conference. American Society of Mechanical Engineers, 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.1115/detc2022-90177.

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Abstract Engineering design often involves qualitative and quantitative design variables, which requires systematic methods for the exploration of these mixed-variable design spaces. Expensive simulation techniques, such as those encountered in materials design, underline the need for efficient search strategies — Bayesian optimization being one of the most widely adopted. Although recent developments in mixed-variable Bayesian optimization have shown promise, the effects of dimensionality of qualitative variables have not been well studied. High dimensional qualitative variables, i.e., with many levels, impose a large design cost as they typically require a larger dataset to quantify the effect of each level on the optimization objective. We address this challenge by leveraging domain knowledge about underlying physical descriptors to infer the effect of unobserved levels that have not been sampled yet. We show that domain knowledge about physical descriptors can be intuitively embedded into the latent variable Gaussian process approach — a mixed-variable GP modeling technique — and used to selectively explore levels of qualitative variables in the Bayesian optimization framework. Our method is robust to certain types of incomplete domain knowledge and significantly reduces the design cost for problems with high-dimensional qualitative variables.
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AlMukdad, Sawsan, Nancy Zaglou, Ahmed Awaisu, Nadir Kheir, Ziyad Mahfoud, and Maguy El Hajj. "Exploring the Role of Community Pharmacists in Weight Management in Qatar: A Mixed Methods study." In Qatar University Annual Research Forum & Exhibition. Qatar University Press, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.29117/quarfe.2020.0154.

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Aim: Obesity is a major public health burden in Qatar. Pharmacists can play an important role in providing weight management services (WMS). This study aimed to explore the attitude, practice, perceived competence and role of community pharmacists in obesity and WMS in Qatar. Methods: A mixed-method explanatory sequential design was applied in the study. A validated online questionnaire was used followed by qualitative one-to-one interviews. Quantitative data were analyzed using Statistical Package of Social Sciences Version 24, while qualitative data were analyzed using thematic analysis. Results: Of 600 randomly selected community pharmacists, 270 completed the survey (response rate 45%). More than half of the pharmacists indicated that they often or always explain to patients the risks associated with overweight and obesity (56.2%), recommend weight loss medications, herbs or dietary supplements (52.4%), and counsel about their proper use and/or side effects (56.9%). Conversely, a large proportion of the pharmacists rarely or never measure patients’ waist circumference (83.8%) or calculate their body mass index (72.1%). Over 80% had very positive attitudes towards their role in weight management. Around three-quarters of the participants agreed or strongly agreed that difficulty in following-up with the patient (80.7%), lack of private consultation area (75.7%) and lack of pharmacist time (75.2%) are barriers for implementing WMS. More than 60% stated that they are fully competent in 7 out of 24 WMS related statements. Some emerging include pharmacist’s role and impact in weight management, need for training about weight management, impact of social media on patients’ perceptions, and adoption of best practices for WMS. Conclusion: Qatar pharmacists reported positive attitudes towards provision of WMS. However, they identified several barriers against provision of comprehensive weight management programs. Several strategies are proposed to overcome barriers and to improve provision of WMS in community pharmacies in Qatar.
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Carrera, Erasmo, and Christian Fagiano. "Hierarchical Finite Element Analysis of Multilayered Plates Subjected to Mechanical, Thermal and Electrical Loadings." In ASME 8th Biennial Conference on Engineering Systems Design and Analysis. ASMEDC, 2006. http://dx.doi.org/10.1115/esda2006-95769.

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This paper addresses to static and dynamic problems of multilayered plate and also embedded piezoelectric layers by means of finite element methods (FEM). Formulation on the basis of Principle of Virtual Displacements (PVD) and Reissner Mixed Variational Theorem (RMVT) are considered. A series of hierarchic, two-dimensional plate elements are presented within the “Unified Formulation” recently introduced by the first author. Finite element matrices are derived for static and dynamic problems of piezoelectric laminates. Numerical solutions are compared to available ones to assess mixed and classical finite elements in both case of Layer-Wise (LW) and Equivalent-Single-Layer (ESL) variable description. The superiority of RMVT applications with respect to classical ones based on Principle of Virtual Displacements (PVD) has been confirmed by the conducted numerical investigation.
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Erdoǧan Ford, Sedef. "Hypermodels: An Exploration of New Media Environments and Expansive Representation of Architecture." In AIA/ACSA Intersections Conference. ACSA Press, 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.35483/acsa.aia.inter.17.5.

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With the advent of new digital media technologies offering immersive virtual environments have emerged new modes of architectural representation. How, in turn, can these technologies shape the less visible, and visual, aspects of architectural production? This paper considers such digital, immersive technologies as Mixed, Virtual, and Augmented Reality within the historical and theoretical context of digital media to better understand their function in charting a frontier for the three dimensional representation of architecture. I propose the notion of the hypermodel, a “hypertext version” of digital models that contains and “opens up” to more than the physical parts of a building. Hyper model is a connector of digital space and the physical world— represented via multiple forms of media—revealing the temporal expanse and informational depth of the virtual beyond the bounds of an architectural artifact. In this sense, the new medium also hints at and allows for novel collaborative methods. The new language of design and communication at work in the mixed reality medium is itself interconnected — it reflects and reinforces the inter-disciplinary and inter-media nature of architectural production today.
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McEntee, Alice, Sonia Hines, Joshua Trigg, Kate Fairweather, Ashleigh Guillaumier, Jane Fischer, Billie Bonevski, James A. Smith, Carlene Wilson, and Jacqueline Bowden. Tobacco cessation in CALD communities. The Sax Institute, June 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.57022/sneg4189.

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Background Australia is a multi-cultural society with increasing rates of people from culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) backgrounds. On average, CALD groups have higher rates of tobacco use, lower participation in cancer screening programs, and poorer health outcomes than the general Australian population. Lower cancer screening and smoking cessation rates are due to differing cultural norms, health-related attitudes, and beliefs, and language barriers. Interventions can help address these potential barriers and increase tobacco cessation and cancer screening rates among CALD groups. Cancer Council NSW (CCNSW) aims to reduce the impact of cancer and improve cancer outcomes for priority populations including CALD communities. In line with this objective, CCNSW commissioned this rapid review of interventions implemented in Australia and comparable countries. Review questions This review aimed to address the following specific questions: Question 1 (Q1): What smoking cessation interventions have been proven effective in reducing or preventing smoking among culturally and linguistically diverse communities? Question 2 (Q2): What screening interventions have proven effective in increasing participation in population cancer screening programs among culturally and linguistically diverse populations? This review focused on Chinese-, Vietnamese- and Arabic-speaking people as they are the largest CALD groups in Australia and have high rates of tobacco use and poor screening adherence in NSW. Summary of methods An extensive search of peer-reviewed and grey literature published between January 2013-March 2022 identified 19 eligible studies for inclusion in the Q1 review and 49 studies for the Q2 review. The National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) Levels of Evidence and Joanna Briggs Institute’s (JBI) Critical Appraisal Tools were used to assess the robustness and quality of the included studies, respectively. Key findings Findings are reported by components of an intervention overall and for each CALD group. By understanding the effectiveness of individual components, results will demonstrate key building blocks of an effective intervention. Question 1: What smoking cessation interventions have been proven effective in reducing or preventing smoking among culturally and linguistically diverse communities? Thirteen of the 19 studies were Level IV (L4) evidence, four were Level III (L3), one was Level II (L2), none were L1 (highest level of evidence) and one study’s evidence level was unable to be determined. The quality of included studies varied. Fifteen tobacco cessation intervention components were included, with most interventions involving at least three components (range 2-6). Written information (14 studies), and education sessions (10 studies) were the most common components included in an intervention. Eight of the 15 intervention components explored had promising evidence for use with Chinese-speaking participants (written information, education sessions, visual information, counselling, involving a family member or friend, nicotine replacement therapy, branded merchandise, and mobile messaging). Another two components (media campaign and telephone follow-up) had evidence aggregated across CALD groups (i.e., results for Chinese-speaking participants were combined with other CALD group(s)). No intervention component was deemed of sufficient evidence for use with Vietnamese-speaking participants and four intervention components had aggregated evidence (written information, education sessions, counselling, nicotine replacement therapy). Counselling was the only intervention component to have promising evidence for use with Arabic-speaking participants and one had mixed evidence (written information). Question 2: What screening interventions have proven effective in increasing participation in population cancer screening programs among culturally and linguistically diverse populations? Two of the 49 studies were Level I (L1) evidence, 13 L2, seven L3, 25 L4 and two studies’ level of evidence was unable to be determined. Eighteen intervention components were assessed with most interventions involving 3-4 components (range 1-6). Education sessions (32 studies), written information (23 studies) and patient navigation (10 studies) were the most common components. Seven of the 18 cancer screening intervention components had promising evidence to support their use with Vietnamese-speaking participants (education sessions, written information, patient navigation, visual information, peer/community health worker, counselling, and peer experience). The component, opportunity to be screened (e.g. mailed or handed a bowel screening test), had aggregated evidence regarding its use with Vietnamese-speaking participants. Seven intervention components (education session, written information, visual information, peer/community health worker, opportunity to be screened, counselling, and branded merchandise) also had promising evidence to support their use with Chinese-speaking participants whilst two components had mixed (patient navigation) or aggregated (media campaign) evidence. One intervention component for use with Arabic-speaking participants had promising evidence to support its use (opportunity to be screened) and eight intervention components had mixed or aggregated support (education sessions, written information, patient navigation, visual information, peer/community health worker, peer experience, media campaign, and anatomical models). Gaps in the evidence There were four noteworthy gaps in the evidence: 1. No systematic review was captured for Q1, and only two studies were randomised controlled trials. Much of the evidence is therefore based on lower level study designs, with risk of bias. 2. Many studies provided inadequate detail regarding their intervention design which impacts both the quality appraisal and how mixed finding results can be interpreted. 3. Several intervention components were found to have supportive evidence available only at the aggregate level. Further research is warranted to determine the interventions effectiveness with the individual CALD participant group only. 4. The evidence regarding the effectiveness of certain intervention components were either unknown (no studies) or insufficient (only one study) across CALD groups. This was the predominately the case for Arabic-speaking participants for both Q1 and Q2, and for Vietnamese-speaking participants for Q1. Further research is therefore warranted. Applicability Most of the intervention components included in this review are applicable for use in the Australian context, and NSW specifically. However, intervention components assessed as having insufficient, mixed, or no evidence require further research. Cancer screening and tobacco cessation interventions targeting Chinese-speaking participants were more common and therefore showed more evidence of effectiveness for the intervention components explored. There was support for cancer screening intervention components targeting Vietnamese-speaking participants but not for tobacco cessation interventions. There were few interventions implemented for Arabic-speaking participants that addressed tobacco cessation and screening adherence. Much of the evidence for Vietnamese and Arabic-speaking participants was further limited by studies co-recruiting multiple CALD groups and reporting aggregate results. Conclusion There is sound evidence for use of a range of intervention components to address tobacco cessation and cancer screening adherence among Chinese-speaking populations, and cancer screening adherence among Vietnamese-speaking populations. Evidence is lacking regarding the effectiveness of tobacco cessation interventions with Vietnamese- and Arabic-speaking participants, and cancer screening interventions for Arabic-speaking participants. More research is required to determine whether components considered effective for use in one CALD group are applicable to other CALD populations.
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