CEFR updates (2020)-based next-gen immersive learning in 5 steps by Gökhan Haldun DEMİRDÖVEN

“…Based on the existing shortcomings, the focus of this study was to identify the updates in the CEFR and the key elements that formed the connection points of immersive learning. This study, due to its scope and content, was conducted within the framework of qualitative research methodologies, employing document analysis and descriptive content analysis. …”
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Unity and diversity in communication: inevitable, permanent co-habitation, harmonious co-existence or two forces waiting to converge? by Maria da Graça Lisboa Castro Pinto

“…Yet, the difference which is the essence of communication cannot exist without a common code, implying therefore “unity”, which has to be mastered by the emissor(s) and receiver(s), as protagonists of the process of codification and decodification required by communication. …”
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Explanation of Loneliness in the Elderly and Comparison With Psychosocial Development Theory: A Quantitative Study by Farshid Shamsaei, Fatemeh Cheraghi, Ravanbakhsh Esmaeili, Javad Mohsenifard

“…Results: In total, 187 primary codes, 7 subcategories and 3 main categories were obtained in which, the 3 main categories were feelings of alienation, separation of favorite activities, and fatigue and sadness. …”
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Seismic Response Analysis of Multi-Floored Grain Warehouses with Composite Structures Under Varying Grain-Loading Conditions by Zidan Li, Yonggang Ding, Jinquan Zhao, Chengzhou Guo, Zhenhua Xu, Guoqi Ren, Qikeng Xu, Qingjun Xian, Rongyu Yang

“…All drift ratios meet code limits, confirming the safety and applicability of the CSSC system under various storage scenarios.…”
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Assessing quality and biases in ethnomathematics-based numeracy worksheets: A Many-Facet Rasch Model analysis by Rahmi Ramadhani, Soeharto Soeharto, Fitria Arifiyanti, Rully Charitas Indra Prahmana, Alfa Saleh, Zsolt Lavicza

“…To achieve this objective, ten raters evaluated four learning activities based on five criteria: relevance, feasibility, construction and systematics, appearance, and language appropriateness. A total of 200 data points were coded in the FACETS software and subsequently analyzed. …”
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Multi-omic spatial effects on high-resolution AI-derived retinal thickness by V. E. Jackson, Y. Wu, R. Bonelli, J. P. Owen, L. W. Scott, S. Farashi, Y. Kihara, M. L. Gantner, C. Egan, K. M. Williams, B. R. E. Ansell, A. Tufail, A. Y. Lee, M. Bahlo

“…We processed the UK Biobank OCT images using a convolutional neural network to produce fine-scale retinal thickness measurements across > 29,000 points in the macula, the part of the retina responsible for human central vision. …”
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An Electrochemical/Thermodynamic Analytical Model for Hard‐Pack Lithium‐Ion Batteries in Engineering Education by Ligang Wang, Hangyang Li, Zhiliang Huang, Peng Wu, Jiayuan Huangfu

“…The MATLAB program is applied to prismatic and cylindrical lithium‐ion batteries, yielding critical venting points and state evolution curves, such as temperature, pressure, gas production, heat generation rate, and reaction rate. …”
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Effects of non-rigidity on fast plasma boundary control using in-vessel coils in JT-60SA by Shinichiro Kojima, Shizuo Inoue, Yoshiaki Miyata, Hajime Urano, Takahiro Suzuki

“…In JT-60SA, the ISO-FLUX scheme, in combination with a frequency separation technique, which serves to reduce high-frequency magnetic flux residuals at the control points around the plasma boundary, is employed in the control by in-vessel poloidal field coils. …”
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Identification of Global Extended Pseudo Invariant Calibration Sites (EPICS) and Their Validation Using Radiometric Calibration Network (RadCalNet) by Juliana Fajardo Rueda, Larry Leigh, Cibele Teixeira Pinto

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Effect of delivery hospital busyness on early mortality in small preterm infants: a Finnish population-based cohort study in 2006–2016 by Mika Gissler, Sari Räisänen, Seppo Heinonen, Sture Andersson, Riitta Vilkko, Markus Leskinen

“…We analysed differences in the incidence of selected adverse outcomes between quiet and busy days compared with optimal delivery-volume days by logistic regression followed by crude (ORs) and adjusted ORs (aORs) with 99% CIs.Setting A population-based cohort study based on prospectively collected real-world data from five university hospitals and 21 non-tertiary-level delivery hospitals in Finland, 2006‒2016.Participants 4323 small preterm infants.Primary outcome measures Umbilical cord pH ≤7.05, Apgar score 0–3 points at the age of 1 min, Apgar score 0–3 points at age 5 min, birth asphyxia (International Classification of Diseases-10 code), resuscitation with intubation.Secondary outcome measures Perinatal mortality comprising stillbirths and early neonatal deaths (<7 days).Results Busy days (busy vs optimal) showed no correlation with the primary birth-related outcomes. …”
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Assessment of Isparta Basin by Using 1D Nonlinear Site Response Analysis Approach; 1914 Burdur (Ms: 7.0) Earthquake Scenario by Ali SİLAHTAR

“…It uses shear wave velocity (Vs) and borehole data at 24 points. The soil of the study area was classified as ZC and ZD soil groups according to the Turkish Building Earthquake Code-2018 (TBEC-2018) soil classification criteria, and its 1D Nonlinear site response analysis approach was carried out using the DEEPSOIL program in the study area. …”
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Fluctuating ecological networks: A synthesis of maximum‐entropy approaches for pattern detection and process inference by Tancredi Caruso, Giulio Virginio Clemente, Matthias C. Rillig, Diego Garlaschelli

“…We illustrate the methods with some practical examples, pointing to currently available open‐source computer codes. …”
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Biomedical relation extraction method based on ensemble learning and attention mechanism by Yaxun Jia, Haoyang Wang, Zhu Yuan, Lian Zhu, Zuo-lin Xiang

“…SARE achieved performance improvements of 4.8, 8.7, and 0.8 percentage points on the PPI, DDI, and ChemProt datasets, respectively, compared to the original BERT variant and the domain-specific PubMedBERT model. …”
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Fluid-Structure Interaction Analysis of Carotid Artery Blood Flow with Machine Learning Algorithm and OpenFOAM by Banu Körbahti, Murad Kucur

“…Pulsatile velocity cycle is trained for 144 patients with different hemodynamic parameters, by machine learning algorithm using blood flow velocity measured from 337 points of the carotid artery. Data used for training is obtained from an open source in the literature. …”
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Hybrid Lattice Boltzmann Scheme for Conductive-convective-radiative Heat Transfer by Alexander Nee

“…Surface thermal radiation is computed in terms of the radiosity/irradiation model solved by the Gaussian elimination method. An in-house MATLAB code was carefully validated against three typical benchmark problems. …”
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Long-term variability of Altocumulus lenticularis clouds in Katowice and atmospheric circulation conditions by Sikora, Patryk, Falarz, Małgorzata

“…Altocumulus lenticularis (Ac len) clouds, coded CM = 4, were analysed for eight time points a day (every 3 hours) during the study period. …”
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Digital technologies for oversize goods road transportation by O. Y. Smirnova, Yu. A. Ertman

“…A transportation organisation model of abnormal loads by BPMN notation has been developed. The key control points have been determined by the authors on the base of their own experience.The results. …”
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Glitch(ing)! A refusal and gateway to more caring techno-urban worlds? by Mirjana Mitrović, Maja-Lee Voigt

“…With code connecting to concrete in ‘smart’ cities, oppressive, patriarchal, and binary architectures of the urban have been translated into their algorithmic counterparts, too. …”
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Simulation Study on the Influence of Fire Partition on Curtain Wall Temperature in Super High-Rise Buildings in China by Tongtong Zhang, Di Cao

“…Besides, PyroSim is used to calculate the comparative simulation of fire and smoke spread and obtain the data on temperature variation nephogram and monitoring points in the center line of glass curtain walls during different fire scenarios, so as to discuss the influence of different positions of spandrels and fire canopy on fire hazard and smoke. …”
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Application of Artificial Intelligence using K-Means for Programming Question Assessment by Waliyyudin Waliyyudin, Ichsan Ibrahim

“…The method employed is the K-Means clustering algorithm, chosen for its ability to group answers based on similarities in logic and code structure rather than mere textual similarity. …”
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