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Predicting students’ academic progress and related attributes in first-year medical students: an analysis with artificial neural networks and Naïve Bayes

BMC Medical Education
Background Dropout and poor academic performance are persistent problems in medical schools in emerging economies. Identifying at-risk students early and knowing the factors that contribute to their success would be useful for designing educational ...
Diego Monteverde-Suárez, Patricia González-Flores, Roberto Santos-Solórzano, Manuel García-Minjares, Irma Zavala-Sierra, Verónica Luna de la Luz, Melchor Sánchez-Mendiola   +6 more
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OER based capacity building to overcome staff equity and access issues in higher education [PDF]

, 2017
Open educational resources (OER) have already impacted educational systems around the world. In higher education more specifically, it has benefited learners, and has influenced institutional strategic plans and policies.
Bossu, Carina, Willems, Julie
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Encouraging Teachers’ and Students’ Innovation with the Support of Teacher Learning Communities [PDF]

, 2011
The purpose of this paper is to share knowledge generated through the implementation of “Teaching Innovation Teams” as a strategy for teachers’ professional development and innovation at the University of Alcala (Spain).
Leonor Margalef García
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Genetic attenuation of ALDH1A1 increases metastatic potential and aggressiveness in colorectal cancer

Molecular Oncology, EarlyView.
Aldehyde dehydrogenase 1A1 (ALDH1A1) is a cancer stem cell marker in several malignancies. We established a novel epithelial cell line from rectal adenocarcinoma with unique overexpression of this enzyme. Genetic attenuation of ALDH1A1 led to increased invasive capacity and metastatic potential, the inhibition of proliferation activity, and ultimately ...
Martina Poturnajova, Zuzana Kozovska, Ondrej Pos, Kristina Pavlov, Sachin Gulati, Peter Makovicky, Kristina Jakic, Monika Burikova, Eva Sedlackova, Barbora Svitkova, Silvia Tyciakova, Vojtech Bystry, Nicolas Blavet, Boris Tichy, Matej Hrnciar, Jaroslav Budis, Miroslav Tomas, Peter Dubovan, Georgina Kolnikova, Veronika Repaska, Nikoleta Mojzesova, Eva Zomborska, Daniel Pindak, Michal Mego, Tomas Szemes, Miroslava Matuskova   +25 more
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STRUCTURE OF CARTOGRAPHIC DATABASE FOR SOLVING SARATOV REGION MUNICIPAL DISTRICTS SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT INDEX ASSESMENT TASKS

InterCarto. InterGIS, 2015
In this article methodic of municipal districts sustainable development index assessment is considered. Structure of cartographic database is described. Concrete examples of indexes assessment and ways of using obtained information are given.
A. N. Chumachenko, D. P. Khvorostukhin, V. A. Danilov, V. A. Gusev   +3 more
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Scientific-methodical management of educational innovation in terms of postgraduate education [PDF]

, 2016
У статті експліковано сутність науково-методичного менеджменту освітніх інновацій як пріоритетного напряму науково-методичного супроводу професійного розвитку педагогічних працівників у системі післядипломної освіти.
Сидоренко, В.В.
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NSU- LSMSA Makers Club: Advanced STEM Educational Modules and Enhanced Experiential Learning [PDF]

, 2019
This paper describes advanced educational activates of STEM makers club, which combines Northwestern State University (NSU) and The Louisiana School for Math, Science, and the Arts (LSMSA).
Al-Sharab, Jafar F., Cutrer, McKenzie, Dalling, Robert, Desselles, Curtis, Escobar, Mauricio, Heitman, Will, Nguyen, Hoa, Shield, Ariell   +7 more
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Impact of a senior research thesis on students' perceptions of scientific inquiry in distinct student populations

FEBS Open Bio, EarlyView.
This study addressed how a senior research thesis is perceived by undergraduate students. It assessed students' perception of research skills, epistemological beliefs, and career goals in Biochemistry (science) and BDC (science‐business) students. Completing a thesis improved confidence in research skills, resilience, scientific identity, closed gender‐
Celeste Suart, Haley L. Zubyk, Michelle Ogrodnik, Caitlin E. Mullarkey, Felicia Vulcu   +4 more
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Innovation diffusion process of higher education informatization based on Lotka-Volterra model.

PLoS ONE
In order to quantify the diffusion speed, influence scope and change trend of educational informatization innovation in colleges and universities, this paper studies the diffusion process of educational informatization innovation in colleges and ...
Junjuan Liu, Peiling Yan
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A preliminary study on the relationship between symptom severity and age of diagnosis in females versus males with autistic spectrum disorder

Frontiers in Psychology
In the latest autism observation, autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is more frequently diagnosed in males than in females. Efforts have been made in recent years to detect specific clinical patterns in females, improving their detection and diagnosis ...
Alberto Sánchez-Pedroche, Eva Aguilar-Mediavilla, Mario Valera-Pozo, Daniel Adrover-Roig, Magdalena Valverde-Gómez   +4 more
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