Rates and psychological effects of exposure to family violence among Sri Lankan university students     

Haj-Yahia MM  de Zoysa P 《Child abuse & neglect》2008,32(10):994-1002

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Intrinsic Factors for Continued ERP Learning: A Precursor to Interdisciplinary ERP Curriculum Design     

Kuanchin Chen  Muhammad Razi  Thomas Rienzo 《Decision Sciences Journal of Innovative Education》2011,9(2):149-176

Unilateral enterprise resource planning (ERP) curriculum improvements from the instructor's perspective are likely to generate only limited success. Understanding student motivations and beliefs with ERP systems is the missing link to effective ERP education. Relatively little attention in the ERP literature has been given to student learning associated with ERP experience, and almost none to factors influencing current and expected student beliefs and behaviors relative to ERP. The complexity of ERP systems demands that beliefs and behaviors be considered when planning ERP curricula. In the present study, the Theory of Planned Behavior was extended to examine students’ intentions to explore additional aspects of ERP after their class exercises. When considering all students, attitude and subjective norm had positive and significant effects on intentions to continue ERP learning. Subjective norm also affected attitude, and availability of support materials had a positive effect on subjective norm. Distinctive patterns are found for the construct relationships between student groups who valued ERP education (the engaged) and those who placed little or no value on ERP education (the undecided). Results from competing model analyses indicate that support materials influenced the engaged and undecided groups differently. Strategies for ERP curriculum design are provided.  相似文献   

Service learning in higher education: a systematic literature review     

Salam  Maimoona  Awang Iskandar  Dayang Nurfatimah  Ibrahim  Dayang Hanani Abang  Farooq  Muhammad Shoaib 《Asia Pacific Education Review》2019,20(4):573-593

Asia Pacific Education Review - In the last few years, adoption of service learning in higher educational institutions has emerged as a modern teaching and learning strategy. This study is aimed to...  相似文献   

Transforming public schools: Impact of the CRI program on child learning in Pakistan     

Muhammad Farooq Naseer  Manasa Patnam  Reehana R. Raza 《Economics of Education Review》2010,29(4):669-683

This paper evaluates the impact of teaching innovations, introduced in public primary schools under the Children Resources International (CRI) Program, on student outcomes. We estimate students’ learning based on their scores on standardized tests. We match schools and children within the treatment and comparison group and find that the CRI Program has been effective in raising learning achievement. Moreover, the results are robust to unobserved selection bias. The average gain for a CRI student represents an improvement of 0.40 standard deviations. The results stay unchanged when we use alternative estimators for the treatment effect including the bias-corrected estimator proposed by Abadie and Imbens (2006).  相似文献   

Evaluation of Oxidative Stress and Antioxidant Status in Pregnant Anemic Women     

Tiwari AK  Mahdi AA  Zahra F  Chandyan S  Srivastava VK  Negi MP 《Indian journal of clinical biochemistry : IJCB》2010,25(4):411-418

The present study was conducted to investigate the oxidant–antioxidant status in iron deficient pregnant anemic women. One hundred thirty pregnant women with iron deficiency anemia (IDA) were divided into three groups, namely mild (50), moderate (50) and severe (30) anemic along with pregnant healthy women as controls (50). The complete blood count, plasma lipid peroxidation products, enzymatic and non-enzymatic antioxidants were measured according to respective protocols. The levels of complete blood count, iron, ferritin along with antioxidant enzymes namely catalase, superoxide dismutase, glutathione peroxidase, glutathione reductase and reduced glutathione were significantly reduced in all IDA groups. However, the level of oxidized glutathione, lipid peroxides, protein carbonyls, conjugated dienes were found significantly increased in all anemic patients. Antioxidant vitamins, namely C, E and A were also found significantly decreased in IDA patients. On the basis of our results, it may be concluded that IDA tends to increase the pro-oxidant components, which may result in various complications including peroxidation of vital body molecules resulting in increased risk for pregnant women as well as fetus.  相似文献   

Parameter-dependent finite-time observer design for time-varying polytopic uncertain switched systems     

Muhammad Naveed Iqbal  Jian Xiao  Weiming Xiang 《Journal of The Franklin Institute》2014

Mathematical models are an approximate of physical systems and design procedures are only complete when modeling errors have been quantified. Uncertainties are incorporated in design procedure to compensate such discrepancies and to add robustness. This paper investigates the design problem of parameter-dependent switched observers   for polytopic uncertain switched systems. State-space model is considered subject to time-varying uncertainties, and designated observer gains ensuring stability of overall system are also parameter-dependent. Synthesis procedure is demonstrated by employing _?∞${?}_{\infty }$ performance criteria which has become a standard for robust system design against external disturbances. This investigation is carried out in the framework of finite-time stability (FTS) and finite-time boundedness (FTB) which is the focus of researchers recently because of its apparent practical significance, especially after the emergent utilization of linear matrix inequalities.  相似文献   

Abstracts of 41st National Conference of Association of Clinical Biochemists of India (ACBICON 2014)     

Abbas Ali Mahdi  Ghizal Fatima 《Indian journal of clinical biochemistry : IJCB》2014,29(1):1-2

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Use of digital game based learning and gamification in secondary school science: The effect on student engagement,learning and gender difference     

Amna Khan  Farzana Hayat Ahmad  Muhammad Muddassir Malik 《Education and Information Technologies》2017,22(6):2767-2804

This study aimed to identify the impact of a game based learning (GBL) application using computer technologies on student engagement in secondary school science classrooms. The literature reveals that conventional Science teaching techniques (teacher-centered lecture and teaching), which foster rote learning among students, are one of the major concerns in Pakistan Education system. This leads to student disengagement in science lessons eventually resulting in student absenteeism and dropouts from the schools. This study consisted of five stages: (1) examining the impact of Digital Game-Based Learning (DGBL) and gamification on engagement, learning and gender difference, and literature related to using DGBL models for instructional design; (2) planning learning activities and developing a GBL application based on a specific content in Science; (3) conducting an intervention with a sample of 72 participants of 8th grade (aged 12–15) in a low cost private school of Pakistan following quasi-experimental research framework; (4) observing behaviour and emotions of the participants during science lessons; (5) conducting pre and post tests to assess the learning outcomes of participants followed by focus groups discussion. Analysis from Friedman test, Mann-Whitney U test, and Wilcoxon Signed Rank test show that the GBL application has a positive influence on student engagement. However, GBL application was not equally effective for all students since girls outperformed boys in terms of engagement and learning outcomes. This study gives insights into the development of better educational games to promote student learning.  相似文献   

Approaches to studying and perceptions of the academic environment among university students in Pakistan     

Raza Ullah  Muhammad Hafeez 《Compare》2011,41(1):113-127

There has been a paucity of research on the experiences of students at Pakistani universities. A survey of over 900 students at two universities examined their approaches to studying and perceptions of their courses. Evidence was obtained for a deep approach, a surface approach and two aspects of a strategic approach. Their perceptions were based upon the instructional practices, the acquisition of generic skills, the appropriateness of the assessment and of their workload, and the available learning resources. A higher‐order analysis revealed two broad dimensions of the student experience in Pakistan. Students who had positive perceptions tended to adopt a deep approach, to prefer courses, teaching and assessment that supported their understanding and to be engaged and reliable in their studies. However, students who had negative perceptions tended to adopt a surface approach and to prefer courses, teaching and assessment that reinforced this approach through the bare transmission of information.  相似文献   

Multi-physics modelling and sensitivity analysis of olympic rowing boat dynamics     

Andrea Mola  Mehdi Ghommem  Muhammad Hajj 《Sports Engineering》2011,14(2-4):85-94

A multidisciplinary approach is implemented to model and analyse the performance of Olympic rowing boats. A reduced-order model that couples rowers motions with the hull, oars and hydrodynamic and hydrostatic forces is detailed. This model is complemented with a sensitivity analysis carried out by means of a non-intrusive polynomial chaos expansion. Sensitivity analysis results for two different boat classes, namely, a lightweight single scull and a coxless four are presented and discussed. This analysis contrasts, for both classes, the effects of varying forces exerted by the rowers, weights of rowers and cadence of motions on the boat performance.  相似文献