Extensive numerical simulations on competitive growth between the Edwards–Wilkinson and Kardar–Parisi–Zhang universality classes

Extensive numerical simulations and scaling analysis are performed to investigate competitive growth between the linear and nonlinear stochastic dynamic growth systems, which belong to the Edwards–Wilkinson(EW) and Kardar–Parisi–Zhang(KPZ) universality classes, respectively. The linear growth systems include the EW equation and the model of random deposition with surface relaxation(RDSR), the nonlinear growth systems involve the KPZ equation and typical discrete models including ballistic deposition(BD), etching, and restricted solid on solid(RSOS). The scaling exponents are obtained in both the(1 + 1)-and(2 + 1)-dimensional competitive growth with the nonlinear growth probability p and the linear proportion 1-p. Our results show that, when p changes from 0 to 1, there exist non-trivial crossover effects from EW to KPZ universality classes based on different competitive growth rules. Furthermore, the growth rate and the porosity are also estimated within various linear and nonlinear growths of cooperation and competition.

A Case Study on the Effectiveness of Pre-Class Activities in Higher Vocational English Classes: Taking Pingliang Vocational and Technical College as an Example

Based on Bloom’s“effective teaching theory,”this paper proposes pre-class activities to improve students’enthusiasm and autonomy in English learning.These include sentence construction,situational dubbing,famous quotes,English songs,English games,Chinese stories,regional cultures,and theme debates,which combine life,interest,and inspiration as the main characteristics.The activities can enhance the sense of participation and achievement of all students to achieve the purpose of effective teaching.

Teaching Strategies of Accommodating Large Mixed-ability EFL Classes in Vocational Colleges

Quite a number of EFL teachers in Vocational Colleges are in a dilemma when teaching large mixed-ability classes.The problem lies in the fact that the teaching approach they adopt fails to accommodate students with different levels.To solve the problem,some practical teaching strategies are recommended in this paper.Teachers can employ them accordingly,but should be aware of the different roles they play in each strategy.

PAD Class教学模式对英语专业学生写作焦虑影响的实证研究

本研究以英语专业大一120名学生为实验对象,进行了为期16周的实证研究,以探讨PAD class教学模式对英语专业学生写作焦虑的影响。基于《二语写作焦虑量表》调查问卷结果表明:英语专业学生总体焦虑处于中等焦虑水平,PAD Class能有效降低学生的写作总体焦虑,其中课堂焦虑、构思焦虑、自信焦虑明显降低,但回避焦虑没有达到显著水平;PAD Class模式对高中低不同写作水平学生的写作焦虑都有影响,对中、低水平学生的写作焦虑缓解比对高水平学生的影响效果更明显。

Impact of Non-Compliance of Exposure Classes in Reinforced Concrete Structures

From the National Agency for the Organization and Construction of Infrastructures (ANOCI) program to the Emerging Senegal Plan (PSE), construction in Senegal has improved considerably. However, deficiencies remain in the specification of materials used mainly in hydraulic concrete. They are generally related to the specification of aggregates for alkali reactivity and the choice of exposure classes specified in NF EN 206-1. The purpose of this article is to study the incidence of non-compliance with exposure classes in reinforced concrete structures. To carry out this study, surveys were carried out at several sites (districts) in Dakar (Cité Avion, Touba Ouakam, Cité Asecna, Cité Batrain, Cité Comico, Cité Assemblée and Terme Sud) in order to collect information on the formulation and implementation methods used. The comparison of the various readings carried out made it possible to deduce conclusions and to give recommendations when using standard NF EN 206-1.

Hybrid treatment of varied orthodontic appliances for a patient with skeletal class II and temporomandibular joint disorders:A case report and review of literature

BACKGROUND The relation between orthodontic treatment and temporomandibular disorders(TMDs)is under debate;the management of TMD during orthodontic treatment has always been a challenge.If TMD symptoms occur during orthodontic treatment,an immediate pause of orthodontic adjustments is recommended;the treatment can resume when the symptoms are managed and stabilized.CASE SUMMARY This case report presents a patient(26-year-old,female)with angle class I,skeletal class II and TMDs.The treatment was a hybrid of clear aligners,fixed appliances and temporary anchorage devices(TADs).After 3 mo resting and treatment on her TMD,the patient’s TMD symptom alleviated,but her anterior occlusion displayed deep overbite.Therefore,the fixed appliances with TAD were used to correct the anterior deep-bite and level maxillary and mandibular deep curves.After the levelling,the patient showed dual bite with centric relation and maximum intercuspation discrepancy on her occlusion.After careful examination of temporomandibular joints(TMJ)position,the stable bite splint and Invisible Mandibular Advancement appliance were used to reconstruct her occlusion.Eventually,the improved facial appearance and relatively stable occlusion were achieved.The 1-year follow-up records showed there was no obvious change in TMJ morphology,and her occlusion was stable.CONCLUSION TMD screening and monitoring is of great clinical importance in the TMD susceptible patients.Hybrid treatment with clear aligners and fixed appliances and TADs is an effective treatment modality for the complex cases.

Prioritised identification of structural classes of natural products from higher plants in the expedition of antimalarial drug discovery

The emergence and spread of drug-recalcitrant Plasmodium falciparum parasites threaten to reverse the gains made in the fight against malaria.Urgent measures need to be taken to curb this impending challenge.The higher plant-derived sesquiterpene,quinoline alkaloids,and naphthoquinone natural product classes of compounds have previously served as phenomenal chemical scaffolds from which integral antimalarial drugs were developed.Historical successes serve as an inspiration for the continued investigation of plant-derived natural products compounds in search of novel molecular templates from which new antimalarial drugs could be developed.The aim of this study was to identify potential chemical scaffolds for malaria drug discovery following analysis of historical data on phytochemicals screened in vitro against P.falciparum.To identify these novel scaffolds,we queried an in-house manually curated database of plant-derived natural product compounds and their in vitro biological data.Natural products were assigned to different structural classes using NPClassifier.To identify the most promising chemical scaffolds,we then correlated natural compound class with bioactivity and other data,namely(i)potency,(ii)resistance index,(iii)selectivity index and(iv)physicochemical properties.We used an unbiased scoring system to rank the different natural product classes based on the assessment of their bioactivity data.From this analysis we identified the top-ranked natural product pathway as the alkaloids.The top three ranked super classes identified were(i)pseudoalkaloids,(ii)naphthalenes and(iii)tyrosine alkaloids and the top five ranked classes(i)quassinoids(of super class triterpenoids),(ii)steroidal alkaloids(of super class pseudoalkaloids)(iii)cycloeudesmane sesquiterpenoids(of super class triterpenoids)(iv)isoquinoline alkaloids(of super class tyrosine alkaloids)and(v)naphthoquinones(of super class naphthalenes).Launched chemical space of these identified classes of compounds was,by and large,distinct from that of‘legacy’antimalarial drugs.Our study was able to identify chemical scaffolds with acceptable biological properties that are structurally different from current and previously used antimalarial drugs.These molecules have the potential to be developed into new antimalarial drugs.

Class Imbalanced Problem:Taxonomy,Open Challenges,Applications and State-of-the-Art Solutions

The study of machine learning has revealed that it can unleash new applications in a variety of disciplines.Many limitations limit their expressiveness,and researchers are working to overcome them to fully exploit the power of data-driven machine learning(ML)and deep learning(DL)techniques.The data imbalance presents major hurdles for classification and prediction problems in machine learning,restricting data analytics and acquiring relevant insights in practically all real-world research domains.In visual learning,network information security,failure prediction,digital marketing,healthcare,and a variety of other domains,raw data suffers from a biased data distribution of one class over the other.This article aims to present a taxonomy of the approaches for handling imbalanced data problems and their comparative study on the classification metrics and their application areas.We have explored very recent trends of techniques employed for solutions to class imbalance problems in datasets and have also discussed their limitations.This article has also identified open challenges for further research in the direction of class data imbalance.

BLS-identification:A device fingerprint classification mechanism based on broad learning for Internet of Things

The popularity of the Internet of Things(IoT)has enabled a large number of vulnerable devices to connect to the Internet,bringing huge security risks.As a network-level security authentication method,device fingerprint based on machine learning has attracted considerable attention because it can detect vulnerable devices in complex and heterogeneous access phases.However,flexible and diversified IoT devices with limited resources increase dif-ficulty of the device fingerprint authentication method executed in IoT,because it needs to retrain the model network to deal with incremental features or types.To address this problem,a device fingerprinting mechanism based on a Broad Learning System(BLS)is proposed in this paper.The mechanism firstly characterizes IoT devices by traffic analysis based on the identifiable differences of the traffic data of IoT devices,and extracts feature parameters of the traffic packets.A hierarchical hybrid sampling method is designed at the preprocessing phase to improve the imbalanced data distribution and reconstruct the fingerprint dataset.The complexity of the dataset is reduced using Principal Component Analysis(PCA)and the device type is identified by training weights using BLS.The experimental results show that the proposed method can achieve state-of-the-art accuracy and spend less training time than other existing methods.

World Class Elite Breaststrokers Downward Kick EMG Muscle Activity of the Gluteus Maximus, Quadriceps Femoris, Hamstring, Gastrocnemius Medialis, Rectus Abdominal, and Erector Spinae

This study analyzed the difference between using a downward breaststroke kick and a horizontal breaststroke kick in a sample of world class elite swimmers.We compared average muscle activity of the gluteus maximus,quadriceps femoris(vastus medialis and rectus femoris),hamstring/long head of the biceps femoris,gastrocnemius medialis,rectus abdominal,and erector spinae when using the downward breaststroke kick technique.We find that when this sample of swimmers utilized the downward breaststroke kick,max speed and velocity per stroke increased,measured by 12,788 EMG samples,where the results are highly correlated to duration of the aerodynamic buoyant force in breaststroke kick technique.The increases in performance observed from measuring the world class elite swimmers is highly correlated to the duration of the kick aerodynamic buoyant force.Among this sample of elite swimmers,the longer a swimmer demonstrates a buoyant force breaststroke kick,the lower the time in a 100 breaststroke.

Simple and effective method for treating severe adult skeletal class II malocclusion: A case report

BACKGROUND Severe skeletal class II malocclusion is the indication for combined orthodontic and orthognathic treatment.CASE SUMMARY A woman with a chief complaint of a protruding chin and an inability to close her lips requested orthodontic camouflage.The treatment plan consisted of extracting the right upper third molar,right lower third molar,left lower second molar,and left upper third molar and moving the maxillary dentition distally using a convenient method involving microimplant nail anchors,push springs,long arm traction hooks,and elastic traction chains.After 52 months of treatment,her overbite and overjet were normal,and her facial profile was favorable.CONCLUSION This method can be used for distal movement of the maxillary dentition and to correct severe skeletal class II malocclusion in adults.

Research and Practice of Flipped Classroom Teaching Mode of Integrated Business English Course Under MOOC Environment

As an online course-teaching mode,Massive Open Online Course(MOOC)has drawn great attention from both teachers and students.It is necessary to give full play to the advantages of MOOC resources and to enhance teachers’consciousness of“identity remodeling”in the process of Integrated Business English flipping classroom teaching.Combining the advantages of MOOC and flipped classroom teaching during before-,during-,and after-class will greatly help promote the overall quality of business English teaching in universities.

Thin-Shell Wormholes Admitting Conformal Motions in Spacetimes of Embedding Class One

This paper discusses the feasibility of thin-shell wormholes in spacetimes of embedding class one admitting a one-parameter group of conformal motions. It is shown that the surface energy density σis positive, while the surface pressure is negative, resulting in , thereby signaling a violation of the null energy condition, a necessary condition for holding a wormhole open. For a Morris-Thorne wormhole, matter that violates the null energy condition is referred to as “exotic”. For the thin-shell wormholes in this paper, however, the violation has a physical explanation since it is a direct consequence of the embedding theory in conjunction with the assumption of conformal symmetry. These properties avoid the need to hypothesize the existence of the highly problematical exotic matter.

幼儿园自然探究活动中师幼互动的提升策略——基于CLASS评估调研分析

自然探究活动在培养幼儿实践能力与创造力方面具有显著优势,而活动中的师幼互动是保障活动质量的关键。使用CLASS评估系统,对广州市南沙区两所公办幼儿园教师在自然探究活动中的师幼互动情况展开实证调研的结果显示,教师在情感支持方面表现出积极态度,但在教育支持,尤其是促进幼儿概念发展和语言示范方面仍有待加强。其原因在于,教师科学素养较低,科学领域核心经验匮乏;教师组织管理能力存在短板,亟需深化有效教学策略;情感支持得分虚高,教师敏感性差异明显。基于此,需要加强专业培训,优化探究体验;提升师幼互动知识技能,补齐活动组织短板;优化情感支持策略,提升教师敏感性。

The Integration Strategy of Class Teacher Management and Mathematics Teaching

The professional and moral education of high school mathematics teachers will make classroom management work better,but their work pressure will also lead to classroom management problems.To do a good job in high school class teacher management and organically integrate it with mathematics teaching,we need to start from two aspects:mathematics teaching class teachers and class teacher work teaching,and penetrate mathematical thinking into daily classroom management,moral education,and classroom culture construction.Based on the attributes of the subject,we guide high school students to reflect after class to stimulate their self-management initiative through the cultivation of qualified class representatives.In addition,it is necessary to skillfully resolve classroom generative problems,change the roles of teachers and students,and integrate classroom management with mathematics teaching.

CLASS理论视域下幼儿园区域活动中师幼互动水平的提升

CLASS理论以其显著的优势评价新时期幼儿园区域活动师幼互动情况,其践行有利于在落实国家政策时践行素质教育,在和谐师生关系中促进身心健康。当前幼儿园区域活动中师幼互动的浅层化,削弱区域活动主题;情感支持不足制约幼儿园开展区域活动的连续性。教师应以CLASS理论为抓手,采用精准化的语言引导,善用教学机智,组织多种形式的师幼互动等,持续深化区域活动主题。教师应营造平等亲切的氛围,认真观察幼儿的有意义行为,有序推进幼儿的有意义行为,持续提升新时期区域活动师幼互动水平,促使幼儿全面发展,身心健康成长。

基于CLASS促进幼儿教师提升师幼互动能力的策略

师幼互动是学前教育课程实施的主要过程,也是学前儿童在幼儿园一日活动中的生活体验、学习体验和情感体验的重要载体。师幼互动的质量对学前教育的质量起决定性作用。CLASS(课堂评价评分系统)不仅可以用来评价课堂师幼互动的质量,还可以用于提升教师师幼互动的能力。基于CLASS,文章提出了一系列提升教师师幼互动能力的相关策略。

Application of the PAD Class Teaching Model in High School Education

The teaching mode of the Presentation-Assimilation-Discussion(PAD)class is beneficial to adapt to the objective needs of the transformation of modern talent training mode and optimize the ecology of classroom teaching.In the process of high school teaching,we should pay attention to grasp the concept,effectiveness,and goal orientation of the PAD class,follow the basic steps of knowledge teaching,internalization and absorption,mutual learning,discussion,and exchange,and realize the cultivation of core subject literacy in the process of two-way interaction between teaching and learning.

利用绘本故事对小班幼儿进行情感支持的探究——基于CLASS评价系统的观察分析

随着师幼互动质量成为学前教育领域的研究热点话题,CLASS评价系统也逐渐被幼儿园教师熟知,其中“情感支持”维度的评估指标为教师如何与幼儿建立温馨、和谐的师幼关系提供了指引。教师借鉴CLASS评价系统,以绘本故事《鸡蛋哥哥》为载体,通过创设情境、角色代入等方式对小班幼儿进行情感支持的实践,帮助幼儿对教师、同伴、班级产生信任感、安全感及归属感。

基于CLASS评估系统的幼儿园集体教学师幼互动策略研究

在幼儿教育改革不断深入的背景下,提高幼儿园集体教学中师幼互动质量成了一个重点课题,优质的师幼互动既能促进幼儿语言、认知、情感等诸多方面的发展,也给他们的终身学习及社会适应能力带来了深刻的影响。目前,幼儿园教学存在师幼互动缺失,提问和反馈的质量偏低等共性问题。基于此,本文以CLASS评估系统为平台探讨提高师幼互动质量的有效策略,以期为幼儿园改善教学环境,提高教育质量提供科学依据与实践指导。