Getting Started with Blended Learning Workshop

New to blended learning? Interested in the idea of blended a course but not sure how to get started? This workshop is for you. We will focus on two questions: Why blend a course? How do I get started? Prior to the workshop, participants will be asked to review materials related to the first question, with ideas for improving learning outcomes, increasing engagement, and incorporating highly effective pedagogical practices into a course through blended learning. We will discuss these ideas in person to kick-off the workshop, and then participants will work individually and in small groups to identify pedagogical goals or challenges for their courses, brainstorm strategies for using blended learning to achieve those goals and/or address those challenges, and develop concrete, manageable next steps for getting started

Getting Started with Blended Learning Workshop

New to blended learning? Interested in the idea of blended a course but not sure how to get started? This workshop is for you. We will focus on two questions: Why blend a course? How do I get started? Prior to the workshop, participants will be asked to review materials related to the first question, with ideas for improving learning outcomes, increasing engagement, and incorporating highly effective pedagogical practices into a course through blended learning. We will discuss these ideas in person to kick-off the workshop, and then participants will work individually and in small groups to identify pedagogical goals or challenges for their courses, brainstorm strategies for using blended learning to achieve those goals and/or address those challenges, and develop concrete, manageable next steps for getting started

Geodesics of Hayward black hole surrounded by quintessence

Basing on the ideas used by Kiselev, we study the Hayward black hole surrounded by quintessence. By setting for the quintessence state parameter at the special case of $\omega=-\frac{2}{3}$, using the metric of the black hole surrounded by quintessence and the definition of the effective potential, we analyzed in detail the null geodesics for different energies. We also analyzed the horizons of the Hayward black hole surrounded by quintessence as well as the shadow of the black hole

Las normas generales de tesorería y su influencia en el manejo de los fondos públicos

Objective. Determine the relationship that exists between the level of application of general rules of treasury and the management of the public funds in the Provincial Municipality of Ambo, Huánuco (Peru), period 2020, the which, during agood management, could reconcile and have a good balance between its income and expenses. Methods. A quantitative, explanatory and cross­sectional study was carried out. The population was represented by 65 employees public of theProvincial Municipality of Ambo. It employed as technique the survey quantitative and as instrumenta an sheet of collection of data surveys and to ensure the validation and reliability of the instrument was counted with a study pilot between employees and the judgment of experts in the field, respectively. To evaluate the association between the variables was applied correlation of Pearson's; likewise, was worked with a level of confidence of the 95 %, that is considered highly feasible; The level of significance established were a value of p < 0,01, minor to 0,05. Results. The result of the compliance of the rules of treasury general and their influence on the management of funds public was of the 74,06 %. The findings showed that the application of these rules has a level of compliance in unit of box of the 62,60 %. Meanwhile, the management of bank accounts and subaccounts show that the 83.33% of the answers were affirmative, while that in the use of the fund fixed for the box small is observed a compliance of the 93,33 %; in relation with the rules specific and the conciliation of sub accounts bank of the treasury public, we can say that the level compliance was of the 43,78 %, which indicates that they are statistically significant. Conclusion. It has been shown that the application of the general rules of treasury exerts influence on the management ofpublic funds of the Municipality, and that during a good management it will be able to reconcile and have a good balance between its income and expenses. In the same way, with a correct application and improvement in the perception of the rules, there will be a better perspective of the approach of control and the administration of the resources economic in the institution.Objetivo. Determinar la relación que existe entre el nivel de aplicación de las normas generales de tesorería y el manejo de los fondos públicos en la Municipalidad Provincial de Ambo, Huánuco (Perú), periodo 2020, la cual, durante un buen manejo, podría conciliar y tener un buen balance entre sus ingresos y gastos. Métodos. Se realizó un estudio cuantitativo, explicativo y de corte transversal. La población estuvo representada por 65 empleados públicos de la Municipalidad Provincial de Ambo. Se empleó como técnica la encuesta cuantitativa y como instrumento una ficha de recopilación de datos de encuestas y para asegurar la validación y confiabilidad del instrumento se contó con un estudio piloto entre empleados y el juicio de expertos en la materia, respectivamente. Para evaluar la asociación entre las variables se aplicó la correlación de Pearson; así mismo, se trabajó con un nivel de confianza del 95 %, que es considerado altamente factible; el nivel de significación establecido fue unvalor de p < 0,01, menor a 0,05. Resultados. El resultado del cumplimiento de las normas generales de tesorería y su influencia en el manejo de los fondos públicos fue del 74,06 %. Los hallazgos evidenciaron que la aplicación de estas normas tienen un nivel de cumplimiento en unidad de caja del 62,60 %. Mientras tanto, el manejo de cuentas y subcuentas bancarias muestra que el 83,33 % de las respuestas fueron afirmativas, mientras que en el uso del fondo fijo para la caja chica se observa un cumplimiento del 93,33 %. En relación con las normas especificas y la conciliación de subcuentas bancarias del tesoro público, podemos decir que el nivel cumplimiento fue del 43,78 %, lo que indica que son significativos estadísticamente. Conclusión. Se ha demostrado que la aplicación de las normas generales de tesorería ejerce influencia en el manejo de los fondos públicos de la Municipalidad, y que durante un buen manejo esta podrá conciliar y tener un buen balance entre sus ingresos y gastos. Del mismo modo, con un correcta aplicación y mejora en la percepción de las normas se tendrá una mejor perspectiva del enfoque de control y la administración de los recursos económicos en la institución

Design and Additive Fabrication of Foot and Ankle-Foot Orthoses

Foot and ankle-foot orthoses are prescribed in order to promote mobility through supporting and/or realigning the lower leg and alleviating pain in the foot in different parts of the gait cycle. This paper will outline new approaches to the design and manufacture of personalised foot and ankle-foot orthoses (FO and AFO) using additive fabrication technology. The research is addressing the need for specific software design tools for orthosis design which enable their properties to be locally tailored within a mass customisation framework. Structure/material testing to support that activity is also being undertaken and will be described.Mechanical Engineerin

Beyond conventional factorization: Non-Hermitian Hamiltonians with radial oscillator spectrum

The eigenvalue problem of the spherically symmetric oscillator Hamiltonian is revisited in the context of canonical raising and lowering operators. The Hamiltonian is then factorized in terms of two not mutually adjoint factorizing operators which, in turn, give rise to a non-Hermitian radial Hamiltonian. The set of eigenvalues of this new Hamiltonian is exactly the same as the energy spectrum of the radial oscillator and the new square-integrable eigenfunctions are complex Darboux-deformations of the associated Laguerre polynomials.Comment: 13 pages, 7 figure

Visual 3-D SLAM from UAVs

The aim of the paper is to present, test and discuss the implementation of Visual SLAM techniques to images taken from Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) outdoors, in partially structured environments. Every issue of the whole process is discussed in order to obtain more accurate localization and mapping from UAVs flights. Firstly, the issues related to the visual features of objects in the scene, their distance to the UAV, and the related image acquisition system and their calibration are evaluated for improving the whole process. Other important, considered issues are related to the image processing techniques, such as interest point detection, the matching procedure and the scaling factor. The whole system has been tested using the COLIBRI mini UAV in partially structured environments. The results that have been obtained for localization, tested against the GPS information of the flights, show that Visual SLAM delivers reliable localization and mapping that makes it suitable for some outdoors applications when flying UAVs

Pulmonary impairment after tuberculosis and its contribution to TB burden

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>The health impacts of pulmonary impairment after tuberculosis (TB) treatment have not been included in assessments of TB burden. Therefore, previous global and national TB burden estimates do not reflect the full consequences of surviving TB. We assessed the burden of TB including pulmonary impairment after tuberculosis in Tarrant County, Texas using Disability-adjusted Life Years (DALYs).</p> <p>Methods</p> <p>TB burden was calculated for all culture-confirmed TB patients treated at Tarrant County Public Health between January 2005 and December 2006 using identical methods and life tables as the Global Burden of Disease Study. Years of life-lost were calculated as the difference between life expectancy using standardized life tables and age-at-death from TB. Years lived-with-disability were calculated from age and gender-specific TB disease incidence using published disability weights. Non-fatal health impacts of TB were divided into years lived-with-disability-acute and years lived-with-disability-chronic. Years lived-with-disability-acute was defined as TB burden resulting from illness prior to completion of treatment including the burden from treatment-related side effects. Years lived-with-disability-chronic was defined as TB burden from disability resulting from pulmonary impairment after tuberculosis.</p> <p>Results</p> <p>There were 224 TB cases in the time period, of these 177 were culture confirmed. These 177 subjects lost a total of 1189 DALYs. Of these 1189 DALYs 23% were from years of life-lost, 2% were from years lived-with-disability-acute and 75% were from years lived-with-disability-chronic.</p> <p>Conclusions</p> <p>Our findings demonstrate that the disease burden from TB is greater than previously estimated. Pulmonary impairment after tuberculosis was responsible for the majority of the burden. These data demonstrate that successful TB control efforts may reduce the health burden more than previously recognized.</p