Interdisciplinary theoretical foundations for literacy teaching and learning

This article presents an interdisciplinary approach to literacy teaching and learning. The approach views literacy as involving numerous functions, including linguistic, psychological, cognitive, social, and critical functions. Research on the teaching and learning of literacy that underlies the model is discussed first. The interdisciplinary approach is defined and discussed next. The article concludes with a discussion of conclusions and implications for literacy education

The Mamlouk of Today, the Sultan of Tomorrow "Mamlouks of Authority and their Legitimacy in Various Areas of the Islamic Caliphate"

The Mamlouk, those white aristocratic slaves, have been by some Islamic Kingdoms and states since the first century of Hijra – seventh century A.D The Mamlouk was brought as a child from various places and was sold Costly to be raised in wataks (barracks) a cording to the Islamic and chivalry laws in order to contribute to the security, protection, construction and evolution of the state. Thus, He was promoted along important and sensitive state posts, parents and educators recognized his promising future. Consequently, Mamlouk groups were named after their princes-leaders and kept some sacred links among themselves such as Ostanic place. What is more, these links could be inherited among Colleagues. He got more power and dignity which tempted him to intervene into the state's internal affairs. After being freed; he deserved a legitimized authority through his distinguished sense of leadership and achievements according to some people. Further move, power was taken by the Mamlouk Shajarat Al Door and her successors in Egypt in 648H-1250A.D when the Ayoubite family deteriorated. The authority went to the MamloukTatemish and his successors in 603H-1206A.D as the Ghrite family collapsed in India. Keywords: Mamlouk Islamic state,Authority, Caliphat

An Analytical Study of Arabic Language Textbook of Sixth Grade Level

This study aimed to identify how sixth-grade intermediate students’ in the United Arab Emirates are involved with the Arabic language textbook. The researcher employed a descriptive-analytical method to achieve this aim, using Romy’s formula to determine students’ levels of involvement with the textbook. This determination was made based on the presentation of their material and activities after verifying the validity and reliability. A total of 381 pages from sections of the textbook were analyzed during the 2019/2020 academic year. The study focused on 30% (114) of the total number of pages. The total number of activities on the analyzed pages was calculated (78). The study results showed that the coefficient of student involvement with the presentation of the educational material was 0.73, which is an appropriate value and a degree of participation that is higher than the acceptable academic limit and motivates students to conduct research and surveys. Regarding activities, the degree of involvement (0.684) was more significant than the educationally permissible limit, thereby giving the students opportunities to interact and participate. In light of these results, several recommendations and suggestions were made

3D face recognition based on machine learning

3D facial data has a great potential for overcoming the problems of illumination and pose variation in face recognition. In this paper, we present a 3D facial system based on the machine learning. We used landmarks for feature extraction and Cascade Correlation neural network to make the final decision. Experiments are presented using 3D face images from the Face Recognition Grand Challenge database version 2.0. For CCNN using Jack-knife evaluation, an accuracy of 100% has been achieved for 7 faces with different expression, with 100% for both of specificity and sensitivity

Distance Learning in Emergencies: Social and Pedagogical Relations in the Context of the COVID-19 Pandemic

The current study aims to investigate social and pedagogical relations during the experience of distance learning in emergencies, in the context of the spread of the Covid-19 pandemic. The study identifies the impact of the transition towards this new system in rebuilding social and pedagogical links between professors and students through a case study at Ajman University, as one of the institutions of higher education in the United Arab Emirates. The study relied on the quantitative approach and the sample of the study consisted of (730) students selected in a simple random manner. The study found that most of the sample members had advanced infrastructure that would enable them to keep up with the transition to the distance learning system, and that the level of access to electronic tools and distance learning platforms and the ability to deal with them were high. The study also found that the distance learning system increases the level of interaction, discussion and communication between students and between students and teachers, which extends beyond the lesson period, as an attempt to replace direct interaction

Forecasting Spare Parts Demand Using Statistical Analysis

Abstract Spare parts are very essential in most industrial companies. They are characterized by their large number and their high impact on the companies' operations whenever needed. Therefore companies tend to analyze their spare parts demand and try to estimate their future consumption. Nevertheless, they face difficulties in figuring out an optimal forecasting method that deals with the lumpy and intermittent demand of spare parts. In this paper, we performed a comparison between five forecasting methods based on three statistical tools; Mean squared error (MSE), mean absolute deviation (MAD) and mean error (ME), where the results showed close performance for all the methods associated with their optimal parameters and the frequency of the spare part demand. Therefore, we proposed to compare all the methods based on the tracking signal with the objective of minimizing the average number of out of controls. This approach was tested in a comparative study at a local paper mill company. Our findings showed that the application of the tracking signal approach helps companies to better select the optimal forecasting method and reduce forecast errors

A systematic review of outcome and outcome-measure reporting in randomised trials evaluating surgical interventions for anterior-compartment vaginal prolapse: a call to action to develop a core outcome set

INTRODUCTION: We assessed outcome and outcome-measure reporting in randomised controlled trials evaluating surgical interventions for anterior-compartment vaginal prolapse and explored the relationships between outcome reporting quality with journal impact factor, year of publication, and methodological quality. METHODS: We searched the bibliographical databases from inception to October 2017. Two researchers independently selected studies and assessed study characteristics, methodological quality (Jadad criteria; range 1-5), and outcome reporting quality Management of Otitis Media with Effusion in Cleft Palate (MOMENT) criteria; range 1-6], and extracted relevant data. We used a multivariate linear regression to assess associations between outcome reporting quality and other variables. RESULTS: Eighty publications reporting data from 10,924 participants were included. Seventeen different surgical interventions were evaluated. One hundred different outcomes and 112 outcome measures were reported. Outcomes were inconsistently reported across trials; for example, 43 trials reported anatomical treatment success rates (12 outcome measures), 25 trials reported quality of life (15 outcome measures) and eight trials reported postoperative pain (seven outcome measures). Multivariate linear regression demonstrated a relationship between outcome reporting quality with methodological quality (β = 0.412; P = 0.018). No relationship was demonstrated between outcome reporting quality with impact factor (β = 0.078; P = 0.306), year of publication (β = 0.149; P = 0.295), study size (β = 0.008; P = 0.961) and commercial funding (β = -0.013; P = 0.918). CONCLUSIONS: Anterior-compartment vaginal prolapse trials report many different outcomes and outcome measures and often neglect to report important safety outcomes. Developing, disseminating and implementing a core outcome set will help address these issues

CONDUCTING VERIFICATION AND VALIDATION OF MULTI-AGENT SYSTEMS

ABSTRACT Verification and Validation (V&V) is a series of activitie