Uma pesquisa-ação de 3 anos em uma universidade vietnamita: Alunos como cogeradores de conteúdo das aulas

In the context of the 4th Industrial Revolution with unlimited technological advancement and innovation, how can educators innovate their teaching and facilitate their students in their learning process, so that students can accumulate required skills and achieve the set learning outcomes of each course they take? In order to find out the answer, the authors have revised some literature concerning BYOD trend, active learning strategies, flipped classroom and learner-generated content as the theoretical base for their study. Action research has been conducted at a Vietnamese university with the participation of English-majored students in Theory of English Translation and Interpreting classes from 3 different intakes. The findings include students’ positive perception towards the content-generation practices. Some achievements and challenges in the teaching and learning process have also been reported. This paper also recommends further studies so that the practice could be utilized to the best outcomes.En el contexto de la Cuarta Revolución Industrial con un avance tecnológico e innovación ilimitados, ¿cómo pueden los educadores innovar su enseñanza y facilitar a sus estudiantes su proceso de aprendizaje, para que los estudiantes puedan acumular las habilidades requeridas y lograr los resultados de aprendizaje establecidos en cada curso que toman? Para encontrar la respuesta, los autores han revisado cierta literatura sobre la tendencia BYOD, las estrategias de aprendizaje activo, el aula invertida y el contenido generado por el alumno como base teórica para su estudio. Se llevó a cabo una investigación de acción en una universidad vietnamita con la participación de estudiantes con especialización en inglés en clases de Teoría de la traducción e interpretación en inglés de 3 tomas diferentes. Los hallazgos incluyen la percepción positiva de los estudiantes hacia las prácticas de generación de contenidos. También se reportan algunos logros y desafíos en el proceso de enseñanza y aprendizaje. Este documento también recomienda más estudios para que la práctica pueda utilizarse con los mejores resultados.No contexto da 4ª Revolução Industrial, com avanço tecnológico e inovação ilimitados, como os educadores podem inovar seu ensino e facilitar seus alunos em seu processo de aprendizagem, para que os alunos possam acumular as habilidades necessárias e alcançar os resultados de aprendizagem definidos de cada curso que fazem? Para encontrar a resposta, os autores revisaram alguma literatura sobre a tendência BYOD, estratégias de aprendizagem ativa, sala de aula invertida e conteúdo gerado pelo aluno como base teórica para seu estudo. Uma pesquisa-ação foi realizada em uma universidade vietnamita com a participação de alunos formados em inglês nas aulas de Teoria da Tradução e Interpretação do Inglês de 3 diferentes entradas. Os resultados incluem a percepção positiva dos alunos em relação às práticas de geração de conteúdo. Algumas conquistas e desafios no processo de ensino e aprendizagem também foram relatados. Este artigo também recomenda mais estudos para que a prática possa ser utilizada para os melhores resultados

SITUATION OF THE TEACHING PHYSICAL EDUCATION FOR SEVENTH GRADERS IN THAI NGUYEN CITY FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF DIVISION IN EDUCATION

Differentiation-oriented physical education (PE) helps learners participate in learning activities with content and forms suitable to their personal characteristics. Through researching documents, interviews, and pedagogical observations, the project explores the current status of teaching physical education to 7th graders in Thai Nguyen City from the perspective of division in education. The results of this research are an important practical basis to propose measures to organize teaching physical education in a differentiated direction for 7th graders in Thai Nguyen City.  Article visualizations

Professional development for ESL lecturers – a struggle to integrate ICT into teaching

Information and Communications Technology (ICT) plays a crucial role in our daily life. In fact, students are considered digital citizens and have become accustomed to being always connected to their devices and the Internet. Given the importance ICT plays in our lives, education institutions nowadays have a duty to incorporate ICT into teaching and learning in order to better prepare students for 21st Century skills and careers. Although certain technological equipment may be available in classrooms, there are several external and internal factors that affect the proper implementation of ICT in classrooms. In preparing students to be career-ready, ICT integration is imperative. This paper will discuss factors affecting ESL lecturers’ professional development in terms of ICT application in the classroom. A total of 61 lecturers from 12 non-English-majored universities in Vietnam voluntarily completed this quantitative study’s survey questionnaire. The findings show that although ESL lecturers are aware of the significance of some factors affecting ICT implementation in classrooms, they are struggling to learn, to adapt, and to integrate ICT into their classrooms

Professional development for ESL lecturers – a struggle to integrate ICT into teaching

Information and Communications Technology (ICT) plays a crucial role in our daily life. In fact, students are considered digital citizens and have become accustomed to being always connected to their devices and the Internet. Given the importance ICT plays in our lives, education institutions nowadays have a duty to incorporate ICT into teaching and learning in order to better prepare students for 21st Century skills and careers. Although certain technological equipment may be available in classrooms, there are several external and internal factors that affect the proper implementation of ICT in classrooms. In preparing students to be career-ready, ICT integration is imperative. This paper will discuss factors affecting ESL lecturers’ professional development in terms of ICT application in the classroom. A total of 61 lecturers from 12 non-English-majored universities in Vietnam voluntarily completed this quantitative study’s survey questionnaire. The findings show that although ESL lecturers are aware of the significance of some factors affecting ICT implementation in classrooms, they are struggling to learn, to adapt, and to integrate ICT into their classrooms

Exploiting Secrecy Performance of Uplink NOMA in Cellular Networks

Funding Information: This work was supported in part by the Air Force Office of Scientific Research under Award FA9550-20-1-0090, and in part by the National Science Foundation under Grant CNS-2034218.Peer reviewedPublisher PD

Review of two genera of freshwater crabs, Larnaudia Bott, 1966 and Neolarnaudia Türkay & Naiyanetr, 1987 (Crustacea: Decapoda: Potamidae) with redescription Neolarnaudiaphymatodes (Kemp, 1923) from Southern Vietnam

ABSTRACT: The occurrence of Larnaudia Bott, 1966 in southern Vietnam remains obscure. Although some previous studies described the presence of Larnaudialarnaudii A. Milne-Edwards, 1869 in Vietnam, our analysis of freshwater crab specimens collected at many locations in southern Vietnam revealed that Neolarnaudia Türkay Naiyanetr, 1987, but not Larnaudia Bott, 1966, is present in southern Vietnam. In this study, we recorded two species of Neolarnaudia, N. phymatodes (Kemp, 1923) and N. botti Türkay Naiyanetr, 1987 in southern Vietnam. Neolaurnaudia phymatodes was poorly knownsince the original description, and is, thus, re-described here. This species can be distinguished from all other Neolarnaudia species by a suite of characters; carapace broader, frontal area with many granules, supraorbital margingranulated, suborbital and pterygostomian regions and merus of third maxillipedcovered with many granules, terminal segment of Gonopod 1 strongly curved inwards and covered with many pubescences, lateral margin of telsonstrongly concaved. Citation: Do Van Tu, Dang Van Dong, Le Van Tho, Phan Doan Dang, 2017. Review of two genera of freshwater crabs, Larnaudia Bott, 1966 and Neolarnaudia Türkay Naiyanetr, 1987 (Crustacea: Decapoda: Potamidae) with redescription Neolarnaudiaphymatodes (Kemp, 1923) from Southern Vietnam. Tap chi Sinh hoc, 39(4): 398-405. DOI: 10.15625/0866-7160/v39n4.8464.*Corresponding author: [email protected], [email protected] 19 September 2017, accepted 12 December 201

Pathological complete response and survival of HER2-positive invasive breast cancer following docetaxel, carboplatin, and trastuzumab neoadjuvant therapy: a Vietnamese experience

Introduction. Neoadjuvant chemotherapy for HER2-positive breast cancer consists of a chemotherapy regimen plus trastuzumab with or without pertuzumab. The use of trastuzumab has been shown to improve pathological complete response (pCR), disease-free survival (DFS), and overall survival (OS). Purposes: To evaluate the efficacy and safety of neoadjuvant docetaxel, carboplatin, and trastuzumab (TCH) in the treatment of HER2-positive breast cancer in Vietnamese patients.  Material and methods. This retrospective study reviewed stage II–III HER2-positive breast cancer patients who received neoadjuvant docetaxel, carboplatin, and trastuzumab (TCH) at the Vietnamese National Cancer Hospital. The primary endpoint was the pCR rate which was defined as the absence of invasive tumor in the breast and axillary nodes (ypT0/is, ypN0). The secondary endpoints were DFS, OS, and toxicities.  Results. The complete and partial clinical response of 51 patients were 33.3% and 58.8%, respectively. The pCR rate was 41.2%; there was a significantly higher response in cT1-2 patients compared to cT3-4 ones (61.1% vs. 39.3%, p = 0.033). Three-year estimated DFS and OS rates were 81.3% and 93.0%, respectively. Treatment was generally well tolerated. Grade 3/4 neutropenia and anemia were uncommon (21.6% and 7.8%). No symptomatic cardiac dysfunction occurred.  Conclusions. Neoadjuvant TCH, non-anthracycline chemotherapy with single anti-HER2 regimen achieved high efficacy, with a good pCR rate and favorable tolerability in stage II or III HER2-positive breast cancer patients

Synthesize and characterization of artificial human bone developed by using nanocomposite

The combination of biopolymers with bioceramics plays vital role in development of artificial bone. Hydroxyapatite is extensively used as a material in prosthetic bone repair and replacement. In this paper synthesis of Hydroxyapatite- Polymethyl methacrylate – Zirconia (Hap-PMMA-ZrO2) composite by using powder metallurgy technique. The mechanical, morphological, In-vitro biocompatibility and tribological properties were characterized by universal testing machine, micro-vickers hardness tester, high resolution transmission electron microscope (HR-TEM), MTT assay and pin-on-disc setup. In-vitro cytotoxicity test on HeLa cell lines shows cell viability constant when doses concentration increases so material found non-toxic. Results show that micro Vickers hardness i.e. 520 approximately matches with natural human bone i.e. 400. Compressive strength is less as compared to human bone because of powder metallurgy route used for fabrication and is 74 MPa. Density of proposed composite artificial human bone i.e. 1.52 g/cc is less as compared to natural bone i.e. 2.90 g/cc. The Hap-PMMA-ZrO2 composite will be good biomaterials for bone repair and replacement wor