Artificial Intelligence: An Untapped Opportunity for Equity and Access in STEM Education by Shalece Kohnke, Tiffanie Zaugg

“…Furthermore, the natural intersection of STEM principles and standards with the AI4K12 guidelines justifies the logical need for AI–STEM integration. …”
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Similarities and Differences Between Bullying and Sexual Harassment in Schools: A Social-Ecological Review of Risk and Protective Factors by Zehra Sahin-Ilkorkor, Sarah Jane Brubaker

“…In this conceptual article, the authors provide a narrative review of literature on bullying and sexual harassment in K-12 schools framed through a comparative analysis of risk and protective factors for both forms of violence across the social-ecological spectrum. …”
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The Existence of Positive Solutions for a Fourth-Order Difference Equation with Sum Form Boundary Conditions by Yanping Guo, Xuefei Lv, Yude Ji, Yongchun Liang

“…We consider the fourth-order difference equation: Δ(z(k+1)Δ3u(k-1))=w(k)f(k,u(k)),  k∈{1,2,…,n-1} subject to the boundary conditions: u(0)=u(n+2)=∑i=1n+1g(i)u(i), aΔ2u(0)-bz(2)Δ3u(0)=∑i=3n+1h(i)Δ2u(i-2), aΔ2u(n)-bz(n+1)Δ3u(n-1)=∑i=3n+1h(i)Δ2u(i-2), where a,b>0 and Δu(k)=u(k+1)-u(k) for k∈{0,1,…,n-1},  f:{0,1,…,n}×[0,+∞)→[0,+∞) is continuous. h(i) is nonnegative i∈{2,3,…,n+2}; g(i) is nonnegative for i∈{0,1,…,n}. …”
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An unplugged remix of culturally responsive computing for early childhood education by Frances K. Harper, James A. Larsen, Margaret Quinn, Lori Caudle, Bethany Parker, Amir Sadovnik, The CRRAFT Partnership

“…Abstract Despite a growing movement towards expanding computer science education in PreK‐12, gaps in computing opportunities along lines of race, ethnicity, class, and gender have widened. …”
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In-Service Teacher Professional Development: Challenges and Opportunities for Innovating the Trichronous Modality of Delivery in Vietnam’s EFL Education by Tuyen Van Nguyen, Helena Sit

“…To bridge the research gap, this study initially seeks to assess the effectiveness of commonly utilized delivery modalities in K-12 EFL education. Thirty volunteer EFL teachers from across Vietnam, representing the north, central, and south regions, participated in in-depth interviews. …”
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Development of a multi-epitope chimeric vaccine in silico against Babesia bovis, Theileria annulata, and Anaplasma marginale using computational biology tools and reverse vaccinolo... by Amam Zonaed Siddiki, Sabreena Alam, Farhan Fuad Bin Hossen, Md Abdul Alim

“…The best-designed chimeric vaccine construct was then reverse transcribed and adapted for the host E. coli K12 strain which was later inserted into the pET28a (+) vector for the cloning and expression of the vaccine. …”
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Precision Security: Integrating Video Surveillance with Surrounding Environment Changes by Wenfeng Wang, Xi Chen, Guiwei Zhang, Jing Qian, Peng Wei, Boqian Wu, Hongwei Zheng

“…Theoretical models for computation of warning level of EC-implications to the universal video recognition efficiency (quantified as time cost of implication-ratio variations from λk to λk+1, k=1,2,…) are further established. Imbedding proposed models into the online algorithms is suggested as a future research priority towards precision security for critical applications and, furthermore, schemes for a practical implementation of such integration are also preliminarily discussed.…”
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Delving into the Design and Implementation of Specifications Grading Systems in Higher Education by William J. Howitz, Kate J. McKnelly, Renée D. Link

“…Additionally, reports of specifications grading systems in K-12 courses or those that only presented the design and/or implementation of less than two structural features of the grading system were similarly excluded. …”
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Numerical Method to Modify the Fractional-Order Diffusion Equation by Yunkun Chen

“…In this study, we focus mainly on the numerical methods based on numerical integration in order to modify the fractional-order diffusion equation: 1+1/12δx2pjk−1+1/12δx2pjk−1=μα∑l=0kλαlδx2pjk−l+ μβ∑l=0kλβlδx2pjk−l+τ/21+1/12δx2fjk−1+fjk, k=1,2,…,K;j=1,2,…,j−1,pj0=ωj,j=0,1,…,J, p0k=φtk,pjk=ψtk,k=0,1,…,K,fjl=fxj,tl,ωj=ωxj. …”
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The Emergence of Formalized Educational Leadership in Higher Education by Diane Symbaluk, Tiffany Potter, Brad Jackson, David M. Andrews

“… In Canada, educational leadership is a term often used to describe specific types of academic and scholarly work in universities, colleges, CEGEPs, other post-secondary institutions (and in K-12 contexts, where the term’s usage is entirely distinct). …”
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Prevalence of resistance-associated substitutions (RAS) in hepatitis C virus in the Former Soviet Union countries by Sten H Vermund, Salima Davlidova, Syed Hani Abidi, Syed Ali, Robert Heimer, Aidana Mustafa, Dinara Begimbetova

“…The most prevalent NS5A RAS was 30K (12.69%) in genotype 3a, associated with resistance to daclatasvir, elbasvir and ledipasvir, followed by 62S (8.96% in genotype 3a), linked with resistance to daclatasvir, and 93H (3.95% and 6.72% in genotypes 1b and 3a, respectively), conferring resistance to daclatasvir, ombitasvir, elbasvir, ledipasvir and velpatasvir. …”
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Catalytic epoxidation of unsaturated fatty acids in palm stearin via in situ peracetic acids mechanism by Norin Hafizah Rahim, Mohd Jumain Jalil, Nabisab Mujawar Mubarak, Intan Suhada Azmi, Gnanasambandam Anbuchezhiyan

“…After 100 iterations, the reaction rate constant obtained as follows: $$\:{k}_{11}$$ =0.01 mol⋅L−1⋅min−1, $$\:{k}_{12}$$ = 1.85 mol⋅L−1⋅min−1, $$\:{k}_{2}$$ = 29.90 mol⋅L− 1⋅min− 1, and $$\:{k}_{3}$$ = 0.04 mol⋅L−1⋅min−1.…”
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The Role of Atmospheric Composition in Defining the Habitable Zone Limits and Supporting <i>E. coli</i> Growth by Asena Kuzucan, Emeline Bolmont, Guillaume Chaverot, Jaqueline Quirino Ferreira, Bastiaan Willem Ibelings, Siddharth Bhatnagar, Daniel Frank McGinnis

“…Second, we investigated microbial survival in these environments, conducting laboratory experiments on the growth and survival of <i>E. coli</i> K-12, focusing on the impact of different gas compositions. …”
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A digital leap in the evolution of continuous professional development for teachers by M. Ghobrini, R. E. A. Ghobrini, F. Benaicha

“… Background and Aim of Study: The realm of education is in a constant state of evolution, necessitating that teachers at K-12 and tertiary levels continually update their practices through continuous professional development (CPD). …”
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The Influence of Ventilation Arrangement on the Mechanism of Dust Distribution in Woxi Pithead by Zhiyong Zhou, Pei Hu, Chongchong Qi, Tianpei Niu, Ming Li, Long Tian

“…All four parameters were found to have an important influence on the mass concentration of dust, and the optimum ventilation layout parameters were determined to be Lp-outlet = 18 m, Le-inlet = 3 m, K = 1.2, and H = 1.6 m.…”
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Revealing systematic changes in the transcriptome during the transition from exponential growth to stationary phase by Hyun Gyu Lim, Ye Gao, Kevin Rychel, Cameron Lamoureux, Xuwen A. Lou, Bernhard O. Palsson

“…With Escherichia coli K-12 MG1655 as a model strain, we trigger the transition using carbon, nitrogen, and sulfur starvation. …”
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Vitrification affects the post-implantation development of mouse embryos by inducing DNA damage and epigenetic modifications by Yurong Chen, Haibo Zhu, Fucheng Guo, Luyao Wang, Wenli Zhang, Ruizhi Liu, Xiaoling Zhang, Xiangpeng Dai

“…Vitrification elevated H3K4me2/3, H4K12ac, and H4K16ac levels and reduced m6A modification in blastocysts. …”
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Plasmid-free production of the plant lignan pinoresinol in growing Escherichia coli cells by U. Joost Luelf, Alexander Wassing, Lisa M. Böhmer, Vlada B. Urlacher

“…Two versions of the developed toolbox enable the efficient integration of either one or two genes into intergenic high expression loci in both E. coli K-12 and B strains. After evaluation of this toolbox using the fluorescent reporter mCherry, genes from Petroselinum crispum and Zea mays for the synthesis of the monolignol coniferyl alcohol were integrated into different E. coli strains. …”
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Production and Application of Lysozyme-Gum Arabic Conjugate in Mayonnaise as a Natural Preservative and Emulsifier by Hashemi Marjan M., Aminlari Mahmoud, Forouzan Mehdi M., Moghimi Esmaeel, Tavana Maryam, Shekarforoush Shahram, Mohammadifar Mohammad Amin

“…Application of the Lzy-GA conjugate in mayonnaise expedited the death rate of both S. aureus and E. coli K-12. The observation proved that conjugations of Lyz with GA increased the spectrum of its application in food products with improved antibacterial activity. …”
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Supporting a state in developing a working theory of improvement for promoting equity in science education by William R. Penuel, Tiffany N. Neill, Todd Campbell

“…External partners supported leaders of a single state in the US Northeast to support a process of articulating aims, specifying primary and secondary drivers, and identifying change strategies to promote a more equitable system of science education in the state, grounded in the vision of A Framework for K-12 Science Education (National Research Council, 2012). …”
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