Machine learning approach to student performance prediction of online learning. by Jing Wang, Yun Yu

“…Here, this paper proposes a machine learning method for the prediction of student performance based on online learning. The critical thought is that eleven learning behavioral indicators are constructed according to online learning process, following that, through analyzing the correlation between the eleven learning behavioral indicators and the scores obtained by students online learning, we filter out those learning behavioral indicators that are weakly correlated with student scores, meanwhile, retain these learning behavior indicators being strongly correlated with student scores, which are used as the eigenvalue indicators. …”
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Historical development of animal rights in the world and turkey by Aşkın Yaşar, Halis Yerlikaya

“…Increase on usage of animals in experiments reached the lop level In 1960s after 2nd World War and this situation caused formation of a reflex on protection of animals. Thoughts chain extending from the thought of "people must have liability lor animals" to "animal rights" have accelerated and strengthened organizing of many of an i mal-loving people from different places of the world under different names (animal lovers society, Society of protection of nature and animals ale.); have increased importance, duty and responsibilities of rules ol animal protection and ethical rules ol experimental animals. …”
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Ethnic disloyalty or federal loyalty? A case of contesting Baloch representation in postcolonial Pakistan by Shahal Khoso

“…The research also aims to provoke thought within federalism theory: if representatives of an ethnic minority group show more allegiance to the federal centre than the minority they represent, is it a case of federal loyalty or ethnic disloyalty?…”
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A Book Review of "Max Weber and the Theory of Modern Politics" by Mohammad Hossein Jamshidi

“…It shows how this concern has led him to review the theory of democracy.The special feature of this book is the full dominance of the writer about the widespread German works in Weber’s political thought of. This book is an authoritative guide about Max Weber’s political philosophy. …”
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“JAPA” IN CONTEMPORARY NIGERIAN SOCIETY, THE EXPORTATION OF NIGERIA’s INDIGENOUS CHURCHES AND THE SOCIO-ECONOMIC IMPLICATIONS by OGHENEKEVWE KATE JIBROMAH, OGHENEKEVWE KATE JIBROMAH, TUNDE OLANREWAJU AJANI, SEYIFUNMI DAMILOLA BADEMOSI

“…They don’t give it a deep enough thought. They were always eager to leave the shore of the country by all means. …”
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MicroRNAs in the Neural Retina by Kalina Andreeva, Nigel G. F. Cooper

“…For a long time, it was thought that the transcription factors were the only regulators of gene expression. …”
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LGBT RIGHTS ARE HUMAN RIGHTS: SOCIAL WORK AND THE FIGHT AGAINST THE LGBTPHOBIC DISCOURSE OF “GAY CURE” by Leonardo Mozdzenski, Albert de Albuquerque

“…The findings can be arranged into five analytical categories: the cis-hetero-compulsory rhetoric, the "freedom of thought" rhetoric, the "right to choose" rhetoric, the neoconservative rhetoric and the religious rhetoric. …”
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Katolická církev v českých zemích a její vztahy k moderně, nacionalismu a nacionálnímu socialismu v meziválečném období. by Jaroslav Šebek

“…In order to depict circles of topics I deal mainly with phenomena which are related to the methods of the reflection of the post-war social and thought development of Catholic churches. Czechoslovakia was one of the examples of the religious development of Central and Western Europe, which was given by the influence of the secularisation affecting the public area as well as pronounced anti-Catholic sentiments. …”
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Urban Atmospheres by Niels Albertsen

“…Mobility is a significant factor in relation to modern urban regions, the atmosphere of which might be thought of as a picturesque landscape for cyborgs. …”
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PPARα as a Transcriptional Regulator for Detoxification of Plant Diet-Derived Unfavorable Compounds by Bunichiro Ashibe, Yu Nakajima, Yuka Fukui, Kiyoto Motojima

“…Thus, PPARα plays its wider and more extensive role in energy metabolism from natural food intake to fat storage than previously thought.…”
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Using information technology to communicate about health and wellbeing, assessment and review: audio computer assisted self-interviewing (A-CASI) by Murray Davies

“…In addition, its use is thought to decrease respondent error or fatigue and allows the relatively easy use of more complicated questionnaires, providing richer data than other self-completion approaches (Tourangeau and Smith, 1996).…”

A Review of the Book How Can Art Change Your Life? by Alireza Taheri, Batool Maazallahi

“…According to Dewey’s pragmatic thought, if we put art away and then glorified it, or if we were only engaged in the task of choosing the great works of art, and merely reviewing them, we would have to understand the “role of art”. …”
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From Biophysical Calculation to Financial Risk Assessment: Three Worlds of Accounting for Nature by Sylvain Maechler, Valérie Boisvert

“…Based on an analysis of these three worlds, we suggest that the growing influence of accounting thought and practices on nature, especially in their most recent forms, leads not so much to its commodification or financialization as to its invisibility or dilution in the logic of financial capitalist reproduction. …”
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The impact of obesity on disease activity and other health outcome measures in rheumatoid arthritis by Ankur Dalal, Rizwan Rajak

“…Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is the most prevalent chronic inflammatory arthritis, and obesity is thought to influence its development through adipokines. …”
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Review of Translation of Šahrestānīhā ī ērānšahr, A Middle Persian Text on Late Antique Geography, Epic and History in Persian by Shima Jaafari Dehaghi

“…It can be concluded that each of the translations of Middle Persian texts into Persian has new points that, in turn, will help us to better understand Middle Persian texts and ancient Iranian thought.…”
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Contribution à la ré-évaluation de l’aire de répartition du singe à queue de soleil (Cercopithecus solatus) by Peggy Motsch, Guillaume Le Flohic, Jeremy Leclercq, Jean-Paul Gonzalez

“…The results 1 / confirmed the presence of C. solatus in the historic area, 2 / seem to support the assumptions of its presence beyond the historic area, and 3 / even suggest that C. solatus would be further south-east and closer to the Republic of Congo that what was previously thought. This study contributed to reassess the distribution of populations of C. solatus within the Gabonese territory, and therefore provided additional tools to assess the conservation status of the species.…”
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Priapism in Antipsychotic Drug Use: A Rare but Important Side Effect by Igne Sinkeviciute, Rune A. Kroken, Erik Johnsen

“…Most antipsychotic drugs are alpha-1 adrenergic antagonists, which is thought to be the principal mechanism involved in antipsychotic-induced priapism. …”
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Necrotizing Sialometaplasia of the Hard Palate in a Patient Treated with Topical Nonsteroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drug by Alessandro Gatti, Emanuele Broccardo, Giuseppe Poglio, Arnaldo Benech

“…Necrotizing sialometaplasia is a rare, benign, self-limiting, necrotizing process involving the minor salivary glands, mainly the mucoserous glands of the hard palate. It is thought to be the result of an ischemic event of the vasculature supplying the salivary gland lobules. …”
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Metastatic Colorectal Cancer Resembling Severe Preeclampsia in Pregnancy by Raminder Kaur Khangura, Charanpreet Kaur Khangura, Anagha Desai, Gregory Goyert, Roopina Sangha

“…Both cases were initially thought to be atypical presentations of preeclampsia. …”
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Rapport femme-forêt : vers un écoféminisme de la complexité  by Marie Nicole Taha Nkoum

“…It therefore seems urgent and pertinent to capitalize these contributions in a single approach based on a reflection of complex thought and its place in the interface between feminism and ecology, an approach that we will refer to here as "ecofeminism of complexity". …”
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