Article
Education & Educational Research
Walter Mendoza, Gabriel M. Ramirez, Claudio Gonzalez, Fernando Moreira
Summary: This paper analyzes the assessment experience in curriculum design of Master in User Experience Design programs at UNAD Colombia and UdL Spain. It emphasizes the importance of alignment and coherence at macro-, meso-, and micro-curricular levels to meet professional field needs and requirements.
EDUCATION SCIENCES
(2022)
Review
Education & Educational Research
Athena Li, Elif Bilgic, Amy Keuhl, Matthew Sibbald
Summary: This scoping review examines the influence of group function on individual student outcomes in problem-based learning (PBL). The review suggests that group function is more predictive of experiential outcomes than academic or behavioral outcomes. More research is needed to understand the complexity of group function in PBL tutorials and inform curricular training and design.
BMC MEDICAL EDUCATION
(2022)
Article
Education & Educational Research
Tom Adams, Bob Koster, Perry den Brok
Summary: This study examined 24 student teachers' classroom management learning during their internship, exploring their goals, processes, outcomes, and the relationships between them. Four patterns of classroom management learning processes were identified, and similar outcomes were found in terms of knowledge and skills. A statistically significant relationship was found between the students' learning profiles and their attitude as a learning outcome.
TEACHING AND TEACHER EDUCATION
(2022)
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Jose M. Coronado, Amparo Moyano, Vicente Romero, Rita Ruiz, Javier Rodriguez
Summary: The survey revealed that UCLM civil engineering graduates highly appreciated the development of skills like teamwork, communication, and leadership through the PjBL model, finding it more effective and with a better result-to-effort ratio compared to traditional learning methods.
Article
Education & Educational Research
Katie Wardle, Rima Chakrabarti, Tor Wright, Taylor Bennie, Daniel Ntuiabane, Faye Gishen
Summary: This study evaluates the use of a Curriculum Map (CM) at UCL Medical School, showing that students have a positive attitude towards this new pedagogical intervention. The CM provides a benchmark for medical educators, but needs to be supplemented with self-directed learning and clinical preparation.
BMC MEDICAL EDUCATION
(2023)
Review
Education, Scientific Disciplines
Nicholas R. Nelson, Sarah M. Anderson, Jacqueline M. Zeeman, Denise H. Rhoney
Summary: This review found that there is a lack of studies aligning with the original intended use of the PCOA as defined by the National Association of Boards of Pharmacy. Additionally, there is no consensus across the Academy regarding the proper use of the PCOA, and there is a scarcity of literature on how the PCOA informs schools and colleges about the effectiveness of their curriculum.
AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHARMACEUTICAL EDUCATION
(2021)
Article
Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Samuella B. Sigmann
Summary: Despite efforts to educate teachers about risk-based chemical safety, incidents with student injuries in K-12 laboratories persist. Teachers are now expected to perform hazard analysis and risk assessment before conducting demonstrations, highlighting the need for chemical safety education.
JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL EDUCATION
(2021)
Article
Computer Science, Information Systems
Oguzhan Topsakal, Eric J. Dobratz, Mustafa Ilhan Akbas, William M. Dougherty, Tahir Cetin Akinci, Mehmet Mazhar Celikoyar
Summary: This study explores the use of machine learning to objectively evaluate and score the outcomes of rhinoplasty. By mapping the aesthetics of visual appearance to quantified measurements, synthetic 3D models were generated and used to simulate pre-surgery, planned outcome, and post-surgery scans. Machine learning models achieved accuracy ranging from 82% to 88% and identified influential measurements in determining scores. This study presents a methodology for mapping visual appearance to quantified measurements using machine learning.
Article
Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence
Juan Wang, Zewen Chen, Chunfeng Yuan, Bing Li, Wentao Ma, Weiming Hu
Summary: This paper proposes a hierarchical curriculum learning (HCL) framework for no-reference image quality assessment (NR-IQA). The framework leverages external data to learn prior knowledge about IQA and achieves state-of-the-art performance on multiple authentic IQA datasets.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF COMPUTER VISION
(2023)
Article
Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Kyril M. Solntsev, Jamie Whelan, Pance Naumov
Summary: Retention of students' attention in general chemistry courses is a challenge, especially in classes with students from different majors. Introducing short student lectures and experimental demonstrations can effectively increase students' interest and participation, making chemistry content more accessible.
JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL EDUCATION
(2022)
Article
Cardiac & Cardiovascular Systems
Emily S. Lau, Paolo Di Achille, Kavya Kopparapu, Carl T. Andrews, Pulkit Singh, Christopher Reeder, Mostafa Al-Alusi, Shaan Khurshid, Julian S. Haimovich, Patrick T. Ellinor, Michael H. Picard, Puneet Batra, Steven A. Lubitz, Jennifer E. Ho
Summary: This study developed a deep learning model to interpret echocardiograms and examined the association of deep learning-derived measures with incident outcomes. The results showed that deep learning accurately quantified standard measures of left heart structure and function, which were associated with future clinical outcomes.
JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF CARDIOLOGY
(2023)
Article
Education & Educational Research
Wai Tong Chor, Kam Meng Goh, Li Li Lim, Kin Yun Lum, Tsung Heng Chiew
Summary: This research proposes an automatic learning-based advisory system for engineering curriculum to ensure constructive alignment with programme outcomes and educational taxonomy. Natural language processing and machine learning techniques are used to mitigate human error and bias in classification tasks. The proposed solution achieved encouraging accuracy results and has the potential to improve constructive alignment at the root level of course design.
EDUCATION AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES
(2023)
Review
Education & Educational Research
Hee Young Kang, Hae Ran Kim
Summary: This study confirmed the positive effects of the blended educational strategy of flipped classroom with team-based learning on nursing students' knowledge, problem-solving ability, and learning satisfaction. The results showed that blended learning approach can enhance students' learning outcomes in the public healthcare course.
BMC MEDICAL EDUCATION
(2021)
Article
Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence
Manuel Garcia-Piqueras, Jose Hernandez-Orallo
Summary: Curriculum learning is teacher-determined concept order, while machine teaching focuses on minimizing learning effort through example selection. Curriculum teaching combines both approaches to minimize teaching session size. However, simultaneously minimizing teaching sets and concept order is computationally challenging due to potential counter-productive interposition. A machine-teaching framework based on simplicity priors is proposed to achieve short teaching sizes for large classes of languages, with efficient optimal curriculum identification and avoidance of interposition.
Article
Education, Scientific Disciplines
Andrew K. Hall, Daniel J. Schumacher, Brent Thoma, Holly Caretta-Weyer, Benjamin Kinnear, Larry Gruppen, Lara J. Cooke, Jason R. Frank, Elaine Van Melle
Summary: The paper proposes an organizational taxonomy based on previous research to conceptualize and categorize the results of competency-based medical education (CBME) across three domains (focus, level, timeline), and provides examples of educational intervention results across medical specialties using this taxonomy.
Review
Pharmacology & Pharmacy
Huihai Yang, Grace Gar Lee Yue, Ping Chung Leung, Chun Kwok Wong, Clara Bik San Lau
Summary: This review summarizes the potential mechanisms connecting obesity and colorectal cancer and discusses potential therapeutic targets and the use of herbs in the management of obesity-associated colorectal cancer.
PHARMACOLOGICAL RESEARCH
(2022)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Eliza Mi Ling Wong, Hon Lon Tam, Angela Yee Man Leung, Alice Siu Ping Cheung, Ka Ching Cheung, Doris Yin Ping Leung
Summary: Educational intervention supported by a mobile app had better effects compared to booklet support in patients with hypertension and metabolic syndrome, leading to a reduction in body weight and waist circumference, increase in total exercise, and improvement in self-efficacy for exercise.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH
(2022)
Article
Chemistry, Applied
Tin-Long Wong, Li-Feng Li, Ji-Xia Zhang, Quan-Wei Zhang, Xue-Ting Zhang, Li-Shuang Zhou, Hau-Yee Fung, Lei Feng, Hui -Yuan Cheng, Chu-Ying Huo, Man Liu, Wan-Rong Bao, Wen-Jie Wu, Cheuk-Hei Lai, Su -Ping Bai, Shao-Ping Nie, Pema-Tenzin Puno, Clara Bik-San Lau, Ping -Chung Leung, Quan-Bin Han, Han-Dong Sun
Summary: In this study, an oligosaccharide sequencing analysis was used to successfully correct the backbone of Dendrobium officinale polysaccharide (DOP) to mannan. This analysis involved producing oligosaccharide fragments through mild acid hydrolysis of DOP followed by p-aminobenzoic ethyl ester (ABEE) derivatization. The isolated and identified oligosaccharides with varied polymerization degrees (DP = 2-10) confirmed that the backbone of DOP is a beta-D-1,4-mannan. This oligosaccharide analysis is more straightforward and reliable compared to conventional methods.
FOOD HYDROCOLLOIDS
(2023)
Article
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Hui Ma, Wing-Sum Siu, Chi-Man Koon, Xiao-Xiao Wu, Xiang Li, Wen Cheng, Wai-Ting Shum, Clara Bik-San Lau, Chun-Kwok Wong, Ping-Chung Leung
Summary: NF3 enhances the therapeutic effect of MSCs in the wound healing model and is related to the TGF beta/Smad and Wnt pathways.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR SCIENCES
(2023)
Article
Oncology
Hui-Lin Cheng, Doris Yin Ping Leung, Po Shan Ko, Wai Man Lam, Po Tin Lam, Andrew Leung Luk, Ming Wai Chung, Simon Ching Lam
Summary: This study aimed to examine whether caregiving self-efficacy (SE) mediated the relationship between unmet support needs and health-related quality of life (HRQOL) in family caregivers of palliative cancer patients. The findings indicated that caregiving SE mediated the relationship between unmet support needs and mental HRQOL.
Article
Infectious Diseases
Ben Chung-Lap Chan, Nilakshi Barua, Clara Bik-San Lau, Ping-Chung Leung, Kwok-Pui Fung, Margaret Ip
Summary: This study found that the combination of kuraridin from Sophora flavescens and epicatechin gallate (ECG) from green tea inhibits the growth of MRSA strains and enhances the antibacterial activities of multiple antibiotics. Kuraridin and ECG also have anti-inflammatory effects and reduce MRSA colonization in a mouse pneumonia model.
Article
Pharmacology & Pharmacy
Leilei Gou, Grace Gar-Lee Yue, Julia Kin -Ming Lee, Pema Tenzin Puno, Clara Bik-San Lau
Summary: Eriocalyxin B (Eri B), an ent-kaurane diterpenoid, inhibits migration and adhesion in triple negative breast cancer (TNBC) cells, reduces ALDH1A1 expression and colony formation in cancer stem cell (CSC) enriched MDA-MB-231 cells. Eri B demonstrates potent anti-metastatic efficacy in breast tumor-bearing mouse models. Gut microbiome analysis reveals changes in diversity and composition of microbiome after Eri B treatment, potentially contributing to its anti-cancer effects.
BIOCHEMICAL PHARMACOLOGY
(2023)
Article
Endocrinology & Metabolism
Dereje Chala Diriba, Lorna K. P. Suen, Doris Y. P. Leung
Summary: This study aimed to examine the effects of a culturally tailored, family-supported, community-based diabetes self-management education and support (DSMES) program on HbA(1c), blood pressure, body mass index, and lipid profiles for Ethiopian people with type 2 diabetes. The results showed significant improvements in HbA(1c) and triglycerides, while the effects on blood pressure, body mass index, and lipid profiles were not significant but with some degree of effectiveness. More research is needed to further test the effectiveness of the DSMES program.
Article
Nursing
Eliza Mi Ling Wong, Doris Yin Ping Leung, Qun Wang, Angela Yee Man Leung, Alice Siu Ping Cheung
Summary: The research aimed to compare the effectiveness of a lifestyle intervention program using a mobile application versus a booklet for adults with metabolic syndrome in Hong Kong. Both the app and booklet groups showed significant improvement in outcomes when compared to the control group, but the app group had statistically significant and superior results in various measures, including body weight, exercise amount, waist circumference, body mass index, and systolic blood pressure. The lifestyle intervention program supported with a mobile application could be widely used for adults with metabolic syndrome in the community.
JOURNAL OF NURSING SCHOLARSHIP
(2023)
Article
Chemistry, Medicinal
Philip Wai-Yan Chiu, Grace Gar-Lee Yue, Man Kit Cheung, Hon-Chi Yip, Siu-Kai Chu, Man-Yee Yung, Justin Che-Yuen Wu, Shannon Melissa Chan, Anthony Yuen-Bun Teoh, Enders Kwok-Wai Ng, Hisayoshi Norimoto, Clara Bik-San Lau
Summary: This study investigated the effect of Andrographis paniculata (AP) on palliative care of patients with metastatic esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (ESCC). The results showed that patients who completed AP treatment had significantly longer overall survival periods and maintained a good quality of life. Additionally, the treatment also changed the composition of gut microbiota. This study establishes AP as a safe and effective palliative treatment for squamous cell carcinoma of the esophagus.
PHYTOTHERAPY RESEARCH
(2023)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Dereje Chala Diriba, Doris Y. P. Leung, Lorna K. P. Suen
Summary: This study aimed to assess factors related to the quality of life of adults with type 2 diabetes in western Ethiopia. The results showed that age, gender, occupation, marital status, duration of diabetes, self-management practice, and support needed were associated with quality of life. Encouraging self-management practice and providing continuous support from family and friends are essential to enhance the quality of life of individuals with type 2 diabetes.
Article
Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Huihai Yang, Tao Zheng, Chuen-Fai Ku, Cheuk Kit Ngai, Grace Gar-Lee Yue, Hung Kay Lee, Clara Bik-San Lau
Summary: In this study, it was found that active components in the water extract of Patrinia villosa Juss. (PVW) could inhibit the proliferation and migration of colon cancer cells. An active compound, 8,9-didehydro-7-hydroxydolichodial (DHD), was identified in PVW and was derived from a natural compound called valerosidate present in PV. Both DHD and valerosidate showed inhibitory effects on cell viability and migration by increasing the expressions of tumor suppressors (p53 and PTEN) in colon cancer cells.
FRONTIERS IN CHEMISTRY
(2023)
Article
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Ben Chung-Lap Chan, Peiting Li, Miranda Sin-Man Tsang, Johnny Chun-Chau Sung, Keith Wai-Yeung Kwong, Tao Zheng, Sharon Sze-Man Hon, Ching-Po Lau, Wen Cheng, Fang Chen, Clara Bik-San Lau, Ping-Chung Leung, Chun-Kwok Wong
Summary: Vaccination is effective against COVID-19, but fear of needles and side effects hinders its acceptance. Alternative delivery methods, such as using Bacillus subtilis as a vaccine production host and delivery vector, show promise due to their low cost, safety, and oral administration. By engineering B. subtilis to express spike (S) proteins, researchers have successfully generated S spores. Oral administration of these S spores, along with adjuvants Astragalus membranaceus and Coriolus versicolor, induces immune responses against COVID-19 without toxicity. Co-feeding with these adjuvants enhances mucosal IgA responses, and prior administration of S spores boosts IgG responses to the commercial COVID-19 vaccine CoronaVac. In vitro studies demonstrate that AM, CV, and B. subtilis spores activate macrophages and dendritic cells by secreting immune-related factors. This study suggests that a combination of S spores with AM and CV can be developed as a vaccine-like supplement for respiratory infections.
Article
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Ya-Li Hu, Grace Gar-Lee Yue, Xing-Ren Li, Gang Xu, Clara Bik-San Lau
Summary: Ten spirocyclic polycyclic polyprenylated acylphloroglucinols (PPAP), named hunascynols A-J (1-10), were isolated from Hypericum ascyron Linn. Compound 1 and 2 share a common spirocyclic PPAP skeleton and were derived from it through Retro-Claisen, keto-enol tautomeric, and esterification reactions. Compound 3, aldolization of normal spirocyclic PPAP, has a caged framework containing a unique 6/5/6/5/6 ring system. The structures of the compounds were determined using spectroscopy and X-ray diffraction. The inhibitory activities of these compounds were tested against human cancer cells and zebrafish, and their mechanisms and target genes were evaluated.
Article
Plant Sciences
Huihai Yang, Grace Gar-Lee Yue, Ka-Ki Yuen, Si Gao, Ping Chung Leung, Chun Kwok Wong, Clara Bik-San Lau
Summary: This study investigated the anti-tumor and anti-metastatic effects of Patrinia villosa on colon cancer. The study revealed that Patrinia villosa regulates TGF-beta-smad2/3-E-cadherin and FAK-cofilin pathways, providing scientific evidence for its clinical use in colon cancer patients.
