Mohammad Khalil - Lebanese International University

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Mohammad Khalil
Lebanese International University
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Self-regulated learning and learning analytics in online learning environments
Proceedings of the Tenth International Conference on Learning Analytics & Knowledge
Use of Some Essential Oils and Plant Extracts as Ga3 Alternatives on Globe Artichoke Flower Heads Earliness and Productivity
Egyptian Journal of Horticulture
, Dec 31, 2014
HIS STUDY was conducted during two seasons of 2012/2013 and ….. 2013/2014 at Vegetables Research ...
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HIS STUDY was conducted during two seasons of 2012/2013 and ….. 2013/2014 at Vegetables Research Farm in Kaha, Qualiobia Governorate, Horticulture Research Institute, Agriculture Research Centre to study the effect of some essential oils (citronella and lemon grass) and plant extracts of (aloe and garlic) compared to GA 3 on vegetative growth, earliness, yield and its quality of globe artichoke cv. Hyriouswas. Planting dates was on September 1 st in both seasons. The essential oils of citronella grass and lemon grass, plant extracts of aloe and garlic, GA 3 at 25 ppm and the control were sprayed in different concentrations two times in each season after 60 and 75 day from planting.
Gamification in MOOCs: A review of the state of the art
2018 IEEE Global Engineering Education Conference (EDUCON)
, Apr 1, 2018
A Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) is a type of online learning environment that has the potenti...
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A Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) is a type of online learning environment that has the potential to increase students' access to education. However, the low completion rates in MOOCs suggest that student engagement and progression in the courses are problematic. Following the increasing adoption of gamification in education, it is possible that gamification can also be effectively adopted in MOOCs to enhance students' motivation and increase completion rates. Yet at present, the extent to which gamification has been examined in MOOCs is not known. Considering the myriad gamification elements that can be adopted in MOOCs (e.g., leaderboards and digital badges), this theoretical research study reviews scholarly publications examining gamification of MOOCs. The main purpose is to provide an overview of studies on gamification in MOOCs, types of research studies, theories applied, gamification elements implemented, methods of implementation, the overall impact of gamification in MOOCs, and the challenges faced by researchers and practitioners when implementing gamification in MOOCs. The results of the literature study indicate that research on gamification in MOOCs is in its early stages. While there are only a handful of empirical research studies, results of the experiments generally showed a positive relation between gamification and student motivation and engagement. It is concluded that there is a need for further studies using educational theories to account for the effects of employing gamification in MOOCs.
Learning Analytics in Massive Open Online Courses as a Tool for Predicting Learner Performance
Voprosy obrazovaniya / Educational Studies Moscow
Learning analytics in MOOCs can be used to predict learner performance, which is critical as high...
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Learning analytics in MOOCs can be used to predict learner performance, which is critical as higher education is moving towards adaptive learning. Interdisciplinary methods used in the article allow for interpreting empirical qualitative data on performance in specific types of course assignments to predict learner performance and improve the quality of MOOCs. Learning analytics results make it possible to take the most from the data regarding the ways learners engage with information and their level of skills at entry. The article presents the results of applying the proposed learning analytics algorithm to analyze learner performance in specific MOOCs developed by Ural Federal University and offered through the National Open Education Platform.
Online mapping and forecasting of epidemics using open-source indicators
Student data privacy in MOOCs: a sentiment analysis
Distance Education
Perianal Necrotizing Fasciitis with Retroperitoneal Extension: A Case Report from Pakistan
Cureus
Necrotizing fasciitis is a rare but potentially fatal condition. It is defined as a rapidly sprea...
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Necrotizing fasciitis is a rare but potentially fatal condition. It is defined as a rapidly spreading infection of the subcutaneous soft tissue. Extension into the retroperitoneum may further complicate this deadly condition. We report a case of a 45-year-old gentleman who presented to our institute with perianal necrotizing fasciitis with extension into the retroperitoneum. He was managed with antibiotics and prompt surgical debridement. Our patient had a positive outcome which may be due to the fact that we had a high clinical suspicion, on the basis of which we opted for early operative management rather than delaying definitive treatment by obtaining imaging.
Neonatal Mortality in a Tertiary Care Private Set Up in Saudi Arabia
Dr. Sulaiman Al Habib Medical Journal
To ascertain Neonatal Mortality Rate (NMR), Early NMR (ENMR), Late NMR (LNMR), Corrected NMR (cNM...
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To ascertain Neonatal Mortality Rate (NMR), Early NMR (ENMR), Late NMR (LNMR), Corrected NMR (cNMR), and causes of neonatal mortality in a major tertiary care private maternity and Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) set up in Saudi Arabia. This was a retrospective analysis of hospital data. We ascertained 1-year data (from January 1, 2017 to December 31, 2017) from the electronic patient medical records database as well as the annual reports of four tertiary care labor and delivery rooms and NICU's of Sulaiman Al Habib Medical Group (HMG). We obtained the total number of deliveries and neonatal outcomes and calculated overall NMR, ENMR, and LNMR rates per 1000 live births and stratified them by Sociodemographic Index (SDI). We analyzed the data using Microsoft Excel. The electronic patient records included data on 14,339 deliveries and 14,543 births (including twins and multiple births). We observed a total of 51 neonatal deaths (30: early, 21: late) resulting in NMR of 3.5/1000, ENMR of 2.06/1000, and LNMR of 1.44/1000. The deaths due to futility were 24 (47%), giving a cNMR of 1.8/1000. We found complications of extreme prematurity and congenital anomalies incompatible with life as the two major causes of death in our dataset. There was no death due to perinatal asphyxia. The NMR and cNMR were comparable to the most recent global, regional, and national data. The cNMR of a select population with high SDI served by a major private tertiary care set up was lower than the NMR of the global high SDI group. The high incidence of major and futile congenital anomalies warrants further study.
Exploring sequences of learner activities in relation to self-regulated learning in a massive open online course
Computers & Education
Self-regulated learning (SRL) refers to how learners steer their own learning. Supporting SRL has...
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Self-regulated learning (SRL) refers to how learners steer their own learning. Supporting SRL has been shown to enhance the use of SRL strategies and learning performance in computer-based learning environments. However, little is known about supporting SRL in Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs). In this study, weekly SRL prompts were embedded as videos in a MOOC. We employed a sequential pattern mining algorithm, Sequential Pattern Discovery using Equivalence classes (cSPADE), on gathered log data to explore whether differences exist between learners who viewed the SRL-prompt videos and those who did not. Results showed that SRL-prompt viewers interacted with more course activities and completed these activities in a more similar sequential pattern than non SRL-prompt viewers. Also, SRL-prompt viewers tended to follow the course structure, which has been identified as a behavioral characteristic of students who scored higher on SRL (i.e., comprehensive learners) in previous research. Based on the results, implications for supporting SRL in MOOCs are discussed.
Probabilistic inference of reaction rate parameters from summary statistics
Combustion Theory and Modelling
Learning analytics at the intersections of student trust, disclosure and benefit
Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Learning Analytics & Knowledge - LAK19
Evidence suggests that individuals are often willing to exchange personal data for (real or perce...
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Evidence suggests that individuals are often willing to exchange personal data for (real or perceived) benefits. Such an exchange may be impacted by their trust in a particular context and their (real or perceived) control over their data. Students remain concerned about the scope and detail of surveillance of their learning behavior, their privacy, their control over what data are collected, the purpose of the collection, and the implications of any analysis. Questions arise as to the extent to which students are aware of the benefits and risks inherent in the exchange of their data, and whether they are willing to exchange personal data for more effective and supported learning experiences. This study reports on the views of entry level students at the Open University (OU) in 2018. The primary aim is to explore differences between stated attitudes to privacy and their online behaviors, and whether these same attitudes extend to their university's uses of their (personal) data. The analysis indicates, inter alia, that there is no obvious relationship between how often students are online or their awareness of/concerns about privacy issues in online contexts and what they actually do to protect themselves. Significantly though, the findings indicate that students overwhelmingly have an inherent trust in their university to use their data appropriately and ethically. Based on the findings, we outline a number of issues for consideration by higher education institutions, such as the need for transparency (of purpose and scope), the provision of some element of student control, and an acknowledgment of the exchange value of information in the nexus of the privacy calculus. CCS CONCEPTS • Social and professional topics~Privacy policies • Security and privacy~Privacy protections
Strategic Management of Grazing Grassland Systems to Maintain and Increase Organic Carbon in Soils
CO2 Sequestration [Working Title]
Understanding management-induced C sequestration potential in soils under agriculture, forestry, ...
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Understanding management-induced C sequestration potential in soils under agriculture, forestry, and other land use systems and their quantification to offset increasing greenhouse gases are of global concern. This chapter reviews management-induced changes in C storage in soils of grazing grassland systems, their impacts on ecosystem functions, and their adaptability and needs of protection across socioeconomic and cultural settings. In general, improved management of grassland/pasture such as manuring/slurry application, liming and rotational grazing, and low to medium livestock units could sequester C more than under high intensity grazing conditions. Converting cultivated land to pasture, restoration of degraded land, and maximizing pasture phases in mixed-cropping, pasture with mixed-livestock, integrated forestry-pasturage of livestock (silvopastoral) and crop-forestry-pasturage of livestock (agro-silvopastoral) systems could also maintain and enhance soil organic C density (SOCρ). In areas receiving low precipitation and having high erodibility, grazing exclusion might restore degraded grasslands and increase SOCρ. Yet, optimizing C sequestration rates, sowing of more productive grass varieties, judicial inorganic and organic fertilization, rotational grazing, and other climate-resilient approaches could improve overall farm productivity and profitability and attain sustainability in livestock farming systems.
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Soils store 2-3 times more carbon than the atmosphere, presenting a crucial opportunity for C sequestration through land management.
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An equivalence of relativistic field equations
Il Nuovo Cimento A
Neuro-Immune Networks in Gastrointestinal Disorders
Visceral Medicine
Tissue homeostasis is controlled by multilateral cell interactions. Established in autoimmune dis...
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Tissue homeostasis is controlled by multilateral cell interactions. Established in autoimmune diseases of the central nervous system, growing evidence shows a fundamental role of bidirectional communication between the nervous and immune systems in various gastrointestinal disorders. Primarily the primary sensory nervous system seems to play an important role in this cross talk because of its ability for transducing inflammatory signals and to convey them to the central nervous system, which in turn responds in an efferent manner (gut-brain axis vs. brain-gut axis). Moreover, sensory neurons that play a central role in pain processing immediately respond to inflammatory stimuli through releasing a myriad of immunomodulatory neuropeptides and neurotransmitters whose receptors are expressed in different immune cell populations. Thus, a better understanding of neuro-immune networks will pave the way to novel therapeutic strategies in inflammatory as well as functional gastrointestinal disorders.
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Mice lacking neutral endopeptidase showed worsened colitis, indicating neuropeptides link neuronal activity to immune responses in GI disorders.
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Jihad, Radicalism, and the New Atheism
Jihad, Radicalism, and the New Atheism
Is Islam fundamentally violent? For influential New Atheists such as Sam Harris, Ayaan Hirsi Ali,...
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Is Islam fundamentally violent? For influential New Atheists such as Sam Harris, Ayaan Hirsi Ali, and Richard Dawkins, the answer is an emphatic yes, largely because of the Islamic doctrine of jihad. According to this view, when al-Qaeda plotted 9/11 or ISIS planned any one of its recent terrorist attacks, they were acting in accord with Islamic scripture. Jihad, Radicalism, and the New Atheism scrutinizes this claim by comparing the conflicting interpretations of jihad offered by mainstream Muslim scholars, violent Muslim radicals, and New Atheists. Mohammad Hassan Khalil considers contemporary Muslim terrorism to be a grave problem that we must now confront. He shows, however, that the explanations offered for this phenomenon by the New Atheists are highly problematic, and that their own interpretations of the role of violence in Islam exceed those of even radicals such as Osama bin Laden. In showing all of this, Khalil offers critical insights on a most pressing issue.
User Consent in MOOCs – Micro, Meso, and Macro Perspectives
The International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning
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Improved Wave Energy Production Forecasts for Smart Grid Integration
Effects of bacterial translocation on hemodynamic and coagulation parameters during living-donor liver transplant
BMC anesthesiology
, Apr 25, 2018
Bacterial translocation (BT) has been proposed as a trigger for stimulation of the immune system ...
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Bacterial translocation (BT) has been proposed as a trigger for stimulation of the immune system with consequent hemodynamic alteration in patients with liver cirrhosis. However, no information is available regarding its hemodynamic and coagulation consequences during liver transplantation. We screened 30 consecutive adult patients undergoing living-donor liver transplant for the presence of BT. Bacterial DNA, Anti factor Xa (aFXa), thromboelastometry, tumor necrosis factor-α TNF-α, and interleukin-17 (IL-17) values were measured in sera before induction of anesthesia. Systemic hemodynamic data were recorded throughout the procedures. Bacterial DNA was detected in 10 patients (33%) (bactDNA(+)). Demographic, clinical, and hemodynamic data were similar in patients with presence or absence of bacterial DNA. BactDNA(+) patients showed significantly higher circulating values of TNF-α and IL-17, and had significantly higher clotting times and clot formation times as well as significantly...
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One-third of patients showed bacterial translocation linked to heightened inflammation and reduced coagulation factor activity during liver transplantation.
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The impact of continuous positive airway pressure on radiation dose to heart and lung during left-sided postmastectomy radiotherapy when deep inspiration breath hold technique is not applicable: a case report
Radiation oncology journal
, Jan 2, 2018
Deep inspiration breathing hold (DIBH) compared to free-breathing (FB) during radiotherapy (RT) h...
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Deep inspiration breathing hold (DIBH) compared to free-breathing (FB) during radiotherapy (RT) has significantly decreased radiation dose to heart and has been one of the techniques adopted for patients with breast cancer. However, patients who are unable to make suitable deep inspiration breath may not be eligible for DIBH, yet still need to spare the heart and lung during breast cancer RT (left-sided RT in particular). Continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) is a positive airway pressure ventilator, which keeps the airways continuously open and subsequently inflates the thorax resembling thoracic changes from DIBH. In this report, authors applied CPAP instead of FB during left-sided breast cancer RT including internal mammary node in a patient who was unable to tolerate DIBH, and substantially decreased radiation dose the heart and lung with CPAP compared to FB.
Functional Role of Transient Receptor Potential Channels in Immune Cells and Epithelia
Frontiers in immunology
, 2018
Transient receptor potential (TRP) ion channels are widely expressed in several tissues throughou...
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Transient receptor potential (TRP) ion channels are widely expressed in several tissues throughout the mammalian organism. Originally, TRP channel physiology was focusing on its fundamental meaning in sensory neuronal function. Today, it is known that activation of several TRP ion channels in peptidergic neurons does not only result in neuropeptide release and consecutive neurogenic inflammation. Growing evidence demonstrates functional extra-neuronal TRP channel expression in immune and epithelial cells with important implications for mucosal immunology. TRP channels maintain intracellular calcium homeostasis to regulate various functions in the respective cells such as nociception, production and release of inflammatory mediators, phagocytosis, and cell migration. In this review, we provide an overview about TRP-mediated effects in immune and epithelial cells with an emphasis on mucosal immunology of the gut. Crosstalk between neurons, epithelial cells, and immune cells induced by...
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