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Leisure Time Activities and Interests of Elementary School Children

Siniša Stojanović, Milica Ristić, Srboljub Đorđević

University of Niš, Department of Psychology, Serbia

Keywords: leisure activities, elementary school children, gender differences, academic achievement, parental interest

The main objective of this research was to investigate the leisure time activities of elementary school children. This paper investigates the way in which these activities are grouped and their expres...

EEG Power Spectrum as a Biomarker of Autism: A Pilot Study

Anita E. Igberaese, Gleb Tcheslavski

Lamar University, Department of Electrical Engineering, USA

Keywords: Autism Spectrum Disorder, EEG, Biomarker, Power Spectral Density, Kruskal-Wallis Test, k-Nearest Neighbor, Neurodiagnostics

Childhood autism is one of the disorders within the Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) that includes, among others, Asperger’s syndrome and Rett syndrome. These are collectively termed spectrum disorder...

Discovering Frequency-Weighted Utility Temporal Relationship Rules Using Frequent Pattern Tree

Pankaj Gupta, Bharat Bhushan Sagar

Data Science Department, University of Example, Country

Keywords: Data Mining, Temporal Data Mining, Utility Mining, Frequent Pattern Tree, Relationship Rules, Transactional Databases, Hierarchical Structures

The data mining approach has introduced many challenges and opportunities to the database community. The primary goal of data mining is to discover hidden patterns in data that are valid, novel, poten...

A Review of Critical Thinking Education: Definitions, Assessments, and Teaching Practices

Yukiko Inoue-Smith

University of Guam, School of Education, Guam

Keywords: critical thinking, creativity, education, teaching practices, assessment methods, 21st century skills, undergraduate education

Despite widespread recognition of its importance, there is a notable lack of consensus regarding the conceptual definition of critical thinking. It is also widely recognized that teaching critical thi...

Understanding Cognitive Structures and Their Influence on the Teaching–Learning Process in Psychology

C. Girija Navaneedhan, T.J. Kamalanabhan

Cognitive structure, Metaphorical thinking, Mental Representations, Intellectual framework and Teaching/Learning process

Keywords: Cognitive Structures, Metaphorical Thinking, Mental Representations, Teaching Strategies, Learning Processes, Intellectual Framework, Educational Psychology

Cognitive structures are the foundational mental patterns that individuals utilize to process information. Metaphorical thinking, an innate mental tool in humans, can be consciously practiced to devel...

Evaluation of Thyroid Hormone Status of Clinical and Subclinical Thyrotoxicosis Patients

M. M. Haque, M. A. Momin, M. R. Islam

Department of Endocrinology, University of Dhaka, Bangladesh

Keywords: thyrotoxicosis, thyroid hormone, TSH suppression, Graves’ disease, thyroiditis, toxic adenoma, multinodular goiter

In total, 239 assays are performed in 83 thyrotoxicosis patients. Biochemical confirmation of thyrotoxicosis is based on the finding of a suppressed TSH in combination with elevated serum total or fre...

Antimicrobial Resistance Patterns in Hospital-Acquired Infections

Susan Miller, James O'Brien, Priya Sharma

antimicrobial resistance, hospital infections, multidrug resistance, infection control, antibiotic stewardship

Hospital-acquired infections caused by multidrug-resistant bacteria pose significant challenges to healthcare systems worldwide. This surveillance study analyzes antimicrobial resistance patterns amon...