STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES IN HIGHER EDUCATION IN U.S.: CURRENT STATUS AND LESSONS LEARNED

Grace L. Francis(Grace L. Francis ) 한국특수교육학회 2021 한국특수교육학회 학술대회 Vol.2021 No.-

Case Study of the Viability of Smallholder Dairy Farming in Nharira-Lancashire, Zimbabwe

Francis, Joseph,Sibanda, Simba Asian Australasian Association of Animal Productio 2001 Animal Bioscience Vol.14 No.8

There is little information on smallholder dairy farming in Zimbabwe. With such inadequate knowledge, no meaningful decisions on how to improve these systems can be made. A study was, therefore, carried out in Nharira communal area and Lancashire small-scale commercial area to provide information on the viability of dairy farms. This paper is based on data obtained through participatory monitoring of 13 smallholder dairy farms in 1996 and 1997. All the four farms in Lancashire were found to be viable in both years. In Nharira, two out of the nine farms in 1996 and three farms in 1997 failed to break even. There were considerable inter-farm differences in the contribution of milk sales towards total income from dairy farming, ranging from 41% to 99% in Nharira and 71% to 81% in Lancashire in 1996. Corresponding estimates in 1997 were 51-95% and 72-78%, respectively. Expenses on cattle feeds contributed 36-84% in 1996 and 37-80% in 1997 towards total variable costs in Nharira. In Lancashire, the respective estimates were 15-33% and 22-36%. Seven out of the nine studied farms in Nharira and three out of four in Lancashire realized higher gross margin (GM) in 1997 than in 1996. All these farming households had conserved considerable amounts of farm-grown feeds. It was concluded that feed costs, number of cows and sizes of land holdings were the main factors determining viability of smallholder dairy farming. The major challenge to smallholder dairy farming in Nharira, in particular, was to develop low-cost feeding strategies.

IMPROVED GENERALIZED M-ITERATION FOR QUASI-NONEXPANSIVE MULTIVALUED MAPPINGS WITH APPLICATION IN REAL HILBERT SPACES

Francis Akutsah 경남대학교 기초과학연구소 2022 Nonlinear Functional Analysis and Applications Vol.27 No.1

In this paper, we present a modified (improved) generalized M-iteration with the inertial technique for three quasi-nonexpansive multivalued mappings in a real Hilbert space. In addition, we obtain a weak convergence result under suitable conditions and the strong convergence result is achieved using the hybrid projection method with our modified generalized M-iteration. Finally, we apply our convergence results to certain optimization problem, and present some numerical experiments to show the efficiency and applicability of the proposed method in comparison with other improved iterative methods (modified SP- iterative scheme) in the literature. The results obtained in this paper extend, generalize and improve several results in this direction

Psychosocial stress and changes in estimated glomerular filtration rate among adults with diabetes mellitus

( Francis B. Annor ),( Katherine E. Masyn ),( Ike S. Okosun ),( Douglas W. Roblin ),( Michael Goodman ) 대한신장학회 2015 Kidney Research and Clinical Practice Vol.34 No.3

Background: Psychosocial stress has been hypothesized to impact renal changes, but this hypothesis has not been adequately tested. The aim of this study was to examine the relationship between psychosocial stress and estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) and to examine other predictors of eGFR changes among persons with diabetes mellitus (DM). Methods: Data from a survey conducted in 2005 by a major health maintenance organization located in the southeastern part of the United States, linked to patients’ clinical and pharmacy records (n¼575) from 2005 to 2008, was used. Study participants were working adults aged 25-59 years, diagnosed with DM but without advanced microvascular or macrovascular complications. eGFR was estimated using the Modification of Diet in Renal Disease equation. A latent psychosocial stress variable was created from five psychosocial stress subscales. Using a growth factor model in a structural equation framework, we estimated the association between psychosocial stress and eGFR while controlling for important covariates. Results: The psychosocial stress variable was not directly associated with eGFR in the final model. Factors found to be associated with changes in eGFR were age, race, insulin use, and mean arterial pressure. Conclusion: Among fairly healthy DM patients, we did not find any evidence of a direct association between psychosocial stress and eGFR changes after controlling for important covariates. Predictors of eGFR change in our population included age, race, insulin use, and mean arterial pressure.

The questions on Trinity & Filioque Controversy, Theomathology

Francis Jickhong Yun 한국민중신학회 2016 Madang: Journal of Contextual Theology Vol.0 No.25

I have created a new field of study, which I named, “theomathology” which is a field of Theological Mathematics. The doctrine of Trinity and dispute over Filioque have been continuing on for almost about 2,000 years of history, but still, no one has clearly explained nor proven their essences. Apparently, when we conduct a research on Trinity or Filioque controversy, and if we study something that is off the track from them, it is hard to expect any good result no matter how much time is being invested.

Classifying Correspondence in Japanese and Korean

( Francis Bond ) 경희대학교 언어연구소 2006 언어연구 Vol.23 No.1

In this paper we present an analysis of the ways Japanese and Korean categorize long-distance communication, for example, over the telephone, or through email, fax or letters. In Korean and Japanese, numeral classifiers are used to overtly categorize such communicative acts. Japanese uses more classifiers in this eld than Korean, and so there is more possible variation in classifier use. We use the framework of Pustejovsky`s (1995) Generative Lexicon to make clear the differences between kind and shape classifiers, and explain the variation in classifier use by showing how different classifiers select for different features of lexical entries.

Empirical Analysis of a Fine-Tuned Deep Convolutional Model in Classifying and Detecting Malaria Parasites from Blood Smears

( Francis Jesmar P. Montalbo ),( Alvin S. Alon ) 한국인터넷정보학회 2021 KSII Transactions on Internet and Information Syst Vol.15 No.1

In this work, we empirically evaluated the efficiency of the recent EfficientNetB0 model to identify and diagnose malaria parasite infections in blood smears. The dataset used was collected and classified by relevant experts from the Lister Hill National Centre for Biomedical Communications (LHNCBC). We prepared our samples with minimal image transformations as opposed to others, as we focused more on the feature extraction capability of the EfficientNetB0 baseline model. We applied transfer learning to increase the initial feature sets and reduced the training time to train our model. We then fine-tuned it to work with our proposed layers and re-trained the entire model to learn from our prepared dataset. The highest overall accuracy attained from our evaluated results was 94.70% from fifty epochs and followed by 94.68% within just ten. Additional visualization and analysis using the Gradient-weighted Class Activation Mapping (Grad-CAM) algorithm visualized how effectively our fine-tuned EfficientNetB0 detected infections better than other recent state-of-the-art DCNN models. This study, therefore, concludes that when fine-tuned, the recent EfficientNetB0 will generate highly accurate deep learning solutions for the identification of malaria parasites in blood smears without the need for stringent pre-processing, optimization, or data augmentation of images.

Chlorhexidine Versus Povidone Iodine in Bacterial Contamination Rate of Needles Used for Spinal Anesthesia

Francis Sahngun Nahm,Won Sik Ahn,Chul Joong Lee,Byung Moon Ham 대한마취과학회 2004 Korean Journal of Anesthesiology Vol.47 No.6

Differentialism and the Hijab: Framing Gender, Ethnic and Religious Differences in Germany, France, and Sweden

Francis W. Otieno,이광원,권경득 한국이민정책학회 2022 한국이민정책학회보 Vol.5 No.2

While some countries might have similar views on the meaning of hijab, there have been raging debates on some of the policy measures taken to regulate face veiling. Countries such as France have issued a ban on the wearing of hijab in public institutions, in Germany the decision rests with municipalities or states, and Sweden has little public debate with no prohibitive regulations. This study comparatively examined the issues surrounding the debates on hijab in Germany, France, and Sweden, and the resultant policy outcomes. By framing the debates around the differences and similarities in gender, ethnic or migrant integration, and religious factors, we argue that the debates on hijab and its regulations are influenced by the national models of these factors. The ethno-cultural and multicultural models are accommodative of hijab, unlike the assimilationist model that requires complete absorption to the dominant culture. This study asserts that there are possibilities of convergence of thoughts on how these institutional models can minimize conflicts in multicultural societies where hijab-wearing women are active participants. Thus, the study contributes to our understanding the implications for ethnically and religiously diverse societies and their governance.

The Korean Christianity and Civic Engagement: A Theoretical Investigation

Francis Jae-ryong Song 한국종교사회학회 2019 종교와사회 Vol.7 No.2

Religion provides social capital which helps religious communities to decide their ways of civic engagement in the community. In many respects, this is still a valid and important framework in explaining religious activism in the public sphere. Despite some studies arguing that the social capital created by Korea Christian communities has effects merely on the boundary of their own congregations but not on the Korean civil society as a whole, this study would rather keep views on the public roles of Christian communities that have effect on civic engagement even in a multi-cultural and religious context since the 1990s. This study thus aims to investigate the extent to which Christian community creates and enhances the social capital in Korean society and how it has effects on the civic engagement. For this, it analyses the latest research findings that are usually based upon the contents analysis and statistic data analysis.