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Improving Teaching Quality Assessment In Smart Classrooms For English Majors: An Integrated Double-Valued Neutrosophic Decision-Making Model, Lu Luo, Cong Wang

Neutrosophic Sets and Systems

The evaluation of multimedia-based college English teaching aims to assess the impact of multimedia technology on teaching quality and student learning outcomes. With the introduction of multimedia, classroom interactivity is enhanced, and students' interest and engagement are increased. Additionally, multimedia provides more opportunities for self-directed learning, helping students reinforce knowledge outside the classroom. However, the evaluation must focus on the alignment of technology with teaching objectives and whether the use of multimedia truly improves students' language skills and classroom efficiency. The evaluation of smart classroom teaching quality for English majors in universities is a multi-attribute decision-making (MADM) problem. Recently, methods …

Incorporating Intelligence In Multiple-Attribute Decision-Making Using Algorithmic Framework And Double-Valued Neutrosophic Sets: Varied Applications To Employment Quality Evaluation For University Graduates, Qiuyan Zhao, Wentao Li

Neutrosophic Sets and Systems

The evaluation of university employment quality is a comprehensive assessment of graduates' employment status and its alignment with market demands. This evaluation typically includes indicators such as employment rate, the relevance of job positions to majors, salary levels, job stability, and job satisfaction. By analyzing this data, universities can understand how graduates perform in the job market, assess the effectiveness of talent cultivation, and provide reference points for optimizing curriculum design, teaching methods, and industry-education integration. The employment quality evaluation for university graduates a MADM. Currently, Logarithmic TODIM (LogTODIM) and GRA techniques are employed to address MADM challenges. To handle …

Evaluating University Crisis Management: A Neutrosophic Logtodim Framework For Public Opinion, Quansong Qi

Neutrosophic Sets and Systems

The evaluation of public opinion management capability for public crises in universities assesses the ability of universities to guide and handle public opinion during crises. The evaluation covers areas such as opinion monitoring, crisis response, information dissemination, and media communication. Through a systematic assessment, universities can improve their crisis management capabilities, reduce the spread of negative public opinion, and maintain campus stability and reputation. The public opinion management capability evaluation for public crises in universities is multiple-attribute group decision-making (MAGDM). Recently, the Logarithmic TODIM (LogTODIM) technique was interpreted to cope with MAGDM. The single-valued neutrosophic sets (SVNSs) are interpreted as …

Predicting Student Behavior Using A Neutrosophic Deep Learning Model, Ahmed Mohamed Shitaya, Mohamed El Syed Wahed, Saied Helemy Abd El Khalek, Amr Ismail, Mahmoud Y.Shams, A. A. Salama

Neutrosophic Sets and Systems

We developed an information system using an object-oriented programming language and a distributed database (DDB) consisting of multiple interconnected databases across a computer network, managed by a distributed database management system (DDBMS) for easy access. An intelligent system was designed to assess the difficulty level of preliminary exams and select top-performing advanced students using a Neutrosophic Deep Learning Model. The dataset was randomly split into training (80%) and testing (20%) sets, and the model, trained with the Adam optimizer at a 0.001 learning rate over 50 epochs, incorporated early stopping based on validation loss. This system, implemented at a traditional …

Cross-Entropy Method Adapted For Evaluating The Teaching Quality Of University Physical Education Utilizing 2-Tuple Linguistic Neutrosophic Sets, Mengjun Wu, Yonghui Feng

Neutrosophic Sets and Systems

The evaluation of university physical education teaching quality helps measure the actual effectiveness of the courses and ensures the achievement of teaching objectives. Through evaluation, schools can identify deficiencies in teaching and make improvements, enhancing students' physical fitness and health. Additionally, evaluation provides data support for teaching reforms, aiding in curriculum optimization and strengthening faculty, thereby promoting the comprehensive development of physical education and fostering students' lifelong awareness of fitness and healthy lifestyles. The teaching quality evaluation of university physical education adopts the multiple attribute group decision-making (MAGDM) approach. Currently, cross-entropy (CE) model was constructed to handle the MAGDM. To …

Instructor-Supported Psychological Need Satisfaction As A Predictor Of Student Engagement And Learning In College, Gulay Guler

Individual, Family, and Community Education ETDs

College students endeavor to navigate the complexities of higher education while simultaneously striving to meet their physical and psychological needs. Delving into Self-Determination Theory, this study identified competence, relatedness, and autonomy as the basic psychological needs. Three mediation models investigated how instructor-supported psychological need satisfaction for competence, relatedness, and autonomy directly and indirectly affects perceived learning. The mediators were four types of engagement: affective engagement in learning, affective engagement in school, behavioral engagement, and cognitive engagement. 206 college students participated in the study by completing questionnaires during the spring semester of 2023. The results of the mediation models revealed that …

Enhancing Dvnn-Wcsm Technique For Double-Valued Neutrosophic Multiple-Attribute Decision-Making In Digital Economy: A Case Study On Enhancing The Quality Of Development Of Henan's Cultural And Tourism Industry, Yourong Guo

Neutrosophic Sets and Systems

Henan Province is the core area of the Yellow River Basin and an important area for inheritance of Yellow River culture. Promoting the development of the cultural and tourism industry in Henan Province essentially involves integrating the cultural resources of the Yellow River in Henan Province, creating cultural tourism products and projects with the cultural characteristics of the Yellow River region, thereby enriching the content of Henan's tourism industry and promoting its economic development. In the future development of the cultural and tourism industry, Henan Province not only needs to solve current problems of insufficient industrial competitiveness, lack of product …

Triangular Fuzzy Quadripartitioned Neutrosophic Set And Its Properties, Tanmoy Chatterjee, Surapati Pramanik

Neutrosophic Sets and Systems

The main objective of the paper is to hybridize the triangular fuzzy number and the quadripartitioned neutrosophic set and develop the triangular fuzzy quadripartitioned neutrosophic set. The triangular fuzzy numbers have great potential to express uncertainty systematically. So, the combination of the triangular fuzzy numbers and quadripartitioned neutrosophic sets is an intelligent mathematical tool that will be a helpful mathematical tool for decision-making. We define some operations on the triangular fuzzy quadripartitioned neutrosophic sets such as union, intersection, and complement. We establish some important theorems on operations like union, intersection in between three triangular fuzzy quadripartitioned neutrosophic sets in an …

Identification Of Influential Factors Affecting Student Performance In Semester Examinations In The Educational Institution Using Score Topological Indices In Single Valued Neutrosophic Graphs, S. Narasimman, M. Shanmugapriya, R. Sundareswaran, Laxmi Rathour, Lakshmi Narayan Mishra, Vinita Dewangan, Vishnu Narayan Mishra

Neutrosophic Sets and Systems

Education not only measures the progress of an individual, but it also contributes to the development of a community and a nation. To understand the factors that affect the academic performance of students in institutions of higher education, there are many factors within the institution and outside the institution that affect the academic performance of students. Includes affecting student academic performance are class size, parent-related factors, academic performance, the contribution of institutional factors to student academic performance, and the impact of poverty on students. The interplay of personal attributes, learning habits, prior academic preparation, and the school environment is essential …

Enhanced T2nn-Logtodim-Topsis Framework For Assessing Vocational College Students' Employment Quality Using Type-2 Neutrosophic Numbers, Ziyan Wang, Xifeng He

Neutrosophic Sets and Systems

With the ongoing development of vocational education in our country, the employment quality of vocational college graduates has emerged as a crucial metric for assessing the overall strength and effectiveness of these institutions. Establishing a robust employment quality evaluation system for vocational colleges not only complements and enhances their employment-related efforts, but also represents a critical step toward improving the broader educational and teaching practices within these institutions. Currently, the construction of such evaluation systems tends to focus primarily on professional education and teaching. While this approach has undoubtedly contributed to improving the quality of vocational education, it often overlooks …

School Of Public Administration 2024 Apr Self-Study & Documents, Unm Academic Program Review

UNM Academic Program Review

UNM School of Public Administration APR self-study report, review team report, response report, and initial action plan for Fall 2024, fulfilling requirements of the Higher Learning Commission.

Contributors, Gustavo Garcia

Regeneración: A Xicanacimiento Studies Journal

Biographies of contributors for the Fall 2024 issue of Regeneración: A Xicanacimiento Studies Journal

The Queer Body And The Obstructed Gaze: Chicanx Performance Artists And The Power Of Self-Objectification, Tracie N. Amend

Regeneración: A Xicanacimiento Studies Journal

The Queer Body and the Obstructed Gaze: Chicanx Performance Artists and the Power of Self-Objectification

This article examines the ways in which four queer Chicanx performance artists have manipulated and obstructed the spectator’s gaze as a method for activating their abjection, performing self-objectification or fetishization, or asserting agency. As seminal Chicanx and queer performance artists, Luis Alfaro and Nao Bustamante set the stage for identity exploration through the corporeal and figurative display of excess: they invite in the spectator’s gaze to look at the queer brown body and challenge them to resist a reductive framing of their othered voluptuousness. In …

Cuba’S Potential Contribution To The Success Of Chicano Students In The U.S.: Directions To Decolonize The Raza Community, Patrick M. Velásquez

Regeneración: A Xicanacimiento Studies Journal

Cuba’s Potential Contribution to the Success of Chicano Students in the U.S.:

Directions to Decolonize the Raza Community

This exploratory paper examines the success of Cuba’s education system and the potential application of their education strategies to increase achievement among Chicano students in the U.S. While Chicanos remain one of our nation’s most underachieving ethnic groups, Cuba’s success in eradicating inequality in educational outcomes stands out among Latin American countries. Both Chicanos and Cubans have experienced a form of colonialism that poses a formidable barrier to educational success. Using a mixed methods approach that includes a review of scholarly literature …

Teaching Manita/O New Mexico To Knowledge And Power Curators: Epistemologies Of The Manita Nuevo Mexicans/O, Keith E. Sanchez

Regeneración: A Xicanacimiento Studies Journal

This essay examines the cultural ecologies of Manita/o New Mexico and the educational model of La Academia de La Nueva Raza developed therein. The conclusion section offers a brief synthesis of applied pedagogical models of CCM and a sampling of culturally relevant experiential curricula concepts authored by me. The academic aim is to inform power and knowledge curators working within the Manita/o expression of the Chicana/o diaspora. The objective of this text is to create an infrastructural guide for further study and curricula development. The curriculum directed to teach and inspire professors, teachers, and public-policy makers are intended to …

Where Is Chican@ Studies? Infrastructure & Institutionalization In The 21st Century, Reynaldo F. Macias

Regeneración: A Xicanacimiento Studies Journal

This article provides for only a marginal update to the institutional context and complexity of Chican@ Studies in the US, so that we might better understand the need for comprehensive institutional history and its impact on the field as a discipline and as an Alter-Native curriculum framework for schooling. The question answered in this essay is “what is the 21st century institutional presence of Chicana & Chicano Studies in the schools?” focusing primarily on higher education, historicizing, contextualizing, and politicizing it. It describes the number and locations of undergraduate and graduate degree programs, administrative units, and, in part, relationships to …

Organizing And The Revitalization Of American Catholicism, Richard L. Wood

Sociology Faculty and Staff Publications

American Catholicism today struggles to sustain its longtime character as a truly “public religion”—that is, a religious tradition with a vital presence within the public sphere in the US. Reinvigorating Catholicism in the US will require both internal renewal and new approaches to public life, both of which will require continuity with the deep tradition and significant reorientation of ecclesial dynamics. This paper argues that specific, faith-based community-organizing practices can help renew the public voice of Catholicism. In adopting such practices and inflecting them through Catholic commitment to theologically coherent processes of leadership formation, American Catholicism can reinvigorate parish life …

Self-Regulated Learning Perceptions Of Music Education Students, Edmund Strominger

Music ETDs

I explored the self-regulated learning (SRL) perceptions and beliefs of pre-service music teachers in the United States. Through a quantitative survey, I investigated participants' SRL skills, their beliefs about students' SRL, and how these factors varied across gender, year in program, and primary area.

Pre-service music teachers possess high levels of SRL, particularly in motivation. However, their beliefs about SRL varied, with some believing it is crucial for student achievement while others downplayed its importance. Gender differences were observed, with female participants reporting lower learning dependency. Year in program and primary area had limited impact on SRL skills and beliefs. …

Tec 21 Model And Critical Thinking: An Ncm-Based Neutrosophic Analysis In Higher Education, Mohd Anas Wajid, Claudia Camacho-Zuñiga, Florentin Smarandache, Hugo Terashima-Marin, Mohammad Saif Wajid, Mohammad Kaif Wajid

Neutrosophic Sets and Systems

With a growing emphasis on developing transverse competencies in students, many educational institutions are trying to revolutionize the traditional system of education. One among others is TEC de Monterrey in Mexico which refines its educational models so that the students can be nourished with the skills that prepare them not only for the present but for years to come. Among skill development transverse competencies are considered a key to the successful career development of a student that emphasizes on critical thinking aspect. So mainly the the educational models try to inculcate or enhance the critical thinking of students. Towards this …

Neutrosophic Logic To Navigate Uncertainty Of Security Events In Mexico, Mohammad Saif Wajid, Hugo Terashima Marin, Mohd Anas Wajid, Florentin Smarandache, Satya Bhushan Verma, Mohammad Kaif Wajid

Neutrosophic Sets and Systems

A significant degree of uncertainty surrounds security events in Mexico because of the interaction of multiple socioeconomic and political elements. Conventional probabilistic and logical approaches frequently fall short of properly handling this uncertainty. To effectively navigate and manage security incidents in Mexico, this study suggests applying neutrosophic logic, an extension of classical logic that allows for indeterminacy and partial knowledge. Neutrosophic logic provides a more adaptable framework for making decisions in uncertain contexts by simultaneously handling true, false, and indeterminate values. In this study, we have created a neutrosophic-based model that includes metrics like social unrest, economic instability, and crime …

Neutrosophic Sets And Systems {Special Issue: Mediterranean Conference On Three Decades Of Neutrosophic And Plithogenic Theories And Applications (Meconet 2024)}, Vol. 73, 2024, Florentin Smarandache, Mohamed Abdel-Basset, Giorgio Nordo, Maikel Y. Leyva-Vázquez

Neutrosophic Sets and Systems

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Three Decades Of Neutrosophic And Plithogenic Theories With Their Applications (1995 - 2024), Florentin Smarandache

Neutrosophic Sets and Systems

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The Principles Of (Partial Locality, Partial Indeterminacy, Partial Nonlocality) And (Multi Locality, Multi Indeterminacy, Multi Nonlocality), Florentin Smarandache

Neutrosophic Sets and Systems

This article introduces new neutrosophic principles aiming to extend and generalize the concepts of locality and nonlocality by addressing scenarios involving indeterminacy, together with partiality and multitude, in physics, mechanics, cosmology, biology, medicine, chemistry, economics, ecology, sociology. Locality refers to interactions or processes confined within a limited region of space or time. But there may be a Total (100%) Locality, or a Partial Locality (less than 100% and greater than 0%). The effects are constrained to the immediate environment. Contrariwise, NonLocality refers to interactions or connections between entities separated by space or time. The changes in one location have instantaneous …

Environmental Justice Is A Civil Rights Issue, Secretary Deb Haaland

Tribal Law Journal

No abstract provided.

Analyzing Interdisciplinary Education In General Medicine Using Smarandache's Multivalued Logic Hypothesis Theory And Plithogenic Probability, Dolores Hernandez De La Cantera, Rosangela Caicedo Quiroz, Mairim Lago Queija, Jeanntte Rodriguez Gonzalez, Maikel Y. Leyva Vazquez

Neutrosophic Sets and Systems

Smarandache extended the concept of falsifiability to include hypotheses that involve multiple values. Smarandache's extension of classical logic introduces Partial Falsifiability within multi-valued logic, which allows for the inclusion of partial truth values, uncertainties, and false values, unlike traditional falsifiability which only classifies hypotheses as completely true or false. Using this approach this study investigates specifically the concept of interdisciplinarity in the field of integral general medicine, with a specific emphasis on the integration of nursing procedures. The method employs sentiment analysis of scientific questions using the Consensus tool and plithogenic statistics to assess complex hypotheses. The findings indicate that …

Assessing Consequences And Relevant Thresholds Of Seismic Events In Puerto Rico To Aid The Future Creation Of Consequence-Driven Scenarios, Yahaira D. Alvarez-Gandia

Geography ETDs

Puerto Rico frequently experiences damaging earthquakes due to its location on the northeastern margin of the Caribbean Plate. Its unique combination of factors, including high population, informal construction practices, and environmental risks, such as tsunamis or landslides, create a heightened risk of loss of life and property. Within this context, earthquake scenarios are vital communication, mitigation, and preparedness tools. They provide the opportunity to think critically about possible alternatives to reduce the risks and impacts of these unpredictable events. As an initial step for integrated earthquake scenario development, this study uses semi-structured interviews and the analysis of government reports to …

Validating Reward And Relief Drinking Phenotypes: A Multimethod Assessment, Victoria R. Votaw

Psychology ETDs

Recent work has examined the extent to which individuals seek alcohol to enhance positive experiences (reward drinking) or relieve aversive states (relief drinking). Although reward/relief drinking subgroups moderate response to two medications for alcohol use disorder (AUD), naltrexone and acamprosate, limitations of reward/relief drinking measures could hinder efforts to translate findings to clinical practice. This dissertation project aimed to validate a brief, practical measure of reward/relief drinking, the Reward and Relief Inventory of Drinking Situations (RR-IDS). Among 426 participants with AUD enrolled in a clinical trial of naltrexone and acamprosate (Study 1), we identified RR-IDS items free of bias across …

Substance Use Patterns Among Muslim American Young Adults: A Mixed Methods Design Assessing Risk And Protective Factors, Donia Hijaz

Psychology ETDs

Muslim Americans are underrepresented in the addictions literature. This mixed methods study sought to examine the frequency of substance use, and identify risk/protective factors of at-risk substance use. Young adults (N = 289; M_age = 22.68, SD = 3.42; 50.9% male) from around the U.S. who identified as Muslim American or from a Muslim background completed a survey. Given that several measures had not been validated with Muslim American samples, open-ended questions were included at the end of those measures. Findings revealed low rates of lifetime substance use in the current sample, preventing any quantitative analyses surrounding risk …

Unequal Neighbors In Diverse Neighborhoods: Accounting For Variation In The Impact Of Relative Inequality On Neighborhood Crime, Samuel A. Torres

Sociology ETDs

Research demonstrates that crime rate differences across racially segregated urban communities are primarily attributable to uneven distributions of resources between neighborhoods. Less is known about the role economic inequality within neighborhoods, what I call relative inequality, plays in maintaining ethno-racial criminal disparities. In this dissertation I explore sources of variation in the impact of relative inequality on neighborhood crime by drawing on data from the 2010-2013 National Neighborhood Crime Study Panel (NNCS2-P). I find that relative inequality effects are attenuated in higher disadvantage neighborhoods and this interaction accounts for differences in effect size by neighborhood ethno-racial composition. Results also show …

Evaluation Of Machine Learning Algorithms And Statistical Analysis For Predicting Crash Severity And Determining Contributing Factors: A Comparative Study, Arian Golrokh Amin

Civil Engineering ETDs

Improving road traffic safety relies on the ability to accurately predict traffic crashes and understand the factors contributing to severe injuries. This study employs a dual approach, utilizing both statistical analysis and machine-learning methodologies. Initially, statistical analyses such as chi-squared tests and Cramer's V values are applied to a decade's worth of police report data from Albuquerque, New Mexico, to identify primary causal factors behind crashes. Subsequently, machine-learning models are developed and rigorously compared to predict the severity of traffic crash injuries. The selection of the most effective algorithm is based on comprehensive metrics including accuracy, precision, recall, and F1 …