Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Towards an Introductory Cartographic Curriculum for the 21st Century

The structure of introductory cartographic education advocated by popular texts may no longer suit the times and the discipline. Cartographic education needs to respond to changes in the traditional and emerging mapping sub-disciplines: to changing visions, administrative realities, and technological advances that offer new opportunities. Proposed is a reorganization of the curriculum to remove the need to teach fundamentals of spatial data in introductory cartography. Instead, it would insist on prerequisite knowledge. That would allow higher priority to be given in introductory cartography to expansion of our view of space and its representation, to advances in graphics and media technology, to the theory of communication, visualization, and design, and to professional code and conduct. A call is made for professional organizations to coordinate the design and distribution of introductory lecture notes, laboratory exercises, anecdotes, and teaching aids of other types.
How does pair programming work

Both experiment and informal discussion have shown us that pair programming sometimes brings benefits and sometimes doesn’t. Recent studies have cast doubt on the “driver-navigator” metaphor, often used to explain pair programming. We need better explanations, to help us understand why pair programming is sometimes useful and sometimes not. This position paper proposes four mechanisms, by which pair programming may improve the performance of developers, and explains the psychological basis of each mechanism. Readers are invited to contribute their own experience, confirming or contradicting these explanations, on the associated website.
Techniques of the contemporary composer

Introduction. 1. Basics. 2. The Tonal Legacy. 3. New Roles of Melody. 4. Harmony, Counterpoint, and Hierarchy. 5. Interval Exploration. 6. Serialism. 7. Pitch-Class Sets. 8. Rhythm and Meter. 9. Texture and Modulations. 10. Microtones. 11. Percussion and the Prepared Piano. 12. New Techniques and Instruments. 13. New Notations. 14. Indeterminacy. 15. Musique Concrete. 16. Electronic Music. 17. Algorithmic Composition. 18. Media Forms. 19. Minimalism. 20. Experimental Music. 21. Decategorization. Bibliography. Index.
E-readers as a studying tool: A project by the NTNU University Library, Trondheim

The ‘e-curriculum project’ was launched by the University Library of the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) in 2010. The project aimed to challenge the traditional formats and ways of teaching information literacy by delivering digital reading lists on e-readers for the participants and asking them to give feedback on the positive and negative sides of their study experience.This was a collaboration between NTNU, the Teachers Educational Program (PLU) and the NTNU University Library in Trondheim in an effort to promote the digital resources of the Library. It was evident that there was an increasing need to redesign Library educational programs in order to incorporate teaching of multiple literacy skills for the University students, including digital literacy and critical thinking.
An Efficient Digital Gammatone Filter Architecture for Cochlear Implant

Abstract This paper presents the implementation of very-large-scale integration (VLSI) architecture for the digital filter of Cochlear implant to achieve low power, high performance and minimum area. To obtain the best outcome on auditory signals, the more suitable differential all pole gammatone filter is designed in the digital domain, where the reconfigurability can be attained. Also, to acquire non-linear phase response of the target filter for mimicking the bionic ear, infinite impulse response filter realisation is used. The high performance of this filter is accomplished by using highly efficient adders, multipliers and appropriate delays. In order to minimise the power consumption due to huge adder circuitry, ripple carry adder is used here to provide less power consumption. The application of modified booth multipliers with a regular partial product array results in adequate improvement in the area, delay and power consumption when compared with other multipliers. The optimised results for the architecture of filter were achieved using VLSI signal processing concepts like data broadcasting and retiming. The filter is modeled in Verilog HDL and synthesised by using RTL Compiler in 0.13 mm technology. Simulation results show that the area and power consumption of the designed filter are 0.105 mm2 and 760 mW, respectively.
Practical experiences with chronics discovery in large telecommunications systems

Chronics are recurrent problems that fly under the radar of operations teams because they do not perturb the system enough to set off alarms or violate service-level objectives. The discovery and diagnosis of never-before seen chronics poses new challenges as they are not detected by traditional threshold-based techniques, and many chronics can be present in a system at once, all starting and ending at different times. In this paper, we describe our experiences diagnosing chronics using server logs on a large telecommunications service. Our technique uses a scalable Bayesian distribution learner coupled with an information theoretic measure of distance (KL divergence), to identify the attributes that best distinguish failed calls from successful calls. Our preliminary results demonstrate the usefulness of our technique by providing examples of actual instances where we helped operators discover and diagnose chronics.
Genetic algorithms as a computational tool for design

Design is an ubiquitous activity embracing most of engineering and architecture. Because design is so pervasive, any research that leads to improvements in design processes or products can have great impact. Current efforts at capturing the design process in a computational framework do not pay heed to the evolutionary aspect of prototype creation and ongoing refinement. Further, in poorly-understood domains where expert knowledge or previous experience is lacking, current systems do not perform well. Genetic algorithms are stochastic parallel search algorithms that model natural selection, the process of evolution. Over time natural selection has produced a wide range of robust structures (life forms) that efficiently perform a broad range of functions. The success of natural selection on earth provides an existence proof of the viability of an evolutionary process as a model for design. This thesis lays the foundations for the use of genetic algorithms in helping to attack a well-defined and important subset of design. It maps genetic algorithms onto the design process; defines appropriate representation criteria to take advantage of the nature of the problem; specifies methods of analyzing genetic-algorithm-generated designs; and places bounds on the time complexity of the task. Scalable examples from circuit design, floorplanning and function optimization are used to demonstrate, illustrate and ground these results.
Resistance to CALL: degrees of student reluctance to use CALL and ICT

This paper examines the range of different factors which in our experience contribute to student resistance to the use of computers for language learning. These problems relate to aspects of the computing environment, social and psychological factors and issues relating to the curriculum and teaching methods. We have made basic suggestions about ways of overcoming these resistances. However our principal finding is that the most effective and coherent way of fostering student adoption of CALL is to develop a computer based learning environment, which draws on the success of communications software and the Internet, based on the computer conferencing program First Class.
The Report for Decision Making

The report for decision making shares some common ground with the proposal, the report of scientific experiment, and even the persuasive essay, yet these genres differ. Recognizing these differences is necessary for effective inquiry, pedagogy, and decision making. The genres are means of solving different types of problems: practical, empirical, and theoretical. They serve different aims: action, demonstration, and conviction. The proposal, like the report, may solve practical problems, but the proposal advocates, whereas the report inquires. These genres all embody assumptions about problem solving and inquiry in their forms. Applying the problem-solving goals and methods of the proposal, experimental report, or essay to the report for decision making compromises the quality of the inquiry and of the resulting decision. Complex problems for decision making require a rhetorical method of inquiry based on Aristotle's special topics. The report genre reflects the invention heuristics and analysis in its form.
Structural and Magnetic Properties of Fe2O3 Nanoparticles Dispersed over a Silica Matrix.

The structure and the magnetic properties of a series of Fe2O3−SiO2 nanocomposites (9−33 wt % Fe2O3), prepared by a sol−gel method and submitted to thermal treatments in the temperature range 300−900 °C, were investigated through XRD, TEM, EPR, and magnetic susceptibility measurements. Superparamagnetic iron(III) oxide nanoparticles with a narrow size distribution, dispersed over the amorphous silica matrix, are present in all the samples. They are mostly amorphous, antiferromagnetic in the samples treated at low temperatures. At T > 700 °C, a lot of γ-Fe2O3 crystalline ferrimagnetic nanoparticles (4−6 nm) are formed, while a further increase of the temperature results in the γ- to α-Fe2O3 transformation. The variation of iron oxide content affects the abundance of γ-Fe2O3 formation, which reaches the maximum percent values in the more dilute samples. In the more concentrated samples, while the amount of maghemite is still growing, antiferromagnetic α-Fe2O3 begins to form. As a consequence, the saturation.
Conversion of thermal to electrical energy with ferroelectric materials

The subject is reviewed and recent experimental and theoretical results are presented. It is shown that materials with high polarization and high dielectric strength can yield good conversion efficiencies. Very high specific outputs are calculated for the conversion of uncollected solar radiation by a spinning space vehicle. Such high specific outputs require suitable thin ferroelectric films of high thermal shock resistance. These requirements can not be met in present experimental converters. Approaches for the improvement of insulation resistance and polarization are given.
Collection evaluation through citation analysis techniques: a case study of the Ministry of Education, Singapore

Knowing how the library’s collection is being used and how patrons are feeling about its collection are important for the evaluation of the library collection. The former can be measured by conducting library collection use studies and the latter through a user survey method. Another method is to check library holdings against standard bibliographies. The citation analysis technique was chosen to evaluate the collection of the Ministry of Education library, Singapore. Results were counter checked with ILL data analysis results. Books were the most cited (96 per cent) resources followed by journal articles (1.5 per cent) and 69 per cent of the citations were published between 1980‐1994. The library had only 20 per cent of the citations and the rest were supplied through ILL. Results show a need for a change in acquisition policy with more focus on books, reduction in non‐used journals, and development of an efficient ILL.
Practical Issues in Structural Modeling

Practical problems that are frequently encountered in applications of covariance structure analysis are discussed and solutions are suggested. Conceptual, statistical, and practical requirements for structural modeling are reviewed to indicate how basic assumptions might be violated. Problems associated with estimation, results, and model fit are also mentioned. Various issues in each area are raised, and possible solutions are provided to encourage more appropriate and successful applications of structural modeling.
Metrical Phonology and Phonological Structure: German and English

In this monograph, the first to be exclusively concerned with a model of phonological structure that is becoming increasingly influential, Heinz Giegerich pursues two major aims. First, he explores the theoretical foundations of 'metrical phonology' and in so doing shows that the current model can be significantly simplified: auxiliary devices such as 'prosodic categories', 'metrical grids' and segmental stress features are shown to be unnecessary. Secondly, he applies the model to a wide range of German and English data and in particular provides a detailed account of the stress patterns of German words - native and non-native, morphologically simple and complex. The many similarities between German and English phonological structure are thereby strikingly illustrated. The book's clarity of exposition will enable readers not wholly familiar with metrical phonology to appreciate fully the elegance of this model in, arguably, its most basic form. For readers who already accept its adequacy, Dr Giegerich's application of the model to German and the revisions to it that he proposes will represent exciting advances.
Grammatical mistakes of Albanian students in learning English as a foreign language

Mistakes are an unavoidable part of the foreign language learning and teaching. This paper concentrates on the common grammatical mistakes made by Albanian students during the EFL learning process and their sources with the purpose of considering them in teaching the English grammar effectively. Being aware of such mistakes in teaching and learning English grammar for communicative purpose may help the teacher in choosing the right teaching option that would pose fewer difficulties and problems to their learners and therefore, enhance students’ learning of English grammar.The background of this study consists in some important clarifications regarding the terminology (errors, mistakes), typology and causes of mistakes. The terms error and mistake in this study are used synonymously, referring to the production of inaccurate forms in learners’ language output. It is noted that many of the mistakes are caused by the influence the learners’ native language. Some of the most common mistakes of Albanian learners are: verb agreement, tense use, question and negative forms, verb patterns, elliptic structures, articles and prepositions. Many of them have been identified by other foreign researchers. The errors have been gathered form a corpus of written texts produced by 40 students of the first course studying English as a foreign language at the English Department, Faculty of Education, “Fan S. Noli” University in Korca, in the academic year 2013-2014. The model of correct usage employed in this paper is standard British English. The paper concludes with a discussion of what appears to be the most important issues arising from the survey. DOI: 10.5901/mjss.2014. v5n19p323
OBJECT-DATABASE APPROACH FOR A HYPERVIDEO PLATFORM

Web users are seizing on interactive capabilities that software suppliers have developed, and are eagerly awaiting new interactive capabilities now being demonstrated. The capabilities currently being explored include video browsing. This paper focuses on the development of a rich information environment based on a customized platform that enables hyperlinks on objects within a digital video. With the help of such an environment, the user is able to view multiple videos concurrently and browse them spatially and temporally, with the help of an object database. Specifically, the platform is expected to enable users to traverse through that object by linking, and such links have been explored. The links may connect to within a video, or multiple running videos and/or World Wide Web object. The issues such as open hypermedia link base and object database versus multiple videos are also investigated.
Detecting Numerical and Waveform Changes on a Head-Mounted Display vs. Monitor

In this study we investigate whether people timesharing two tasks might perform worse when using an HMD than when using a conventional monitor for one of the tasks. Specifically, we set out to partially replicate and extend Liu et al.’s (2009) findings that anesthesiologists took 60 seconds longer to notice a simulated respiratory waveform change (decrease in waveform frequency) when using an HMD than when using a conventional monitor—a finding consistent with inattentional blindness (IAB). Our study shows that participants using an HMD detect all changes faster, but it also suggests that detecting decreases in waveform frequency might be relatively harder with an HMD than detecting increases. The results suggest future directions to take to investigate the conditions under which participants might not notice changes in an HMD display.
Recognizing Gestures for Humanoid Robot Using Proto-Symbol Space

This paper describes the non Verbal communication method for developing a gesture-based system using Mimesis model. The proposed method is applicable to any hand gesture represented by a multi-dimensional signal. The entire work concentrates mainly on hand gestures recognition. It develops a way to communicate between Humans and the Humanoid Robots through gestural medium. The Mimesis is the technique of performing human gestures through imitation, recognition and generation. Different Gestures are being converted into code words through the use of code book. These code words are then converted into Proto-Symbols, these proto symbol then forms basis for training of the Humanoid robot. The recognition part is performed through a “distance vector”, a novel algorithm developed by us which is a combination of Euclidean distance and K-nearest neighbor. The generation part is done through the use of WEBOTS which include use of Humanoid robot HOAP 2 having 25 degrees of freedom. All the process of training, recognition and generation are simulated through MATLAB.
Effects of triceps surae muscle fatigue on intrinsic and reflex contributions to dynamic ankle stiffness

Muscle fatigue may be defined as any exercise-related reduction in the force-generating capacity of a muscle. Its effect on joint stiffness is not well understood. The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of triceps surae muscle fatigue on the dynamic stiffness of the ankle joint. Pseudorandom binary sequence (PRBS) displacements were applied before, during, and after fatiguing contractions of the triceps surae. Position and torque were recorded and analyzed to identify the intrinsic and reflex contributions to ankle stiffness. Fatigue caused significant changes in both intrinsic and reflex properties. For intrinsic properties, there was a decrease in the elasticity, and an increase in the viscosity of the joint. For reflex properties, there was an increase in the gain and a change in the reflex dynamics. Thus, it appears that, during fatigue, reflex stiffness increases to compensate, at least in part, for decreased intrinsic stiffness.
SEMANTIC REGULARITY IN THE ALTERNATION IN IDIOMS

ple ([x P1 [y P2 (z)]]→[y P2 (z)]) which states that the embedding semantic predicate P1 is removable from the bipartite semantic structure. Then, I discuss six classes of verbal idioms with the bipartite semantic structure, and argue that the semantic composition of these idiom classes is also governed by the same general principle by demonstrating that each class of these verbal idioms has its corresponding class of verbal idioms of the form [y P2 (z)]. *
Brief Report: Post Hoc Power, Observed Power, A Priori Power, Retrospective Power, Prospective Power, Achieved Power: Sorting Out Appropriate Uses of Statistical Power Analyses

This brief note hopes to dispel some apparent confusions concerning statistical power, especially ones stemming from power computations based on treating an observed sample effect size as the population effect of interest ("post hoc," "observed," or "retrospective" power). Some after-the-fact power analyses can be useful for presentation purposes but only when based on population effect sizes of independent interest. It is recommended that labels such as "post hoc power," "observed power," "retrospective power," and "a priori power" be avoided, that reported power figures be accompanied by specification and justification of the values used to compute power, and that results characteristically be described with effect sizes, confidence intervals, and p values.
A new model of job design: Initial evidence and implications for future research

Clegg and Spencer's (2007) model of job design synthesizes and extends recent conceptions of the job design process by incorporating variables such as knowledge, motivation, and trust into a cyclical and dynamic system. The objective of this study was to examine the sequential organization of variables that comprise the model, as a basis from which to justify further investigations of the model's dynamic properties. Data were collected via questionnaires from 432 participants in two work organizations. Results obtained from structural equation modeling are broadly supportive of the proposed relationships between the variables. Implications of this initial study for future research and practice are discussed. © 2011 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
Effect of Carrier Frequency offset on Cooperative Alamouti STC OFDM Systems

In this paper, the effect of carrier frequency offset on a network where multiple independent devices cooperate to form virtual multiple input multiple output networks is analyzed. The common phase error and intercarrier interference effect on cooperative Alamouti STC OFDM system due to carrier frequency offset is investigated and OFDM based cooperative communication system for mitigating the effect of carrier frequency offset is developed.
The Internet: A Virtually Untapped Tool for Research

SUMMARY Internet methodologies are often overlooked in research. This review presents evidence that using the Internet to recruit participants and collect data is not only feasible, but may also be less expensive and time-consuming than traditional data collection methods. Additionally, Internet data collection can yield a more representative participant sample than more traditional data collection methods, while retaining equivalent, if not better, psychometric properties. Different areas of research that could benefit from the use of the Internet-based methods are explored. Overall benefits of Internet-based data collection, and practical limitations and how to overcome them, are discussed.
Evaluating public web site information: a process and an instrument

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to discuss the attempt to find an evaluation instrument for undergraduate students to use to evaluate public web sites, the analysis of the variety of instruments discovered, the subsequent development of an appropriate instrument, and the application of the instrument in workshops with students.Design/methodology/approach – The instrument was created based on the following criteria that the authors determined would meet the students' needs. It focuses exclusively on the information aspect of a web site, has some basis in theory or is based on an accepted model, is parsimonious, is quantitative, with both absolute and relative measures, and indicates whether or not the information should be accepted or rejected. The instrument was also developed with the goal of focusing on the process rather than the outcome.Findings – Although a number of diverse evaluation instruments from the literature and from web‐based sources were examined, none was deemed suitable for studen.