Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Examining the Role of Organizational Readiness in Erp Project Delivery

Research studies have shown that organisational readiness (OGRD) is a significant antecedent to the adoption and post-implementation success of enterprise resource planning (ERP). However, whether OGRD is associated with factors critical to achieving the implementation of ERP has not been examined. We report an empirical study that examines whether OGRD is associated with four critical success factors (CSFs) known to be critical in helping to achieve effective implementation of ERP projects. These CSFs are project management, business process re-engineering, training and education and system integration. A conceptual model derived from the literature was tested on data collected from 217 organisations using structural equation modelling. The results show that OGRD is significantly and positively associated with all four CSFs. Theoretically, our findings extend knowledge of the relationships among factors considered antecedent to different stages of ERP projects. Managerially, this knowledge can help in better planning, management and control of ERP projects.
Reading all types of writing : the importance of genre and register for reading development

Part 1 Different types of writing: reading across the curriculum different types of writing in "English 5-16" some different purposes for writing - the implication for genre genres of books used in schools. Part 2 Genre and register: examples of registers of different genres of books read by some 1st year secondary school pupils. Part 3 How does register work? - field - how does the language indicate what is being talked about? mode - how is the language expressed? tenor - who is the language written for? Part 4 Reading the registers of different types of writing: reading different types of literary writing reading different types of expository writing reading different types of procedural writing reading different types of reference writing. Part 5 Some pupils' awareness of register: the research trends of responses. Part 6 Development of readers' awareness of register: stages of development. Part 7 Towards a continuous reading policy: register as an important factor in a reading policy genre balance monitoring readers' experience of all types of writing how we can help pupils to become flexible readers. Part 8 Value for teachers of a genre based view of language: curriculum genres extending more pupils' ability to use language flexibly. Appendices: technical appendix - systemic-functional linguists, language context, register, genre book genres read by some pupils during their final primary school term and their first secondary school term register break puzzles.
Evolutionary computation : theory and applications

An introduction to evolutionary computation evolutionary algorithms as search algorithms theoretical analysis of evolutionary algorithms advanced search operators in evolutionary algorithms parallel evolutionary algorithms a comparison of simulated annealing and an evolutionary algorithm on traveling salesman problems power system design and management by evolutionary algorithms telecommunications network design and management by evolutionary algorithms an optimization tool based on evolutionary algorithms the evolution of artificial neural network architectures an experimental study of generalization in evolutionary learning an evolutionary approach to the N-person prisoner's dilemma game automated design and generalisation of heuristics high-order credit assignment in classifier systems.
Cross-Bedding, Bedforms, and Paleocurrents

The computer modeling that forms the basis for this publication was undertaken to relate the geometry of cross-bedding to the morphology and behavior of bedforms. Using computers for this purpose is necessary only because sedimentologists cannot adequately visualize the geometry arising when complex, changing surfaces move through space. Images range from the complicated, which will be of interest to sedimentologists who have had experience interpreting cross-bedding or studying the behavior of bedforms, to simpler illustrations the can convey an understanding of the origin of cross-bedding geometry even to those not experienced in the field.
Instructional Message Design: Principles from the Behavioral and Cognitive Sciences

Book reviews of Future Edge by Joel Arthur Baker; and Instructional Message Design: Principles from the Behavioral and Cognitive Science, (Second Edition), edited by M. Fleming and W.H. Levie. Creative Commons License This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 4.0 License. This review is available in Journal of Applied Communications: https://newprairiepress.org/jac/vol77/iss2/6
The Protagonist's Experience: Temporality, Narrative, and Harmonic Process in Brahms's Solo Lieder

iv Acknowledgements . vi List of examples . x List of figures . xvi List of tables. xviii Chapter 1 Constructing Meaning: Poetic Temporality and Harmonic Process Introduction . 1 Poetic Analysis.12 Musical Analysis . 22 Three Case Studies . 33 Chapter 2 Modal Ambiguity, Tonal Pairing, and the Portrayal of Layered Psychological States . 64 “Nachtigall” (op. 97, no. 1) . 69 “Es träumte mir,” (op. 57, no. 3) . 89 “Es hing der Reif” (op. 106, no. 3) . 108 Chapter 3 Emergent Modality: Minor-to-major Progressions as “Tragic-toTranscendent Narratives . 127 “Dämmrung senkte sich von oben” (op. 59, no. 1) . 130 “Todessehnen” (op. 86, no. 6) . 156 “Schwermut” (op. 58, no. 5) . 183 Chapter 4 Tonal Problems, Promissory Notes, and Narratives that Incorporate Them.203 “Unbewegte laue Luft” (op. 57, no. 8) . 206 “Wehe, so willst du mich wieder” (op. 32, no. 5) . 226 “Vorüber” (op. 58, no. 7) . 250 “Wie rafft’ ich mich auf in der Nacht,” (op. 32, no. 1) . 268 Chapter 5 Brahms’s Self-Modeling: Recurring Keys and Their Narratives . 290 “Ein Wanderer” (op. 106, no. 5) . 294 “Heimkehr” (op. 7, no. 6) . 305 “Treue Liebe” (op. 7, no. 1) . 322 “Herbstgefühl” (op. 48, no. 7) . 329 “An die Nachtigall” (op. 46, no. 4) . 339 Chapter 6 Conclusion . 357 Bibliography . 361
Multi-parameter mapping of the human brain at 1mm resolution in less than 20 minutes

Introduction: So called “structural MRI” of the human brain reflects not only the individual morphology, but also the intrinsic properties of tissue water related to the imaging process. The latter may more directly reflect changes in brain development and pathology. The goal of this study was to devise an imaging protocol for obtaining the major contrast parameters in a clinically feasible time at 1 mm isotropic resolution. We present a 20 minutes long protocol using multi-echo 3D FLASH for mapping proton density (PD), T1, magnetization transfer (MT) and T2* at 1mm resolution.
A corpus-based comparative study of pragmatic markers: I mean and you know in native and non-native conversation

This study investigates how the two pragmatic markers I mean and you know are used by Chinese EFL learners as compared to British speakers. To describe how these two markers by used by the Chinese learners, this study first investigates how they are used in the British speakers’ data. To obtain a finer picture of how they are used by the native speakers, the interpretation of their pragmatic meanings is open to all plausible explanations instead of being confined to one single theory or framework. As a result, this study sets up its own categories and comes up with much longer function lists than previous studies. In addition, a new framework is proposed. Following the completion of a detailed description of the pragmatic functions of I mean and you know, a detailed and systemic comparison between them in terms of the specific functions they play and their positioning are carried out on the grounds that these two markers are analyzed by following the same approach in the same data set. By highlighting the similarities and differences between them and explaining why, the comparison improves our understanding how they relate to each other in conversation. Compared to the British speakers, the Chinese learners show different patterns of I mean and you know in their L2 English. The main features of the learners’ uses of I mean and you know are: firstly, I mean is markedly under-represented and less pragmatized while you know is markedly over-represented and more pragmatized; secondly, both I mean and you know are used in more restricted contexts; finally, the pragmatic functions of I mean are more evenly distributed while you know heavily depends on a very small number of functions. Since I mean and you know are very unlikely to be taught in the classroom, the accounting for the patterns of them in the learners’ data is approached from the perspective of second language acquisition. This study follows the assumption that learners’ L2 production can be seen as the result of the interaction of all potential factors and the importance of a certain factor varies from one L2 phenomenon to another. The analysis seems to suggest that the learners’ uses of I mean are greatly influenced by the congruence between the pragmatic meaning and semantic meaning of I mean while the learners’ uses of you know are mainly affected by L1 influence. Other factors that seem to have impact on the production of both markers include the tasks performed by the learners and the learners’ proficiency level.
Early medieval centre in Pohansko nearBřeclav/Lundeburg:munitio, emporium or palatium of the rulersof Moravia?

Přispěvek je věnovan funkci raně středověkeho centra na Pohansku u Břeclavi. Strucně je v něm charakterizovana pramenna baze a stav poznani teto lokality. Objevy uciněne na Pohansku jsou uvedeny do sirsich souvislosti a komparovany s podobnými lokalitami z jiných casti raně středověke Evropy. Lokalita je interpretovana jako munitio, emporium i palatium moravských raně středověkých panovniků. Centrum hralo důležitou roli v procesu "mobilizace" bohatstvi a při kontrole teritoria. Jeho vznik souvisi s tzv. cyclical chiefdom.
Factors Correlating with Teachers' Use of Computers in the Classroom; ; Samia A. Wahab

This study examined several factors relating to the use of computers in the classroom by teachers. The factors examined in this study included teacher attitudes, emotions, beliefs and outside influences. This was done by a review of past studies, administering two surveys (demographics questionnaire and Computer Attitude Scale) and analyzing the survey data. Questionnaires were distributed to faculty at five randomly selected schools in the Chicagoland area participating in the study. Data from the surveys were then examined by principle components analysis, multiple correlation and multiple regression analyses to determine which factors correlate with teacher computer use in the classroom. This study found that a greater amount of computer experience fostered more positive attitudes towards computers. Teachers with greater years of computer experience were more comfortable with computers. The study also found that usefulness is correlated with grade level taught, teaching experience and classroom use and that computer liking is correlated with grade level taught and teaching experience. The main goal of this study was to examine the relationship between teachers' attitudes, emotions, beliefs, outside influences and teachers use of computers. The results should help administrators and teachers understand why faculty embrace or resist technology. The findings suggest that training professionals should consider many of the correlations between factors found in this study when designing professional development programs for teachers.
Die geographischen commentarii des Agrippa und ihre Überreste

Der Kaiser Augustus hat es verstanden, die ihm nahestehenden Persönlichkeiten bei seinen Plänen zur Verschönerung der Reichshauptstadt zu tätiger Mitarbeit heranzuziehen. Sein getreuer Helfer und Schwiegersohn M. Vipsanius Agrippa erbaute an der via lata eine Säulenhalle, die <porticus Vipsania, die eine besondere Anziehungskraft erhielt durch die an einer ihrer Wände angebrachte Weltkarte. Geographische Karten an öffentlicher Stelle anzubringen, war an sich nicht neu. Livius berichtet (XLI 28, 8), daß im Jahre 174 v. Chr. der Konsul Ti. Sempronius Gracchus zur Erinnerung an seine glückliche Kriegführung in Sardinien im Tempel der Mater Matuta eine dem Juppiter geweihte Karte der Insel mit Abbildungen der Gefechte habe aufstellen lassen. Aus dem Wortlaut der Beischrift, die Livius mitteilt, ergibt sich, daß die Tafel im Triumphzuge dem Volke gezeigt war, und daraus erklärt sich auch die Widmung an Juppiter. Weiter ist bekannt, daß sieh im Tempel der Tellus eine Karte von Italien befand, die auf eine Wand gemalt war (Varro rust. I 2, 1). Leider wissen wir nichts über die Veranlassung dieser Weihegabe. Da indes eine Widmung wegen eines Sieges an sich wegen des Inhalts dieser Karte nicht wahrscheinlich ist, so müssen wir wohl annehmen, daß sie zur Belehrung des Beschauers dienen sollte. Es ist für den Geist des augusteischen Zeitalters und vielleicht auch für den des Stifters bezeichnend, daß Agrippa in seiner Halle, also nicht an geweihter Stätte, das gesamte Weltbild anbringen lassen wollte. Aber bevor der Gedanke in die Tat umgesetzt werden konnte, raffte ihn der Tod dahin (12 v. Chr.). Doch hatte er seiner Schwester Vipsania Polla, offenbar durch sein Testament, die Ausführung des Planes empfohlen. Sie hat auch den Bau der
From Campus to Web: The Changing Roles of Faculty from Classroom to Online Teaching

The first objective of this research is to study the transition and self-perception of a sample group of Israeli faculty currently integrating online teaching within campus-based teaching. The authors studied the faculty’s perceptions of their new role, rewards and challenges of this role, their students' and their colleagues' perceptions of online teaching and how their institutions facilitate or impede this process. The second objective of this research is to compare findings from Israeli faculty to North American faculty, based on a similar study by Beaudoin (2002). The third objective is to provide ideas and insights to distance education administrators who are responsible for the recruitment, training and support of faculty. The last objective of this research is to contribute to faculty related research by exploring their new and changing role as online educators.
Visual search in natural scenes with and without guidance of fixations

From the airport security guard monitoring luggage to the rushed commuter looking for their car keys, visual search is one of the most common requirements of our visual system. Despite its ubiquity, many aspects of visual search remain unaccounted for by computational models. Difficulty arises when trying to account for any internal biases of an observer undertaking a search task or trying to decompose an image of a natural scene into relevant fundamental properties. Previous studies have attempted to understand visual search by using highly simplified stimuli, such as discrete search arrays. Although these studies have been useful, the extent to which the search of discrete search arrays can represent the search of more naturalistic stimuli is subject to debate.The experiments described in this thesis used as stimuli images of natural scenes and attempted to address two key objectives. The first was to determine which image properties influenced the detectability of a target. Features investigated included chroma, entropy, contrast, edge contrast and luminance. The proportion of variance in detection ability accounted for by each feature was estimated and the features were ranked in order of importance to detection. The second objective was to develop a method for guiding human fixations by modifying image features while observers were engaged in a search task. To this end, images were modified using the image-processing method unsharp masking. To assess the effect of the image modification on fixations, eye movements were monitored using an eye-tracker.Another subject addressed in the thesis was the classification of fixations from eye movement data. There exists no standard method for achieving this classification. Existing methods have employed thresholds for speed, acceleration, duration and stability of point-of-gaze to classify fixations, but these thresholds have no commonly accepted values. Presented in this thesis is an automatic nonparametric method for classifying fixations, which extracts fixations without requiring any input parameters from the experimenter. The method was tested against independent classifications by three experts.The accurate estimation of Kullback-Leibler Divergence, an information theoretic quantity which can be used to compare probability distributions, was also addressed in this thesis since the quantity was used to compare fixation distributions. Different methods for the estimation of Kullback-Leibler divergence were tested using artificial data and it was shown than a method for estimating the quantity directly from input data outperformed methods which required binning of data or kernel density estimation to estimate underlying distributions.
Interaction between language and analogical reasoning from the brain imaging perspective

The main aim of this works is to explore the relationship between language and analogical reasoning. In fact, despite the increasing interest about the neural substrates of reasoning, at present no fMRI study systematically investigates the contribution of stimulus format/context on reasoning network. In the present work three fMRI studies are developed in order to verify how much reasoning relies on verbal language using different stimuli format and within normal and a language impaired populations. The first study focus on how different verbal context, nameable pictures versus words, may influence brain activity related to analogical reasoning in healthy adults. In a second study the same fMRI paradigm was applied to investigate brain activity during analogical reasoning in young normal readers and young dyslexics in order to understand if the reading disorder may influence the reasoning in relation to the language load requested by the stimulus format. In the third study the contribution of language and semantic system to reasoning was investigate developing a new fMRI design where analogical reasoning had to be performed either on meaningful or on abstract geometrical pictures.
Investigation and Implementation of a Robust Temperature Control Algorithm for Friction Stir Welding

Investigation and Implementation of a Robust Temperature Control Algorithm for Friction Stir Welding Kenneth Alec Ross Department of Mechanical Engineering, BYU Master of Science In friction stir welding, the temperature of the process zone affects the properties of the resulting weld and has a dramatic effect on tool life in PCBN (polycrystalline cubic boron nitride) tools. Therefore an active control system that changes process parameters to control weld temperature is desirable. Mayfield and Sorensen proposed a two-stage control model that contains an inner loop that controls the spindle speed to keep power constant and an outer loop for setting the desired power based on weld temperature. This work contains the analysis and implementation of a temperature control method based on their work. This research shows that power input to the stir zone leads tool temperature. Due to the inertia associated with the spindle, power control is best achieved by commanding torque rather than spindle speed. Heat transfer in the tool and stir zone is explored and analytical models are developed. It is shown that the temperature response to power is nonlinear. Nevertheless a first-order approximation with time delay is sufficient to select functional controller gains for a PID controller. Standard manual PID tuning techniques can be used to achieve a desired rise time, settling time and overshoot. Gains for an H-13 tool steel FSW tool were tuned to produce a rise time of approximately 7 seconds, settling time of approximately 30 seconds and overshoot of approximately 30%. Welds were run using these gains in various plate thicknesses, commanded temperatures, backing plates and feed rates. In all cases temperature control functioned properly and the commanded temperature was held with a standard deviation of less than one degree Celsius. Similar results are presented for welds run using PCBN tools.
Visualising the Neolithic: Abstraction, figuration, performance, representation

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Interactive visualisation for low literacy users

Sixteen percent (5.2 million) of the UK population possess low levels of literacy. The Government and other non-profit organisations, due to funding reforms, are forced to reduce the provision of face-to-face advice, and therefore, are pushing advice services via telephone or internet. As a consequence, low literacy users are experiencing difficulties finding the information they need to solve their day to day problems online. This thesis evaluates how walk in clients of a local Citizens Advice Bureau (CAB) who come to get social service information, obtain information online using the Adviceguide website. The thesis presents two challenges: (i) knowing the users in a way that can help consider design solutions that are probably not in a typical designer’s standard repertoire of design patterns, and (ii) knowing what is the problem that needs to be addressed. It is not simply an issue of usability or the need for simpler language, but understanding that these low literacy users are very different from the high literacy users. These low literacy users need this information to solve their day-to-day problems and are likely to be less successful in doing so. By providing an information architecture that permits them of a reasoning space and context, while supporting less abstract skills by visualized information in an unconventional way. The above challenges leave us with these research questions to address: what is the basis of such a design, how can these designs be incorporated into existing non-traditional interface proof of concept and finally how can these designs be evaluated.
Byrne's new standard book of pool and billiards

Updated throughout, Byrne's New Standard Book includes four new sections: the keys to winning eight-ball, strategy on nine-ball, favorite trick shots, and collecting billiard memorabilia. For novices and experienced, players alike, for players of both pool and three-cushion billiards, Byrne's New Standard Book is the most comprehensive, clearly diagrammed, and user-friendly instruction manual for the cue games.