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Comment on Robert Hogan’s Review of Education and Identity

Hogan's review of Education and Identity (AERJ, Vol. 7, No. 3, May, 1970) asserts, "Chickering would like to regard his book as an empirical contribution. Certain aspects of his research, however suggest that such a claim may be unwarranted. " The review goes on to note, correctly I think, the limitations of the Omnibus Personality Inventory (OPI) and of some of my own studies. Unfortunately, he missed-or misread-my intentions. I tried to be clear about them: "Basically, my aims have been to synthesize research and theory that, to me, seem most significant for higher education and to generate a conceptual framework faithful to those findings-a framework sufficiently general to be relevant to a wide range of decisions and sufficiently simple to be held in mind for application as alternatives for action are considered . The primary aim is to be of use to those concerned with higher education, its present forms and future potentials-administrators, faculty members, students, parents, board members, and alumni. To this end the emphasis is on ideas and not on exhaustive documentation. Supporting evidence is present, the general thrust of relevant research is described, and illustrative studies are mentioned, but the literature is not reviewed in detail. Case histories and comments from students put flesh and blood on abstractions. " (Pp. x, 5) If, as the review says, there is "a degree of slippage between inspiration and execution," it should be judged by those purposes, not by limitations in the OPI or in my own studies. Those studies, which have made only a small contribution to higher education research, were used for illustration,
Evaluación de 360º: una aplicación a la educación emocional

Programmes evaluation in emotional education is a difficult subject due to the characteristics of the phenomena to be evaluated. As well as the long tradition in knowledge evaluation through paper and pencil tests, competency evaluation still has a long way to go in order to provide satisfactory evidence. When we speak of emotional competencies, it is made even more difficult. In this article 360o evaluation is presented, also known as 360o feedback, as an alternative in emotional education. This technique can be used in the evaluation of programmes as well as people. The characteristics of this technique and the application to a real situation are exposed; the evaluation of a programme of emotional education in secondary education. The technique involves obtaining a stereoscopic vision of the phenomena from the opinions of various people. In this case, a minimum of seven people evaluate each student: three teachers, three other students, as well as an auto-evaluation by each student himself. It is a technique that presents complexity, as much as in the application as in the correction, but the results can be considered satisfactory. At the moment, the 360o evaluation is probably one of the most appropiate for evaluation in emotional education.
Research on smart home system based on ZigBee and embedded server

This paper presents a design of smart home system based on technology of ZigBee and embedded server,the ZigBee module is consist of chip of TI's CC2530 chip,the gateway server is consist of microprocessor of ARM9.Users can go into the home control interface by accessing the Web server,and can be achieved to Intelligent control of home site by ordinary browse.The system can meet the requirements of smart home.It is very flexible,efficient,and low cost.
Defining Support: Families of Children with Special Needs and the Role of the Speech-Language Pathologist

Speech and language disorders are the most common reason for early intervention services in children under the age of five because these impairments can occur in isolation or with other disabilities. Early intervention seeks to lessen or even eliminate the need for therapy later in the child’s life by providing therapy for the child and education for the parents on how to foster their child’s language development. Parents of children with special needs often have more complex needs than families with typical children. This qualitative study seeks to determine what emotional supports families with children who have special needs require, and to examine how well speech-language pathologists are able to meet the needs of these families. The relationship between the speech-language pathologist and parents has been compared to a dance, with each partner bringing their own talents and grace to the floor (Brotherson et al., 2010). It is anticipated that speech-language pathologists are well equipped to provide information and resources to families, but may not be as comfortable providing emotional support. The results of this study could serve as a training tool for speech-language pathologists in meeting the needs of the families they serve.
A Bang-Bang All-Digital PLL for Frequency Synthesis

i ABSTRACT Phase locked loops are an integral part of any electronic system that requires a clock signal and find use in a broad range of applications such as clock and data recovery circuits for high speed serial I/O and frequency synthesizers for RF transceivers and ADCs. Traditionally , PLLs have been primarily analog in nature and since the development of the charge pump PLL, they have almost exclusively been analog. Recently, however, much research has been focused on ADPLLs because of their scalability, flexibility and higher noise immunity. This research investigates some of the latest all-digital PLL architec-tures and discusses the qualities and tradeoffs of each. A highly flexible and scalable all-digital PLL based frequency synthesizer is implemented in 180 nm CMOS process. This implementation makes use of a binary phase detector, also commonly called a bang-bang phase detector, which has potential of use in high-speed, sub-micron processes due to the simplicity of the phase detector which can be implemented with a simple D flip flop. Due to the nonlinearity introduced by the phase detector , there are certain performance limitations. This architecture incorporates a separate frequency control loop which can alleviate some of these limitations, such as lock range and acquisition time.
Comparison between Normal Waveform and Modified Wavefront Path Planning Algorithm for Mobile Robot

Mobile robot path planning is about finding a movement from one position to another without collision. The wavefront is typically used for path planning jobs and appreciated for its efficiency, but it needs full wave expansion which takes significant amount of time and process in large scale environment. This study compared wavefront algorithm and modified wavefront algorithm for mobile robots to move efficiently in a collision free grid based static environment. The algorithms are compared in regards to parameters such as execution time of the algorithm and planned path length which is carried out using Player/Stage simulation software. Results revealed that modified wavefront algorithm is a much better path planning algorithm compared to normal wavefront algorithm in static environment.
「WHO Standard Acupuncture Point Locations in the Western Pacific Region」 発刊記念講演会報告

wpro who standard acupuncture point locations in the this standard acupuncture point locations in the western pacific region stipulates the methodology for locating acupuncture points on the surface of the human body as well as the locations of 361 acupuncture points, who standard acupuncture point locations in the western this standard acupuncture point locations in the western pacific region stipulates the methodology for locating acupuncture points on the surface of the human body as well as the locations of 361 acupuncture points, pdf who standard acupuncture point locations who standard acupuncture point locations in the western pacific region who standard was released in 2008 initially there were 92 361 controversial acupuncture points acupoints, who standard accupuncture point locations anatomical as an initial step in standardizing acupuncture point locations the who western pacific regional office convened the first informal consultation on the development of who standard of acupuncture point locations in october 2003, who standard acupuncture point locations researchgate acupuncture graduate school of basic eastern medical science kyung hee university seoul south korea who standard acupuncture point locations in the western pacific region who standard was released in 2008 initially there were 92 361 controversial acupuncture points acupoints, who standard acupuncture point locations in the western get this from a library who standard acupuncture point locations in the western pacific region world health organization regional office for the western pacific, who standard acupuncture point locations in the western if searching for a book who standard acupuncture point locations in the western pacific region a wpro publication in pdf form then you have come on to the faithful site, standard acupuncture point locations many people have blindly assumed that acupuncture point location is uniform despite this assumption there has in fact been a substantial discrepancy among schools in china korea and japan regarding the locations of some acupuncture points even for some of the most famous and commonly used points such as the st36 point a point located below the knee location differences existed from institution to institution
Film Sequels: Theory and Practice from Hollywood to Bollywood

The film sequel has been much maligned in popular culture as a vampirish corporative exercise in profit-making and narrative regurgitation. Drawing upon a wide range of filmic examples from early cinema to the twenty-first century, this exciting new volume reveals the increasing popularity of, and experimentation with, film sequels as a central dynamic of Hollywood cinema. Now creeping into world cinemas and independent film festivals, the sequel is persistently employed as a vehicle for cross-cultural dialogue and as a structure by which memories and cultural narratives can be circulated across geographical and historical locations. This book aims to account for some of the major critical contexts within which sequelisation operates by exploring sequel production beyond box office figures. Its account ranges from sequels in recent mainstream cinema, art-house and 'indie' sequels, non-Hollywood sequels, the effects of the domestic market on sequelisation, and the impact of the video game industry on Hollywood. The book: *Situates the sequel within its industrial, cultural, theoretical and global contexts. * Offers an essential resource for students and critics interested in film and literary studies, adaptation, critical theory and cultural studies. *Provides the first study of film sequels in world cinemas and independent film-making.
Automatic assistants for database exploration

Data explorers interrogate a database to discover its content. Their aim is to get an overview of the data and discover interesting new facts. They have little to no knowledge of the data, and their requirements are often vague and abstract. How can such users write database queries? This thesis presents four assistants to help them through this task: Claude, Blaeu, Ziggy and Raimond. Each assistant focuses on a specific exploration task. Claude helps users analyze data warehouses, by highlighting the combinations of variables which influence a predefined measure of interest. Blaeu helps users build and refine queries, by allowing them to select and project clusters of tuples. Ziggy is a tuple characterization engine: its aim is to show what makes a selection of tuples unique, by highlighting the differences between those and the rest of the database. Finally, Raimond is an attempt to generalize semi-automatic exploration to text data, inspired by an industrial use case. For each system, we present a user model, that is, a formalized set of assumptions about the users’ goals. We then present practical methods to make recommendations. We either adapt existing algorithms from the machine learning literature or present our own. Next, we validate our approaches with experiments. We present use cases in which our systems led to discoveries, and we benchmark their speed, quality and robustness.
Samnite Sanctuaries Surveyed: Preliminary Report of the Sacred Landscape Project 2004

In March 2004, an intensive, small-scale, problem-oriented survey was conducted in the area surrounding two Samnite sanctuaries in the Alta Valle del Tappino (CB), which lies in the modern region of Molise in centralsouthern Italy. The sanctuary at S. Giovanni in Galdo, località Colle Rimontato, and the sanctuary at Gildone, località Cupa, were of equally modest dimensions and were frequented during the Hellenistic and the Roman periods. In this short preliminary report, the objectives of the survey will be discussed in the context of the theoretical framework of the project. The first provisional results will also be presented. Fig. 1. Topographic map of the Molise, with indication of the sanctuaries of S. Giovanni in Galdo, località Colle Rimontato (A) and Gildone, località Cupa (B), in the Alta Valle del Tappino area (adapted from Di
Contrastive Analysis for Human Activity Recognition Algorithms Using WiFi Signals

Human Activity monitoring has become increasingly important and has the potential to support a wide area of applications including elder care, well-being management, fitness tracking and building surveillance. Traditional approaches involve wearable sensors and specialized hardware installations. Compared with these solutions, channel state information (CSI) has its advantage. The algorithm for human detection based on CSI Info has become increasingly important. Some prior WiFi signal based human activity recognition systems have been proposed such as Wisee, WiFall, Witrack, CARM. Different from prior works, we propose a contrastive analysis for the recognition algorithms under different transmission frequencies and activities. Finally, the experimental performance of DTW (Dynamic Time Wrapping) and EMD (Earth Mover Distance) is adopted. Our works show that EMD has a better performance than DTW in most cases. Keywords-channel state information (CSI); dynamic time warping (DTW); earth mover distance (EMD); activity recognition
Influence Analysis of Linear Data Distribution on Different Clustering Results

Through simulating kinds of practical data distribution forms, we could construct different linear data distribution based on three-dimensional space. According to the widely applicable clustering methods based on traditional methods classification, we could compare and analysis of different clustering results on kinds of linear distribution data. Firstly, we could conduct the clustering experiments of simple linear distribution data; secondly, according to the experience above, we could conduct the clustering experiments of complex linear distribution data. At the same time, combining mature computer visualization technology of displaying clustering results with the widely applicable evaluation index of interpretative statement, we could come to the conclusion that relevant influences of linear data distribution on clustering results of different clustering methods, proposing more optimized clustering analysis process on different linear data distributions.
Parameterized expectations approach; Some practical issues

We discuss some practical issues related to the use of the Parameterized Expectations Approach (PEA) for solving non-linear stochastic dynamic models with rational expectations. This approach has been applied in models of macroeconomics, financial economics, economic growth, contract theory, etc. It turns out to be a convenient algorithm, especially when there is a large number of state variables and stochastic shocks in the conditional expectations. We discuss some practical issues having to do with the application of the algorithm, and we discuss a Fortran program for implementing the algorithm that is available through the internet. We discuss these issues in a battery of six examples.
Quasioptimal control of space redundant manipulators

This paper proposes a dynamics-based control for redundant manipulators named the redundancy utilization in rate and acceleration (RURA) method. The RURA method calculates the desired joint trajectory satisfying the first subtask, i.e., a. desired end-effector trajectory, and the required second subtask with an additional criteria to optimize the configuration. The second subtask is rea.lized by utilizing the redundancy in the motion rate and acceleration of joint variables. By the computed torque method, the dynamicsbased control is then realized. The RURA method can be extended to a resolved acceleration control and an impedance control. All of them can manage the subtask that is realized by using the redundancy. The RUFL4 method is compared with the configuration control and the redundancy utilization in motion acceleration (RUMA) method that are commonly used. The RURA method overcomes problems of the configuration control and the RUMA method. Feasibility of the proposed method is examined by numerical simulations.
Experimental comparison of approaches for feature extraction of facial attributes

Abstract In this paper, we compare the effectiveness of widely used approaches for representation of facial features in face images. Feature extraction is performed on face images for representation of four facial attributes, namely gender, age, race, and expression, by using discrete wavelet transform (DWT), Gabor wavelet, scale-invariant feature transform, local binary pattern (LBP), and Eigenfaces. After feature extraction and dimension reduction, demographic and expression classification is performed to identify the most discriminating techniques for representation of facial features. Extensive experiments are performed using publicly available face databases, namely Yale, Face95 Essex, and Cohn-Kanade (CK+) databases. Experimental results show that DWT, LBP, and Gabor wavelet methods are robust to variations of illumination, facial expression, and geometric transformations. Experimental results also show that race and expression are more difficult to predict than gender and age.
A Language for Defining Events in Multi-Dimensional Time Series: Application to a Medical Domain

In many domains, like seismography or medicine, time series analysis focuses on particular regions of interest in the time series, known as events, whereas the remainder of the times series contains hardly any useful information. Research into the field of time series events definition has proposed techniques that are only applicable to specific domains. In this paper, we propose an events definition language that is general enough to be able to simply and naturally define time series events in any domain. The proposed language has been applied to the definition of time series events generated by stabile metric systems within the branch of medicine dealing with balance related functions in human beings.
A Neurology Clerkship Curriculum Using Video-Based Lectures and Just-in-Time Teaching (JiTT)

Introduction Just-in-time teaching is an educational strategy that involves tailoring in-session learning activities based on student performance in presession assessments. We implemented this strategy in a third-year neurology clerkship. Methods Linked to core neurology clerkship lectures, eight brief video-based lectures and knowledge assessments were developed. Students watched videos and completed multiple-choice questions, and results were provided to faculty, who were given the opportunity to adjust the in-person lecture accordingly. Feedback was obtained by surveys of students and faculty lecturers and from student focus groups and faculty. Student performance on the end-of-clerkship examination was analyzed. Results Between October 2016 and April 2017, 135 students participated in the curriculum, and 56 students (41.5%) responded to the surveys. Most students agreed or strongly agreed that the new curriculum enhanced their learning and promoted their sense of responsibility in learning the content. Faculty agreed that this pedagogy helped prepare students for class. Most students watched the entire video-based lecture, although there was a trend toward decreased audience retention with longer lectures. There were no significant changes in performance on the end-of-clerkship examination after implementation of just-in-time teaching. In focus groups, students emphasized the importance of tying just-in-time teaching activities to the lecture and providing video-based lectures well in advance of the lectures. Discussion Just-in-time teaching using video-based lectures is an acceptable and feasible method to augment learning during a neurology clinical clerkship. We believe this method could be used in other neurology clerkships with similar success.
On Coordination, Autonomy and Time (Extended Abstract)

Timed coordination is an important issue in the developement of multi-agent systems. However, introducing a formalism for modelling time and achieving coordination while respecting the autonomy of the agents is still a challenge. This paper describes a formalism for a timed coordination mechanism which conciliates the “free thinking” of an agent.
Serum biomarkers for early diagnosis of hepatocellular carcinoma

Globally, many guidelines for hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) treatment recommend HCC screening and surveillance. Serum biomarkers are striking potential tools to screen for and diagnose HCC early thanks to the non-invasive, objective, and reproducible assessments they can potentially enable. α-fetoprotein (AFP) is the biomarker most widely used to test for HCC, but the sensitivity and specificity of AFP vary widely, and total AFP is not always specific, especially when HCC is in its early stages. Recent years, research into multiple serum biomarkers to detect HCC early has garnered attention around the world. Multiple reports have found that combined testing with des-γ-carboxyprothrombin (DCP) and AFP has a sensitivity of 47.5-94.0% and a specificity of 53.3-98.5% in detecting HCC early. Most recently, using new reliable serum biomarkers, such as Dickkopf-1 (DKK1) and Midkine (MDK), to complement AFP as a new trend is expected to be used to facilitate screening for and diagnosing HCC at an earlier stage. However, more such studies are needed before they can be included as valid biomarkers in programs to screen for HCC and in strategies to diagnose patients who present with liver masses.
A morphological-syntactical analysis approach for Arabic textual tagging

Part-of-Speech (POS) tagging is the process of labeling or classifying each word in written text with its grammatical category or part-of-speech, i.e. noun, verb, preposition, adjective, etc. It is the most common disambiguation process in the field of Natural Language Processing (NLP). POS tagging systems are often preprocessors in many NLP applications. The Arabic language has a valuable and an important feature, called diacritics, which are marks placed over and below the letters of the word. An Arabic text is partiallyvocalised 1 when the diacritical mark is assigned to one or maximum two letters in the word. Diacritics in Arabic texts are extremely important especially at the end of the word. They help determining not only the correct POS tag for each word in the sentence, but also in providing full information regarding the inflectional features, such as tense, number, gender, etc. for the sentence words. They add semantic information to words which helps with resolving ambiguity in the meaning of words. Furthermore, diacritics ascribe grammatical functions to the words, differentiating the word from other words, and determining the syntactic position of the word in the sentence. IVocalisation (also referred as diacritisation or vowelisation).