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Two New Sliding DTFT Algorithms for Phase Difference Measurement Based on a New Kind of Windows

Abstract For the ultra-low frequency signals or adjacent Nyquist frequency signals, which exist in the vibration engineering domain, the traditional DTFT-based algorithm shows serious bias for phase difference measurement. It is indicated that the spectrum leakage and negative frequency contribution are the essential causes of the bias. In order to improve the phase difference measurement accuracy of the DTFT-based algorithm, two new sliding DTFT algorithms for phase difference measurement based on a new kind of windows are proposed, respectively. Firstly, the new kind of windows developed by convolving conventional rectangular windows is introduced, which obtains a stronger inhibition of spectrum leakage. Then, with negative frequency contribution considered, two new formulas for phase difference calculation under the new kind of windows are derived in detail. Finally, the idea of sliding recursive is proposed to decrease the computational load. The proposed algorithms are easy to be realized and have a higher accuracy than the traditional DTFT-based algorithm. Simulations and engineering applications verified the feasibility and effectiveness of the proposed algorithms.
Blended Learning Using Virtual Reality Environments

Immersive virtual reality isn’t just for gaming. It’s poised to have a big impact on education as well, giving students an opportunity to interact with content in three-dimensional learning environments. Blended learning, according to the Inn sight Institute is "a formal education program in which a student learns at least in part through online delivery of content and instruction with some element of student' control over time, place, path and/or pace". On the other hand, there are many disadvantage found in blended learning such as the learners with low motivation or bad study habits may fall behind, and many others. So, there is an essential need to improve and develop the theory of the blended learning by using virtual reality environments and get rid of these disadvantages to develop the faceto-face learning to add a lot of features such as excitement and make it more efficient. As well as affirms clarity of the scientific content of the lecture that the student may be miss them by absent or even mentally, so student can live atmosphere the lecture again and overcome the difficulties resulting from the using blended learning or traditional learning. Firstly, this approach is applied by building a specialized website application that allow using virtual reality feature in order to measure the effectiveness of this study on students, and then a questionnaires was designed and the information result of these questionnaires impact was gathered. It is found that, the most of students were excited, active and they understand the lecture in an easy way with a high Likert Scale (4.74), but they found difficulties in using VR tools which has a low Likert scale (2.66).
Just My Type: A Book About Fonts

Just My Type is not just a font book, but a book of stories. About how Helvetica and Comic Sans took over the world. About why Barack Obama opted for Gotham, while Amy Winehouse found her soul in 30s Art Deco. About the great originators of type, from Baskerville to Zapf, or people like Neville Brody who threw out the rulebook, or Margaret Calvert, who invented the motorway signs that are used from Watford Gap to Abu Dhabi. About the pivotal moment when fonts left the world of Letraset and were loaded onto computers . and typefaces became something we realised we all have an opinion about. As the Sunday Times review put it, the book is 'a kind of Eats, Shoots and Leaves for letters, revealing the extent to which fonts are not only shaped by but also define the world in which we live. ' This edition is available with both black and silver covers.
COMPARATIVE ACCURACY EVALUATION OF FINE-SCALE GLOBAL AND LOCAL DIGITAL SURFACE MODELS: THE TSHWANE CASE STUDY I

Conducted in the City of Tshwane, South Africa, this study set about to test the accuracy of DSMs derived from different remotely sensed data locally. VHR digital mapping camera stereo-pairs, tri-stereo imagery collected by a Pleiades satellite and data detected from the Tandem-X InSAR satellite configuration were fundamental in the construction of seamless DSM products at different postings, namely 2 m, 4 m and 12 m. The three DSMs were sampled against independent control points originating from validated airborne LiDAR data. The reference surfaces were derived from the same dense point cloud at grid resolutions corresponding to those of the samples. The absolute and relative positional accuracies were computed using well-known DEM error metrics and accuracy statistics. Overall vertical accuracies were also assessed and compared across seven slope classes and nine primary land cover classes. Although all three DSMs displayed significantly more vertical errors where solid waterbodies, dense natural and/or alien woody vegetation and, in a lesser degree, urban residential areas with significant canopy cover were encountered, all three surpassed their expected positional accuracies overall.
How the Corporate Governance Affects Organizational Strategy: Lessons from Jordan Environment.

This study report aimed at identifying the concept of corporate governance and its impact on corporation’s strategies successes. Also this report addresses corporate governance and its effect on corporate performance and economic performance. It then goes on to address some of the underlying factors that promote efficient corporate governance, and examines some of the strengths, weaknesses, and economic implications associated with various corporate governance systems.It first recapitulates and builds on previous work undertaken in achieving corporations strategic goals and objectives through reviewing two case studies in Jordan environment; Nuqul Group and Accelerator Technology Holding Company. The study report has revealed that corporate governance is widely adopted and enacted in Jordan laws and regulations. Besides that, most of sectors are complying with the principals of corporate governance according to OECD and International Fund Monetary (IFM).
Performance of SMA-C model on crop evapotranspiration estimation

Many simulation models found in the literature integrates data on climate and crop characteristics to provide great information on the season for different crops. The objectives of this study were: a) to measure soil water balance components of a wheat crop to determine its evapotranspiration (ETc) and crop coefficients (Kc) during the growing season; b) to use experimental data to evaluate the performance of SMA-C in estimating evapotranspiration for a wheat in Parana State, Brazil; and c) to make adjustments to improve mod`el estimates. Two weighing lysimeters cultivated with a wheat crop were used to measure soil water storage and ETc during the growing season of a wheat crop. Reference evapotranspiration (ETo) was determined by FAO 56 method using data from a local weather station. Wheat crop coefficients were calculated by the ratio ETc/ETo, were 0.7, 1.5 and 0.6, for initial, mid and late season, respectively. The comparison of SMA-C simulations with the observed data showed inaccuracies in estimation of soil water storage due to model underestimation for ETc. Estimates were improved by adjusting the model to consider Kc measured in the field. Key words: Models, lysimeters, decision-making support.
Knowledge Enhanced Notes (KEN)

To aid the creation and through-life support of large complex engineering products, organisations are placing a greater emphasis on constructing complete and accurate records of design activities. Current documentary approaches are not sufficient to capture activities and decisions in their entirety and can lead to organisations revisiting and in some cases reworking design decisions in order to understand previous design episodes. This paper presents an overview of the challenges in creating accurate, re-usable records of synchronous design activities, enhancing the through-life support of engineering products, followed by the development of an information capture software system to address these challenges. The main objectives for the development of the Knowledge Enhanced Notes system are described followed by the techniques chosen to address the objectives, and finally a description of a use-case for the system. Whilst the focus of the KEN System was to aid the creation and through-life support of large complex engineering products through constructing complete and accurate records of design activities, the system is entirely generic in its application to synchronous activities.
Defining Dress: Dress as Object, Meaning and Identity

Dashing amazons: the development of women's riding dress from c.1500-1900 wool cloth and gender: an investigation into the gender specific use of woollen cloth in the tailored dress of fashionable British women in the 1865-1855 period renouncing consumption: men, fashion and luxury 1870-1914 clothing culture in Edo period Japan that little magic touch: the head tie depictions of dress and regulations concerning dress: the poor Clares and the second order of Saint Dominic in Italy in the late middle ages the Mantua: its evolution and fashionable significance in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries muses and mythology: the representation of classical dress in British eighteenth century female portraiture dressing for arts sake: Gwen John, the Bon Marche and the spectacle of the women in artists Paris the aesthetics of absence: clothes without people in paintings invisible men? : gay men's dress in Britain 1950-1970 looking good: the lesbian gaze and fashion imagery.
Cooperative End-to-end Congestion Control in Heterogeneous Wireless Networks

Sharing the resources of multiple wireless networks with overlapped coverage areas has a potential of improving the transmission throughput. However, in the existing frameworks, the improvement cannot be achieved in congestion scenarios because of independent congestion control procedures among the end-to-end paths. Although various network characteristics make the congestion control complex, this variety can be useful in congestion avoidance if the networks cooperate with each other. When congestion happens in an end-to-end path, it is inevitable to have a packet transmission rate less than the minimum requested rate due to congestion window size adjustments. Cooperation among networks can help to avoid this problem for better service quality. When congestion is predicted for one path, some of the on-going packets can be sent over other paths instead of the congested path. In this way, the traffic can be shifted from a congested network to others, and the overall transmission throughput does not degrade in a congestion scenario. However, cooperation is not always advantageous since the throughput of cooperative transmission in an uncongested scenario can be less than that of non-cooperative transmission due to cooperation costs such as cooperation setup time, additional signalling for cooperation, and out-of-order packet reception. In other words, a trade-off exists between congestion avoidance and cooperation cost. Thus, cooperation should be triggered only when it is beneficial according to congestion level measurements. In this research, our aim is to develop an efficient cooperative congestion control scheme for a heterogeneous wireless environment. To this end, a cooperative congestion control algorithm is proposed, in which the state of an end-to-end path is provided at the destination terminal by measuring the queuing delay and estimating the congestion level. The decision on when to start/stop cooperation is made based on the network characteristics, instantaneous traffic condition, and the requested quality of service (QoS). Simulation results demonstrate the throughput improvement of the proposed scheme over non-cooperative congestion control.
Differential reaction of citrus species in Malaysia to huanglongbing (HLB) disease using grafting method

Problem statement: Huanglongbing (HLB) is a phloem limited disease in citrus caused by a fastidious bacterium called ' Candidatus Liberibacter' found in Africa, Asia and United States of America (USA). HLB can severely reduce vigor and yield or kill all citrus trees within 5 years. There is a need to screen and identify suitable rootstock for propagation of clean plan materials for citrus in the tropics. This study was conducted to detect the presence of HLB on 18 selected citrus species and to categorize the level of infection and susceptibility of citrus species to HLB. Approach: Eighteen citrus species were assessed for susceptibility to HLB by graft transmission from source infection (Citrus reticulata). Results HLB was detected in 15 species 6 months after grafting using PCR test. Conclusion: The species could be categorized in five groups: Severe group (72-58% severity) which includes C. reticulata, C. sinensis, C. reshni cv. cleopatra, moderate group (50- 41% severity) includes Fortunella sp. cv. Kasturi Chinai, C. macrophylla, C. microcarpa, mild group (25-17% severity) which included C. medica, C. aurantifolia, Citrus sp. (natural biotype), C. jambhiri. The tolerant group which did not show any HLB symptoms but tested positive by PCR test includes C. aurantium and C. aurantifolia. The resistant groups which include C. grandis cv. Limau Bali, C. hysterix and Citrus sp. cv. Limau Tembikai showed no symptoms and were tested negative for HLB.
A Tournament of Judges

We suggest a Tournament of Judges where the reward to the winner is elevation to the Supreme Court. Politics (and ideology) surely has a role to play in the selection of justices. However, the present level of partisan bickering has resulted in delays in judicial appointments as well as undermined the public's confidence in the objectivity of justices selected through such a partisan process. More significantly, much of the politicking is not transparent, often obscured with statements on a particular candidate's "merit" - casting a taint on all those who make their way through the judicial nomination process. We argue that the benefits from introducing more (and objective) competition among judges are potentially significant and the likely damage to judicial independence negligible. Among the criteria that could be used are opinion publication rates, citations of opinions by other courts, citations by the Supreme Court, citations by academics, dissent rates, speed of disposition of cases, reversal rates by en banc panels and the Court, and so on. Where political motivations drive the selection of an alternative candidate, our proposed system of objective criteria will make it more likely that such motivations are made transparent to the public. Just as important, a judicial tournament for selection to the Supreme Court will serve not only to select effective justices, but also to provide incentives to existing judges to exert effort.
Instructional Methods and Engagement: The Impact of Gamification on Student Learning of APA Style

This research examined the effects of simple gamification on the instructional skill outcome and level of engagement as measured by time, repetitions, and responses to the Cognitive Absorption, Perceived Ease of Use and Perceived Usefulness Scale (Saadé and Bahli, 2005). Participants were 70 graduate and undergraduate students randomly assigned to one of two instructional conditions: gamified or typical online instruction. Instruction consisted of three modules on the use of APA 6th ed. (American Psychological Association) citation and reference style in college level writing. Both groups received the same instruction but with different context and directions. Participants in the typical condition received instructions similar to what they would encounter in a typical online course where they have assignments and receive grades. Participants in the gamified condition were assigned an entry level “job” as a research assistant and encouraged to learn and practice to gain greater levels of achievement measured by quizzes presented as “challenges” which were required to “level up. ” Statistical analyses did not show a difference in outcome skill levels or engagement between the conditions, but several variables did show significance that suggested that all students improved their understanding of APA citation style and students in the typical condition reported feeling higher levels of control and focus during their instructional experiences. Copyright 2016 by Joyce Elaine Terrell All Rights Reserved. Acknowledgments There are so many people who provided guidance, encouragement, and assistance along the way and I am grateful to them all. I can’t possibly mention everyone I would like to but there are some who deserve mention. First, I would like to thank Dr. Cheryl Murphy, Dr. Barbara Gartin, Dr. Linda Jones, and Dr. Felicia Lincoln. Without their support and their boundless patience, I would not have survived! I would also like to thank Rebecca Martindale for sharing endless peer debriefings throughout the years. Thanks also to my sister Mary who graciously edited the APA lessons and to John Chapman who provided the wonderful voiceovers. Finally, thanks also to all who helped me recruit participants for the study and to my co-workers who have all been exceedingly understanding and patient. Dedication This work is dedicated first to my parents who raised me to understand that I could be whatever I wanted to be and especially to my mom who inspired my love of learning. Second, it is dedicated to Kathy who has provided endless encouragement, support, patience, and love while I zigzagged through what sometimes seemed like a futile process. Lastly, I would like to dedicate it to the memory of Dr. Donnie Dutton who was a truly inspirational mentor. He gave me many incredible opportunities but none was more important than the opportunity to fulfill a lifelong goal and continue my education, I will be eternally grateful. Table of
Teaching Music Creatively

1. Teaching music creatively Pam Burnard 2. Exploring children's musical play Kathryn Marsh 3. Engaging interactively with children's group improvisations Pam Burnard with Jenny Boyack 4. Children composing: creating communities of musical practice Pam Burnard with Jenny Boyack and Gillian Howell 5. Becoming performers: creating participatory spaces collaboratively Pam Burnard with Emily Akuno, Jenny, Gillian, Debra Blair and Marcelo Giglio 6. Singing the primary curriculum James Biddulph and Jane Wheeler 7. Exploring new media musically and creatively Alex Ruthman 8. Enhancing creativity through listening to music Regina Murphy 9. Exciting children's invented notations Rena Upitis 10. Integrating music in the primary curriculum Regina Murphy 11. Assessing creatively Regina Murphy 12. Using a whole music approach creatively Rena Upitis
TORSION - APPLICATION A L'ETUDE DES STRUCTURES

CET OUVRAGE S'ADRESSE NON SEULEMENT AUX STATICIENS ET AUX INGENIEURS DES PONTS ET CHARPENTES, MAIS EGALEMENT AUX INGENIEURS MECANICIENS ET AUX SPECIALISTES DE L'AERONAUTIQUE ET DES CONSTRUCTIONS NAVALES. SUR DES BASES ELEMENTAIRES, CE LIVRE TRAITE DES PROBLEMES DE TORSION ET CONSTITUE UNE ETUDE DETAILLEE DU CALCUL DES CONTRAINTES DANS LES BARRES A SECTIONS PLEINES, A PAROIS MINCES AVEC CONTOURS OUVERTS OU FERMES. LES AUTEURS TRAITENT SUCCESSIVEMENT LA TORSION UNIFORME, LA TORSION NON UNIFORME ET LA TORSION MIXTE, AVANT DE PASSER A UNE ETUDE SIMPLIFIEE DES OSSATURES PLISSEES ET D'ETABLIR UNE COMPARAISON ENTRE CETTE DERNIERE ET LA STATIQUE DES BARRES. LE MERITE ESSENTIEL DE CE LIVRE EST D'ABORDER LE PROBLEME DE LA TORSION SOUS UNE FORME ACCESSIBLE AUX PRATICIENS, ALORS QUE JUSQU'ICI CETTE MATIERE ETAIT TRAITEE D'UNE MANIERE THEORIQUE. LA CLARTE DE L'EXPOSE, LA DISCUSSION DES SOLUTIONS PROPOSEES ET L'INTERET PRESENTE PAR LES FIGURES ET LES APPLICATIONS PRATIQUES PERMETTENT DE DEVELOPPER L'INTUITION ET FONT DE CET OUVRAGE UN OUTIL DE TRAVAIL DE PREMIERE FORCE. - TRADUCTION D'ALLEMAND EN FRANCAIS ET ADAPTATION PAR M. P.-A. EPERON INGENIEUR EPUL/SIA, AVEC L'APPUI DE L'INSTITUT DE LA CONSTRUCTION METALLIQUE DE L'EPFL-ICOM, DU LIVRE PUBLIE EN 1966 PAR LA MAISON D'EDITION SPRINGER. (8959 : S.O.A. , M. EGLOFF)
Development of SCM competencies in construction: lessons learned from New Zealand

The construction industry, which contributes around 5 percent to gross domestic product, is a vitally important industry in New Zealand. With over 50,000 businesses, the construction industry is the third largest industry by business count in New Zealand’s economy (Statistics New Zealand 2009). Although it is widely accepted that productivity can be improved by adoption effective supply chain management (SCM), no studies have investigated this in the New Zealand context. The purpose of this paper is to understand the nature and extent of current practice of Construction Supply Chain Management (CSCM) in NZ construction. Consequently to examine whether current SCM practice exemplified in NZ could be considered to be international ‘Best Practice’. A case study approach is used for probing SCM practice on a NZ$75m commercial project located in Auckland Central Business District (CBD. The supply chain network of the principal ground works and superstructure construction stages was studied. The key findings of the case study suggest that the flow of materials remains the main focus of CSCM practice. It was found that essential skills training for CSCM was extremely limited and largely ill-defined in terms of its nature and content. Finally it was identified that as the NZ construction industry moves towards a significantly more collaborative framework, the efficacy of CSCM operations is expected to substantially improve. However this last point did not negate the requirement to expand and improve skills training in CSCM. This indicates that there is room for improving CSCM to reduce construction project costs and increase productivity.
The Provision of Finance to Small Businesses: Does the Banking Relationship Constrain Performance

The beneficial economic effects of entrepreneurial activity can only be realised if such activity is relatively unconstrained in both product and factor markets, finance has been widely identified as a potential constraint on entrepreneurial activity due to either debt or equity gaps. However, in terms of externally supplied finance, it is arguably the availability of debt which is of greatest signifi­cance to most entrepreneurs. Given the inevitable information problems associated with the provision of debt finance, the nature of the relationship between bank and entrepreneur can be of considerable importance in ensuring the appropriate financing decisions are made. This paper examines the link between the banking relationship and the extent to which entrepreneurs are constrained by financing arrangements. Empirical analysis of the extent to which the banking relationship constrains performance suggests that there is no significant difference between more and less successful entrepreneurs.