Reviewerly/exHarmony huggingface dataset:
USE OF ICT AT THE LESSONS OF “PRACTICAL ENGLISH COURSE” AS A FACTOR OF READINESS FOR PROFESSIONAL SELF-DETERMINATION OF FUTURE TEACHERS

In current conditions of educational reforms in Ukraine, the role of a teacher as an active subject of the pedagogical process is increasing, together with requirements towards his personal and professional qualities.Along with high professional competence, a modern school needs a teacher with a high level of professional self-determination, with an awareness of professional responsibility for the education of the youth.Professional self-determination is extremely important for personal and professional growth of future teachers, and also decisive in the process of their professional self-realization.For effective formation of readiness for professional self-determination of future teachers, they should be involved into the use of information and communication technologies at their "Practical English course" classes, since it provides innovative orientation of educational process, promotes the ability to self-study and self-improvement in professional sphere.The authors of the article have determined that the use of ICT during the study of a practical course is intended for the formation of intercultural foreign language communicative competence, which involves the mastering of communication means of communication by future specialists, their ability to successfully solve the task of mutual understanding and interaction with speakers of the language being studied, in accordance with the norms and cultural traditions in the conditions of direct and Актуальні питання у сучасній науці № 3(9) 2023 353 indirect contacts, that is, to build effective speech activity and effective speech behavior.The research results concerning the impact of ICT on the formation of readiness for implementation of professional self-determination of future teachers indicate that those students who actively use ICT are characterized by a significantly higher level of readiness for professional self-determination.The growth of the index of readiness for professional self-determination within such students occurs more effectively, compared to students who do not use ICT.Higher cognitive independence and higher activity demonstrate those students who use ICT.
Basics of SVM Method and Least Squares SVM

The learning process of support vector machine algorithms leads to solving a convex quadratic programming problem. Since this optimization problem has a unique solution and also satisfies the Karush–Kuhn–Tucker conditions, it can be solved very efficiently. In this chapter, the formulation of optimization problems which have arisen in the various forms of support vector machine algorithms is discussed.
Healthful Connected Living: Vision and Challenges for the Case of Obesity

We envision a new integrated suite of multimodal sensing and artificial intelligence techniques that can incorporate advances in health psychology to produce effective solutions for long-term healthful living. We discuss challenges and opportunities arising in realizing this vision.
A Novel SAR Image Despeckling Method Based on Local Filter With Nonlocal Preprocessing

Owing to the characteristics of long distance and strong penetration, a synthetic aperture radar (SAR) imaging system could provide ground information with high resolution under a poor climate environment.Nevertheless, speckle is still a common interference of the output that deteriorates the content of SAR images and further affects the recognition of real objects.In this article, a new speckle suppression method is proposed from the perspective of exploring nonlocal and local SAR image features.Considering the statistical distribution of SAR images, a novel local filter termed SAR-orientated guided bilateral filter is proposed to characterize the range and spatial similarity of SAR images.Meanwhile, an optimized nonlocal filter based on the weight Schatten-p norm is introduced to characterize the nonlocal self-similarity of SAR images by a low-rank model.As a preprocessing step, it yields nonlocal filtering features as the guidance image of the proposed SAR-oriented guided bilateral filter.By incorporating the nonlocal filtering feature into the local filter, the structured method could achieve desirable despeckling results.Extensive experiments on real SAR images demonstrate that the proposed method outperforms several state-of-the-art methods in terms of both visual satisfaction and quantitative metrics.
IMPLEMENTATION OF EDUTAINMENT TECHNOLOGY IN FOREIGN STUDENTS’ LANGUAGE TEACHING

In the context of globalization, many Russian universities are interested in attracting foreign students to receive higher education, however, for successful studying, foreign students need to integrate into education process, as well as into the socio-cultural life of the country. The contradictions that arise between the requirements of modern society for the effective integration of foreign students into the educational process and the insufficient development of the methodology for teaching a foreign language to foreign students lead to the need to develop a new learning technology. The purpose of the research is to analyze the use of edutainment technology means in teaching English for groups of foreign students of South Ural State University. The authors analyzed the concept of “edutainment technology”; revealed the awareness of foreign students about the types of means of edutainment technology in the education process of the university; analyzed the effectiveness of the use of edutainment technology in foreign language teaching. The educators’ attitude to the use of edutainment technology as a means of language training was revealed. The edutainment technology was introduced into the process of teaching English to foreign students, based on the analysis of educators' answers. To perform the tasks the theoretical (analysis of existing research) and empirical (questionnaires, interviews, Cronbach’s alpha method of mathematical data processing) methods were applied. The results of the study showed that most of the students were not aware of some of the means of edutainment technology and their application possibilities. Educators were not aware of many of the edutainment technology means. The main difficulties the educators faced were: lack of time to master this technology, lack of knowledge of new tools. These results will help educators and specialists in the field of language training in teaching English to foreign students using edutainment.
INTEGRATING LMS MOODLE IN EDUCATION PROCESS AIMED TO DEVELOP ENGLISH AS A SECOND LANGUAGE TEACHING SKILLS IN GLOBALIZED WORLD: OPPORTUNITIES AND PERSPECTIVES

The author presents an innovative approach to form teaching competence of future English language teachers via integrating LMS Moodle. The issues related to the use of LMS Moodle in the educational process to prepare Master’s students on the basis of data obtained at the Sevastopol State University (SSU) are investigated. The purpose of the study is to evaluate the efficiency of LMS Moodle to develop students’ foreign language teaching skills at the university. The process of development and implementation of the online course “Technologies of Teaching English at the University” at SSU is characterized. The structure and stages of the course are described. The types of tasks to from the methodical competence of Master’s students are considered. To assess the results of the impact of the digital course, the author created a questionnaire and conducted a survey among the teachers who had worked during the pandemic using LMS platform. The LMS platform involves the use of an interactive module designed to master the skills of teaching English. The benefits of using LMS platform in foreign language teaching of future teachers of English were revealed. The results show that the use of the LMS platform in implementing the online course “Technologies of Teaching English at the University” contributes to the development of the methodical competence of Master’s students. The results obtained can help teachers, education specialists to carry out methodical training of future ESL teachers using LMS Moodle.
DEVELOPING READINESS OF TEACHERS TO USE DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES IN INCLUSIVE EDUCATION

Digital technologies are rapidly spreading, thus, providing unlimited access to digital tools, materials and services. The spread of digital technologies leads to qualitative changes in production and global markets and affects the education sector. During the pandemic caused by SARS-CoV-2, educational organizations at various levels were forced to transfer the learning process to an online format, which required prompt resolution of a set of issues to ensure the quality of teacher training to implement the education process using digital technologies. This problem has not lost its relevance since not all the teachers are sufficiently proficient in digital technologies. In the context of inclusive education, this issue is aggravated by the fact that students with disabilities often study remotely and use specialized hardware and software. The subject of the research is the development of readiness of teachers to use digital technologies in inclusive education. The purpose of the study is a theoretical justification for the need to develop the readiness of teachers to use digital technologies in inclusive education and experimental verification of the effectiveness of the implementation of advanced training courses to develop the readiness of teachers to use digital technologies in inclusive education. To achieve the goal of the study, the following methods were used: the author's diagnostic tool “Assessing the skills of using digital technologies in the context of inclusive education”, the advanced training course “Digital technologies in the context of inclusion”, the e-inclusion service and the methods of mathematical statistics. The results show that the initial state of readiness of teachers to use digital technologies within the framework of inclusive education in the experimental group differs from the final one, which allows us to conclude that the effect of change has arisen as a result of the use of empirical methods for teachers training. The readiness of teachers to use digital technologies in inclusive education has increased in the following aspects: normative regulation of the digital and inclusive educational environment; material and technical equipment of inclusive education in the digital environment; creating inclusive online content.
Pre-Operational Environmental Baseline in a Tight Gas Reservoir: Hydrochemical Assessment and GeoChemical Background of Surface Water in São Francisco Basin (Brazil)

Abstract The definition of a predominant geogenic source of ions and its respective background ranges are powerful tools for detecting contaminations coming from the unconventional gas industry at earlier stages. Reference data to compare pre- vs post-drilling may enforce the planning, monitoring, and management in favor of unconventional production sustainability in the long-term. In 2022, the Brazilian Government launched a pilot project named "Transparent well" for public consultation, intending to foment its incipient unconventional hydrocarbon industry. In this context, this study presents preliminary results to compound an environmental baseline to structure reference data about water resources in a pre-drilling scenario. Then, a characterization of surface water and a geochemical background proposal of Indaiá and Borrachudo basins, two potential tight gas plays inside the São Francisco Basin, was performed to understand hydrochemical processes and susceptibilities previously the unconventional industry development. Two sampling campaigns collecting 13 samples each were made to characterize the study area in two different scenarios. Chemical analysis was performed using an Inductively Coupled Plasma - Mass Spectrometry. To settle a hydrochemical background and its respective environmental thresholds, the ±2 Median Absolute Deviation method was applied. Piper and Chadha's diagrams were used to define water-type and the major cations/anions dynamics in the environment. Piper diagram shows three distinct predominant water-type in the study area, Group 1 (Ca-Mg-HCO3-type); Group 2(Na-K-Ca-HCO3-type); and Group 3 (Ca-Na-HCO3-type). Groups 1 and 2 reflect a geological control in the hydrochemistry due to an interaction between the surface water and interlayered strata of Carbonates and Siltstones from the Bambuí Group whereas Group 3 suggest a seasonal influences in water chemistry. Background values and Upper/Lower environmental thresholds for nineteen elements in two different seasons were also proposed for the study area. Reference data to compare pre- vs post-drilling may enforce the planning, monitoring, and management in favor of unconventional production sustainability in the long-term. Environmental baselines focused on water resources may be a key to the responsible development of the incipient unconventional gas industry in Brazil.
Instructors&amp;apos; Response to the Online/Offline Educational Environment after the COVID 19 Pandemic

This study aimed to find out the reaction of instructors according to online and offline education in a situation where non-face-to-face classes were introduced in general universities due to COVID_19. For this study, a survey was conducted on professors at K University, and the results of the survey were used in the final analysis of 185 people. The collected data were analyzed using the SPSS 28.0 program. The analysis results are as follows. First, in online education, the main teaching method of instructors were classes using non-real-time recorded videos, and the most advantageous aspect of online education perceived by instructors was the securing of free time. On the other hand, the greatest disadvantage perceived was the absence of immediate feedback from the students and the lack of interaction with them. In addition, media literacy perceived by instructors in online/offline teaching environments showed a positive correlation with online/offline teaching presence and instruction satisfaction. In particular, media literacy and online instruction satisfaction showed the highest positive correlation. Second, there was a statistically significant difference according to the instructor's personal characteristics in teaching presence and instruction satisfaction in the online/offline educational environment. In other words, in the online education environment, female instructors perceived learning promotion and instruction satisfaction to be higher than male instructors. Furthermore, when the major was taken into consideration, this study found that humanities and social science professors perceived learning promotion higher than natural engineering professors. In addition, instructors under the age of 40 perceived media literacy as higher than those over the age of 61. Third, there was a statistically significant difference in teaching presence and instruction satisfaction depending on the online/offline educational environment itself. Specifically, teaching presence and instruction satisfaction were perceived to be higher in the offline education environment than in the online education environment. These results suggest that support for educational programs to improve teaching methods, including media literacy for instructors, should be continuously provided, and differentiated educational programs according to age and major are needed.
Research Trend on the Writing Patterns of Multimedia Utilization －Focusing on Korean Education

The purpose of this study is to examine the patterns of writing with multimedia and to suggest an advanced direction for successful classes. To the end, this study took 22 academic studies through a purposeful sampling method and analysed each kind of medium used, as well as the subject’s learners interaction with the writing patterns utilized in Korean education. Most of all, it classified them according to the kinds of utilized media: genre media, vessel media and vessel media with genre media. As a result, it found that there were variety of genre media used, such as traditional folk songs, fairy tales, video materials, homepage profiles. The same was found to be true for vessel media, such as e-mails, Instagram, video-editors, smart-phones, and Zoom. In terms of interaction, individual writings with computer programs, communicative CMC-based writings with other users, and face-to-face cooperative writings with the teacher and other learners were shown as well. Also, it identified the writing activities for creating the identical or different genres with the previously utilized genre media, as well as the writings through letters after reading genre materials. Furthermore, a genre-based approach was applied to the teachings in which genre literacy education was operated in advance for creating each authentic media texts and the instruction of learners to write in the appropriate genre. This shows that the perspective on creation-based media education was reflected, and that the critical media literacy education deeply affects Korean teaching in foreign language education. Based on these findings, this study proposed some suggestions.
Analysis of the Perception and Satisfaction of Instructors and Learners on the Operation of the Liberal Arts Curriculum －Focusing on C University

The purpose of this study was to derive a plan to improve the quality of the liberal arts curriculum by comparing learners and instructors' perceptions and satisfaction levels with the current status of the liberal arts curriculum at C University in Korea. Questions on awareness and satisfaction with the curriculum were developed, and online surveys were conducted for all members. Data were analyzed through descriptive statistics and content analysis methods. The findings reveled the following points.First, the items that represented the instructors and learners’high awareness levels of the liberal arts curriculum were“operation based on the educational purpose and core competencies of liberal arts education”and “the liberal arts education completion system,” respectively.Second, the item denoting instructors' satisfaction with the liberal arts curriculum was “change according to the results of consulting diagnosis,”and the reason given is that they perceive the shift in and the need to manage the quality of liberal arts education. Learners were highly contented with the “cultured education completion system”regarding (when you say “as in” do you mean “regarding” or “the same for”?) awareness. This is owing to the fact that the area is organized such that various courses can be completed, and a student is able to choose and listen to the desired subject.Third, learners have a higher awareness of the university's liberal arts education completion system than instructors and are slightly more satisfied with certain aspects, such as the fact that “cultured education operates based on educational purposes and core competencies” and in regards to the “cultured education completion system operation.”Finally, based on the results, implications for improving the quality of the liberal arts curriculum and future studies are suggested.
A Systematic Review on Anomaly Detection

Anomaly detection has been used for many years to perceive and extract anomalous points from data. This is an important question that has been explored in various research areas and application domains. Many anomaly detection techniques are specifically designed for specific application domains, while others are more general. Many data science strategies had been used to come across anomalies. One widely used technique is deep machine learning, which play an important role in this field. This research paper provides a systematic literature review analysing ML models for detecting anomalies. Our review analyses the models from four perspectives: the Problem nature and challenges, Classification and formulation, Review of past work, and the future opportunities. When applying a given technique to a particular domain, these assumptions can be used as guidelines to assess the effectiveness of the technique in that domain. We also discuss the computational complexity of the technique, as this is an important issue in real application domains. We hope that this paper will provide a better understanding of the different directions in which research has been done on this topic, and how techniques developed in one area can be applied in domains for which they were not intended to begin with.
Survey on Land Registration System Using Blockchain Technology

Blockchain technology enables programmers to check, save, the contents of a data sheet (a transaction ledger) distance(a sale tally) by multiple users. Blockchain technology gives us considerable benefits and impulses to diligence in terms of enabling better services. Land administration systems are of great significance for a large number of stakeholders. The result is presented in a form of a smart contract which is written in Solidity programming language that can cover indeed those more speciﬁc use cases in land administration systems similar as sharing of ownership, transferring part of ownership, splitting or coupling of real estate, and limiting the possibility of trading a real estate. The results of this review study aim to support professionals, interpreters, and stakeholders who wish to implement and manage metamorphosis systems related to blockchain in their sectors. Also, helping these possible blockchain handlers to understand the implied factors associated with blockchain would be useful for the decision-making processes of their associations.
Real-Time Visual Recognition of Ramp Hand Signals for UAS Ground Operations

Abstract We describe the design and validation of a vision-based system that allows the dynamic identification of ramp signals performed by airport ground staff. This ramp signals’ recognizer increases the autonomy of unmanned vehicles and prevents errors caused by visual misinterpretations or lack of attention from the pilot of manned vehicles. This system is based on supervised machine learning techniques, developed with our own training dataset and two models. The first model is based on a pre-trained Convolutional Pose Machine followed by a classifier, for which we have evaluated two possibilities: A Random Forest and a Multi-Layer Perceptron based classifier. The second model is based on a single Convolutional Neural Network that classifies the gestures directly imported from real images. When experimentally tested, the first model proved to be more accurate and scalable than the second one. Its strength relies on a better capacity to extract information from the images and transform the domain of pixels into spatial vectors, which increases the robustness of the classification layer. The second model instead is more adequate for gestures’ identification in low visibility environments, such as during night operations, conditions in which the first model appeared to be more limited, segmenting the shape of the operator. Our results support the use of supervised learning and computer vision techniques for the correct identification and classification of ramp hand signals performed by airport marshallers.