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Survey of the Current Situation of Linguistic Students' Informational Text Competence in Vietnam

This survey studies the current status of the informational text writing competence of Philological Pedagogy students in Vietnam. In order to have a complete and comprehensive view of the literacy competence of Philology Pedagogy students, we have surveyed 366 students of 11 Philology Pedagogy Universities in Vietnam. The survey questions focused on a number of issues such as students' perceptions of informational texts and their role in learning and living, informational writing skills, and awareness of factors affecting informational writing skills, and teaching methods of informational writing skills. This study uses survey methods, analytical - synthesis methods, descriptive methods, etc. The survey results are the basis for us to design teaching methods of informational text writing effectively. At the same time, it is also the basis for us to propose changes in the curriculum for students of Philology Pedagogy, in which it is imperative to focus on testing, assessing writing competence in general, and informational text writing competence in particular.
Motivating the Tertiary Level Students to Utilize Technology for Enhancing Communication Skills

Motivation gives energy to human beings. Motivating the students to enhance their communication skills is equally important to teaching the skills. English language teaching for tertiary level students needs special skills as many students do not pay much attention to language subjects. ELT teachers should be more conscious of the mentality of students to teach the communication skills. College students are very much attached with electronic gadgets especially smart phones. Teachers can customize this attitude of students to improve their communication skills by making them to understand the ownership of learning. Students should be made to realize the necessity of proficiency in English language. The youngsters are aware of the importance of mastery in English language in the globalized era. So, teachers have to sensitize and explain using mobile phone to attain the goal. Encouraging the students to utilize modern electronic gadgets like smart phones to develop the English language skills has a very good effect. The teacher should also go beyond the syllabus considering the application and practicality of language learning. Assessment method for non-native speakers should synchronize with their language learning. Written examination alone is not sufficient to evaluate the language competence of the students. All the four skills-LSRW- should be examined at graduate level students. If the students get motivated to use the technology for developing their communication skills, the teachers can easily impart language skills.
Knowledge Processing Using EKRL for Robotic Applications

This article describes a semantic framework that demonstrates an approach for modeling and reasoning based on environment knowledge representation language (EKRL) to enhance interaction between robots and their environment. Unlike EKRL, standard Binary approaches like OWL language fails to represent knowledge in an expressive way. The authors show in this work how to: model environment and interaction in an expressive way with first-order and second-order EKRL data-structures, and reason for decision-making thanks to inference capabilities based on a complex unification algorithm. This is with the understanding that robot environments are inherently subject to noise and partial observability, the authors extended EKRL framework with probabilistic reasoning based on Markov logic networks to manage uncertainty.
Ring Learning with Errors Cryptography

The topic of this chapter is Ring Learning with Errors cryptography (RLWE). It’s one of the most important and challenging techniques to use to develop secure and complex applications and systems.
What's the Big Deal?

SUMMARY. This paper is based on a presentation given by Ken Frazier in tandem with Loretta Ebert. The term “Big Deal” is used to describe licensing agreements that provide expanded or complete access to the e-journal content of major publishers. The author discusses the liabilities and opportunities created by a library collection development strategy that avoids buying into Big Deals and focuses instead on journal cost-effectiveness. Even the most cost-effective Big Deals are not financially sustainable and can, at best, provide a transition to a more open and affordable scholarly communication system. [Article copies available for a fee from The Haworth Document Delivery Service: 1-800-HAWORTH. E-mail address: &lt;docdelivery@haworthpress.com&gt; Website: &lt;https://www.HaworthPress.com&gt;]
A Multidisciplinary Undergraduate Project Implementing A Robotic Arm For The Artificial Insemination Of Endangered Amphibian Species

This paper presents a pilot undergraduate project started in fall 2007 and completed in spring 2008 at Eastern Washington University.The goal of the project was to expose undergraduate electrical engineering students as early in the curriculum as possible to the challenges presented by real projects.The project had to be relatively long term, multidisciplinary, and it had to require both technical depth and breadth, problem solving skills, ethical responsibilities, communication skills, effective teamwork and planning skills.The basic idea was to engage students in an activity that would emulate as closely as possible the industrial environment they will be facing soon after graduation providing students with the opportunity to gain the skills and tools needed in the day-to-day practice of engineering.Toward this end, in collaboration with the biology department, a group of undergraduate electrical engineering students were challenged with the task of building a robotic arm for the artificial insemination of endangered amphibian species.The rationale was to maximize the fertilization success rate by using an artificial insemination process resembling the natural process as closely as possible.From the very beginning students were encouraged to work on the project independently and with as little supervision as possible.They were also asked to be in charge of all phases that characterize the design and development of a typical engineering system including system specification, project planning and management, feasibility analysis, system simulation and performance assessment, prototyping, verification and validation of the system functionality and its constraints requirements, system implementation and finally the documentation of the end product.The paper is organized as follows.Section I provides a brief introduction, followed by the history of the project in Section II.Section III describes the various steps in the development of the project.Section IV outlines the technical and pedagogical contribution of the project.Finally, Section V concludes with a summary of the achievements and lessons learned during this process.
An Analysis of the Inertia Weight Parameter for Binary Particle Swarm Optimization

In particle swarm optimization (PSO), the inertia weight is an important parameter for controlling its search capability. There have been intensive studies of the inertia weight in continuous optimization, but little attention has been paid to the binary case. This paper comprehensively investigates the effect of the inertia weight on the performance of binary PSO (BPSO), from both theoretical and empirical perspectives. A mathematical model is proposed to analyze the behavior of BPSO, based on which several lemmas and theorems on the effect of the inertia weight are derived. Our research findings suggest that in the binary case, a smaller inertia weight enhances the exploration capability while a larger inertia weight encourages exploitation. Consequently, this paper proposes a new adaptive inertia weight scheme for BPSO. This scheme allows the search process to start first with exploration and gradually move toward exploitation by linearly increasing the inertia weight. The experimental results on 0/1 knapsack problems show that the BPSO with the new increasing inertia weight scheme performs significantly better than that with the conventional decreasing and constant inertia weight schemes. This paper verifies the efficacy of increasing inertia weight in BPSO. © 2016 IEEE. Personal use of this material is permitted. Permission from IEEE must be obtained for all other uses, in any current or future media, including reprinting/republishing this material for advertising or promotional purposes, creating new collective works, for resale or redistribution to servers or lists, or reuse of any copyrighted component of this work in other works.
Task Trail Based Enhanced User Experience in Customer Facing Website using Automatic Facet Construction Techniques

World Wide Web is the indispensable source for millions of millions user. The primary goal of the www is provide the most relevant, valid and right information for the end user to who is looking for the information. In this paper we conducted study on various term extraction method used recently by the researchers and we have made a comparative study of various term extraction techniques used in past. Finally we proposed a novel method of improving end user search experience by combining the task trail based user behavior and Automatic facet searching. Also this approach can be further taken forward by enhancing the facets search by referencing the well done Wikipedia for the descriptive based user search goal. The scope of the Automatic facets searching can be further enhanced for the product based product standard specification. Our scopes of work will predominately combining the Automatic facets with the user behavior from the task trail and adding product based standardization to improve the end search experience.
Walking on Water Term Design Project in Fundamentals of Engineering

Abstract Walking on Water Term Design Project in Fundamentals of Engineering Course ASEE 2020 This Complete Evidence-based Practice paper outlines the benefits of incorporating a challenging team design term project into a first-year engineering class for students majoring in electrical, bio, mechanical, and students who have not declared a major. The course provides core engineering knowledge and competencies in a highly interactive course format. Topics include professional skills such as technical writing and presentation, guidelines for professional engineering practice, and career preparation. In this three credit-hour course, an engineering approach to problem-solving is taught with an emphasis on teamwork, communication (oral, and written), creativity, ingenuity, and computer-aided design tools. The instructional approach used in this course involves freshman engineering students as active participants in the learning process. Project-based learning involves implementing projects with hands-on tasks, well-defined outcomes, multiple solutions to the given problem, and linking science and engineering concepts. One of the signature assignments in the course is the “Walking on Water” (WOW) team-based design challenge. Students form design teams. They learn the systematic design process and design verification methods. This introductory design experience culminates with a review and presentation of design and a technical report. This project forms a structured introduction to the implementation of principles of design and engineering methodologies, project management, and presentation skills. Teams must design a system that propels a single person (the “operator”) across the entire length of the University’s swimming pool with a walking or running motion entirely above water. The project is open-ended in the sense that students are allowed to creatively design and fabricate a system that satisfies the requirements. This approach encourages pluralistic thinking wherein students are free to come up with any working design and are not bound by a right/wrong philosophy commonly encountered in exams. Teams learned important lessons about the transition from conception to implementation. One of the most important outcomes of the course was learning to work effectively in teams. At the end of the course, each team was assessed not only on the quality of design but also on team efficacy. The students developed professional socialization skills while preparing their technical reports and oral (PowerPoint and poster) presentations. On the last day of the program, students presented their group projects to a campus audience. In this paper, we report and analyze project data for several years of WOW projects.
Primitive Extraction

There is an important algorithmic step between the input in the form of images in pixel raster formats and, possibly hierarchical, perceptual grouping: the extraction of primitive Gestalten to start with. Often a failure in recognizing a symmetry, which is present in an image either as evident to human observers, or as given by some ground-truth, cannot be blamed on the Gestalt operations. Instead, too much information is lost already in the extraction of the primitives. This chapter lists a set of possibilities, including very simple and fast methods such as threshold segmentation as well as sophisticated automatic feature extraction methods such as scale-invariant feature transform (SIFT), or the maximally stable extremal regions (MSER). It is of course also possible to use machine learning methods for primitive extraction, and the chapter includes some discussion on this topic as well. In particular self-organizing maps are proposed for color images and hyper-spectral images.
Simple counting

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Data Analyzing Immigration to Canada using Predictive Analysis Multiple Linear and Non Linear Regression

The immigration to Canada impacts the government in different manner like increase in population, waste, fossil fuel and it also benefits like increase economic growth, trade which will increase the GDP value of Canada, increase in workforce of country, open market, globalization, technologies and adapt to different cultures, food, and people[1] . These would result in a decrease in discrimination and aware about their rights and duties. The immigrants are more interested in entrepreneurship than others [2]. Which would impact increase in development in the country. The work explores the impact of immigration to Canada from all around the world. The top 5 countries that immigrate to Canada is analyzed by using Jupyter notebook. The prediction is done only for the top 5 countries that immigrate to Canada by analyzing the previous immigrants from 1980 - 2013. The multiple linear regression is used to analyze the data.
Supplemental Material: Jurassic–Cenozoic tectonics of the Pequop Mountains, NE Nevada, in the North American Cordillera hinterland

Supplemental Text: Supplemental figures (i.e., structural data and topographic profile across Pleistocene fault) and argon domain diffusion (MDD) modeling methods and data table. Tables S1 and S2: Argon data. Table S3: Apatite fission-track (AFT) data. Table S4: Zircon data.&lt;br&gt;
Pengaruh Persepsi Siswa Mengenai Kemampuan Mengajar Mahasiswa PPLK dan Motivasi Belajar Terhadap Hasil Belajar Siswa Pada Mata Pelajaran Ekonomi Kelas X di SMA Negeri 10 Padang

This study aims to analyze: 1) the influence of student perceptions about the ability to teach PPLK students on student learning outcomes on economic subjects. 2) the effect of learning motivation on student learning outcomes on economic subjects 3) the influence of student perceptions about the teaching ability of PPLK students an d learning motivation to wards student learning outcomes on economic subjects. The population of this study was all students of class X in 10 N SMA in 2017/2018. A sample of 158 people with a sampling technique in the form of a simple random sampling technique. The data analysis technique used is descriptive analysis and multiple linear regression analysis. The results showed that: (1) students' perceptions of the teaching ability of PPLK students had a significant positive effect on student learning outcomes on economic subjects. (2) learning motivation has a significant positive effect on student learning outcomes on economic subjects. (3) the perception of the teaching ability of PPLK students and the motivation to learn together together have a significant effect on the variables of student learning outcomes on economic subjects .Keywords: Learning Outcomes, Student Perception Regarding the Teaching Ability of PPLK Students and Learning Motivation
Understanding License Agreements for Electronic Products

Librarians regularly deal with license agreements when acquiring electronic products and services. As the librarian’s role evolves from handling only the traditional serial subscription to managing these electronic services, a knowledge of contractual issues is mandatory. The actual license review process is complex and requires expertise and skills beyond the training and experience of most library staff. The presenters walk through the steps required to acquire and process a license agreement using a sample electronic product. [Article copies available for a fee from The Haworth Document Delivery Service: 1-800-342-9678. E-mail address: getinfo@haworth.com]
Pengembangan E-Book Keanekaragaman Hayati sebagai Sumber Belajar untuk Melatihkan Literasi Digital Peserta Didik Kelas X SMA

Literasi digital adalah kemampuan peserta didik yang harus dikuasai di abad ke-21. Tujuan penelitian adalah menghasilkan e-book keanekaragaman hayati yang praktis, valid, dan efektif sebagai sumber belajar dan untuk melatihkan literasi digital. Penelitian ini dikembangkan model 4D, tanpa tahap disseminate. Validitas e-book diukur berdasarkan penilaian ahli materi, ahli pendidikan, dan ahli teknologi informasi. Kepraktisan e-book diukur berdasarkan respons praktisi (guru) dan peserta didik. Keefektifan e-book diukur berdasarkan nilai ketuntasan tes literasi digital. Uji coba terbatas penelitian melibatkan 20 peserta didik dan 5 orang guru. Jenis penelitian menggunakan metode deskriptif-kuantitatif. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa e-book dinyatakan valid (modus=4). E-book dinyatakan praktis berdasarkan penilaian praktisi (modus=4) serta respons peserta didik (persentase respons positif sebesar 94%). E-book dinyatakan efektif diukur berdasarkan perolehan rata-rata literasi digital peserta didik sebesar 0.7 dengan kategori tinggi. Dapat disimpulkan bahwa e-book keanekaragaman hayati valid, praktis, dan efektif dalam pembelajaran sebagai sumber belajar dan untuk melatihkan literasi digital peserta didik kelas X SMA.&#x0D; Digital literacy is an abilities that must be mastered by the students in the 21st century. The purpose this research was to produce a practical, valid, and effective biodiversity e-book as a learning resource which can train digital literacy. This developmental research was reffered to 4D model, without the disseminate stage. Validation was carried out based on the evaluation of material experts, education experts, and information technology experts. Practicality was measured based on practitioners’ and students’ responses. Effectiveness was measured based on the completeness value of the digital literacy test. The limited trial involved 20 students and 5 teachers. Data were analyzed descriptive-quantitatively. The results showed the e-book was declared valid (modus=4) and practical based on the practitioner's assessment (modus=4) and the students' responses (94% positive responses), also declared to be effective based on the average of students' digital literacy scored by 0.7 in the high category. It can be concluded that the biodiversity e-book is valid, practical, and effective to be used learning as a learning resource and can train the digital literacy for 10th grade high school.
Success Factors and Challenges in Behavior Driven Development

Behavior Driven Development (BDD) is a software development process that combines the general techniques and principles of Test Driven Development (TDD) with ideas from Domain Driven Design (DDD) and Object Oriented (OO) analysis. It describes a cycle of interactions with well-defined outputs, resulting in the deliverable, tested working software. Today, BDD has evolved into an established agile practice. However, compared to other agile methodology frameworks, such as Scrum and Kanban, BDD is a relatively new. Thus, available resources explaining BDD is still limited and the BDD approach is still under development. Based on this observation, this literature review aims to provide the key of success as well as the challenge that lies on the implementation process of BDD in IT Project. We identified 3 success factors and 5 challenges. The success factors are focusing in product value, having a thorough system behavior definition, and using the right BDD supporting tools. Meanwhile, the most challenging part are the difficulties in writing BDD scenario and automating the test case to maintain the system quality.
PerCrowd 2020: 3rd International Workshop on Context-Awareness for Multi-Device Pervasive and Mobile Computing - Welcome and Committees

PerCrowd 2020: 3rd International Workshop on Context-Awareness
Rotational Symmetry

This chapter is about rotational symmetry. A corresponding n-ary operation is defined on the Gestalt domain. The resulting Gestalten will have periodicity n; i.e., when rotated by $$2\pi /n$$ , they remain the same. They have a phase feature, which is used as their orientation. The optimal a posteriori value is assigned to this attribute by an iterative least squares optimization. Although there is no linear one-step solution, rotational Gestalten are of great algebraic elegance and beauty, which also evidently show in their appearance. Their value in applications is less dominant. Most examples are either flowers, mechanical parts, or religious symbols. The chapter investigates how rotational symmetry must be fused with similarity and proximity. A greedy search rationale is presented avoiding the otherwise combinatorically growing search efforts. Many if not most rotational patterns occurring in the visual world are also reflection symmetric. Algebraically, a different group applies the dihedral group.
Multiple data cost-based stereo matching method to generate dense disparity maps from images under radiometric variations

Stereo matching algorithms are capable of providing dense 3D information of the environment through two images taken simultaneously from a pair of cameras placed parallel to each other. Obtaining an accurate disparity map from a stereo image pair is a challenging task and also computationally expensive. If we take into consideration the environmental effect, then the difficulty of the task increases drastically. The authors try to overcome this problem by combining multiple stereo cost functions in the form of a linear equation. To reduce the computation time, a segmentation based cost aggregation method is followed in an attempt to produce an accurate disparity map even in the presence of radiometric variations in the images. The performance of the proposed algorithm is observed while varying the parameter 'α' between the cost functions and the number of segments in the images. Different image pairs from the Middlebury stereo dataset were considered here.