Reviewerly/exHarmony huggingface dataset:
Preliminary Study on SSCF-derived Polar Coordinate for ASR

The transition angles are defined to describe the vowel-to-vowel transitions in the acoustic space of the Spectral Subband Centroids, and the findings show that they are similar among speakers and speaking rates. In this paper, we propose to investigate the usage of polar coordinates in favor of angles to describe a speech signal by characterizing its acoustic trajectory and using them in Automatic Speech Recognition. According to the experimental results evaluated on the BRAF100 dataset, the polar coordinates achieved significantly higher accuracy than the angles in the mixed and cross-gender speech recognitions, demonstrating that these representations are superior at defining the acoustic trajectory of the speech signal. Furthermore, the accuracy was significantly improved when they were utilized with their first and second-order derivatives ($\Delta$, $\Delta$$\Delta$), especially in cross-female recognition. However, the results showed they were not much more gender-independent than the conventional Mel-frequency Cepstral Coefficients (MFCCs).
ANTHROPOLOGICAL PROJECT OF HUMAN INTEGRITY IN I. STRAVINSKY'S MUSICAL POETRY

Emphasis is placed on the urgency of the problem of human integrity as a cultural and historical fact of society and art, in particular music. The aim of the article is to define the phenomenon of differential ontology and anthropology as a musical gestalt in the context of I. Stravinsky's musical creativity and reflection. The research methodology is a systematic, comparative approach, transcendental, phenomenological, dialectical methods that implement the program of seeing the anthropological semiosphere of music as a cultural unity. The scientific novelty of the article is that the implicit and explicit modes of anthropology of music in the work of I. Stravinsky are determined. I. Stravinsky has Ukrainian roots, his influence on the formation of European culture is still underestimated from the standpoint of Ukrainian mentality, cordocentrism, which was explicitly defined in the theoretical reflection of the author as the search for "whole man". The folklore and mythological motifs of the works created for the Diaghilev seasons are characterized, as well as the disposition "avant-garde - neoclassic", which becomes the main epicenter of the composer's thoughts on the musical phenomenon. Conclusions. It is proved that the stage synthesis in the works of I. Stravinsky has its own musical image, where the impetus to the search for the musical integrity of the work as an analogue of a harmonious, integral person dominates. The symbiosis of musical and choreographic constellations took place as a stimulus to universal harmony, and the musical fabric of the work was formed as a universal synthesis of sacred, mythological, creative intentions. Stage synthesis, which can be described as a kind of musical can not be separated from the choreographic, scenographic images that form a single whole. Stravinsky was a charismatic leader of the musical avant-garde of the twentieth century, who defined the Frying Pan line of "two hearts" - a profane and sacred element of the musical phenomenon as a universal ontology of the whole human artist.
Evaluation of the functionality of the virtual platform in the teaching process: analysis based on the usability factor

&lt;span&gt;The use of virtual platforms has been increasing exponentially during the context of distance education, however, there are still limitations to innovate in pedagogical proposals. This can hinder the assurance of student learning, either due to the little planning that occurred in its incorporation, the little knowledge of teachers and students in the educational use or the lack of use of the functionalities that they have incorporated for communication. The purpose of the research is to evaluate the operability of the virtual platform in the teaching-learning process through analysis based on the usability factor, the results will allow us to continue improving the tools linked to distance higher education. At the development of the investigation, a reliability value of 0.985 was obtained by means of Cronbach's Alpha. It was found as findings that 73.8% perceive an improvement in communication and in the exchange of information. Regarding the usability factor, 73.9% fully agree with the information available on the virtual platform and its accessibility. From what was determined, it is concluded that 65.98% of students consider that the functionality of the virtual platform with respect to the usability factor positively influences the teaching-learning process.&lt;/span&gt;
A new density core graph-cut class decomposition to improve neural network classification performance

&lt;span&gt;This research presents a new pre-processed class decomposition technique called density core graph-cut (DCGC). The method uses supervised clustering instead of a traditional unsupervised one to decompose the class. Supervised clustering requires additional label information to function and with that it gains a better understanding of the distribution. DCGC employs nearest neighbors to form a density core graph for each class. Then, the edges of each graph to be removed or cut is identified utilizing class information. Lastly, it yields final clusters by grouping all connected cores and assigning the remaining samples to a cluster where the nearest core belongs. Training neural network classifiers on complex label data will yield a better accuracy with the modified class representation. Intuitively, the decision boundaries separating classes based on the modified labels are less complex, and classifiers’ chance to reach these hyperplanes is higher. The results present that training neural networks using label representations from DCGC significantly helps improve the classification accuracy of neural networks on syntactic datasets as high as 30%. For real-world problems, the experiment presents a mixed result in which some datasets moderately benefit from DCGC.&lt;/span&gt;
Addendum: The Dutch COVID-19 Notification App: Lessons Learned From a Mixed Methods Evaluation Among End Users and Contact-Tracing Employees

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Automatic essay assessment in e-learning using winnowing algorithm

&lt;span&gt;The pandemic has caused almost all educational institutions to use online learning media to support learning activities. E-learning is a technology that is widely used because it can accommodate all learning activities. However, in general, e-learning can only perform automatic assessments for multiple choice answers but not for essay answers, so that manual assessment by the teacher becomes difficult and takes a long time. In this study, the winnowing algorithm was applied to the automatic assessment process on students' essay answers by measuring their similarity to the teacher's answer key. The stages in the automatic assessment using the winnowing algorithm begin with forming a series of k-grams, calculating the hash value, forming a window from the hash value, calculating the fingerprint value, and calculating the Jaccard Coefficient to obtain the percentage of text similarity results. The test results show that the winnowing algorithm can provide good performance when the answers to questions are in the form of short entries with the number of hashes not smaller than the window value. Meanwhile, on questions with long answers, the winnowing algorithm can still work well with an average difference of 5.2% from the results of the assessment carried out by the teacher.&lt;/span&gt;
Detecting nonclassicality and non-Gaussianity of a coherent superposed quantum state

In this paper, we investigate the nonclassicality and non-Gaussianity of a coherent superposed quantum state (CSQS) which is obtained by applying a coherent superposition of field annihilation ($a$) and creation ($a^\dagger$) operators, $N(ta+ra^\dagger)$ to a classical coherent state $|\alpha\rangle$, where $t$ and $r$ are scalars with $t^2+r^2=1$. Such an operation, when applied on states having classical characters, introduces strong nonclassicality. We use different criteria to check the nonclassicality and non-Gaussianity of the considered quantum state. We first compute the Wigner function of CSQS. To study the nonclassicality of the considered state we further use (i) linear entropy (LE) (ii) Wigner logarithmic negativity (WLN) and (iii) skew information based measure. Relative entropy based measure is considered to analyze the variation in non-Gaussianity of CSQS. Finally, the dynamics of the Wigner function evolving under the photon loss channel is addressed to probe the effect of noise on nonclassicality as well as non-Gaussianity of CSQS.
Over veelvoudige tangconstructies in de Nederlandse zin

The article presents the syntactic phenomenon of discontinuous structures in Dutch, such as separable verbs and pronominal adverbs. They pose many difficulties for Polish students of Dutch. The article explains more thoroughly the types of separable constructions and the conventions that lead to their creation. Special attention is directed towards cases where the discontinuous forms interlock so that they come to a ‘clash’ of prepositions, e.g. Daar komt het op aan or Jacobs haalt het voorbeeld aan van de academische ziekenhuizen van Nijmegen en Duitsland. This accumulation of prepositions often leads to misunderstandings in the right tone of voice and Polish students’ interpretation of sentences. The correct formation of the interlocking structures is one of the most challenging skills with which the students learning Dutch will be confronted.
Welke aanpak voor de Nederlandse vertaling van Poolse auditieve verba sentiendi?

When translating verbs from auditory perception, the translator often limits himself to a semantic and syntactic analysis of the predicates in a sentence. However, there is also an enunciative dimension (i.e. the relationship between the speaker and the subject of auditory perception) to be taken into account. Linguists divide the verbs of auditory perception into two groups according to cognitive criteria: verbs of passive and active perception. In Polish, many auditory perception verbs have a prefi x. In this article, we analyse how Polish passive auditory perception verbs and active auditory perception verbs are to be translated into Dutch.
Automatic Game Design via Mechanic Generation

Game designs often center on the game mechanics---rules governing the logical evolution of the game. We seek to develop an intelligent system that generates computer games. As first steps towards this goal we present a composable and cross-domain representation for game mechanics that draws from AI planning action representations. We use a constraint solver to generate mechanics subject to design requirements on the form of those mechanics---what they do in the game. A planner takes a set of generated mechanics and tests whether those mechanics meet playability requirements---controlling how mechanics function in a game to affect player behavior. We demonstrate our system by modeling and generating mechanics in a role-playing game, platformer game, and combined role-playing-platformer game.
Institutional portfolio of Russian education

Introduction. The educational system is constitutive in all countries, it is one of the world’s largest systems that generates and reproduces human, intellectual, cognitive capital. National educational systems have both common features and differences, which are based on unique components – institutional genes. Russian education inherits many of the best traditions of the previous social system, thanks to which worldrecognized successes have been achieved. Most of these traditions have acquired the qualities of institutional genes, but this does not exclude the emergence of stable inefficient institutions, i.e. institutional traps. These are the characteristics of Russian education that are synthesized in its institutional portfolio as a topical and, in many ways, new research topic. Theoretical analysis. This study for the first time offers an approach to Russian education from the standpoint of institutional genetics. Institutional genes are a set of institutions, institutional structures, their interactions, mutual determinations, various rules of the game that are inherited, i.e. are transmitted from the previous economic system to the next, develop within the existing system, are constantly reproduced. Institutional genes can undergo processes of various changes - mutations and mimicry, dysfunctions, institutional pathologies. Empirical analysis. The main characteristics of institutional genes are highlighted: they are inherited, changed, reproduced within the framework of subsequent economic systems, which creates a certain predictability of trends in future socio-economic development and the possibility of choosing effective directions in politics. The study of new institutional traps in Russian education is of scientific interest, which is significant for determining the mechanisms of their leveling in the general course of systemic transformations. Results. An institutional portfolio of Russian education is presented, containing an analysis of the best traditions of the domestic education system, most of which is identified as institutional genes, and its new institutional traps. The significance of the appeal to the institutional genetics of Russian education and the existence of institutional traps, mechanisms for leveling them to substantiate the algorithm for the development of the educational system in accordance with its genesis, national priorities and strategic prospects is substantiated.
Virtualization of E-Health Communication Media on E-Health Halodoc

Especially in times of pandemic, health is very important and irreplaceable. People often seek health information through health communications media. Various forms of health communication compete to spread their wings and evolve to provide the best information. Health magazines are one of the health communication media that provide information on health and healthy lifestyles, followed by various radio stations and television programs. With the development of technology, including the Internet, digital media providing health information has also become prevalent, from simple health information portals to virtual media in the form of applications that enable two-way interaction. This research literature review focuses on mass media and its development, the development of the Internet and its application to the Halodoc electronic health media platform. Globalization is also the reason behind the development of the Internet. The researcher also describes four eras with the best means of communicating time and technological determinism. There are pros and cons to using e-Health Halodoc as your e-Health media platform. The results of this research prove that Internet development and technology can not be separated. These two things play an important role in mutual development, especially in medical media.
A Comparative Study on The Performance Analysis of Feature Extractors Used in Augmented Reality Applications Under Various Image Conditions

Until today, various approaches have been proposed in order to create Augmented Reality (AR) environment where virtual-real integration takes place. One of these approaches is vision-based model and it is divided into two branches as Marker-Based Augmented Reality (MBAR) and Markerless Augmented Reality (MAR). In the use of MBAR model, a reference image is introduced to the system before and when this image enters the camera view, an AR environment is created. However, in MAR model, no image is introduced to the system before. Instead, it uses natural characteristics present in the image such as edges, corners and geometrical shapes to create an AR environment. In order to use MAR model, it is necessary to use algorithms which require high processing power and memory capacity. Within the scope of this study, MAR model was chosen as reference and an evaluation on combinations of descriptive extractors (such as ORB, SIFT and SURF) and matchers (such as Bruteforce, Bruteforce-Hamming and Flannbase) was presented. In this context, it was aimed to obtain knowledge about i) the number of keypoints and detection time with use of different descriptor extractors, ii) the number of matching keypoints and the amount of positional deviation of a virtual object placed on a real world scene with use of different matchers. In line with this goal, analyzes were made using different image scales and brightness levels on both PC and mobile platforms. Results showed that, for both platforms, combinations using ORB method could work faster with less deviation than the combinations using other methods in all conditions. In addition, RANSAC algorithm was also used to reduce the total mean deviation ratio and it was seen that the rate could be reduced from 70% to 4.5%.
The Development, Dilemma and Countermeasures of College English Teaching Under the Influence of "Internet +"

The development, dilemma and countermeasures of college English teaching under the influence of "Internet +" is studied in this research. We believe that in order to stimulate students to think seriously, actively participate in classroom teaching activities, and activate the classroom atmosphere, teachers must carefully select task topics, organize teaching materials, design teaching situations with potential communicative value, and carry out teaching activities wittily and flexibly. The teachers should be good at providing students with the appropriate content for their actual English learning situation and guide them to use the Internet learning resources to learn, namely, the combination with the Internet. The Internet+ concept is combined for the analysis, and the details are discussed.
Intelligent Science Stations Bring AI Tutoring into the Physical World

Intelligent Tutoring Systems have been shown to be effective for education. However, so far they have been limited to flat screen computer interactions. We introduce a new genre of Intelligent Science Stations that bring intelligent tutoring into the physical world. Intelligent Science Stations are mixed-reality systems that bridge the physical and virtual worlds to improve children's inquiry-based STEM learning. Automated reactive guidance, made possible by a specialized AI computer vision algorithm, provides personalized interactive feedback to children as they experiment and make discoveries in their physical environment, fostering their curiosity and 21st century skills like critical thinking, collaboration, and persistence. In this chapter, we first summarize two experiments demonstrating that our mixed-reality system can improve children's learning compared to matched tablet or computer games that are on a flat screen. Then we summarize a museum study demonstrating Intelligent Science Stations/Exhibits adding an AI layer on top of physical exploration can improve learning and engagement outcomes compared to standard museum exhibits that have a sole focus on physical exploration. Finally, we report on a third experiment demonstrating that active learning is best when it is implemented as a combination of guided deliberate practice and constructive “hands-on” activity within a mixed-reality system compared to hands-on construction alone. In ongoing work, we are disseminating Intelligent Science Stations to informal and formal learning settings and we are expanding them from the original simulated earthquake context to other physical science experiments.
Formation of Personal Readiness of Students of a Technical University to Master Professional Actions

This article substantiates the problem of the formation of the personal readiness of students of a technical university to master professional actions. The author proves the need to detail the structural components of personal readiness for the formation of professional competencies of students in a technical university. The concept of personal readiness of students of a technical university to master professional actions is presented. The ability of a future specialist to competently solve technical problems related to the high-quality operation of railway transport, ensuring the safety of goods and passengers is understood as the ability to self-regulate their own emotional state. The article presents a structural model of the personal readiness of future railway engineers. The structural elements of a student’s personal readiness include cognitive-personal, motivational, emotional and volitional components. The purpose of the study is to comprehend the phenomenon of personal readiness of students of a technical university to master professional actions with the definition of a dominant link in each structural element, which in the future will be the basic factor in the effective implementation of engineering and technical tasks. To conduct a deeper analysis of the phenomenon of personal readiness and establish functional relationships between its elements, the study is turned to the provisions of the competency-based approach. The author concluded that the formation of production competencies of future railway specialists directly depends on the successful formation of the elements of personal readiness among students of a technical university. Keywords: student of a technical university, personal readiness, professional activity, mental self-regulation, professional competencies
Discussion of Discourse on Teachers and Curriculum

The purpose of this study is to examine how discourses about teachers and the curriculum have been formed and developed. To this end, in this study, discourses related to teachers and the curriculum were reviewed, focusing on the case of the West, where the discussion was made a little earlier than ours. As a result, the discourse on teachers and the curriculum began to be discussed in earnest as the field for research and development of the curriculum expanded from outside the school into the school. In this process, various teacher concepts that share the metaphor as a curriculum maker have emerged, revealing more closely and vividly what teachers do in relation to the curriculum than before. Next, the discussions with teachers in Korea regarding the curriculum were divided into a policy-level discussion represented by the decentralization of curriculum decisions and a practical-level discussion triggered by the curriculum reorganization phenomenon. As a result, it was confirmed that the role, professionalism, and concept of teachers related to the curriculum are being diversified in Korea as the curriculum ecosystem has changed from central to local. Finally, the implications that can be given to the formation and development of discourses related to teachers and the curriculum are presented by classifying the teachers