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EXTEND LEARNING SPACE WITH THE SMARTPHONE FOR STUDENTS AT HUNG YEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY AND EDUCATION, VIETNAM
Authors: Nguyen Huu hop , Nguyen Thi cuc
Published: February 2023

The advent of smartphones as a communication revolution, it is just a portable multimedia device that everybody uses it. A smartphone can help you a lot in work and entertainment such as phone call, e-mail, video record, touch-and-go payment, navigation, interpretation, special useful in surfing the Internet. Students can use smartphones as a powerful learning mean. However, many universities in Vietnam do not allow smartphone usage in the classroom, because students may be distracted by smartphone applications and loose focusing on learning. In fact, students have been not instructed how to use smartphones effectively in the classroom. Recently, in the context of technological development and globalization, students need to study in an open space and open education. It means that teaching and learning are not just restricted classroom with chalk and talk, but teachers and students have more degree of freedom in terms of space, time and means to achieve learning outcomes. Students are free to choose the means, methods, and styles of study. The proposed research aims to expand the learning space for students at Hung Yen University of Technical Education by smartphone and focus on solving the following issues:1) Can smartphones be used as means of learning or not? 2) How to effectively use the smartphone in the classroom? (Student guidance use the smartphone in their study, how to control student's behaviors, classroom arrangement, outcome assessment, student response). To conduct this research, we designed lessons based on mobile applications. Pilot on 02 students groups in the 3rd year at Hung Yen University of Technology and Education to assess the impact of the organization of teaching with smart phones to the excitement, the active learning and the response of students and teachers. We used the method of classroom observation, surveys, direct interviews with students and lecturers on the test results. From there, propose recommendations on lesson design and organize teaching with smart phones in Hung Yen University of Technology and Education.
PROMOTING CYBERSECURITY CULTURE THROUGH EDUCATION
Authors: Patrascu Petrisor
Published: February 2023

Generally, for the effective protection of information systems and computer networks, including the protection of information flowing over them and the protection of Internet users, we have to notice the importance of promoting cybersecurity culture. Taking into account the considerable amount of Internet users, along with digital products development and evolution and the history of cyber-attacks, promoting a cybersecurity culture is imperative. The main means of promoting cybersecurity culture is education, which by its forms: formal, non-formal and informal, becomes a beneficial tool meant to complements failure of technical solutions to meet all the specific cyberspace vulnerabilities. Thus, by acquiring a global dimension, cybersecurity culture can be promoted on many levels through education, implying numerous investments of international non-state entities and organizations. Cybersecurity culture is directed to evolution and development, adapting to the new information technologies and the newest ways of promotion. Once people regardless of age, have access to the Internet, they could also benefit from other security solutions other than those that came along with the product or application provided by the manufacturer or supplier. This situation highlights the promotion of cybersecurity culture through education, for people of almost any age, which gives it a central position at the individual level of promotion. Also, through the promotion of the cybersecurity culture, there have to be considered several issues relating to people who do not use Internet services. Going beyond the individual level, cybersecurity culture in organizations amounts to the promotion of safe and solid cybersecurity practices that integrate very well with the work of employees. It is making employees aware of cyberspace threats which implies behavioral changes.
REDESIGNING EDUCATIONAL TOOLS USING AUTO-GENERATIVE LEARNING OBJECTS
Authors: Costea Felicia mirabela , Chirila Ciprianbogdan , Cretu Vladimirioan
Published: February 2023

Technology development affects all areas of social life. In the digital age we live in, education must keep up with new trends. This can be achieved by transforming how learning is organized into a modern, efficient and flexible one. Young people in our society are almost technology dependent, using electronic devices for both learning, socializing and leisure. The field of e-learning has significant potential for research as it is a quite new concept in the current socio-economic context of Romania. Digital technology produces certain changes in the learning environment such as virtual learning space, independent and individualized learning, real-time monitoring of work. The concept of learning object is defined very vaguely and therefore there is a variety of learning objects models and new proposals appear continuously. The most widely used e-learning standards are SCORM, IEEE LOM, IMS, LRMI, CISCO. A generative model is an effective way to learn using independent learning. Generating generative models on computer disciplines and information technology would be an effective support for students. Interactive questions play an important role in e-learning and offer a wide range of benefits to both the student and the tutor. The generative model has emerged to improve the use of learning objects. Auto-generative learning objects (AGLO) retain the philosophy of the generative model, but generation is different. The AGLO approach uses metaprogramming to generate content, and the main difference is that this generation relies heavily on random numbers and dynamic content. Following the study of existing objects, we identified the generative learning objects as having potential for further development.
REDESIGNING SCIENCE CLASSES THROUGH THE E-CLASSES PROJECT’S INITIATIVES
Authors: Colibaba Anca cristina , Gheorghiu Irina , Colibaba Lucia cintia , Cirsmari Ramona , Gardikiotis Rodica , Colibaba Anais
Published: February 2023

The article is a study based on the e-Classes project (Ref. no.: 2017-1-RO01-KA202-037344), a project funded by the European Commission (under the Erasmus+ programme) for the years 2017-2019, which is being developed within an international partnership including institutions (schools, teacher training centres, non-governmental educational organisations and IT centres) from Bulgaria, Italy, Spain and Romania. The project aims to help both VET teachers to revise and strengthen their professional profile and young people to increase their motivation to study science and improve their academic performance. The project has created a collection of videos illustrating basic scientific concepts from science school subjects, on which the project's method relies. The method, the flipped classroom, highly encourages a student-centred learning environment, maximizing students' participation in online and offline activities. By implementing the flipped classroom method teachers empower students to take the responsibility for their learning process and help them develop higher forms of cognitive skills by solving problems, debating or discussing controversial issues (application, analysis, synthesis, and/or evaluation). The paper presents the method, which uses the videos that teachers previously made as the main channel of content delivery, and discusses its benefits and challenges. The paper focuses on the findings of the flipped classroom experiment carried out with students studying at several vocational high schools in Iasi as well as the new roles that the participants, teachers, students and companies, may have in the educational process. It also gives details on how teachers can design their own flipped lessons, implement the flipped methodology and integrate ICT (Information and Communication Technology) and OER (Open Educational Resources) in traditional teaching.
SUSTAINED SILENT READING AND SPECIALISED VOCABULARY FOR ESP. A CASE STUDY
Authors: Cotoc Alexandra
Published: February 2023

Sustained silent reading is a weekly routine activity meant to enhance students' interest in extended reading of authentic texts, meant to improve their critical thinking abilities, socio-cultural knowledge, attention, reading skills and vocabulary. Hence, in our ESP course, SSR is used as a weekly activity both in class and at home, introducing our students to the topic under focus, but also keeping them engaged with the topic for the entire week. Our SSR project represents a continuation of a pilot project initiated in the academic year 2017-2018 and involves the students at the Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences. The SSR project 2018-2019 involves nine steps: 1. students familiarisation with the SSR concepts and requirements' announcement; 2. texts sharing using google drive; 3. Weekly Facebook posts; 4. SSR performance during class time; 5. SSR homework; 6. analogue entry; 7. Optional delivery of presentations; 8. Online entry; 9. end of semester vocabulary test. As such, for ten minutes, at the beginning of each course, students have to read a text which focuses on the topic discussed in that course and selected by the teacher. The texts chosen are longer texts that the students have to finish at home. Students also receive the assignment to select three concepts from all the texts chosen for the SSR activity and three other concepts that they encountered in other courses and which are linked to their fields in general. They have to introduce them in a survey at the end of the semester, mentioning for each of them a definition, a context/a situation that reflects the usage of the concept and a translation. In order to prepare the students for this survey, during several courses, after SSR, the language instructor collects specialised concepts from the students, by involving them in various collaborative and interactive classroom activities. At the end of semester, students have the option to deliver presentations based on the SSR texts and the end of semester exam also contains concepts from the SSR. The SSR is an activity that helps our students improve their ESP skills, but at the same time, it has as an end result a collection of specialised texts and terminology, using a crowdsourcing technique which involves our students and gives them the role of experts in their fields.
MACHINE LEARNING BASED METHODS USED FOR IMPROVING SCHOLAR PERFORMANCE
Authors: Boncea Radu , Petre Ionut , Vevera Victor , Gheorghita Alexandru
Published: February 2023

In their 1968 study "The Teaching-Learning Paradox: A Comparative Analysis of College Teaching Methods", Robert Dubin and Thomas Taveggia found no evidence to indicate any basis for preferring one teaching method over another as measured by the performance of students on course examinations. The conclusion is based on systematic reanalysis of the data of almost 100 comparative studies of different college teaching methods. The teaching-learning process is virtually a black box in which the teaching methods do not influence scholar performance. So rather than focusing on teaching methods, we propose a method for improving scholar performance by a continuous and intelligent monitoring and assessing process of daily knowledge gains. Recent developments in machine learning and data analysis, allow us the use of techniques for unveiling the strengths and weaknesses in the learning process. Our proposed solution is "micro-assessing" each student and after each course, by sending a 5 minutes-long test on their smartphones, collects the result and send it for analysis to a dedicated platform. When the system has sufficient data, it can personalize the tests for each student with focus on areas the student is lacking. It can make recommendations, to teachers, students, school and competent authorities at local or national level. The solution is not a replacement for classical examinations, but it augments the learning experience through interactive and personalized quizzes. The teacher also has a better view over student's knowledge, thus he can do better assessments overall. Student abnormal "deviations" could be detected much faster, while competent authorities could assess the impact of their decisions in near-realtime
TEAM WORK AND STRATEGIC SKILLS DEVELOPMENT THROUGH THE USE OF THE GENERAL MANAGEMENT 2 BUSINESS SIMULATION
Authors: Mustata Ioan cristian , Guica Ioana raluca , Caras Vlad
Published: February 2023

The paper addresses several issues related to the use of the General Management 2 Business Simulation, especially the advantages and disadvantages of two different forms of required team work and decision making: decision making by meeting in person vs. decision making by remote collaboration using ITC communication instruments. The paper is testing if business decision making is better when the team members are working together being physically in the same room, compared to working together using e-communication. This is possible through a survey with participants to the General Management 2 Business Simulation Game from two master programs of the University Politehnica of Bucharest: Gesch?fts- und Industrieverwaltung GIVE and Business Administration and Engineering MBAE given the fact that participants used different collaboration and decision making methods. On the other hand the results of each team is analysed in relationship with the used form of collaboration. Another issue analysed is the impact of time between game periods and the differences arising from two different setups: playing the business simulation in 6 weeks with game periods separated by one week, or playing it in a concentrated form in 2 weeks, each week with 3 consecutive days. The analysed issues have the purpose of improving the educational use of serious games like the General Management 2 Business Simulation in special, or the setup for master courses in general by giving insights for the best options in the future. The paper is concluded with some recommendations for organizers of serious games implemented in master programs based on the authors' experience.
DEVELOPING THE ESP ABILITY OF VIETNAMESE STUDENTS THROUGH THE USE OF BLENDED LEARNING
Authors: Ngo Phuong anh
Published: February 2023

This study investigates and evaluates the effects of ESP training with the participants using Canvas- a virtual classroom and an actual one in parallel at a technical university in Vietnam. To achieve this, the study examined the students' perception on the use of Canvas, their reported difficulties in learning via Canvas, the effects of the training upon them, and their use and reflections on the use of virtual classroom. 60 third-year ESP students at the technical university were recruited. Participants were split into three groups: the pilot group (G1), the experimental group (G2) and the control group (G3). The research was implemented in an ESP training course of ten 180-minute classes, each class consisting of group discussion and ESP training with the use of virtual classroom. Quantitative data were collected from G2 and G3 on ESP ability using pre-tests and post-tests. Participants' reflective reports, supplemented by the researcher's journal were also collected as qualitative data.
The quantitative results reveal a statistically significant difference in ESP performance between G2 and G3. The overall improvement in all ESP skills were recorded over the period of training, while G3's improvement was negligible. Qualitative data reveals the difficulties encountered by the participants during the training (such as the lack of technical skills, interrupted internet connection), their positive feedback on and interest in the training using canvas. The results of the study are discussed in terms of its contribution to research in this area and to the teaching and learning of ESP in the Vietnamese context.
ELECTRONIC TERMINOLOGICAL MINI-DICTIONARY IN THE CONTEXT OF COGNITIVE AND METHODOLOGICAL CHALLENGES
Authors: Savinova Yuliya , Mokrova Natalia , Pozdnyakova Svetlana
Published: February 2023

The article deals with elaboration of electronic terminological dictionary-minimum in the context of cognitive and methodological challenges. It is known that the reliance on cognitive processes, such as representation, storing, processing, interpretation and reproduction of new knowledge, creates conditions for effective foreign language professional communication teaching. The article substantiates a cognitive approach as a conceptual basis for elaborating a new model of dictionary-minimum of terminology units. This approach enabled the authors to set the unit of the dictionary selection - the term-concept (TC) as "operative unit of memory". When mastering TC, learners' mind has a complicated chain of cognitive processes of emergence and forming of scientific notions, which are professionally-coloured ones.
Definitely, TC as a specific mental unit, is verbalized in the language system by the lexical unit of terminology character, which represents a fragment of professional reality and determines a special concept of engineering field of knowledge. Following cognitive imperatives, the authors revealed lingvodidactic and cognitive principles of ?? selection. Taking them into account, methodological and cognitive grounds for organizing dictionary-minimum of terminologically-marked lexis have been substantiated. The conceptual field as a unit of terminological dictionary-minimum has the property to integrate all grounds for creating an optimal, systemically-modelled dictionary-minimum. In accordance with cognitive ideas about the mental essence of the concept, the selected contour of the dictionary-minimum field is some kind of professionally-organized environment, which helps to model in the cognitive mind of students the whole integrity of concepts, or integrated fragment of professional concept-sphere, which reflects systematic knowledge of specific highly-professional educational disciplines.
The cognitive vision of the process of a new format dictionary-minimum elaboration enabled the authors to shift accents from linguistic phenomena to mental processes. Organization of the dictionary-minimum predetermined the necessity of using praxeological approaches, in the course of which the authors elaborated a cognitively-set algorithm of students' work with the electronic version of the dictionary-minimum.
Thus, electronic dictionary-minimum in the context of cognitive and methodological challenges becomes a guide to the terminological world of students' specialty with specific professional shell, and serves a kind of catalyst of adequate understanding of foreign language terminology.
THE INFLUENCE OF NATIONAL CULTURE ON TECHNOLOGY ADOPTION
Authors: Ogigauneamtiu Florin , Antonoaie Cristina
Published: February 2023

Understanding the organizational culture when studying the information technology is critical as both influence each other on multiple levels. The culture plays an important role in the managerial decision making and directly influences the IT field.
Each organization is based on three fundamental pillars: people, processes and technology, and this holistic model is largely accepted and used in modern present-day organizations. Multiple systems that control the organizational performance and which have as a main focus efficiency improvements of the organizational processes (ITIL, ERP, BI) are adopting this model. Understanding the relationships between people, processes and technology leads to identifying the optimal decisions that must be taken in order to achieve the strategic objectives of the organization.
Organizational change - the capability to adapt to environmental transformations - is essential in today's world and it is determining the survival capacity of the organization on the market. But the resistance to change is a big obstacle in this process and also in the case of adopting a new information technology that is influenced at the same time also by the political authority, rules and legislation, changes in the dynamic of the population and other factors.
That is why we are considering that the relationship between the organizational culture and the way of adopting the IT elements can be analyzed by using the Geert Hofstede's model of dimensions of national culture: power distance index, individualism versus collectivism, masculinity versus femininity, uncertainty avoidance index, long term orientation versus short term normative orientation, indulgence versus restraint.
THE DESIGN AND IMPLEMENTATION OF STUDENT ATTENDANCE TRACKING SYSTEM USING QR CODE CARD
Authors: Abdul rabu Siti nazleen
Published: February 2023

Students' attendance taking and tracking are important in order to monitor students' performance in class which is closely related to their attendance. Good attendance usually leads to good performance and vice versa. Therefore, any problems related to students' attendance should be identified as early as possible so that appropriate measures can be taken to address them. However, tracking students' attendance, especially if done manually, can be tedious and time-consuming, especially for classes with a large number of students. Higher education institutions in Malaysia are now encouraged to explore the potential use of Quick Response (QR) code and smartphone as a future attendance management system to track and record the student's attendance to the class and tutorial. In response, this study attempts to explain the design and implementation of a proposed system developed using Google Drive, Google Form, Google Sheet, Notepad, and QR Code Generator Add-ons in Google Docs. Students were required to scan the unique QR code assigned to them using their smartphone during or at the beginning of each lecture in order to confirm their attendance. This affordable QR code-based attendance system enables lecturers to speed up the process of taking attendance, especially in a large classroom and would save them valuable teaching time. The proposed system provides better security than the traditional methods that depend on the sign-in sheet or roll calling student names including eliminating chances of students signing up for others who may not be present. In addition, it also provides a faster and simpler way to take attendance, which could be easily adopted by lecturers to facilitate the process of taking, managing and keeping the record of students' attendance.
A STUDY ON THE SATISFACTION AT THE WORKPLACE
Authors: Balanescu Ramona cristina
Published: February 2023

The professional satisfaction is a multidimensional concept, generating countless research in certain branches of psychology, in the human resource management, and in performance management, and studying the relationship between the professional satisfaction and the performance in the workplace has a longstanding research tradition in the industrial and organisational psychology.
In a synthetic presentation following the performed studies, some researchers reached the conclusion that the satisfaction is associated to the performance, effort, commitment and intention, and others suggested that the type of reward used by the employers has a strong influence over the performance-professional satisfaction relation.
The contemporary man dedicates a vast part of his life to exercising their profession, and the work satisfaction becomes a very important aspect of the professional activity, with extensive consequences, both on the personal, and on the organisational level.
Thus, the work satisfaction is an indicator that each employee relates to the organisation through. It can be influenced by individual factors - age, training level, qualification level, seniority in the organisation, climate - organisational policies, work conditions, concern for improving the working conditions or personality factors.
In the context hereinabove, this study was performed to investigate both the employees' perceptions on the work satisfaction, and the relation between the recorded performance and the satisfaction at the workplace.
The used researched method is the survey, and the research instruments consist of the questionnaires. In accordance with the purpose, objectives and proposed hypotheses for this study, we opted for a double research approach: both a qualitative approach, and a quantitative approach.
APPROACHES TO COMPANIES’ PERSONNEL EDUCATIONAND TRAINING IN THE FIELD OF DIGITAL MARKETING
Authors: Minculete Gheorghe , Minculete Sorin
Published: February 2023

new world of marketing is constantly evolving and under these conditions, managers of modern companies are acting through training to adapt and manage the changes that take place in the digital world.
Under the new conditions of the digital economy, company trainers are working to train managers and marketers in order to adapt to the demands of modern, highly complex businesses that evolve at a faster rate. Consequently, they act in line with the revolutions in both manufacturing and software industries when new digital marketing strategies are introduced.
Therefore, the instrumentation of Agile methodology in digital marketing will eventually lead to adequate business dynamics, as well as to an expected cost reduction within the companies, according to their missions and business goals.
Furthermore, in the era of digital marketing, the company managers emphasize the continued professional development of the staff, in order to capitalize on the opportunities offered by embedded digital environments in a constantly evolving and transforming world.
The need for educational and training actions for the digital marketing companies' staff involves the development of specific strategies centered on the acquisition of new skills by staff members for the use of new technologies appropriate to modern marketing processes in the digital economy.
Therefore, the education and training mentioned above are intended to enable the effective integration of the digital channels into appropriate marketing activities, which is considered a major challenge for most of the companies.
To this end, training is about implementing some digital transformation programs in order to eliminate errors and nonconformities. In this respect, it starts from the elaboration of the integrated collaborative planning, at the level of each company, in order to perform the efficient digital marketing campaigns.
Through this communication, we will try to highlight the increasing intentions of companies to enhance the training of their digital marketing staff, in order to connect them with current and potential consumers, quickly and efficiently, for the increased capitalization and continued development of their business potential.
SOCIAL NETWORKS: LEARNING TOOLS OR JUST SOCIALIZING ENVIRONMENT?
Authors: Oproiu Gabriela carmen , Ianos Maria gratiela , Litoiu Nicoleta
Published: February 2023

The development of multimedia tools, as well as web 2.0 technologies coming out, led an increase in the interest for integrating these in education. Initially used for socializing, social networks started to be used more frequently in academic education. Everyday use of smartphones and electronic tablets by students had drawn the attention of teachers. As a result, these devices are seen as potential resources used to improve learning and motivation for students.
Using devices during class determines significant changes in the teaching-learning process which requires to reconsider their role in education. Although integrating social networks in education represents a challenge, they are neccessary in order to connect universities to the new generation of students.
Even though social platforms were originally designed to connect people, today they constitute important learning resources through which students create content, work collaboratively and constantly interact in order to ease the learning process.
The potential of social networks, student motivation for using such platforms for learning, creating online communities for certain didactic activities are themes the academic community is concerned with, and are also frequently approached in literature.
Among social networks, Facebook is the most used one. Without having been designed specifically for learning, due to the impact it has on the youth, it can be used in the new social context as a great opportunity through which a collaborative, interactive and attractive learning environment for 21st century students can be created.
The present paper aims to analyse the opinion of engineering students regarding the use of social networks in their own learning process. The purpose for which they are used is being analysed and so is their impact on learning.
MODERN TEACHING METHODS USED IN THE STUDY OF SENSORS AND TRANSDUCERS IN THE BIOMEDICAL FIELD
Authors: Andritoi Doru , Luca Catalina , Fuior Robert
Published: February 2023

Technology is becoming easier and more available, but is not yet intuitive enough; socio-demographic factors such as educational qualifications, age and income have a decisive influence on the adoption and dissemination of new technologies, especially in the use of PCs and the Internet.
As our perspective on education expands, from a learning environment limited by the four walls to an on-line learning environment, and the classical conception of the teaching-learning process is changing. Beyond traditional teaching methods, a way to highlight teacher's didactic competence relates to the use of the electronic portfolio.
Sensor and transducers study is one of the fundamental courses found in all electrical engineering and most science programs.
New technologies applied in medicine bring major changes in investigative strategies and in the efficiency of treatments, as well as in the psychological implications induced by patients by the medical act. The use of sensors has emerged imminently with the development of microelectronics, adding a new perspective to technical terminology with a certain redundancy. iWorx Teaching Kit enables biomedical engineering instructors using the National Instruments Educational Laboratory Virtual Instrumentation Suite (ELVIS) to teach the theory
and design and accommodate as well a wide range of sensors and biosensors.
Both sensors and biosensors are extremely extensive research fields with direct application in medical practice.
Most often use the computer in the middle teaching role is confused with e-learning application. The computer has a variety of capabilities and offers many advantages when used in the teaching process. What is important, however, knows these advantages, how to use the computer in lessons.
ASSISTED MOVEMENT TRAINING SYSTEM FOR CONVENTIONAL THERAPY TECHNIQUES REHABILITATION
Authors: Fuior Robert , Andritoi Doru , Luca Catalina , Matei Daniela
Published: February 2023

Post-stroke rehabilitation is important for them to regain back the mobility and fitness to do the things they did previously. Post-stroke rehabilitation process may include physical activity which requires extensive exercise plus patient's self motivation to complete the process. Recent studies have shown that intensive and repetitive training may be able to modify neuronal organization and facilitate the recovery of functional motor skills using a motricity recovery platform. The most important cause of long-term morbidity and disability in Europe is stroke, according to the European Stroke Association (ESO); not less than 40% of patients need active rehabilitation. From the perspective of modern stroke management, patients should be transferred as soon as possible to their home, monitored daily and stimulated in a multidisciplinary and motivational atmosphere.
The aim of this project is to develop and implement a complex system of medical rehabilitation of patients using a system with different sensors placed on a platform for the recovery of fingers after a stroke. The developed platform is based on 5 weight sensors distributed each for one finger with an amplifier and an analogue-to-digital converter located at each sensor. These sensors will measure the degree of flexion/flexion of your fingers. So that a sufficient number of values and good accuracy can be determined to assess the subject's affection. The higher the sensor's sensitivity will change its electrical resistivity. The recorded signals will be sent to the AVR central unit (Arduino Studio), which will monitor the values obtained. We will return the data in a GUI to the computer via the Bluetooth connection on each individual sensor. This will monitor the patient's progress after each session.
INFORMATICS SYSTEM FOR WORKPIECE CLAMPING SCHEME GENERATION IN MACHINING FIXTURES
Authors: Seghedin Neculai eugen , Dragos Chitariu
Published: February 2023

Clamping is the technological stage where the orientation and positioning scheme is conserved during machining, by applying a force system. The optimal clamping scheme is determined from a multitude of technical possible clamping schemes. There is an double process of selection, first a technical selection is made and second and economical selection, based on solution cost. More technical-possible clamping/ tightening schemes can be generated due to the following: various surfaces of the part can be used to apply one or more clamping forces, on various directions, sense, and point of application, if multiple clamping forces are applied, they may be parallel, convergent or divergent; the clamping forces can be applied in various successions. The informatics system proposed, in this paper, allows the generation, systematically and scientifically, of technical-possible clamping/ tightening schemes in machining fixtures. It starts from the optimal orientation-positioning scheme, which essentially indicates the orientation-positioning surfaces and the degrees of freedom to be removed. Next, an identification of the types of surfaces that delimitate the workpiece is made. On each type of surface, the program offers several solutions for the location of the main clamping forces and, eventually, of the pre-clamping or initial clamping forces. Finally, the various clamping possibilities are combined for each surface, thus, resulting several clamping schemes for the entire workpiece. The informatics system allows ranking of the generated clamping schemes, based on the number of clamping forces. Based on the study, the task of setup planning and fixture design was structured into a setup planning and fixture design plan. The plan was implemented as a system that automatically plans the setup sequence and designs fixture configurations from the toleranced solid model of the finished component.
TEACHING AND E-LEARNING ABOUT COTTON RING SPINNING FRAME
Authors: Barbu Ionel , Komjaty Andrei , Fogorasi Magdalena simona , Bucevschi Adina , Pustianu Monica
Published: February 2023

This paper presents a modern, e-learning method designed for the study of the ring spinning frame for processing cotton fibers, blends of cotton and chemical fibers or chemical fibers cotton types.
It envisages a new teaching and learning approach for the laboratory of subject Processes and Machines in Cotton Spinning Mill comprised in the academic curricula of the 3rd year students, specialization Technology and Design Textile Products, by combination of text based learning with audio-visual support.
The ring spinning frame is placed at the end of the technological flowchart for processing of cotton and cotton blends for manufacturing of classic yarns. Within this machine the roving resulted from the roving frame is transformed into yarn.
The main operations carried out in the spinning process comprise: drawing of roving, twisting of the fibrous and winding of yarn on the pirn.
The work is done in Power Point aiming to capture the attention of the students. Besides, the transition from chapter to chapter or to additional relevant aspects within a chapter is accomplished by means of hyperlinks.
The kinematic and technological schemes developed on AutoCAD serve to calculus (kinematic and technological) and facilitate a better understanding of the machine functioning, part of the machine or different mechanisms. Supplementary, several images, audio and video files support the learning and understanding process. The video material derive from personal records or from processing films available in the public space, www.youtube.com, using Adobe Premiere Pro CS6 software.
For each kinematic or technological parameter to be calculated, the respective kinematic chains are revealed by changing the properties of the respective entities (kind, thickness or color of gears).
The paper can be accessed from the official website of the university, http://www.uav.ro/, in the platform https://core.uav.ro/ containing all the bibliographic materials uploaded for students. The access requires a username and password, both for teachers who publish information and for students as users.
INTERACTIVE SHAPE SIZER LIBRARY FOR FULLY FASHION KNITWEAR TRAINING
Authors: Blaga Mirela , Dan Dorin , Penciuc Mihai
Published: February 2023

The fully fashion knitting is an actual solution for producing two-dimensional shapes, appropriate to the desired finished garment structure, with minimal or no cutting, being one of the most efficient technology. The knitting programs can be processed using the automatic specialized software, developed worldwide by various machine builders. Among them, the M1plus(R) software from Stoll GmbH Germany, offers programs for creating completely new shapes or available libraries for customizing the existing shapes. The paper focuses on the presentation of the opportunities offered by the Shape Sizer program, as interactive package for designing and tailoring the shapes for online or offline training. The user can exploit the flexible features of this package, concerning the type of the knitwear product, with all structural and shape particularities. There are a variety of different shapes available, from the pullover to the single shapes, cardigans or slip overs. The programmer accesses the library choosing the knitting technology type, fully fashion or knit and wear, and then all the details regarding the panel sizes, stitch densities, narrowing or widening steps, are set-up. The program allows the grading of the panels in all dimensions, facilitating thus the further manufacturing steps. The high quality of the final product is ensured by the shaping details on the linking between the constituent parts and the binding off in the sleeves.
Working with software existing libraries is a significant simplification of the programming process, as the user does no need to build all the base patterns every time a new design or machine type is required. More, for the personal training and self assessment, the off line versions are extremely useful, allowing the learner to study in his personal rhythm and environment.
THE APPLICATIONS OF MICROLEARNING IN HIGHER EDUCATION IN TEXTILES
Authors: Buhu Adrian , Buhu Liliana
Published: February 2023

Nowadays, the educational system is not able to satisfy the job market requirements in a sufficient rate. Because of this reason, the young people are not interested in spending the time to listen to lectures or to read bulky books. They prefer immediate use or application of the obtained knowledge and skills and require the options to learn anytime and anywhere, not only in the schools. It is therefore necessary for teachers and trainers to try to understand that young people are more active than their parents in general, and they choose their knowledge and skills, whose usefulness they can imagine or prove in a short time. This is possible to achieve using the online learning, which is widely used by different organizations (schools, universities and also companies). But online courses seem to imitate traditional ones (structure, resources, etc.), which does not bring the desired results. In view of these observations, the ability to learn and the learning speed are thus an important factor for increasing the quality of individual life, not only for students and adults. From this point of view, the lifelong education and training is a feature of the Information Society. Taking into account the fact that technologies are constantly evolving, learning never ceases, and students and employees should be familiar with new information, completing knowledge gaps and keeping learning materials. Micro-learning can fill these gaps as it arrives just in time and it is compliant with the specific needs the learners have. This article presents the possibility of using Moodle cloud to create micro-learning content.
COMPUTING THE SEWING TIME AND THE DETERMINING HOW TO DRIVE INDUSTRIAL SEWING MACHINES
Authors: Dulgheriu Ionut , Ionescu Irina , Loghin Emil constantin
Published: February 2023

A clothing engineer has to know the importance of the sewing time in correlation with the characteristics of the sewing machine and how to decide if the worker controls the industrial sewing machines properly. During the sewing process, the productivity of its specific operations depends on: the time of usage of the sewing machines; the complexity of the sewing operation, the operator's skills and the technical characteristics of the sewing machine. The sewing time is the one in which the sewing capacity of the machine is used to the full extent if the usual operating speed is attained. A sewing operation involves interruptions and repositioning the piece, specific movements which lead to the interruption of the sewing process and cause the machine to idle. During the sewing process, the speed of the main shaft of the machine varies continuously, depending on the shape of the sewing contour.

If the shape of the sewing lines is not too complicated, the worker can increase the speed of the machine to its maximum values at certain times (when the machine runs across seams on the long lengths and straight lines). The speed of the sewing machine can be negatively influenced by the losses caused by the empty strokes of the machine. In this paper, the authors explain a method of assessing the qualitative and energetic index of sewing machines, by taking into consideration the complexity of the sewing operation, the worker's level of qualification and the degree of mechanisation. By being provided with video explanations, the students or any technicians acquire a better understanding of how to compute the sewing time, and of how to determine the time and production norms, for different sewing operations
THE ANALYSIS OF THE INTERACTION OF WORKING BODIES THROUGH STUDYING THE CYCLORAMA OF THE SEWING MACHINE
Authors: Dulgheriu Ionut , Ionescu Irina , Avadanei Manuela , Ionesi Savin dorin
Published: February 2023

In a sewing process, there is a close interaction between several factors: the working parts of the sewing machine which are actioned by an electric drive, the material (type, number of layers, the relative position of the layers) with different parts of the sewing machine and the worker (level of qualification). The result of this complex interaction is the seam. A good correlation between the working parts of the sewing machine determines a good seam, which is visible when one inspects the aspect of the garment. It is important for a clothing engineer to understand the mechanisms of a sewing machine (how they should work, as well as the correlation between their movements), because the final result (the seam) must fulfil the quality requirements. The interactions between the working parts of the sewing machine are analysed by taking into consideration the stages of the stitching process and the cyclorama of the sewing machine. A cyclorama is a graphical representation of the correlation between the active routes between all of the components of the sewing machine involved in the stitching process. The active route of a working part (component) involved in the aforementioned process is defined as the time it needs to make a complete movement (a point placed on the component describes a complete trajectory). The active work part rate is the time in which the machine part takes part in the stitching process and it is determined by the rotation angle of the main shaft (or the flywheel) measured from the moment when the working part gets involved in the process until the one it ceases to be so. In this paper, the authors present the stages of designing the cyclorama of a sewing machine used in evaluating if it is working properly or not. If they are provided with video tutorials, the students will be able to understand the moments in which the components of the sewing machines become involved in the process and the ones in which they cease to do so, their role in the process of sewing, as well as the relative positions of the working parts at specific moments. The cyclorama is useful in determining the angles of rotation of the main shaft corresponding to the active races of each working part.
HOW THE GPS MONITORING SYSTEM HELPS US IN CONDUCTING TRAINING AND IMPROVING PERFORMANCE IN RUGBY
Authors: Dreve Adina , Marinescu Gheorghe , Stoica Marius , Ticala Laurentiu daniel
Published: February 2023

In this study we want to present the benefits that GPS monitoring system brings to sports performance. Global Positioning Systems or simply GPS is increasingly used in all sports disciplines, providing a wealth of information that coaches, athletes and, in particular strength and conditioning trainer, use to conduct the entire training process. It also helps us with effortlessness testing by providing real-time information. The GPS can be put in a special pocket of the vest or T-shirt of each player. The pocket is placed in the cervical area, to reduce as much as possible the chances of accidents during the match. With the help of this equipment (supplied with a software), for each player, we can determine five ranges of speed (0 - 6 km/h, 6 - 12 km/h, 12 - 18 km/h, 18 - 21 km /h and over 21 km/h), the distances covered, the
highest and lowest pulse rates, the highest speed, the number of accelerations, the total distance covered at a speed higher than 21 km/h, the total number of collisions and the number of rough collisions (more powerful than 5G); by subtracting the latter
from the former, we can find the number of moderate collisions. Seeing that we are the first owners of this kind of equipment, in Romanian rugby.

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In this study we want to present the benefits that GPS monitoring system brings to sports performance. Global Positioning Systems or simply GPS is increasingly used in all sports disciplines, providing a wealth of information that coaches, athletes and, in particular strength and conditioning trainer, use to conduct the entire training process. It also helps us with effortlessness testing by providing real-time information. The GPS can be put in a special pocket of the vest or T-shirt of each player. The pocket is placed in the cervical area, to reduce as much as possible the chances of accidents during the match. With the help of this equipment (supplied with a software), for each player, we can determine five ranges of speed (0 - 6 km/h, 6 - 12 km/h, 12 - 18 km/h, 18 - 21 km /h and over 21 km/h), the distances covered, the
highest and lowest pulse rates, the highest speed, the number of accelerations, the total distance covered at a speed higher than 21 km/h, the total number of collisions and the number of rough collisions (more powerful than 5G); by subtracting the latter
from the former, we can find the number of moderate collisions. Seeing that we are the first owners of this kind of equipment, in Romanian rugby.