bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
The Several Logics of Quantification
Authors: Labov William
Published: July 2015

Proceedings of the Eleventh Annual Meeting of the Berkeley Linguistics Society (1985), pp. 175-195
Towards a Non-Paradigmatic Morphology
Authors: Ford A. , Singh R.
Published: July 2015

Proceedings of the Eleventh Annual Meeting of the Berkeley Linguistics Society (1985), pp. 87-95
Expressive Language in White Hmong
Authors: Pederson Eric
Published: July 2015

Proceedings of the Twelfth Annual Meeting of the Berkeley Linguistics Society (1986), pp. 472-484
On the Acquisition of the Vowel Shift Rule
Authors: Jaeger Jeri J.
Published: July 2015

Proceedings of the Twelfth Annual Meeting of the Berkeley Linguistics Society (1986), pp. 159-171
Polysemy vs. Abstraction: Mutually Exclusive or Complementary?
Authors: Sweetser Eve E.
Published: July 2015

Proceedings of the Twelfth Annual Meeting of the Berkeley Linguistics Society (1986), pp. 528-538
The Grammaticization of Number as a Verbal Category
Authors: Durie Mark
Published: July 2015

Proceedings of the Twelfth Annual Meeting of the Berkeley Linguistics Society (1986), pp. 355-368
Thematic Roles and Semantics
Authors: Dowty David R.
Published: July 2015

Proceedings of the Twelfth Annual Meeting of the Berkeley Linguistics Society (1986), pp. 340-354
Weak Crossover and Obviation
Authors: Dahlstrom Amy
Published: July 2015

Proceedings of the Twelfth Annual Meeting of the Berkeley Linguistics Society (1986), pp. 51-60
When is a Classifier No Longer a Classifier?
Authors: Kegl Judy , Schley Sara
Published: July 2015

Proceedings of the Twelfth Annual Meeting of the Berkeley Linguistics Society (1986), pp. 425-441
When Zero Isn’t There
Authors: Mithun Marianne
Published: July 2015

Proceedings of the Twelfth Annual Meeting of the Berkeley Linguistics Society (1986), pp. 195-211
Adaptation and Naturalization in a Linguistic Area: Sinhala Focused Sentences
Authors: Gair James W.
Published: July 2015

Proceedings of the Sixth Annual Meeting of the Berkeley Linguistics Society (1980), pp. 28-43
Antipassives and Causatives in Halkomelem
Authors: Gerdts Donna B.
Published: July 2015

Proceedings of the Sixth Annual Meeting of the Berkeley Linguistics Society (1980), pp. 300-314
Dative Clitics in Albanian: Evidence for Syntactic Levels
Authors: Hubbard Philip L.
Published: July 2015

Proceedings of the Seventh Annual Meeting of the Berkeley Linguistics Society (1981), pp. 82-92
Is Whorf’s Relativity Einstein’s Relativity?
Authors: Alford Danny Keith Hawkmoon
Published: July 2015

Proceedings of the Seventh Annual Meeting of the Berkeley Linguistics Society (1981), pp. 13-26
The Lexicalization of Linguistic Action
Authors: Verschueren Jef
Published: July 2015

Proceedings of the Seventh Annual Meeting of the Berkeley Linguistics Society (1981), pp. 328-335
The Sociostylistics of Minority Dialect in Literary Prose
Authors: Traugott Elizabeth Closs
Published: July 2015

Proceedings of the Seventh Annual Meeting of the Berkeley Linguistics Society (1981), pp. 308-316
Topicalization in Breton
Authors: Anderson Stephen R.
Published: July 2015

Proceedings of the Seventh Annual Meeting of the Berkeley Linguistics Society (1981), pp. 27-39
Transitivity and Foregrounding in the North Caucasus
Authors: Nichols Johanna
Published: July 2015

Proceedings of the Seventh Annual Meeting of the Berkeley Linguistics Society (1981), pp. 202-221
3->2 Advancement, Beneficiary Advancement, and With
Authors: Channon Robert
Published: July 2015

Proceedings of the Eighth Annual Meeting of the Berkeley Linguistics Society (1982)
Basque Copulative Compounds: A Problem in Irreversible Binomials
Authors: Jacobsen, Jr. Willam H.
Published: July 2015

Proceedings of the Eighth Annual Meeting of the Berkeley Linguistics Society (1982)
Discourse Topic and Children’s Emerging Ability to Handle It
Authors: Foster Sue
Published: July 2015

Proceedings of the Eighth Annual Meeting of the Berkeley Linguistics Society (1982)
In Search of Coefficients in Diachronic Morphological Analysis: /i/ as an Increasingly Dominant Vowel in Spanish Inflectional Morphemes
Authors: Malkiel Yakov
Published: July 2015

Proceedings of the Eighth Annual Meeting of the Berkeley Linguistics Society (1982)
Lexicology and Stylistics. Vocabulary of Provençal Courtly Lyrics – Introductory Remarks
Authors: Dembowski Peter F.
Published: July 2015

Proceedings of the Eighth Annual Meeting of the Berkeley Linguistics Society (1982)
Neologisms in ‘Word Salad’: How Schizophrenic Speakers Make Themselves Misunderstood
Authors: Carpenter Kathie
Published: July 2015

Proceedings of the Eighth Annual Meeting of the Berkeley Linguistics Society (1982)
Reflexive, Impersonal, and Passive in Italian and Florentine
Authors: Stefanini Ruggero
Published: July 2015

Proceedings of the Eighth Annual Meeting of the Berkeley Linguistics Society (1982)
Rhyme or Reason? A Look at Syllable-Internal Constituents
Authors: Davis Stuart
Published: July 2015

Proceedings of the Eighth Annual Meeting of the Berkeley Linguistics Society (1982)
Transitivity, Ergativity, and Topicality in Chamorro Narrative Discourse
Authors: Cooreman Ann
Published: July 2015

Proceedings of the Eighth Annual Meeting of the Berkeley Linguistics Society (1982)
Verbs of Motion and Arrival in Mixtec
Authors: Macaulay Monica
Published: July 2015

Proceedings of the Eighth Annual Meeting of the Berkeley Linguistics Society (1982)
Yakov Malkiel
Authors: Justice David
Published: July 2015

Proceedings of the Eighth Annual Meeting of the Berkeley Linguistics Society (1982)
The Linguistics of Causal Accounts
Authors: Ehrich Veronika U.
Published: July 2015

Proceedings of the Eighth Annual Meeting of the Berkeley Linguistics Society (1982)
Snaturalitè in Ruzante and the Venetian Prefix S
Authors: Tuttle Edward F.
Published: July 2015

Proceedings of the Eighth Annual Meeting of the Berkeley Linguistics Society (1982)
The Functional Equivalents of the Middle Voice in Child Language
Authors: Savasir Iskender , Gee Julie
Published: July 2015

Proceedings of the Eighth Annual Meeting of the Berkeley Linguistics Society (1982)
*e Before Nasal Clusters in Latin
Authors: Hamp Eric P.
Published: July 2015

Proceedings of the Ninth Annual Meeting of the Berkeley Linguistics Society (1983), pp. 84-87
A Comparative Study of Topic and Focus Constructions with Special Reference to Tzotzil
Authors: Myhill John
Published: July 2015

Proceedings of the Ninth Annual Meeting of the Berkeley Linguistics Society (1983), pp. 155-169
A Metrical Analysis of English Prefixes
Authors: Bates Dawn E.
Published: July 2015

Proceedings of the Ninth Annual Meeting of the Berkeley Linguistics Society (1983), pp. 1-9
Agent-Patient Languages and Split Case Marking Systems
Authors: Dahlstrom Amy
Published: July 2015

Proceedings of the Ninth Annual Meeting of the Berkeley Linguistics Society (1983), pp. 37-46
Development of Word Associations in a Second Language
Authors: Piranian Deborah
Published: July 2015

Proceedings of the Ninth Annual Meeting of the Berkeley Linguistics Society (1983), pp. 202-210
Linguistic Competence and Folk Theories of Language: Two English Hedges
Authors: Kay Paul
Published: July 2015

Proceedings of the Ninth Annual Meeting of the Berkeley Linguistics Society (1983), pp. 128-137
Markers of Definiteness in Indo-Aryan
Authors: Junghare Indira Y.
Published: July 2015

Proceedings of the Ninth Annual Meeting of the Berkeley Linguistics Society (1983), pp. 116-127
Symbolics and Symbolic Change
Authors: Hsieh Hsin-I
Published: July 2015

Proceedings of the Ninth Annual Meeting of the Berkeley Linguistics Society (1983), pp. 96-103
The Correspondence between Linguistic Tone and Musical Melody
Authors: Leben William R.
Published: July 2015

Proceedings of the Ninth Annual Meeting of the Berkeley Linguistics Society (1983), pp. 148-157
Yakut Assimilation and the Strength/Sonority Hierarchy
Authors: Dobrovolsky Michael
Published: July 2015

Proceedings of the Ninth Annual Meeting of the Berkeley Linguistics Society (1983), pp. 74-83
Case and 0-Marking in Malayalam: Implications for the Projection Principle
Authors: Jayaseelan K. A.
Published: July 2015

Proceedings of the Ninth Annual Meeting of the Berkeley Linguistics Society (1983), pp. 104-115
Аферата и измамата на Ендрју Џереми Вакефилд (Andrew Jeremy Wakefield) за аутизам
Authors: Христоманова-Митковска Славица , Спироски Мирко
Published: July 2015

Andrew Jeremy Wakefield е поранешен истражувач познат по научно истражувачкиот труд објавен во 1998 година во кој тврдеше дека постои поврзаност помеѓу комбинираната вакцина за мали сипаници, заушки и рубеола и појавата на аутизмот и заболувања на цревата. Објавениот труд беше контраверзен и доведе до широк публицитет во Велика Британија. Четири години по објавувањето на трудот, други истражувачи не успеале да ги повторат наодите на Wakefield и да ја потврдат неговата хипотеза. Во 2004 весникот Sunday Times и новинарот Brian Deer спровеле истрага за истражувањето, а во 2010 година петчлениот суд на Главниот медицински совет утврдил дека сомненијата за измама се основани, вклучувајќи четири дела за нечесност и дванаесет дела кои се однесуваат за злоупотреба на деца со пречки во развојот. Во текот на наредните години на овие првични обвиненија биле додадени и нови. Истражувањата насочени кон докажување на измамата продолжуваат и понатаму и се откриваат нови докази против Wakefield.
Pull-out тест и ефектoт од употребата на различни видови цементи и надградбени системи врз ендондонски третирани заби
Authors: Јуруковска-Шотаровска Весна , Капушевска Билјана , Јовановски Сашо
Published: July 2015

ОСНОВА: Секоја дентална надградба за да ги задоволи основните протетички принципи, треба да овозможи долготрајна и сигурна ретенција со коронката или мостот, за да се постигне правилен пренос на оптоварувањето врз целиот корен и околните потпорни ткива.
ЦЕЛ: Од севкупно искористената литература, произлезе целта на истражувањето, да се испита pull-out тестот во корелација со различните видови цементи употребени за различни видови надградбени системи, поставени врз ендодонтски третирани заби.
МАТЕРИЈАЛИ И МЕТОД: Литературните податоци за pull-out-тестот во овој ревиски труд се добиени со електронско пребарување на Medline, PubMed Central, Research Gate, Google scholar и останати интернет страници. Поради недостаток на таков тип на податоци од нашата земја тие не се земени во предвид.
РЕЗУЛТАТИ: Резултатите добиени од литературните и научните истражувања укажуваат на фактот дека самоадхезивните смолести цементи допринесуваат до многу добра ретенција на колчињата во коренскиот дел на забот, занемарувајки ја дебелината на цементот.
ДИСКУСИЈА: Според литературните сознанија вo in vitro студиите за рull-out тестот се укажува на атхезија на фибер колчињата со самонагризувачкиот и самоврзувачкиот смолест цемент. Клиничката релеватност на овој тест се базира на фактот дека дебондирањето е најчеста можна грешка при апликација на фибер колчињата. Следователно е дека и аксијалното полнење би се сметало како доминантно при клиничките реставрации. Во други пак студии се прикажува дека смолестиот цемент има значително влијание врз силите на извлекувачката врска и користените колчиња. Анализирајќи други литературни сознанија за карактеристиките на адхезија на испитаните цементи се осознава дека таа зависи и од самоврзувачката способност на phosphoric acid methacrylate мономерите кои ја сочинуваат неговата матрица. Одредени податоци водат кон тоа дека компатибилноста на смолните цементи со површината на колчињата може да придонесе за подобро ретинирање на колчето во коренскиот дел на забот.
ЗАКЛУЧОЦИ: Во склоп на оваа, а и повеќе вакви in vitro студии, се заклучува дека тестираните самоатхезивните смолести цементи можат да придонесат за добра ретенција на колчињата во коренскиот дел на забот, без разлика на дебелината на слоевите од цементот. Коресподирајќи со различни автори и нивните сознанија, дојдено е до интересен заклучок дека најдобри резултати дава за RelyX Unicem цементот. Друг заклучок за секојдневната пракса, е и дека дијаметарот на употребуваните колчиња во дадени моменти може да се занемари, но кога се употребува соодветниот цемент.
Improving Employment Outcomes in Assertive Community Treatment (ACT): The Role of the ACT Nurse
Authors: Waynor William R. , Dolce Joni N.
Published: July 2015

Assertive community treatment (ACT) for individuals with serious mental illness is a community-based mental health service model where nurses play a significant leadership role as health and wellness educators and consultants to consumers and fellow staff members. The ACT model was designed to include a vocational focus as an important aspect of community integration. Nevertheless, research suggests that ACT does not assist a significant number of consumers in achieving employment goals. Nurses can play a critical part in the recovery and wellness of individuals receiving ACT services. Individual placement and support principles provide a foundation for implementing employment into current services. [Journal of Psychosocial Nursing and Mental Health Services,53(7), 31–37.]
Internal temperature elevation of a closed power cycle's input heat resulting from differentials in excess enthalpies of solution
Authors: Van Den Einde David
Published: July 2015

A closed power cycle using a supercritical solvent and solid solute as its working fluid is described. The difference in excess enthalpies of solution between high and low solvent densities caused by retrograde solubility in the supercritical region serves to internally elevate the
temperature of a portion of the cycle's Q1 heat input before that energy affects gas expansion. The effect this internal temperature elevation has on cycle efficiency poses a dilemma for accepted definitions of the second law of thermodynamics.
Limits of reductionism and the measurement problem
Authors: Bolotin Arkady
Published: July 2015

In the paper, I tackle the following questions: Could the difficulty in solving the Schrödinger equation for an arbitrarily large system be a reflection of some nature's intrinsic property? And if so, could this difficulty be a resolution to the measurement problem?
On the cosmic background radiation and the age of the Universe
Authors: Meléndez Lugo Leandro
Published: July 2015

A basic fundamental analysis indicates that any radiation emitted by remote objects, such as galaxies and quasars, has only a limited age in comparison with that of the Universe. The radiation emitted by such objects thousands of millions of years ago is the oldest one that can be detected.
Any previous radiation emitted by these bodies during their dispersion process resulting from the Universe expansion cannot be detected. It is shown on the basis of this analysis that the age of the Universe is much greater than that established as 13,700 millions of years and that the cosmic
microwave background radiation must have a source other than the Big Bang.
Words and formulas in quantum field theory: Disentangling and reassembling the basic concepts for teaching
Authors: Bertozzi Eugenio , Ercolessi Elisa , Levrini Olivia
Published: July 2015

We address some problem related to teaching quantum field theory at the university level. After a discussion of the pros and cons of the canonical quantization approach, we present an alternative teaching proposal. The novelty of this approach rests on the idea of using a multilevel
structure, where the levels of phenomenology, formalism and interpretation are related but distinguishable. In this context, the quantization of the electromagnetic field, which is taken as a paradigmatic case in the standard approach, is addressed as a special case and studied only in the
last step.
Can extra dimensions be detected from planetary orbital observations?
Authors: Bevelacqua J. J.
Published: July 2015

The orbital characteristics of a planet depend on the number of spacetime dimensions. Recent observations of rogue planets are supportive of these extra dimensions.
Hydrodynamic theory of magnetic fields due to electron currents in a straight wire
Authors: Dayton Benjamin B.
Published: July 2015

In previous articles in this journal, the author presented hydrodynamic models of the electron as a sink and the positron as a source for the continuous flow of a primordial incompressible ideal fluid from sources to sinks in ordinary three-dimensional space generating the electrostatic
field. The return flow from a sink to a source occurs through a wormhole tube (called an ether string) in four-dimensional space-time. It was assumed that the finite core of a primitive electron and the core of a primitive positron would be trapped at the boundary surface of the cylindrical
core of a linear vortex in the fluid. The interaction between the flow component into the electron sink and the vortex field would wind the ether string linking the electron and positron cores into a helix (called an ether spring) located at the surface of the vortex core. Loosely bound electrons
in metal atoms can migrate through the lattice of a metal crystal while still remaining linked by an ether spring to the positron in the proton in the original atomic nucleus. When a piece of metal is broken into two or more parts, some of the free electrons in each part may remain linked
to protons in another part. These electrons are referred to as externally linked conduction electrons. When such electrons are induced to move along a straight wire, a magnetic field is generated around the wire. The magnetic field is due to regions of vorticity in the primordial fluid around
the wire. These regions result from a criss-crossing of fixed and moving ether springs. The fixed ether springs link conduction electrons in metal objects outside the wire to positive ions in the wire. The axes of ether springs linked to the moving conduction electrons in the wire are straight
and inclined forward through a small Lorentz angle so that they cross over the fixed straight ether springs linked to positive ions in the wire. It can be shown that the overlapping ether springs produce regions with a vorticity with vorticity vectors tangent to circles centered on the straight
wire axis. Alternating currents will cause these regions of vorticity to move outward away from the wire corresponding to radio waves.
Local Communities Platform for Restoration of “Kizuna”
Authors: Kurata Noriko , Ohashi Masakazu , Hori Mayumi
Published: July 2015

Residents of towns near nuclear power plants have been forced to evacuate to other areas due to the nuclear disaster, being scattered and living in various parts of Japan, causing “empty time” which will lead to collapse of the local community in these areas. Dispersed residents hope to restore their hometown along with the community, and the government also puts up restoration of “Kizuna” as a keyword for reconstruction. It is therefore proposed in this chapter to develop a platform that can systematically accumulate information owned by the local government and residents with ICT, for the purpose of restoring “Kizuna”. With this platform, residents mutually dispatch information on daily living on their own. This will help maintain association of information which will be necessary to recollect memories; therefore sharing of such information will be promoted and the “empty time” will be filled.
EX-ANTE and EX-POST Model
Authors: Páscoa Carlos , Silva Sérgio , Tribolet José
Published: July 2015

The current international financial situation is causing serious budgetary constraints at the level of governmental organizations. This chapter describes how the Portuguese Air Force, in response to financial constraints, has added effectiveness and efficiency to the management of scarce resources by adopting new artifacts. One of the tools adopted is the Integrated Operational Management Information System (SIGOP). At the operational level, this tool is used for storing execution data, with no relation with the planned operational objectives. In order to join planning and execution, this research used the theoretical support of the EX-ANTE and EX-POST Model, in conjunction with the Zachman framework, to propose the Operational Management Model, which allows accounting of access control, registration and validation mechanisms within the information systems, essential to the Organization. Also, inserting planning data and Key Performance Indicators increased the SIGOP capabilities and permitted alignment between strategic level management objectives and execution.
Organizational Cockpit
Authors: Páscoa Carlos , Moreira Marco , Tribolet José
Published: July 2015

The “rationalization of costs” is the actual paradigm of current national and international scene. However, even in a time of enormous savings, organizations must continue to effectively perform their missions. To accomplish it without the slightest fault and in spite of budget reductions, organizations must possess the ability to adapt to reality and create mechanisms that provide situational awareness and rapid reaction to external actions. One of these mechanisms involves finding indicators that can assess the effectiveness of the operation. This chapter develops the theory behind an artifact that is used to obtain the Global Organizational Effectiveness Index Subsystem that, when applied to an organizational subsystem will give quantitative and qualitative information about its performance by comparing the performed actions with the planned actions. The research was conducted in the Portuguese Air Force and the resulting Model is now being used with success in the operational subsystem.
Theory of Intelligent Collectives
Authors: McKoy Megan , Spitler S. , Zuchegno Kelsey , Taylor E. , Hewitt K. C. , Shallcross John , Roman Preston , Clontz Nadya , Goetz Austin , Asmann Kevin , Enslein Alana , Hobbs Stephen , Reeves Robert A. , Patton Tadd , Lawless W. F.
Published: July 2015

We review our theory of robust intelligence (RI) for groups. We examine the quality of decisions by groups in the laboratory under either majority rule (MR) or consensus rule (CR). Theoretically, engagement in decision-making becomes a factor depending on whether an individual is in a group or in competition between groups. From earlier research, measures of engagement in three-person groups included self-reports, counts of utterances during discussions, and changes in electro-dermal activity (i.e., galvanic skin responses, or GSR). We predicted engagement (number of utterances) would be greater under CR than MR; under MR, we predicted that GSRs would be greater (more attention). Based on partial analyses, participants under CR spoke significantly more often during discussions than MR. As predicted, after de-trending GSR data, we found MR produced higher GSRs and shorter discussions. Our recent work in group size has increased to five participants working on Wason Selection Tasks.
Cloud Carbon Abatement
Authors: Saffre Fabrice , Krug Louise
Published: July 2015

In this chapter, we use a scenario-based approach to present the real opportunities for carbon abatement arising from the use of cloud services, but also to identify the dangerous misconceptions that could undermine their energy and carbon saving potential. In particular, we emphasise the key and often forgotten fact that improving energy efficiency does not necessarily amount to curbing Green House Gases (GHG) emissions. Making a clear distinction between reduced energy consumption and a lighter carbon footprint is of particular importance in the context of cloud services because of their global nature and the huge differences in the carbon intensity of electricity generation between countries. We also present evidence that not all businesses or services are equal with respect to the carbon abatement potential of a cloud-based alternative, with “low-tech” small and medium enterprises often offering the best prospects.
Environmental Assessment of Hybrid Broadband Satellite Systems
Authors: Dickerson Keith , Faulkner David , Wall Nigel , Watts Simon
Published: July 2015

This chapter describes the environmental assessment of hybrid broadband satellite systems using the latest lifecycle analysis (LCA) techniques. The BATS (Broadband Access via integrated Terrestrial and Satellite systems) project has based its assessments on the GHG Protocol approach, with the ETSI LCA and ITU-T L.1400 methodology series used to provide more detailed guidance where this is needed. This assessment has shown that it is possible to employ cut off rules and approximations to reduce the cost or length of an assessment and still provide useful results. The assessment has shown that, using current technology for the IUG and satellite modem, the carbon footprint of a hybrid broadband satellite network can be comparable with that of a terrestrial (fixed or mobile) network for an equivalent level of service when the use of low-power states are considered. The implementation of these states in future commercial systems should be explored. Finally ways are suggested to reduce the environmental impact of hybrid broadband satellite systems, in particular by reducing energy (power) consumption during the use stage. Key issues include how to compare the energy efficiency of a hybrid broadband satellite network with other methods of broadband delivery, how to accurately assess the carbon embodied during the production of the equipment, and how to use low-power modes to reduce energy consumption without affecting the response time or quality of experience (QoE).
Quality Enhancement in Designing E-Tourism Service Systems
Authors: Wang Ye , Sun Jie
Published: July 2015

With many e-tourism businesses providing same or similar services, quality has become an important indicator for good e-tourism services. Yet, Quality of Tourism Service (QoTS) is usually difficult to handle due to a set of characteristics. In this chapter, the authors have identified a core set of common QoTSs such as performance, reliability and security through the investigation of several e-tourism systems. This chapter will first give precise definitions to a set of QoTSs and then present detailed metrics for these QoTSs. Besides, this chapter will provide a way to quantitative analysis of different QoTSs and finally introduce how to use a partition-based architecture to improve the performance and reliability of tourism services.
Who Won the Winter 2010 Olympics?
Authors: Saaty Thomas L.
Published: July 2015

During and at the end of Olympic games, we are always given the number of gold, silver and bronze medals won by each country and often the total number won as an indicator of the surmised winner. The groups that report the medal count in this manner indicate that they believe all medals are the same, regardless of the kind of medal involved. Perhaps one reason it is done this way is because there has not been a scientific way to assign appropriate weights to each type of medal. This paper explores use of the measurement theory, the Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP), to quantify the values of gold, silver and bronze medals and use these values to compute the total value of the medals won by the leading countries in order to determine which country may be considered the winner of the 21st Winter Olympics held February 12–28, 2010, in Vancouver, Canada.
Medical Tourism Service Quality
Authors: Debata Bikash Ranjan , Mahapatra S. S. , Patnaik Bhaswati
Published: July 2015

Medical tourism, a growing phenomenon in the world today, possesses a worthwhile potential for the economic development of any country. Globalization, development of information and communication technology (ICT) and adherence to the international quality standards potentially result in a significant increase in the movement of patients and healthcare professionals across national boundaries. The demand for medical tourism in India is experiencing a tremendous growth. However, the Indian medical tourism sector faces various challenges. Since India attempts to position itself as one of the preferred global medical tourism hub, a thorough understanding of means to attract, satisfy and retain medical tourists is extremely important. Five hundred and thirty four (534) useful responses in two different phases is collected and tested to examine the validity and reliability of the scale to ensure a quantitative and statistically proven identification of the responses. The exploratory factor analysis (EFA) is used to identify the underlying dimensions of medical tourism service quality for medical tourism in India. Next, confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) was used to confirm the factor structure of the constructs and validate EFA results.
From Amusement and Entertainment Tourism to Balneotherapy and Health Promotion Tourism
Authors: Eto Hajime
Published: July 2015

Since the prehistoric era, balneotherapy has been important as a folk therapy in Japan, where the greatest number of hot springs (spas) have been developed, utilized for balneotherapy, and enjoyed by many citizens in the world. In the last centuries, however, hot spring areas chose the “economic rational behavior” to convert from balneotherapy resorts to commercialized amusement and entertainment resorts for the purpose of economic development. This chapter describes this history and then casts light on the blind spots thus far ignored in one-disciplinary approaches. Using a multidisciplinary approach, this chapter views the problems in the medical, behavioral, regional and national dimensions. Then, this chapter explores the sustainable systems of balneotherapy-centered region and the strategies to reconvert hot spring resorts to balneotherapeutic resorts in the sense of modern medicine and hygiene. This chapter proposes the utilization of medical electronic apparatuses and medical communication network systems to promote medical tourism in local areas. Finally, this chapter discusses the acceptability of the strategies to the medical and local communities.
Future Research Directions in E-Tourism Studies
Authors: Eto Hajime
Published: July 2015

As this book has the limited numbers of chapters and pages, many important issues remain unanalyzed. This chapter picks up and roughly discusses some of them for the future analyses in more analytical ways. The focuses are placed on how to apply the data scientific methods to the analyses of public voice, claims and behaviors of tourists, customers and the general publics by using the big data already acquired and stored somewhere.
Eavesdropping on Narrowcast Self-talk and Microchats on Twitter
Authors: Hai-Jew Shalin
Published: July 2015

On Twitter, a range of discourse networks may be extracted showing different types of conversational interactions. While the attention is often on what is trending and large-size high-interactive social graphs, many extracted networks are self-loops and small-group discourse networks based on ad hoc narrowcast conversations. In this exploratory study of microblogging messaging on Twitter, the focus is on microblogging conversations that result in self-loops (self-to-self conversations, individuals microblogging to themselves) and small-group graphs and motifs (one-to-few or few-to-few conversations). This work proposes and tests hypotheses about the various types of seeding #hashtags and keywords that result in different types of ad hoc microblogging microchat network graphs on Twitter.
Promoting Engagement with Online Presentations
Authors: Gaimaro Amy
Published: July 2015

Educators delivering online presentations face many challenges when teaching in this modality. Lack of student engagement is one such challenge. Students can study online with lackluster learning experiences when participating in a predominately text-based course. Applying multiple instructional strategies to address students' diverse learning styles can provide students with a more engaged online learning experience. Another challenge many educators face, is the need for support and guidance to facilitate effective online learning. More specifically, educators of the twenty-first century are seeking the know-how to move traditional text-based materials into online, media-rich course content. This chapter will examine some of the challenges of delivering quality online presentations. In conclusion, the author will provide examples of strategies for delivering effective online presentations within the virtual college classroom.
Evaluation of Situations Causing Split of Attention in Multimedia Learning Environments via Eye-Tracking Method
Authors: Mutlu-Bayraktar Duygu , Bayram Servet
Published: July 2015

In this chapter, situations that can cause split of attention in multimedia environments were determined via eye tracking method. Fixation numbers, heat maps and area of interest of learners were analyzed. As a result of these analyses, design suggestions were determined for multimedia environments to provide focusing attention to content without split attention effect. Visual and auditory resources should be provided simultaneously. Visual information should be supported with auditory expression instead of texts. Images such as videos, pictures and texts should not be presented on the same screen. Texts provided with pictures should be presented via integration to each other instead of separate presentation of text and picture. Texts provided with videos should be presented via integration to each other instead of separate presentation of text and video. Images should be given via marking important points on images to increase attention.
Rolling NVivo 10 out to a University's Research Community
Authors: Hai-Jew Shalin
Published: July 2015

At Kansas State University, there has been a concentrated effort to evolve the institution into one of the nation's top 50 research public universities. One small part of that involves the rollout of NVivo to the university's faculty, staff, and graduate students. By the second year of the site license, the campus was on its own to provide training. This effort involved multiple live face-to-face (F2F) trainings and the use of a multimedia e-book. “Using NVivo: An Unofficial and Unauthorized Primer” (http://scalar.usc.edu/works/using-nvivo-an-unofficial-and-unauthorized-primer/index) was written over a several week period (hyper-fast agile development) and released on the Scalar platform in Fall Semester 2014. This chapter addresses how a designed e-book, built on a Semantic Web-friendly platform, harnesses the power of multimedia, digital repositories, the Surface Web, and crowd-sourced feedback.
A Context-Aware Self-Adaptive Fractal Based Generalized Pedagogical Agent Framework for Mobile Learning
Authors: Boulehouache Soufiane , Maamri Ramdane , Sahnoun Zaidi
Published: July 2015

The Pedagogical Agents (PAs) for Mobile Learning (m-learning) must be able not only to adapt the teaching to the learner knowledge level and profile but also to ensure the pedagogical efficiency within unpredictable changing runtime contexts. Therefore, to deal with this issue, this paper proposes a Context-aware Self-Adaptive Fractal Component based Generalized Pedagogical Agent (CASA FBGPA) framework for Mobile Learning. The proposed framework allows for the construction of PA that self-reconfigures its structure, the functional part, to conform to the unpredictable changing runtime context. To carry out the context-awareness, the PA embeds a distinct Search based Adapting Engine that dynamically monitors and assembles the appropriate linear combination of Fractal components. In addition, to avoid the rules associated conceptual holes, to deal with the conflicting objectives and to reduce the substantial overhead, the components selection is formulated as a multiobjective problem and it is tackled using a metaheuristic search method. Furthermore, to evaluate the design and the feasibility of the proposed framework, a use case and a discussion are provided.
Plagiarism Detection Algorithm for Source Code in Computer Science Education
Authors: Liu Xin , Xu Chan , Ouyang Boyu
Published: July 2015

Nowadays, computer programming is getting more necessary in the course of program design in college education. However, the trick of plagiarizing plus a little modification exists among some students' home works. It's not easy for teachers to judge if there's plagiarizing in source code or not. Traditional detection algorithms cannot fit this condition. The author designed an effective and complete method to detect source code plagiarizing according to the popular way of students' plagiarizing. There are two basic concepts of the algorithm. One is to standardize the source code via filtration against to remove the majority noises intentionally blended by plagiarists. The other one is an improved Longest Common Subsequence algorithm for text matching, using statement as the unit for matching. The authors also designed an appropriate HASH function to increase the efficiency of matching. Based on the algorithm, a system was designed and proved to be practical and sufficient, which runs well and meet the practical requirement in application.
Utilizing Simulation-Based Training of Video Clip Instruction for the Store Service Operations Practice Course
Authors: Lin Che-Hung , Yen Yu-Ren , Wu Pai-Lu
Published: July 2015

The aim of this study was to develop a store service operations practice course based on simulation-based training of video clip instruction. The action research of problem-solving strategies employed for teaching are by simulated store operations. The counter operations course unit used as an example, this study developed 4 weeks of subunits for the course, which includes digital learning-assisted instruction through a video clip of simulation-based training to enhance students' understanding of counter operations practice. Finally, solutions for the problems encountered during the 4 weeks of teaching are proposed, and suggestions based on reflection about teaching methods are provided.
Fuzzy Learning of Co-Similarities from Large-Scale Documents
Authors: Alouane-Ksouri Sonia , Hidri Minyar Sassi
Published: July 2015

To analyze and explore large textual corpus, we are generally limited by the available main memory. This may lead to a proliferation of processor load due to greedy computing. The authors propose to deal with this problem to compute co-similarities from large-scale documents. The authors propose to enhance co-similarity learning by upstream and downstream parallel computing. The first deploys the fuzzy linear model in a Grid environment. The second deals with multi-view datasets while introducing different architectures by using several instances of a fuzzy triadic similarity algorithm.
Fuzzy Logic-Based Cluster Heads Percentage Calculation for Improving the Performance of the LEACH Protocol
Authors: Banimelhem Omar , Taqieddin Eyad , Mowafi Moad Y. , Awad Fahed , Al-Ma'aqbeh Feda'
Published: July 2015

In wireless sensor networks, cluster-based routing was proven to be the most energy-efficient strategy to deal with the scaling problem. In addition, selecting the proper number of clusters is a critical decision that can impose a significant impact on the energy consumption and the network lifetime. This paper presents FL-LEACH, a variant of the well-known LEACH clustering protocol, which attempts to relax the stringent strategy of determining the number of clusters used by LEACH via fuzzy logic decision-making scheme. This relates the number of clusters to a number of network characteristics such as the number of sensor nodes, the area of the sensing field, and the location of the base station. The performance of FL-LEACH was evaluated via simulation and was compared against LEACH using standard metrics such as network lifetime and remaining network energy. The results depicted that the proposed approach has the potential to substantially conserve the sensor node energy and extend lifetime of the network.
A Note on “Using Trapezoids for Representing Granular Objects: Applications to Learning and OWA Aggregation”
Authors: Fei Wei
Published: July 2015

There are lots of errors and misprints in the article by , titled “Using trapezoids for representing granular objects: Applications to learning and OWA aggregation” [Information Sciences, 178(2), pp. 363-380]. The aim of this note is to give some corrections on the article.
IT-Based Education with Online Labs in the MENA Region
Authors: Salah Razwan Mohmed , Alves Gustavo R. , Guerreiro Pedro
Published: July 2015

Education plays a primary role in developing countries, fostering their economy and augmenting their human potential. It is now easier to learn newest methods and techniques in many fields, particularly in engineering and science, where IT-based educational tools - such as online laboratories - have been instrumental to improve the teaching and learning process. Online laboratories are widely used in several universities around the world, particularly in developed countries. There is evidence that online laboratories have a positive effect on the students' skills and promote cooperative and collaborative learning by allowing them to work remotely without restrictions. This led to a quality increase of the teaching and learning process. Likewise, students from other countries, namely in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region, could also benefit from using online labs. This paper studies the existing collaboration among the researchers working with online labs, in the MENA region, by reviewing a selection of articles from conferences and journals. The patterns of cooperation and collaboration among them are discussed and analyzed, as well. In the authors' opinions, the community characterized in this paper should establish more collaboration links in order to strength its capacity of influencing the adoption of online labs, in that region.
Achieving Job Satisfaction for Instructors in E-Learning
Authors: Margalina Vasilica Maria , De-Pablos-Heredero Carmen , Botella José Luis Montes
Published: July 2015

Relational coordination model has been applied to different sectors reaching positive results in terms of performance in contexts with highly interdependent tasks, uncertainty, time restrictions and tacit knowledge. In this research, the relational coordination model has been applied to prove high levels of instructor satisfaction in e-learning. According to the model, organizations can achieve performance by providing frequent, timely and problem solving communication mechanisms to support shared knowledge, in a context of shared goals and mutual respect. Instructors who teach online courses in Spanish universities and e-learning companies have been surveyed on these particular issues. By using Structural Equation Model analysis (SEM), it has been shown how higher standards in terms of relational coordination among instructors in e-learning explain higher degrees of satisfaction. The conclusions should be considered by universities and companies when they evaluate alternatives for the improvement of performance in online education and training.
Standards, Benchmarks, and Qualitative Indicators to Enhance the Institutions' Activities and Performance
Authors: Al-Hemyari Zuhair A. , Alsarmi Abdullah M
Published: July 2015

The problem of setting standards and benchmarking the quality of educational activities of HEIs in Oman is described. In order to do so, twenty one qualitative performance indicators (activities) were selected, defined, computed and considered as standards for HEIs in Oman. Two surveys were designed to collect the data from private HEIs for the activities/indicators. The methodology, validity of the surveys and data collection was discussed. A sample of 3689 students and 882 academic staff members were chosen from across the country and from all private HEIs and demonstrated the surveys. The internal consistency of the scale and some other measures were examined. The proposed qualitative indicators were computed. The relation between academic staff and student opinions, as well as the tests of the significance between academic staff and students' opinions and the difference of the results in each activity, were also examined. The findings have shown that the proposed indicators have a considerable gain in all statistical measures applied. Conclusions, recommendations and limitations were reported and discussed.
A Study on the Impact of Faculty QWL on Quality of Education in Academic Institutions
Authors: Patro Chandra Sekhar
Published: July 2015

Quality Education is a dynamic and multi-dimensional concept that refers not only to the educational model, but also to the institutional mission and its goals, as well as to the specific standards of the system, facility, program or event. In today's competitive market, the academic institutions need to focus explicitly on providing quality education to the students with the help of experienced academicians. The quality in education would increase when the faculty members are having a better quality work life and this can be possible by providing better welfare facilities to them by the institutions. Welfare facilities enable the staff members to live a quality and more satisfactory life. These facilities also help to keep their motivation levels high. The present paper identifies components that impact of QWL on the quality of education in those institutions and measure their performance using DEA approach. The study investigates the existence of QWL programs in academic institutions in order to retain valuable faculty members as it also influenced on the QOE.
An Applied Legal Ontology in Arabic for the Jurisprudence Decision-Structuring
Authors: Dhouib Karima , Gargouri Faïez
Published: July 2015

The general context of the authors' work is the development of a system of research of Tunisian jurisprudence in the Arabic language. The operational objective of this system is to provide assistance to lawyers to resolve a given legal situation in making available a collection of similar situations which will improve their future reasoning. A legal ontology, describing the semantics of the textual corpus of decisions, is necessary at different levels of construction and use of the system. In this paper, the authors are interested in the first phase of the development of this system, which is the decision structuring.
An Interval Linguistic Distribution Model for Multiple Attribute Decision Making Problems with Incomplete Linguistic Information
Authors: Guo Wen-Tao , Huynh Van-Nam , Nakamori Yoshiteru
Published: July 2015

In this paper, the authors propose an interval linguistic distribution model for multiple attribute decision making (MADM) problems with incomplete linguistic information, in which they use intervals as evaluators' confidence levels indicating their belief degrees that a linguistic term fits an evaluation. By introducing the extent of ignoring information into this model, it can deal with incomplete linguistic assessments and then allow evaluators to avoid the dilemma that they have to supply complete assessments when not available. In addition, the uncertain subjective judgments on attributes of alternatives are represented as distributions on the linguistic term set used as an instrument for assessment in this model. This feature can be regarded as a measure for evaluators to handle uncertain information. The aggregation operators and expected utilities are also introduced for the purpose of aggregation and ranking problems of interval linguistic distributions. Finally, an example is used to illuminate the proposed model.