bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025_split huggingface dataset:
Επίδραση της τηλεδιάσκεψης στη μαθησιακή διαδικασία του Ε.Α.Π. Απόψεις φοιτητών και ΣΕΠ των ΘΕ ΕΚΠ 65 –ΕΚΕ 50
Authors: Μηλιωρίτσας Ευάγγελος , Γεωργιάδη Ειρήνη 
Published: June 2016

Στην εργασία αυτή επιχειρείται να σκιαγραφηθεί η αξιοποίηση της τηλεδιάσκεψης στην εξ αποστάσεως εκπαιδευτική διαδικασία. Η διερεύνηση των απόψεων των φοιτητών και των ΣΕΠ του ΕΑΠ, σχεδιάστηκε προκειμένου να απαντήσει στο καίριο ερώτημα: «πώς η τηλεδιάσκεψη μπορεί, ως εργαλείο επικοινωνίας και μάθησης, να προσθέσει αξία στην εκπαιδευτική διαδικασία του ΕΑΠ;» Για το σκοπό της έρευνας πραγματοποιήθηκαν 14 συνεντεύξεις από επτά φοιτητές/φοιτήτριες και ισάριθμους καθηγητές /καθηγήτριες Συμβούλους (ΣΕΠ) των ΘΕ ΕΚΠ 65 & ΕΚΕ 50. Η στοχευμένη επιλογή της ποιοτικής διερεύνησης αποσκοπούσε στην αμεσότητα της επικοινωνίας του συνεντευκτή με τα ερωτώμενα πρόσωπα. Η τηλεδιάσκεψη ως δυναμικό και ευέλικτο μαθησιακό εργαλείο, μπορεί να τοποθετηθεί παράλληλα με τα υπάρχοντα και να αξιοποιηθεί μεταξύ φοιτητών, ανάμεσα σε φοιτητές-καθηγητές και για συνεργασίες ΣΕΠ. Από την έρευνα και σύμφωνα με τις απόψεις του δείγματος που συμμετείχε σε αυτή, προκύπτει, ότι για τους εμπλεκόμενους στη διδακτική πράξη και τη μαθησιακή πορεία, η τηλεδιάσκεψη ως μορφή αμφίδρομης επικοινωνίας, και με την προϋπόθεση ότι θα σχεδιαστεί προσεκτικά, μπορεί να ενισχύει την επικοινωνία και τη μάθηση προς όφελος των διδασκομένων και να υποστηρίξει το καθοδηγητικό έργο του διδάσκοντα. Ο ρόλος του καθηγητή-συμβούλου γίνεται πιο απαιτητικός και είναι ο ρυθμιστής του μέσου με τις προϋποθέσεις οι οποίες απαιτούνται. Η τηλεδιάσκεψη έρχεται να λειτουργήσει συμπληρωματικά με τις ΟΣΣ και προς όφελος των απόντων από αυτή.
Ανοικτή και εξ Αποστάσεως τριτοβάθμια Εκπαίδευση και Άτομα με Αναπηρία. Η Περίπτωση του Ελληνικού Ανοικτού Πανεπιστημίου
Authors: Κρητικού Σοφία , Κουτσούμπα Μαρία Ι. 
Published: June 2016

Σκοπός του άρθρου είναι να παρουσιάσει τα αποτελέσματα μιας ποιοτικής έρευνας που πραγματοποιήθηκε για πρώτη φορά στο Ελληνικό Ανοικτό Πανεπιστήμιο (ΕΑΠ) σε τρεις φοιτητές με αναπηρία, προκειμένου να διερευνηθεί σε βάθος ο τρόπος με τον οποίο η ανοικτή και εξ αποστάσεως εκπαίδευση ανταποκρίνεται στις πρόσθετες εκπαιδευτικές τους ανάγκες. Συγκεκριμένα, η έρευνα εστιάστηκε στο πόσο «ανοικτή» είναι η ανοικτή και εξ αποστάσεως εκπαίδευση που παρέχεται στο ΕΑΠ για τα άτομα με αναπηρία, με ποιό τρόπο εξασφαλίζεται η ελεύθερη πρόσβαση και ισότιμη συμμετοχή τους στην εκπαίδευση και πώς αξιοποιούνται οι διάφορες μορφές τυπικής και άτυπης υποστήριξης προς αυτούς. Από την ανάλυση των στοιχείων διαπιστώθηκε ότι το ΕΑΠ διευκολύνει την είσοδο των φοιτητών με αναπηρία σε αυτό, τους υποστηρίζει οικονομικά, έχει προμηθευτεί εξοπλισμό που διευκολύνει την πρόσβαση τους σε ηλεκτρονικές πληροφορίες, αν και ο εξοπλισμός αυτός δεν είναι επαρκής για να καλύψει τις ανάγκες των φοιτητών σε όλες τις περιπτώσεις. Φάνηκε επίσης, η καλή πρόθεση καθηγητών-συμβούλων και διοικητικών υπαλλήλων του ΕΑΠ να βοηθήσουν τους φοιτητές με αναπηρία, αλλά και η απειρία τους. Από πλευράς πανεπιστημίου, αναφέρθηκε επίσης, έλλειψη οργάνωσης, αδυναμία συντονισμού των διάφορων τμημάτων του και πρόβλεψης κάποιων διαδικασιών, και μη κατάλληλοι χώροι διεξαγωγής των ομαδικών συναντήσεων. Τέλος, διατυπώνονται προτάσεις για βελτιωτικές ενέργειες, προκειμένου να εξασφαλίζεται στους φοιτητές με αναπηρία η δυνατότητα εύκολης ολοκλήρωσης των σπουδών τους στο ΕΑΠ.
Program Bytes - Satellite Meetings, SIGs, and AKEs at ISMB 2016
Authors: Fogg Christiana N. 
Published: June 2016

The International Society for Computational Biology (ISCB) is gearing up for its flagship meeting, ISMB. The conference is the world’s largest gathering of computational biology and bioinformatics researchers. The ISMB 2016 pre-conference program will feature 17 special interest group and satellite meetings over the course of two days. This article previews those special meetings at ISCB’s flagship meeting, ISMB.
ISMB 2016 offers outstanding science, networking, and celebration
Authors: Fogg Christiana N. 
Published: June 2016

The annual international conference on Intelligent Systems for Molecular Biology (ISMB) is the major meeting of the International Society for Computational Biology (ISCB). Over the past 23 years the ISMB conference has grown to become the world's largest bioinformatics/computational biology conference. ISMB 2016 will be the year's most important computational biology event globally. The conferences provide a multidisciplinary forum for disseminating the latest developments in bioinformatics/computational biology. ISMB brings together scientists from computer science, molecular biology, mathematics, statistics and related fields. Its principal focus is on the development and application of advanced computational methods for biological problems. ISMB 2016 offers the strongest scientific program and the broadest scope of any international bioinformatics/computational biology conference. Building on past successes, the conference is designed to cater to variety of disciplines within the bioinformatics/computational biology community. ISMB 2016 takes place July 8 - 12 at the Swan and Dolphin Hotel in Orlando, Florida, United States. For two days preceding the conference, additional opportunities including Satellite Meetings, Student Council Symposium, and a selection of Special Interest Group Meetings and Applied Knowledge Exchange Sessions (AKES) are all offered to enable registered participants to learn more on the latest methods and tools within specialty research areas.
Trashing Marilyn: Reflections of a metabiographer
Authors: Churchwell Sarah 
Published: June 2016

Abstract
This article reflects upon the act of writing a biography of Marilyn Monroe, a process which includes the reading of 300 extant biographies. By examining questions of value and judgment attached to writing about Monroe, the article proceeds to consider how judgments are made about Monroe herself through a process of pathology. Challenging this, and the cultural belittling of Monroe’s achievements, Sarah Churchwell argues that sensationalist biographies frequently assert uncontested truths while, in fact, most offer deeply contested conjectures. The article dismantles these fictions and enables a different, less culturally laden Monroe to emerge.
Marilyn and her female audiences: Consumption, transgression, emulation
Authors: Church Gibson Pamela 
Published: June 2016

Abstract
Marilyn Monroe has been variously claimed as both symbol and product of the new consumerism and changing mores of the 1950s. A few hundred Monroe-inspired books are currently in print, ranging from biographies to different modes of academic investigation; although there are within them often rather brief accounts of her onand off-screen mode of self-presentation, more attention should certainly be paid to the impact of her appearance on contemporary female audiences in this very complex decade. For during the years of her stardom, the patterns of behaviour and the dress codes then offered to women past their teenage years were particularly restrictive. But although elements of Monroe’s style were certainly copied at mass market level, she was never claimed as a ‘fashion icon’ like other stars. She was arguably stigmatized too by class hauteur and her perceived subversive potential.
Ghostly threads: Painting Marilyn Monroe’s white dresses
Authors: Lomax Cathy 
Published: June 2016

Abstract
In 2012 I started a series of paintings of Marilyn Monroe’s white dresses. While painting, it became apparent that they were more about the body inside them than about the dresses themselves. Since her tragic and much speculated-over death, Monroe has been infantilized and cast as a victim by many biographers, while at the same time being used as a figurehead for a multiplicity of ideas around sexuality, whiteness, ‘otherness’ and feminism by theorists and artists. In the article I look at how Monroe’s image, despite, or maybe because of, her efforts to control it during her lifetime, has continued to be influential. I refer to specific examples of her film roles and her costumes to unpick why she is still such a fascinating figure and why my paintings, while not actually featuring Monroe, manage to convey a powerful essence of her through the trace of her body.
Why life presupposes semiosis
Authors: Deely John 
Published: June 2016

Abstract
“Semiosis” comes to us from Charles Sanders Peirce (1839–1914) as a coinage derived from Locke’s 1690 coinage of “semiotics”. In early to late-middle twentieth century, however, with the notable exception of Juri Lotman (1922–1993), who knew Locke’s work, this “new science” for studying signs was known rather as “semiology”, the name proposed by Ferdinand de Saussure (1857–1913), who was ignorant of Locke’s earlier proposal. Drawing upon Locke’s original terminology, Thomas A. Sebeok distinguished between anthroposemiotics as the exclusive realm of “semiology” and zoösemiotics as studying the action of signs throughout the animal kingdom. Sebeok identified Saussure’s “semiology”, accordingly, as a pars pro toto fallacy: the fallacy of mistaking a part for the whole, and later concluded that “sign-science and life-science are co-extensive”, a thesis establishing the framework for studying the action of signs throughout the realm of living things, or biosemiotics. The present essay addresses the question of whether the unnecessarily reductive interpretation of this thesis as restricting sign-action to the living world is not itself a further illustration of Sebeok’s pars pro toto fallacy, inasmuch as communication involves sign-activity whether it occurs in the living world or the non-living world of inanimate beings.
Metaphors, semiotics, and future studies
Authors: Tarasti Eero 
Published: June 2016

Abstract
Metaphor is one of the key concepts of semiotics. This essay has been written with the aim in mind of defining a new application of the field of semiotics, namely what I call ‘future studies’. The paper deals with three issues: (i) the theory of metaphors as such, much discussed in the semiotic literature; (ii) what semiotics says about the future; and (iii) what kind of semiotics we are considering here. I propose to explore the problem of metaphors and the future of semiotics in the light of my own new theory, which I call ‘existential semiotics’. Existential semiotics is a combination of the continental philosophy and the semiotic tradition. It investigates sign phenomena in our living world i.e. Dasein in the light of transcendence and its appearance. This new semiotic theory stems from the Paris school and maintains many of its central notions.
Numerical semigroups in a problem about cost-effective transport
Authors: Robles-Pérez Aureliano M. , Rosales José Carlos 
Published: June 2016

Abstract
Let

ℕ

${{\mathbb{N}}}$

be the set of nonnegative integers. A problem about how to transport profitably an organized group of persons leads us to study the set T formed by the integers n such that the system of inequalities, with nonnegative integer coefficients,

a
1

⁢

x
1

+
⋯
+

a
p

⁢

x
p

<
n
<

b
1

⁢

x
1

+
⋯
+

b
p

⁢

x
p

$a_{1}x_{1}+\cdots+a_{p}x_{p}<n<b_{1}x_{1}+\cdots+b_{p}x_{p}$

has at least one solution in

ℕ
p

${{\mathbb{N}}^{p}}$

. We will see that

T
∪

{
0
}

${T\cup\{0\}}$

is a numerical semigroup. Moreover, we will show that a numerical semigroup S can be obtained in this way if and only if

{

a
+
b

-
1

,

a
+
b
+
1

}

⊆
S

${\{a+b-1,a+b+1\}\subseteq S}$

, for all

a
,
b

∈

S
∖

{
0
}

${a,b\in S\setminus\{0\}}$

. In addition, we will demonstrate that such numerical semigroups form a Frobenius variety and we will study this variety. Finally, we show an algorithmic process in order to compute T.
The Riesz potential in generalized Orlicz spaces
Authors: Harjulehto Petteri , Hästö Peter 
Published: June 2016

Abstract
In this article we prove a Riesz potential estimate
and a Sobolev inequality for general generalized
Orlicz spaces. Our assumptions are natural
generalizations of the

log

${\log}$

-Hölder continuity
that is commonly used in the variable exponent case.
We also provide a number of useful auxiliary
results including a normalization of the Φ-function and its behavior under duality
A characterization of singular packing subspaces with an application to limit-periodic operators
Authors: Carvalho Silas L. , de Oliveira César R. 
Published: June 2016

Abstract
A new characterization of the singular packing subspaces of general bounded self-adjoint operators is presented, which is used to show that the set of operators whose spectral measures have upper packing dimension equal to one is a

G
δ

${G_{\delta}}$

(in suitable metric spaces). As an application, it is proven that, generically (in space of continuous sampling functions), spectral measures of the limit-periodic Schrödinger operators have upper packing dimensions equal to one. Consequently, in a generic set, these operators are quasiballistic.
The Effects of Molding Materials on Microstructure and Wear Behavior of A356 Alloy
Authors: Yildirim Musa , Özyürek Dursun , Tunçay Tansel 
Published: June 2016

Abstract
In this study, the effect of molding materials on microstructure and wear behavior of A356 alloy was investigated. Different microstructures were obtained by casting A356 alloy into the molds made from three different materials. Homogenization and aging heat treatments were applied as cast blocks. The aged samples were tested by pin-on-disk-type standard wear equipment. The results showed that casting into different mold materials resulted in different microstructures of A356 alloy. Microstructures of the Al–Si–Mg alloy differ depending on the mold materials. Secondary dendrite arm space (SDAS) decreased proportionally with increasing cooling rate. Based on the cooling rate, hardness values of the alloy also differ. As the cooling rate increased, hardness of the alloy increased. The SDAS increased due to the decreasing cooling rate. In wear tests, increasing weight loss was observed with decreasing cooling rate.
Community-based positive youth development program in Hong Kong: views of the program implementers
Authors: Shek Daniel T.L. , Ng Catalina S.M. , Law Moon Y.M. 
Published: June 2016

Abstract
Based on the data collected from the Tier 1 Program of a community-based positive youth development program (Project P.A.T.H.S.) in 2013, the current study explored the perspectives of 634 program implementers who implemented the Tier 1 Program in Hong Kong. Upon the completion of the program, the program implementers responded to a validated client satisfaction scale (Form B). The results showed that the program implementers perceived the program, implementers and benefits of the program in a positive manner. However, there were no differences among perceived program content, implementers and effectiveness across the three grades. Consistent with previous studies, perceived program predicted effectiveness of the program. Nevertheless, program implementers did not predict program effectiveness. Once again, the present findings indicated that the Tier 1 Program was well received by the program implementers.
Evaluation of programs for adolescents with greater psychosocial needs: community-based Project P.A.T.H.S. in Hong Kong
Authors: Shek Daniel T.L. , Law Moon Y.M. 
Published: June 2016

Abstract
This study examined the perceptions of the Tier 2 Program of the Project P.A.T.H.S. (Positive Adolescent Training through Holistic Social programmes) among Chinese secondary school students displaying greater psychosocial needs. Results showed that participants held positive views of program qualities, implementer qualities, as well as the perceived effectiveness of the program. Significant grade differences in terms of various indicators of satisfaction related to program qualities, implementer qualities, and program effectiveness were found. Correlation analyses showed that there were significant inter-relationships amongst program qualities, implementer qualities and program effectiveness. In line with the predictions, both program qualities and implementer qualities were significant predictors of perceived program effectiveness. The present study provides support for the perceived effectiveness of the Tier 2 Program of the Project P.A.T.H.S. in the community-based project context.
Positive youth development programs for adolescents with greater psychosocial needs: evaluation based on program implementers
Authors: Shek Daniel T.L. , Ng Catalina S.M. , Law Moon Y.M. 
Published: June 2016

Abstract
As program implementers’ views are seldom included in program evaluation and there are few related studies in different Chinese communities, this study examined the perceptions of the program implementers who implemented the Tier 2 Program of the P.A.T.H.S. Program in Hong Kong. The Tier 2 Program was designed to promote the development of adolescents with greater psychosocial needs. In the community-based P.A.T.H.S. Project, 400 program implementers completed a subjective outcome evaluation form (Form D) for program implementers. Consistent with the previous findings, program implementers generally held positive views towards the program, implementers, and program effectiveness and their views towards these three domains did not differ across grades. In line with the hypotheses, perceived program quality and perceived implementer quality predicted program effectiveness. The present findings provided an alternative perspective showing that the Tier 2 Program was well received by the program implementers and they regarded the program to be beneficial to the program participants.
Teachers’ views of a new general education program in Hong Kong: a qualitative study
Authors: Shek Daniel T.L. , Yu Lu , Wu Florence K.Y. , Chai Wen Y. 
Published: June 2016

Abstract
Under the new education reform in Hong Kong, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU) has expanded its undergraduate education from 3 to 4 years since the 2012–2013 academic year. Along with the transition, the General University Requirements (GUR) has been developed as an integral part on general education of the new 4-year undergraduate curriculum of PolyU. The present study examined the implementation quality and effectiveness of the GUR in the 2012–2013 academic year based on focus group interviews with teachers. Twenty teachers who taught GUR subjects were interviewed for their perceptions and experiences about the GUR. Results revealed that the teachers generally had positive perceptions of the GUR in terms of its rationales, teaching and learning modes, and implementation quality. GUR subjects were also considered effective in helping students to develop in a holistic manner. The findings suggest that the first-year implementation of the GUR at PolyU was basically successful.
Focus group evaluation of teachers’ views on a new general education program in Hong Kong
Authors: Shek Daniel T.L. , Yu Lu , Chi Xinli 
Published: June 2016

AbstractUsing teachers’ focus group interviews (n=40), this study examined the impact of the General University Requirements (GUR) implemented at The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU). Results showed that teachers were generally satisfied with the GUR subjects and its implementation in its second year. Teachers regarded the design of GUR subjects was good and the students generally welcomed the subjects. Interactive teaching and learning methods adopted in GUR subjects such as fieldwork, hands-on projects, and team debates were highly appreciated by the respondents. Teachers also reflected that the GUR had promoted the intrapersonal and interpersonal development of the students. However, several challenges were also reported by teachers, including the difficulty level of Freshman Seminar subjects and lack of interaction in some GUR subjects, which suggested directions for further improvements.
Student feedback on a pioneer subject on leadership and intrapersonal development in Hong Kong
Authors: Shek Daniel T.L. , Yu Lu , Xie Qiu Zhi 
Published: June 2016

AbstractTo promote leadership and intrapersonal development in university students, a subject entitled “Tomorrow’s Leaders” was developed and offered at The Hong Kong Polytechnic University. To assess the perceived effectiveness of this subject, 647 students completed the student feedback questionnaire (SFQ). Results showed that the feedback questionnaire had very good psychometric properties, including internal consistency reliability and construct validity. Regarding students’ views of the subject, results showed that students generally had good evaluation of the content of the subject, teaching quality, and perceived benefits of the subject. The present findings have implications for the teaching of general education regarding leadership development.
Engaging with friends and enemies: Sociolinguistic implications of contact between the Awá-Guajá and their Tupí-Guaraní neighbors
Authors: Forline Louis , Silva Magalhães Marina Maria 
Published: June 2016

AbstractPost-colonial interactions between indigenous groups in Amazonia have intrigued observers since contact was established between non-indigenous Brazilians and first-nation peoples. Exchanges between different ethnic groups were largely referred toen passantor in an anecdotal manner. Yet an expanding literature dealing with the dynamics of interethnic contact can now help assess the historical precedents and sociolinguistic features between different indigenous communities. In this article we explore the contact history of the Awá-Guajá of eastern Amazonia, and the sociolinguistic variation that developed between their different communities and neighboring indigenous groups. The Awá-Guajá came into permanent contact with Brazilian mainstream society in 1973 and were settled into four communities by Brazil’s Indian Service. They are Tupí-Guaraní speakers and can converse with other members of this language family, namely, the Ka’apor and Tenetehara. This interaction reveals linguistic affinities and a distinct historical engagement between these groups. Loan words and dialects developed from these relationships, and each group was also influenced by the enveloping machinations of mainstream society. The Awá-Guajá defer to the Ka’apor and Tenetehara yet keep a guarded distance from them, exposing an interesting dynamic that remits us to power relations, historical ecology, and the looming influence of the Brazilian state.
Error analysis of finite element and finite volume methods for some viscoelastic fluids
Authors: Lukáčová-Medvid’ová Mária , Mizerová Hana , She Bangwei , Stebel Jan 
Published: June 2016

AbstractWe present the error analysis of a particular Oldroyd-B type model with the limiting Weissenberg number going to infinity. Assuming a suitable regularity of the exact solution we study the error estimates of a standard finite element method and of a combined finite element/finite volume method. Our theoretical result shows first order convergence of the finite element method and the error of the order 𝓞(
Konsumausgaben als Wohlstandsindikator – was können sie uns über Armut und Ungleichheit berichten?
Authors: Hörstermann Katharina 
Published: June 2016

Zusammenfassung:
In der internationalen Forschung gilt der Konsum als adäquater Indikator für den Wohlstand eines Haushalts, in der deutschsprachigen Forschung hingegen das Einkommen. Der vorliegende Artikel untersucht, inwiefern sich konsum- und einkommensbasierte Wohlstandsindikatoren unterscheiden und ob durch die Berücksichtigung der Konsumausgaben eine Gruppe hinsichtlich verschiedener Lebensstandardmerkmale benachteiligter Haushalte identifiziert werden kann. Die Ergebnisse zeigen, dass sich auf der Basis der Konsumausgaben ein positiveres Urteil für Deutschland bezüglich Ungleichheit und Armut fällen lässt als auf der Basis der Einkommen. Die Betrachtung verschiedener Lebensstandardmerkmale zeigt außerdem, dass durch die Konsumperspektive eine Gruppe von Haushalten in den Fokus der Armutsanalysen rückt, die hoch verschuldet ist und der nur ein geringer Anteil ihrer Ausgaben zur Wahrung sozialer Teilhabe verbleibt.