bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025_split huggingface dataset:
English As Course Instruction Language. Experiences From Machine Design Courses
Authors: Khoshaba Samir 
Published: August 2014

Abstract
Globalization and internationalization of higher education around the world is “forcing” many universities and colleges from non-English speaking countries to offer a significant part of their educational programs in English. The main motivation to do so is partly to successfully implement student exchange programs such as the European Erasmus Program, and partly to attract “fee-paying free-moving” students from abroad. A third long-term reason to teach in English is to educate young pre-professionals for the global market. However, the adaptation of technical courses from national languages to English cannot be done overnight. On the contrary, this process demands time-consuming preparations that typically involve the expansion of background references and careful planning. In addition, the English skills of course instructors must assure the effective transmission of information, and very often professors face certain difficulties and uncomfortable limitations. Generally speaking, instructing in a foreign language results in less “colourful” expressions. Recent investigations conducted in Sweden on higher education show that teaching efficiency is inferior for courses taught in English when compared with the same courses given in Swedish. This paper deals with various experiences related to the process of changing the language of instruction from Swedish to English in three Machine Design courses taught at Linnaeus University.
Educating Students On Lean Manufacturing And Pull Production Using Games
Authors: Beju Livia Dana 
Published: August 2014

AbstractThe paper presents a pull production mechanism that based on Kanban cards and a Heijunka panel. Based on this model, a game was developed that enables students to get a better understanding of pull production in manufacturing streams. The game is played in several rounds. Emphasis is laid upon the importance of work balance in manufacturing cells, as well as on the necessity to reduce the time required to switch production. The game also underlines the dependency between the number of cards in the process and the level of interoperational stocks. Last but not least, students are confronted with aspects of teamwork. Based on suggestions from the students and from the acquired experience, some ideas were formulated for the improvement of this educational activity.
Public-Private Partnership: Synergy Between Higher Education Institutions And Business Or Industrial Organizations
Authors: Burdusel Eva-Nicoleta , Balan Liviu , Plohod Anca 
Published: August 2014

AbstractBased on existing studies on the necessity and significance of public-private partnership. The present paper focuses on the most recent perspectives and outcomes of connecting higher education to the business community: industrial organizations development and labour market demand. It is a commonplace statement that anticipative thinking, visionary leadership and strategic management are key factors of all organizations – industrial and non-industrial – for gaining advantage on a highly competitive, unpredictable and challenging market. This holds true for both HEIs and industrial organizations which should place value on a permanent interaction among: universities (as knowledge creators and disseminators and focused on fundamental research), industry (as promoters of innovation and applied research); and society (in view of an educated and skilled citizenry). The present study highlights the benefits and outcomes of the public-private partnership and illustrating best practices in the field.
The Importance Of Energy Solutions For A Safe And Rational Development
Authors: Momete Daniela Cristina , Prisecaru Tudor 
Published: August 2014

AbstractA new industrial revolution is on the verge in the energy domain considering the knowledge and skills acquired through the development of new energy technologies. Shale gas processing, unconventional oil exploitation, new exploring/drilling methods, mature renewable energy or in progress, all generated a wealth of knowledge in new technology. Therefore, this paper aims to analyse the positive and negative aspects of energy solutions, and to reveal the way to a world where a valid sustainable development, based on safe and rational premises, is actually considered. The paper also introduces suggestions for the energy system, which has a crucial importance in coping with the resource management of the future, where the economic, social, and environmental/climate needs of the post-crisis world should be suitably considered.
University As A Social Entreprise:Modelling Enterprise 3.0 Application In Engineering Curriculum
Authors: Ahrens Andreas , Bassus Olaf , Zaščerinska Jeļena 
Published: August 2014

AbstractUniversity as a social enterprise has become the dominant response to the challenge of bringing up an engineer as a first-rate technical expert who acts as a social agent, rather than just a technician, with a “broad understanding of the social and philosophical context in which he will work” [3]. Aim of the research is to analyze student engineers' Enterprise 3.0 application in engineering curriculum. The meaning of the key concepts of university as a social enterprise, engineering curriculum and Enterprise 3.0 is studied. Explorative research has been used. The empirical study was conducted at Riga Technical University, Riga, Latvia, in 2011. Descriptive statistics was implemented for primary data analysis. The findings of the research allow drawing the conclusions on the favourable context of Enterprise 3.0 application in engineering curriculum as the student engineers' knowledge and attitude towards Enterprise 3.0 application are positive. Direction of further research are proposed.
About The Role Of The Mathematics In The Engineering Education
Authors: Nicolescu Bogdan , Macarie Tiberiu 
Published: August 2014

AbstractIt is evident that the development of future generations with the right skills and knowledge, for a career in engineering at all levels, is essential for the future economic prosperity of any country. Moreover, in the future we will need professional engineers with greater interdisciplinary understanding, and with more specialist skills. So, we will need a deeper understanding of the sciences that underpin the art of engineering, and we will therefore need to know which are the mathematical skills needed to apply these sciences. Because advances in the use of information technology and computers have transformed engineering analytical techniques, production and management processes, it raises some questions: What is and will be the role of mathematics in the education of engineering? What mathematical skills are needed for the engineers of tomorrow, and how and when these might best be acquired? This paper is dedicated to an objective analysis of the positioning of mathematics courses to those of specialized training mechanical engineers. Both authors share their extensive experience in teaching mathematics and science of mechanical engineering at the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering.
Chalenges For Curricula Development: A Study Case On Erasmus Mundus Mobility With Asia Project
Authors: Mircea Ioana A. , Marin Corina M. , Preda Daniela , Popescu Liliana G. , Bucur Călin C. 
Published: August 2014

AbstractDeveloping the Erasmus Mundus mobility projects, in the academic institutions, is an important factor to expanding opportunities for learning, enhancing partnerships and improving the research and lifelong learning activities. Beyond the visible advantages, projects of this type involve many procedures regarding the documents flow and the new requirements imposed to the professors. This paper presents a case study regarding a Six Sigma Project proposed to improve the management of Erasmus Mundus mobility projects in University Lucian Blaga of Sibiu.
Subject-Specific Quality Assurance And Accreditation Of Engineering Education In Europe
Authors: Augusti Giuliano 
Published: August 2014

AbstractQuality Assurance (QA) of Higher Education (HE) is a major objective of the “Bologna Process”. However, QA often tends to assess more the “process” than the “contents” of the education: therefore, especially in subjects that lead towards a “profession” (“engineering” first among them), the practice of “accreditation” is also increasing throughout the world. “Accreditation” can follow the “programme” and the “institutional” approach, that are not in contrast, but can usefully complement each other. “Programme accreditation” of an engineering programme can be identified with the process “to ensure the suitability of that programme as the entry route to the engineering profession”, and defined as “pre-professional accreditation”. Recent European initiatives along these lines will be illustrated: (i) the EUR-ACE® system for the “European accreditation of engineering programmes”, (ii) the “European Alliance for Subject-Specific and Professional Accreditation and Quality Assurance” (EASPA), (iii) QUACING, the new Italian Agency for QA and Accreditation of engineering programmes.
International Recognition Of Engineering Education – Best Practice
Authors: Norbert Grünwald , Regina Krause 
Published: August 2014

AbstractThe paper presents a case study of the implementation of the European Framework Standards for the Accreditation of Engineering Programmes in Russia. After describing the importance of the international recognition of engineering programmes a short presentation of the EUR-ACE system follows as well as the measures undertaken by the project consortium to adapt the quality standards of Russia to the European Higher Education Area (EHEA). The opportunities and benefits for engineering education in Russia are presented at the end of the paper.
Creativity And Benchmarking Influence On Finance-Accounting And Human Resources Organizational Functions
Authors: Moraru Gina-Maria 
Published: August 2014

AbstractThe paper presents the creativity and benchmarking influence on two of the organizational functions: finance-accounting and human resources. After a short presentation of the representative conceptions in the managerial literature, it focuses on a part from a research performed on three categories of respondents: PhD candidates in management, university professors (who teach management related subjects at various faculties) and managers from industrial organizations. Even the respondents agree that creativity and benchmarking are insufficient used in Romanian organizations, they considered that these two elements can improve the finance-accounting and the human resources organizational function.
An Analysis Of New Graduate-Tracing Metrics Of University Management Performance At The Lucian Blaga University Of Sibiu (Romania)
Authors: Oprean Constantin , Vanu Mihaela Alina , Florea Silvia 
Published: August 2014

AbstractLucian Blaga University of Sibiu, Romania is moving rapidly towards more evidence-based accountability and, in this context, it has a growing concern with an ever more adequate provision for labor market demands in the region. The present paper analyzes the new graduate-tracing metrics of university management performance and goals between 2004 and 2012 and sets the short-term goals agenda for enhancement of graduate employment and employability at LBUS.
Is The Organizational Culture Favorable To Training In Residency For Medical Students?
Authors: Domnariu Carmen Daniela , Furtunescu Florentina Ligia 
Published: August 2014

AbstractThe long-lasting training in medicine (more than 10 years) is still an attraction for many excellent students. Most of the evaluation forms during this training are based on theoretical and practical skills. However, could we be sure that the organizational climate provides the most appropriate environment for study and career development? We did a survey on 22 young doctors, residents in public health and management and/or epidemiology aiming at evaluating the personal management style and the management style within the organization (Adizes questionnaires: “Personal Test” and “Task Demands”). The management styles described by Adizes - Producer – Administrator – Entrepreneur – Integrator - and their expression as primary or secondary style were analyzed. We found that the young residents generally have a powerful expression of producer and entrepreneur as personal style, but they tend to become administrators within the organization, mostly during their first years of training.
Talent Cultivation Mode Of Neo-Confucian Businessman And Its Practice
Authors: Zehua Miao , Jinying Li 
Published: August 2014

AbstractBusiness talent cultivation is related to the international competitiveness of an enterprise. How to inherit and develop the traditional ethics and culture based on confucianism deserves serious study. The paper focuses on the cultivation mode and concepts of business talent, and points out that confucianism is playing more and more important role in quality development of business talent and improvement of international competitiveness. Therefore, a quality development mode is advocated, that is, “ethics + innovation + knowledge + ability + mental and physical health”, and equal weight should be given to the all-round education on good morality and top talents. In theoretical reform, studies are closely related to the talent education in Business School of Shijiazhuang University of Economics, and focus on the methods of and measures to talent cultivation. In practice, the cultivation mode is executed, that is, “benevolence education to freshmen, honesty education to sophomores, entrepreneurship education to juniors, and gratefulness education to seniors”, and besides, nine annual knowledge contests have been held, which bring about good results and great social effects.
Future Strategies In Human Resources. Study Case: Romania
Authors: Stoika Radu , Nen Madlena 
Published: August 2014

AbstractWithin this article we intend to make an overview of the situation of human resources training in Romanian companies. Taking into account that nowadays the entire world is suffering from the effects of the global economic and financial crisis, each country has different approaches related to the measures that have to be implemented to counter its effects. By taking into account the targets set by the European Commission in the “Europe 2020 strategy” for a smart, sustainable and inclusive growth the importance of human resources management and the way it can be involved to prepare a better response to a very turbulent market is emphasized more than ever. A new design of the human resources strategies is impetuously imposing itself as mandatory in this context. In the final part of this article, we will make a set of recommendations related to the future decisions in human resource management.
Tandem Economic Development Of Two Regions Or Countries
Authors: Ciutacu Ileana , Săvulescu Iulian , Dumitraşcu Luminiţa Mihaela 
Published: August 2014

AbstractIn today's economy, one speaks mostly of regions than of countries, at least on European Union territory. So even if the territorial point of view is changing, the economic expectations remain unchanged: how much will that country/region grow and develop over time. The objective of this research is to see the way in which the economies of two regions develop in tandem over time and why. We plan to do this by designing and constructing an agent-based model that simulates a dummy world economy composed of two regions. Each region that can also be seen as a country has its own firms that produce goods and its own inhabitants who work for the firms and consume their goods. The two regions have their own currency, but ‘do commerce’ mainly through the movement of their inhabitants between them. In this research we chose to construct an agent-based model that simulates economic development and uses NetLogo programming language and interfaces, because of the advantages of this particular approach. Thus, after building the initial Netlogo model and simulating with it certain scenarios and examples of regional economies, by simply changing some variables any user can easily adapt it to other examples, real or not; do the simulations and obtain the desired number of development paths for his or her example. Thus, the result that we expect to obtain is creating agent-based model that can be used as a tool by policy-makers for seeing how different policies can affect or stimulate regional economic development.
Technological Entrepreneurship: A Balanced Scorecard Perspective
Authors: Galateanu Elena , Nacu Cosmin Mihai , Avasilcai Silvia 
Published: August 2014

AbstractThe paper aims to present the most important features of technological entrepreneurship, both in industrial and non-industrial organisations, and its important role in organisational development. The conceptual model used to describe our approach is The Balanced Scorecard, with a focus on learning and growth perspective. Within this view, a set of specific indicators is proposed in order to assess the performance of technological entrepreneurship and intrapreneurship. The result will reflect entrepreneur’s perspective, internal innovative processes, innovation and growth of an organization.
A Study On College Undergraduates’ Entrepreneurial Qualities In China – The Case Of Shijiazhuang University Of Economics
Authors: Chaoqi Chen , Yongle Liu , Jun Yang , Shuxian Jia 
Published: August 2014

AbstractBased on the result from the survey which carried out in Shijiazhuang University of Economics and the level of entrepreneurial qualities among the college students, this research analyses the level of college students’ entrepreneurial qualities in the area of knowledge, ability and psychology. The result shows that undergraduates’ entrepreneurial qualities are not optimistic due to the deficiency of knowledge structure, weakness in practice. Students have stronger passion for setting up their own business but they may be unrealistic in their planning. For these above problems, some corresponding suggestions for universities and undergraduates are provided.
Personal Navigation Algorithms Based on Wireless Networks and Inertial Sensors
Authors: Kaňa Zdenek , Bradáč Zdenek , Fiedler Petr 
Published: August 2014

Abstract
The work aims at a development of positioning algorithm suitable for low-cost indoor or urban pedestrian navigation application. The sensor fusion was applied to increase the localization accuracy. Due to required low application cost only low grade inertial sensors and wireless network based ranging were taken into account. The wireless network was assumed to be preinstalled due to other required functionality (for example: building control) therefore only received signal strength (RSS) range measurement technique was considered. Wireless channel loss mapping method was proposed to overcome the natural uncertainties and restrictions in the RSS range measurements The available sensor and environment models are summarized first and the most appropriate ones are selected secondly. Their effective and novel application in the navigation task, and favorable fusion (Particle filtering) of all available information are the main objectives of this thesis.
Wlan Performance Improvement by Header Compression and Packet Overhearing Reduction
Authors: Levy David , Kotuliak Ivan , Trúchly Peter 
Published: August 2014

Abstract
For wireless systems, it is of vital importance to use the scarce radio resources in an efficient way. The main targets are to reduce the power consumption and increase the throughput of wireless devices. Using header compression both throughput can be increased and power can be saved. Using packet overhearing reduction power can be saved. This paper presents the achieved performance improvements when using these two methods. The simulation results are confirmed by analytical calculations. We show that we can achieve up to 35% power save when combining both methods and close to 0.1 additional normalized throughput.
High Step-Up DC—DC Converter for AC Photovoltaic Module with MPPT Control
Authors: Sundar Govindasamy , Karthick Narashiman , Rama Reddy Sasi 
Published: August 2014

Abstract
This paper presents the high gain step-up BOOST converter which is essential to step up the low output voltage from PV panel to the high voltage according to the requirement of the application. In this paper a high gain BOOST converter with coupled inductor technique is proposed with the MPPT control. Without extreme duty ratios and the numerous turns-ratios of a coupled inductor this converter achieves a high step-up voltage-conversion ratio and the leakage energy of the coupled inductor is efficiently recycled to the load. MPPT control used to extract the maximum power from PV panel by controlling the Duty ratio of the converter. The PV panel, BOOST converter and the MPPT are modeled using Sim Power System blocks in MATLAB/SIMULINK environment. The prototype model of the proposed converter has been implemented with the maximum measured efficiency is up to 95.4% and full-load efficiency is 93.1%.
Magnetoelastic Properties of Selected Amorphous Systems Tailored by Thermomagnetic Treatment
Authors: Švec Peter , Szewczyk Roman , Salach Jacek , Jackiewicz Dorota , Šlvec Peter , Bieńkowski Adam , Hoško Jozef 
Published: August 2014

Abstract
Magnetoelastic properties of Fe6iCoigSÍ5Bi5 alloy after thermomagnetic treatment were tested for both compressive and tensile stresses, what is significant novelty. Results of presented investigation opens new ways of modelling the magnetoelastic effects in amorphous systems tailored by thermomagnetic treatment.
Calibration of a Measuring Device to Determine Specific Saturation Magnetization by A Special Coil
Authors: Ulvr Michal 
Published: August 2014

Abstract
Specific saturation magnetization σ

S
is an important parameter of ferromagnetic materials. It is in principle independent of the structure and shape of the sample. There are two ways to calibrate devices for determining σ

S
: the standard method, using a calibrated magnetic moment standard, or an alternative method, using a special moment coil. This paper presents a calibration method used at Czech Metrology Institute for calibration of Koerzimat 1.096 using a special moment coil. Special attention is given to a description of the special moment coils used for Koerzimat 1.096 calibration, and to analysis of sources of uncertainty. Calibration expanded uncertainty of 0.4 up to 0.6 % can be achieved using this method.
Computational investigation of liquid-solid slurry flow through an expansion in a rectangular duct
Authors: Vittorio Messa Gianandrea , Malavasi Stefano 
Published: August 2014

Abstract
The flow of a mixture of liquid and solid particles at medium and high volume fraction through an expansion in a rectangular duct is considered. In order to improve the modelling of the phenomenon with respect to a previous investigation (Messa and Malavasi, 2013), use is made of a two-fluid model specifically derived for dense flows that we developed and implemented in the PHOENICS code via user-defined subroutines. Due to the lack of experimental data, the two-fluid model was validated in the horizontal pipe case, reporting good agreement with measurements from different authors for fully-suspended flows. A 3D system is simulated in order to account for the effect of side walls. A wider range of the parameters characterizing the mixture (particle size, particle density, and delivered solid volume fraction) is considered. A parametric analysis is performed to investigate the role played by the key physical mechanisms on the development of the two-phase flow for different compositions of the mixture. The main focuses are the distribution of the particles in the system and the pressure recovery