cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Polarizability Versus Mobility: Atomistic Force Field for Ionic Liquids
Creators: name: Chaban, Vitaly V.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: Materials Science (cond-mat.mtrl-sci)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Based on classical molecular dynamics simulations, we discuss the impact of Coulombic interactions on a comprehensive set of properties of room temperature ionic liquids (RTILs) containing 1,3 dimethylimidazolium (MMIM+), N butylpyridinium (BPY+), and bis(trifluoromethane sulfonyl)imide (TFSI-) ions. Ionic transport is found to be noticeably hindered by the excessive Coulombic energy, originating from the neglect of electronic polarization in the condensed phase of these RTILs. Starting from the models, recently suggested by Lopes and Padua, we show that realistic ionic dynamics can be achieved by the uniform scaling of electrostatic charges on all interaction sites. The original model systematically overestimates density and heat of vaporization of RTILs. Since density linearly depends on charge scaling, it is possible to use it as a convenient beacon to promptly derive a correct scaling factor. Based on the simulations of [BPY][TFSI] and [MMIM][TFSI] over a wide temperature range, we conclude that suggested technique is feasible to greatly improve quality of the already existing non-polarizable FFs for RTILs.
PERCEPTIONS BY SCHOOL-AGE CHILDREN OF THE HEROES OF DOMESTIC AND FOREIGN CARTOONS
Creators: name: Matveeva, Lidiya
name: Anikeeva, Tatiana
name: Ylia Mochalova
Publisher: name: Материалы Международного психологического форума «Ребенок в цифровом мире»
Year: 2022
Subjects: media discourse
teenagers
the scenario of a fairy tale
he heroes of domestic and foreign cartoons
the psychosomatics method
differences in perception

description: Abstract: Perceptions by school-age children of the heroes of domestic and foreign cartoons Matveeva L.V., Anikeeva T.Y., Mochalova Y.V. Moscow. The objective of the study was to investigate the impact of the modern media entertainment discourse on children and to conduct a comparative analysis of the perceptions of school-age children of the heroes of domestic and foreign cartoons, based on screening domestic and foreign fairy tales with similar plots. The study was conducted using methods of psychosemantic scaling and subsequent factorization of data. The factor structures revealed during the study reproduced the semantic spaces of consciousness of schoolchildren who were viewers of the Russian cartoon "The Frog Princess" and the American "The Princess and the Frog", as well as the Russian cartoon "The Scarlet Flower" and the American "Beauty and the Beast", each with similar fairytale plots. The study involved 40 adolescents from 13 to 16 years old (23 boys and 17 girls). Only six factors were identified, the total variance of the data was 70.9%. Factor 1 moral and ethical 19.8%, 2 charismatic 17.8%, 3 – strength, courage, and sociability 12.9%, 4 psychological distance 7.7%, 5 the dangers of behavior 7.1%, 6 cunning and intelligence 5.7%. Significant differences in the perception of the characters' images were obtained by the first, second, fourth and sixth factors. In conclusion, it was possible to state differences between schoolchildren's perceptions of cartoon heroes from different cultural traditions.
A causal model of the impact of the “fuzzy front end” on the success of new product development
Creators: name: Herstatt, Cornelius
name: Verworn, Birgit
Publisher: name: TUHH Universitätsbibliothek
Year: 2000
Subjects: subject: Produktentwicklung
subject: Innovationsstrategie
subject: New Product Development
subject: fuzzy front end
classificationCode: 85.15
subject: Forschung und Entwicklung
subject: Produktentwicklung
subject: Innovationsmanagement
subject: Innovationsplanung
subject: Unternehmen / Innovation

description: In a study of New Product Development (NPD) projects, the fuzzy front end of innovation is explored. The New Product Development process is a multistage process. Therefore, the study examines two sorts of impact that the fuzzy front end has on the success of New Product Development: a direct impact and an indirect impact by influencing the next stage of the NPD process, i.e. project execution. Furthermore, the degree of newness of the NPD projects in accordance with the contingency theory, is considered. We develop and test a causal model of relationships among key variables related to the fuzzy front end, project execution, and success. The causal model is tested with AMOS using information from 144 completed projects from German measurement and control technique firms. For the most part, the responses from these firms support the hypothesized relationships. The frequently claimed importance of the fuzzy front end is confirmed. The results offer strong support for the importance of the early involvement of all functions in an NPD effort to enhance communication and ultimately project success. This can be advanced by a draft initial planning prior to development. Furthermore, the responses highlight the importance of reducing market and particularly technical uncertainty during the fuzzy front end, both of which have a negative influence on communication and increase deviations during project execution. The technical uncertainty that remains at the start of the project has a direct, negative influence on project efficiency and overall it has the most far reaching implications for the success of the project. With regard to contingency theory, the results indicate that effort spent on the reduction of uncertainty for improving project execution and project success may be influenced by the degree of newness. The degree of newness is found to influence the reduction of technical uncertainty, deviations from specifications, and efficiency. Overall, the results of this study support previous research regarding the strong influence that front end activities have on NPD success. The model presented here provides several insights that can help managers to improve their NPD success and inspire researchers to carry out further studies regarding the fuzzy front end.
A Study of the effect of using computer assisted instruction for teaching vocabulary skills at the grade six level
Creators: name: Wontner, Cecil
Publisher: name: University of Calgary
Year: 1978
Subjects: subject: LB 1028.5 W63 1978 Microfiche
subject: Computer-assisted instruction
subject: Vocabulary - Computer-assisted instruction
subject: Reading (Elementary)

description: Bibliography: p. 95-99.
Gene synthesis by assembly of short oligonucleotides
Creators: name: Horspool, Daniel Richard
Publisher: name: University of British Columbia
Year: 2009

description: In principle, a pre-constructed library of all possible short oligonucleotides could be used to construct many distinct gene sequences. This approach requires computational methods to accurately determine the assembly procedure, but relieves the current technological constraints of custom oligonucleotide synthesis. In order to assess the feasibility of such an approach, I examined T4 DNA Ligase activity on short oligonucleotides and found that ligation is dependent on the formation of a double-stranded DNA duplex of at least five base pairs flanking the site of ligation. However, ligations could be performed with overhangs smaller than five nucleotides and oligonucleotides as small as octamers, in the presence of a second, complementary oligonucleotide. As a proof of principle for DNA synthesis through the assembly of short oligonucleotides, I performed a hierarchical ligation procedure whereby octamers were combined to construct a target 128 bp segment of the human beta–actin gene coding sequence. Thus, the construction of synthetic genes, without the need for custom oligonucleotide synthesis, is feasible. Algorithmic methods were then developed to extend this approach to DNA on the order of thousands of base pairs.
A Study of the use of computer assisted instruction for teaching a social sight vocabulary: to mentally handicapped adolescents
Creators: name: Holz, Else
Publisher: name: University of Calgary
Year: 1976
Subjects: subject: LC 4620 H64 1976 Microfiche
subject: Mentally handicapped children - Education
subject: Reading - Computer-assisted instruction
subject: Vocabulary - Programmed instruction
subject: Computer-assisted instruction

description: Bibliography: p. 76-79.
A Study of the use of computer assisted instruction for teaching a counting skill: and a vocabulary skill at the grade one level
Creators: name: Moont, Susan E.
Publisher: name: University of Calgary
Year: 1978
Subjects: subject: LB 1028.5 M65 1978 Microfiche
subject: First grade (Education)
subject: Computer-assisted instruction
subject: Education, Primary - Audio-visual aids

description: Bibliography: p. 75-80.
PERSONAL CHARACTERISTICS OF ADOLESCENTS WITH DIFFERENT LEVELS OF INTERNET ADDICTION
Creators: name: Berberyan, Asya
Publisher: name: Материалы Международного психологического форума «Ребенок в цифровом мире»
Year: 2022
Subjects: Internet addiction
adolescents
psychological defense mechanisms

description: Abstract: At present, the internet has become a global cyberspace that has led to problems of internet addiction. Internet addiction is a phenomenon of behavioral addiction and emotional dependence, the desire of the individual to compensate for real life needs in a virtual reality. The psychological defense mechanism plays the role of a regulator of intrapersonal balance. Some researchers do not recognize the addictive potential of the internet. The pubertal period is characterized by new transformations associated with that age. The relevance of the topic is due to the practical significance of adolescents' internet addiction in the Armenian reality. According to the general hypothesis, we assume that there is a relationship between personality traits, defense mechanisms, internet addiction and awareness of it in adolescents. The purpose of this research was to study the relationship between personality traits and internet addiction in adolescents. Research methods included questionnaire administration, statistical analysis, testing consisting of diagnosis of Internet addiction (K.S. Young), personality differential (V.M. Bekhtereva), diagnosis of psychological defense mechanisms (Plutchik Kellerman Conte), author's questionnaire. We conducted an empirical study with 112 adolescents (60 boys and 62 girls). According to the results of the first method, it was revealed that boys were subject to a high level of dependence, while girls were more often attributed the average level of dependence. The results of the second method showed a high level of the evaluation factor in boys, strength – in girls, and an average level of activity in both groups. According to the results of the third method, in boys, the main defense mechanisms are projection, substitution, intellectualization, while girls use mechanisms based on the assimilation of social experience such as compensation, identification and substitution. Thus, the hypothesis of this study was partially confirmed.
Nuclear Photonics
Creators: name: Habs, D.
name: Guenther, M. M.
name: Jentschel, M.
name: Thirolf, P. G.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: Accelerator Physics (physics.acc-ph)
subject: Nuclear Experiment (nucl-ex)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: With new gamma-beam facilities like MEGa-ray at LLNL (USA) or ELI-NP at Bucharest with 10^13 g/s and a bandwidth of Delta E_g/E_g ~10^-3, a new era of g-beams with energies <=20 MeV comes into operation, compared to the present world-leading HIGS facility (Duke Univ., USA) with 10^8 g/s and Delta E_g/E_g~0.03. Even a seeded quantum FEL for g-beams may become possible, with much higher brilliance and spectral flux. At the same time new exciting possibilities open up for focused g-beams. We describe a new experiment at the g-beam of the ILL reactor (Grenoble), where we observed for the first time that the index of refraction for g-beams is determined by virtual pair creation. Using a combination of refractive and reflective optics, efficient monochromators for g-beams are being developed. Thus we have to optimize the system of the g-beam facility, the g-beam optics and g-detectors. We can trade g-intensity for band width, going down to Delta E_g/E_g ~ 10^-6 and address individual nuclear levels. 'Nuclear photonics' stresses the importance of nuclear applications. We can address with g-beams individual nuclear isotopes and not just elements like with X-ray beams. Compared to X rays, g-beams can penetrate much deeper into big samples like radioactive waste barrels, motors or batteries. We can perform tomography and microscopy studies by focusing down to micron resolution using Nucl. Reson. Fluorescence for detection with eV resolution and high spatial resolution. We discuss the dominating M1 and E1 excitations like scissors mode, two-phonon quadrupole octupole excitations, pygmy dipole excitations or giant dipole excitations under the new facet of applications. We find many new applications in biomedicine, green energy, radioactive waste management or homeland security. Also more brilliant secondary beams of neutrons and positrons can be produced.
description: 8 pages, 3 figures, 2 tables
Characteristics of innovating users in a consumer goods field - An empirical study of sport-related product consumers
Creators: name: Lüthje, Christian
Publisher: name: TUHH Universitätsbibliothek
Year: 2000
Subjects: classificationCode: 85.15
subject: Forschung und Entwicklung
subject: Produktinnovation
subject: Produktentwicklung
subject: Lead User

description: We report on a survey of the innovation activities and characteristics of 153 users of outdoor-related consumer products. We find a high level of innovation by these consumers. Thirty-seven percent report that they have developed ideas for new or improved products, and more than 9% report building product prototypes or even marketable products. We also find that innovating users can be reliably distinguished from non-innovating ones by characteristics such as the benefit they expect from using their innovations and the level of expertise they have in their sport.
 Taken together, these two findings - frequent innovation by consumers and the possibility to identify efficiently those who innovate – imply that innovation by users can be an important source of new product ideas for consumer goods companies. Effective utilization of this resource will require significant changes in idea generation methodologies for many consumer good firms.
Diffraction of transmission light through triangular apertures in array of retro-reflective micro-prisms
Creators: name: Tan, Yizhou
name: Chen, Han
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: Optics (physics.optics)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The array of micro-prisms was described by model of multi-period blazed gratings consisting of triangular apertures. The origins of hexagram-shaped diffraction patterns were interpreted based on multiple-beam interference and diffraction array theorem. The relation between zonal /line ghost fringes and imperfectly fabricated array structures was analyzed. Geometrical performances (e.g., the dihedral angle of micro-prism) were tested by measuring the features of diffraction patterns of samples from three retro-reflective sheeting manufacturers.
description: Applied Optics(in press), 17 pages, 9 figures
Theory and simulations of quantum glass forming liquids
Creators: name: Markland, Thomas E.
name: Morrone, Joseph A.
name: Miyazaki, Kunimasa
name: Berne, Bruce J.
name: Reichman, David R.
name: Rabani, Eran
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: Statistical Mechanics (cond-mat.stat-mech)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: A comprehensive microscopic dynamical theory is presented for the description of quantum fluids as they transform into glasses. The theory is based on a quantum extension of mode-coupling theory. Novel effects are predicted, such as reentrant behavior of dynamical relaxation times. These predictions are supported by path integral ring polymer molecular dynamics simulations. The simulations provide detailed insight into the factors that govern slow dynamics in glassy quantum fluids. Connection to other recent work on both quantum glasses as well as quantum optimization problems is presented.
description: 11 pages, 5 figures, 1 Table
PERSONALITY TRAITS OF A MODERN GAMBLER
Creators: name: Tarasova, Sofya
Publisher: name: Материалы Международного психологического форума «Ребенок в цифровом мире»
Year: 2022
Subjects: gambling
psychasthenia
hypochondria
hostility
expectation of aggression

description: Abstract: Nowadays, there is much concern about gaming addiction (gambling addiction). Anonymity of the gaming space encourages one to create a “new self” and materialize different tendencies of one’s personality, including destructive ones. Gambling (game addiction) is a pathological desire for games. It is manifested in frequent and recurrent episodes of gaming that dominate a person’s life and lead to diminishing of social, professional, and other values. The Roblox game platform announced that its number of active users exceeded 150 million people per month during the Covid-19 pandemic, i.e. 35 million more than before the lockdown. This study is an attempt at describing the psychological profile of a modern gambler. The following methods were used: MMPI test, Rokeach Value Survey (RVS), Buss-Perry Aggression Questionnaire, Shmelyov Humorous Phrases Test, Zukerman Sensation Seeking Scale, hand test, and pathopsychological test. Persistent gamers, 40 young people aged from 16 to 28 (20 young men and 20 young women) participated in the study. Among them, 26 participants spent more than 3 hours per day gaming. In general, the MMPI test revealed below-standard personality profiles, which may be related to higher levels of cautiousness and suspiciousness. Increases in the below-standard profile were identified for 26 participants on the psychasthenia scale and for 23 participants on the hypochondria scale, making a case for suggesting somatization of anxiety in the gamer’s profile. Hostility as a factor of readiness for aggression positively correlates with the majority of the main MMPI scales: depression (r=0.76, p<0.01), hysteria (r=0.76, p<0.01), psychopathy (r=0.63, p<0.05), paranoia (r=0.65, p<0.05) and psychasthenia (r=0.88, p<0.001). There were more female hypochondriacs than male (p=0.07). The results of the hand test were in agreement with those of the MMPI. The survey of 22 participants revealed expectation of aggression (anxiety + aggressiveness). The answers reflected a feeling of discomfort or had restrictive ritual connotations (“hide”, “cover”, “turn off”, etc.).
PHILOSOPHICAL SKILLS FOR CHILDREN'S THINKING DEVELOPMENT
Creators: name: Retyunskikh, Larisa
Publisher: name: Материалы Международного психологического форума «Ребенок в цифровом мире»
Year: 2022
Subjects: philosophy
children. philosophysing
thinkikng

description: Abstract: Relevance. The topic of philosophical skills as a way to develop children’s thinking is understudied. Purpose: to describe the philosophical skills of thinking development in childhood. Methods: analysis, synthesis, dialectics, induction, deduction. Study example: Thesis 1. Children's thinking is traditionally considered as the thinking of becoming. It is believed that the process of growing up involves the development of all vital functions of the individual, including his/her thinking. The development of thinking goes through a series of stages well described in psychology. Let us conditionally call this entire path a movement from an immature mind to a mature one. What is maturity? On the one hand, this is the ability to perform strict rational-logical procedures (comparisons, definitions of concepts, classifications, etc.) based on rules, on the other hand, it is the ability to solve problems creatively by deviating from the rules. Though initially contradictory, the picture of a mature mind is actually evidence of its harmony. The combination of rational and creative is fully embodied in philosophizing. Thesis 2. Philosophizing is a type of thinking. It is available to children. To philosophize means to reason, to focus on the essence of the phenomenon being studied, to see contradictions, to abstract from a specific situation. A philosophizing subject is able to think independently, to see an object or problem from different sides, to be critical of any dogmas. Philosophizing is an effective way of intellectual, creative and moral development of children. Thesis 3. Tools of philosophical thinking: questioning, argumentation, interpretation, generalization, conceptualization, visualization of concepts, etc. The formation of these skills is a way of developing thinking by means of philosophy. This is what philosophy is for children. Its founder was Matthew Lipman (USA). Philosophical programs for children are being actively developed in Russia, and this report will discuss their peculiarities. Research results. Personal growth, an increase in self-esteem, an increase in responsibility and balance in actions, actions, and decisions have been noted by psychologists in children involved in philosophy in one form or another.
Senior high school English curriculum in Alberta, 1945-1970
Creators: name: Kahanoff, Albert Lloyd
Publisher: name: University of Calgary
Year: 1972
Subjects: subject: LB 1631 K33 1972 Microfilm
subject: English language - Study and teaching (Secondary)
subject: English literature - Study and teaching (Secondary)
subject: Education - Curricula
subject: Education - Alberta - History

description: Bibliography: p. 233-240.
PHILOSOPHY FOR CHILDREN IN RUSSIA: ON THE EXAMPLE OF THE PROGRAM “TERRITORY OF THINKING
Creators: name: Trushkina, Ekaterina
Publisher: name: Материалы Международного психологического форума «Ребенок в цифровом мире»
Year: 2022
Subjects: philosophy for children
philosophical camp
philosophical practice with children
practical philosophy

description: Abstract: Philosophical practice with children is becoming increasingly popular in the modern world and in Russia. There are many informal organizations that bring people into the process of philosophizing (philosophical cafes, workshops, seminars, trainings etc.) One of these informal unions is a philosophical camp. The Philosophical Camp called “Territory of Thinking” («Территория мысли»/«ТеМы») was found by Professor Larisa Retyunskikh (MSU) and her colleagues. Now more than a dozen of these philosophical camps are held in Russia. The program takes place three times a year (Autumn, Spring and Summer). Spring and Autumn camps are family programs and held during school holidays as a weekend-camp in the Moscow region. The Summer Philosophical Camp (children’s only) lasts from 10 to 15 days and takes place at the Children's Camp “The Arctic Circle” (North Karelia). Each Program presents its own specific philosophical topic (for example: “beauty”, “wonder”, “desire”, “life”, “human”, etc.). Children aged 7-17 are able to take part. There are about 30 children in a group, though during the class students might be divided between the younger and the older students. The Philosophical Camp Program is a complete immersion into the world of thinking, philosophizing and questioning all day every day. The main elements of the practice are questioning, problematization, conceptualization, and argumentation. These elements are the skills that the child acquires in the course of studying philosophy. Practical philosophy with children develops logical, critical, reflective, creative and other types of productive thinking. The practice of working with questions is actively developed. The use of philosophical texts (myths, parables, fairy tales, etc.) as well as the method of philosophical games develops analytical and communicative skills, teaches logical thinking, creativity and independence.
Canadian literature in English programs in grades 7, 8 and 9 in Saskatchewan, Alberta, and British Columbia
Creators: name: Smith, Barbara Edith
Publisher: name: University of Calgary
Year: 1975
Subjects: subject: PS 8031 S43 1975 Microfiche
subject: Canadian literature - Study and teaching

description: Bibliography: p. 126-131, 134-137, 149-151.
The cosmological evolution of p-brane networks
Creators: name: Sousa, L.
name: Avelino, P. P.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO)
subject: General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)
subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: In this paper we derive, directly from the Nambu-Goto action, the relevant components of the acceleration of cosmological featureless $p$-branes, extending previous analysis based on the field theory equations in the thin-brane limit. The component of the acceleration parallel to the velocity is at the core of the velocity-dependent one-scale model for the evolution of $p$-brane networks. We use this model to show that, in a decelerating expanding universe in which the $p$-branes are relevant cosmologically, interactions cannot lead to frustration, except for fine-tuned non-relativistic networks with a dimensionless curvature parameter $k \ll 1$. We discuss the implications of our findings for the cosmological evolution of $p$-brane networks.
description: 6 pages
Intelligent Automation Technologies For Machine Tool Industry
Creators: name: Shangde, Wu
name: Yousheng, Lv
name: Tingren, Ye
name: Wenxiang, Xie
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2016

description: Chapter Two, Automation Door Planning Book, Executive Yuan Secretary Ministry of Science and Engineering, China, 2014
description: Chapter Two, Automation Door Planning Book, Executive Yuan Secretary
Ministry of Science and Engineering, China, 2014
Multiple brainstem auditory steady-state response interactions for different stimuli
Creators: name: Wood, Lori Laraine
Publisher: name: University of British Columbia
Year: 2009

description: Auditory steady-state responses (ASSRs) have been shown to be accurate in predicting thresholds of individuals with hearing loss. Although new stimuli are being proposed and clinically implemented, there are no data to indicate whether response interactions would be adversely affected by their use. This study investigated the effects of three different stimuli (AM, AM/FM and AM²) at two different intensities (60 dB HL and 80 dB HL) on response amplitudes and interactions in normal-hearing adults. Stimuli were generated by the Rotman MultiMASTER research system and presented via air conduction through EAR-3A insert earphones. Carrier frequencies of 0.5, 1, 2, and 4 kHz were 80-Hz modulated in three conditions: individually (monotic single; MS), simultaneously in one ear (monotic multiple; MM), and simultaneously in both ears (dichotic multiple; DM). It was predicted that stimuli with broader spectra would result in greater amplitudes. This was demonstrated in the MS condition by the AM/FM stimulus, which evoked responses significantly larger than those to both AM and AM² stimuli at all frequencies except 0.5 kHz at 60 and 80 dB HL. In the multiple (MM and DM) conditions, response amplitudes to AM² were significantly larger than AM and AM/FM response amplitudes at both intensities. It was also predicted that more interactions would be found when using stimuli with broader spectra, even at moderate intensities. This was illustrated by the drop in amplitude by the AM/FM stimulus in the multiple conditions versus in the single condition, even at 60 dB HL. Relative efficiency values in the multiple conditions were never less than that found in the single condition at 60 dB HL; at 80 dB HL, the majority (83%) of comparisons were more efficient in the multiple conditions than the single condition. Based on these results, the optimal stimulus to use appears to be dependent on the chosen condition. In the single condition, AM/FM stimuli result in the largest response amplitudes, however, in the multiple condition, AM² stimuli provide the best combination of amplitude values and testing efficiency.
PLAY PRACTICES OF EDUCATING CHILDREN IN THE DIGITAL WORLD: THE GLOBAL CONTEXT OF RESEARCH
Creators: name: Guryeva, Maria
name: Popova, Lyudmila V.
Publisher: name: Материалы Международного психологического форума «Ребенок в цифровом мире»
Year: 2022
Subjects: lay practices
gaming technologies
game
preschool education
preschool children
digital world

description: authors define this concept as a free, culturally appropriate children’s activity, which ensures the development of their personal qualities, value orientations, experience of play and real behavior. This article presents an overview of foreign experience in organizing play practices for preschool children. Nowadays, there is a lot of international research on this topic. Objective. The purpose of this review was to determine the features of play practices of children in the digital world and possible prospects for the development of preschool education using gaming digital technologies. Design. A review of research on play practices using digital technologies, which can serve as a theoretical and methodological basis for studying the play practices of modern preschool children. Results. The authors consider the game as a practice, which is one of the most important activities of the child. In games, the child learns to exhibit independence, responsibility, creativity and curiosity. With the development of the digital world, games are becoming increasingly diverse – computer, mobile, and augmented reality. Conclusion. The authors outlined a new way of organizing play practices for preschool children in the digital world. The proposed solution is based on a study of the potential of play practice as a mechanism for the positive socialization of children in the digital world. The main result of play practice is the pleasure of the game, new interests, a stereoscopic picture of the world in which various scenarios are possible.
Collisions in young triple systems
Creators: name: Rawiraswattana, Krisada
name: Lomax, Oliver
name: Goodwin, Simon P.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: Solar and Stellar Astrophysics (astro-ph.SR)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We perform N-body simulations of young triple systems consisting of two low-mass companions orbiting around a significantly more massive primary. We find that, when the orbits of the companions are coplanar and not too widely separated, the chance of a collision between the two companions can be as high as 20 per cent. Collisions between one of the companions (always the less massive) and the primary can also occur in systems with unequal-mass companions. The chance of collisions is a few per cent in systems with more realistic initial conditions, such as with slightly non-coplanar orbits and unequal-mass companions. If the companions start widely separated then collision are very rare except in some cases when the total mass of the companions is large. We suggest that collisions between members of young multiple systems may explain some unusual young multiple systems such as apparently non-coeval companions.
description: MNRAS in press, 6 pages, 6 figures
Some implications of J. N. Britton's theory of first language acquisition for second language instruction
Creators: name: Pinchin, Catherine Bryn
Publisher: name: University of Calgary
Year: 1974
Subjects: subject: PE 1128 P54 1974 Microfiche
subject: English language - Study and teaching as a second language
subject: Britton, James N.

description: Bibliography: p. 82-84.
A study of the influence of teachers' language on students' learning
Creators: name: Newton, Constance Joan
Publisher: name: University of Calgary
Year: 1974
Subjects: subject: LB 1139 L3 N48 1974 Microfiche
subject: Children - Language
subject: Oral communication

description: Bibliography: p. 118-120.
description: Purpose This study was undertaken in order to explore the means by which the language of teachers may influence the learning of their pupils. The analysis of the language was based principally on the theory of James Britton. The Study. To attain this purpose, the study concentrated upon the language of two student teachers , each of whom was observed in an evolving relationship with a class of ten. A sequence of eight lessons with each class was taped and observed. To further the researcher's understanding of pupils' responses to the teacher, pupils from the classes involved in the study were interviewed, and the interviews taped, at the conclusion of each lesson. The data were subjected to two kinds of analysis. The quantitative analysis examined the language according to categories based on the analysis systems of Flanders, Gallagher and Aschner, and Britton. The qualitative analysis explored the specific elements of verbal interaction, relating to the theory on which the study was based. Summary and Conclusions The teacher's language appeared to create a definite learning environment in the classroom. In the lessons observed, the teachers' habitual closed questions, heavy emphasis on their view of the subject, insistance on transactional language, and structuring devices, often resulted in rote response, pseudo-participation and an impersonal study of subject matter, on the part of the pupils. Learning appeared to be more effective, however, on the occasions when the teacher's language engaged with the inner monologue of the pupils and stimulated them to perceive the relationship between the known and the unknown. Learning was also facilitated by the teacher's using her language to encourage the children to speculate on the subject matter, relate it to personal experience, and discuss it in expressive language. Implications The relationship between the teacher's language and the students' learning is a complex one that goes far beyond the matter of clear communication. An awareness of the influence of language on learning would seem to be basic to any teacher's education. How children are taught to respond to their teachers' language patterns, how the teacher's talk creates classroom roles for individuals, how praise and censure determine learning, and how much pseudoparticipation is a part of lessons, are some of the questions that this study suggests for further research.
“PLAY WITH FORI” AN INNOVATIVE EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM FOR SOCIO-EMOTIONAL SKILLS DEVELOPMENT IN BULGARIAN PRESCHOOL EDUCATION
Creators: name: Sevdzhihan Eyubova
Publisher: name: Материалы Международного психологического форума «Ребенок в цифровом мире»
Year: 2022
Subjects: socio-emotional competence
preschool
educational program

description: Abstract: Relevance. This report presents "Play with Fori"; an innovative educational program that develops emotional literacy in preschool children and their socio-emotional competence. "Play with Fori" has a clearly defined educational structure and a minimum number of activities and competencies that are expected to be acquired by preschool children. The program lasts 10 weeks, with one module presented each week. The first module begins with the story in which the main character, Fori the hedgehog, finds himself. It displays the emotion he feels and the related facial expressions, as well as his attempts to deal with the situation. Half of the content of the educational program is digitalized and as a result a mobile application was developed for use in a family or individual setting. Purpose of the study. The objectives of the study are to examine the level of emotional literacy in four different age groups and to examine the effectiveness of the educational program "Play with Fori" by comparing the results before and after the end of the educational program. Research methods and sample. Preand post-assessment of the emotional vocabulary of children was carried out using a special picture test. SPSS was used for statistical analysis of data. Teachers recorded changes in children's behavior after each educational module. The sample included 154 children aged from 3-7 years, from four preschool groups. Main results. "Play with Fori" not only improves children's vocabulary in terms of emotions, but also helps children manage various difficult emotional states and behaviors. Conclusion. Teachers reported improvement in language skills in relation to emotions, which corresponds to the data from the pilot study, as well as a reduced rate of aggressive behavior and improved social skills of children.
Writing and the inner voice: an examination of James Britton's language theory as a paradigm for writing
Creators: name: Mowat, Christine Margaret
Publisher: name: University of Calgary
Year: 1978
Subjects: subject: LB 1139 W7 M68 1978 Microfiche
subject: Children - Writing
subject: Penmanship
subject: Children - Language
subject: Britton, James N.

description: Bibliography: p. 127-133.
Nuclear photonics at ultra-high counting rates and higher multipole excitations
Creators: name: Thirolf, P. G.
name: Habs, D.
name: Filipescu, D.
name: Gernhäuser, R.
name: Günther, M. M.
name: Jentschel, M.
name: Marginean, N.
name: Pietralla, N.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: Instrumentation and Detectors (physics.ins-det)
subject: Nuclear Experiment (nucl-ex)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Next-generation gamma beams beams from laser Compton-backscattering facilities like ELI-NP (Bucharest)] or MEGa-Ray (Livermore) will drastically exceed the photon flux presently available at existing facilities, reaching or even exceeding 10^13 gamma/sec. The beam structure as presently foreseen for MEGa-Ray and ELI-NP builds upon a structure of macro-pulses (~120 Hz) for the electron beam, accelerated with X-band technology at 11.5 GHz, resulting in a micro structure of 87 ps distance between the electron pulses acting as mirrors for a counterpropagating intense laser. In total each 8.3 ms a gamma pulse series with a duration of about 100 ns will impinge on the target, resulting in an instantaneous photon flux of about 10^18 gamma/s, thus introducing major challenges in view of pile-up. Novel gamma optics will be applied to monochromatize the gamma beam to ultimately Delta E/E~10^-6. Thus level-selective spectroscopy of higher multipole excitations will become accessible with good contrast for the first time. Fast responding gamma detectors, e.g. based on advanced scintillator technology (e.g. LaBr3(Ce)) allow for measurements with count rates as high as 10^6-10^7 gamma/s without significant drop of performance. Data handling adapted to the beam conditions could be performed by fast digitizing electronics, able to sample data traces during the micro-pulse duration, while the subsequent macro-pulse gap of ca. 8 ms leaves ample time for data readout. A ball of LaBr3 detectors with digital readout appears to best suited for this novel type of nuclear photonics at ultra-high counting rates.
description: 4 pages, 1 figure, 1 table
The quantum adiabatic algorithm and scaling of gaps at first order quantum phase transitions
Creators: name: Laumann, C. R.
name: Moessner, R.
name: Scardicchio, A.
name: Sondhi, S. L.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: Statistical Mechanics (cond-mat.stat-mech)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Motivated by the quantum adiabatic algorithm (QAA), we consider the scaling of the Hamiltonian gap at quantum first order transitions, generally expected to be exponentially small in the size of the system. However, we show that a quantum antiferromagnetic Ising chain in a staggered field can exhibit a first order transition with only an algebraically small gap. In addition, we construct a simple classical translationally invariant one-dimensional Hamiltonian containing nearest-neighbour interactions only, which exhibits an exponential gap at a thermodynamic quantum first-order transition of essentially topological origin. This establishes that (i) the QAA can be successful even across first order transitions but also that (ii) it can fail on exceedingly simple problems readily solved by inspection, or by classical annealing.
description: 6 pages, 3 figures
PREPARATION FOR CHILDBIRTH IN THE CONTEXT OF INTENSIVE MOTHERHOOD: BASIC FUNCTIONS AND PARADIGMS
Creators: name: Ozhiganova, Anna
Publisher: name: Материалы Международного психологического форума «Ребенок в цифровом мире»
Year: 2022
Subjects: preparation for childbirth
intensive parenting
authoritative knowledge about pregnancy and childbirth
medicalization of childbirth
responsibility

description: Abstract: The practice of teaching pregnant women using specialized courses is becoming increasingly popular due to the widespread ideology of intensive or conscious parenting since the end of the XX century. This training serves many functions e.g., obtaining information, physical training, gender socialization, communication, psychological training, and even the experience of altered states of consciousness. The concept of authoritative knowledge about pregnancy and childbirth proposed by the American anthropologist B. Jordan (1993), analyses the knowledge that is produced and transmitted in preparation for childbirth and characterizes it as a kind of synthesis of the (bio) medical and the alternative. This includes the experienced knowledge of individual (homebirth) midwives. This approach also draws attention to the distribution of authority knowledge depending on the type of relationship between participants – horizontal or hierarchical. This study is based on field materials including interviews with women and trainers, as well as participant observation data from birthing preparation centers and the results of a small online survey conducted in March-April 2022. Different approaches presented in Russian parenting centers are examined and a conclusion is made that there are several basic styles or paradigms of preparation for childbirth, which can be conventionally assigned as radical, neoliberal, traditionalist, and reflexive. The radical version of preparation, which dates back to the ideological paradigm developed among alternative parents in the 1980s and 1990s, uses the rhetoric of a woman's personal responsibility for the outcome of childbirth and does not view pregnant women as patients. The neoliberal paradigm, closely linked to the ideology of intensive motherhood, focuses primarily on the expert knowledge of physicians, but also on the knowledge of professional midwives and birthing leaders. The traditionalist approach appeals to patriarchal family values and gender roles and seeks to recreate an extended family atmosphere and benevolent communication in a “women's circle”. The reflexive approach favors psychological and meditative practices; preparation for childbirth is positioned as a creative project of the woman herself, in which she invests important meanings for herself.
Work extraction from microcanonical bath
Creators: name: Allahverdyan, Armen E.
name: Hovhannisyan, Karen V.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: Statistical Mechanics (cond-mat.stat-mech)
subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We determine the maximal work extractable via a cyclic Hamiltonian process from a positive-temperature ($T>0$) microcanonical state of a $N\gg 1$ spin bath. The work is much smaller than the total energy of the bath, but can be still much larger than the energy of a single bath spin, e.g. it can scale as ${\cal O}(\sqrt{N\ln N})$. Qualitatively same results are obtained for those cases, where the canonical state is unstable (e.g., due to a negative specific heat) and the microcanonical state is the only description of equilibrium. For a system coupled to a microcanonical bath the concept of free energy does {\it not generally} apply, since such a system|starting from the canonical equilibrium density matrix $ρ_T$ at the bath temperature $T$|can enhance the work extracted from the microcanonical bath without changing its state $ρ_T$. This is impossible for any system coupled to a canonical thermal bath due to the relation between the maximal work and free energy. But the concept of free energy still applies for a sufficiently large $T$. Here we find a compact expression for the {\it microcanonical free-energy} and show that in contrast to the canonical case it contains a {\it linear entropy} instead of the von Neumann entropy.
description: 6 pages, 1 figure
European Sustainable Bio-based Nanomaterials Community (BIOMAC) at the EUBP 17th annual conference
Creators: name: BIOMAC
name: Bearzotti, Chiara
name: Lopez-Hermoso, Estela
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2022

description: Poster presented at the 17th annual European Bioplastics (EUBP) Conference, which took place on 6-7 December in Berlin, industry experts discussed the latest innovations in the bioplastics sector and drove the debate on most recent political developments https://www.european-bioplastics.org/events/ebc/review/#:~:text=At%20the%2017th%20annual%20European,on%20most%20recent%20political%20developments.
description: The project has received funding from the European Union's Horizon 2020 Research and Innovation Programme under Grant Agreement No. 952941.
PRACTICAL PHILOSOPHY AS AN EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY ON THE "IN SEARCH OF WISDOM” CLUB’S ACTIVITY AT THE FACULTY OF PHILOSOPHY OF MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY
Creators: name: Davydova, Elena
Publisher: name: Материалы Международного психологического форума «Ребенок в цифровом мире»
Year: 2022
Subjects: philosophy
philosophy for children
P4C
soft skills
educational analytics
extracurricular education

description: Abstract: Philosophy for Children (P4C) as a division of Practical Philosophy is actively developing and expanding in Russia nowadays. "In Search of Wisdom" club at the Faculty of Philosophy of Moscow State University has existed for more than 10 years under the guidance of Professor L.T. Retyunskykh, influencing both the development of practical philosophy in the country and the formation of critical thinking and other soft skills in adolescent children. The conducted research shows how Practical Philosophy classes within the framework of the “In Search of Wisdom” club form a set of soft skills, such as analytical and critical thinking, the ability to listen, the ability to resolve conflicts, self-organization and self-discipline, teamwork, etc., in younger, middle, and senior school age. The data collected during interviews with club members and their parents illustrated how the acquired skills allow them to improve academic results in school. Also, both children and adults noted the main value of classes in the way in which children begin to interact with the world around them more efficiently at all levels. The interviewees emphasized that, within the framework of the classes, “skills for life” are developed, allowing children to maintain a conversation with adults and more high-ranked interlocutors (such as parents, teachers, school administration, etc.) on an equal footing and to argue their position. It is especially interesting that such manifestations are observed in children attending the club even for no more than six months.