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International Standardization of Maritime Education, Training, Scientific Research and Technological Advances related to Development of e Navigation Strategy in Order to Enhance the Cooperation for Maritime Safety and Security and Protection of Ocean Environment

The advantage of the latest technical development in the field of nautical sciences, automation, electronics, telecommunications, informatics, telematics, geomatics and global position fixing techniques, achievement in data storing, processing, analysing, transferring and visualisation should be taken into account and applied to the maritime technology. In the paper the author tries to discuss a strategic vision of development e Navigation concept using those new technologies and the main tasks of the maritime community for the near future in international standardization of maritime education, training, scientific research and technological advances related to development of eNavigation strategy in order to enhance the cooperation for maritime safety and security and protection of ocean environment. The author believes it is now appropriate time to develop a broad strategic vision for incorporating the use of new technologies in a structured way and ensuring that their use is compliant with the various electronic navigational and communication technologies and services that are already available. The author tries to present the background to ,Why e Navigation" and its definition, the key elements which in the vision for e Navigation were covered and the IMO's strength as the co ordinator of e Navigation development, including strategy implementation plan. The underlying important principles were stated, together with the need to take user needs into account. Later presentations and comments showed just how ambiguous the term ,users" can be in the context of e Navigation. This led to a more in depth review of the components of the IMO strategy implementation plan. The author tries to answer the question of whether these assumptions, decisions and actions taken were appropriate and sufficient. Implementing technology is like a three legged stool: if any one leg is inadequate, the whole system fails. Here, one leg is the technology itself; another is the procedure for how to use the technology (gained through testing and experience) and the final one is maritime education and training, both in the operation of the technology itself but most importantly in using the technology with agreed, standardized procedures to make good decisions. The development of well balanced and highly qualified seafarers is possible. It should be one of most important objectives for IAMU members.
Research overview on reliability of infrared focal plane array detector assemblies
Venue: Other Conferences

Infrared Detector Dewar Cooler Assembly (IDDCA) is the key component of infrared system, and the reliability of IDDCA determines the reliability of the system and affects the application of the system to a great extent. Reliability research is of great significance for the engineering application of IDDCA. In this paper, research progress of reliability model, failure modes, acceleration factors, and reliability tests on the assemblies are introduced. Optimizing process and life cycle cost during the manufacturing, and evaluating reliability relying on database are described. In addition, the main thought of reliability research on the assemblies is briefly analyzed. This provides a reference for the domestic reliability research of the assemblies.
Implementation and Challenges of English Language Education Reform in Malaysian Primary Schools

This article elucidates the implementation of English as a second language (ESL) learning and teaching programmes at the primary school level, spanning three decades of English language education (ELE) in Malaysia, its reform initiatives as well as the arising realities. The realities highlighted underscore the paradoxical challenges experienced with each ELE reform that are introduced, arising from the multilingual and plural socio political circumstances of the country. In particular, among recent reforms that are examined, is the consequence that the new Primary School Standards Based Curriculum for English language education (SBELC) which was introduced in 2011, has on the literacy performance of year three pupils when they sit for the LINUS LBI (literacy and Numeracy Screening for English Literacy) test, and the extent to which the English teachers and these young learners are ready to embrace the new curriculum. Concurrently, a review of the Malaysia Education Blueprint (2013 2025) as well as the Malaysia English Language Roadmap (2015 2025) is undertaken and their implications for yet another major language in education reform juxtaposed against existing problems related to teacher's language proficiency, inadequate trained and skilled teachers, mismatch between curriculum and practices, limited language exposure, and most significantly, the foreboding view of the English language as a threat towards maintaining multilingual plurality, are duly extrapolated. By way of conclusion, this article draws upon selected innovative practices to illustrate the creative pathways that have emerged from these multifarious circumstances and have ironically shown potential in strengthening the young learners' English language proficiency, notwithstanding identified impeding factors.  ESL Literacy; English Language Education Reform;  Language in Education Policy; Primary Education DOI: http:/doi.org/10.17576/3L 2016 2203
English language education in Jordan: Some recent trends and challenges

The purpose of this paper is to map out the status of English language teaching (ELT) as practised in the Arab World and, specifically, in Jordan today. The study also aims to bring into focus significant issues that need to be addressed in ELT in the Arab World. This paper presents a review of the current status of English language education, with an emphasis on the need for urgent reforms in the teaching of English in the Arab World. Further, longitudinal data in respect to classroom and workplace English proficiency are presented. English language education seems to be up to date teacher centred and bound to other issues such as teaching the textbook rather than focusing on developing lifelong strategies. There is a critical need for writing national standards for English language professional development programmes that should be based on the findings of sound research. The paper highlights the significance of teaching English language through observing and reviewing the current practices.
English Language Education Policies in the People's Republic of China

This chapter views language policy as consisting of language practices, language beliefs and language intervention, planning or management (Spolsky. Language policy.  2004; Spolsky. What is language policy?  Spolsky B (ed) The Cambridge handbook of language policy.  2012) and uses this view to describe and analyze English language education policies in China. Particular attention is given to the evolution of official views, that is the opinions and perceptions of the government, and popular views, that is the opinions and perceptions of the general public, towards English, and official efforts to build English language proficiency through the provision of English language education from the establishment of the People's Republic of China (PRC) until the present day. This is followed by an overview of the current English language curriculum at the various levels of China's education system. This chapter also assesses the effects of English language education policy on language practices, in terms of the use of English within China and levels of English language proficiency. Finally, it outlines some policy challenges and possible future trends based on policy outcomes and the broader sociolinguistic situation of China.
English Language Education Policy in Japan: At a Crossroads

Ever since 1989, there has been an intensification of efforts to reform English Language Teaching (ELT) in Japan. Policy initiatives such as "The Action Plan to Cultivate Japanese with English Abilities" launched in 2003, the implementation of "Foreign Language Activities" in elementary schools in 2011, the "Global 30" Project in higher education to promote English medium learning in 2009 and the 2013 implementation of the revised national senior high school foreign language curriculum are all efforts initiated by the Japanese government to improve ELT practice and increase international awareness among Japanese learners. In spite of these initiatives, however, a continued disconnect between policy declarations and the realities of pedagogical practice has resulted in stasis in terms of policy implementation. We argue that the central agents of English language education policy in Japan the teachers are often left to their own devices to interpret and deliver policy initiatives that themselves may have conflicting messages, and may not provide teachers with specific educational tools to engage in meaningful, substantive pedagogical change. This disconnect must be addressed systematically in order to better empower teachers at the local level.
English language education policy in Asia

Introduction by Robert Kirkpatrick Thuy Thi Ngoc Bui. English in education Policy and Planning in Bangladesh: A Critical Examination by M. Obaidul Hamid Elizabeth J. Erling. English Language Education Policies in the People's Republic of China by Jeffrey Gil. English Language Education Policy and the Native speaking English Teacher (NET) Scheme in Hong Kong by Mihyon Jeon. English Education Policy in India by Hema Ramanathan. Language Policy in Practice: Reframing the English Language Curriculum in the Indonesian Secondary Education Sector by Handoyo Puji Widodo. English Language Education Policy in Japan by Gregory Paul Glasgow Daniel Leigh Paller. The Impact of English on Educational Policies and Practices in Malaysia by Ria Hanewald. Local Global Tension in the Ideological Construction of English Language Education Policy in Nepal by Prem Phyak. English Language Teaching in Pakistan: Language Policies, Delusions and Solutions by Syed Abdul Manan, Maya Khemlani David Francisco Perlas Dumanig. English Language Education in the Philippines: Policies, Problems, and Prospects by Marilu Ranosa Madrunio, Isabel Pefianco Martin Sterling Miranda Plata. Singapore's English knowing Bilingual Policy: A Critical Evaluation by Patrick Ng Chin Leong. English Education Policies in South Korea: Planned and Enacted by Jeehyae Chung Taehee Choi. English Language Policy and Planning in Sri Lanka: A Recent Overview by Dilini Walisundara Shyamani Hetti arachchi. Timor Leste by John Macalister. English Education Policy in Thailand: Why the Poor Results? By Amrita Kaur, David Young Robert Kirkpatrick. Standardizing English for Educational and Socio economic Betterment A Critical Analysis of English Language Policy Reforms in Vietnam by Thuy Thi Ngoc Bui Hoa Thi Mai Nguyen
English Language Education

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Celebrity endorsements: Influence of a product endorser match on Millennials attitudes and purchase intentions

The buying power of millennial consumers is ever growing. They are social consumers, sharing all aspects of their experiences on social media. One advertising technique that may sway millennial consumers is using a celebrity endorser. The purpose of this study was to investigate if the presence of a congruent product endorser match helped influence purchase intent of millennial consumers and aide in favourable attitudes toward the advertisement. Millennials evaluated an unfamiliar celebrity endorsement where they indicated they had little intent to purchase the product endorsed by the unfamiliar celebrity, but the unfamiliar celebrity did lead to favourable evaluations of the advertisement.
The Influence of Corporate Reputation on Preference for Biodiesel Supplier

This study investigated the influence of three corporate reputation dimensions: product quality, social responsibility, and overall attitude toward corporate reputation on the buying intentions of professional buyers. The buyers considered the purchase of an environmentally friendly industrial commodity: biodiesel. Data was gathered from a sample of 96 experienced fleet management staff who were knowledgeable about the product. The findings were that corporate reputation for product quality and social responsibility were significant positive influences on buyer intent but not overall attitude towards the corporate reputation. Perceived risk had no significant effect neither as a direct or moderating influence. The results are thought to be generalizable to the class of purchases where there is performance uncertainty because of new "green" technology and thus corporate reputation should play a role in the decision process.
Rituximab treatment for autoimmune limbic encephalitis in an institutional cohort
Venue: Neurology

To determine efficacy and safety of rituximab treatment as a second line immunotherapy treatment for autoimmune limbic encephalitis (ALE) and to determine factors associated with functional improvement and favorable outcome following rituximab treatment.  We recruited 80 patients with ALE who were treated with rituximab as a second line immunotherapy from the Korea Autoimmune Synaptic and Paraneoplastic Encephalitis Registry and reviewed 81 patients without rituximab as a control. We grouped patients according to the detection or type of antibodies; in addition, we evaluated clinical, laboratory, first line immunotherapy, and rituximab treatment profiles and defined main outcomes as improvements on the modified Rankin Scale (mRS) score and a favorable mRS score (0 2) at the last follow up.  Functional improvement occurred more frequently in the rituximab group compared to the control group. In the rituximab group, 30 (37.5% patients had synaptic autoantibodies, 15 (18.8% in the paraneoplastic autoantibodies, and 35 (43.8% were antibody negative. The effect of rituximab was the same regardless of autoantibody status. Additional monthly rituximab therapy and partial response to first line immunotherapies were associated with mRS score improvements, as well as favorable mRS scores. mRS scores of 4 6 as the worst neurologic status predicted an unfavorable mRS score. There were no reported serious infusion related or infectious adverse effects of rituximab.  Rituximab is effective and safe as a second line immunotherapy for ALE, regardless of autoantibody status. Additional monthly rituximab therapy might potentiate the efficacy of rituximab.  This study provides Class IV evidence that rituximab improves mRS scores for patients with autoimmune limbic encephalitis who fail first line therapy.
Predicting wheat kernels' protein content by near infrared hyperspectral imaging.

The objective of this study was to explore the potential of near infrared hyperspectral imaging combined with statistical regression models and neural networks for nondestructive prediction of protein content of wheat kernels. Seventy nine samples from 11 breeds of wheat kernels were collected. The protein percentage of each sample measured by semimicro Kjeldahl method was taken as the reference value. After comparing the prediction models of principal components regression (PCR) and partial least squares regression (PLSR) with various pretreatment methods, PLSR preprocessed by zero mean normalization (z score) function of MATLAB was found to obtain better prediction results than other regression models. Based on 10 latent variables of PLSR, the radial basis function (RBF) neural network was applied to improve the prediction, in which the coefficients of determination (R2) were greater than 0.92 for both the calibration set and validation set, while the corresponding RMSE values were 0.3496 and 0.4005, respectively. Therefore, hyperspectral imaging can provide a fast and non destructive method for predicting the wheat kernels' protein content.  wheat kernels, protein, nondestructive prediction, near infrared hyperspectral imaging, partial least squares regression, radial basis function neural network DOI: 10.3965/j.ijabe.20160902.1701  Yang S Q, He D J, Ning J F. Predicting wheat kernels' protein content by near infrared hyperspectral imaging.  2016; 9(2) 163 170.
INTEGRATION OF SWOT BALANCE SCORECARD TO FORMULATE STRATEGIC PLANNING IN THE TECHNOLOGY AND VOCATIONAL EDUCATION IN INDONESIA

This paper describes the method of preparation of a comprehensive strategic planning model for technology and vocational education. For this purpose, the quantitative SWOT method has been utilizedilizes been usebeen used and incorporated with the Balanced Score Card. The steps taken during this study were: first, conducting a SWOT analysis quantitatively second, using the Balanced Score Card to define the strategic issues and to decide the successful procedure. The object of this study was the Mechanical Engineering Education (MEE) Study Programme and Civil Engineering Education (CEE) of Sebelas Maret University in Indonesia. SWOT quantitative analysis was conducted on 124 respondents. Respondents embrace the design team study programs, university policymakers, alumni, and students. The result shows that SWOT methodology integrated with the Balanced Score Card are often used effectively to easier the precise strategic problems. Supported by these strategic challenges, the design team will quickly formulate the strategic development of every study programme.
Sin Fronteras9. Ch?canos, Mexican Americans, and the Emergence of the Contemporary Mexican Immigration Debate, 1968 1978

IN OCTOBER 1977, more than two thousand individuals representing a spectrum of Mexican American and other Hispanic interests, ranging from community groups and elected officials to militant ethnic separat ist and Marxist organizations, assembled in San Antonio, Texas for the First National Chicano/Latino Conference on Immigration and Public Policy.1 Called in response to President Jimmy Carter's recently an nounced immigration reform legislation, the conference provided dra matic evidence of the extent to which the immigration controversy had become a major civil rights issue in the 1970s. In three days of meet ings, the conference participants passed a series of unanimous resolu tions condemning the "Carter Plan" as discriminatory against both citi zens and aliens of Latin descent. With Mexican American organizations leading the way, the delegates specifically criticized the administration's call for the imposition of legal sanctions against habitual employers of illegal aliens, and lambasted other aspects of the proposal, including the provisions for extending a limited amnesty to hundreds of thousands of undocumented aliens already in the United States.2 The unanimous negative response to the Carter Plan by Mexican American community groups, elected officials, and virtually every ma jor civil rights and political advocacy organization, represented a dra matic departure from traditional Mexican American positions on the immigration issue. Indeed, dating from the period of the first mass mi grations of Mexicans into the United States after the turn of the century, most Mexican American political activists and organizations had con sistently demanded many of the same reforms that they now rejected. Accepting the premise that immigrants undermined the life chances of American citizens of Mexican descent by competing with them for em ployment, depressing wages, and retarding their assimilation into the American social and cultural mainstream, most Mexican American ad
CONSTRUCTING MEXICAN IMMIGRANT WOMEN AS A THREAT TO AMERICAN FAMILIES

Mexican immigrant mothers and their children are under attack by anti immigration discourse that draws heavily from Homeland Security rhetoric and immigration law enforcement This study examines an anti immigration group, Mothers Against Illegal Aliens (MALA) that positions itself from the standpoint of mothers who are U.S. citizens. State and federal legislation and immigration law enforcement provide the foundation for MAIA's anti immigrant discourse against Mexican immigrant women by drawing from racially coded language and depictions by incorporating Homeland Security discourse and law enforcement practices. Four major themes used to construct unauthorized Mexican immigrant mothers as unfit are: the inability to raise loyal U.S. citizens; reproduction is used as an opportunistic strategy to gain benefits; the U.S. born children of Mexican immigrant receiving benefits has negative impacts on the children of mothers who are U.S. citizens; and the U.S. born children of these mothers threaten the political dominance of white citizens.
Sacred Geometry Philosophy And Practice

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Commentary and Review on Sacred Geometry

This formula was designed to discover and analyze the compatibility/incompatibility of individuals and groups of individuals based on fingerprint classifications found in the Henry System of Fingerprint Classification and Filing. In particular, the Primary Classification which depicts the distribution of whorl type patterns across a ten set of fingerprints. A given Primary Classification is therefore examined according to the geometric position that it maintains on a chart of the 1024 classifications. Nevertheless, in order for geometric analysis to be accurate, the dimensions of the Primary Classification Chart must be specific. Commentary and Review on Sacred Geometry
New Light Field Image Dataset
Venue: QoMEX 2016

Recently, an emerging light field imaging technology, which enables capturing full light information in a scene, has gained a lot of interest. To design, develop, implement, and test novel algorithms in light field image processing and compression, the availability of suitable light field image datasets is essential. In this paper, a publicly available light field image dataset is introduced and described in details. The proposed dataset contains 118 light field images captured by using a Lytro Illum light field camera. Based on their content, acquired light field images were classified into ten different categories with various features covering wide range of potential usage, such as image compression and quality evaluation.