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Chen, Xiang, and Yong Zhang. "A Kind of TD-SCDMA Download System Based on Cloud Computing." Key Engineering Materials 474-476 (April 2011): 903–7. http://dx.doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/kem.474-476.903.
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TD-SCDMA communication platform based on concept of cloud computing is the natural trend of mobile communication development. Based on introduction of related concept of cloud and TD-SCDMA communication platform, the paper combined TD-SCDMA wireless communication network platform and cloud computing and designed wireless communication network download system under this concept. The communication manage module of system completes signaling transmission, data transmission control and monitoring. The Flash module block manage memory chip. Data block multi-threaded simultaneous downloads, combining with high-level protocol stack module, and the network data backup as well as wireless download transmission was implemented based on concept of cloud computing. System stability and efficiency has been proved in the platform development process.
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Suhendani, Suhendani. "Pemanfaatan koleksi Perpustakaan Pusat Pendayagunaan Informatika dan Kawasan Strategis Nuklir BATAN menggunakan ISO 11620:2014." Jurnal Kajian Informasi & Perpustakaan 9, no. 2 (December 31, 2021): 161. http://dx.doi.org/10.24198/jkip.v9i2.29892.
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The library collection is an essential element of a library. The increasing turnover and collection usage by users in the library will affect the library's performance. The availability of collections in the library is an adequate number of collections and the availability of several collections owned by a library. This study aimed to determine utilization of the Central Library for Utilization of Informatics collection and the BATAN Nuclear Strategic Area using ISO 11620:2014. This study used a descriptive method with a quantitative approach, derived from numerical data of circulation services from 2017 to 2019. Results showed that the overall level of borrowing library materials decreased due to reduced direct user visits to libraries and digital libraries. The utilization level of library collections by the population to be served has increased significantly. Documents downloaded were six titles, and the highest download frequency was four times in 2018. Besides, documents downloaded were four titles, and the highest download frequency was 23 times in 2019. Users found the information they were interested in from electronic collections that were downloaded every year, namely radiography training exam questions. The presence of electronic documents is considered quite relevant and useful according to the user's information needs. Many collections of the Central Library for the Utilization of Informatics and the Nuclear Strategic Area of BATAN are not lent due to the availability of collections that are not yet relevant to users' needs. It significantly affects the turnover of the collection.
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Hikmaturokhman, Alfin, Wahyu Pamungkas, and Muhamad Alwi Sibro Malisi. "Analisis Kualitas Jaringan 2G Pada Frekuensi 900MHz Dan 1800MHz Di Area Purwokerto." JURNAL INFOTEL - Informatika Telekomunikasi Elektronika 5, no. 2 (November 10, 2013): 1. http://dx.doi.org/10.20895/infotel.v5i2.1.
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Teknologi 2G GSM masih banyak digunakan untuk komunikasi selular pada layanan suara maupun data. Performansi jaringan sangat berpengaruh terhadap layanan komunikasi yang digunakan. Drive test merupakan salah satu metode yang digunakan untuk mengamati performansi jaringan dari sisi penerima. Penelitian ini membahas tentang bagaimana cara pengamatan performasi jaringan dengan metode drive test single site. Parameter yang diamati untuk mengetahui performansi suatu jaringan 2G adalah Rx Level, Rx Qual, SQI dan Throughput. Rx Level yaitu digunakan untuk pengamatan level sinyal penerima dari BTS. Rx Qual digunakan untuk menentukan kualitas sinyal penerima. SQI merupakan nilai indikator dari kualitas layanan suara. Throughput menampilkan nilai pengamatan layanan data hasil download dan upload. Hasil pengamatan dari drive test single site ini memperoleh nilai level sinyal atau Rx Level ? -85 dBm dapat mencapai 80% untuk frekuensi 900 MHz sedangkan pada frekuensi 1800 MHz memperoleh 74,95%, Rx Qual dari range 0-3 memperoleh 26,58% pada frekuensi 900 MHz dan 33,81% pada frekuensi 1800 MHz. Nilai throughput maksimum dapat mencapai target 60 Kbps pada penggunaan download GPRS dan 90 Kbps untuk penggunaan download EDGE, sedangkan nilai throughput upload dapat mencapai 30 Kbps pada GPRS dan 60 Kbps pada EDGE. Nilai maksimum throughput download maupun upload pada jaringan 2G di BTS Teluk masih dalam keadaan normal dengan melihat hasil nilai maksimum throughput berdasarkan Key Performance Indicator (KPI).
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Jones, Joshua P., Kurama Okubo, Tim Clements, and Marine A. Denolle. "SeisIO: A Fast, Efficient Geophysical Data Architecture for the Julia Language." Seismological Research Letters 91, no. 4 (April 29, 2020): 2368–77. http://dx.doi.org/10.1785/0220190295.
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Abstract SeisIO for the Julia language is a new geophysical data framework that combines the intuitive syntax of a high-level language with performance comparable to FORTRAN or C. Benchmark comparisons against recent versions of popular programs for seismic data download and analysis demonstrate significant improvements in file read speed and orders-of-magnitude improvements in memory overhead. Because the Julia language natively supports parallel computing with an intuitive syntax, we benchmark test parallel download and processing of multiweek segments of contiguous data from two sets of 10 broadband seismic stations, and find that SeisIO outperforms two popular Python-based tools for data downloads. The current capabilities of SeisIO include file read support for several geophysical data formats, online data access using a variety of services, and optimized versions of several common data processing operations. Tutorial notebooks and extensive documentation are available to improve the user experience. As an accessible example of performant scientific computing for the next generation of researchers, SeisIO offers ease of use and rapid learning without sacrificing computational efficiency.
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Qu, Qinghui, and Xinyang Zhang. "Bibliometric Study on the Highly Cited Papers and Correlation Between Citation Frequency and Download Frequency in Chinese Medicine Journals." International Journal of Pattern Recognition and Artificial Intelligence 35, no. 10 (July 30, 2021): 2153004. http://dx.doi.org/10.1142/s0218001421530049.
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The purpose of this paper is to retrieve and study the highly cited papers as well as the correlation between the citation frequency and the download frequency of the 20 traditional Chinese medicine journals in China, in order to provide the guidance for improving the influence and academic quality of these journals. Bibliometric analyses were conducted on 1103 papers of 20 traditional Chinese medicine journals from 2011 to 2020 by retrieving for the China Academic Journal Network Publishing Database (CAJD) in China National Knowledge Infrastructure (CNKI). SPSS 17.0 software was used to analyze the correlation between the citation frequency and the download frequency via conducting regression fitting and establishing the mathematical models. The results showed that the total citations of the 1103 papers were 93051 times and the average citations were 84.36 times per paper. The total downloads of the 1103 papers were 2058442 times, and the average downloads were 1866.22 times per paper. China Journal of Chinese Materia Medica ranked first according to the number of papers, total citations and total downloads. The citations of Journal of Chinese Medicinal Materials ranked first based on the number of citations per paper. One of Li’s paper had been cited the most (983 times). There were 629 (57.03%) papers whose first author was from universities. The scopes of the first authors were distributed in 29 regions and 2 special administrative regions (Macao, Hong Kong) in China. The authors from Beijing published 283 (25.66%) papers, ranking number one. The number of papers supported by funds was 882 (79.96%). The research results of correlation showed that the citation frequency and the download frequency of the highly cited papers had a highly positive correlation from both journal and paper level for whether the sample data of journals was normally distributed or nonnormally distributed. The correlation coefficients of the 20 journals at journal level and that at paper level were 0.9765 and 0.6677, respectively. The correlation was better at journal level than that at paper level, while the optimal regression fitting was all cubic polynomial. Among the 1103 papers, there were 684 (62.01%) research papers and 419 (37.99%) review papers. The main citation period of the top 15 papers was from the 2nd year to the 6th year after publication, accounting for 78.39%. Papers on clinical therapeutics research, papers on the pharmacological effects and its mechanism of traditional Chinese medicine, and papers on traditional Chinese medicine and natural medicine were the main source of the highly cited papers of the traditional Chinese medicine journals. Editors of the journals should focus on the above-mentioned research areas to select manuscripts for exploiting the excellent sources extensively, while paying attention to review papers, focusing on national major or key projects, paying attention to network spreading, stabilizing authors with quality services, in order to improve the influence and the academic quality of journals.
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Geerds, Merle A. J., Wieke S. Nijmeijer, J. H. Hegeman, and Miriam M. R. Vollenbroek-Hutten. "Mobile App for Monitoring 3-Month Postoperative Functional Outcome After Hip Fracture: Usability Study." JMIR Human Factors 7, no. 3 (September 14, 2020): e16989. http://dx.doi.org/10.2196/16989.
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Background As a result of an aging population, there has been an increasing incidence of hip fractures worldwide. In the Netherlands, in order to improve the quality of care for elderly patients with hip fractures, the multidisciplinary Centre for Geriatric Traumatology was established in 2008 at the Department of Trauma Surgery at Ziekenhuisgroep Twente hospital (located in Almelo and Hengelo in the Netherlands). Objective Though the Dutch Hip Fracture audit is used to monitor the quality of care for patients with fractures of the hip, only 30.7% of patients complete registration in the 3-month follow-up period. Mobile apps offer an opportunity for improvement in this area. The aim of this study was to investigate the usability and acceptance of a mobile app for gathering indicators of quality of care in a 3-month follow-up period after postoperative treatment of hip fracture. Methods From July 2017 to December 2017, patients who underwent surgical treatment for hip fracture were recruited. Patients and caregivers, who were collectively considered the participant cohort, were asked to download the app and answer a questionnaire. Participants were divided into two groups—those who downloaded the app and those who did not download the app. A telephone interview that was based upon the Unified Theory of Acceptance and Use of Technology was conducted with a subset of participants from each group (1:1 ratio). This study was designated as not being subject to the Dutch Medical Research Involving Human Subjects Act according to the appropriate medical research ethics committees. Results Of the patients and caregivers who participated, 26.4% (29/110) downloaded the app, whereas 73.6% (81/110) did not. Telephone interviews with the subset of participants (n=24 per group) revealed that 54.0% (13/24) of the group of participants who did not download the app had forgotten the study. Among the group who downloaded the app, 95.8% (23/24) had the intention of completing the questionnaire, but only 4.2% (1/24) did so. The reasons for not completing the questionnaire included technical problems, cognitive disorders, or patient dependency on caregivers. Most participants in the group who downloaded the app self-reported a high level of expertise in using a smartphone (22/24, 91.7%), and sufficient facilitating conditions for using a smartphone were self-reported in both groups (downloaded the app: 23/24, 95.8%; did not download the app: 21/24, 87.5%), suggesting that these factors were not barriers to completion. Conclusions Despite self-reported intention to use the app, smartphone expertise, and sufficient facilitating conditions for smartphone use, implementation of the mobile app was infeasible for daily practice. This was due to a combination of technical problems, factors related to the implementation process, and the population of interest having cognitive disorders or a dependency on caregivers for mobile technology.
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Liu, Bin, Xin Gao, and Hanyu Zhang. "BioSeq-Analysis2.0: an updated platform for analyzing DNA, RNA and protein sequences at sequence level and residue level based on machine learning approaches." Nucleic Acids Research 47, no. 20 (September 4, 2019): e127-e127. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/nar/gkz740.
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Abstract As the first web server to analyze various biological sequences at sequence level based on machine learning approaches, many powerful predictors in the field of computational biology have been developed with the assistance of the BioSeq-Analysis. However, the BioSeq-Analysis can be only applied to the sequence-level analysis tasks, preventing its applications to the residue-level analysis tasks, and an intelligent tool that is able to automatically generate various predictors for biological sequence analysis at both residue level and sequence level is highly desired. In this regard, we decided to publish an important updated server covering a total of 26 features at the residue level and 90 features at the sequence level called BioSeq-Analysis2.0 (http://bliulab.net/BioSeq-Analysis2.0/), by which the users only need to upload the benchmark dataset, and the BioSeq-Analysis2.0 can generate the predictors for both residue-level analysis and sequence-level analysis tasks. Furthermore, the corresponding stand-alone tool was also provided, which can be downloaded from http://bliulab.net/BioSeq-Analysis2.0/download/. To the best of our knowledge, the BioSeq-Analysis2.0 is the first tool for generating predictors for biological sequence analysis tasks at residue level. Specifically, the experimental results indicated that the predictors developed by BioSeq-Analysis2.0 can achieve comparable or even better performance than the existing state-of-the-art predictors.
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Lupiáñez-Villanueva, Francisco, Frans Folkvord, and Mariek Vanden Abeele. "Influence of the Business Revenue, Recommendation, and Provider Models on Mobile Health App Adoption: Three-Country Experimental Vignette Study." JMIR mHealth and uHealth 8, no. 6 (June 4, 2020): e17272. http://dx.doi.org/10.2196/17272.
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Background Despite the worldwide growth in mobile health (mHealth) tools and the possible benefits of mHealth for patients and health care providers, scientific research examining factors explaining the adoption level of mHealth tools remains scarce. Objective We performed an experimental vignette study to investigate how four factors related to the business model of an mHealth app affect its adoption and users’ willingness to pay: (1) the revenue model (ie, sharing data with third parties vs accepting advertisements); (2) the data protection model (General Data Protection Regulation [GDPR]-compliant data handling vs nonGDPR-compliant data handling); (3) the recommendation model (ie, doctor vs patient recommendation); and (4) the provider model (ie, pharmaceutical vs medical association provider). In addition, health consciousness, health information orientation, and electronic health literacy were explored as intrapersonal predictors of adoption. Methods We conducted an experimental study in three countries, Spain (N=800), Germany (N=800), and the Netherlands (N=416), to assess the influence of multiple business models and intrapersonal characteristics on the willingness to pay and intention to download a health app. Results The revenue model did not affect willingness to pay or intentions to download the app in all three countries. In the Netherlands, data protection increased willingness to pay for the health app (P<.001). Moreover, in all three countries, data protection increased the likelihood of downloading the app (P<.001). In Germany (P=.04) and the Netherlands (P=.007), a doctor recommendation increased both willingness to pay and intention to download the health app. For all three countries, apps manufactured in association with a medical organization were more likely to be downloaded (P<.001). Finally, in all three countries, men, younger individuals, those with higher levels of education, and people with a health information orientation were willing to pay more for adoption of the health app and had a higher intention to download the app. Conclusions The finding that people want their data protected by legislation but are not willing to pay more for data protection suggests that in the context of mHealth, app privacy protection cannot be leveraged as a selling point. However, people do value a doctor recommendation and apps manufactured by a medical association, which particularly influence their intention to download an mHealth app.
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Madson, Austin, and Yongwei Sheng. "Automated Water Level Monitoring at the Continental Scale from ICESat-2 Photons." Remote Sensing 13, no. 18 (September 11, 2021): 3631. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/rs13183631.
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Of the approximately 6700 lakes and reservoirs larger than 1 km2 in the Contiguous United States (CONUS), only ~430 (~6%) are actively gaged by the United States Geological Survey (USGS) or their partners and are available for download through the National Water Information System database. Remote sensing analysis provides a means to fill in these data gaps in order to glean a better understanding of the spatiotemporal water level changes across the CONUS. This study takes advantage of two-plus years of NASA’s ICESat-2 (IS-2) ATLAS photon data (ATL03 products) in order to derive water level changes for ~6200 overlapping lakes and reservoirs (>1 km2) in the CONUS. Interactive visualizations of large spatial datasets are becoming more commonplace as data volumes for new Earth observing sensors have markedly increased in recent years. We present such a visualization created from an automated cluster computing workflow that utilizes tens of billions of ATLAS photons which derives water level changes for all of the overlapping lakes and reservoirs in the CONUS. Furthermore, users of this interactive website can download segmented and clustered IS-2 ATL03 photons for each individual waterbody so that they may run their own analysis. We examine ~19,000 IS-2 derived water level changes that are spatially and temporally coincident with water level changes from USGS gages and find high agreement with our results as compared to the in situ gage data. The mean squared error (MSE) and the mean absolute error (MAE) between these two products are 1 cm and 6 cm, respectively.
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Saw, Young Ern, Edina Yi-Qin Tan, Jessica Shijia Liu, and Jean CJ Liu. "Predicting Public Uptake of Digital Contact Tracing During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Results From a Nationwide Survey in Singapore." Journal of Medical Internet Research 23, no. 2 (February 3, 2021): e24730. http://dx.doi.org/10.2196/24730.
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Background During the COVID-19 pandemic, new digital solutions have been developed for infection control. In particular, contact tracing mobile apps provide a means for governments to manage both health and economic concerns. However, public reception of these apps is paramount to their success, and global uptake rates have been low. Objective In this study, we sought to identify the characteristics of individuals or factors potentially associated with voluntary downloads of a contact tracing mobile app in Singapore. Methods A cohort of 505 adults from the general community completed an online survey. As the primary outcome measure, participants were asked to indicate whether they had downloaded the contact tracing app TraceTogether introduced at the national level. The following were assessed as predictor variables: (1) participant demographics, (2) behavioral modifications on account of the pandemic, and (3) pandemic severity (the number of cases and lockdown status). Results Within our data set, the strongest predictor of the uptake of TraceTogether was the extent to which individuals had already adjusted their lifestyles because of the pandemic (z=13.56; P<.001). Network analyses revealed that uptake was most related to the following: using hand sanitizers, avoiding public transport, and preferring outdoor over indoor venues during the pandemic. However, demographic and situational characteristics were not significantly associated with app downloads. Conclusions Efforts to introduce contact tracing apps could capitalize on pandemic-related behavioral adjustments among individuals. Given that a large number of individuals is required to download contact tracing apps for contact tracing to be effective, further studies are required to understand how citizens respond to contact tracing apps. Trial Registration ClinicalTrials.gov NCT04468581, https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT04468581
Dissertations / Theses on the topic "Download level"
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Arévalo, Gabriela Beatriz. "High-level views in object-oriented systems using formal concept analysis /." [S.l.] : [s.n.], 2004. http://www.zb.unibe.ch/download/eldiss/04arevalo_g.pdf.
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Easey, Michael Andrew. "A study of higher level upper-secondary mathematics course choice." Thesis, Australian Catholic University, 2019. https://acuresearchbank.acu.edu.au/download/cc96100734b3c2f0e9c79f11e6e4f47dbae4d2f41a1935503a662b5dcce8f448/13023991/Easey_2019_A_study_of_higher_level_upper_secondary.pdf.
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The impetus for this study was an observed decline in Year 10 students choosing higher level upper-secondary mathematics courses at a school in metropolitan Brisbane, Queensland. This problem has been the focus of similar research in Australia and internationally for over three generations, and despite numerous studies and reports leading to many recommendations, the problem continues. Further research regarding this problem is necessary as there are important practical implications for the students themselves, with 75% of careers in the 21st century identified as requiring skills acquired through tertiary courses that are underpinned by science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM), all of which are enabled by higher level upper-secondary mathematics courses. Extending this problem from personal gain and opportunity for students to the wider community, it is evident that more individuals are needed to engage in STEM studies and careers to contribute to the innovation necessary to make Australia internationally competitive and economically prosperous. With this context in mind, the research question for this study was: What are the main factors that influence Year 10 students’ upper-secondary mathematics course choice? Moving away from the retrospective approaches normally adopted to a real-time prospective approach, this study explored the decline in Year 10 students choosing higher level upper-secondary mathematics courses using survey, drawing on the perspectives of 423 Year 10 students at three metropolitan Brisbane schools prior to making their formal subject selection later that year. Quantitative analysis indicated that the main factors influencing upper-secondary mathematics course choice are Out-of-field Mathematics Teachers, Attitudes to Mathematics, Gender, and Career Intentions. The critical finding was that Out-of-field Mathematics Teachers had a statistically significant influence on students’ upper-secondary mathematics course choice. This represents a new contribution to the research literature that has important implications for teacher registration policy in Australia as well as internationally. Also, there are implications for universities to ensure that more mathematics teachers are trained and greater incentives are provided for mathematically capable students to become mathematics teachers.
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Kozic, Nina. "Statistical shape space analysis based on level sets for optimization of orthopaedic implant design." [S.l.] : [s.n.], 2009. http://www.zb.unibe.ch/download/eldiss/09kozic_n.pdf.
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Sanz, Garea Javier. "Identification and characterisation of CFTR mutations at transcript level and association with disease severity in cystic fibrosis /." [S.l.] : [s.n.], 2006. http://www.zb.unibe.ch/download/eldiss/05sanz_j.pdf.
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White, Greer. "A call for a level playing field: A study of masculinity 1999-2000." Thesis, Australian Catholic University, 2004. https://acuresearchbank.acu.edu.au/download/f30bb2a9eef62e81442b93c6f2d72219aff5f4b1a0c7544f3eaeef1c40dcd8a5/2486489/65138_downloaded_stream_363.pdf.
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The impetus of this study was a concern for the education and general welfare of boys. The interest in boys' education has grown notably over the past ten years. This interest is evident in media reports, popular psychology texts, education reports and scholarly writing. Academic research on boys' experience of education is less prolific although it does include studies conducted by Australian and international researchers. Central to this commentary on boys' education is the concept of masculinity. Here there is a strong claim that boys' academic performance and behaviour is influenced by the way they construct and live out masculine expressions. This research study is situated in a Catholic secondary school for boys (referred to as the College) and seeks to illumine the school experiences of students at the school. As school Counsellor I noted that some boys were displaying a lack of motivation for learning, resisted independent thinking and seemed to be opposed to authority. These characteristics, in turn, contributed to diminished academic performance and troublesome classroom behaviour. This observation raised issues in respect to the boys' perceptions of masculinity and the various expressions of masculinity within the school. An analysis of historical and contemporary documents identified a mismatch between the stated vision and mission of the school and the structural organization it creates. This mismatch pointed to a critical gap between the stated purpose of its education and the social reality of boys' educational experience. This critical gap was particularly evident in the school's commitment to educating boys within a social justice framework. It seemed that investigation into the gender regime of the school and the implications this has for students was warranted. A review of literature in respect to the concept of masculinity and boys' education served to further clarify the research problem and the purpose of this study.;This review identified the various contemporary understandings of masculinity. It also explored the current debate about what is happening to boys in education and provided an outline of particular elements of the social constructionist's understanding of collective masculinity expressions within a school setting. Commentary on how a school can configure its particular gender regime was of particular interest to this study. This review identified three research questions to guide this study. These questions are: Research Question 1: How do the students of the College understand masculinity? Research Question 2: What is the College's gender regime? Research Question 3: What are the implications for students of the College's gender regime? This research study was informed by a pragmatic understanding of the epistemology of constructivism and the principles associated with the theoretical framework of symbolic interactionism. A two-stage research design of exploration and inspection was employed to aid data collection, analysis and interpretation. In the exploratory stage data was collected through a questionnaire to 255 of the 301 Year 12 cohort. These data were analysed using both quantitative and qualitative methods and the results gave direction to the type of data needed in the second stage of the study, the stage of inspection. In the stage of inspection, data were obtained through two processes, one-to-one interviews and focus group discussions. An analysis of data collected in the second stage of the study led to the identification of a number of key findings in the way boys understand masculinity and the school has organized its gender regime. These findings highlight the domination of playing sport and the subordination and marginalization of other masculine expressions.;They also give evidence of the existence of a critical gap between the school's stated purpose based on Christian values, justice, holistic development, respect for the dignity of the individual, human striving and so on, and the reality it produces. The study concludes by outlining a number of recommendations that suggest themselves for the future development of the College. It recommends that the school introduce a gender education programme for students, review the gender regime that supports playing sport as the dominant masculine expression, and provide structures and opportunity for other masculine expressions to find approval and acceptance. Finally it is recommended that the vision that the school holds for the education of boys and its structural organization be open to scrutiny and exploration in order that what the school holds to be most important in the education of boys will be intentionally pursued.
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Goodale, Tyler. "The Relationship between Physical Qualities and Activity Profiles of International Women’s Sevens Players." Thesis, Australian Catholic University, 2017. https://acuresearchbank.acu.edu.au/download/219a342f41a025a793cf4b6cffa6ebd74a840c44582ebae813802e059439ebbb/1924372/Goodale_2017_The_relationship_between_physical_qualities_and.pdf.
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Due to its inclusion in the recent Olympic Games, women’s Rugby Sevens has experienced a marked increase in popularity. As a result of the sports’ emergent nature the player profile and performance demands of women’s Rugby Sevens remain poorly understood.
Rugby Sevens is a modified game of 15-a-side Rugby Union, played under similar laws but with fewer players per side and for less total game time. The sport is played in a tournament format with multiple games played in one day and across a 2 to 3-day period. Rugby Sevens is one of the few true contact sports played by females and is therefore unique in this regard.
A lack of research into the specific demands of the game and physical qualities of the players means that the majority of training decisions for the sport are based on research performed on males playing either Rugby Sevens or other Rugby codes. As sex differences specific to elite sport performance are known to exist, basing training prescriptions for females on male-specific research requires a number of assumptions to be made, which is unfair and potentially inappropriate to female athletes of any playing ability.
Based on the identified gaps in the literature, the purpose of this thesis was to first characterize 1) the physical qualities of players; and 2) the game demands of international women's Rugby Sevens; and 3) to then examine the interaction between these aspects of the game. To achieve these aims, it was important in Study 1 to first identify physical qualities that discriminated playing rank in women’s Rugby Sevens. Then, in Study 2, the characteristics of game activity and physiological demands of international women's Rugby Sevens were profiled and further investigated for how these demands changed in relation to key contextual factors such as: game half, game outcome, game margin, tournament day and playing position. Study 3 examined game demands in further detail specifically relating to the tactical phases of play; attack and defense. The interaction between tactical phase demands and game outcome was examined in order to profile successful style of play. Finally, Study 4 examined the relationships among physical qualities, game demands and contextual factors with the aim of identifying the physical qualities important for success at the international level.
The international game of women’s Rugby Sevens is a physically demanding game, requiring athletes to run at and maintain high-speeds while under significant physiological strain. High- speed running ability across games and relative to minutes played was positively related to a number of contextual factors including game half, game outcome, game margin and opponent rank. High-speed running demands were consistently greater in defense than attack. To support the demands of the international game, women’s Rugby Sevens players are required to have well- developed strength, aerobic fitness, speed and repeated-sprint abilities. The development of these physical qualities, which were also found to underpin in-game activity and physiological profiles, will help to support successful game outcomes.
Collectively, this thesis has provided a foundation and pragmatic level of knowledge on elite performance in women’s Rugby Sevens. Specifically, the development of physical qualities that support high-speed running ability may best prepare and maintain women for international-level competition in Rugby Sevens.
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Li, Zemeng. "Improving Transmission Efficiency and Scalability for Peer-to-Peer Live Streaming." Case Western Reserve University School of Graduate Studies / OhioLINK, 2010. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=case1275877464.
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Carswell, Margaret F. "Biblical metaphors for God in the primary level of the education series To Know Worship and Love." Thesis, Australian Catholic University, 2006. https://acuresearchbank.acu.edu.au/download/206cee383dfbb03aa1800a9171e42e1189ee4bd9782280e1413235d4fbeac904/1299531/64817_downloaded_stream_42.pdf.
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To Know Worship and Love is the religious instruction curriculum produced and mandated for use by the Archdiocese of Melbourne. The primary series comprises a Teaching Companion and Student Text for every level of education, Preparatory to Year 6. This study undertakes examination of the series to determine if biblical metaphors for God which contain a physical vehicle are used and presented within it in accord with the accepted exegetical practices of the Church. The study begins by examining Church documents that pertain to both religious instruction and Scripture to determine a set of principles which should guide the use of Scripture. Notable among the six principles elucidated is the expectation that the use of Scripture should reflect accepted exegetical practices of the Church. These are defined as those which enable a clear understanding of the literal sense of Scripture, as ascertained through use of the Historical-Critical method. In order to come to a sound understanding of the literal sense of metaphors, the study reviews how they work and what results from their use. Such a review is important for two reasons. First, in the finding that metaphors for God prompt the formation of a concept of God, the need for their valid interpretation in religious instruction is stressed. Second, it enables the articulation of eight specific requirements for the interpretation of biblical metaphors for God. Subsequent examination of the series against what is required reveals that of the eight requirements, only one is provided within the series. No unit or activity identifies the sixty-three biblical metaphors cited in the series and no unit teaches students how they work to communicate meaning. No unit provides information of the vehicles used within their historical setting and no unit explains the historical circumstances which gave rise to the dominance of certain metaphors.;In order to explain why biblical metaphors for God are presented so poorly in To Know Worship and Love, the use of Scripture generally in the series is examined against the six principles drawn from Church documents. The finding that the series does not observe the principles which should guide the use of Scripture, in particular, the finding that the series does not use accepted exegetical practices of the Church, provides significant insight into the inadequate presentation of metaphors. The study concludes by making three recommendations. First, it recommends that a process of rewriting To Know Worship and Love must be undertaken immediately. Second, it recommends that the use and placement of Scripture in religious instruction programmes in the future adhere to the six principles of the Church outlined in this study. Third, it recommends that the clear and accurate teaching of what metaphors and how they work be made a priority in religious instruction programmes.
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Wileman, Taylor. "Validity and reliability of inertial measurement units in obtaining a lower limb stiffness running measure in high-level track and field athletes." Master's thesis, Australian Catholic University, 2020. https://acuresearchbank.acu.edu.au/download/7279e06f2ac834540f6e9ef47f9d47697f9a4c6d5b16ea85dd538efe63e0182c/2760248/Wileman_2020_Validity_and_reliability_of_inertial_measurement.pdf.
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Introduction: Recent developments in inertial sensor technology mean real time monitoring and tracking of athletes in the daily training environment is now a possibility. Such developments have the potential for injury prevention and performance maximisation. Stiffness of the lower limb has known links to performance and injury risk; however, these measures have so far been limited to laboratory-based settings. Application of current sensor technology has the potential for ongoing stiffness assessment not only in the laboratory but also in the daily training environment. Actual training monitoring and changes to the way an athlete deals with loading (leg stiffness) on a regular basis could provide vital feedback to athletes, coaches, medical and support staff allowing for effective systems to be put in place to ensure athletes reach their potential.
Study 1: The first aim of this thesis was to review existing literature surrounding the longitudinal assessment of lower limb stiffness in adult athletic populations. A systematic review was conducted which initially produced 630 results before being reduced to 6 for final analysis, highlighting the lack of research in this area. Data extracted focused on the population, methodologies and key findings of each study. The results concluded that the longitudinal assessment of lower limb stiffness had so far been isolated to laboratory-based settings and predominately measured through simple vertical hopping and jump tasks in the specific sporting population of Australian Rules Football players. From the results, the need for a field-based measure of lower limb stiffness was identified in order for stiffness to be assessed at more regular intervals to better understand the prospective links between lower limb stiffness, performance and injury.
Study 2: Based on the findings from study 1, the primary aim of this study was to develop a valid and reliable field-based measure of lower limb stiffness in high-level track and field athletes during running (a task reflective of training and competition) using inertial measurement units. Nineteen high-level track and field athletes completed six running gait trials at a pace reflective of their event during competition. Data was captured using a fourteen-camera motion analysis system (250Hz), a force plate (1000Hz) and three inertial measurement units (500Hz). The gold standard stiffness measures from the motion analysis system were than compared with the stiffness measures derived from the inertial measurement units. Poor validity was found between the gold standard stiffness measures and the measures derived from the inertial measurement units. In addition, the results demonstrated that the data output from the inertial measurement units were not reliable when substituted into the existing measures of stiffness, warranting the need for further research.
Conclusion: This thesis makes a novel contribution to the assessment of lower limb stiffness in athletic populations. Although a valid and reliable measure of lower limb stiffness using inertial measurement units still needs to be established, it is hoped that this research is the first step in developing a daily monitoring tool which may provide a proactive approach in managing an athlete’s response to load. However, further refinements to the algorithm and developments in inertial sensor technology are required before this technology can be considered for use outside the traditional laboratory setting.
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Сотников, С. О. "Оптимізація параметрів керування процесом помелу компонентів цементу." Master's thesis, Сумський державний університет, 2020. https://essuir.sumdu.edu.ua/handle/123456789/81278.
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В роботі був проведен аналіз процесу помелу компонентів цементу, як об’єкту керування, який дозволив визначити функціональні завдання керування об’єктом. В результаті ідентифікації параметрів об’єкту керування розроблена імітаційна модель об’єкту, до якої входить модель керування рівнем завантаження млина та модель керування аспірацією млина. Розглянуто варіант побудови системи керування процесом помелу на мікропроцесорних засобах ОВЕН, архітектура якого дозволяє застосувати програмний продукт CoDeSys для побудови SCADA системи керування процесом помелу цементу.
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Holcombe, Garan. Prepare Level 1 Workbook with Audio Download. Cambridge University Press, 2019.
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Boylan, Jane. Fun Skills Level 4 Teacher's Book with Audio Download. Cambridge University Press, 2020.
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Miller, Neil, Putso Nyathi, and Jean Twilingiyumukiza. "Development of adaptive training materials for conservation agriculture promotion in Africa." In Conservation agriculture in Africa: climate smart agricultural development, 371–81. Wallingford: CABI, 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.1079/9781789245745.0023.
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Abstract In order for Conservation Agriculture (CA) to reach and impact small-scale farmers in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), CA technologies need to be adapted to suit the diversity of agroecological zones and cultures present on the continent. Training materials for CA promotion need to be similarly customizable to help extension staff and farmers develop their own, context-appropriate solutions from among the many possible CA approaches. From 2015 through 2018, a diverse set of farmer-level training materials for CA and complementary technologies was developed and field-tested by Canadian Foodgrains Bank partners. Together with a participatory, adaptive training methodology, these materials have enhanced the effectiveness of CA promotion, and they have been made available for copyright-free download in English, French, Kiswahili, Portuguese and Amharic (http://caguide.act-africa.org/, accessed 6 August 2021). This paper describes the process of developing these materials as well as challenges and constraints to their utilization.
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De Masi, Alexandre, and Katarzyna Wac. "The Importance of Smartphone Connectivity in Quality of Life." In Quantifying Quality of Life, 523–51. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-94212-0_23.
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AbstractMobile network connectivity enables individuals to use various Internet-based applications and is nowadays an integral part of the physical environment. More specifically, this connectivity shapes individuals’ modes of gathering information and their communication capabilities. In turn, this impacts the individual’s decision-making and, in the long term, may influence their health and quality of life (QoL). This chapter focuses on longitudinal modeling of the availability of mobile connectivity such as Wi-Fi and 3G or 4G for individuals living in the Geneva area (Switzerland). We analyze connectivity over 5 years (2015–2020) based on data collected from 110 mQoL (mobile QoL) Living Lab participants. The participants are from three different cohorts corresponding to distinct data collection periods (2015–2017, 2018–2019, 2020). We derive four features that quantify an individual’s connectivity level: the network access technology (Wi-Fi or cellular), signal strength, the overall data consumption (upload and download), and the participants’ mobility patterns while connected. We also compare the connectivity levels of the three cohorts over time. Our findings reflect the relations between mobile connectivity and the smartphone network activity of the mQoL study cohorts during their daily activities, which may impact their QoL. We summarize the results and conclude this chapter by exploring the different QoL technologies and services enabled by mobile connectivity. However, the effects of connectivity on specific QoL domains, such as psychological aspects (i.e., positive/negative feelings) or social relationships, should be investigated further.
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Kushnir, Lena Paulo, and Kenneth Berry. "Upload, Download, Overload!" In Cases on E-Learning Management, 71–102. IGI Global, 2013. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-1933-3.ch004.
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Students often complain of overload in online learning environments. Discussions here consider online design and organization factors that might contribute to students’ reports of overload. This study explored predictions that 1) students’ past online experience, 2) the organization of online environments and relevance of online material with which students work, and 3) the level of task difficulty impact (a) student learning outcomes, (b) students’ reports of overload, and (c) students’ perceptions of having enough time to complete assigned course work. A total of 346 participants were tested in two experiments that manipulated the organization of the online environment and the material that students had to learn. Experiment 1 tested how the organization of the online environment impacted learning outcomes. Findings suggested that online environments that are overly busy and that contain irrelevant information (i.e., stimulus-rich or “stimulus-noisy” online environments) had a negative impact on experienced, savvy online learners, but no impact on students less experienced with online learning environments. Surprisingly, results here suggest that overload affected only experienced students. Experiment 2 tested how the organization of the online material (that students had to learn) impacted learning outcomes. Findings suggested that online learning environments that used hypertext to organize material had a negative impact on student learning outcomes, misconceptions of information, and perceived overload. This chapter examines literature that considers design and organization factors that can impact online learning, and considers design strategies for online teaching environments and strategies for avoiding factors that can leave students feeling overloaded.
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Grimsley, Christina R. "How Students in a First-Year Composition Course Respond to the Flipped Classroom." In Implementation and Critical Assessment of the Flipped Classroom Experience, 99–118. IGI Global, 2015. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-7464-6.ch006.
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This qualitative pilot study investigated how 19 students enrolled in an entry-level college writing course responded to the use of video technology to supplement and flip class curriculum. Students were provided 10 video podcasts to augment course content and flip four class lessons. Collected through six student surveys and video download data, the results, including students' podcast viewership behaviors and attitudes toward the videos, are presented. The data revealed the college writing students involved in this study were generally satisfied with the flipped classroom and preferred it over the traditional lecture format. Download patterns indicated, however, less than half of the students watched the podcasts. Despite low viewership, the results suggest that the incorporation of video technology brings writing teachers opportunities to optimize class time by delving deeper into course content and by expanding the number of course assignments.
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Weigand, Nancy, Isabel F. Cruz, Naijun Zhou, and William Sunna. "A Web Query System for Heterogeneous Government Data." In Handbook of Research on Public Information Technology, 775–89. IGI Global, 2008. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/978-1-59904-857-4.ch068.
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This paper describes a Web-based query system for semantically heterogeneous government-produced data. Geospatial Web-based information systems and portals currently are being developed by various levels of government along with the GIS community. Typically, these sites provide data discovery and download capabilities but do not include the ability to pose DBMS-type queries. One of the main problems in querying distributed government data sources is the difference in semantics used by various jurisdictions. We extend work in schema integration by focusing on resolving semantics at the value level in addition to the schema or attribute level. We illustrate our method using land use data, but the method can be used to query across other heterogeneous sets of values. Our work starts from an XML Web-based DBMS and adds functionality to accommodate heterogeneous data between jurisdictions. Our ontology and query rewrite systems use mappings to enable querying across distributed heterogeneous data.
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Sen, Jaydip, and Sidra Mehtab. "Design and Analysis of Robust Deep Learning Models for Stock Price Prediction." In Artificial Intelligence. IntechOpen, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.5772/intechopen.99982.
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Building predictive models for robust and accurate prediction of stock prices and stock price movement is a challenging research problem to solve. The well-known efficient market hypothesis believes in the impossibility of accurate prediction of future stock prices in an efficient stock market as the stock prices are assumed to be purely stochastic. However, numerous works proposed by researchers have demonstrated that it is possible to predict future stock prices with a high level of precision using sophisticated algorithms, model architectures, and the selection of appropriate variables in the models. This chapter proposes a collection of predictive regression models built on deep learning architecture for robust and precise prediction of the future prices of a stock listed in the diversified sectors in the National Stock Exchange (NSE) of India. The Metastock tool is used to download the historical stock prices over a period of two years (2013–2014) at 5 minutes intervals. While the records for the first year are used to train the models, the testing is carried out using the remaining records. The design approaches of all the models and their performance results are presented in detail. The models are also compared based on their execution time and accuracy of prediction.
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Amatrudo, Anthony. "What do they know of law who only cop shows know?" In Law in Popular Belief. Manchester University Press, 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.7228/manchester/9780719097836.003.0003.
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This chapter shows how it is not the law, as such, but only representations of it that affect behaviour. Citizens act in terms of how they think the law is and not necessarily as it actually is. Knowledge of the law is drawn increasingly from a range of media and persons download, view and ingest this knowledge in an ad hoc and unsystematic manner. There is now an established victim’s rights discourse embedded in journalistic practice and media generated legal narratives tend to play down the rights of defendants and undermine important legal principles that safeguard the efficacy of the trial process. A diet of victim-centred news coverage over time has tended to make the general public more retributive in their thinking. The public learn about the law through the media and there is a tendency to highlight the sensational and to see the world as far more violent than is typically the case, to hold to worse police detection rates than is actually the case and to misrepresent the racial make-up of offenders. Though there is excellent coverage of crime in the media there is little consideration of legal principles and procedures and the notion that law is a technical and elaborate system of knowledge is largely absent in the portrayal of crime in both news and drama. The chapter considers the so-called CSI-effect: the notion that citizens, notably jurors, hold to absurdly high levels of proof in relation to forensic evidence and how this fetishisation of forensic evidence is having real-world affects in terms of delivering proper verdicts. This chapter critically assesses the public’s level of legal awareness in relation to crime and argue for a robust Public Criminology.
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Greher, Gena R., and Jesse M. Heines. "Platforms and Tools: Anything You Can Do, I Need to Do Cheaper." In Computational Thinking in Sound. Oxford University Press, 2014. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780199826179.003.0011.
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On their page intended to woo prospective graduate students, the Georgia Tech School of Music website says: . . . Successful design and development of music technology systems must be supported by knowledge of music theory, perception, composition, and performance, as well as digital media, computing, electrical and mechanical engineering, and design. . . . We don’t disagree, but that’s an awful lot to know! What’s more, requiring students to have even a subset of these skills before they can “get in the game” deprives a huge percentage of them the opportunity to learn valuable computing skills through the engaging power of music. There is no end to the money you can spend on technology to gain the ability to design and create. For certain types of projects, professional or “prosumer” software applications boasting the latest bells and whistles might in fact make total economic sense in terms of functionality and time. However, we don’t feel that it’s necessary to jump into the higher end of the market at the beginning stages of learning computational skills. In addition, such costs are prohibitive for most undergraduates and even graduate students. Of course, you could outfit a computer lab available to students with this level of software, but then they would have to do all their assignments in the lab. This is not a practical solution for our students because so many of them are commuters or work off campus and are unable to spend significant time in our labs outside of class time. We think it’s important that students can run the same software on their own systems that is demonstrated in class and with which they are expected to do their assignments. We therefore suggest that you adopt software platforms that you can download freely from the web, but that still allow you to explore broad computing and music concepts common to the higher end platforms. We don’t contend that such software is as sophisticated or as polished as its professional or “prosumer” cousins, but it is most likely fully sufficient for your teaching purposes.
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Chaqués-Bonafont, Laura, Anna M. Palau, and Luz Muñoz Màrquez. "Agenda Dynamics in Spain." In Comparative Policy Agendas, 152–59. Oxford University Press, 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780198835332.003.0017.
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The main goal of the Policy Agendas Project in Spain is to promote a comprehensive theoretical and empirical understanding of agenda dynamics across time, issues, and levels of governance. The project establishes a link between policy dynamics research and other areas of concern within political science, mainly media studies, political representation, and the quality of democracy in multilevel systems of governance. It also provides a new tool for the development of quantitative measurements of policy dynamics. Over the last few years comprehensive and far-reaching datasets about Spanish political and media agendas (following the methodology of the Comparative Agendas Project (CAP)) have been created, which are free and accessible to download from the webpage: www.q-dem.com.
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Kaspar, Christian, Florian Resatsch, and Svenja Hagenhoff. "Basic Concepts of Mobile Radio Technologies." In Encyclopedia of Multimedia Technology and Networking, Second Edition, 113–20. IGI Global, 2009. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/978-1-60566-014-1.ch016.
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Mobile radio technologies have seen a rapid growth in recent years. Sales numbers and market penetration of mobile handsets have reached new heights worldwide. With almost two billion GSM users in June 2006, and 74.7 million users of third generation devices, there is a large basis for business and product concepts in mobile commerce (GSM Association, 2006). Penetration rates average 80%, even surpassing 100% in some European countries (NetSize, 2006). The technical development laid the foundation for an increasing number of mobile service users with high mobile Web penetrations. The highest is seen in Germany and Italy (34% for each), followed by France with 28%, while in the U.S., 19% account for mobile internet usage (ComScore, 2006). One of the largest growing services is mobile games, with 59.9 million downloaded in 2006 (Telephia, 2006). Compared to the overall availability of handsets, the continuing high complexity and dynamic of mobile technologies accounts for limited mobile service adoption rates and business models in data services. Therefore, particular aspects of mobile technologies as a basis of promising business concepts within mobile commerce are illustrated in the following on three different levels: First on the network level, whereas available technology alternatives for the generation of digital radio networks need to be considered; second, on the service level, in order to compare different transfer standards for the development of mobile information services; third, on the business level, in order to identify valuable application scenarios from the customer point of view.
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Dandoush, Abdulhalim, and Alain Jean-Marie. "Flow-Level Modeling of Parallel Download in Distributed Systems." In 2010 Third International Conference on Communication Theory, Reliability, and Quality of Service. IEEE, 2010. http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/ctrq.2010.23.
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Wang, Yingzi, Nicholas Jing Yuan, Yu Sun, Chuan Qin, and Xing Xie. "App Download Forecasting: An Evolutionary Hierarchical Competition Approach." In Twenty-Sixth International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence. California: International Joint Conferences on Artificial Intelligence Organization, 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.24963/ijcai.2017/415.
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Product sales forecasting enables comprehensive understanding of products' future development, making it of particular interest for companies to improve their business, for investors to measure the values of firms, and for users to capture the trends of a market. Recent studies show that the complex competition interactions among products directly influence products' future development. However, most existing approaches fail to model the evolutionary competition among products and lack the capability to organically reflect multi-level competition analysis in sales forecasting. To address these problems, we propose the Evolutionary Hierarchical Competition Model (EHCM), which effectively considers the time-evolving multi-level competition among products. The EHCM model systematically integrates hierarchical competition analysis with multi-scale time series forecasting. Extensive experiments using a real-world app download dataset show that EHCM outperforms state-of-the-art methods in various forecasting granularities.
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Spall, Robert. "Development of a Two-Dimensional Sail Analysis Code for Use as a Teaching Tool in an Undergraduate Fluid Dynamics Course." In ASME 2013 Fluids Engineering Division Summer Meeting. American Society of Mechanical Engineers, 2013. http://dx.doi.org/10.1115/fedsm2013-16051.
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A typical undergraduate fluid dynamics course includes sections on Bernoulli’s equation, flow visualization, and lift and drag for external flows. The purpose of this work has been to develop a fully interactive, two-dimensional potential flow solver using a panel method for flow over thin-sail geometries to aid in student understanding of these topics. The user may specify either rigid sail shapes, or flexible sails in which the final equilibrium shapes are determined by the pressure distribution. The solver was developed in Fortran 90/95. The user interface and graphics routines were developed using the high-level plotting library DISLIN. A variety of controls are available to adjust sail shapes and angles-of-attack. Available graphics include velocity vectors, pressure coefficient contours, and streamlines. Lift, axial and normal force coefficients are also output in the form of bar graphs. The code was recently introduced in an undergraduate fluid dynamics class taught by the author, and is available from the author’s website for download.
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A. McLaughlin, Laura, and Joanne Ricevuto. "Virtual Instruction Support for Faculty." In InSITE 2021: Informing Science + IT Education Conferences. Informing Science Institute, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.28945/4765.
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Aim/Purpose: This research study explores the challenges, successes, and supports de-sired in implementing virtual learning following a survey of faculty for their experiences and interests. Faculty in higher education need quick, practical tools and strategies to enhance teaching and learning in a virtual classroom. Background: The sudden and ongoing COVID-19 pandemic had created an urgency to transition to a virtual learning environment, yet expectations for faculty to teach virtually may not have matched best practice and current research. Methodology: This qualitative research begins with an anonymous, emailed survey of higher education faculty designed to explore participant thoughts and experiences related to their virtual teaching in Fall 2020. The survey included a series of demographic questions related to what type of faculty they were (full-time or adjunct), which discipline they taught, which format they were teaching in, as well as 5 open-ended questions to elicit feedback to teaching in this format of their challenges, some positives, strategies used, how they assessed learning, and which workshops they would like offered to better support them. A full year after the pandemic began, we sent out a follow-up survey to check in with faculty and find out specifically new skills/mindsets they developed, new tools they may have tried, their level of stress as well as how they perceived their students’ stress and their stu-dents’ level of learning. We decided to broaden our population by sharing the follow-up survey via social media to capture a diverse audience, which included international participants. Contribution: Despite the different stress levels for most faculty and students during the pandemic of 2020-2021, our research highlights that it was also a time of growth and learning. Learning from past experiences can help us be pre-pared for future challenges related to virtual learning. Findings: We found that the emergency remote teaching caused faculty to explore new ways of teaching and learning and helped them to develop a mindset that embraced a variety of skills such as flexibility, creativity, and innovation. We also learned that being aware of the stress levels of both faculty and students is of great value to institutions and with a good infrastructure and support, virtual learning can be successful. Recommendations for Practitioners: Through our research, we have found faculty are lacking the tools necessary to engage their learners in a virtual setting. As such, best practices need to be shared and then embedded into the instructional approach. However, given the pandemic, faculty were forced to transition face to face classes to a virtual format without having been provided these best practices. Recommendations for Researchers: We recommend researchers explore the habits of minds of faculty and how they have developed and continue to develop due to challenges they experienced related to virtual learning and continue to experience. Impact on Society: Many of the skills that faculty developed due to this emergency shift to virtual teaching during 2020 and beyond are skills faculty will have for life. With support and ideas faculty can implement quickly, faculty will be better prepared to provide instruction and create settings that enhance teaching and learning in a virtual setting. Future Research: Future research could include providing a voice for students by distributing a survey to the student body for their views and perceptions on virtual learning during the pandemic and moving forward. *** NOTE: This Proceedings paper was revised and published in the journal Issues in Informing Science and Information Technology, 18, 1-30. At the bottom of this page, click DOWNLOAD PDF to download the published paper. ***
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Kumar, Sajith, Daniel Smith, and Hooman Jafari. "Comparative Review of the Established UHB Assessment Methods for Offshore Pipelines." In ASME 2015 34th International Conference on Ocean, Offshore and Arctic Engineering. American Society of Mechanical Engineers, 2015. http://dx.doi.org/10.1115/omae2015-41900.
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Out of straightness upheaval buckling (OOS UHB) assessment considers the pipeline design and operational parameters, post-lay survey data and the properties of back-fill and rock in order to determine load and resistance factors that are applied. The factors allow for the natural variation of all parameters and are ultimately used to determine the download requirements along the route of a pipeline that is susceptible to UHB. Two methods are most commonly used in OOS UHB assessments. The structural reliability analysis (SRA) method is the most established and explicitly considers the variation of parameters in a Monte-Carlo simulation, enabling load and resistance factors to be calculated with a defined reliability level. A more recently developed methodology is documented in DNV-RP-F110 and provides a unified approach to the calculation of safety factors. The approach was calibrated using structural reliability based methods, undertaken with target reliability levels that are compliant with DNV-OS-F101. This paper presents a review of two key components of OOS UHB assessments. These components are the accuracy of post-lay survey data and the load resistance factor calculation method. These components are reviewed in the context of SRA and DNV-RP-F110 based assessments for a range of pipeline sizes, and ranges of soil and operational parameters. This enables characterisation of the differences between the two methodologies for ranges of design parameters that represent the majority of in-field flowlines that are installed in the United kingdom Continental Shelf (UKCS). SRA and DNV-RP-F110 derived load and resistance factors are compared and the effect of survey data smoothing upon rock-dump requirements is also discussed.
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Sait, Saad Y., Hema A. Murthy, and Krishna M. Sivalingam. "Organization-Level Control of Excessive Internet Downloads." In 2016 IEEE 41st Conference on Local Computer Networks (LCN). IEEE, 2016. http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/lcn.2016.38.
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Li, Jingping, Hao Chen, and Jianhua Sun. "Drive-by downloads defense based on kernel level filtering." In 2012 2nd International Conference on Consumer Electronics, Communications and Networks (CECNet). IEEE, 2012. http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/cecnet.2012.6201611.
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Stadtmüller, Peter, and Leonhard Fottner. "A Test Case for the Numerical Investigation of Wake Passing Effects on a Highly Loaded LP Turbine Cascade Blade." In ASME Turbo Expo 2001: Power for Land, Sea, and Air. American Society of Mechanical Engineers, 2001. http://dx.doi.org/10.1115/2001-gt-0311.
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The paper presents a compilation of experimental data on the effects of wake-induced transition on a highly loaded LP turbine cascade intended to be used for further numerical work. Although the underlying physics is not yet completely understood, the benefits of wake passing are already known and employed in the design process of modern gas turbines. For further optimizations, the next step seems to be now to enable numerical simulations detailed enough to capture the major effects while being as uncomplicated as possible at the same time to be cost-effective. The experimental results constituted in this systematic investigation are available for download and should serve as a basic data set for future calculations with different turbulence and transition models, thereby shedding some light on the complexity and modeling required for a suitable numerical treatment of the wake-induced transition process. The data introduced in this test case was acquired using a turbine cascade called T106D-EIZ with increased blade pitch compared to design point conditions in order to achieve a higher loading. A large separation bubble forms on the suction side and allows to study boundary layer development in great detail. The upstream blade row was simulated by a moving bar type wake generator. The measurements comprise hot wire data of the bar wake characteristics in the cascade inlet plane (velocity deficit and turbulence level), boundary layer surveys with surface-mounted hot films sensors and a hot wire probe at various locations and measurements of the total pressure loss coefficient. Unsteady pressure transducers are embedded into the suction side of a cascade blade and in a wake rake to resolve the local pressure distributions over time. They yield quantitative values easily comparable to the output of numerical simulations. The objective of this paper is to enable and to invite interested researchers to validate their code on the data set. From the extensive test program, a very limited number of operating points have been selected to focus the work. The standardized data files include a “reference” case with an exit Reynolds number of 200.000 and an exit Mach number of 0.4 as well as two points with higher Mach or lower Reynolds number for constant wake passing frequencies and background turbulence levels.
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Snead, Kathryn, Nidal Azzam, Colleen Petullo, Ramachandra Bhat, Craig Bias, David Alberth, Gerald Falo, et al. "MARSAME: Multi-Agency Radiation Survey and Assessment of Materials and Equipment." In ASME 2009 12th International Conference on Environmental Remediation and Radioactive Waste Management. ASMEDC, 2009. http://dx.doi.org/10.1115/icem2009-16181.
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The MARSAME manual is a technical resource that describes processes and methods for the measurement of radionuclides in or on materials and equipment. These methods and processes are used to make the decision that a radionuclide is present and, if so, how to quantify the amount and its uncertainty. They are also used to make the decision that no radionuclide more than background is present. The MARSAME manual is technically defensible, and endorsed by the U.S. Department of Defense, the U.S. Department of Energy, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, and the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission. The MARSAME manual was published in January 2009, and is available for download from the following website: http://www.epa.gov/rpdweb00/marssim/marsame.html. The MARSAME manual is a supplement to the MARSSIM manual, and closely follows the concepts and processes developed therein. The MARSSIM manual describes processes and methods for the measurement of radionuclides on the surfaces of buildings and soils. The MARSAME manual follows the Data Quality Objectives process to describe the phases of: plan, implement, assess, and decide. A strong emphasis on the planning phases ensures that survey data are the right quantity and quality to meet the Data Quality Objectives and Measurement Quality Objectives for the survey. Non-parametric statistics are used as the tool to make decisions, based on hypothesis testing. Measurement uncertainty, measurement detectability, and measurement quantifiability are important Measurement Quality Objectives. Calculation of measurement uncertainty follows International Standardisation of Measurement Guide 98, and thus, uncertainty estimates include method uncertainties as well as counting uncertainties. The MARSAME manual emphasizes that detection is determined by the “critical level” and not the “minimum detectable concentration.” Adjustments to Poisson statistics are given for counting in a low background. The “minimum quantifiable concentration” specifies the relative measurement standard deviation, generally chosen to be 10%. Data Quality Assessment on the survey results ensures that they are of the right type and quality to support the final decision.
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Dudziak, Gregory, Christos Kolliatsas, Julia Schaefer, and Noah Myers. "Accelerating the Deployment of Offshore Renewable Energy Technologies (ADORET): Presentation, Findings and Recommendations." In ASME 2011 30th International Conference on Ocean, Offshore and Arctic Engineering. ASMEDC, 2011. http://dx.doi.org/10.1115/omae2011-49193.
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The outcome of the ADORET project, commissioned by the International Energy Agency Implementing Agreement for Renewable Energy Technology Deployment (IEA-RETD), and executed by Mott MacDonald, will be presented. Globally, offshore renewable energy is a burgeoning industry which has the potential to grow rapidly in a number of countries. While tidal and wave energy is at an earlier stage of development with technology demonstrations being pursued in many locations worldwide, the offshore wind industry is already considered mature. The overall objective of the ADORET project is to assist policy makers and project developers by providing them a better understanding of the specifics of offshore renewable energy (ORE) technologies and to give them practical guidelines in how to foster their deployment. The project has an international perspective, focusing on the 11 IEA-RETD members as well as 7 additional countries. In an introductory phase, the project has delivered a brief of the current status of advancement of ORE technologies. It then highlighted the available resources, and gave an overview of policies in place and deployment to date. In a second phase, the economics and financing of ORE projects have been examined. The respective maturity levels of technologies have been discussed, as well as capital and operational costs structures. An analysis of commercial and technical risks, and of their impact on the financing costs, has been performed. Mitigation measures can reduce these to an acceptable level. The respective merits and constraints associated to the main financing options available to ORE projects will be presented. An in-depth review of technical and non-technical barriers and challenges to the deployment of ORE technologies has been performed and will be presented. Technical barriers covered included technology and design optimisation, reliability, installation and decommissioning, operation and maintenance, grid connection and integration. Non-technical barriers investigated included environmental, safety, regulatory and licensing, competing uses, skills, supply chain and infrastructures, and financial issues. Examples of country and technology specific barriers are highlighted. In the final part the project, a detailed review of policies in place to promote ORE technologies deployment and of their effectiveness has been performed. Mitigation measures to barriers previously identified are also presented. Based on this analysis, a generic model policy framework is proposed, to be used as a possible template by policy makers in interested countries. Guidelines for project design and development are presented. The full version of the ADORET report and its appendices are shortly to be made available to download at www.iea-retd.org.
Reports on the topic "Download level"
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Saltus, Christina, Molly Reif, and Richard Johansen. waterquality for ArcGIS Pro Toolbox. Engineer Research and Development Center (U.S.), October 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.21079/11681/42240.
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Monitoring water quality of small inland lakes and reservoirs is a critical component of USACE water quality management plans. However, limited resources for traditional field-based monitoring of numerous lakes and reservoirs that cover vast geographic areas often leads to reactional responses to harmful algal bloom (HAB) outbreaks. Satellite remote sensing methodologies using HAB indicators is a good low-cost option to traditional methods and has been proven to maximize and complement current field-based approaches while providing a synoptic view of water quality (Beck et al. 2016; Beck et al. 2017; Beck et al. 2019; Johansen et al. 2019; Mishra et al. 2019; Stumpf and Tomlinson 2007; Wang et al. 2020; Xu et al. 2019; Reif 2011). To assist USACE water quality management, we developed an ESRI ArcGIS Pro desktop software toolbox (waterquality for ArcGIS Pro) that was founded on the design and research established in the waterquality R software package (Johansen et al. 2019; Johansen 2020). The toolbox enables the detection, monitoring, and quantification of HAB indicators (chlorophyll-a, phycocyanin, and turbidity) using Sentinel-2 satellite imagery. Four tools are available 1) to automate the download of Sentinel-2 Level-2A imagery, 2) to create stacked image with options for cloud and non-water features masks, 3) to apply water quality algorithms to generate relative estimations of one to three water quality parameters (chlorophyll-a, phycocyanin, and turbidity), and 4) to create linear regression graphs and statistics comparing in situ data (from field-based water sampling) to relative estimation data. This document serves as a user's guide for the waterquality for ArcGIS Pro toolbox and includes instructions on toolbox installation and descriptions of each tool's inputs, outputs, and troubleshooting guidance.
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Marcos Barba, Liliana, Hilde van Regenmortel, and Ellen Ehmke. Shelter from the Storm: The global need for universal social protection in times of COVID-19. Oxfam, December 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.21201/2020.7048.
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As 2020 draws to a close, the economic devastation caused by the COVID-19 pandemic shows no sign of abating. Without urgent action, global poverty and inequality will deepen dramatically. Hundreds of millions of people have already lost their jobs, gone further into debt or skipped meals for months. Research by Oxfam and Development Pathways shows that over 2 billion people have had no support from their governments in their time of need. Our analysis shows that none of the social protection support to those who are unemployed, elderly people, children and families provided in low- and middle-income countries has been adequate to meet basic needs. 41% of that government support was only a one-off payment and almost all government support has now stopped. Decades of social policy focused on tiny levels of means-tested support have left most countries completely unprepared for the COVID-19 economic crisis. Yet, countries such as South Africa and Bolivia have shown that a universal approach to social protection is affordable, and that it has a profound impact on reducing inequality and protecting those who need it most. In addition to the full paper and executive summary, an Excel file with the data analysed by Oxfam and Development Pathways is available to download on this page, along with an annex on the crisis in Latin America and the Caribbean.