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This paper presents collaborative experience teacher-students to achieve an improvement in student evaluation results, and to provide quality content on Internet about Networks, which is a subject of the Degree in Telecommunication Engineering of the University of Alicante.
This study proposes a novel diversity-enhanced Particle Swarm Optimization (PSO) scheme for optimal control of overflow in multi-reservoir sewer networks. To this aim, first two diversity boosting methodologies, cyclic neighborhood-based learning mechanism and three-phase velocity control mechanism for the particle's behavior, are proposed, and then these are combined with the constrained PSO method...
The interest in distance learning (DL) in agronomic sciences, where students are in a place far from the teacher and communicate with each other via computer and other means of communication is growing fast. Thus distance learning becomes the most flexible and adaptable one to the budget of working people, (mother - raising their children, people living in remote locations, seasonal and timely work...
According to our statistical analysis based on the datasets provided by Yahoo!, most users have a favored score which is used most frequently in their music ratings. We call the frequency of a user's most favored score the polarization ratio since the rating distributions depict apparent polarizations: 66.99% of the total users have the frequency larger than 0.5; while 80.37% of the total users' most...
Universities are major centers of production and dissemination of knowledge. Because of proximity of knowledge to decisions more data can improve the performance and quality of service organizations. On the other hand, Knowledge management is a systematic issue Categories that successful implementation requires a pathology and holistic approach to organizational various factors. In this paper, we...
Support vector machine (SVM) is a popular method for classification in data mining. The canonical duality theory provides a unified analytic solution to a wide range of discrete and continuous problems in global optimization. This paper presents a canonical duality approach for solving support vector machine problem. It is shown that by the canonical duality, these nonconvex and integer optimization...
Mobile networks have gone through various stages of evolution with each stage aimed at addressing a wide range of challenges and limitations. During the early evolutions of mobile networks - 2G, 2.5G, 3G -, the key challenge was to investigate efficient and cost effective ways of delivering higher data speeds. This led to the proposals and development of 4G LTE networks based on a flat all-IP architecture...
In this paper we investigate the application of Software Aging and Rejuvenation in the context of Critical Infrastructures and Systems-of-Systems. Explained are the characteristics of Systems-of-Systems and classes of Critical Systems, attributes which define their dependability as a high priority requirement. In addition we survey Software Aging and Rejuvenation establishing founding research and...
In this paper, we propose a texture matching approach based on a new decomposing architecture. First, the main window starting from the converging point a to the bottom-right corner of the image is considered. For each iteration, the main window's size is reduced by a distance d and other windows with the same main window's size are generated if possible. The Local Binary Pattern (LBP) technique,...
In this paper, the point-to-point control problem of a Prismatic-Revolute (PR) under-actuated manipulator is presented. The PR under-actuated manipulator with the first prismatic actuated joint and a second revolute passive joint can only move in the horizontal plane. According to the characteristic of the dynamic equation of the system, a new equation concerned only with generalized coordinate, velocity...
Global development has shifted through three phases: the industrial age, the information age and now, it is in the age of rapid technology. In this 21st Century context, Asian nations need to innovate, and the key to doing so lies in nurturing their young learners through the shift to an Innovation-based model of learning. Introduced and explained through its two components, a mode of autonomy and...
The TAMALLE+[1, 2] is a prototype system that supports learners in their television viewing, enhancing informal language learning via interactive television and mobile phones. In this paper we describe a learner-centred study designed to elicit criteria for selection of those language learning object whose annotation or explanation through TAMALLE+ system could best enhance the advanced learner's...
This paper presents an effective method for measurement of different sizes of negative ions in air using Gerdien condenser. A potential difference is applied across Gerdien, air ions of the same sign as the voltage are repelled from the outer electrode and attracted to the central electrode. These ions form a small current which is measured to get the ion count. But according to atmospheric changes,...
In the technological world in which we live, access to the Internet is no longer a luxury. Rather, it is a necessity and a lifeline to many. The Internet is used, amongst other things for obtaining information, for doing business and for social networking. However, along with increases in cyber activity come increases in cyber threats, attacks and incidents. Many home users are not technology savvy...
The growth of the Internet and related technologies has enabled the development of a new breed of dynamic websites and applications that are growing rapidly in use and that have had a great impact on many businesses. These websites need to be continuously evaluated and monitored to measure their efficiency and effectiveness, to assess user satisfaction, and ultimately to improve their quality. The...
Studying eye movement has proven to be useful in the study of detecting and understanding human emotional states. This paper aims to investigate eye movement features: pupil size, time of first fixation, first fixation duration, fixation duration and fixation count in clips emotional stimulation. Thirty seven subjects' pupil responses were measured while watching two pleasant and unpleasant emotional...
The cloud computing paradigm promises to deliver hardware to the end user at a low cost with an easy to use interface via the internet. This paper outlines an effort at the University of Huddersfield to deploy a private Infrastructure as a Service cloud to enhance the student learning experiance. The paper covers the deployment methods and configurations for OpenStack along with the security provisions...
Cloud computing is a relative new technology that has various advantages, including specific applicable to education. In this paper, we discuss the influence of cloud computing on learners, teachers and educational institutions. Cloud computing, especially with relation to mobile learning, will improve the current institutional system of education, and also the quality and affordability of education...
In recent times, many organizations in Nigeria have been awakened with the enormous drive to go paperless, however the conversion to an absolute paperless environment has been an illusion in Nigeria as many individuals lack confidence in such systems. This paper examines the mode of processing information by 309 staffs and students of the University of Benin, verifies the level of difficulties encountered...
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a growing problem that affects the lives of diagnosed individuals and their caregivers. Many AD patients and their caregivers find the symptoms of memory loss and emotional distress the most challenging and distressing effects of the disease. Psychosocial therapy is often sought for symptoms affecting memory, communication, the ability to learn new skills and behavioral...
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