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Mind is a compound information handling and processing mechanism and consciousness — (the processed information) is the core component of mind. The spirit of consciousness is definite correspondence between substance with some rules or laws. Information processed in the mind approaching from both the outer world (physical world) and the inner world (mind). The information can be represented in many...
Acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) is one of the most common cancers diagnosed in children1. Breakthroughs such as tyrosine kinase inhibitors and other targeted treatments have increased overall patient survivability. However, chemotherapeutic agents can lead to acquired molecular resistance resulting in recurrent tumor tissue, severe toxicity in non-tumor tissues, and systemic side-effects. In order...
Gross motor skills is one of the precursors for successful involvement in any sports and physical activities performance. This study investigated the gross motor skills development among Down syndrome children in Klang Valley. 30 children (16 boys and 14 girls) participated in this study with the age range from 3–10 years old. They were assessed on locomotor and object control skills. It includes...
Taoist culture consists of “the way” and “harmony”, and is cored by “no action”. It deeply discusses the moral of behaving, the political and health promotion. In a specific saying, the Taoist excoriates the hypocrisy and pursue the state of moral values like “the good is like water” and the “true”; advocates the strong life character of “telling the truth, and all things begin with the first step”;...
In this polemical paper we present a Socratian dialogue that both critiques privacy and addresses its value. The purpose of this dialogue is to address questions that are often begged in the contemporary discourse around privacy, surveillance and technology - a discourse that assumes that privacy is a personal and social good without necessarily arguing the case. To prosecute the debate we have Aspicio...
The media environment has become another very important factor in the social environment and has become the most important “modeling power” in modern society. Profit orientation of media and market competitive pressures, as well as the extremely poor public media literacy endows media education with the necessity and urgency. This paper studies on the content of media literacy education and implementation...
Various studies propose that robots can be an effective tool for language teaching and learning. Especially they have been remarkably successful in elementary English classes . The purpose of this study was to investigate some effects of a teaching assistant robot, Langbot, in elementary English classes in Korea. We adopted IROBIQ as Longbot for a pilot study. We designed some activities for elementary...
Several research were carried out to find how are the innate brain conditions determining deficit in school performance or if exist special conditions that modify the executive functions (EF) originated in relationships or environmental context, in order to explain poor school performance. Were designed and built ad-hoc instruments like Tachistoscope, reaction time meter, Estesiometer, MAINS or maze...
This paper describes the results of a value analysis of adopting a technology-supported attendance control service in a primary school. The results are based on a case study that explored a 14-week trial where two classes of elementary school children used an attendance control system that was implemented using networked technology components, including smart cards, NFC enabled mobile phones and card...
Nowadays, universities are making extensive efforts to attract prospective students to the fields of electrical, electronic, and computer engineering. Thus, outreach is becoming increasingly important, and activities with schoolchildren are being extensively carried out as part of this effort. In this context, robotics is a very attractive and effective tool for fostering interest in science and technology...
Android robots that have a human-like appearance have been developed recently. A one of the purpose of android robots is to realize natural communication between human and robot by implementing human-like behaviors. In human communication, since it is said that facial expressions contribute to face-to-face communication effectively as a non-verbal medium, we have been developing the face robot that...
It is very seldom for us to think that in the communication process, the most important element is the listener (student) to be able to capture and process the information that we delivered to them accurately. Besides, have we ever think that even if the students are not considered as having learning disabilities, there are also students who might have the trouble to listen, understand and respond...
This study sought to investigate as it has a teacher-student relationship in kindergarten and the extent to which teachers are clearly the presence of cognitive and affective aspects in this relationship. The article takes for granted the fact that it is necessary for professional education has made clear the true meaning of affection, and knowing that the cognitive and affective aspects are inseparable,...
An educational robot has been recognized as an excellent tool for enhancing creativity, problem solving ability, and higher-order thinking skills. Based on this assumption, making the students' own robots with bloc-based robot materials was performed at regular class in elementary schools. After constructing various kinds of robots with their own imagination, most of students seemed to feel achievement,...
Android robots that have a human-like appearance have been developed recently. The purpose of android robots is to realize natural communication between human and robot by implementing human-like behaviors. In human communication, since it is said that facial expressions contribute to face-to-face communication effectively as a nonverbal medium, we have been developing the face robot that has human-like...
Self-determination is considered being the most autonomous form of motivation that should predict optimal study and social functioning, even among Chinese students. 280 Chinese students from three different universities participated in this investigation. A hypothesized structural equation model was applied to test the relations between domain-specific self-determination, academic achievement (including...
Recent studies in education for children with autism demonstrated that computer assisted learning can increase children's narrative understanding. However, software interfaces which include autonomous intelligent agents have yet to be explored in this context. In this paper we investigate how a narrative storytelling environment which is populated with virtual characters may help children with autism...
The general context of the work presented in this paper is assistive robotics with our long-term aim to support children with autism. This paper is part of the Aurora project that studies ways in which robotic systems can encourage basic communication and social interaction skills in children with autism. This paper investigates how a small minimally expressive humanoid robot KASPAR can assume the...
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