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With the maturity of network technology, autonomous learning has become a heated issue. In this paper, an analysis of five elements that affect web-based autonomous learning is presented and an autonomous learning mode is put forward, in the hope of exploring a more effective way of improving learners' English learning autonomy.
High power laser diodes have found wide spread applications as pump sources for solid state lasers or in direct material processing. Due to the high electrical and optical power densities in the laser structures the reliability is still questionable. We report on lifetime testing of a high power cm-bar arrays using an automated diode array reliability experiment. This computer controlled setup operates...
Objective olfactory test is rare. Recently, near-infrared spectroscopy has been used to study functional activations of the brain. We used multi-channel near-infrared spectroscopy to monitor the activity of the frontal cortex as mirrored by hemodynamic responses subjected to olfactory stimulation. The aim of this study is to establish the objective olfactory Assessment using Multichannel near-infrared...
In this study we proposed self-assessment with prompts, learning journal and referencing through sharing learning methods for regulation of cognition with one annotation system called VPen. We also aimed to investigate the effectiveness of the learning methods on web-based programming learning performance and achievement. The results of this study revealed students perceived the learning methods are...
Waterway management is an important tool to ensure safe smoothness of the waterway and enhance the traffic capacity. Aimed at the incompleteness in information resulted in safe fault triggered by limitation of command dispatch capability, and in waterway availability lowering etc, the paper designed and implemented a management system of main waterway station. Based on the integration of information...
Most of current e-learning systems are not taking into account the learner's learning style. Although the Adaptive e-learning system pay attention to the learning style, the result is not better than expectation. The main reason is the Adaptive e-learning system force learners to fill in tedious questionnaires so that identify one's learning style. The organization of learning sources, the method...
Spectral unmixing is an important technique for hyperspectral data interpretation, in which a mixed spectral signature is decomposed into a collection of spectrally constituent and pure spectra, called endmembers, and a set of correspondent fractions, or abundances, that indicate the proportion of each endmember's presence in the mixture. As is known to all, we can get abundances with given endmembers...
Easy Montessori Manager is dedicated to all the schools in Malaysia which are using the Montessori approach. It resembles an online management system but specifically designed for Montessori preschools and inclusive of Montessori Methods and for teachers' guidelines and assessments. A preliminary study was conducted to investigate the need of an online Montessori module by doing a survey. The survey...
Recently, higher education (university education, lifelog education and so on) by e-learning has been getting increased by the development of information and communication technology. Higher education organizations have to prepare e-Learning contents appropriately. it is generally hard for e-Learning contents developers (including instructors and so on) to quickly prepare e-Learning contents with...
We developed a prototype system for supporting presentation with a mobile PC in distance education, which have been designed to keep eye contact between students and a lecturer and to facilitate finger pointing by a lecturer in videoconference. Despite convenient functions supporting videoconferencing, it is often difficult to keep the awareness and attention information during remote lectures. Our...
The paper investigated the conceptions of English Language Teaching (ELT) among a selected group of Malaysian senior English teachers. Three categories of teaching conceptions namely; (1) imparting information-transmitting structured knowledge, (2) facilitating understanding-conceptual change/intellectual development and (3) student-teacher interaction were referred. The categories were identified...
About ten years ago, Quality of Experience (QoE) has been introduced as a concept that challenges the well-known Quality of Service (QoS) approach. Whereas QoS looks at the technical parameters of a network, service, device, or application to measure its performance, QoE looks beyond these parameters and includes the human user into the equation. It comes from the insight that ourperception of quality...
In the area of brain activity monitoring, the technique of transcranial Doppler (TCD) is widely used in neuroscience laboratories because it is non-invasive and can be used in a wide variety of environments, which makes it appropriate to conduct practical tests. The objective of this work is to propose a new methodology to analyze changes in blood flow velocity (BFV) in main cerebral vessels measured...
Field studies in the form of Ecological Monitoring of Dredging and Reclamation (EMDR) program in the Eastern Gulf of Finland were carried out since 1999 by expert team specialists. Principal questions and goals of the EMDR are: (1) revealing of the short- and long-term environmental effects from dredging and reclamation, and establishing the difference between the natural and anthropogenic trends...
To maintain the reliability of material transport systems, monitoring of the entire system is required to optimize maintenance and operational control strategies. Traditional monitoring mainly focuses on individual subsystems and components. Due to the high distribution and system complexity, the monitoring and control of large-scale material transport systems need to be carried out in intelligent...
Neste trabalho foi estudada a evolução das tensões residuais nas chapas navais após o procedimento de soldagem de topo. Foram avaliados dois tipos diferentes de soldagem, com eletrodo simples e com eletrodo duplo. Distribuições das tensões residuais foram monitoradas durante duas semanas após soldagem. As tensões residuais foram medidas no metal depositado, na área ZTA e no metal base próximo ao cordão...
Global positioning system (GPS) records and seismic data are used to detect developing unrest near active volcanoes. Unrest detection thresholds are derived empirically for each monitoring discipline via outlier analysis of historic data from a given volcano. Unrest severity is estimated from the number of simultaneous cross-disciplinary detections. The algorithm is used to track developing unrest...
We present a novel normal and shear force sensor by using liquid metal alloy (Ga-In-Sn) as piezoresistive gauge material encapsulated in a polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) substrate. By using liquid metal alloy as gauge material, it can detect large forces without breaking the sensor wires. Since the liquid-metal piezoresistors deform with the elastomeric substrate, shear and normal forces can be detected...
In document authentication, the context refers to the ability to trace the origins of a document to a given person, the device that produced it, or the time and/or place it was produced. Forgeries pose significant dangers in terms of authentication and trust. Therefore, it is essential to maintain the integrity of important documents to prevent document content modification by an intruder. Here, we...
Educators often monitor students' performance in class to make students aware of their weaknesses. Analysis on the relationship between educational settings and student performance can be useful in predicting student performance in a class. In addition, this analysis is able to help identifying the key indicators that may affect the students' final grade. In this paper, we present the initial work...
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