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Natural sign language is the language form widely used by hearing impaired peoples for daily communication and the establishment of dynamic Chinese natural sign language corpus is the major content for accelerating Chinese sign language research and popularizing the use of sign language. In this thesis, the development situation of sign language corpus both at home and abroad is summarized, the major...
The white cane plays a vital role in the independent mobility support of the visually impaired. Allowing the recognition of target attributes through the contact of a white cane is an important function. We have conducted research to obtain fundamental knowledge concerning the exploration methods used to perceive the hardness of an object through contact with a white cane. This research has allowed...
Schizophrenia, schizoaffective and bipolar disorders share some common symptoms. However, the biomarkers underlying those disorders remain unclear. In fact, there is still controversy about the schizoaffective disorder with respect to its validity of independent category and its relationship with schizophrenia and bipolar disorders. In this paper, based on brain functional networks extracted from...
Energy resolved photon-counting detectors could achieve more than one spectral measurement. The goal of this study is to investigate, with experiment, the ability to decompose five materials using energy discriminating detectors and multiple discriminant analysis (MDA). A small field-of-view multi-energy CT system was built. Linear attenuation coefficient was considered as features of multiple energy...
Dyadic brain interactions during eye contact engage multiple processes and recruit multiple networks. To fully characterize these concurrent activities, it's essential to establish the neural basis for reciprocal social interaction. So far most approaches in this pursuit suffered from the limitations in either insufficient dyadic test instruments or entwined reciprocal and non-reciprocal cerebral...
There is a strong need for acquisition of high quality volume data sets, with the vision of visualizing organs, engines or other materials for variant fields. Visualized computer model provides interactive investigation and improves understanding of details of substances. Since the quality of volume data which is acquired by CT and MRI devices is impacted by noisy, partial effect and bias seriously,...
Under the new technical condition, the promotion of equipment complexity and high-tech features makes a significant increase in the workload of equipment support. Commands of support organizations become more complex. In order to meet these demands, the equipment support system has gradually evolved to the network structure. Network-centric equipment support system will become the development trend...
K-12 teachers, especially the ones who teach reading and literacy, are expected to guide their students to read in order to learn. Teachers can promote good reading habits among K-12 readers by offering books that match their interests. Unfortunately, finding the right book for each individual or group of students is not an easy task due to the huge volume of books available these days that cover...
This paper tackles enhancing outside-class learning experiences focusing on JSL (Japanese as a Second Language) learners. Features and approaches of online tools for language learning are overviewed since knowing the pros and cons of each tool is essential for successful language learning and as a cutting-edge online project for language learning, a mobile and ubiquitous learning application called...
The traffic noise of developing countries in Southeast Asia were characterized by relatively high noise exposure levels. On the other hand, casement windows are widely used in those countries. However, these windows prove to be impermissible to noise level because the window ventilating slits serve as a direct pathway to allow traffic noise to enter the home. Presented here is a concept for manufacturing...
After teaching and observing students for several years, we hypothesize that learning programming is difficult for students who cannot imagine concretely how a computer works, or the process by which the CPU accesses memory and I/O via the bus according to coded programs. In this paper, we discuss why we believe it is important for programing education to help students understand how a computer works...
The objective of this paper was to develop an immersive Web-based learning model to assure the quality of learning through the flipped classrooms. The proposed model was guided theoretically by the flipped classroom as a new Web-based learning trend. It was also guided pedagogically by active and reflective learning principles that support transforming the teaching and learning practices from content...
The appropriateness of teaching materials for ESP (English for Specific Purposes) courses is one of the most crucial aspects of ESP courses. However, ESP courses range from general ESP courses to highly technical ones depending on the needs of students as well as institutions. Some courses are heterogeneous classes with students of different disciplines whereas others are more homogeneous with students...
Academic writing is one of the most difficult language competences to acquire for EFL students. In Japan, students in the first and second years of undergraduate non-English majors are likely to receive English language teaching that covers basic and foundational language skills, e.g. paragraph writing and 5-paragraph essays, which are considered to be EGP (English for General Purposes). Thus, most...
Linguistic competences are of foremost importance to students in ESP (English for Specific Purposes) programs where they receive training in areas such as vocabulary, sentence structure and rhetoric norms common to science engineering fields in order to function professionally in English in an increasingly international environment. To achieve this goal, students have to be nurtured in field-specific...
Many universities are now using Video On Demand (VOD) lectures, which utilize the Internet to conduct lectures. However, because current systems are yet to implement search functionality for VOD, users must search manually by selecting movies based on their titles, playing a portion of the movies, and searching for the contents they are seeking. This study aims to create a search function that allows...
The extension of mobility opportunities foreseen in Erasmus plus from European to the international education community has to be supported by standards in the similar study programs. The best practice of curricula voluntary standardization gained during Tempus project implementation in EU and non-EU countries consortia is described. The benefits from extension of novel voluntary standardization approach...
The template grain growth technique was used to synthesis textured 60BiFeO3-PbTiO3(60:40BFPT) by using platelets of BaTiO3 as template. Synchrotron measurement clearly showed textured 60:40BFPT. Moreover, in situ high energy synchrotron radiation was employed to investigate the influence of an external electric filed on crystallographic structure of mixed phase 60:40BFPT. Application of an electric...
Computer learner corpora (CLC) collected from language learners have been mainly used in linguistic study, and it deserves the attention of exploiting its potential further. This paper will discuss ways in which CLC can be analyzed by utilizing the automated text retrieval technology and automated annotation technology. Pedagogical application of CLC will be discussed as well in the aspects of CLC-based...
In engineering education, self-development ability is very important. It is said that to cultivate the ability, group learning is very effective. The group learning is to form groups with several students and to assign projects to the groups. However, simply dividing students into groups and giving assignment are not enough to obtain good educational effect. Besides giving assignments to students...
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