Next Generation Utterance-Based Systems: What Do Pragmatic Studies Tell Us About System Design?

2011 ◽  
Vol 20 (2) ◽  
pp. 57-63
Author(s):  
Kathleen F. McCoy ◽  
Linda Hoag ◽  
Jan Bedrosian
Keyword(s):  
System Design ◽  
Public Attitudes ◽  
Next Generation ◽  
The Past ◽  
Conversational Behaviors

Abstract Utterance-based AAC systems hold the promise of faster/easier communication. Over the past 10 years, we have conducted a number of investigations into the kinds of pragmatic choices that a user of such a system will have to make and the effects of these choices on public attitudes and conversational behaviors. In this paper, we discuss some of the technological implications of the findings from these experiments.

Development of next generation digital flat panel catheterization system: design principles and validation methodology

2006 ◽  
Author(s):  
B. Belanger ◽  
F. Betraoui ◽  
P. Dhawale ◽  
P. Gopinath ◽  
Pal Tegzes ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
System Design ◽  
Design Principles ◽  
Next Generation ◽  
Flat Panel

The Next Generation of Service Agreements for Publicly Owned Waste-to-Energy Facilities: Pinellas County Case Study

2007 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paul J. Stoller ◽  
Anthony LoRe ◽  
William Crellin ◽  
Robert Hauser
Keyword(s):  
First Generation ◽  
Lessons Learned ◽  
Waste To Energy ◽  
Next Generation ◽  
Procurement Process ◽  
Pinellas County ◽  
The Past ◽  
Operation And Maintenance ◽  
Service Agreement

This paper discusses one of the key lessons learned from administering the first generation of service agreements for public owners of waste-to-energy (WTE) facilities over the past 22 years and how those experiences were incorporated into a new service agreement for the operation and maintenance of Pinellas County’s 24 year old, 3,000 tpd WTE Facility to better protect the county’s interests. Additionally, a major issue raised by the operating companies during the competitive procurement process for continue operation of the facility is discussed and how that concern was addressed in the new service agreement is also presented. Capitalized words or terms used in this paper are defined within the new service agreement.

scholarly journals The Place Of Karakalpak Ethnoculture In The Integration Of Society

2021 ◽  
Vol 03 (04) ◽  
pp. 676-688
Author(s):  
Halima Kadirova ◽  
Keyword(s):  
National Identity ◽  
Cultural Identity ◽  
Scientific Article ◽  
Social Changes ◽  
Next Generation ◽  
Way Of Life ◽  
The Past ◽  
Global Space ◽  
The People

This scientific article highlights the place and role of the Karakalpak ethnic culture in the development and preservation of the identity of the people. The authors analyze the culture and life of the modern Karakalpak family, which inherits to the next generation the traditional way of life associated with national holidays and traditions, dastans performed by Karakalpak bakhshi (singers), legends and legends of the past, told by the older generation. The article argues that social changes in the global space contribute to the emergence of certain changes in the content of cultural identity, language, art, spiritual categories, which are elements of the basis of the national identity of each nation and various ethno-regional units, which further strengthens the study of this issue under the influence of the process of globalization.

Container System Design Developments Over Two Decades

1982 ◽  
Vol 19 (04) ◽  
pp. 364-376
Author(s):  
L. A. Harlander
Keyword(s):  
System Design ◽  
Construction Materials ◽  
Common Denominator ◽  
Strength Criteria ◽  
The Past ◽  
Factors Influencing ◽  
Design Loads ◽  
Speed Stability ◽  
The Common ◽  
Gantry Cranes

This paper reviews the progress made over the past 20 years in the design and handling of containers. Factors influencing present container dimensions and strength criteria are discussed, as well as the crucial activity to establish container standardization. The container itself—"the common denominator"—is addressed from the viewpoint of its fittings, design loads and construction materials; and the containership from the viewpoint of arrangements, size, speed, stability, stowage and economics. The author offers several conclusions following the last two sections of the paper, which cover the remaining components of the system, namely, the shoreside gantry cranes and terminal facilities.

Semantic Distance, the Next Step?

2011 ◽  
pp. 283-296
Author(s):  
Ted Goranson
Keyword(s):  
Virtual Enterprise ◽  
Semantic Distance ◽  
Next Generation ◽  
Enterprise Integration ◽  
New Class ◽  
The Past

Enterprise integration has, in the past, focused on strategies for complete harmonization of various dimensions using collected technologies and techniques. The virtual enterprise case presents us, almost by definition, with cases where preharmonized infrastructure is neither feasible nor desirable. Through international workshops, the community has identified a next-generation strategy for how to measure the imperfections in integration that will be encountered. Presumably, a new class of tools and strategies will emerge. The idea is still very early in its life. This chapter presents a snapshot of early conclusions. One proposal of a strategy is outlined.

Languages

2020 ◽  
pp. 165-206
Author(s):  
David Damrosch
Keyword(s):  
Literary Translation ◽  
Next Generation ◽  
Global English ◽  
Modern Greek ◽  
The Past

This chapter recounts how René Étiemble became a fierce advocate for translation. It analyzes Étiemble's exuberant linguistic range in many of his works, such as Essais de littérature (vraiment) générale in “Sur quelques adaptations et imitations de haiku” where he quotes poems in Japanese, French, English, Italian, Spanish, Russian, Croatian, German, and modern Greek. It also highlights the importance of translation for the next generation of comparatists in Étiemble's edgy survey titled Comparaison n'est pas raison. The chapter explores the quality of literary translation that has steadily grown during the past several decades. It also addresses crucial and highly problematic questions of language with the rise of global English that leaves many literary scholars too comfortably ensconced within the imperium of English.

scholarly journals Hospital and Health Information Systems – Current Perspectives

2011 ◽  
Vol 20 (01) ◽  
pp. 73-82
Author(s):  
M. Ball ◽  
C. Boyer ◽  
P. L. Elkin ◽  
K. Ishikawa ◽  
C. Jaffe ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Information Systems ◽  
Health Information ◽  
Health Information Systems ◽  
Developing Nations ◽  
Entire Group ◽  
Next Generation ◽  
Government Officials ◽  
Patient Centered ◽  
The Past ◽  
Writing Group

SummaryTo celebrate over 30 years of health information systems’ (HIS) evolution by bringing together pioneers in the field, members of the next generation of leaders, and government officials from several developing nations in Africa to discuss the past, present, and future of HISs.Participants gathered in Le Franschhoek, South Africa for a 2 ½ day working conference consisting of scientific presentations followed by several concurrent breakout sessions. A small writing group prepared draft statements representing their positions on various topics of discussion which were circulated and revised by the entire group.Many new tools, techniques and technologies were described and discussed in great detail. Interestingly, all of the key themes identified in the first HIS meeting held over 30 years ago are still of vital importance today: Patient Centered design, Clinical User Support, Real-time Education, Human-computer Factors and Measuring Clinical User Performance, Meaningful use.As we continue to work to develop next-generation HISs, we must remember the lessons of the past as we strive to develop the solutions for tomorrow.

Should We Worry About Sponsorship-Induced Bias in Online Political Science Surveys?

2019 ◽  
Vol 7 (3) ◽  
pp. 209-217
Author(s):  
Thomas J. Leeper ◽  
Emily A. Thorson
Keyword(s):  
Public Attitudes ◽  
Computer Assisted ◽  
Online Surveys ◽  
Demand Characteristics ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
Attitudes And Behaviors ◽  
The Past ◽  
Survey Error ◽  
Satisficing Behavior ◽  
Open Question

AbstractPolitical scientists rely heavily on survey research to gain insights into public attitudes and behaviors. Over the past decade, survey data collection has moved away from personal face-to-face and telephone interviewing towards a model of computer-assisted self-interviewing. A hallmark of many online surveys is the prominent display of the survey’s sponsor, most often an academic institution, in the initial consent form and/or on the survey website itself. It is an open question whether these displays of academic survey sponsorship could increase total survey error. We measure the extent to which sponsorship (by a university or marketing firm) affects data quality, including satisficing behavior, demand characteristics, and socially desirable responding. In addition, we examine whether sponsor effects vary depending on the participant’s experience with online surveys. Overall, we find no evidence that response quality is affected by survey sponsor or by past survey experience.

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