scholarly journals Engendering Autonomy and Motivation through Learner Reflection Tasks

2016 ◽  
pp. 129-138
Keyword(s):  
Best Practice ◽  
English Language ◽  
Student Feedback ◽  
The Self ◽  
International Studies ◽  
Authentic Materials ◽  
The Road ◽  
Learning Pathways ◽  
On The Road ◽  
English Language Institute

After receiving the Japanese Ministry of Education’s Best Practice award in 2003, the Self-Access Learning Centre (SALC) at Kanda University of international Studies (KUIS) has continued in its goal of creating materials and resources which aim to engage the learners whilst promoting learner autonomy. The development team has promoted its materials design and philosophy at a number of national and international conferences and in a variety of SLA publications (Kershaw et al., 2010). The team, made up of teachers from the university’s English Language Institute (ELI) are tasked with creating a range of new resources to: a) provide scaffolding/learner training to help learners on the road towards autonomy b) help learners access/use the authentic materials on offer in the SALC c) help learners plan and implement learning pathways d) support the ‘taught’ curriculum of the ELI Following student feedback on using songs and music in the SALC at KUIS, song worksheets were designed, created and successfully added to the materials available to students for self-access study. This article describes the rationale and process of implementing the worksheets in the centre.

4. UNDERSTANDING VENUS: EXPLORING FEMALE DESIRE

Sexual Health ◽  
2007 ◽  
Vol 4 (4) ◽  
pp. 285
Author(s):  
P. Weerakoon
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Desire ◽  
Best Practice ◽  
Female Sexuality ◽  
Functional Brain Imaging ◽  
Sexual Response ◽  
Female Desire ◽  
The Road ◽  
On The Road ◽  
Female Sexual Response

The female sexual response is highly variable and multifaceted and is a result of interplay of physiological, psychological and interpersonal factors. The advent of technology and non-invasive functional brain imaging has provided a map of the regions of the brain involved in sexual arousal and the neurochemistry that underlies the process. However, this increase in the understanding of the biological basis of female sexuality has only reinforced the role of interpersonal and cultural factor in the sexual response, specially the genesis of sexual desire. An acceptance of this by professionals, has led to the consensus for a more holistic biopsychosocial approach for the management of female sexual concerns. The presentation will discuss the current research on the neural and hormonal basis for female desire and explore the role of sexual desire as a motivator and a force for sexual activity in the context of the prevailing models of the female sexual response. There is a need for the recognition of the place and value of sexual desire in the female sexual response and an appreciation that whereas there is a biological 'drive', this is tempered by the motivational aspect (individual and relationship psychology) and the cultural and moral overlay of values and attitudes. This will in turn provide the milieu for understanding normal and dysfunctional sexual desire and assist us on the road to discovering a best practice model for the diagnosis and management of 'female desire disorders'.

scholarly journals On the Road to Sustainable Urban and Transport Development in the Automobile Society? Traced Narratives of Car-Reduced Neighborhoods

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (16) ◽  
pp. 4375 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sina Selzer ◽  
Martin Lanzendorf
Keyword(s):  
Best Practice ◽  
Controversial Issues ◽  
Research Perspective ◽  
Housing Developments ◽  
Implementation Processes ◽  
The Road ◽  
Car Traffic ◽  
On The Road ◽  
Negative Impacts ◽  
The City

Worldwide, academics and practitioners are developing ‘planning-oriented’ approaches to reduce the negative impacts of car traffic for more sustainable urban and transport development. One such example is the design of car-reduced neighborhoods, although these are controversial issues in the hegemonic ‘system’ of automobility. Despite the reduction of emissions and frequent recognition as ‘best practice examples’, ‘planning-critical’ research questions the underlying objectives and narratives of such sustainable developments. Our study contributes to this research perspective by improving the understanding of narratives that emerge along with car-reduced housing developments. For this purpose, we analyze two car-reduced neighborhoods in the City of Darmstadt (Germany) by conducting interviews with different actors involved in the planning and implementation processes. Our investigation reveals that the development of car-reduced neighborhoods (i) is consciously embedded in the context of sustainability, (ii) is characterized by power relations, (iii) follows normative indicators, and (iv) does not always correspond to lived realities. Altogether, the traced narratives of car-reduced neighborhoods are embedded in the overarching debate on sustainability, while at the same time revealing the dependence of society on the automobile. Thus, the hegemonic ‘system’ of automobility—although it is beginning to crack—continues to exist.

scholarly journals Student Perceptions of the English Lounge after a Layout Change

Relay Journal ◽  
2018 ◽  
pp. 221-235
Author(s):  
Allen Chen ◽  
Jo Mynard
Keyword(s):  
Student Perceptions ◽  
Student Feedback ◽  
The Self ◽  
International Studies ◽  
Learning Center ◽  
English Only ◽  
Made In

This research aims to understand how students use English at the Self Access Learning Center (SALC) at Kanda University of International Studies (KUIS). Specifically, the research is focused on the second floor of the SALC which is intended to be an English only space. The new SALC opened in April 2017, but some layout changes were made in September (the start of the second semester) in response to student feedback indicating that the English Lounge was intimidating and difficult to access. The present research investigates whether students use the English Lounge differently since the layout change and their views on how the SALC can further be improved.

The Significance of Time, Being and Transcendence on the Road to the Heideggerian Authentic Self

2020 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 169-182
Author(s):  
Volkan Çifteci ◽  
Keyword(s):  
The Self ◽  
Authentic Self ◽  
The Road ◽  
The World ◽  
On The Road

This paper attempts to reveal the meaning of Heideggerian self on the basis of time. In the course of this, it examines Heidegger’s following terms: time, the self, the world and Being. In the present paper, the notions of anxiety, death, the call, freedom, transcendence, resolution and temporality (time) constitute a frame for articulating the meaning of the authenticity of Dasein. The road to the authentic self is challenging since it is not something already given; rather, the self is something to be accomplished. Dasein must accomplish it by making life its own. To achieve this, the elaboration of the meaning of “the Being of beings” in the exploration of Dasein must be the first step. For it is Dasein who can give an answer to the question of the meaning of “Being”.

Tyre Characteristics as Applicable to Vehicle Stability Problems

1953 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 113-133 ◽  
Author(s):  
T. J. P. Joy ◽  
D. C. Hartley
Keyword(s):  
High Speed ◽  
The Self ◽  
Vehicle Stability ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Handling Performance ◽  
Transient Behaviour ◽  
The Road ◽  
Drawing Board ◽  
On The Road ◽  
Board Stage

The authors define the characteristics of a pneumatic tyre which affect the handling, or stability, of a car, and briefly describe a machine which was developed to measure these characteristics. The results are given of various experiments showing the effect of several factors on the characteristics; the applicability of these results to the behaviour of a tyre on the road is also discussed. Briefly defining oversteer and understeer, the authors outline a proposed method for directly determining the handling performance of a car while it is still in the drawing board stage. It is pointed out that this will only apply to steady conditions and some of the factors affecting transient behaviour are discussed. In particular, the importance of the self-aligning torque is stressed. The problem of breakaway is mentioned and doubts are cast on the applicability of the machine results to high-speed cornering, or racing; the technique of drifting a car round a corner is discussed. The MS. of this paper was received at the Institution on 17th November 1953, and in its revised form on 11th January 1954. For the report of the meeting in London, at which this paper was presented, see p. 134.

scholarly journals Enhancing Cultural Intelligence and Interpersonal Communication: Multi-Authenticity Exposure in English as a Foreign Language (EFL) Context

2018 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 87
Author(s):  
Anahid Bahrami ◽  
Mehry Haddad Narafshan
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Language ◽  
Interpersonal Communication ◽  
Cultural Intelligence ◽  
English Language ◽  
Authentic Materials ◽  
Efl Learners ◽  
Efl Context ◽  
Post Test ◽  
Moderate Change ◽  
English Language Institute

<p><em>The current study focuses on authentic exposure, specifically whether multi-authentic tasks affect the nature of L2 learners’ </em><em>cultural intelligence and interpersonal communication in the English as a foreign language (EFL) context of Iran. To this end, </em><em>sixty learners at an English language institute were assigned to control and experimental groups to carry out the M-A tasks. M-A was manipulated by assigning visual, aural, and printed tasks. Descriptive and inferential </em><em>analyses of data, </em><em>a comparison of the control and experimental groups over a four-month period, </em><em>revealed that </em><em>the implementation of authentic materials was successful in raising the cultural intelligence and interpersonal communication of </em><em>EFL learners in the post-test. </em><em>A subsequent ANOVA analysis showed that </em><em>among M-A materials, visual was the most and aural was the least effective one increasing EFL learners’ cultural intelligence. Moreover, the printed material was the most effective one to make a moderate change in interpersonal communication of the participants.</em><em> </em><em></em></p>

Enriched geometric simplification of linear features

GEOMATICA ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 71 (1) ◽  
pp. 3-19 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rajesh Tamilmani ◽  
Emmanuel Stefanakis
Keyword(s):  
Data Structure ◽  
Road Network ◽  
The Self ◽  
Linear Features ◽  
The Road ◽  
Line Simplification ◽  
Gas Consumption ◽  
Property Preservation ◽  
On The Road ◽  
The Impact

Polyline geometries are used to represent linear features, such as roads, rivers and pipelines on maps. The generalization process results in a polyline that represents the feature either at a different resolution or different scale from the original geometries. In addition, the simplification process may result in losing the geometric properties associated with the intermediate points on the original geometries. These intermediate points can contain attributes or characteristics depending on the application domain. For example, points on the road network can contain information about accumulated length of the road, positional velocity, speed limit or accumulated gas consumption. This paper involves implementing the SELF (Semantically Enriched Line simpliFication) data structure to preserve the length attributes associated with individual points on actual linear features [Stefanakis 2015]. The number of points to be stored in the SELF structure is optimized by applying alternative compression techniques. The data structure has been implemented in PostgreSQL 9.4 [2014] with PostGIS [2016] extension using PL/pgSQL to support static and non-functional polylines. Extended experimental work has been carried out to better understand the impact of simplification on both synthetic and real (natural and artificial) linear features such as rivers and pipelines. The efficiency of SELF structure with regard to geo metric property preservation has been tested at various levels of simplification.

scholarly journals Extension and Advisory Organizations on the Road to the Digitalization of Animal Farming: An Organizational Learning Perspective

Animals ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (11) ◽  
pp. 2056
Author(s):  
Chrysanthi Charatsari ◽  
Evagelos D. Lioutas ◽  
Marcello De Rosa ◽  
Afroditi Papadaki-Klavdianou
Keyword(s):  
Organizational Learning ◽  
Environmental Conditions ◽  
Belief Systems ◽  
Contextual Cues ◽  
Change Models ◽  
The Road ◽  
Animal Farming ◽  
Gradual Evolution ◽  
Learning Pathways ◽  
On The Road

Agricultural digitalization emerged as a radical innovation, punctuating the gradual evolution of the agrifood sector and having the potential to fundamentally restructure the context within which extension and advisory organizations operate. Digital technologies are expected to alter the practice and culture of animal farming in the future. To suit the changing environmental conditions, organizations can make minor adjustments or can call into question their purposes, belief systems, and operating paradigms. Each pattern of change is associated with different types of organizational learning. In this conceptual article, adopting an organizational learning perspective and building upon organizational change models, we present two potential change and learning pathways that extension and advisory organizations can follow to cope with digitalization: morphostasis and morphogenesis. Morphostatic change has a transitional nature and helps organizations survive by adapting to the new environmental conditions. Organizations that follow this pathway learn by recognizing and correcting errors. This way, they increase their competence in specific services and activities. Morphogenetic change, on the other hand, occurs when organizations acknowledge the need to move beyond existing operating paradigms, redefine their purposes, and explore new possibilities. By transforming themselves, organizations learn new ways to understand and interpret contextual cues. We conclude by presenting some factors that explain extension and advisory organizations’ tendency to morphostasis.

scholarly journals Research on Self-Balancing System of Autonomous Vehicles Based on Queuing Theory

Sensors ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 21 (13) ◽  
pp. 4619
Author(s):  
Huanping Li ◽  
Jian Wang ◽  
Guopeng Bai ◽  
Xiaowei Hu
Keyword(s):  
Autonomous Vehicles ◽  
Queuing Theory ◽  
Travel Demand ◽  
Mean Value ◽  
The Self ◽  
Utilization Rate ◽  
Analysis Method ◽  
Value Analysis ◽  
The Road ◽  
On The Road

In order to explore the changes that autonomous vehicles on the road would bring to the current traffic and make full use of the intelligent features of autonomous vehicles, the article defines a self-balancing system of autonomous vehicles. Based on queuing theory and stochastic process, the self-balancing system model with self-balancing characteristics is established to balance the utilization rate of autonomous vehicles under the conditions of ensuring demand and avoiding an uneven distribution of vehicle resources in the road network. The performance indicators of the system are calculated by the MVA (Mean Value Analysis) method. The analysis results show that the self-balancing process could reduce the average waiting time of customers significantly in the system, alleviate the service pressure while ensuring travel demand, fundamentally solve the phenomenon of concentrated idleness after the use of vehicles in the current traffic, maximize the use of the mobile vehicles in the system, and realize the self-balancing of the traffic network while reducing environmental pollution and saving energy.

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