scholarly journals Is It Worth Using Gamification on Software Testing Education? An Extended Experience Report in the Context of Undergraduate Students

2020 ◽  
Vol 8 ◽  
pp. 6-1 - 6:19
Author(s):  
Gabriela Martins de Jesus ◽  
Fabiano Cutigi Ferrari ◽  
Leo Natan Paschoal ◽  
Simone Do Rocio Senger de Souza ◽  
Daniel De Paula Porto ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Software Testing ◽  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Ad Hoc ◽  
Traditional Approach ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Educational Approach ◽  
Industry Standards ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
External Stimuli ◽  
The Impact

Context: Testing is fundamental in the software development process. Nevertheless, testing education faces the key challenge of ensuring that undergraduate students acquire knowledge and skills they need for their future careers by matching what is taught in the classroom to industry standards. In this context, gamification can be used as an alternative educational approach. It uses game elements in real-world contexts in order to increase people's motivation and engagement in tasks that require external stimuli, especially in educational contexts.Objective: Reporting on results of an experimental study designed to assess the impact of gamification on software testing education, as well as reporting on the experience of building a supporting gamified platform. Method: We performed a systematic literature mapping aiming at characterizing how gamification has been explored in the software testing context. In addition, some of the problems faced by testing education were identified through an ad-hoc search. Then, we developed a gamified approach and a platform that have been used to run five 4-hour functional testing classes with undergraduate students from four Brazilian institutions of higher education.Results: Overall, students who learned with the traditional approach felt more motivated than those who learned with the gamified approach, whereas the performance of both groups were similar. On the other hand, feedback questionnaires indicated that the gamified class was more attractive (in terms of attention) and funny. Moreover, we observed that building a gamified platform is complex and challenging, particularly for the definition of the game mechanics and dynamics.Conclusion: Even though the results in terms of students' performance was neutral, and the motivation of students did not increase due to the introduction of gamification, the experience of having used this alternative approach is considered positive, as it provided a more enjoyable and funny environment, both from the researcher's and students' point of view. Furthermore,  with this experience we foresee we can do better in terms of gamified teaching in future work.

scholarly journals A Systematic, Automated Approach for River Segmentation Tested on the Magdalena River (Colombia) and the Baker River (Chile)

Water ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (10) ◽  
pp. 2827
Author(s):  
Andrea Nardini ◽  
Santiago Yépez ◽  
Bruno Mazzorana ◽  
Héctor Ulloa ◽  
María Dolores Bejarano ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Case Studies ◽  
Iterative Procedure ◽  
Traditional Approach ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
New Method ◽  
Segment Length ◽  
Valley Bottom ◽  
Systematic Procedure ◽  
Magdalena River ◽  
Definition Of

This paper proposes a systematic procedure to identify river reaches from a geomorphic point of view. Their identification traditionally relies on a subjective synthesis of multi-dimensional information (e.g., changes of slope, changes of width of valley bottom). We point out that some of the attributes adopted to describe geomorphic characters of a river (in particular sinuosity and confinement) depend on the length of reaches, while these latter are not yet identified; this is a source of ambiguity and introduces, at least conceptually, an unpleasant, implicit, iterative procedure. We introduce a new method which avoids this difficulty. Furthermore, it is simple, objective, and explicitly defined, and as such, it is automatable. The method requires to define and determine a set of intensive attributes, i.e., attributes that are independent of the segment length. The reaches are then identified by the intersection of the segmentations induced by such attributes. We applied the proposed procedure in two case studies, the Magdalena River (Colombia) and the Baker River (Chile), and investigated whether the adoption of the traditional approach for the definition of reaches would lead to a different result. We conclude that there would be no detectable differences. As such, the method can be considered an improvement in geomorphic river characterization.

scholarly journals A new approach to modelling schistosomiasis transmission based on stratified worm burden

Parasitology ◽  
2010 ◽  
Vol 137 (13) ◽  
pp. 1951-1965 ◽  
Author(s):  
D. GURARIE ◽  
C. H. KING ◽  
X. WANG
Keyword(s):  
Worm Burden ◽  
Field Data ◽  
Ad Hoc ◽  
Negative Binomial ◽  
Traditional Approach ◽  
Human Infection ◽  
World Health ◽  
Human Populations ◽  
Individual Level ◽  
The Impact

SUMMARYBackground/Objective. Multiple factors affect schistosomiasis transmission in distributed meta-population systems including age, behaviour, and environment. The traditional approach to modelling macroparasite transmission often exploits the ‘mean worm burden’ (MWB) formulation for human hosts. However, typical worm distribution in humans is overdispersed, and classic models either ignore this characteristic or make ad hoc assumptions about its pattern (e.g., by assuming a negative binomial distribution). Such oversimplifications can give wrong predictions for the impact of control interventions. Methods. We propose a new modelling approach to macro-parasite transmission by stratifying human populations according to worm burden, and replacing MWB dynamics with that of ‘population strata’. We developed proper calibration procedures for such multi-component systems, based on typical epidemiological and demographic field data, and implemented them using Wolfram Mathematica. Results. Model programming and calibration proved to be straightforward. Our calibrated system provided good agreement with the individual level field data from the Msambweni region of eastern Kenya. Conclusion. The Stratified Worm Burden (SWB) approach offers many advantages, in that it accounts naturally for overdispersion and accommodates other important factors and measures of human infection and demographics. Future work will apply this model and methodology to evaluate innovative control intervention strategies, including expanded drug treatment programmes proposed by the World Health Organization and its partners.

scholarly journals The Analysis of the Influence of Riveting Parameters Specified in Selected Riveting Instructions on Residual Stresses

2014 ◽  
Vol 2014 (6) ◽  
pp. 63-71
Author(s):  
Wojciech Wronicz ◽  
Jerzy Kaniowski
Keyword(s):  
Fatigue Life ◽  
Residual Stresses ◽  
Numerical Simulations ◽  
Western Europe ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Industry Standards ◽  
Riveted Joints ◽  
Aerospace Companies ◽  
The Impact

Abstract The riveting parameters strongly affect residual stresses induced during riveting, which in turn have an impact on the fatigue life of riveted joints. Since rivets are established as critical from the fatigue point of view, the fatigue life of riveted joints often determines the life of the whole structure. The authors were able to become acquainted with three riveting instructions (process specifications) used by the aerospace companies from western Europe. This work presents the analysis of the riveting parameters' influence on residual stresses around the rivets. The impact of the clearance between a rivet shank and a hole as well as driven head dimensions and a rivet length were investigated based on the numerical simulations. The aim of the analysis was to determine the range of stresses variation when the requirements of the riveting instructions are fulfilled. For the purposes of comparison, the calculations were performed also with the parameters as specified in the Polish industry standards. For all calculations, the geometry of the universal rivet MS20470 was used. The results show that residual stresses can vary strongly depending on the parameters in the instructions and standard requirements.

scholarly journals دلالة الباء التضمنية و المطابقية في آية الوضوء

2022 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
جيران ، حمد علي هارب
Keyword(s):  
Point Of View ◽  
The Third ◽  
The People ◽  
The Difference ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
The Impact

This research discusses the significance of the underlying and corresponding (B) in the verse of ablution .It consists of a preface , four chapters and a termination .Within the limits of the preface , it dealt with the clarification of the importance of the research .In the first chapter , it dealt with the definition of the underlying significance according to the jurists point of view , also the scientists, point of view who support the underlying significance and the people who agree with them , as well as the aspects of the Hanafia’s and the shafia's inference regarding the implication.   The research also deals with the definition of the corresponding significance according to the jurists' point of view as well as the scientists' point of view who support the correspondence of the (B) significance .These people are the Malikia and the Hanablah and the people who agree with them as well as the aspects of their inference in this issue .The third chapter tackles the more acceptable significance of the two discussed in the former chapters .The final one clarifies the impact of the difference between the underlying and the corresponding (B) according to the jurists' point of view .Finally the research is concluded by the most important deductions.

The role of sports diplomacy in recognition of newly created states

2020 ◽  
pp. 92-98
Author(s):  
Marina Okladnaya ◽  
Ivan Shchehlakov
Keyword(s):  
Ad Hoc ◽  
Main Body ◽  
Sports Diplomacy ◽  
Football Match ◽  
The Government ◽  
Sport Events ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Problem Setting

Problem setting. Sport becomes an important part of modern life. Nowadays there are many international sports competitions and events, where unrecognized states take part. In connect with this, such cases have an impact on society and social media. Consequently, there is a question of the impact of sports diplomacy on recognition of states and its importance on this procedure. Target research. To identify the impact of sport diplomacy on the recognition of newly created states. Analysis of recent researches and publications. The object of research was recognition in international law of a large number of both domestic and foreign scientists, among which, Telipko V.E., Ovcharenko A.S., Feldman D.І., Janatayev H.M., whose doctrinal developments provide an important theoretical basis for studying the issue of the impact of sports diplomacy on recognition of states. Article’s main body. Forms of recognition of states were identified in the article. It was determined that there are three form of recognition: de jure, de facto and ad hoc. Definition of sports diplomacy was given. It was proposed that in ad hoc recognition as the representative of the state should be considered not only a representative of the Government, but also other persons with official powers given by authorities. Cases of using sports diplomacy were analyzed. Usually a platform of sports diplomacy is different sport events where unrecognized states take part. The examples of such events are participation of Kosovo Republic in Olimpic Games in Brazil, Kosovo’s entry into FIFA, the football match between Kosovo Republic and Ukraine and others. In this way, sports representatives of the states enter into the negotiations and establish relationships between the states, which don’t recognize each other. It was found that sports diplomacy can be a way of ad hoc recognition. Conclusions and prospects of development. Sports diplomacy is a type of diplomacy, which purpose is to provide state foreign policy in the field of sports. However, sports diplomacy doesn’t cause de jure or de facto recognition of states; it can influence on recognition of the states by helping to build relationships between them.

scholarly journals The Structural Gravity Model and Its Implications on Global Forest Product Trade

Forests ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 178 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christian Morland ◽  
Franziska Schier ◽  
Holger Weimar
Keyword(s):  
Gravity Model ◽  
Traditional Approach ◽  
Forest Products ◽  
Forest Product ◽  
Estimation Methods ◽  
Forest Sector ◽  
Processing Level ◽  
History Of ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
The Impact

The gravity model of trade is one of the most common approaches in modern econometrics. In its basic form, the model assumes that income and distance between two partners most likely play a major role in the occurrence of trade. Despite the long history of the gravity model and its high, universal explanatory potential, its application for the forest sector is not broad and refers only to the traditional definition of the gravity approach. However, this traditional approach is not able to explain all aspects of trade at a disaggregated sector level. Consequently, the present study aims to close this research gap and reveal influencing factors for the appearance and the intensity of forest product trade by applying the structural gravity approach. This is done via linear and non-linear estimation methods for the forest sector on the whole and for thirteen forest products in detail. Three major results were found: first, the traditional gravity approach overestimates the impact of the overall income on forest sector trade. Second, the appearance of wood market trade is not always influenced by the same factors as the quantity traded. Third, with increasing processing level, determinants of forest product trade seem to be influenced by different factors.

scholarly journals "Quality of life": a brand new concept for research and practice in psychiatry

2003 ◽  
Vol 25 (4) ◽  
pp. 249-252 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marcelo T Berlim ◽  
Marcelo P A Fleck
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Mental Illnesses ◽  
Therapeutic Interventions ◽  
World Health ◽  
Medical Treatments ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
Health Organization ◽  
The Impact

Since the '70s, the assessment of quality of life (QOL) has grown from a 'small cottage' industry to a formal discipline within a coherent theoretical framework, accepted methods, and manifold applications. In recent years, QOL has become increasingly popular as a useful variable tailored to assess the overall impact of diseases and medical treatments from the patient's point of view. In this updating paper, we describe the most frequently used instruments, and discuss the conceptual and practical issues concerning QOL evaluation, as applied to the study of mental disorders. In addition, we present a unifying definition of QOL that has recently been developed by the World Health Organization. Finally, we conclude that QOL measures are potentially useful methods to be applied to research and clinical practice in psychiatry - especially when used to demonstrate the impact of mental illnesses and the possible benefits of therapeutic interventions.

Language-in-education policies in the Catalan language area

AILA Review ◽  
2008 ◽  
Vol 21 ◽  
pp. 31-48 ◽  
Author(s):  
F. Xavier Vila i Moreno
Keyword(s):  
Language Learning ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Language Policies ◽  
Education Policies ◽  
Language Area ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
Language Areas ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Near Future ◽  
Learning Language

The territories where Catalan is traditionally spoken as a native language constitute an attractive sociolinguistic laboratory which appears especially interesting from the point of view of language-in-education policies. The educational system has spearheaded the recovery of Catalan during the last 20 years. Schools are being attributed most of the responsibility for the (failure of integration) of past and current immigrant waves. There is a historical, demolinguistic and political fragmentation of the linguistic area of Catalan because at least 8 different national and sub-national authorities have a say in the definition of language policies in education. This circumstance has led to the establishment of a number of school models which deal differently with each of the challenges described before. In this contribution, an overview is produced of the main school models which are currently running in the Catalan language areas from a comparative perspective, highlighting their points in common and their differences. The article also provides a summary of available research results in connection with language learning, language practices, the impact on social integration and cohesion, and on academic achievement. It does review some of the challenges that will have to be faced by each system in the near future.

scholarly journals Innovation and sustainability: the Italian scenario

2021 ◽  
pp. 71-76
Author(s):  
Rosanna Cataldo ◽  
Maria Gabriella Grassia ◽  
Paolo Mazzocchi ◽  
Claudio Quintano ◽  
Antonella Rocca
Keyword(s):  
Research Question ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
Sustainable Innovation ◽  
Relevant Topic ◽  
Short And Long Term ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
Process Solutions ◽  
The Impact

Society and policy makers demand innovation systems oriented towards several goals of sustainable development. Therefore, recent literature has dedicated a growing interest to both innovation and sustainability in the pursuit of environmental, economic and social development; in addition, the emerging topic of ‘sustainable innovation’ (and ‘eco-innovation’) seems to combine the main features of them. The definition of these concepts has been significantly changed during the last decades, and a broad discussion continues today about which indicators should be used to measure innovation, sustainability and their combination. The current paper investigates this relationship, and - in the authors’ opinion - the research question connected to the impact of the innovative product (and service and process) solutions on sustainability can be addressed by means of a stable theoretical framework. To study the interaction between innovation and sustainability, the usage of specific territorial features might represent a useful perspective to manage short-and long-term environmental and economic issues. As for the theoretical model, the present article considers a specific technique suitable for investigating the entire set of characteristics involved in the model. From a public makers and managerial point of view, the possibility of improving the firm’ efficiencies in terms of several dimensions of sustainable innovation represents a relevant topic that must be encouraged.

scholarly journals Description of the Concept of Medical Technologies and Devices in Latvia in the Context of Robotics

2020 ◽  
Vol 2 (17) ◽  
pp. 31-39
Author(s):  
Palkova, Karina ◽  
Artūrs Žukovs
Keyword(s):  
Banking Sector ◽  
Modern Society ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Public And Private ◽  
Legal Study ◽  
Medical Technologies ◽  
Correct Definition ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
The Impact ◽  
And Robotics

Nowadays one of the topical issues, from legal point of view, is technologies and robotics technologies and devices. Technologies and robotics technologies and devices have become dominant in various areas including business, banking sector and healthcare. Technologies influence every aspect of daily life of modern society at home and work. Technologies, considering development of robotics, have a huge potential to transform public and private sectors. They provide modern and safe levels of services in various forms. The impact of technologies and robotics technologies will grow over time [11]. The article is devoted to definition of legal study of technologies and medical technologies and correlation between particular definitions with the definition of robotics in Latvia. General conclusions related to legal study of the subject shows lack of correct definition of medical technologies and unclear understanding of robotics technologies, artificial intelligence based medical devices from medical care perspective. Raksts veltīts sabiedrībai aktuālas tēmas izpētei – par straujās tehnoloģiskās attīstības iespaidā radīto jauno robotisko un mākslīgā intelekta vadīto ierīču izmantošanas regulējuma nepieciešamību tiesību subjektu tiesisko attiecību sakārtošanai. Rakstā analizēts veselības aprūpē izmantojamo daudzfunkcionālo iekārtu lietošanas tiesiskais regulējums, kā arī tā ietekme uz pacientu tiesību ievērošanu. Robotikas tehnoloģijas un ierīces tiek aktīvi izmantotas veselības aprūpes procesā, it īpaši diagnostikā. Šīs tehnoloģijas ietekmē gandrīz visus mūsdienu sabiedrības ikdienas aspektus un ir kļuvušas par dominējošām dažādās jomās, tostarp uzņēmējdarbībā, banku sektorā un veselības aprūpē. Ņemot vērā robotikas attīstību, šīm tehnoloģijām ir milzīgs potenciāls gan publiskajā, gan arī privātajā sektorā. Laika gaitā robotikas tehnoloģiju ietekme pieaugs, un pieaugs arī tiesiskā aspektā pētāmo problēmjautājumu klāsts. Līdz ar to ļoti svarīga ir tehnoloģiju un medicīnas tehnoloģiju juridisko problēmjautājumu definēšana, korelācija starp konkrētām definīcijām, kā arī robotikas definīcija Latvijā. Vispārīgi secināms, ka medicīnisko tehnoloģiju jomā trūkst skaidru definīciju, kas sniedz nepārprotamu izpratni par robotikas tehnoloģijām, mākslīgā intelekta robottehnoloģijām, medicīnas ierīcēm u.c. Mūsdienās tehnoloģiju jautājums un konkrēta segmenta attīstība nākotnē ir būtiska no juridiskā viedokļa. Piemēram, attīstoties medicīnas tehnoloģijām, kas balstītas uz mākslīgā intelekta sistēmām, novērojams liels potenciāls diagnostikas kontekstā. Taču tehnoloģiskais progress šobrīd ir daudz straujāks nekā jauno tiesību attīstība. Joprojām aktuāls ir jautājums par nākotnes tiesisko regulējumu un esošo tiesisko regulējumu, tā interpretāciju medicīnas tehnoloģiju, ierīču jomā. Medicīniskām ierīcēm, piedāvājot novatoriskus risinājumus profilaksei, novērošanai, prognozēšanai utt., ir būtiska loma veselības aprūpē. Nacionālajos un starptautiskajos tiesību aktos vērojamas vairākas pieejas, lai atbalstītu tehnoloģiju attīstību veselības aprūpē. Taču problēma ir noteikt, vai Latvijā pastāv atšķirība starp medicīnas tehnoloģiju, robotikas tehnoloģiju un ierīču definīciju. Jāatzīst, ka robottehnoloģiju, mākslīgā intelekta ierīču tiesiskais regulējums Latvijā šobrīd nav pilnīgs, kaut arī jauno robottehnoloģiju un mākslīgā intelekta ierīču izgudrošanas, ražošanas un pielietošanas iespaidā tiesiskā regulējuma pilnveides nepieciešamība arvien palielinās.

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