A Comparative Analysis of Blind and Sighted Children's Communication Skills

1984 ◽  
Vol 78 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-5 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maryon M. Matsuda
Keyword(s):  
Comparative Analysis ◽  
Communication Skills ◽  
Future Studies

This study compared the development of communication skills in blind and sighted children. The specific skills investigated were the abilities to detect the communication-relevant characteristics of listeners and to construct messages adapted to those characteristics. The participants were 33 blind and 33 sighted children who ranged in age from 5 to 12 ½ and were matched for age, sex, and IQ. No significant differences were found between the two groups on development of these communication skills. However, the author discusses two important factors that should be investigated in future studies.

A Comparative Analysis of the Similar Word-formation Processes in English and Arabic

2020 ◽  
Vol 23 (4) ◽  
pp. 56-75
Author(s):  
Tareq Abdo Abdullah Al-Hamidi ◽  
Milana Abbasova ◽  
Azad Mammadov
Keyword(s):  
Comparative Analysis ◽  
Reference Material ◽  
Word Formation ◽  
Formation Processes ◽  
Future Studies ◽  
Similar Word ◽  
Arabic Linguistics ◽  
Research Findings ◽  
Linguistic Structures ◽  
Meta Theory

This paper sets out on a comparative analysis of similar word-formation processes in English and Arabic. In doing so, it hopes to emerge and serve as subsequent and reliable, albeit partial, reference material for English and Arabic linguistics, especially in reference to linguistic structures. The framework herein for the study and analysis of word-formation processes in both languages may also be applied in future studies and other genres, corpora, and texts. This study enriches the research findings and meta-theory in the field of linguistics, contributing to the current linguistic intellectualism trends. The specific processes discussed are acronyms, antonomasia, backformation, blending, borrowing, compounding, and derivation.

Sexual dimorphism in the claws of the European terrapin (Emys orbicularis): potential implications for the reproductive fitness of the species.

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gonzalo Alarcos ◽  
Jaime Madrigal-González ◽  
Miguel Lizana ◽  
Fabio Flechoso
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Selection ◽  
Comparative Analysis ◽  
Sexual Dimorphism ◽  
Reproductive Success ◽  
Sexual Maturity ◽  
Reproductive Fitness ◽  
Emys Orbicularis ◽  
Future Studies ◽  
Different Populations ◽  
Males And Females

There are many biometric differences between the males and females of the European pond turtle (Emys orbicularis) as regards their size, colouring, the shape of the plastron, tail, etc. The males use their claws to grasp the female during copulation and hence sexual selection should favour the males that have larger claws, which allow them to grasp the female better. Here, we address this type of sexual dimorphism in a comparative analysis of indices obtained from claw length, the length of the carapace and the locality where individuals were sampled. The results show that the curvature of the claws differs between the two sexes, being longer in males and increasing with age, size, and hence, the state of sexual maturity, than in females. Greater claw length could confer advantages for males when grasping the carapace of females, and hence, improve their reproductive fitness. Importance in the reproductive success that might have this feature in males could originate future studies that will relate the shape, thickness, length and other measures of the claws in males with their reproductive success in different populations, genetic variety, and most importantly, viability of populations. 

Executive Dashboard Widgets: A Performance-Based Comparative Analysis

2007 ◽  
Vol 51 (5) ◽  
pp. 454-458
Author(s):  
M. Ryan Chipley ◽  
Todd Barlow
Keyword(s):  
Comparative Analysis ◽  
Data Visualization ◽  
Three Dimensional ◽  
Enterprise Software ◽  
Future Studies ◽  
Software Applications ◽  
Area Of Interest ◽  
Methodological Challenges ◽  
Consulting Firms ◽  
A Performance

Executive dashboards have become popular in enterprise software applications. Consequently, much advice has been offered by private consulting firms on how best to design dashboards. This paper details a couple of studies testing the advice given by the dashboard experts. The results suggest that some of the notions about how dashboard widgets should be designed might be incorrect. The results indicate that colored widgets are not necessarily inferior to simpler, colorless widgets. Similarly, fancy widgets (i.e., those with three dimensional characteristics) were not demonstrated to be inferior to plainer widgets. While some methodological challenges must be overcome in similar future studies, the results of the described studies do not support some popular ideas about executive dashboards (and data visualization in general), and suggest that the area of interest is ripe for further investigation.

scholarly journals A Comparative Analysis of Co-Production in Public Services

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pwint Kay Khine ◽  
Jianing Mi ◽  
Raza Shahid
Keyword(s):  
Comparative Analysis ◽  
Public Administration ◽  
Service Providers ◽  
Research Trends ◽  
Research Articles ◽  
Future Studies ◽  
Production Studies ◽  
Production Study ◽  
Service Production ◽  
Conceptual Paper

The purpose of this study is to explore conceptual approaches in co-production studies and to examine current research trends of the study. The conceptual paper includes research articles related to co-production in public administration field. By thoroughly scrutinizing 32 research works of co-production, this study highlights major loopholes in the field of the study. The contributions of the study are: (1) identifying two common characteristics of co-production, (2) categorising three types of co-producing by end-users, and (3) finding that goals and success of co-production are more beneficial for service providers though its initial approach is citizen-centric approach. We suggest that future studies should be (1) to focus on reasons for co-production failures or success, (2) to discover further hindrances for co-production in service production, (3) to examine influencing factors on service providers as well as institutional impacts on co-production process, and (4) to include practical assessment in co-production study.

scholarly journals Experiential Learning through Field Trips: Effects on Educational, Social and Personal Development among Linguistics Majors

2021 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 131-144
Author(s):  
Yvonne Michelle Campbell ◽  
Remmy Gedat
Keyword(s):  
Experiential Learning ◽  
University Students ◽  
Group Size ◽  
Communication Skills ◽  
Time Allocation ◽  
Personal Development ◽  
Field Trips ◽  
Future Studies ◽  
The World ◽  
Development Data

The study explores a group of university students' perceptions towards field trips and the effect on their educational, social, and personal development. Data was collected using questionnaires and it has revealed that participants' overall perception of field trips was positive. Findings showed that participants preferred certain aspects of the field trips, particularly those on gaining new experiences and the opportunity to apply what they have learned. It helped improve their knowledge, interest, confidence, communication skills, social training, and awareness of the world around them. However, the least liked aspects were the pre-and post- activities, group size and time allocation. Future studies may want to examine and compare a more varied sampling of students from various fields and perceptions of different genders.  

scholarly journals Comparative analysis of annotation pipelines using the first Japanese white-eye (Zosterops japonicus) genome

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Madhvi Venkatraman ◽  
Robert C Fleischer ◽  
Mirian T N Tsuchiya
Keyword(s):  
Comparative Analysis ◽  
Genome Annotation ◽  
Invasion Success ◽  
Rna Seq ◽  
Model Species ◽  
Invasive Range ◽  
Future Studies ◽  
Zosterops Japonicus ◽  
Land Bird ◽  
Annotation Quality

Abstract Introduced into Hawaii in the early 1900s, the Japanese white-eye or warbling white-eye (Zosterops japonicus) is now the most abundant land bird in the archipelago. Here, we present the first Z. japonicus genome, sequenced from an individual in its invasive range. This genome provides an important resource for future studies in invasion genomics. We annotated the genome using two workflows – standalone AUGUSTUS and BRAKER2. We found that AUGUSTUS was more conservative with gene predictions when compared to BRAKER2. The final number of annotated gene models was similar between the two workflows, but standalone AUGUSTUS had over 70% of gene predictions with Blast2GO annotations versus under 30% using BRAKER2. Additionally, we tested whether using RNA-seq data from 47 samples had a significant impact on annotation quality when compared to data from a single sample, as generating RNA-seq data for genome annotation can be expensive and requires well preserved tissue. We found that more data did not significantly change the number of annotated genes using AUGUSTUS but using BRAKER2 the number increased substantially. The results presented here will aid researchers in annotating draft genomes of non-model species as well as those studying invasion success.

scholarly journals A model for teaching ICT in primary and special education

2007 ◽  
Vol 47 ◽  
Author(s):  
Valentina Dagienė ◽  
Eglė Jasutienė ◽  
Tatjana Jevsikova ◽  
Lina Zajančkauskienė ◽  
Inga Žilinskienė
Keyword(s):  
Special Education ◽  
Comparative Analysis ◽  
Special Needs ◽  
Communication Skills ◽  
Good Information ◽  
Distant Learning ◽  
Innovative Methods ◽  
Special Needs Education ◽  
Analysis And Synthesis ◽  
Information And Communication

Lithuanian educational strategic provision states that the present poses completely new social, pedagogic and subject requirements for teachers; they must have good information and communication skills. Therefore, we should help teachers, provide relevant materials for education, and allow them to learn the newest things, use innovative methods. One of the ways to achieve that is to provide distant learning for teachers. The paper deals with problems of development of distant course for primary and special needs education teachers. Distant course model (goals, content, and implementation criteria) is presented. Methods of comparative analysis and synthesis of present scientific works are applied.

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