Synchronizing a Tape Recorder to an Educational Computer Program

1987 ◽  
Vol 15 (4) ◽  
pp. 401-406
Author(s):  
Michael P. McCaughey
Keyword(s):  
Computer Program ◽  
Low Cost ◽  
Computer Programs ◽  
Tape Recorder ◽  
New Method ◽  
Cassette Recorder ◽  
The Past ◽  
Educational Computer ◽  
The Voice

We present a new method for adding a voice track to either educational or training computer programs. The voice track is prerecorded and played back on a standard cassette recorder. A problem with tape recorders has, in the past, been a lack of synchronization between the computer-generated screen and the tape recorder output. We have developed a low cost controller which interfaces the tape recorder and also provides the required synchronization. We explain how the controller is used within a computer program and describe the controller's components. This new method of providing a voice track offers several advantages over methods involving voice synthesizers.

scholarly journals ТЕХНОЛОГІЯ РОЗРОБЛЕННЯ ПРОГРАМНИХ ПРОДУКТІВ ДЛЯ НАВЧАННЯ ЧИТАННЯ ХУДОЖНІХ ТЕКСТІВ (НА ПРИКЛАДІ «ENGLISH FOR PHILOLOGISTS: ASPECT OF READING»)

2018 ◽  
Vol 67 (5) ◽  
pp. 161
Author(s):  
Anna S. Drach
Keyword(s):  
Computer Program ◽  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
English Language ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
Computer Programs ◽  
Computer Programme ◽  
Software Product ◽  
Educational Computer ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
Main Components

The article considers the issue of educational computer program development: the stages, blocks, aspects and peculiarities. The definition of an educational computer program as a means of information and communication technologies, created for the development of skills and abilities related to foreign language competence is given taking into account the psycholinguistic patterns of reading a text, methodical approach to teaching reading fiction via information and communication technologies . It was distinguished that educational computer program as a software for educational purposes can be offered as a system consisting of two main components: informational and software implementation. The development of educational computer programs suitable for educational institutions involves continuous interaction between the author of educational materials and the programmer. The process of creating a qualitative educational computer programme consists of certain stages: preparation of source materials; development of the programme structure of educational computer program; creation of a software product; aligning and adjustment; implementation of educational computer program; testing software product; educational computer program updating and error correction. The article describes the created educational program "English for Philologists: aspect of reading" that meets the criteria of correspondence and the criteria for evaluating computer programs for teaching foreign languages taking into account the peculiarities of digital text. The experimental introduction of the computer program «English for Philologists: aspect of reading», comparison of the average indicators of pre- and post-experimental sections in experimental groups and the growth by12% have showed that the training for future teachers of English language reading fiction via the educational computer programme «English for Philologists: aspect of reading» has proved to be effective: all the groups have reached the required level of reading comprehension.

Liability for Personal Injuries Caused by Defective Medical Computer Programs

1981 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 123-144
Author(s):  
Vincent M. Brannigan ◽  
Ruth E. Dayhoff
Keyword(s):  
Computer Program ◽  
Strict Liability ◽  
Tort Law ◽  
Computer Programs ◽  
Products Liability ◽  
The Past ◽  
Medical Computer

AbstractDuring the past ten years, the use of computer programs in medicine has become increasingly prevalent. As these programs proliferate, however, their potential to injure patients also increases. Although the question of liability for personal injuries caused by defective medical computer programs has not been addressed by the courts, it is inevitable that this question will arise in a judicial forum.In this Article, the authors examine the questions a court will face when addressing this novel cause of action. They attempt to resolve some of these questions by exploring the relevant characteristics of medical computer programs and examining their relationship to the tort law doctrines of negligence and strict products liability. The authors conclude that medical computer programs will be treated as products by the courts, subjecting their manufacturers to strict liability in tort for any defects in the program that cause injury. As a result, the authors contend, hospitals are likely to face a new source of liability for patient injuries if, under the particular circumstances, they are deemed to be the manufacturer or the distributor of a medical computer program that causes an injury.

Cross-culture outcomes of a brazilian professor Fulbright in the USA

2017 ◽  
Vol 26 (50) ◽  
pp. 115
Author(s):  
Marcelo Da Silva Leite ◽  
Celeste Gaia
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Low Cost ◽  
Cross Culture ◽  
College And University ◽  
Governmental Agencies ◽  
The Past ◽  
University Curriculum ◽  
Fulbright Scholar ◽  
The Usa ◽  
Higher Education Costs

Over the past decade due the expansion of globalization there has been an increasing emphasis on internationalization among faculty, administration and accrediting agencies in the Higher Education.  Although to promote internationalization in the Higher Education, costs are a big challenge, one way to have the international actions with low cost, it is seeking for grants from different governmental agencies and foundations.The Fulbright Scholar program provides a long-standing and externally-funded means for internationalizing college and university curriculum. This article is going to share the perspective   of a Brazilian Fulbright Scholar at an American college and the institution perspective of the Fulbright scholar participation at the College.

Comparative assessment of informational content of the equations of F.P. Hadlock and the computer program of V.N. Demidov in determination of term of gestation and fetal weight in the III trimester of gestation

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
E.A. Derkach , O.I. Guseva
Keyword(s):  
Computer Program ◽  
High Precision ◽  
Gestational Age ◽  
Computer Programs ◽  
Comparative Assessment ◽  
Fetal Weight ◽  
Informational Content ◽  
Third Trimester ◽  
The Third

Objectives: to compare the accuracy of equations F.P. Hadlock and computer programs by V.N. Demidov in determining gestational age and fetal weight in the third trimester of gestation. Materials: 328 patients in terms 36–42 weeks of gestation are examined. Ultrasonography was performed in 0–5 days prior to childbirth. Results: it is established that the average mistake in determination of term of pregnancy when using the equation of F.P. Hadlock made 12,5 days, the computer program of V.N. Demidov – 4,4 days (distinction 2,8 times). The mistake within 4 days, when using the equation of F.P. Hadlock has met on average in 23,1 % of observations, the computer program of V.N. Demidov — 65,9 % (difference in 2,9 times). The mistake more than 10 days, took place respectively in 51,7 and 8,2 % (distinction by 6,3 times). At a comparative assessment of size of a mistake in determination of fetal mass it is established that when using the equation of F.P. Hadlock it has averaged 281,0 g, at application of the computer program of V.N. Demidov — 182,5 g (distinction of 54 %). The small mistake in the mass of a fetus which isn't exceeding 200 g at application of the equation of F.P. Hadlock has met in 48,1 % of cases and the computer program of V.N. Demidov — 64,0 % (distinction of 33,1 %). The mistake exceeding 500 g has been stated in 18 % (F.P. Hadlock) and 4,3 % (V.N. Demidov) respectively (distinction 4,2 times). Conclusions: the computer program of V.N. Demidov has high precision in determination of term of a gestation and mass of a fetus in the III pregnancy.

An Assessment of a Low-Cost Wastewater Disposal System after Twenty-Five Years of Operation

1987 ◽  
Vol 19 (5-6) ◽  
pp. 701-710 ◽  
Author(s):  
B. L. Reidy ◽  
G. W. Samson
Keyword(s):  
Large Scale ◽  
Low Cost ◽  
Wastewater Disposal ◽  
Industrial Base ◽  
Industrial Wastewaters ◽  
The Past ◽  
Gasification Process ◽  
Appropriate Treatment ◽  
Environmentally Safe ◽  
Coal Resource

A low-cost wastewater disposal system was commissioned in 1959 to treat domestic and industrial wastewaters generated in the Latrobe River valley in the province of Gippsland, within the State of Victoria, Australia (Figure 1). The Latrobe Valley is the centre for large-scale generation of electricity and for the production of pulp and paper. In addition other industries have utilized the brown coal resource of the region e.g. gasification process and char production. Consequently, industrial wastewaters have been dominant in the disposal system for the past twenty-five years. The mixed industrial-domestic wastewaters were to be transported some eighty kilometres to be treated and disposed of by irrigation to land. Several important lessons have been learnt during twenty-five years of operating this system. Firstly the composition of the mixed waste stream has varied significantly with the passage of time and the development of the industrial base in the Valley, so that what was appropriate treatment in 1959 is not necessarily acceptable in 1985. Secondly the magnitude of adverse environmental impacts engendered by this low-cost disposal procedure was not imagined when the proposal was implemented. As a consequence, clean-up procedures which could remedy the adverse effects of twenty-five years of impact are likely to be costly. The question then may be asked - when the total costs including rehabilitation are considered, is there really a low-cost solution for environmentally safe disposal of complex wastewater streams?

ANALYSIS OF VOICE CUES IN RECOGNITION OF SARCASM

2019 ◽  
Vol 12 ◽  
Author(s):  
Basavaraj N Hiremath ◽  
Malini M Patilb
Keyword(s):  
Feature Extraction ◽  
Computer Program ◽  
Principle Component Analysis ◽  
Voice Recognition ◽  
Component Analysis ◽  
Recognition System ◽  
Principle Component ◽  
Whole Process ◽  
The Voice

The voice recognition system is about cognizing the signals, by feature extraction and identification of related parameters. The whole process is referred to as voice analytics. The paper aims at analysing and synthesizing the phonetics of voice using a computer program called “PRAAT”. The work carried out in the paper also supports the analysis of voice segmentation labelling, analyse the unique features of voice cues, understanding physics of voice, further the process is carried out to recognize sarcasm. Different unique features identified in the work are, intensity, pitch, formants related to read, speak, interactive and declarative sentences by using principle component analysis.

Children’s Lives and Deaths in Merovingian Gaul

2020 ◽  
pp. 185-213
Author(s):  
Émilie Perez
Keyword(s):  
Social Identity ◽  
Age Groups ◽  
New Method ◽  
Recent Analysis ◽  
Age And Gender ◽  
The Past ◽  
And Gender ◽  
Grave Goods

The role of children in Merovingian society has long been downplayed, and the study of their graves and bones has long been neglected. However, during the past fifteen years, archaeologists have shown growing interest in the place of children in Merovingian society. Nonetheless, this research has not been without challenges linked to the nature of the biological and material remains. Recent analysis of 315 children’s graves from four Merovingian cemeteries in northern Gaul (sixth to seventh centuries) allows us to understand the modalities of burial ritual for children. A new method for classifying children into social age groups shows that the type, quality, quantity, and diversity of grave goods were directly correlated with the age of the deceased. They increased from the age of eight and particularly around the time of puberty. This study discusses the role of age and gender in the construction and expression of social identity during childhood in the Merovingian period.

Economic Consequences of War

1943 ◽  
Vol 3 (S1) ◽  
pp. 1-8
Author(s):  
Curtis P. Nettels
Keyword(s):  
Low Cost ◽  
Economic Consequences ◽  
Competitive Advantages ◽  
Competitive Position ◽  
The Past ◽  
History Of ◽  
Costs Of Production ◽  
Foreign Competitors

One influence of war has repeatedly asserted itself in the past—an effect on the costs of production and on the competitive position of the industries and firms of victorious or neutral nations. This subject needs more study, but certain facts suggest a hypothesis, of three parts. First: war expands some industries or concerns, increases their efficiency, enables them to operate, at the end of the struggle, on a comparatively low-cost basis, intensifies their competitive advantages, and improves their position in relation to foreign competitors. Second: war—for the duration—bolsters up some high-cost units by enabling them to sell at a profit all they can produce. The end of the war places such high-cost units at a disadvantage in the process of absorbing the shocks of the transition to a peacetime economy. Third: the history of postwar periods usually exhibits a sharp contest between such low-cost and high-cost enterprises. While “low cost” and “high cost” may refer to the relative positions of units within the same country, in most of this discussion, the terms will be applied to the producers of one country (either victor or neutral) to mean that their costs are low or high in comparison with those of their foreign competitors.

scholarly journals Normative Aspects of Nudging in the International Sphere

AJIL Unbound ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 115 ◽  
pp. 263-267
Author(s):  
Doron Teichman ◽  
Eyal Zamir
Keyword(s):  
Energy Consumption ◽  
Organ Donation ◽  
Low Cost ◽  
National Level ◽  
The Past ◽  
The People ◽  
Posthumous Organ Donation ◽  
Regulatory Problems

The use of nudges—“low-cost, choice-preserving, behaviorally informed approaches to regulatory problems”—has become quite popular at the national level in the past decade or so. Examples include changing the default concerning employees’ saving for retirement in a bid to encourage such saving; altering the default about consent to posthumous organ donation to increase the supply of organs for transplantation; and informing people about other people's energy consumption to spur them to reduce theirs. Nudges are therefore used to promote the welfare of the people being nudged, and of society at large. However, the use of nudges has sparked a lively normative debate. When turning to the international arena, new arguments for and against nudges can be raised. This essay focuses on the normative aspects of using nudges in the international arena.

Fused Ambipolar Aza-isoindigos with NIR absorption

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Liping Yao ◽  
Danlei Zhu ◽  
Hailiang Liao ◽  
Sheik Haseena ◽  
Mahesh kumar Ravva ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Organic Semiconductors ◽  
High Performance ◽  
Low Cost ◽  
Light Weight ◽  
The Past ◽  
Pi Conjugated ◽  
Nir Absorption ◽  
Conjugated Organic Semiconductors

Due to their advantages of low-cost, light-weight, and mechanical flexibility, much attention has been focused on pi-conjugated organic semiconductors. In the past decade, although many materials with high performance has...

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