Understanding the Effect of Geometric Forms on Indoor Soundscape Assessment: A Case Study in CSO Concert Halls in Ankara, Turkey

2021 ◽  
Vol 263 (4) ◽  
pp. 1963-1969
Author(s):  
İlayda Erdoğu ◽  
Semiha Yılmazer
Keyword(s):  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Symphony Orchestra ◽  
Environmental Design ◽  
Concert Hall ◽  
Listening Test ◽  
Interior Architecture ◽  
Concert Halls

This study aims to compare the indoor soundscape of two concert halls with different geometric forms. The study included Presidential Symphony Orchestra (CSO) Concert Hall (CH) and CSO Grand Hall (GH) in Ankara, Turkey. CH was in shoebox form, and GH had vineyard form. Participants consisted of undergraduate students of the Interior Architecture and Environmental Design Department of Bilkent University. Twenty females and twenty males were selected between the ages of 20-25. They were randomly divided into two groups as CH and GH. An online listening test with the same music but different recordings of each hall was applied. Also, tests had the visuals of the relevant concert hall. The perceptual data was collected with the questionnaire from ISO/TS 12913 2 Method A. The results showed that the overall soundscape quality of GH was perceived as more positive than CH. The surrounding sound in GH was more eventful and pleasant than CH.

On Translating Prepositions from English into Indonesian: A Case Study of Indonesian EFL Students

2017 ◽  
Vol 9 (3) ◽  
pp. 186
Author(s):  
Sependi Napitupulu
Keyword(s):  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
English Literature ◽  
Phrasal Verbs ◽  
Efl Students ◽  
Correct Translation

This study attempts to investigate errors in translating prepositions from English into Indonesian language by Undergraduate students at the Methodist University Indonesia, Medan. A total of 20 students in the Department of English Literature, Faculty of English Letters were involved in this study. Forty sentences containing English prepositions were translated by the students. The translations were then compared with the Indonesian equivalence in order to find out the quality of their translation. In order to measure the quality of preposition translation, three categories were referred to, namely: correct translation, correct with revision translation, and incorrect translation. Having analyzed the data, it revealed that most of the students failed to translate complex prepositions such as phrasal verbs. However, most students successfully translated simple prepositions such as noun prepositions and adjective prepositions. From 100% correct translation expected of students, only 44.37% of the total correct translation of prepositions committed by students. While correct with revision, from 100% correct translation with revision expected of students, only 41.75% of the total correct translation that need revision is produced by students. In the meantime, 13.75% of the total incorrect translation is produced by students. It was concluded that students tend to face problems in translating prepositional verbs as they are rarely used by and unfamiliar to students.   

scholarly journals Interaction of landscape space and indoors in architecture of the open-air concert hall “Mitava”

2021 ◽  
Vol 17 ◽  
pp. 55-67
Author(s):  
Aija Grietena
Keyword(s):  
Interdisciplinary Collaboration ◽  
Building Structures ◽  
Acoustic Characteristics ◽  
Concert Hall ◽  
Emotional Quality ◽  
Indoor Space ◽  
The Baltic ◽  
Wooden Structures

In the search for balancing factors in the art of environmental design between architecture, landscape architecture, and interiors needed to improve interdisciplinary collaborative planning and enhance the psycho-emotional quality of the environment, the study of landscape space-indoor interaction through comparative analysis and inductive reference is continued. On the Latvian scale, the new, 21st-century technological capabilities in the design and production of wooden structures in the architecture of the open air concert hall “Mītava”, constructed in 2019 on Pasta Island. The importance of the structure on the Baltic scale is emphasized by the unique design, which resembles a shell washed on the bank of the Lielupe River, large (<60m) arched timber continuous roof structures and high acoustic characteristics. Original building structures have opened up new opportunities for interaction between landscape space and indoor space, creating a broad, spatial synthesis. The realization of an artistically stylistic concept in the open-air concert hall “Mītava”, which is subordinated to the existing landscape space and supplemented with appropriate greenery, is considered a valuable contribution to the urban environment. The specific case study analyzed in detail underlines the importance of successful interdisciplinary collaboration in the harmonious interaction between landscape space and indoor.

scholarly journals Strategies to Improve Skills to Write Stories: A Case Study in Universities in Tulungagung City

2020 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 121
Author(s):  
Dwi Astuti Nurhayati ◽  
Djatmika Djatmika
Keyword(s):  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
English Language ◽  
Text Structure ◽  
Narrative Texts ◽  
Study Program ◽  
Narrative Format ◽  
Discourse Units ◽  
The City

The article discusses the quality of language exploitation performed by the students of the English Language Study Program in the City of Tulungagung in writing English text stories. The data was collected for 4 months, starting May up to August 2020 in IAIN Tulungagung campus in the sense of data collection, through the observation. This study used case study design and involves 43 Indonesian undergraduate students and who were majoring in English. Narrative texts produced by the students were collected to be analyzed using a qualitative approach. Two aspects becoming the focus of discussion are the text structure and the text texture. The former represents how discourse units are selected and arranged in accordance to the narrative format, while the latter is related to how grammar is exploited and how words are selected for the stories. The results show that most of the students are very good in selecting and arranging discourse unit to build the stories. Meanwhile, they still show weaknesses in constructing grammar and selecting words for the stories. In these areas, inferences from Indonesian and Javanese languages happen.

scholarly journals Managing the pork supply chain through a cooperative: the case of Jinzhong Food Co. Ltd.

2017 ◽  
Vol 20 (3) ◽  
pp. 415-426 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chen Ji ◽  
Fu Jia ◽  
Jacques Trienekens
Keyword(s):  
Supply Chain ◽  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Agricultural Economics ◽  
Governance Mechanism ◽  
Building Relationships ◽  
Postgraduate Students ◽  
Pork Industry ◽  
Supply Chain Governance

Food security and supply continuity have become main concerns of food companies and societies nowadays. To address these concerns, Jinzhong Food Co. Ltd. (hereafter abbreviated to Jinzhong) was one of the first Chinese meat companies to establish and integrate a pig production cooperative in 2005. Over the last decade or so, Jinzhong has successfully developed the cooperative to stabilize and improve the quality of pig supply, by building relationships with pig producers (farmers) and achieving an exceptional financial performance in the process. The company-led cooperative represents an innovative supply chain governance mechanism in a Chinese context. However, the pork industry has evolved significantly and the time has come for the senior management team at Jinzhong to decide whether or not to keep the cooperative. This case study is aimed at senior undergraduate students and postgraduate students specializing in agricultural economics/agribusiness and can also be used for executive training for the management of food companies.

scholarly journals COVID-19 Emergency Remote Teaching Opinions and Academic Performance of Undergraduate Students: Analysis of 4 Students’ Profiles. A Case Study

Mathematics ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (17) ◽  
pp. 2147
Author(s):  
Gádor Indra Hidalgo ◽  
Fermín Sánchez-Carracedo ◽  
Daniel Romero-Portillo
Keyword(s):  
Academic Performance ◽  
Distance Learning ◽  
Student Satisfaction ◽  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
Analysis Technique ◽  
Student Profiles ◽  
Cluster Analysis Technique

Distance learning due to the COVID-19 lockdown, commonly called emergency remote teaching (ERT), substantially changed the methodology of teaching and possibly students’ perceptions of the quality of lectures. Students’ opinions should be collected and analyzed jointly with other data such as academic performance to assess the effect of this pandemic on learning. A 20-question, 4-point Likert scale specific questionnaire was designed and validated twice by a panel of experts. The survey was sent to the 365 industrial engineering undergraduate students enrolled in a chemistry course. Responses (n = 233) and academic data were collected, and four student profiles were identified by using the k-means cluster analysis technique: ‘The Lucky’, ‘The Passive’, ‘The Autonomous Learner’ and ‘The Harmed’. Students experienced the ERT differently according to their profile. Undergraduates who were better autonomous learners excelled in academic performance and were more participative in the survey. In general, students preferred face-to-face classes over distance learning. Undergraduates’ learning has been impaired due to the circumstances. However, contrary to their beliefs, the situation has benefited them with respect to grades when comparing their performance with students from previous years. Discovering what challenges students faced to adapt to the situation is key to giving students tools to grow as autonomous learners and to enable educators to apply tailored teaching techniques to improve the quality of lectures and enhance student satisfaction.

Beacons of Sound

2019 ◽  
pp. 700-716
Author(s):  
Martin Knakkergaard
Keyword(s):  
First Century ◽  
Concert Hall ◽  
Musical Sound ◽  
Cultural Processes ◽  
Concert Halls ◽  
Twenty First Century ◽  
Private Investors

Martin Knakkergaard discusses expectations and imaginations vis-à-vis the concert hall of the twenty-first century. The chapter outlines some of the central historical implications of Western culture’s haven for sounding music and its impact on the understanding of the musical phenomenon as an element in societal and cultural processes. Based on his case study of the Icelandic concert house Harpa, Knakkergaard considers how these implications, together with the prime mover’s visions, have been transformed as private investors and politicians take over. Throughout, Knakkergaard investigates the objectives required of musical sound and the far-reaching demands of the acoustics that modern concert halls must necessarily meet.

scholarly journals Utilização de um Sistema de Provas Eletrônicas (SPE) como estratégia de ensino e avaliação de aprendizagem: um estudo de caso em uma Instituição de Ensino Superior (IES)

2016 ◽  
Vol 9 (3) ◽  
pp. 464-487
Author(s):  
Vinicius Costa da Silva Zonatto ◽  
Elvis Silveira-Martins ◽  
Andréia Carpes Dani ◽  
Roberto Carlos Klann
Keyword(s):  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Education Institution ◽  
Examination System ◽  
Qualitative And Quantitative ◽  
Learning Evaluation ◽  
Overall Performance ◽  
Evaluation Of Learning

This study aims to identify the contributions of an Electronic Examination System of (SPE) in the processes of teaching and learning evaluation of Business and Accounting Undergraduate students of a higher education institution. A case study, of exploratory and descriptive nature, with qualitative and quantitative approach was conducted. The main highlighted contributions by teachers in the teaching and evaluation of learning processes are related to the identification of areas of improvement, the reinforcement of content taught during the course, the consolidation of basic concepts, the expansion of general knowledge (multidisciplinary learning), greater quality of education and higher levels of learning. The results show that the students’ performance on the SPE assessments was increasing, which represents a better performance of the whole group analyzed. Similar results were observed in bimonthly evaluations, where the students’ performance was also growing and lowest standard deviation, which indicates less dispersion in the overall performance of the students. The results suggest that the students’ are getting a better learning the content taught in courses, which opens perspectives for a new field of research. It is concluded that the SPE can be an effective strategy of teaching and learning.

scholarly journals Simulations and Subjective Rating of Acoustic Conditions in a Symphony Orchestra—A Case Study

Acoustics ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 1 (3) ◽  
pp. 570-581 ◽  
Author(s):  
Magne Skålevik
Keyword(s):  
Correlation Coefficient ◽  
Symphony Orchestra ◽  
Sound Transmission ◽  
Subjective Rating ◽  
Subjective Ratings ◽  
Concert Hall ◽  
Direct Component ◽  
Acoustic Conditions ◽  
Renewal Project

Acoustic conditions in a symphony orchestra on a concert hall stage are very different from those on an empty stage. Since inter-orchestral sound transmission and other acoustic conditions with the orchestra present is easier to simulate than to measure, a method for simulations in Odeon models of orchestras in different rooms was developed by this author. This method was applied in the Grieghallen Renewal Project, which involved changes in concert hall, orchestra pit, and rehearsal hall. The resident orchestra members gave their overall rating of playing conditions in the home venues in addition to a number of international venues. Acoustical conditions in the rated venues were simulated and compared with ratings. Several metrics were investigated, and their correlation with subjective ratings varied between r2 = 0.09 and r2 = 0.85. It turned out the orchestra clearly preferred to play in conditions where the direct component and the reverberant component of the inter-orchestral sound-transmission on average were equally strong; |D-R| = 0. Any deviation from equality was associated with reduced preference, with correlation coefficient r = −0.92. Several interesting implications and interpretations of the result are discussed in the paper.

scholarly journals Factors that Influence Undergraduate Students’ Choice of a University: A Case of Botho University in Botswana

2017 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 27 ◽  
Author(s):  
Norman Rudhumbu ◽  
Avinash Tirumalai ◽  
Babli Kumari
Keyword(s):  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Survey Design ◽  
Simple Random Sampling ◽  
Sampling Procedure ◽  
Descriptive Survey ◽  
Very High ◽  
High Influence ◽  
Structured Questionnaire

The purpose of this study was to determine factors that influenced decisions of undergraduate students’ choice of a university to study at. Botho University was used as a case study. Studies show that universities are currently confronted with both the decrease in student enrolments and high competition for those students between institutions. As a result of these twin challenges, it is of critical importance that factors that influence students’ choices of universities are investigated to enable effective planning of student recruitment strategies. The study employed a descriptive survey design that employed a structured questionnaire for data collection. Simple random sampling procedure was used to select a sample of 300 participants from a population of 1240 Botho University undergraduate students. Collected data was analysed using SPSS version 22. Results of the study showed that factors that include academic programmes offered, image and reputation of the institution, advertising, career fairs, quality of staff, employment prospects of graduates from the institution had a very high influence on the decision by students to choose Botho University as an institution to study at. Factors such as tuition fees, chance of getting scholarships and campus visits did not have a very high influence.

Misophonia: An Evidence-Based Case Report

2020 ◽  
Vol 29 (4) ◽  
pp. 685-690
Author(s):  
C. S. Vanaja ◽  
Miriam Soni Abigail
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Case Report ◽  
Case History ◽  
Pure Tone ◽  
Physiological Responses ◽  
Evidence Based ◽  
Management Option ◽  
Pure Tone Audiogram

Purpose Misophonia is a sound tolerance disorder condition in certain sounds that trigger intense emotional or physiological responses. While some persons may experience misophonia, a few patients suffer from misophonia. However, there is a dearth of literature on audiological assessment and management of persons with misophonia. The purpose of this report is to discuss the assessment of misophonia and highlight the management option that helped a patient with misophonia. Method A case study of a 26-year-old woman with the complaint of decreased tolerance to specific sounds affecting quality of life is reported. Audiological assessment differentiated misophonia from hyperacusis. Management included retraining counseling as well as desensitization and habituation therapy based on the principles described by P. J. Jastreboff and Jastreboff (2014). A misophonia questionnaire was administered at regular intervals to monitor the effectiveness of therapy. Results A detailed case history and audiological evaluations including pure-tone audiogram and Johnson Hyperacusis Index revealed the presence of misophonia. The patient benefitted from intervention, and the scores of the misophonia questionnaire indicated a decrease in the severity of the problem. Conclusions It is important to differentially diagnose misophonia and hyperacusis in persons with sound tolerance disorders. Retraining counseling as well as desensitization and habituation therapy can help patients who suffer from misophonia.

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