scholarly journals The Measuring Engagement (ME™) Tool

2021 ◽  
Vol 15 ◽  
pp. 99-104
Author(s):  
Normahdiah S. Said ◽  
Nadiah Suboh

Studies on human engagement behavior whilst interacting with multimedia environment has now become very important due to the era of convergences of immersive technology in various digital platforms. This paper will describe a system to measure human engagement behavior in NORMA (Natural Observation and Reflection of Multimedia Application) experimental setting. The tool was developed as a Proof of Concept of The NEMD MODEL (Norma™ Engagement Multimedia Design Model) a renamed of An Engaging Multimedia Design Model that could explain the engagement phenomenon that has enticed the use of virtual spaces to complement its physical form. This paper is a description of The Measuring Engagement (ME™) Tool automated system in comparison to a system done manually. The system has proven to be a useful tool to enable us knows more about engagement and the phenomenon surrounding it. Findings could help us know more about engagement that may lead to excessive, immersive and addictive use of innovative technologies.

Diagnostics ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (12) ◽  
pp. 2195
Author(s):  
Yasushi Ueyanagi ◽  
Daiki Setoyama ◽  
Daisuke Kawakami ◽  
Yuichi Mushimoto ◽  
Shinya Matsumoto ◽  
...  

Gas chromatography-mass spectrometry has been widely used to analyze hundreds of organic acids in urine to provide a diagnostic basis for organic acidemia. However, it is difficult to operate in clinical laboratories on a daily basis due to sample pretreatment processing. Therefore, we aimed to develop a fully automated system for quantifying serum organic acids using liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS). The pretreatment CLAM-2030 device was connected to an LC-MS/MS system for processing serum under optimized conditions, which included derivatizing serum organic acids using 3-Nitrophenylhydrazine. The derivatized organic acids were separated on a reverse-phase Sceptor HD-C column and detected using negative-ion electrospray ionization multiple reaction monitoring MS. The automated pretreatment-LC-MS/MS system processed serum in less than 1 h and analyzed 19 serum organic acids, which are used to detect organic acidemias. The system exhibited high quantitative sensitivity ranging from approximately 2 to 100 µM with a measurement reproducibility of 10.4% CV. Moreover, a proof-of-concept validation of the system was performed using sera from patients with propionic acidemia (n = 5), methylmalonic acidemia (n = 2), and 3-methylcrotonylglycinuria (n = 1). The levels of marker organic acids specific to each disease were significantly elevated in the sera of the patients compared to those in control samples. The automated pretreatment-LC-MS/MS system can be used as a rapid in-hospital system to measure organic acid levels in serum for the diagnosis of organic acidemias.


2017 ◽  
Vol 23 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ashley D. Polasek

The modes of discourse employed by fans of Sherlock Holmes represent both affirmational and transformational impulses. As the fan community has grown and diversified, tensions have arisen between Sherlockians who prefer to utilize traditional frameworks dating back to the early practices of the Baker Street Irregulars in the 1930s and '40s and those who operate primarily in virtual spaces and utilize 21st-century digital platforms as frameworks for their discourse. Because the demographics of affirmational fans tend to align with those of fans preferring traditional frameworks, and conversely, the demographics of transformational fans tend to align with those of fans preferring transmedial frameworks, the styles of engagement often become conflated with the impulses driving the discourse itself. By first examining these tensions and then utilizing case studies that illustrate the four combinations of frameworks and modes of discourse—traditional-affirmational, transmedial-affirmational, traditional-transformational, and transmedial-transformational—I seek to complicate the boundaries that appear to divide the larger Sherlock Holmes fan community. I will demonstrate that the twin fannish impulses to affirm the text and transform it have operated not at odds but in parallel throughout the history of the fandom.


2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Yawen Li ◽  
Donald K. Hamlin ◽  
Ming-Kuan Chyan ◽  
Taylor M. Morscheck ◽  
Maryline G. Ferrier ◽  
...  

AbstractAstatine-211 is an attractive radionuclide for use in targeted alpha therapy of blood-borne diseases and micrometastatic diseases. Efficient isolation methods that can be adapted to robust automated 211At isolation systems are of high interest for improving the availability of 211At. Based on the early studies of Bochvarova and co-workers involving isolation of 211At from irradiated thorium targets, we developed a method for 211At isolation from bismuth targets using tellurium-packed columns. Dissolution of irradiated bismuth targets is accomplished using HNO3; however, 211At is not captured on the Te column material in this matrix. Our method involves slow addition of aqueous NH2OH·HCl to the Bi target dissolved in HNO3 to convert to a HCl matrix. The amount of NH2OH·HCl was optimized because (1) the quantity of NH2OH·HCl used appears to affect the radiolabeling yield of phenethyl-closo-decaborate(2-) (B10)-conjugated antibodies and (2) reducing the volume of NH2OH·HCl solution can effectively shorten the overall isolation time. A proof-of-concept semi-automated process has been demonstrated using targets containing ~0.96 GBq (~26 mCi) of 211At. High isolation yields (88–95%) were obtained. Radiochemical purity of the isolated 211At was assessed by radio-HPLC. Concentrations of Bi and Te contaminants in the 211At and the astatinated antibodies were evaluated using ICP-MS.


2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jeet Kumar Brahma ◽  
Brijesh Meena ◽  
Rajat Srivastava ◽  
Charu Monga ◽  
Harsh Chaturvedi

This paper demonstrates a designed and fabricated flexible, printed electronic touch switch, integrated with a wireless module for both manual and remote access control of the electronic appliances. Flexible switch was screen printed using silver nanoparticle and functional polymer-based conductive ink. The foldable flexible switch was then integrated with the designed and assembled wireless module. Remote wireless control of the assembled integrated system demonstrates the proof of concept of integration of flexible printed capacitive touch switches with IoT based home automation modules. The integrated module described here provides a smart alternative to mechanically controlled conventional switches with flexible printed switches which can be wirelessly controlled and are IoT enabled for smart home automation providing an integrated automated system to remotely access and control electronic appliances. This integrated system provides proof of the concept for minimizing space and optimization of power consumption through wireless appliance control using the flexible electronic switch.


2012 ◽  
Vol 12 (3) ◽  
pp. 96-106
Author(s):  
Davide De Tommaso ◽  
Sylvain Calinon ◽  
Darwin Caldwell

Abstract In this work we discuss a novel robotics interface with perception and projection capabilities for facilitating the skill transfer process. The interface aims at allowing humans and robots to interact with each other in the same environment, with respect to visual feedback. During the learning process, the real workspace can be used as a graphical interface for helping the user to better understand what the robot has learned up to then, to display information about the task or to get feedback and guidance. Thus, the user can incrementally visualize and assess the learner's state and, at the same time, focus on the skill transfer without disrupting the continuity of the teaching interaction. We also propose a proof-of-concept, as a core element of the architecture, based on an experimental setting where a picoprojector and an rgb-depth sensor are mounted onto the end-effector of a 7-DOF robotic arm.


2021 ◽  
Vol 03 (05) ◽  
pp. 318-333
Author(s):  
Omar KREA ◽  
Ouahiba ELDJOUZI

Nowadays, societies strive to preserve their type, survival and continuity through the socialization of successive generations, raising their members to promote them from a "biological being" to a "social being", inheriting the various desired cultural features, modifying their behaviors and training them in various skills to create their future and achieve their independence, it depends on their learning in various methods available according to their circumstances and possibilities. However, achieving social units to self-esteem within the social hierarchy is a need to be saturated in the context of "social capital" according to Kar Marx, or "cultural capital", according to Pierre Bordeaux, which makes societies compete in the creation of the best learning methods, discovering the best pedagogical tools and means that save effort and time in achieving the purposes and objectives of education, and investing qualified human resources in order to make their strategic project successful in the field of education. In light of the tremendous development of information technology and communication, and the amazing progress in the field of digitals, and the profound transformations they have generated in the pattern of social interaction and the field of exchanges, and the building of different relationships and communication between individuals and groups within virtual spaces, education has to enter the virtual world according to the "principle of inevitability" and look for its existence, so that it finds itself a place in this vast, open and infinite world, where it penetrates geographical boundaries, and barriers. Physical, provides limitless freedom. Hence the importance of our topic about virtual spaces and the various media and techniques that have a direct link, and a definite impact on the contexts through which socialization and educational methods are carried out, where the social environment is no longer closed can control its inputs, and check its outputs, but became open to all external influences before the interior, which plays its role with great strength and effectiveness in the manufacture of human behavior remotely, and directed to the values of society, and contradict their characteristics. More seriously, the virtual world has become an available space for the practice of "culture" in order to change the nature of cultural patterns by "introspecting" individuals to invasive cultural features and absorbing them in multiple and renewed ways, carrying a lot of pleasure and suspense, where individuals are easily drawn during their "immersion" in the virtual world, and soon find themselves adopting and cherishing external cultural patterns. In this research, we discussed the "determinants" through which "cohanching" is carried out during the practice of "rational action" with the aim of education and socialization, by analyzing the "bonds" of the learning teaching verb, and identifying indicators that have connotations and meanings that reveal the "contexts" and intellectual background of the "drill" process. Based on the "semiotic analysis" approach. Users of the Content Analysis tool that suits our analytical study. This is by analyzing the "contents" of classes offered to students on "digital platforms" via youtube and facebook by teachers. In this research, we focused on the "ideological determinant" and its association with the "rational determinant" during the activation of the educational act in the world of modernity. Keywords: Virtual World; Cultural Marketing; Digital Education; Culture; Cultural Convergence.


2022 ◽  
pp. 89-109
Author(s):  
Lauren M. Kaufman

Entering a classroom that embraces the workshop model is like walking into a galaxy of magic. You could feel a sense of wonder as teachers and learners examine new skills and strategies and feel a thrill as students are empowered to move towards independence. It's a framework that builds human connection and cultivates relationships; it honors authentic literature and relevant learning experiences. During the pandemic, the essence of the workshop environment was compromised. There were barriers that prevented teachers and students from communicating in the same ways. This chapter delves into how to shift the gradual release of the workshop model to blended/hybrid/hyflex learning environments; it will explore how to invite change, rally learners, examine non-negotiables in physical and virtual spaces, and honor the framework. It will look at utilizing digital platforms efficiently, setting expectations, and creating spaces where all learners are valued. When learners are the heart of decision making, the magic of the workshop model has the potential to live on in any environment!


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