scholarly journals OBSTACLE CHARACTERIZATION IN A GEOCROWDSOURCED ACCESSIBILITY SYSTEM

2015 ◽  
Vol II-3/W5 ◽  
pp. 179-185 ◽  
Author(s):  
H. Qin ◽  
A. O. Aburizaiza ◽  
R. M. Rice ◽  
F. Paez ◽  
M. T. Rice
Keyword(s):  
Comparative Analysis ◽  
Training Program ◽  
Visually Impaired ◽  
Surface Conditions ◽  
Analysis Methodology ◽  
Mapping System ◽  
Negative Impacts ◽  
Local Students

Transitory obstacles – random, short-lived and unpredictable objects – are difficult to capture in any traditional mapping system, yet they have significant negative impacts on the accessibility of mobility- and visually-impaired individuals. These transitory obstacles include sidewalk obstructions, construction detours, and poor surface conditions. To identify these obstacles and assist the navigation of mobility- and visually- impaired individuals, crowdsourced mapping applications have been developed to harvest and analyze the volunteered obstacles reports from local students, faculty, staff, and residents. In this paper, we introduce a training program designed and implemented for recruiting and motivating contributors to participate in our geocrowdsourced accessibility system, and explore the quality of geocrowdsourced data with a comparative analysis methodology.

REALIZATION OF THE REQUIREMENTS OF EUROPEAN CERTIFICATE IN PSYCHOLOGY IN PREPARING PRACTICAL PSYCHOLOGISTS IN UKRAINE

2019 ◽  
Vol 1 ◽  
pp. 340
Author(s):  
Olga Lozova
Keyword(s):  
Comparative Analysis ◽  
Training Program ◽  
Performance Indicators ◽  
Professional Training ◽  
Educational Programs ◽  
Practical Implementation ◽  
Positive Trend ◽  
Statistical Comparison ◽  
European Standards

The article examines the experience of implementation of requirements of the «European Certificate in Psychology» in educational programs of Borys Grinchenko Kyiv University. The upgrade of educational programs is described in the context of unification with European standards for future psychologists training. Programmatic innovations designed to provide for necessary qualifications and competitiveness of future MA holders. Program consist of modules which include: compulsory subjects aimed at creating general and professional competences, optional subjects, different practices and the final student examination. The purpose of the article is to present the experience of practical implementation of educational and professional training program for practical psychologists as the first one in Ukraine that meets the requirements of EuroPsy. The method of proving the effectiveness of the Program was a statistical comparison of performance indicators and quality of students' knowledge conducted in 2016-2017 and 2018-2019 academic years. A comparative analysis of students' marks obtained during two academic years showed the effectiveness of the program. Estimates show a positive trend with the number of «excellent» and «good» marks increasing by 12.64% and 4.59% respectively, and «satisfactorily» marks decreasing by 8.05%. It was concluded that the main contributing factor in the improvement was the students' training in the program.   

scholarly journals Empirical Analysis of Re-Factoring Techniques

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (11) ◽  
pp. 1274-1280
Author(s):  
Dendi Naishika Reddy
Keyword(s):  
Comparative Analysis ◽  
Empirical Study ◽  
Empirical Analysis ◽  
Source Code ◽  
Software Project ◽  
Functional Attributes ◽  
Complete Knowledge ◽  
Negative Impacts ◽  
Internal Architecture

Abstract: The process or technique of Code Re-factoring is restructuring the existing source code by making changes in factoring without any changes in external behaviour. The main intention of re-factoring is to improve non-functional attributes of the software. The advantages include improving the code readability and reducing the complexity of any given source code, and these can overall enhance code maintainability and produce a much more elaborated internal architecture or objectoriented model to boost the extensibility of the code. The effect that re-factoring has on any software project is analysable and customisable. But, before customising the factoring techniques, it is essential to have a complete knowledge of all possible refactoring techniques, and all its possible effects. Our main focus will be on few main re-factoring techniques like Red-Green refactoring, preparatory re-factoring, Abstraction re-factoring, composing methods re-factoring etc. Every software project has both internal and external attributes, that highly influence the software’s maintainability, reusability, understandability, flexibility, testability, extensibility, reliability, efficiency, modularity, complexity and composition. The research mainly focuses on the effect of re-factoring on them. Study of researched data will give us comparative analysis, pointing out both the positive and negative impacts, re-factoring can have. Overall, the project aims to perform an empirical study to find out the impacts of refactoring techniques. The research aims to explore the change in the quality of the code after re-factoring. Improvement, decrement and stability are analysed. Study is also done to find the possibilities of applying more than one re-factoring techniques, independently or in an aggregation. Keywords: maintainability; extensibility; reliability; modularity

Inclusion of Transgender Voice and Communication Training in a University Clinic

2017 ◽  
Vol 2 (10) ◽  
pp. 109-115 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jennifer Oates ◽  
Georgia Dacakis
Keyword(s):  
Training Program ◽  
Clinical Education ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Evidence Base ◽  
Communication Training ◽  
Speech Language Pathology ◽  
Transgender People ◽  
Language Pathology ◽  
Effectiveness Of Training ◽  
Negative Impacts

Because of the increasing number of transgender people requesting speech-language pathology services, because having gender-incongruent voice and communication has major negative impacts on an individual's social participation and well-being, and because voice and communication training is supported by an improving evidence-base, it is becoming more common for universities to include transgender-specific theoretical and clinical components in their speech-language pathology programs. This paper describes the theoretical and clinical education provided to speech-language pathology students at La Trobe University in Australia, with a particular focus on the voice and communication training program offered by the La Trobe Communication Clinic. Further research is required to determine the outcomes of the clinic's training program in terms of student confidence and competence as well as the effectiveness of training for transgender clients.

Widening the horizons: Information space of the library for the blind as the resource to improve quality of life of visually impaired people

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Olga Novikova ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Continuing Education ◽  
Visually Impaired ◽  
Information Space ◽  
Advanced Training ◽  
Improve Quality ◽  
Visually Impaired People ◽  
Impaired People ◽  
Special Library

The special library acts as the cultural and educational center for visually impaired people, and as the center for continuing education. The multifunctional performance of the library is substantiated. The joint projects accomplished in cooperation with theatres and museums and aimed at integrating the visually impaired people into the society are described. Advanced training projects for the library professionals accomplished in 2018 are discussed.

Assessment of the quality of opening of soil structures technical means developed in Kuban State Agrarian University

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
B. F. Tarasenko B. F. ◽  
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S. Y. Orlenko S. Y. ◽  
V. V. Kuzmin V. V.
Keyword(s):  
Comparative Analysis ◽  
Field Tests ◽  
Soil Structures ◽  
Improved Design

The article presents a comparative analysis, based on field tests, of the quality of loosening of soil structures of the upper horizon with technical means developed at KubSAU and an improved design of a universal tillage unit.

Comparative analysis of intelligent planning methods

2012 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 53-57 ◽  
Author(s):  
O.V. Darintsev ◽  
A.B. Migranov
Keyword(s):  
Neural Networks ◽  
Genetic Algorithms ◽  
Fuzzy Logic ◽  
Comparative Analysis ◽  
Mobile Robots ◽  
Sensory Information ◽  
Working Environment ◽  
Planning Methods ◽  
Intelligent Planning

The main stages of solving the problem of planning movements by mobile robots in a non-stationary working environment based on neural networks, genetic algorithms and fuzzy logic are considered. The features common to the considered intellectual algorithms are singled out and their comparative analysis is carried out. Recommendations are given on the use of this or that method depending on the type of problem being solved and the requirements for the speed of the algorithm, the quality of the trajectory, the availability (volume) of sensory information, etc.

scholarly journals Effects of a positive thinking program on hope and sleep quality in Iranian patients with thalassemia: a randomized clinical trial

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Somayeh Makaremnia ◽  
Marieh Dehghan Manshadi ◽  
Zahra Khademian
Keyword(s):  
Clinical Trial ◽  
Sleep Quality ◽  
Training Program ◽  
Randomized Clinical Trial ◽  
Thalassemia Major ◽  
Trial Registration ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Positive Thinking ◽  
Experimental Group

Abstract Background Thalassemia have a negative impact on the patients' psychological health and sleep quality. This study aimed to determine the effects of a positive thinking training program on hope and sleep quality of patients with thalassemia major. Methods This randomized clinical trial was conducted on 78 patients with thalassemia major including 36 males (46.2%) and 42 females (53.8%) with a mean age of 25.56 ± 29.6 in Iran. Subjects were randomly assigned into experimental and control groups. Experimental group received 16 h training based on positive thinking materials published by Martin Seligman. Control group received only usual programs. Data were collected at baseline, as well as immediately and one month after the intervention, using Snyder’s Hope Scale and the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index. Data analysis was performed using SPSS Software 18.0; statistical tests included the independent T-test, the Chi-square, Mann Whitney, and Friedman test. Significance level was set at 0.05 in this study. Results The experimental group had a significantly higher mean hope score compared to the control group immediately (45.38 ± 7.82 vs. 35.32 ± 5.54, P < 0.001) and one month following intervention (44.67 ± 3.47 vs. 35 ± .54, P < 0.001). Moreover, the mean sleep quality scores of the experimental group was significantly greater than that for control group immediately (5.35 ± 2.02 vs. 7 ± 2.4, P = 0.004) and one month after the intervention (4.23 ± 2.2 vs.7.02 ± 3.03, P < 0.001). Conclusion Since our training program on positive thinking improved hope and quality of sleep in patients with thalassemia major, we recommend the use of such courses as an important step toward promotion of hope and sleep quality among these patients. Trial registration The name of the registry: Iranian Registry of Clinical Trials. Trial Registration Number: IRCT2017010431774N1. URL of the trial registry record: https://en.irct.ir/trial/24923. Registration Date: 07/03/2017.

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