scholarly journals Enhancing Lecture Interaction through Live SMS

2017 ◽  
Vol 23 (45) ◽  
pp. 51
Author(s):  
Robert Wilkinson
Keyword(s):  
Experimental Design ◽  
Academic Writing ◽  
New Technology ◽  
Text Messages ◽  
Phone Line ◽  
Subsequent Processing ◽  
Set Up

A consistent challenge with lectures to large audiences is the extent to which the lecturer can develop interaction with the audience. Obtaining answers to the lecturer’s questions or stimulating questions from the audience during the lecture may be hampered by the fact that the lecturer and the audience are not able to hear speakers in the audience clearly. This article reports on an experimental design to test the feasibility of allowing live SMS messaging as a means to stimulate interaction during large lectures. The context concerned lectures on academic writing in bachelor’s programmes in business and economics. Each lecture attracted about 500 students. The students were invited to send text messages to a dedicated phone line connected to a computer, which, at chosen intervals, displayed messages for everyone to see. The set-up allowed the lecturer to switch instantly from slides to the message display. Messages could be easily transferred to an Excel fi le for subsequent processing if necessary. Results showed that students did not use the opportunity as frequently as expected, and most messages were not relevant to the topics of the lectures. In this article, explanations for these outcomes are discussed, and recommendations for further implementation are presented. Using a new technology, even a pervasive one like SMS messaging, in a lecture entails modifications to the design, delivery and content of the lecture itself.

Respirometry for determination of the influents SS-concentration

1996 ◽  
Vol 33 (1) ◽  
pp. 311-323 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. Witteborg ◽  
A. van der Last ◽  
R. Hamming ◽  
I. Hemmers
Keyword(s):  
Experimental Design ◽  
Activated Sludge ◽  
Substrate Concentration ◽  
Full Scale ◽  
Activated Sludge Process ◽  
Respiration Rates ◽  
On Line ◽  
Large Measurement ◽  
Set Up

A method is presented for determining influent readily biodegradable substrate concentration (SS). The method is based on three different respiration rates, which can be measured with a continuous respiration meter which is operated in a cyclic way. Within the respiration meter nitrification is inhibited through the addition of ATU. Simulations were used to develop the respirometry set-up and decide upon the experimental design. The method was tested as part of a large measurement programme executed at a full-scale plant. The proposed respirometry set-up has been shown to be suitable for a semi-on-line determination of an influent SS which is fully based on the IAWQ #1 vision of the activated sludge process. The YH and the KS play a major role in the principle, and should be measured directly from the process.

scholarly journals Compliant control for wearable exoskeleton robot based on human inverse kinematics

2018 ◽  
Vol 15 (6) ◽  
pp. 172988141881213 ◽  
Author(s):  
Brahim Brahmi ◽  
Maarouf Saad ◽  
Abdelkrim Brahmi ◽  
Cristobal Ochoa Luna ◽  
Mohammad Habibur Rahman
Keyword(s):  
Inverse Kinematics ◽  
Sliding Mode ◽  
New Technology ◽  
Time Delay Estimation ◽  
Compliance Control ◽  
Exoskeleton Robot ◽  
Main Challenge ◽  
Compliant Control ◽  
Wearable Exoskeleton ◽  
Set Up

Rehabilitation robots are a new technology dedicated to the physiotherapy and assistance motion and has aroused great interest in the scientific community. These kinds of robots have shown a high potential in limiting the patient’s disability, increasing its functional movements and helping him/her in daily living activities. This technology is still an emerging area and suffers from many challenges like compliance control and human–robot collaboration. The main challenge addressed in this research is to ensure that the exoskeleton robot provides an appropriate compliance control that allows it to interact perfectly with humans. This article investigates a new compliant control based on a second-order sliding mode with adaptive-gain incorporating time delay estimation. The control uses human inverse kinematics to complete active rehabilitation protocols for an exoskeleton robot with unknown dynamics and unforeseen disturbances. The stability analysis is formulated and demonstrated based on Lyapunov function. An experimental physiotherapy session with three healthy subjects was set up to test the effectiveness of the proposed control, using virtual reality environment.

scholarly journals Material’s Perception Strategy in Terms of Adaptive Re-use Within the Computational, and Parametricism Context

2019 ◽  
Vol 2 (4) ◽  
pp. 294
Author(s):  
Sarah Mansour
Keyword(s):  
Material Culture ◽  
New Technology ◽  
Projective Limit ◽  
Evidence Based ◽  
Physical Domain ◽  
Defining Moment ◽  
The Past ◽  
Structural Plan ◽  
Set Up

Creativity has been assigned to the design or drawing, with materials most often being specified as a result of design rather than being considered a driver of it. Designers empowered by new technology now consider form as it is defined by identifiable systems. This evidence based, parametric methodology is a response to two decades of digitally-derived projects, often produced simply for their novelty. The best work results when the architect has combined respect for the old with a skilled progressive command of the new. Material culture is portrayed as the physical confirmation and articulation of a culture in its relics and design. In the time that we comprehend the thought of material culture not just as having importance for investigations of the past. yet in addition getting a projective limit. we may now be at a critical defining moment.. As computation starts to significantly change our origination of the material, so in architecture this will defy the set up connection between the procedures of design and the physical fabrication of the constructed medium . Obviously, computation was brought into design & architecture the greater part a century back. furthermore, expanding digitization has since plagued all parts of the field . As though, it has remained emphatically impacted by the theoretical isolation of the procedures of design and making that has overwhelmed structural plan thinking since the Renaissance, and it is just now that creators are starting to deal with the computational void as never again disconnecting from the physical domain.

Identity and the New Communication Technologies

2011 ◽  
pp. 23-39
Author(s):  
Nathan Oyori Ogechi ◽  
Emily Bosire-Ogechi
Keyword(s):  
Social Networks ◽  
New Technologies ◽  
Cell Phones ◽  
New Technology ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
Text Messages ◽  
National Identities ◽  
Short Text ◽  
Great Caution ◽  
E Mail

This chapter discusses the use of short text messages on cell phones and e-mail conversations among social networks to negotiate identities in Kenya. It shows that these New Communication Technologies have revolutionised the way of doing things in Kenya, including politics. It comes out that Old Communication Technologies are being complemented by the new technologies which are now taking over and which can be used to negotiate both narrow ethnic-blocks and national identities. The chapter shows that the new technology is not always used to portray and perpetuate narrow ethnic identities; rather, instances exist when the users want to project professional and national identities. Supported with data that focus on the pre- and post-2007 elections, the chapter argues that inasmuch as the New Communication Technologies are good, great caution should be exercised when using them since unchecked use might bring untold suffering to society.

The Nursery of Life

2030 ◽  
2010 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rutger van Santen ◽  
Djan Khoe ◽  
Bram Vermeer
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
New Technology ◽  
Medical Knowledge ◽  
Human Beings ◽  
Slowing Down ◽  
Cost Of Health Care ◽  
Precise Diagnosis ◽  
Set Up ◽  
The Cost ◽  
Prompt Diagnosis

Human beings are much more complex than any technology we could devise today. How many machines are good for 80 or 90 years of service? Our immune system—set up at birth—is able to repel diseases that don’t even exist yet. Most viruses that proliferate 50 years after we were born can be defeated just as easily as maladies that have been dogging humans for generations. Effective health care means that—in most regions of the planet—we are living longer and longer. All the same, human beings are not perfect: We get sick and we wear out over time. In the wealthier regions, we spend a great deal of money trying to get as close as possible to a 100-year span. Our greatest task is to bring a long and healthy life within the reach of as many people as possible. New technology is required to hold down the cost of health care, to nip outbreaks of disease in the bud, and to ease discomfort in our old age. Scientists believe that substantial benefits can be gained by identifying abnormalities earlier. A cancerous growth measuring just a few millimeters is still relatively harmless, and an infection caught in its early stages won’t leave any scars. Although techniques for accurately diagnosing incipient abnormalities can often be very expensive, prompt diagnosis generally means that treatment will be easier, cheaper, and more likely to succeed. Thus, we can end up saving money despite the need for expensive equipment. To adequately fight the outbreak of diseases in the future, our technology must be able to respond more rapidly. This could pose a particular challenge because there is also a trend at present toward superspecialization, which is fragmenting medical knowledge and slowing down responses. Take the science of ophthalmology in which the various specializations focus on extremely specific parts of the eye. This is fine once a precise diagnosis has been made, but it could be a significant problem if the patient consults the wrong doctor at the outset. The way we currently approach diagnosis needs to change.

Regulating European Clouds

2016 ◽  
pp. 42-60
Author(s):  
Szilvia Varadi
Keyword(s):  
Cloud Computing ◽  
Data Protection ◽  
New Technology ◽  
Research Area ◽  
Third Party ◽  
The European Union ◽  
General Data Protection Regulation ◽  
Goods And Services ◽  
Data Protection Directive ◽  
Set Up

Cloud Computing is a diverse research area that encompasses many aspects of sharing software and hardware solutions, including computing and storage resources, application runtimes or complex application functionalities. In the supply of any goods and services, the law gives certain rights that protect the consumer and provider, which also applies for Cloud Computing. This new technology also moves functions and responsibilities away from local ownership and management to a third-party provided service, and raises several legal issues, such as data protection, which require this service to comply with necessary regulation. In this chapter the author investigates the revised legislation of the European Union resulting in the General Data Protection Regulation, which will be used to set up the new European Data Protection Framework. The author gathers and summarizes the most relevant changes this regulation brings to the field of Clouds, and draws relations to the previous legislation called the Data Protection Directive currently in force.

scholarly journals O10 A quantitative and qualitative evaluation of the introduction of ‘smart’ syringe pumps into a paediatric intensive care unit

2019 ◽  
Vol 104 (7) ◽  
pp. e2.2-e2
Author(s):  
Nurain Binti Abu Hasan ◽  
Andrew Wignell
Keyword(s):  
Patient Safety ◽  
Data Collection ◽  
Nursing Staff ◽  
New Technology ◽  
Objective Assessment ◽  
Qualitative Evaluation ◽  
Infusion Pumps ◽  
Library Use ◽  
Smart Pumps ◽  
Set Up

AimInfusion pumps are commonly used to administer medicines by intravenous infusion. Traditionally, pumps are programmed by simply entering the required number of millilitres (mL) per hour, and there has been no mechanism whereby the pump can alert the operator to a programming error e.g. the wrong mL/hour rate being entered.More recently, ‘smart’ infusion pumps have become available which have in-built drug libraries. For each drug, defined dosing limits are set. Users are required to reconfirm the selected infusion rate when ‘soft’ limits are overridden and the infusion cannot be commenced if ‘hard’ limits are exceeded. Soft and hard limits can also be set for the administration of boluses from continuous infusions. This study aimed to evaluate the introduction of smart syringe pumps into a UK PICU by objective assessment of compliance with drug library use, and by obtaining direct feedback from nursing staff.MethodsData was collected over a 4 week period, immediately following the introduction of new Alaris CC smart syringe pumps. Objective assessment of drug library use utilised a piloted data collection form. One form was completed for each infusion running at the time of daily data collection. The prescription, syringe label, and programmed pump parameters were checked for each infusion and any discrepancies noted. Where the drug library was not being used, reasons for non-use were recorded. Nursing views on the benefits and potential risks of the new smart syringe pumps were determined through individual and group interviews, each following the same pre-prepared format.Results79 individual drug infusions were observed. 4 (5%) were being given without using the drug library, i.e. just in terms of mL/hour; in all cases, the explanation was the fact that the drug was not included in the library. 73 (92%) of the infusions observed were continuous, the remainder intermittent. 13 nurses were interviewed: the unanimous view was that the new smart pumps improved patient safety. One nurse described a situation where the smart pump had prevented a 10-fold paracetamol overdose. Many nurses commented that pre-defined sedation boluses were a definite patient-safety benefit, both in terms of preventing incorrect dosing or the bolusing of the wrong drug. Nurses, in general, felt that the safety benefits of smart pumps applied equally to intermittent and continuous infusions. Nurses found the drug libraries easy to use, and whilst infusion set-up may take marginally longer with the drug libraries than without, this was offset by patient safety benefits. It was noted that the longer time taken to programme the pumps may diminish as familiarity increases. A small number of minor issues with the drug library were identified through nursing feedback, though none of them were patient-safety critical. This has allowed the drug library to be modified before the same pumps are also introduced to general wards across the Children’s Hospital.ConclusionThe drug libraries in the new smart syringe pumps were being routinely and correctly used throughout the study period. Nursing staff had embraced the new technology, seeing clear patient safety benefits.

Transition to ePortfolios

2011 ◽  
pp. 460-473 ◽  
Author(s):  
Corey Hickerson ◽  
Marlene Preston
Keyword(s):  
Experimental Design ◽  
Student Development ◽  
Student Attitudes ◽  
New Technology ◽  
Learning Goals ◽  
Freshman Year

This project focused on student development in the freshman year as displayed in students’ ePortfolios. The experimental design allowed analysis of student attitudes about ePortfolios with results that may be useful to faculty and students at other institutions. Researchers found that careful alignment of an ePortfolio with the learning goals of a course can help students to adapt easily to the new technology and recognize it as a useful academic tool.

Electrochemiluminescence detection for development of immunoassays and DNA probe assays for clinical diagnostics

1991 ◽  
Vol 37 (9) ◽  
pp. 1534-1539 ◽  
Author(s):  
G F Blackburn ◽  
H P Shah ◽  
J H Kenten ◽  
J Leland ◽  
R A Kamin ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Small Molecules ◽  
Dynamic Range ◽  
New Technology ◽  
Clinical Diagnostics ◽  
Reaction Products ◽  
Large Molecules ◽  
Detection Systems ◽  
Highly Sensitive ◽  
Polymerase Chain ◽  
Set Up

Abstract Electrochemiluminescence (ECL) has been developed as a highly sensitive process in which reactive species are generated from stable precursors (i.e., the ECL-active label) at the surface of an electrode. This new technology has many distinct advantages over other detection systems: no radioisotopes are used; detection limits for label are extremely low (200 fmol/L); the dynamic range for label quantification extends over six orders of magnitude; the labels are extremely stable compared with those of most other chemiluminescent systems; the labels, small molecules (approximately 1000 Da), can be used to label haptens or large molecules, and multiple labels can be coupled to proteins or oligonucleotides without affecting immunoreactivity, solubility, or ability to hybridize; because the chemiluminescence is initiated electrochemically, selectivity of bound and unbound fractions can be based on the ability of labeled species to access the electrode surface, so that both separation and nonseparation assays can be set up; and measurement is simple and rapid, requiring only a few seconds. We illustrate ECL in nonseparation immunoassays for digoxin and thyrotropin and in separation immunoassays for carcinoembryonic antigen and alpha-fetoprotein. The application of ECL for detection of polymerase chain reaction products is described and exemplified by quantifying the HIV1 gag gene.

scholarly journals C4MIP – The Coupled Climate–Carbon Cycle Model Intercomparison Project: experimental protocol for CMIP6

2016 ◽  
Vol 9 (8) ◽  
pp. 2853-2880 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chris D. Jones ◽  
Vivek Arora ◽  
Pierre Friedlingstein ◽  
Laurent Bopp ◽  
Victor Brovkin ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Experimental Design ◽  
Carbon Cycle ◽  
Boundary Conditions ◽  
Anthropogenic Activity ◽  
Climate Modelling ◽  
Model Intercomparison ◽  
Cycle Model ◽  
Carbon Cycle Model ◽  
Intercomparison Project ◽  
Set Up

Abstract. Coordinated experimental design and implementation has become a cornerstone of global climate modelling. Model Intercomparison Projects (MIPs) enable systematic and robust analysis of results across many models, by reducing the influence of ad hoc differences in model set-up or experimental boundary conditions. As it enters its 6th phase, the Coupled Model Intercomparison Project (CMIP6) has grown significantly in scope with the design and documentation of individual simulations delegated to individual climate science communities. The Coupled Climate–Carbon Cycle Model Intercomparison Project (C4MIP) takes responsibility for design, documentation, and analysis of carbon cycle feedbacks and interactions in climate simulations. These feedbacks are potentially large and play a leading-order contribution in determining the atmospheric composition in response to human emissions of CO2 and in the setting of emissions targets to stabilize climate or avoid dangerous climate change. For over a decade, C4MIP has coordinated coupled climate–carbon cycle simulations, and in this paper we describe the C4MIP simulations that will be formally part of CMIP6. While the climate–carbon cycle community has created this experimental design, the simulations also fit within the wider CMIP activity, conform to some common standards including documentation and diagnostic requests, and are designed to complement the CMIP core experiments known as the Diagnostic, Evaluation and Characterization of Klima (DECK). C4MIP has three key strands of scientific motivation and the requested simulations are designed to satisfy their needs: (1) pre-industrial and historical simulations (formally part of the common set of CMIP6 experiments) to enable model evaluation, (2) idealized coupled and partially coupled simulations with 1 % per year increases in CO2 to enable diagnosis of feedback strength and its components, (3) future scenario simulations to project how the Earth system will respond to anthropogenic activity over the 21st century and beyond. This paper documents in detail these simulations, explains their rationale and planned analysis, and describes how to set up and run the simulations. Particular attention is paid to boundary conditions, input data, and requested output diagnostics. It is important that modelling groups participating in C4MIP adhere as closely as possible to this experimental design.

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