Survey analysis on reasons for dropout from continuous gameplay

The swiftly growing urban population of Nigeria is generating lots of tension in the cities in line with the rapid increase of vehicles. This is due to hitherto reliance on the present parking system which has no standard to check for parking spaces, hence generating problems such as traffic congestion, time wastage in search of parking slot, fuel consumption/CO emission, insecurity of vehicles etc. This work presents a quantitative statistical survey analysis conducted in selected metropolitan cities in Port Harcourt, Nigeria. The aim is to create awareness on Smart Car Parking System (SCPS) for heterogeneous clustered environments. The results of the conducted analysis showed that the awareness of this innovative technology is still at its tender stage in Nigeria. Findings shows that people are willing to adopt this new technology to assist in overcoming the challenges faced in the present parking system that is unstructured. A brief description of proposed SCPS based on Big data hardware is presented.

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Students’ meaningful learning experiences from participating in organic chemistry writing-to-learn activities

Chemistry Education Research and Practice ◽

10.1039/d0rp00266f ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Trisha Gupte ◽

Field M. Watts ◽

Jennifer A. Schmidt-McCormack ◽

Ina Zaimi ◽

Anne Ruggles Gere ◽

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Keyword(s):

Organic Chemistry ◽

Learning Strategies ◽

Learning Experience ◽

Learning Experiences ◽

Meaningful Learning ◽

Writing To Learn ◽

Chemistry Laboratory ◽

Primary Data ◽

Survey Analysis ◽

Problem Solving Skills

Teaching organic chemistry requires supporting learning strategies that meaningfully engage students with the challenging concepts and advanced problem-solving skills needed to be successful. Such meaningful learning experiences should encourage students to actively choose to incorporate new concepts into their existing knowledge frameworks by appealing to the cognitive, affective, and psychomotor domains of learning. This study provides a qualitative analysis of students’ meaningful learning experiences after completing three Writing-to-Learn (WTL) assignments in an organic chemistry laboratory course. The assignments were designed to appeal to the three domains necessary for a meaningful learning experience, and this research seeks to understand if and how the WTL assignments promoted students’ meaningful learning. The primary data collected were the students’ responses to open-ended feedback surveys conducted after each assignment. These responses were qualitatively analyzed to identify themes across students’ experiences about their meaningful learning. The feedback survey analysis was triangulated with interviews conducted after each assignment. The results identify how the assignments connected to students’ existing knowledge from other courses and indicate that assignment components such as authentic contexts, clear expectations, and peer review supported students’ meaningful learning experiences. These results inform how assignment design can influence students’ learning experiences and suggest implications for how to support students’ meaningful learning of organic chemistry through writing.

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Transition to Circular Economy in the Fertilizer Sector—Analysis of Recommended Directions and End-Users’ Perception of Waste-Based Products in Poland

Energies ◽

10.3390/en14144312 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 14 (14) ◽

pp. 4312

Author(s):

Marzena Smol

Keyword(s):

Circular Economy ◽

Economic Model ◽

Social Acceptance ◽

State Of The Art ◽

Raw Materials ◽

End Users ◽

Survey Analysis ◽

The Social ◽

Sector Analysis ◽

Art Analysis

Circular economy (CE) is an economic model, in which raw materials remain in circulation as long as possible and the generation of waste is minimized. In the fertilizer sector, waste rich in nutrients should be directed to agriculture purposes. This paper presents an analysis of recommended directions for the use of nutrient-rich waste in fertilizer sector and an evaluation of possible interest in this kind of fertilizer by a selected group of end-users (nurseries). The scope of research includes the state-of-the-art analysis on circular aspects and recommended directions in the CE implementation in the fertilizer sector (with focus on sewage-based waste), and survey analysis on the potential interest of nurseries in the use of waste-based fertilizers in Poland. There are more and more recommendations for the use of waste for agriculture purposes at European and national levels. The waste-based products have to meet certain requirements in order to put such products on the marker. Nurserymen are interested in contributing to the process of transformation towards the CE model in Poland; however, they are not fully convinced due to a lack of experience in the use of waste-based products and a lack of social acceptance and health risk in this regard. Further actions to build the social acceptance of waste-based fertilizers, and the education of end-users themselves in their application is required.

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ICT-based public policies and depopulation in hollowed-out Spain: A survey analysis on the digital divide and citizen satisfaction

Technological Forecasting and Social Change ◽

10.1016/j.techfore.2021.120811 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 169 ◽

pp. 120811

Author(s):

Carolina Pontones-Rosa ◽

Rosario Pérez-Morote ◽

Jesús F. Santos-Peñalver

Keyword(s):

Digital Divide ◽

Public Policies ◽

Survey Analysis ◽

Citizen Satisfaction

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A Survey of Parametric Static Analysis

ACM Computing Surveys ◽

10.1145/3464457 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 54 (7) ◽

pp. 1-37

Author(s):

Jihyeok Park ◽

Hongki Lee ◽

Sukyoung Ryu

Keyword(s):

Recent Work ◽

Static Analysis ◽

Abstract Interpretation ◽

Black Box ◽

Parameter Selection ◽

Survey Analysis ◽

Future Directions ◽

Analysis Techniques ◽

Analysis Quality

Understanding program behaviors is important to verify program properties or to optimize programs. Static analysis is a widely used technique to approximate program behaviors via abstract interpretation. To evaluate the quality of static analysis, researchers have used three metrics: performance, precision, and soundness. The static analysis quality depends on the analysis techniques used, but the best combination of such techniques may be different for different programs. To find the best combination of analysis techniques for specific programs, recent work has proposed parametric static analysis . It considers static analysis as black-box parameterized by analysis parameters , which are techniques that may be configured without analysis details. We formally define the parametric static analysis, and we survey analysis parameters and their parameter selection in the literature. We also discuss open challenges and future directions of the parametric static analysis.

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Being a golf trainer in China: The life of an artist?

International Journal of Sports Science & Coaching ◽

10.1177/1747954121998012 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 174795412199801

Author(s):

Boucher Aurélien ◽

Li Yuqing ◽

Shao Xueyun

Keyword(s):

Social Structure ◽

Labour Market ◽

Survey Analysis ◽

Professional Certification ◽

Quantitative Survey ◽

The Social ◽

Winner Takes All

This article investigates the earnings of Chinese golf trainers. Through a combination of ethnographic observations, interviews and a quantitative survey analysis, it depicts the social structure of the economy of golf training in China, showing that golf trainers’ playing abilities and fame, rather than any certificate of competence (e.g. diploma or professional certification), determine their earnings. At the same time, we underline many common characteristics between the artists’ labour market and the golf trainers’ labour market, such as the importance of fame and a winner-takes-all logic.

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