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2021 ◽  
pp. 003329412110610
Author(s):  
Nikolaos Tsigilis ◽  
Efthimia Karamane ◽  
Athanasios Gregoriadis

Student–teacher interpersonal relationships contribute significantly to the academic trajectory and achievement of children and adolescents. The Questionnaire on Teacher Interaction (QTI) is one of the most widely applied measures for assessing students' perceptions about the teachers’ interpersonal behaviour. QTI comprises eight subscales that are assumed to follow a circumplex model. Prior studies on QTI’s psychometric properties are inconclusive and report mixed findings. The purpose of this study was to examine the applicability of QTI in the Greek cultural context, by testing its circumplex structure and levels of reliability. QTI was administered to 1669 secondary education students, from 85 different classrooms. A cross-validation approach and a variety of statistical techniques were employed. Subscales’ internal consistency and their ability to discriminate among classes were satisfactory. Exploratory statistical techniques provided initial support of the circular pattern. Application of a specifically designed package for testing the circumplex structure of an instrument, showed that a model in which the eight QTI subscales are placed on the circumference of a circle with equal distances form the centre was tenable. However, the assumption of equal distances was not confirmed. Deviation from the theoretical position of the subscales was mainly due to students’ difficulty to discriminate teachers’ proximity behaviour, a finding reported in various studies and across different cultural contexts. Suggestions for improving the psychometric properties of the QTI are discussed.


2021 ◽  
Vol 8 (8) ◽  
pp. 9-19
Author(s):  
Jalawi Sulaiman Alshudukhi ◽  

Cloud computing exploits the software as a service model with distributed and interoperable services for the composition of software systems. Cloud-enabled systems that demand elasticity, scalability, and composition of services, etc., there is a need to capitalize on reusable solutions exploiting patterns and styles to architect cloud-based software. The objective of this research is to build and exploit a catalog of patterns that support reusable design knowledge to develop cloud-based architectures. We propose a three-step process with (i) pattern discovery, (ii) pattern documentation (building the catalog), and finally, (iii) pattern application (exploiting the catalog) to enable pattern-based architecting of cloud systems. We discovered seven patterns as generic and reusable solutions and demonstrate the pattern-driven architecture of the ECMC case study. Results suggest that pattern-based architecting enables the reuse of generic design decisions but lacks fine-grained architectural design. The solution is the first attempt towards establishing the catalog as a repository of patterns for architecture-based development of cloud systems.


Energies ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (7) ◽  
pp. 1892
Author(s):  
Borja López-Alonso ◽  
Héctor Sarnago ◽  
José M. Burdío ◽  
Pablo Briz ◽  
Oscar Lucía

Electroporation is a phenomenon that consists of increasing the permeability of the cell membrane by means of high-intensity electric field application. Nowadays, its clinical application to cancer treatment is one of the most relevant branches within the many areas of electroporation. In this area, it is essential to apply homogeneous treatments to achieve complete removal of tumors and avoid relapse. It is necessary to apply an optimized transmembrane potential at each point of the tissue by means of a homogenous electric field application and appropriated electric field orientation. Nevertheless, biological tissues are composed of wide variety, heterogeneous and anisotropic structures and, consequently, predicting the applied electric field distribution is complex. Consequently, by applying the parallel-needle electrodes and single-output generators, homogeneous and predictable treatments are difficult to obtain, often requiring several repositioning/application processes that may leave untreated areas. This paper proposes the use of multi-electrode structure to apply a wide range of electric field vectors to enhance the homogeneity of the treatment. To achieve this aim, a new multi-electrode parallel-plate configuration is proposed to improve the treatment in combination with a multiple-output generator. One method for optimizing the electric field pattern application is studied, and simulation and experimental results are presented and discussed, proving the feasibility of the proposed approach.


2020 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 74-82
Author(s):  
Husen Hendriyana ◽  
Komarudin Kudya ◽  
ASM Atamtajani

Pangandaran is known as one of the tourist destinations in West Java Province with its beautiful natural marine charm. The charm of the beauty of Pangandaran beach and its surroundings attracts tourists’ attention and reaches 4,044,204 visitors in 2018. Pangandaran has 21 beach tourist destinations. Therefore, souvenirs become one of the aspects that strongly complement tourism in Pangandaran, a tourism souvenir. This study aims to produce innovative products of featured art supporting tourism by raising the iconic potential of natural resources and artisan resources from the local community. This article is one of the results of the applied research in the type of practice-based research focusing on the creative industry of craft art (batik) products that support tourism through eco-design and eco-tourism approaches. In its application, this study uses the design thinking method, with the results in the form of a prototype of mask product for tourism souvenir with marine park pattern application. Corak Batik Taman Laut dan Aplikasinya pada Topeng Sebagai Cinderamata Wisata Pangandaran Saat Pandemi Covid-19. Pangandaran dikenal sebagai salah satu destinasi wisata di Provinsi Jawa Barat dengan pesona alam bahari yang indah. Pesona keindahan pantai Pangandaran dan sekitarnya menarik perhatian wisatawan dan mencapai 4.044.204 pengunjung pada 2018. Pangandaran memiliki 21 destinasi wisata pantai. Oleh karena itu, cinderamata menjadi salah satu aspek yang sangat melengkapi pariwisata di Pangandaran yaitu cinderamata pariwisata. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk menghasilkan produk-produk inovatif seni unggulan pendukung pariwisata dengan mengangkat potensi ikonik sumberdaya alam dan sumberdaya pengrajin dari masyarakat sekitar. Artikel ini merupakan salah satu hasil penelitian terapan pada jenis penelitian berbasis praktik yang berfokus pada industri kreatif produk seni kriya (batik) yang mendukung pariwisata melalui pendekatan eko- desain dan ekowisata. Dalam aplikasinya, penelitian ini menggunakan metode design thinking, dengan hasil berupa prototipe produk topeng cinderamata pariwisata dengan penerapan pola taman laut.


2020 ◽  
Vol 11 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alexandra Buess ◽  
Alain Van Muylem ◽  
Antoine Nonclercq ◽  
Benoit Haut

Over the years, various studies have been dedicated to the mathematical modeling of gas transport and exchange in the lungs. Indeed, the access to the distal region of the lungs with direct measurements is limited and, therefore, models are valuable tools to interpret clinical data and to give more insights into the phenomena taking place in the deepest part of the lungs. In this work, a new computational model of the transport and exchange of a gas species in the human lungs is proposed. It includes (i) a method to generate a lung geometry characterized by an asymmetric branching pattern, based on the values of several parameters that have to be given by the model user, and a method to possibly alter this geometry to mimic lung diseases, (ii) the calculation of the gas flow distribution in this geometry during inspiration or expiration (taking into account the increased resistance to the flow in airways where the flow is non-established), (iii) the evaluation of the exchange fluxes of the gaseous species of interest between the tissues composing the lungs and the lumen, and (iv) the computation of the concentration profile of the exchanged species in the lumen of the tracheobronchial tree. Even if the model is developed in a general framework, a particular attention is given to nitric oxide, as it is not only a gas species of clinical interest, but also a gas species that is both produced in the walls of the airways and consumed within the alveolar region of the lungs. First, the model is presented. Then, several features of the model, applied to lung geometry, gas flow and NO exchange and transport, are discussed, compared to existing works and notably used to give new insights into experimental data available in the literature, regarding diseases, such as asthma, cystic fibrosis, and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.


Mathematics ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (9) ◽  
pp. 1439
Author(s):  
Gerhard X. Ritter ◽  
Gonzalo Urcid ◽  
Luis-David Lara-Rodríguez

This paper presents a novel lattice based biomimetic neural network trained by means of a similarity measure derived from a lattice positive valuation. For a wide class of pattern recognition problems, the proposed artificial neural network, implemented as a dendritic hetero-associative memory delivers high percentages of successful classification. The memory is a feedforward dendritic network whose arithmetical operations are based on lattice algebra and can be applied to real multivalued inputs. In this approach, the realization of recognition tasks, shows the inherent capability of prototype-class pattern associations in a fast and straightforward manner without need of any iterative scheme subject to issues about convergence. Using an artificially designed data set we show how the proposed trained neural net classifies a test input pattern. Application to a few typical real-world data sets illustrate the overall network classification performance using different training and testing sample subsets generated randomly.


Humaniora ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 137-144
Author(s):  
Ahmad Faisal Choiril Anam Fathoni ◽  
Jehezkiel Christian Ray

The research aimed to apply batik motifs to strengthen the differentiation of characters in the form of adventure games that could be an interesting and effective learning medium for introducing music theory. In order to work towards achieving its objective, developing interest in music theory by using games and animations specifically to approach more people and make this project sustainable, these games were supposed to be aimed into intellectual property. Therefore to be able to make it competitive, strong differentiation was needed as so many IP characters emerged as competitors. One of the strengths that could be added to these characters was by applying local content. It was a strong differentiator and could be developed with a deeper philosophy so that it had a wealth that could be developed more widely in the future, which in this case was using batik. To achieve goal, the research used the design thinking method and qualitative methodology to collect data. The researchers collected data through the process of document research, an observation about the implementation of batik patterns in character design for animation. The result is the characters’ designs of a game to teach music theory using batik pattern application. In conclusion, the batik pattern has the potential to strengthen differences in character design.


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