Comparing creative thinking abilities and reasoning ability of deaf and hearing children

This study focuses on comparing the creative thinking and reasoning abilities of deaf and hearing children. Two groups of deaf (N = 210) and hearing children (N = 200) were chosen based on specific criteria. Two instruments were used in the study: theTorrance Tests of Creative Thinking‐Figural, Form A and Matrix Analogous Test. Canonical Correlation analysis and multivariate analysis of variance (MANOVA) were used to analyze the data. The canonical correlation analyses revealed one significant dimension in both deaf and hearing children. The multivariate analysis of variance (MANOVA) revealed that there are some similarities and differences between the deaf and hearing samples regarding creative thinking abilities.     

The reality of virtual worlds: pros and cons of their application to foreign language teaching

This article presents our experience of testing the OpenSim platform as a tool in teaching French to 108 tourism students at Universidad Rey Juan Carlos (Madrid, Spain). The article begins with some theoretical reflections on the behaviour of the student when using a virtual platform by means of an avatar, and with our observations of how this doubling of identity is actually the greatest asset of virtual worlds when we intend to apply them to teaching (1. Introduction). Then we move on to present our goals and method of work (2. Aims and methodology) and to analyse the development of the virtual space or sim, setting out the teaching strategies that were employed in each of the islands we created, and which correspond to reading comprehension, listening comprehension and written expression (3. Metaverse design). In order to assess the language learning results, we also devised tests throughout the experiment, which were repeated one month later. The assessment shows that the process of language acquisition is positive (4. Results analysis). Finally, we demonstrate that the rise of virtual worlds has been backed up by psycholinguistic factors, but at the same time their applicability and sustainability depend on technical aspects and very especially on theoretical and pedagogical tenets which are still to be drawn up (5. Conclusions).     

Incidence of violence in Turkish schools: A review

The present article deals with the incidence of violence cases inTurkish schools. A review of research based on published research reports andunpublished M.Sc. and Ph.D. dissertations is presented and basic lines of researchare discussed. Special emphasis was placed upon culturally specific issues,besides the culturally determined attitudes of parents and teachers. The need for anationwide system for the prevention of violence and corporal punishment wasemphasized.     

一种全局QoS感知服务组合的权重设计方法

基于全局QoS感知的服务组合可以通过加权聚合的方式构建为一个单目标优化问题,此时需要一个合适的方法去估算权重,为此提出了一种基于非均匀空间理想加权距离的权重合成方法.该方法考虑用户的全局定性需求,首先运用G1法生成主观权重,然后使用熵权法计算各组合点上QoS属性的内在客观权重;最后给出非均匀空间距离计算方法,结合逼近理想法设计合成权重.构建于QWS数据集上的实验,阐述了合成权重的计算过程和评估了相关参数对权重的影响.结果表明,合成权重能够综合反映用户的偏好和QoS属性的内在特征.     

艺术类高职高专英语ESP教学模式探讨

随着中外文化交流的日益频繁,艺术类高职高专英语教学肩负着培养具有英语文化交流能力特别是能运用英语进行艺术专业信息收集、传递、分析的人才。目前的英语教学模式重在帮助学生打好语言基础。ESP教学模式有效运用交际教学理念和实践,同时对现有的师资、教材教法也提出了更多的思考空间。文章通过对艺术类高职高专英语教学的关注,试图对ESP教学模式的实施进行探讨。     

信息优势与投资者地缘效应的关系研究

投资者偏爱地理位置近的上市公司的现象被称为地缘效应,其成因一直是资本市场中的一个未解之谜。本文以上海、天津、大连的3710名投资者为研究样本,从信息优势角度解释了地缘效应。研究发现,中国资本市场内部存在地缘效应;信息优势与地缘效应之间存在倒U型关系,即当信息优势小于临界值时,地缘效应随着信息优势的增强而增强;当信息优势大于临界值时,地缘效应随着信息优势的增强而减弱。研究认为随着信息优势强度的增加,信息目标由少到多,信息涉及的上市公司由近及远,由此使得投资者投资的分散程度不断提高,这是信息优势与地缘效应之间呈现倒U型关系的主要原因。     

拟合用户偏好的个性化搜索

文章从用户偏好的角度对个性化搜索进行了优化研究,提出了基于语义关联树的查询扩展算法以及基于该算法的拟合用户偏好的个性化搜索系统架构。语义关联树可以灵活有效地控制查询扩展模型,在此之上的拟合用户偏好的个性化搜索系统具有用户偏好自学习能力。实验证明,该方法能有效提高文本检索的准确率。     

融资约束、税收激励与企业研发投入——来自中国制造业上市公司的证据

以中国制造业上市公司2011—2013年的数据为样本,研究融资约束与税收激励2个因素对企业研发投入的影响。研究发现,融资约束显著影响企业研发投入强度,民营企业研发投入主要依赖于债务融资,国有企业的研发投入主要取决于股权融资;税收政策对企业研发投入的激励效应主要体现在民营企业,对国有企业研发投入的促进作用不显著;税收激励效应有效缓解了融资对民营企业研发投入的影响,企业所得税税收政策较增值税更能促进民营企业的研发投入。     

基于情景化偏好的移动社交网络信息服务自适应建模研究

构建了移动社交网络基于情景化用户偏好的自适应适配信息服务系统模型,提出了移动社交网络的自适应服务发现方案。解决移动社交网络信息服务的发现与推送的延迟问题,实现高效的移动社交网络信息服务推送,对移动社交网络信息服务资源、知识资源进行科学管理。     

田径短跑运动员专项运动能力的构成及其因素分析

田径运动项目是奥运会中金牌数最多的项目,专项运动能力是田径短跑运动员取得成绩的重要因素之一。专项运动能力是指运动员在训练和比赛中表现出来的专项身体素质、专项技战术、专项心理品质的综合水平。