Video diaries: a tool to investigate sustainability-related learning in threshold spaces

This paper takes as a case study an undergraduate field class from a UK university to rural Uganda. It describes and evaluates the use of video diaries as a tool for investigating the process of transformative learning in the context of education for sustainability. The applicability of threshold concept theory to this learning is investigated. Results show the video diary technique to be much more successful in capturing the development of student learning than written diaries. Despite some practical difficulties, rich data were generated. Analysis demonstrated that learning met three of the five criteria for threshold concepts: the learning was transformative, integrative and troublesome. Further research could test whether the learning in this case study met the threshold concept criterion of irreversibility. Further elaboration of the theoretical relationship between threshold concepts, transformative learning and education for sustainability is also needed. It is concluded that the video diary method is potentially transferable to other educational research contexts and may be particularly suitable for researching learning in threshold spaces.     

基于粗糙集的数据挖掘方法分析

文章从数据挖掘和粗糙集的基本概念出发,研究粗糙集理论在数据挖掘中的典型运用,为大型数据挖掘提供了一种新的方法。基于粗糙集的数据挖掘,首先通过粗糙集理论对数据进行预处理,然后对属性约简,最后进行决策规则提取,寻找最优解。     

不同边界条件下交叉三角形波纹流道传热与流动的数据处理

为准确量化交叉三角形波纹流道的强化传热性能,除了需要进行数值模拟,还需要对所获得的数据进行正确计算处理.针对两种构造不同的交叉三角形波纹流道A和流道B,在模拟时选取不同的壁面给热条件,将恒热流密度壁面与等效恒温壁面的数值模拟结果进行了对比,并借助合适的数据处理方法,得到各自条件下的平均摩擦系数fL和平均努塞尔数NuL.结果表明,高热流密度时流道B的传热强化明显,低热流密度时流道A的传热减弱明显.对任何一类流道而言,边界给热条件的变化对流动摩擦阻力影响很小,但流道内的流动和传热之间其实是具有复杂的相互关联性的.     

3DV quality model based depth maps for view synthesis in FTV system

Depth maps are used for synthesis virtual view in free-viewpoint television (FTV) systems.When depth maps are derived using existing depth estimation methods,the depth distortions will cause undesirable artifacts in the synthesized views.To solve this problem,a 3D video quality model base depth maps (D-3DV) for virtual view synthesis and depth map coding in the FTV applications is proposed.First,the relationships between distortions in coded depth map and rendered view are derived.Then,a precisely 3DV quali...     

Video retargeting using optimized crop-and-scale

Mobile devices are increasingly powerful in multimedia transmitting and browsing. However, the small screen and different aspect ratios of mobile devices lower visual quality while watching images or videos. Video retargeting is aim at fitting an existing video into arbitrary size and aspect ratio. Previous content-aware retargeting methods are mostly high computational cost, which limits their applications on the portable devices with low computation ability. In this paper, a new crop-and-scale approach is presented to adapt video to better suit the target display. We automatically find the optimal parameters of cropping window using the dynamic programming method, and then scale it to fit the target display. The cropping window can smoothly shift during a shot to follow the movement of important objects. The retargeting results using our approach introduce no deformation and jitter effects over the whole video. Experimental results show the success of our approach on adapting a variety of source videos to small display sizes.     

CORDIC algorithm based on FPGA

It is an important problem that we implement floating point trigonometric functions of high precision with suitable hardware cost for high performance in digit image processing.The coordinate rotational digital computer (CORDIC) arithmetic to is used to solve the above problem in this paper.In order to increase the speed of operation,it chooses the pipeline architecture.The results are disposed by IEEE-754 standard.The CORDIC architecture is modeled by using the verilog HDL and verified with MATLAB program ...     

国外对手语的脑加工机制研究

关于语言的脑加工机制研究主要是根据口语语言的研究所获得的.既然手语在国外已经获得了独立的语言地位,因此可以通过对手语语言的研究,更好地理解关于语言的特征,从而判断以往研究中得出的语言特征是否是口语或听觉语言所具有的特征.实际上,已经有研究相继表明了手语和口语在脑加工上的相似性,并在神经系统上找到了相应的支持:比如这两种语言都激活了优势的左外侧裂周区网络系统的加工.不过除了共同点,研究人员也试图进一步发现二者存在的加工差异.毕竟手语与口语是使用不同信息通道的语言,对其差异性的研究,一方面可以帮助我们更好地理解语言的一般性,也可以帮助我们更好地理解语言加工的特殊性,从而促进聋人的语言发展.     

数据处理在计算机辅助测试系统中的应用

计算机辅助测试系统通常采用数字滤波与整体曲线拟合的数据处理方法.以一组泵类试验中的实测数据为例,说明数据处理的原理、计算和实现的过程,以及通过曲线拟合得到的产品性能曲线.     

基于MATLAB的FIR数字低通滤波器分析和设计

以FIR数字低通滤波器为例,详细分析时域卷积运算和频域加权算法的物理意义.并利用MATLAB的声音处理函数作为数据接口,利用多媒体播放器作为交互界面,利用MATLAB的FDATool作为滤波器设计工具,设计一组语音低通滤波器,通过对比滤波前后的语音效果,可加深对数字信号处理的认识.     

Linkages between cognitive and social dialogue patterns during collaborative small-group discussions

BackgroundCollaborative small-group discussions have the potential to promote reading comprehension, critical thinking, and argumentation. However, few studies have gone beyond cognitive processes to understand the social characteristics of dialogue and their potential contributions to students’ cognitive processing in turn-by-turn dialogic exchanges.AimsThis study closely examined dialogues between speakers and addressees regarding their levels of cognitive processing (i.e., cognitive dialogue patterns) and social processes reflecting social cohesion (i.e., social dialogue patterns). The aims were to understand, first, the relations between students' cognitive dialogue patterns and their social dialogue patterns, and second, the relations between students' cognitive dialogue patterns and peers’ social dialogue patterns.SampleThis study included 4070 speaking turns generated by 120 fifth-graders in 60 small-group discussions.MethodsStudents participated in small-group discussions, called Collaborative Social Reasoning. Dialogue between pairs of group members formed social networks, based on which Exponential Random Graph Models (ERGMs) were specified.ResultsFindings showed that speakers' social dialogue patterns were associated with their cognitive dialogue patterns. However, receiving social dialogue patterns from peers did not always predict students’ advanced types of cognitive dialogue patterns.ConclusionsThis study demonstrated that cognitive and social aspects of small-group discussions are intricately linked, and that encouraging social cohesion does not guarantee that students will engage in collaborative and critical discussions.