Information systems: a cyborg discipline?

This paper argues for a model of information systems in terms of cyborgs – a boundary-crossing mixture of the technical and the social. The argument for this model is substantiated from the personal experience of the author, presented as examples of being a cyborg researcher within a disciplinary context. Lessons for information systems are drawn

Fault diagnosis technology based on transistor behavior analysis for physical analysis

The novel method has been developed to detect accuracy fault elements in transistor level circuit, analyzing the characteristics of circuit operation influenced on leakage fault and being combined with diagnosis software, based on switching level simulation. This method is based on behavior of CMOS transistor to which applied unstable voltage produced by leakage fault. Unsettled logic brings the transistor’s operation point to saturation area with multi-impedance value and forms penetration current nets passing through it. Output value on the net is calculated with each element impedance value and miss-logic signal is spread to output terminal. An evaluation of this technology corroborates to be precise method by using the circuit in which embedded arbitrary fault portions

THE PROBLEMS OF TEACHING READING FACED BY THE TEACHERS AT SLTPN 1 PLUMPANG TUBAN

English is a foreign language in Indonesia. Textbook and other publications are mostly written in the form of English. In order to read it, people must understand English. However, understanding English is not easy for the people because learning English is learning its component. It indicates that teaching English is far from success in finishing the whole learning process from SLTP up to SMU. English is necessary focused on the basic language skills; those are listening, speaking, writing and reading. This study was aimed to get the answer of the research problem, namely (1) what are the teacher’s problems in teaching reading? (2) How do the teachers solve their problems in teaching reading?. This study used a descriptive design because there was no administration and control group as found in experimental research. All of the teachers of English in SLTPN 1 Plumpang were used as the population and they are consist of 4 teachers and all of population were taken as a sample by using population sampling technique. The instrument to collect the data was structured interview and observation. Based on the analysis of data that were obtained from the four teachers through interview and observation, it was found 5 problems that can be categorized into two terms. Those are teacher’s problems toward the students and teacher’s problems toward teaching learning process. The teacher’s problems toward the students are 3 problems, namely, first, the limited vocabularies. Second, finding the meaning of difficulties vocabularies and the last is answering the question from the text implicitly. Meanwhile, the teacher’s problems toward the English teaching learning process are 2 problems, i.e., looking for the material, which is suitable with the ability of the students and providing the media in teaching learning process. The solutions of teacher’s problems toward the students are 3 solutions. Those are memorizing 5 new words from the text, guessing the meaning by using sentences and looking for in the dictionaries also guiding the students to understand the text clearly. Meanwhile, the solutions of teacher’s problems toward teaching learning process are 3 solutions, namely; giving duty to the member of MGMP who can draw the pictures as a media, providing the media which is available in the school, and the last is looking for the material such as newspaper, magazine and storybooks

Inequalities in Secondary School Attendance in Germany

In Germany, children are sorted into differently prestigious school types according to their ability at the end of primary schooling, normally at age 10. This early decision about children’s future schooling cannot be easily corrected. However, secondary school attendance has a huge impact on future career options, so that equality in pupils’ distribution to differential school types is important. This paper examines the impact of social and economic background on children’s school type if ability is held constant. The analysis is based on national data taken from two surveys of learning achievement, the Third International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS) and the Programme of International Student Assessment (PISA). These data reveal that a large share of pupils in less prestigious school types would fit perfectly well in better school types given their measured ability. Children from rural areas, pupils from lower socio-economic backgrounds and boys in general have a significantly lower probability of being selected to the most academic school track even when their ability is similar to that of their urban and better socially placed counterparts. <br/

The Effect of Gender Awareness Training Towards Teachers and Students Gender-Based Stereotype

Understanding of gender equality ought to be socialized to teachers (e.g. through gender awareness training), in order to enhance teachers' awareness of gender bias practice that happen in school. Therefore, after the training, teachers are expected to apply it in the classroom teaching so that students' gender-based stereotype will be decreased. The aim of the research is to examine the influence of the training towards teachers and students gender-based stereotype. The participants of the research are 4 elementary teachers and 185 elementary students. The gender awareness training is conducted to teachers. Data is gathered through questionnaire, an observation of the classroom learning process, and interview to teachers are also carried out to monitor the effect of the training on gender-based stereotype. The result reveals that there is a decrease of gender-based stereotype on both teacher (t5.563 and p=0.011) and students t=4.137 and p=0.009) after teacher training. Discussion and suggestion of the result, such as handling practical obstacles, the principal's support, will be further described in the paper

Computer-aided Land Cover Mapping Protocol

The purpose of the resource is to produce a land cover type map from the digital file of a Landsat satellite image using MultiSpec software. Educational levels: Middle school, High school

Granular State Effects on Wave Propagation

Sound and pressure wave propagation in a granular material is of interest not only for its intrinsic and practical value, but also because it provides a non-intrusive means of probing the state of a granular material. By examining wave speeds and attenuation, insight can be gained into the nature of the contacts between the particles. In the present paper, wave speeds and attenuation rates are first examined for a static granular bed for a variety of system parameters including particle size, composition and the overburden of the material above the measuring transducers. Agitation of the bed is then introduced by shaking the material vertically. This causes the bed to transition from a static granular state to a vibrofluidized state. The dilation of the bed allows for relative particle motion and this has a significant effect on the measured wave speeds and attenuation. Further, the fluid-like characteristics of the agitated bed distort the forcechain framework through which the waves are thought to travel. The consequences of bed consolidation, a natural result of shaking, are also examined

Meanings as Species

Meanings as Species, by Mark Richard. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2019. Pp. vii + 212

Developing young people's sense of self and place through sport

Previous research has recognized positive health implications, both physical and mental, as an outcome of participation in leisure pursuits. They provide opportunities for self-expression and stress reduction, as well as an environment in which people can socialize. Leisure activities, specifically sport activities, can play a significant role in young people's identity development. This paper explores the leisure activities in which young people in Adelaide, Australia participate. It examines the role of leisure activities in terms of young people's identity and feelings towards their hometown. This study consisted of semi-structured focus groups conducted with 24 senior high school students, followed by a survey resulting in 226 useable responses. Respondents were aged between 16 and 18 years of age. From the range of activities identified and explored, the results revealed sports activities to have the greatest impact on young people's lives. The results demonstrated that frequency of participation has a significant effect on young people's involvement levels and how they identify with the activity

Prices, planners, and producers : an agency problem in Soviet industry, 1928-1950

Soviet planners developed the “unchanged prices of 1926/27” to facilitate the solution of an agency problem -- the regulation of self-interested producers as they worked to fulfil plans for heterogeneous products denominated in rubles. The system limited but did not eliminate producers’ opportunistic behavior, which took the form of inflating the plan prices of new products. Through the 1930s and 1940s the “unchanged” prices proved resistant to reform, and following their abolition in 1950 the system was soon afterwards reinstated with a new base year. The history of the “unchanged” prices illustrates the limits of command