6 research outputs found
Progressive Filtering Using Multiresolution Histograms for Query by Humming System
The rising availability of digital music stipulates effective categorization
and retrieval methods. Real world scenarios are characterized by mammoth music
collections through pertinent and non-pertinent songs with reference to the
user input. The primary goal of the research work is to counter balance the
perilous impact of non-relevant songs through Progressive Filtering (PF) for
Query by Humming (QBH) system. PF is a technique of problem solving through
reduced space. This paper presents the concept of PF and its efficient design
based on Multi-Resolution Histograms (MRH) to accomplish searching in
manifolds. Initially the entire music database is searched to obtain high
recall rate and narrowed search space. Later steps accomplish slow search in
the reduced periphery and achieve additional accuracy.
Experimentation on large music database using recursive programming
substantiates the potential of the method. The outcome of proposed strategy
glimpses that MRH effectively locate the patterns. Distances of MRH at lower
level are the lower bounds of the distances at higher level, which guarantees
evasion of false dismissals during PF. In due course, proposed method helps to
strike a balance between efficiency and effectiveness. The system is scalable
for large music retrieval systems and also data driven for performance
optimization as an added advantage.Comment: 12 Pages, 6 Figures, Full version of the paper published at
ICMCCA-2012 with the same title,
Link:http://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-81-322-1143-3_2
Hip Sublime
In their continual attempt to transcend what they perceived as the superficiality, commercialism, and precariousness of life in post-World War II America, the Beat writers turned to the classical authors who provided, on the one hand, a discourse of sublimity to help them articulate their desire for a purity of experience, and, on the other, a venerable literary heritage.
This volume examines for the first time the intersections between the Beat writers and the Greco-Roman literary tradition. Many of the âBeatsâ were university-trained and highly conscious of their literary forebears, frequently incorporating their knowledge of Classical literature into their own avant-garde, experimental practice. The interactions between writers who fashioned themselves as new and iconoclastic, and a venerable literary tradition often seen as conservative and culturally hegemonic, produced fascinating tensions and paradoxes, which are explored here by a diverse group of contributors
Hip Sublime
In their continual attempt to transcend what they perceived as the superficiality, commercialism, and precariousness of life in post-World War II America, the Beat writers turned to the classical authors who provided, on the one hand, a discourse of sublimity to help them articulate their desire for a purity of experience, and, on the other, a venerable literary heritage.
This volume examines for the first time the intersections between the Beat writers and the Greco-Roman literary tradition. Many of the âBeatsâ were university-trained and highly conscious of their literary forebears, frequently incorporating their knowledge of Classical literature into their own avant-garde, experimental practice. The interactions between writers who fashioned themselves as new and iconoclastic, and a venerable literary tradition often seen as conservative and culturally hegemonic, produced fascinating tensions and paradoxes, which are explored here by a diverse group of contributors
Historical social research: the use of historical and process-produced data
Die Entwicklung einer quantitativen Sozialgeschichtsschreibung verstärkt die interdisziplinären Beziehungen zwischen Geschichte, Soziologie, Politikwissenschaft und anderen Sozialwissenschaften. Diese verstärkte Kooperation und methodische Diskussion findet in dem Sammelband ihren Niederschlag. Behandelt werden (1) theoretische Ăberlegungen zum Problem einer quantifizierenden Geschichtswissenschaft; (2) Analysen von Volkszählungsdaten; (3) Analysen von kollektiven und individuellen Biographien; (4) Gehaltsanalysen von Dokumenten; (5) Periodisierungsprobleme; (6) Analysen des sozialen Netzwerks; (7) Probleme der offiziellen statistischen Daten; (8) Probleme der Datenorganisation; (9) neue Datenbanken und Projekte. (BG
Understanding leadership development for young people: creating a multi-dimensional and holistic framework for emerging high-school students as future leaders in KSA
This thesis concerned with understanding what makes young people as future
leaders. It sets out to explore leadership development for secondary school students
(12-to-18-year), focussing on what makes young leaders and how they become future
leaders. The fundamental purpose of this explanatory and exploratory qualitative
study was to investigate leadership development at the age of adolescence. There are
three key objectives for this study: (1) to explore and investigate what contributes to
forming young people as future leaders; (2) to clarify and understand how young
people become future leaders; and (3) to create a multidimensional and holistic
framework for developing secondary students as future leaders.
These aims were achieved via conducting qualitative in-depth interviews (N=46)
with established leaders (N=19) and university professors (N=27) in both the UK and
the kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA). Additionally, as this study focuses on
adolescence, it was important to conduct three focus groups with secondary school
students in KSA (N=27). Succinctly this study aims to deepen our understanding of
the issue of developing young people as future leaders. This study used multi-levels
of analysis and multi-domains of purposive sampling via using maximal variation
sampling, both leaders and academics are categorised into six domains (business,
education, social, voluntary sector, YLD programmes directors, and developmental
psychologists). The secondary school students were selected from government
school, private school, and gifted students.
Due to the extensive sample gathered (46 interviews and 3 focus groups) and
significant data generated (287.000 words), the authorâs study produces both
emergent themes and abundant numerical results. However, these large quantities
can encourage various quantitative studies in the future. There are several key
contributions of value in this study; (1) creating and conceptually testing a
comprehensive framework to develop young people as future leaders; (2) the
theoretical contribution as the qualitative analysis has generated massive number of
new emergent themes related to the research questions; (3) analysis of the empirical
contributions revealed lots of variables, factors, criteria, tools; (4) a cross-cultural
YLD which verify that there are both differences and similarities between the UK
and KSA; (5) the findings proved that leadership for young people is learnable to a
great extent; that adolescence is a critical period for developing leaders; that sparking
the motivation to lead is important at this age; there are serious obstacles facing
YLD; generic leadership is more applicable for YLD; and finally, one of the
significant contributions of this study is its focussing of attention on a long-term
approach for young people leadership development.
The further contribution of this study is creating a multi-dimensional and holistic
framework for YLD based on theories of adult leadership and intensively reviewing
the literature review on YLD. It has been developed via pilot study and finally
developed and validated throughout a cohort of stablished leaders and university
professors (N=41).
This studyâs findings can benefit policy and practice to a great extent since it focuses
on the secondary school students; as they are the future leaders, this study can be of
significant help to the strategic planning of policy makers in the Ministry of
Education, Youth Ministry, and generally within the political context, family
business. This study inspires me to establish a leadership-based academy, which
focuses on high-school students and develops them as national leaders