User Interface Design For Higher Education Usage

User interface is a part of computer and its software that people (user) see, hear, touch or talk to. It is a setof all things that allow you and your computer to communicate with each other. Agood interface design is crucial to make a software/application/system a success. In this project the author concentrate on development of user interface design for higher educational usage, specifically UTP e-iearning system interface. This project being develop to overcome several problems face by user such as making lots of frequent errors due to misunderstanding or confusion, not using or realize some of feature or functions, and inappropriate user interface or interaction. The objectives of the project are to develop a good interface design for e-learning system for intuitive usage, create a didactic environment and also to design interface that require minimal page-through to completetask(s). The methodology of the project requires several steps which are planning where preliminary investigation on the project area and project scheduling are performed, analysing where analysis being perform to understand the existing system interface function, data collection; to gather information on user preference and interface development, designing and testing that involve user acceptance testing. The result and discussion will be analysing of the previous questionnaire that had been distributed to the user in order to get the user requirements and expectation towards the new interface developed. Beside there the author also perform analysis in the design area where the author stated a few assumptions made thatwill contribute top thedevelopment of the new interfaces

Penguasaan Lisan Bahasa Melayu Dalam Kalangan Kanak-Kanak Prasekolah di Singapura

Kanak-kanak Melayu di Singapura mempunyai masalah berkomunikasi (bertutur) dalam bahasa ibunda dengan baik. Kecenderungan ini amat membimbangkan kerana kanak-kanak perlu berkomunikasi untuk menyampaikan hajat dan fikiran. Lebih-lebih lagi apabila terdapat bukti dari sebuah tinjauan demografik yang menyatakan penggunaan bahasa ibunda dalam keluarga orang Melayu kian merosot setiap tahun. Memandangkan betapa pentingnya penakatan bahasa Melayu di negara ini, penyelidik rasa terpanggil untuk menyelidiki bidang ini. Sebanyak 46 orang kanak-kanak, iaitu 22 perempuan dan 24 lelaki dari tiga golongan status sosioekonomi keluarga telah dikenal pasti untuk menjalani penyelidikan. Kajian berdasarkan teori mentalis ini akan dibincangkan melalui dua kaedah, iaitu kualitatif dan kuantitatif. Semua data ujaran,perbendaharaan kata, temu bual dan bercerita akan dirakamkan dan ditranskripsikan sementara data tinjauan borang soal selidik juga akan dianalisis dengan menggunakan pengiraan kekerapan, peratusan atau min markah. Dapatan kajian menunjukkan responden kerap menggunakan ayat penyata (56.2%) berbanding dengan ayat-ayat- tanya (8%), ayat seruan (11%), ayat perintah (5%) dan ayat majmuk (14%). Hasil kajian menunjukkan terdapat korelasi yang tinggi dalam pencapaian ayat-ayat penyata dengan jumlah ayat yang dibina walaupun tidak terdapat kesan yang signifikan dalam binaan ayat seruan dan ayat perintah. Terdapat korelasi yang signifikan juga antara faktor-faktor ekstralinguistik dengan penguasaan ayat kanak-kanak pada aras keertian p<0.01. Hasil kajian juga menunjukkan wujudnya hubungan yang sederhana, dan positif antara ayat majmuk dengan jumlah ayat yang dihasilkan dengan nilai r = 0.640 pada aras p<0.01. Pada keseluruhan kajian, kanak-kanak berupaya membina pola ayat dasar yang mana pola ayat Frasa Nama + Frasa Kerja (min 11.63) merupakan pola ayat yang paling kerap digunakan, diikuti oleh Frasa Nama + Frasa Nama (min 2.63), Frasa Nama + Frasa Adjektif (min 0.769), dan Frasa Nama + Frasa Sendi (min 0.5). Kesimpulannya, kanak-kanak berkebolehan membina pelbagai pola ayat dasar dan jenis ayat penyata, ayat tanya, ayat perintah dan ayat seruan selain ayat kompleks. Didapati pengaruh faktor-faktor ekstralinguistik dan status sosioekonomi juga memberi kesan kepada penguasaan lisan bahasa Melayu kanak-kanak di Singapura. Antara cadangan kajian lanjutan yang dikemukakan ialah persoalan trend bahasa lisan kanak-kanak prasekolah menjelang lima tahun yang akan datang

Neonatal and Family Predictors of Social-Communication Impairments in Very Preterm Children at age Five

From the Washington University Office of Undergraduate Research Digest (WUURD), Vol. 13, 05-01-2018. Published by the Office of Undergraduate Research. Joy Zalis Kiefer, Director of Undergraduate Research and Associate Dean in the College of Arts & Sciences; Lindsey Paunovich, Editor; Helen Human, Programs Manager and Assistant Dean in the College of Arts and Sciences Mentor(s): Cynthia Roger

Spinal stabilization for patients with metastatic lesions of the spine using a titanium spacer

Anterior decompression in spinal metastases of the corporal type with impending (n=5) or present (n=36) neurological complications was performed in 41 patients. For reconstruction, a titanium cylinder was inserted after spondylectomy and augmented with an anterior plate. The titanium implant can easily be adjusted to the length needed without necessitating expensive additional equipment. Outside the patient the implant is filled with polymethylmetacrylate, facilitating plate transfixation for rotational locking. There was a 30-day mortality of 9.7%. Pain relief was apparent in 38 of 41 patients (92.7%), and motor improvement was manifest in 31 of 35 cases (88.6%). Six patients did not present with any neurological symptoms pre- or postoperatively. Neurological deterioration was registered in only 1 case (2.4%). Surgical efficacy was maintained until the death of the patients. Though tumor recurrence at a different spinal level led to consecutive surgery in 5 patients, no implant dislocation occurred during the observation period (maximum 44 months), characterizing the procedure as a mechanically reliable and safe technique

TRC research products: Components for service robots

Transitions Research Corporation has developed a variety of technologies to accomplish its central mission: the creation of commercially viable robots for the service industry. Collectively, these technologies comprise the TRC 'robot tool kit.' The company started by developing a robot base that serves as a foundation for mobile robot research and development, both within TRC and at customer sites around the world. A diverse collection of sensing techniques evolved more recently, many of which have been made available to the international mobile robot research community as commercial products. These 'tool-kit' research products are described in this paper. The largest component of TRC's commercial operation is a product called HelpMate for material transport and delivery in health care institutions

Modular Acquisition and Stimulation System for Timestamp-Driven Neuroscience Experiments

Dedicated systems are fundamental for neuroscience experimental protocols that require timing determinism and synchronous stimuli generation. We developed a data acquisition and stimuli generator system for neuroscience research, optimized for recording timestamps from up to 6 spiking neurons and entirely specified in a high-level Hardware Description Language (HDL). Despite the logic complexity penalty of synthesizing from such a language, it was possible to implement our design in a low-cost small reconfigurable device. Under a modular framework, we explored two different memory arbitration schemes for our system, evaluating both their logic element usage and resilience to input activity bursts. One of them was designed with a decoupled and latency insensitive approach, allowing for easier code reuse, while the other adopted a centralized scheme, constructed specifically for our application. The usage of a high-level HDL allowed straightforward and stepwise code modifications to transform one architecture into the other. The achieved modularity is very useful for rapidly prototyping novel electronic instrumentation systems tailored to scientific research.Comment: Preprint submitted to ARC 2015. Extended: 16 pages, 10 figures. The final publication is available at link.springer.co

Kesan Interaksi Mikoriza Vesikular-Arbuskular (Mva), Paras Berbeza Vermikas Dan Baja Kimia Terhadap Pertumbuhan 3 Varieti Cili (Capsicum Annum L.) Tempatan

Kajian ini dilakukan untuk mengkaji kesan penggunaan Mikoriza Vesikular-Arbuskular (MVA), vermikas dan baja kimia terhadap pertumbuhan fizikal, kandungan nutrien, kandungan klorofil, peratus jangkitan MVA dan komposisi mikroorganisma mikorhizosfera pokok cili varieti MC11, MC12 dan MP. This research studied the effects of utilizing Vasicular-Arbuscular Mycorrhiza (VAM), different levels of vermicast and chemical fertilizer on the physical growth, nutrient status, chlorophyll content, percentages of VAM infection and mycorhizosphere microorganism population on three different varieties of chilly, MC11, MC12 and MP

Design of Recharging and Access Point for Social and Extraordinary Events

Bakalářská práce je zaměřena na návrh designu dobíjecího a přístupového bodu pro společenské a mimořádné události. Práce se zabývá analýzou trhu s ohledem na designérské a technické aspekty a následně představuje vlastní návrh z hlediska estetiky, tvaru, konstrukce a ergonomie. Cílem práce je vytvoření nového produktu na trhu, jenž odpovídá požadavkům společenských a mimořádných událostí.The bachelor thesis is focused on the design of recharging and access point for social and extraordinary events. In the first part, the market is analysed from the view of design and technical solution, the second part deals with the particular design concerning its aesthetics, shape, construction and ergonomics. The aim of the thesis is to introduce the new product to the market, which would comply with requirements of social and extraordinary events.