Rationale for design of Body Image unit

This rationale outlines the theoretical and pedagogic underpinings of my design

Teaching Body Image to EFL Teenagers

An extract of an Upper-Intermediate EFL coursebook for teenage learners I designed in partial requirement for MA Applied Linguistics & English Language Teaching.\ud \ud The material is centred about the topic of 'Body Image' and includes a focus on learner training; infinitives & gerunds; skimming and scanning reading tasks; intensive listening practice; giving opinions/speculating; rhyming words

Teacher's Book for Body Image

This is the teacher's book that accompanies the Body Image unit.\ud \ud There are the answers to the activites, as well as a rationale and suggestions for classroom activities

Drive Video Analysis for the Detection of Traffic Near-Miss Incidents

Because of their recent introduction, self-driving cars and advanced driver assistance system (ADAS) equipped vehicles have had little opportunity to learn, the dangerous traffic (including near-miss incident) scenarios that provide normal drivers with strong motivation to drive safely. Accordingly, as a means of providing learning depth, this paper presents a novel traffic database that contains information on a large number of traffic near-miss incidents that were obtained by mounting driving recorders in more than 100 taxis over the course of a decade. The study makes the following two main contributions: (i) In order to assist automated systems in detecting near-miss incidents based on database instances, we created a large-scale traffic near-miss incident database (NIDB) that consists of video clip of dangerous events captured by monocular driving recorders. (ii) To illustrate the applicability of NIDB traffic near-miss incidents, we provide two primary database-related improvements: parameter fine-tuning using various near-miss scenes from NIDB, and foreground/background separation into motion representation. Then, using our new database in conjunction with a monocular driving recorder, we developed a near-miss recognition method that provides automated systems with a performance level that is comparable to a human-level understanding of near-miss incidents (64.5% vs. 68.4% at near-miss recognition, 61.3% vs. 78.7% at near-miss detection).Comment: Accepted to ICRA 201

Data Hiding using Emoticons

In 21st century Digital communication has become a very essential part of day to day life of every human. It has continuously evolved over the year. It has made communication easier. People can communicate anywhere and anytime large amount of data is transmitted every day, every second. Here data security comes into picture. Each and every individual want their data to be secure and doesn’t want it to be used in an unauthorized way. There are various techniques to provide data security such as cryptography and steganography. Cryptography is the science of encompassing the principles and methods of transforming a plain text message into one that is unintelligible and then, that message back to its original form. Steganography is the art and science of hiding information by embedding messages into other messages. Steganography means “Covered Writing” in Greek. Both the techniques have their own limitations; to overcome those limitations, here in this paper, we are combining both the techniques to enhance data security

Simplicity Effects in the Experience of Near-Miss

Near-miss experiences are one of the main sources of intense emotions. Despite people's consistency when judging near-miss situations and when communicating about them, there is no integrated theoretical account of the phenomenon. In particular, individuals' reaction to near-miss situations is not correctly predicted by rationality-based or probability-based optimization. The present study suggests that emotional intensity in the case of near-miss is in part predicted by Simplicity Theory.Comment: jld-11040601; Proceedings of the 33rd Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society, Austin, TX : United States (2011

Racial Representation and Miss Saigon: A Zero Sum Game?

People have been protesting and supporting the musical Miss Saigon since its premiere in 1989. The musical tale of a white American GI falling in love with a Vietnamese bargirl during the Vietnam War is praised for its diverse cast and showing the Vietnamese side of the war. Miss Saigon is also criticized for its stereotypical depiction of Asian women as prostitutes and Asian men as cold and treacherous. Both sides are passionate, and there is no clear consensus or majority opinion. What, then, is the value of Miss Saigon? Should it be banned or still performed? I analyze the different positions of the protesters, and compare their opinions to Miss Saigon supporters. The debate reaches beyond Miss Saigon to comment on what quality representation in media means and whether quality representation for one group is outweighed by controversial representation of another. Ultimately, I decide that the show is still worth performing if the actors and production team are willing to contend with the issues of race and representation raised by the protesters

MEMBANGUN MASYARAKAT PRODUKTIF DAN INOVATIF, BEBAS NARKOBA

AbstrakMasyarakat dalam suatu negara perlu produktif dan inovatif agar tidak terus bergantung dengan program pemerintah. permasalahan yang sering terjadi di desa-desa atau bahkan ibu kota adalah tidak banyak masyarakat yang menyadari pentingnya melakukan hal yang menghasilkan dan memulai berinovasi untuk menciptakan produk baru yang mendatangkan keuntungan. Oleh sebab itu, angka pengangguran dan kemiskinan semakin meningkat, hal ini mengakibatkan depresi dan hingga akhirnya menggunakan narkotika untuk ketenangan dan keuntungan sesaat. Pada pengabdian Kepada Masyarakat di desa Koper ini bertujuan untuk membina Masyarakat desa khususnya karang taruna agar produktif dan inovatif menjadi kreator-kreator baru pembuka lapangan kerja yang bebas narkoba. Harapannya, persentase angka pengangguran dapat ditekan dan angka produktivitas masyarakat desa Koper meningkat. Metode yang digunakan pada pengabdian kepada Masyarakat di Desa Koper adalah dengan sosialisasi dan penyuluhan dalam mengantisipasi, menanggulangi serta pemberantasan penyalahgunaan narkoba di lingkungan masyarakat Selain itu, mengajak masyarakat untuk mengenali potensi diri dan lingkungannya agar dapat memaksimalkan aktivitas kerja yang memiliki nilai tambah dan memberikan penghasilan bagi masyarakat itu sendiri. Hasil dari pengabdian kepada masyarakat dapat memberikan gambaran bagi para karang taruna dengan usulan kegiatan-kegiatan produktif dan inovasi yang dilakukan. Kata kunci: Masyarakat, bebas, narkoba, produktif, inovati

Lessons Learned: Reflections On Training Student Tutors

As an academic institution that is still in its early phases of organisational growth, Monash University, South Africa does not have a pool of postgraduate students that can be utilised for teaching assistance in units with large groups of students. This necessitated the selection of high-calibre honours candidates and third-year students that could be trained to become tutors. The tutor training, upon which this study is based, originated from a practical need that arose within the context of teaching at a small higher education institution. The researchers developed the training with the intention of providing the necessary skills enhancement needed for tutors to conduct successful tutorials. Due to the novelty of this endeavour, the research questions emerged with the formulation of the original content of the training course. There were three main research questions. Firstly, to verify whether the topics covered in the training did in fact provide the requisite real-world knowledge and skills development. Secondly, to evaluate the quality of the training that was provided. Thirdly, to ascertain other gaps in knowledge and skill that exist and that need to be addressed. A mixed methodological approach was followed in this study. Action research and group-administered questionnaires were utilised. Action research was used both in the data collection and in the data analysis phases. Group-administered questionnaires facilitated data triangulation to enhance the validity of the research findings. The research method utilised in this study to evaluate the efficacy of the training and to identify further training needs, presented a unique opportunity for reflective practice. The content of the training was set up to address needs identified by the researchers, based on their own teaching and tutoring experiences. To ensure continuous improvement and efficacy, the content was refined once the participants were given an opportunity to provide feedback. The researchers reflected on what transpired in each training session and developed new insights into potential gaps that needed filling. The participants responded positively to the unique learning situation that was created and felt that the training equipped them with the basic skills they needed as novice tutors. The researchers found that reflective practice effectively enabled the participants to identify the individual value gained from the learning experience