Service-Learning in Language for Specific Purposes: A Case of Korean Language Practicum

While service-learning has been greatly acknowledged as an effective instructional tool in education for the past two decades, it has not been extensively applied to the Korean classroom and Language for Specific Purposes (LSP) settings as of yet. The practical challenges of community-involved service-learning for the less commonly taught language (LCTL) programs such as Korean are discussed. Moreover, community engagement through the campus community combined with the language teaching practicum is suggested for service-learning as an alternative to address the challenges. This study explores the curriculum design of a service-learning for a small language group and offers practical ideas on how to expose the students to campus communities, thereby providing them with cross-cultural insights and language practicum competence that extend beyond classroom language learning. The outcome supports that the campus community engagement effectively provides a hands-on opportunity for the students to practice not only their academics but also their leadership skills through the experience of designing their own service details in collaboration with their campus community partners

What is Needed the Most in MT-Supported Paper Writing

PACLIC / The University of the Philippines Visayas Cebu College Cebu City, Philippines / November 20-22, 200

Application of Artificial Neural Network to Search for Gravitational-Wave Signals Associated with Short Gamma-Ray Bursts

We apply a machine learning algorithm, the artificial neural network, to the search for gravitational-wave signals associated with short gamma-ray bursts. The multi-dimensional samples consisting of data corresponding to the statistical and physical quantities from the coherent search pipeline are fed into the artificial neural network to distinguish simulated gravitational-wave signals from background noise artifacts. Our result shows that the data classification efficiency at a fixed false alarm probability is improved by the artificial neural network in comparison to the conventional detection statistic. Therefore, this algorithm increases the distance at which a gravitational-wave signal could be observed in coincidence with a gamma-ray burst. In order to demonstrate the performance, we also evaluate a few seconds of gravitational-wave data segment using the trained networks and obtain the false alarm probability. We suggest that the artificial neural network can be a complementary method to the conventional detection statistic for identifying gravitational-wave signals related to the short gamma-ray bursts.Comment: 30 pages, 10 figure

Ionothermal Synthesis of Metal-Organic Framework

Ionothermal synthesis employs ionic liquids for synthesis of metal organic frameworks (MOFs) as solvent and template. The cations and anions of ionic liquids may be finely adjusted to produce a great variety of reaction environments and thus frameworks. Organisation of the structures synthesised from related ionic liquid combinations give rise to provocative chemical trends that may be used to predict future outcomes. Further analysis of their structures is possible by reducing the complex framework to its underlying topology, which by itself brings more precision to prediction. Through reduction, many seemingly different, but related classes of structures may be merged into larger groups and provide better understanding of the nanoscopic structures and synthesis conditions that gave rise to them. Ionothermal synthesis has promised to enable us to effectively plan the synthesis ahead for a given purpose. However, for its promise to be kept, several difficult limitations must be overcome, including the inseparable cations from the solvent that reside in the framework pore

Optimization of 4-Port Asymmetric Elliptical Birdcage RF Coil for 1.5 Tesla MRI

The elliptical whole-body radiofrequency (RF) coil can be used for RF transmission/reception in magnetic resonance (MR)-guided treatment or MR-fused system with space between the RF shield and the gradient coil available for other imaging/treatment modality. The elliptical birdcage has higher B1⁺ field uniformity than circular birdcage due to increased filling factor between the RF coil and target. In this work, the asymmetric elliptical birdcage is proposed to improve overall performance through electromagnetic simulations. This work compares the 2-port and 4-port excitations and their effects on B1⁺ field uniformity and SAR deposition for both circular and elliptical coil with symmetrical/asymmetrical structures

From Multiple Names to a Single Name: A Comparative Analysis of Names in Household Registers and Genealogical Records in Korea

Translated by Ria Chae from an article published in Korean Cultural Anthropology vol. 42, no. 2: 107-144 with permission from Korean Society for Cultural Anthropology.This study examines naming customs in Korea during the early 20th century by comparing personal names recorded in official household registers with the names in private genealogical records. The documents examined pertain to two clans residing in a ri (里, village) in North Chŏlla province. The research is based on data recovered from documents because it was not feasible to rely solely on data elicited from the memories of informants. The research yielded two interesting findings. Firstly, the introduction of the Minjŏk Law in 1909 brought an end to the traditional custom in which men received a new personal name upon reaching adulthood. We assume that the difficulties of changing a name recorded in the modern register precipitated the change from multiple naming to giving a single, lifelong name at birth. Secondly, the members of a clan of yangban origin made more consistent efforts to inscribe an identical name in both documents, whereas a clan of hyangni origin did not always do so. Hence, different attitudes toward official household registers may have been upheld according to the social origin of the clan, given that the records in the household register were of particular importance for eligibility to take the civil service examination during the Chosŏn period. In spite of the introduction of the modern register, traditional attitudes of the yangban continued to find expression in the naming practices of yangban clans

H2 pressure swing adsorption for IGCC power plant and techno-economic analysis of integrating PSA to IGCC with carbon capture

Carbon capture and sequestration technologies emerge as the effectual remediation processes to reduce CO2 emissions from coal power plants. Integrated gasification combined cycle (IGCC) is a representative technology for utilizing coal as feedstock and is consequently playing a more important role to cover the global energy demand. The IGCC produces H2-rich mixture at high pressures (30-35 bar) after capturing CO2. It is reported that the high purity H2 recovered from the IGCC process can be economically supplied to a hydrogen turbine or fuel cell. And a PSA process is a strong candidate to produce high purity H2 from the IGCC effluent gas. However, due to higher operating pressure than the present H2 PSA processes, reducing the operating costs and efficiency has emerged as one of the key issues. Please click Additional Files below to see the full abstract

A Multilevel Study Of Supportive Leadership And Individual Work Outcomes: The Mediating Roles Of Team Cooperation, Job Satisfaction, And Team Commitment

Due to increasing empowerment in work teams, team leaders’ supportive role in helping team members perform their tasks is deemed important. The present study aimed at exploring the multilevel dynamics involving team leaders’ supportive leadership and individual work outcomes. Longitudinal survey data were collected from 536 employees in 69 teams of a large engineering company located in South Korea. The results of multilevel structural equation modeling showed that individuals’ perceptions of supportive leadership were positively related to their subsequent task performance, and that this relationship was mediated by team commitment. The relationship between individual-level perceptions of supportive leadership and organizational citizenship behavior (OCB) was mediated by job satisfaction and team commitment. On the other hand, team cooperation mediated the relationship between team-level perceptions of supportive leadership and OCB. These findings provide meaningful insights into multilevel mediation processes involving different levels of supportive leadership perceptions