Design Patterns in the Teaching of Programming

AbstractTeaching algorithmization and programming has been recently going through big changes trying to react to the dynamic development of software industry. Previously used methodical process, development models, or programming languages do not conform to current requirements. The results of the surveys in primary and secondary schools, we can say that the teaching of programming and algorithms are not sufficiently exploited. The aim of this paper is to present practical experience of the author teaching programming and the possibilities of using design patterns in the teaching of programming. According to the performed analyzes the procedures and methodologies of teaching programming shows that Design Patterns are used only marginally. For these reasons, students learn to improper practices that subsequently applied in practical solutions programs. According to the experiments show that the correct use of the teaching of design patterns can improve student performance in programmin

Internal Marketing Orientation in Cultural Change Management for Organisation Development

Non-Profit-Organizations of the Third Sector have lately gained an increasing importance both in scientific research and as far as their economical weight is concerned. Adapting the concept of the Balanced Scorecard for those organizations, their particularities need to be determined and based on the findings, the need of changes within and additions to the concept need to be questioned and discussed.Non-Profit-Organisationen, Balanced Scorecard, Controlling, Performance, Measurement

Marco Polo 2002: Venice By Way Of China

As part of an executive MBA program, the authors visited with the top executives at multiple Chinese companies and agencies in several major cities during the summer of 2002. Businesses included several that have recently transitioned from being state-owned enterprises; pure entrepreneurial firms; and multi-national enterprises with headquarters outside of China. The visits allowed us to hear how China intends to manage its challenges and pursue its opportunities as well as to witness some early successes, emerging experiments, and looming problems. In this paper, we will share our observations, which are organized around several themes. We conclude that much of what is going on in China must be viewed as transitional and temporary. While there are serious challenges, China should be recognized as having accomplished more positive change faster than perhaps any other country in the history of the world

Somatic cough syndrome in a 13-year-old girl: a case report

Somatic cough syndrome is a disorder with complex and not fully known etiology. It usually presents in children. Because of diverse clinical presentation, diagnosis is often made after an extensive search for organic cause

Short-term response of a mountain stream to a sediment pulse and a major flood

Sediment pulses in river systems can result in massive inputs of sediment compared to background transport rate. Large floods, on the other hand, temporarily bolster a river’s sediment transport ability. Both phenomena occurred in the Sullivan Creek watershed of northeastern Washington within the span of a few months. The removal of the Mill Pond dam (a ~17 m tall impoundment dam) generated a sediment pulse, and was shortly followed by a large freshet flood, with a return interval estimated to be between 10 and 50 years. To understand the nature of the stream’s response to these events, I took advantage of two close-range remote sensing techniques, terrestrial LiDAR (TLS) and Structure-from-Motion (SfM). Data collected during two subsequent summers enabled me to map two reaches of Sullivan Creek and detect and track morphological change that took place between the surveys. I also carried out a comparative analysis of the capabilities of both techniques and assessed their compatibility for data fusion. Although other studies have successfully conducted fusion of these data types, the characteristics of the study site presented various challenges that complicate both data collection and quality. I found that, because of the presence of high canopy, extensive vegetation, and wood, TLS exhibits superior performance over SfM in the subaerial environment, by generating accurate “bare earth” topography. SfM can, on the other hand, generate bathymetric data, critical for the understanding of bed changes within the wetted channel. I found that, like other studies of sediment pulses, the channel bed reacted by fining substantially. However, even though I detected some substantial channel changes, the study stream did not experience massive aggradation or transformation of reach-scale morphology to the degree reported in many other channels subject to sediment pulses, including cases of other dam removals. Similarly, the extent of channel erosion in Sullivan Creek was much less than what would be expected given the magnitude of the freshet flood. These findings may provide insight into the morphological adjustments generated by future dam removals, especially under extreme flow conditions