Bridging The Divide: Second Language Teachers, Pedagogy, Content Knowledge, And Technology

Abstract This study examines the use of technology, pedagogy and content knowledge with second language teachers, and comparing Title 1 and non Title 1 schools. Technology can be used to provide unique learning opportunities for second language learners. Second language students can benefit from technology by practicing skills, increasing motivation, providing authentic materials, creating interaction between students, teachers and peers, creating individual learning, encouraging global understanding and increasing communication in safe ways (Lai & Kritsonsis, 2006). Although technology shows promise for increasing second language student achievement, students continue to have varied access at home, perpetuating the digital divide that was thought to disappear with large financial investments. By looking at how K-12 second language teachers use technology and the differences that exist between title I and non-title I schools this study will serve to assess the current state of technology integration and offer suggestions to enhance future integration. This study used the TPACK framework to examine second language teachers use of technology with their students

Factors Influencing the Development and Evolution of Remembering Interactions

This dissertation examines the concept of memory from the perspective of a natural science of behavior. In making this analysis, the philosophy of Interbehaviorism and system of Interbehavioral Psychology are described. Further, perspectives on memorial interactions in psychology in general, and behavior analysis in particular are examined. A number of implications and limitations of these perspectives are exposed. An alternative conceptualization of memory, derived from a natural science of behavior, is described, along with a comprehensive review of memorial interactions. Included in this review are memorial interactions of the remembering, reminiscing, and memorizing types. The aim of this analysis is to provide a naturalistic approach to memorial interactions of various sorts, such that future work may be pursued from this foundation. An experimental analysis of remembering interactions is explored, and results are reviewed. The implications of the data are considered and future conceptual and experimental work is suggested. Such studies are of importance within the analysis of behavior, as they expand the scope of events available for investigation, and facilitate an understanding of complex psychological happenings within a thoroughly naturalistic framework

Fixed Points of Functions below the Line y = x

This paper concerns fixed points of functions whose graphs lie on or below the line y = x. Using the Monotone Convergence Theorem, we show that positive fixed points of such functions are “attracting on the right” so long as we include a couple of further assumptions about these functions near their fixed points. As an illustrative example, we confirm that this is the case for the function y = x sin x; the positive fixed points of this function “attract on the right” and “repel on the left.” Further, we generalize by showing that differentiability is in fact not needed to conclude that a fixed point is attracting on the right. Continuing in this direction, we identify a class of discontinuous functions whose fixed points are attracting on the right

Low-Code as Enabler of Digital Transformation in Manufacturing Industry

[EN] Currently, enterprises have to make quick and resilient responses to changing market requirements. In light of this, low-code development platforms provide the technology mechanisms to facilitate and automate the development of software applications to support current enterprise needs and promote digital transformation. Based on a theory-building research methodology through the literature and other information sources review, the main contribution of this paper is the current characterisation of the emerging low-code domain following the foundations of the computer-aided software engineering field. A context analysis, focused on the current status of research related to the low-code development platforms, is performed. Moreover, benchmarking among the existing low-code development platforms addressed to manufacturing industry is analysed to identify the current lacking features. As an illustrative example of the emerging low-code paradigm and respond to the identified uncovered features, the virtual factory open operating system (vf-OS) platform is described as an open multi-sided low-code framework able to manage the overall network of a collaborative manufacturing and logistics environment that enables humans, applications, and Internet of Things (IoT) devices to seamlessly communicate and interoperate in the interconnected environment, promoting resilient digital transformation.This work was supported in part by the European Commission under the Grant Agreements No. 723710 and 825631.Sanchis, R.; Garcia-Perales, O.; Fraile Gil, F.; Poler, R. (2020). Low-Code as Enabler of Digital Transformation in Manufacturing Industry. Applied Sciences. 10(1):1-17. https://doi.org/10.3390/app10010012S117101Sanchis, R., & Poler, R. (2019). Enterprise Resilience Assessment—A Quantitative Approach. Sustainability, 11(16), 4327. doi:10.3390/su11164327Lowcomote: Training the Next Generation of Experts in Scalable Low-Code Engineering Platformshttps://www.se.jku.at/lowcomote-training-the-next-generation-of-experts-in-scalable-low-code-engineering-platforms/Waszkowski, R. (2019). Low-code platform for automating business processes in manufacturing. IFAC-PapersOnLine, 52(10), 376-381. doi:10.1016/j.ifacol.2019.10.060Lundell, B., & Lings, B. (2004). Changing perceptions of CASE technology. Journal of Systems and Software, 72(2), 271-280. doi:10.1016/s0164-1212(03)00087-6Fuggetta, A. (1993). A classification of CASE technology. Computer, 26(12), 25-38. doi:10.1109/2.247645Troy, D., & McQueen, R. (1997). An approach for developing domain specific CASE tools and its application to manufacturing process control. Journal of Systems and Software, 38(2), 165-192. doi:10.1016/s0164-1212(96)00120-3Huff, C. C. (1992). Elements of a realistic CASE tool adoption budget. Communications of the ACM, 35(4), 45-54. doi:10.1145/129852.129856Orlikowski, W. J. (1993). CASE Tools as Organizational Change: Investigating Incremental and Radical Changes in Systems Development. MIS Quarterly, 17(3), 309. doi:10.2307/249774Iivari, J. (1996). Why are CASE tools not used? Communications of the ACM, 39(10), 94-103. doi:10.1145/236156.236183Zolotas, C., Chatzidimitriou, K. C., & Symeonidis, A. L. (2018). RESTsec: a low-code platform for generating secure by design enterprise services. Enterprise Information Systems, 12(8-9), 1007-1033. doi:10.1080/17517575.2018.1462403GAVRILĂ, V., BĂJENARU, L., & DOBRE, C. (2019). Modern Single Page Application Architecture: A Case Study. Studies in Informatics and Control, 28(2). doi:10.24846/v28i2y201911Wu, Y., Wang, S., Bezemer, C.-P., & Inoue, K. (2018). How do developers utilize source code from stack overflow? Empirical Software Engineering, 24(2), 637-673. doi:10.1007/s10664-018-9634-5Hamming, R. W. (1950). Error Detecting and Error Correcting Codes. Bell System Technical Journal, 29(2), 147-160. doi:10.1002/j.1538-7305.1950.tb00463.xForresterhttps://go.forrester.com/The Maturity of Visual Programming. Режим дoступуhttp://www. craft. ai/blog/the-maturity-of-visualprogrammingVirtual Factory Operating Systemwww.vf-OS.euvf-OS D1.1: Vision Consensushttps://www.vf-os.eu/resultsvf-OS Wikihttps://cigipsrv1.cigip.upv.es:4430/mediawiki/index.php/Wiki_Homevf-OS D2.1: Global Architecture Definitionhttps://www.vf-os.eu/resultsSiemens MindSpherehttps://new.siemens.com/vn/en/products/software/mindsphere.htmlPTC ThingWorx Platformhttps://www.ptc.com/en/resources/iiot/product-brief/thingworx-platformGE Predixhttps://www.ge.com/digital/iiot-platformIBM Cloudhttps://www.ibm.com/cloudMicrosoft Azure IOT Suitehttps://azure.microsoft.com/es-es/blog/microsoft-azure-iot-suite-connecting-your-things-to-the-cloud/Software AG ADAMOShttps://www.softwareag.com/corporate/company/adamos/default.htm

The Ursinus Weekly, January 15, 1909

Notice • Week of Prayer • The Dean\u27s column • Lectures • Basketball in the academy • Societies • Personals • Alumni notes • Advisory Council • Notes • Seminary notes • Group meetings • The Literary Supplement: An undemocratic constitution; The responsibilities of political power in the hands of the people; Two leading novelists of American fiction; The close of the year; The cry of the childrenhttps://digitalcommons.ursinus.edu/weekly/2855/thumbnail.jp

The Ursinus Weekly, May 21, 1909

Brotherhood of St. Paul fletcherizes • Buffalo Bill in Philadelphia • Malcolm Shackelford entertains audience • Glee club • Lecture • Baseball • Ursinus Union • Tennis tournament • Society notes • Alumni notes • Personals • Field house fund • Literary Supplement: A day in May; The power of sentiment; A generation of vipers; Literary criticism on Tolstoy; The power of ideas; Money and hypocrisyhttps://digitalcommons.ursinus.edu/weekly/2873/thumbnail.jp

Addressing Risks of Lead in Water and Soil: Using Citizen Science and a Unique Partnership with Faith Organizations

One of the most widespread environmental health hazards in the United States remains exposure to the harmful neurotoxin lead. So much lead remains in the urban environment that it is not unusual to find neighborhoods where more than 10% of children exhibit harmful levels of lead, compared to the national average of about 1%. To overcome this challenge, a partnership between IUPUI researchers and faith organizations in Indianapolis is taking aim at the risk of household lead contamination by providing residents the tools they need to protect against it. The community-driven science aspect of this project is intentional—not only will the individuals who participate benefit directly, but the resulting data will also play a role in keeping communities safer more broadly

Toxin-Based Therapeutic Approaches

Protein toxins confer a defense against predation/grazing or a superior pathogenic competence upon the producing organism. Such toxins have been perfected through evolution in poisonous animals/plants and pathogenic bacteria. Over the past five decades, a lot of effort has been invested in studying their mechanism of action, the way they contribute to pathogenicity and in the development of antidotes that neutralize their action. In parallel, many research groups turned to explore the pharmaceutical potential of such toxins when they are used to efficiently impair essential cellular processes and/or damage the integrity of their target cells. The following review summarizes major advances in the field of toxin based therapeutics and offers a comprehensive description of the mode of action of each applied toxin

A review of literature on the use of clickers in the business and management discipline

YesClassroom response systems (clickers), in their various forms, are widely used across disciplines, demonstrating effectiveness across a range of different educational settings. However, only a few literature reviews on this technology have been undertaken in general, and no review has yet been performed on this topic in the business and management context. Realising the existing research gap, this article reviews 33 clicker-related studies from the business and management discipline that are largely focused on student perceptions and outcomes. The purpose of this paper is to provide a critical and balanced review of articles from the business and management discipline on various themes such as learner's engagement, performance, learning, participation, satisfaction, feedback, attendance, enjoyability, motivation, and interactivity, to name a few. The review also provides a brief account of lessons learned from the literature published in other disciplines and recommendations provided by studies from the business and management discipline