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Adult participation in childrenâs word searches: on the use of prompting, hinting, and supplying a model
Although word searching in children is very common, very little is known about how adults support children in the turns following the childâs search behaviours, an important topic because of the social, educational and clinical implications. This study characterises, in detail, teachersâ use of prompting, hinting and supplying a model. From a classroom dataset of 53 instances, several distinctive patterns emerged. A prompted completion sequence is initiated by a âword retrieval elicitorâ (âfishingâ) and is interpreted as a request to complete the phrase. Non-verbal prompting is accomplished through a combination of gaze and gesture and, also, as a series of prompts. Hinting supplies a verbal clue, typically via a wh-question, or by specifying the nature of the repairable. In contrast, the strategies that supply a linguistic model include both embedded and exposed corrections and offers of candidates. A sequential relationship was found between prompting, hinting and supplying a model which has implications for how clinicians and teachers can foster self-repair
Observing Conditions for Submillimeter Astronomy
Consistently superb observing conditions are crucial for achieving the
scientific objectives of a telescope. Submillimeter astronomy is possible only
at a few exceptionally dry sites, notably Mauna Kea, the Antarctic plateau, and
the Chajnantor region in the high Andes east of San Pedro de Atacama in
northern Chile. Long term measurements of 225 GHz and 350 \mu m atmospheric
transparency demonstrate all three locations enjoy significant periods of
excellent observing conditions. Conditions on the Chajnantor plateau and at the
South Pole are better more often than on Mauna Kea. Conditions are better
during winter and at night. Near the summit of Cerro Chajnantor, conditions are
better than on the Chajnantor plateau
A "Sidewinding" Locomotion Gait for Hyper-Redundant Robots
This paper considers the kinematics of a novel form of hyper-redundant mobile robot locomotion which is analogous to the 'sidewinding' locomotion of desert snakes. This form of locomotion can be generated by a repetitive travel wave of mechanism bending. Using a continuous backbone curve model, we develop algorithms which enable travel in a uniform direction as well as changes in direction
Submillimeter Atmospheric Transparency at Maunakea, at the South Pole, and at Chajnantor
For a systematic assessment of submillimeter observing conditions at
different sites, we constructed tipping radiometers to measure the broad band
atmospheric transparency in the window around 350 m wavelength. The
tippers were deployed on Maunakea, Hawaii, at the South Pole, and in the
vicinity of Cerro Chajnantor in northern Chile. Identical instruments permit
direct comparison of these sites. Observing conditions at the South Pole and in
the Chajnantor area are better than on Maunakea. Simultaneous measurements with
two tippers demonstrate conditions at the summit of Cerro Chajnantor are
significantly better than on the Chajnantor plateau.Comment: Accepted by PAS
Potential model calculations and predictions for heavy quarkonium
We investigate the spectroscopy and decays of the charmonium and upsilon
systems in a potential model consisting of a relativistic kinetic energy term,
a linear confining term including its scalar and vector relativistic
corrections and the complete perturbative one-loop quantum chromodynamic short
distance potential. The masses and wave functions of the various states are
obtained using a variational technique, which allows us to compare the results
for both perturbative and nonperturbative treatments of the potential. As well
as comparing the mass spectra, radiative widths and leptonic widths with the
available data, we include a discussion of the errors on the parameters
contained in the potential, the effect of mixing on the leptonic widths, the
Lorentz nature of the confining potential and the possible
interpretation of recently discovered charmonium-like states.Comment: Physical Review published versio
Enhancing Perceptual Attributes with Bayesian Style Generation
Deep learning has brought an unprecedented progress in computer vision and
significant advances have been made in predicting subjective properties
inherent to visual data (e.g., memorability, aesthetic quality, evoked
emotions, etc.). Recently, some research works have even proposed deep learning
approaches to modify images such as to appropriately alter these properties.
Following this research line, this paper introduces a novel deep learning
framework for synthesizing images in order to enhance a predefined perceptual
attribute. Our approach takes as input a natural image and exploits recent
models for deep style transfer and generative adversarial networks to change
its style in order to modify a specific high-level attribute. Differently from
previous works focusing on enhancing a specific property of a visual content,
we propose a general framework and demonstrate its effectiveness in two use
cases, i.e. increasing image memorability and generating scary pictures. We
evaluate the proposed approach on publicly available benchmarks, demonstrating
its advantages over state of the art methods.Comment: ACCV-201
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