The research objective of this study was to explore the cultural differences and challenges encountered by the Chinese Immersion Teacher (CIT) and how the CIT deal with the cultural differences in the immersion classroom. A qualitative case study approach was chosen for this research. The participant was a novice kindergarten immersion teacher who was born and educated in a Chinese-speaking cou...

The research objective of this study was to explore the cultural differences and challenges encountered by the Chinese Immersion Teacher (CIT) and how the CIT deal with the cultural differences in the immersion classroom. A qualitative case study approach was chosen for this research. The participant was a novice kindergarten immersion teacher who was born and educated in a Chinese-speaking cou...

abstract: the combination of pulsed vacuum osmotic dehydration and microwave drying of garlic bulbs were examined. the response surface methodology (rsm) was used to determine the effect of nacl concentration (8%-20%), osmotic solution temperature (25-65°c), operation pressure (240-830 mbar), immersion time (20-300 min) and microwave power level (100-600 w) on water loss (wl), solids gain (sg),...

INTRODUCTION Health professions students interested in future rural practice locations spend a week learning about and investigating all aspects of small town personal, professional and community life. This augments the mainly clinical experience provided by clinical rotations they complete as part of their professional academic training program. METHODS Students from professional programs in...

Flow is a state of intense concentration and engagement, when a user is so immersed in her activity, that all other external influences cease. It is a well-known fact that flow is experienced in games, where we all had the 'just one more minute' request from our children. This paper analyses the notion of flow from two perspectives: the theoretical concepts and the practical reality. For the la...

A person is immersed when they feel part of an environment they experience and influence. While virtual immersion systems are usually designed on a case by case basis, and are not easily reusable or scalable, our goal is to specify and develop a framework for the design and integration of immersive systems. We address the issues raised in the design and implementation of the middleware componen...

The growth of the semiconductor industry is driven by Moore’s law: “The complexity for minimum component cost has increased at a rate of roughly a factor of two per year” [1]. Notice that Moore observed that not only was the number of components doubling yearly, but was doing so at minimum cost. One of the main factors driving the improvements in complexity and cost of ICs, is improvements in p...

The Remote Media Immersion (RMI) system is the result of a unique blend of multiple cutting-edge media technologies to create the ultimate digital media delivery platform. The main goal is to provide an immersive user experience of the highest quality. RMI encompasses all end-to-end aspects from media acquisition, storage, transmission up to their final rendering. Specifically, the Yima streami...

We propose and demonstrate metamaterial immersion lenses by shaping plasmonic metamaterials. The convex and concave shapes for the elliptically and hyperbolically dispersive metamaterials are designed using phase compensation method. Numerical simulations verify that the metamaterial immersion lenses possess exceptionally large effective numerical apertures thus can achieve deep subwavelength r...

In order to reduce the impacts of industrial effluent on environment, silicon carbide hollow fiber membranes were prepared by precipitation-immersion technique and sintered at 1450 1500 °C. The characterized X-ray diffraction, their surface structure was scanning electron microscopy atomic force microscopy, pore size distribution porosity, mechanical properties, flow measurements with distilled...