This study explored the consistency and difference of teacher-, student selfand peer-assessment in the context of Web-based portfolio assessment. Participants were 72 senior high school students enrolled in a computer application course. Through the assessment system, the students performed portfolio creation, inspection, selfand peer-assessment; three teachers reviewed portfolios and evaluated...

In the RoboCupRescue environment, one of the biggest problems in choosing the best team strategy is the inability to properly compare the advantages and limitations each strategy provides. This paper presents a new tool for the performance evaluation of Rescue Simulation agents, overcoming the limitations imposed by using solely the overall score. By extracting and processing a wide set of para...

Since Great Britain’s return of Hong Kong’s sovereignty to the Chinese government in 1997, attention has been increasingly directed at the degree of market efficiency in the post-handover Hong Kong stock market. This study uses a sample of 542 corporate news announcements from January 1994 through December 2000 of Hong Kong and China-affiliated firms that are listed on the Stock Exchange of Hon...

Finite-time thermodynamic models for an Otto cycle, an Atkinson cycle, an over-expansion Miller cycle (M1), an LIVC Miller cycle through late intake valve closure (M2) and an LIVC Miller cycle with constant compression ratio (M3) have been established. The models for the two LIVC Miller cycles are first developed; and the heat-transfer and friction losses are considered with the effects of real...

The paper studies competitive aerobics athletes body function, after making comprehensive evaluation on one group of competitive aerobics athletes body functions, obtained result is competitive aerobics athletes body function belongs to good level, by making comprehensive evaluation on competitive aerobics athletes body function, it well verifies fuzzy mathematics adaptability and effectiveness...

In recent years, there has been increasing interest on using Component-Base System (CBS) to develop Applications. These parts are glued together to compose an application. Since the approach supports reusability, these parts might be reused into countless systems. CBS provides efficiency, reliability and reduces the need for maintenance. However, performance is a major problem with this kind of...

the performance of dual-layer multiple tuned mass dampers (dl-mtmd) with uniformly distributed natural frequencies is investigated. the dl-mtmd consists of one large tuned mass damper (l-tmd) and an arbitrary number of small tuned mass dampers (s-tmd). the primary structure is represented as a single degree-of-freedom system which corresponds to a specific vibration mode to be controlled in a r...

Pay-for-performance (P4P) is the provision of financial incentives to healthcare providers based on pre-specified performance targets. P4P has been used as a policy tool to improve healthcare provision globally. However, researchers tend to cluster into those working on high or low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), with still limited knowledge exchange, potentially ...

with the complexity and amount of information in a wide variety of comparative performance reports in poultry production, making a decision is difficult. this problem is overcomed only when all data can be put into a common unit. for this purpose, five different decision making analysis approaches including  maximin, equally likely, weighted average, ordered weighted averages and technique for ...