This study explored the role of age and the classroom management styles in differentiating educators’ predisposition to conceptual perspectives in achieving citizenship education goal of social studies in schools in Akwa Ibom State of Nigeria. It was assumed that analysis of these conceptual perspectives can be useful in the selection of content and methods consistent with the desired citizensh...

This paper describes a novel approach to the realization of Thai speech synthesis. Spectrum, pitch, and phone duration are modeled simultaneously in a unified framework of HMM, and their parameter distributions are clustered independently by using a decision-tree based context clustering technique with different styles. A group of contextual factors which affect spectrum, pitch, and state durat...

This paper describes a new iterative improvement scheduling algorithm called FAMOS for the high-level synthesis of digital systems. The algorithm is based on Kernighan and Lin’s move acceptance strategy and various selection functions defined to represent the cost of hardware resources such as functional units and registers. As demonstrated in experiments, a main feature of the algorithm is tha...

Rough set theory is considered as the most essential strategy significantly suitable for illustrating distinctive sorts of learning styles controlled by the learners during e-learning process through feature information selection. The Rough set hypothesis is likewise utilized for effectively finding relations with conflicting or fragmented information which is incomplete in nature. Be that as i...

Learning how to gain rewards (approach learning) and avoid punishments (avoidance learning) is fundamental for everyday life. While individual differences in approach and avoidance learning styles have been related to genetics and aging, the contribution of personality factors, such as traits, remains undetermined. Moreover, little is known about the computational mechanisms mediating differenc...

This paper presents a comparison of methods for transforming voice quality in neutral synthetic speech to match cheerful, aggressive, and depressed expressive styles. Neutral speech is generated using the unit selection system in the MARY TTS platform and a large neutral database in German. The output is modified using voice conversion techniques to match the target expressive styles, the focus...

Distributed multimedia information systems require a range of different interaction styles ranging from simple remote operation interaction to complex patterns of interaction involving both discrete and continuous data. The standardized reference model for Open Distributed Processing (ODP) defines a binding model that encapsulates different interaction styles within explicit binding objects. In...

Over the past years, architectural aspects have been often defined as widely-scoped properties that naturally crosscut the boundaries of system components. This definition, however, neglects the concept of architectural style. Architectural styles prescribe different kinds of system decomposition and modularization by adopting distinct component and connector types. This position paper analyzes...

Gurpinar E, Bati H, Tetik C. Learning styles of medical students change in relation to time. Adv Physiol Educ 35: 000 – 000; doi:10.1152/advan.00047.2011.—The aim of the present study was to investigate if any changes exist in the learning styles of medical students over time and in relation to different curriculum models with these learning styles. This prospective cohort study was conducted i...