Description Of Project Research Articles

Combining heritage and spirit of innovation

The paper provides an overview of the main activities of JSC NPO Lavochkin from the 30s of the last century till present, and also a description of promising projects. Diversified programs for development and production of space complexes for scientific investigations of deep and adjacent space objects are presented. For the 75th anniversary of the foundation of RSC Energia, touchpoints between the veteran space enterprises are discussed. Consideration is given to the issue of transferring the lunar and planetary subject of OKB-1 to the team of S.A. Lavochkin machine-building plant and assigning Georgy Nikolaevich Babakin to a position of the chief designer. The tasks being solved by spacecraft and the ways of their implementation are briefly analyzed. The near-term prospects of national and international space programs are outlined. Keywords: Lavochkin, Babakin, Luna, Venera, Mars series spacecraft, astrophysical observatories, hydrometeorological spacecraft, Fregat upper stage.

MODELLING AND SIMULATION OF SUSTAINABLE SYSTEMS: AN ENGINEERING DESIGN COURSE PROJECT

To enhance the learning objectives of the course: Systems Modelling and Simulation (MSE 380), a Design-Based Learning (DBL) project centered on sustainability was developed and has been implemented for five years. The project consists of designing, modeling, and simulating a renewable energy system that solves a particular problem within a predefined scenario. Thescenario changes every year: past scenarios are a remote dwelling, a camping trip, a daily-life setting, a village in an underdeveloped country, and the design of a device that assists in the fight against COVID-19. The design of the system comprises two phases; first renewable energy is harvested and stored, and later the stored energy is used to solve the problem. Students model the systems using statespace representation and linear graphs; and simulate the response as linear, linearized, and nonlinear problems. Project examples for the scenario of underdeveloped villages are: discharge of flooded rice fields during monsoon season in South Asia using pumps, irrigation during the drought season in Northern India using stupas (artificial glaciers), uncovering of a Russian village after sandstorm with mechanical shovels, irrigation in Sub-Saharan Africa using solar uplift towers, saving crops from freezing temperatures in rural Iran using solar collectors (as opposed to burning tires which is the current practice), and producing hydroelectricity to power a cooking device in an Amazonian village. Our pedagogical experience with this didactic approach has been very positive. Students are creative and engaged with their own designs. As the project description and requirements have evolved through the years, not only the quality of the projects has improved but also it has had a positive impact on the course learning.

Crowdfunding for climate change: Exploring the use of climate frames by environmental entrepreneurs

This study investigates which climate change frames environmental entrepreneurs can employ in their project descriptions while seeking crowdfunding on online platforms. An explorative analysis of 58 climate change mitigation projects was conducted in four countries with different degrees of maturity of crowdfunding market. The following climate change frames prevail, and appear particularly in the descriptions of the projects with successful campaigns: promotion goal frame, humans-related impact frame, positive valence frame, and near future and now time frame. Many projects with successful crowdfunding campaigns also mention their location. This study contributes to the sustainable crowdfunding literature by addressing an underexplored topic of framing and following a qualitative in-depth approach. Moreover, it can help environmental entrepreneurs understand the landscape of framing opportunities and therefore make a more informed choice of what kind of frames to employ in their project descriptions.

SOCIAL REHABILITATION OF PEOPLE WITH INTELLECTUAL DISABILITIES USING ART THERAPY METHODS

The article considers the problem of social rehabilitation of people with intellectual disabilities: analyzes the category of «disability» as a social phenomenon, summarizes the current approaches and social practices of foreign and Russian scientific schools in the context of the problem being studied, theoretically reveals the potential of art–therapeutic methods in organizing social rehabilitation of people with disabilities in accordance with the specifics of disabilities.The article describes an empirical study, in the course of which the features of social orientation of people with intellectual disabilities, their adaptive mechanisms and creative potential are revealed. The material of the article includes a description of the author's project “Art without Borders”, aimed at the socio–cultural rehabilitation of people with intellectual disabilities and the development of their creative potential using art therapy methods. The results of the study can be the basis for designing a system of social rehabilitation of people with intellectual disabilities.

The Effects of Pro-Social and Pro-Environmental Orientation on Crowdfunding Performance

Reward-based crowdfunding is an alternative type of project financing in which a large and dispersed online crowd contributes relatively small financial amounts in exchange for innovative products or services. The crowd is driven by a broad set of motivations that also comprises sustainability awareness. However, empirical research on crowdfunding projects that feature social or environmental considerations provides inconclusive results. In our study, we enhance the understanding of whether a pro-social and pro-environmental orientation affects the performance of reward-based crowdfunding. We draw on the literature stream of social movements to explain how linguistic framing mobilizes individuals and relate this to how selection is enabled and action is guided in a crowdfunding setting. Based on a sample of 1049 projects from Kickstarter, we employ computer-aided text analysis (CATA) to capture the pro-social and pro-environmental orientation of the project descriptions and transcribed video pitches as linguistic constructs. We found that the level of pro-social or pro-environmental orientation has an inverted U-shaped effect on crowdfunding performance. Moreover, this relationship differs when crowdfunding projects feature a creative product or service idea. Our results suggest that entrepreneurs need to delicately balance a pro-social or pro-environmental orientation and find the “right” level of emphasis to create a competitive advantage.

The Navajo Nation Healthy Diné Nation Act: A Description of Community Wellness Projects Funded by a 2% Tax on Minimal-to-No-Nutritious-Value Foods.

To promote the health of the Navajo people, the Navajo Nation passed the Healthy Diné Nation Act (HDNA) in 2014. The HDNA included a 2% tax on "minimal-to-no-nutritional-value" foods and waived 5% sales tax on healthy foods, the first such policy in the United States and any sovereign Tribal nation. Uniquely aligned with Tribal government structures, revenue was directly allocated to 110 small local government entities (Chapters) for self-determined wellness projects. To characterize HDNA-funded wellness projects, test for variation in project type, and funding amount over time by region and community size. Longitudinal study assessing funded wellness projects from tax inception through 2019. The Navajo Nation. One hundred ten Navajo Nation Chapters receiving funding for self-determined wellness projects. The categories and specific types of wellness projects and funding over 4 years by region and community size. Of revenue collected in 2015-2018, more than 99.1% was disbursed through 2019 ($4.6 million, $13 385 annually per community) across 1315 wellness projects (12 per community). The built recreational environment category received 38.6% of funds, equipment/supplies 16.5%, instruction 15.7%, food and water initiatives 14.0%, and social events 10.2%. Most common specific projects were walking trails ($648 470), exercise equipment ($585 675), food for events ($288 879), playgrounds ($287 471), and greenhouses ($275 554). Only the proportion allocated to instruction changed significantly over time (increased 2% annually, P = .02). Smaller communities (population <1000) allocated significantly higher proportions to traditional, agricultural, and intergenerational projects and less to the built environment. Through 2019, more than 99% of HDNA revenue was successfully disbursed to 110 rural, Tribal communities. Communities chose projects related to promoting the built recreational environment, agriculture, and fitness/nutrition education, with smaller communities emphasizing cultural and intergenerational projects. These findings can inform other indigenous nations considering similar policies and funding distributions.

Searching for a Smart City: A Bibliographic Analysis of ‘Public Facing’ EU Smart City Projects

AbstractThe narrative used to describe smart cities, including the experimentation on them, affects the perception of the smart city. This study systematically assembles and analyses ‘public facing’ smart city project data from across the EU. Using a bibliographic analysis, including word frequency analyses across time and countries of project descriptions, we identify the dominant themes and constructs in the smart city narratives used by teams advancing smart city projects. The study highlights spatial and intertemporal variations in locational density, differing project content and the range of conceptual emphases. Results show that the main concern of smart city narratives in the EU is firmly centred on energy. We argue that policy‐makers should aim for better alignment of smart cities' narrative with citizens' perception or, at least, a wider description of the very nature of implemented projects to include those rather neglected aspects might attract more interest and citizens' involvement.

Fostering Cultural Sustainability in Early Childhood Education through a Neighbourhood Project

Culture is the life blood of a society, which influences people’s worldviews, values, and behaviours. Research has confirmed that children’s participation in culture helps develop thinking skills, builds self-esteem, and improves resilience. This paper aims to explore how a purposely designed project can foster cultural sustainability through a case study of a neighbourhood project conducted in Chinese and Norwegian kindergartens. A qualitative research methodology is utilised. Major data sources are an overall project plan prepared by one of the Norwegian university researchers, project descriptions and PowerPoint presentations from the kindergartens, as well as workshop notes taken by one researcher during the workshop, complemented and triangulated by the follow-up reflective narratives from three kindergartens. Qualitative content analysis and comparative analysis are used to analyse the collected data. Findings have indicated that kindergartens hold similar views on culture and cultural stainability. Though the actual activities are diverse and implemented in different ways, the goal of fostering cultural sustainability is achieved in all participating kindergartens. Children not only have gained knowledge of their neighbourhood and problem solving and social skills but also have developed sense of belonging and emotional link with their local culture through the active participation. More importantly, this study has indicated that purposely designed projects/activities can promote early childhood education for sustainability and quality of early childhood education. It is thus recommended cultivating student teachers’ and kindergarten teachers’ competence to design projects/activities integrating different dimensions of sustainability in early childhood teacher education

The Impact of Service-Oriented Undergraduate Research on an Ongoing Participatory Community Action Research Project at Homeless Shelters

This article provides (a) a brief description of an ongoing research project at homeless shelters, (a) an example of an undergraduate student’s independent (and unique) contributions to the Project; and (c) the student’s reflection on civic-related and professional-related development associated with the work.

Dissipative state transfer and Maxwell's demon in single quantum trajectories: Excitation transfer between two noninteracting qubits via unbalanced dissipation rates

We introduce a protocol to transfer excitations between two noninteracting qubits via purely dissipative processes (i.e., in the Lindblad master equation there is no coherent interaction between the qubits). The fundamental ingredients are the presence of collective (i.e. nonlocal) dissipation and unbalanced local dissipation rates (the qubits dissipate at different rates). The resulting quantum trajectories show that the measurement backaction changes the system wave function and induces a passage of the excitation from one qubit to the other. While similar phenomena have been witnessed for a non-Markovian environment, here the dissipative quantum state transfer is induced by an update of the observer knowledge of the wave function in the presence of a Markovian (memoryless) environment -- this is a single quantum trajectory effect. Beyond single quantum trajectories and postselection, such an effect can be observed by histogramming the quantum jumps along several realizations at different times. By investigating the effect of the temperature in the presence of unbalanced local dissipation, we demonstrate that, if appropriately switched on and off, the collective dissipator can act as a Maxwell's demon. These effects are a generalized measure equivalent to the standard projective measure description of quantum teleportation and Maxwell's demon. They can be witnessed in state-of-the-art setups given the extreme experimental control in, e.g., superconducting qubits or Rydberg atoms.

Machine learning based success prediction for crowdsourcing software projects

Competitive Crowdsourcing Software Development is an online software development paradigm, promises the innovative, cost effective and high quality solutions on time. However, the paradigm is still in infancy and does not address the key challenges such as low rate of submissions and high risk of project failure. A significant number of software projects fail to receive a satisfactory solution and end up wasting the time and efforts of stakeholders. Therefore, the success prediction of a new software project may help stakeholders in the project crowdsourcing decision, saving their time and efforts. To this end, this study proposes a novel approach based on machine learning to predict the success of a software project for crowdsourcing platforms in terms of whether the given project will reach its completion or otherwise. First, the textual description and important attributes of software projects from TopCoder is extracted. Next, the description is preprocessed using natural language processing technologies. Then, keywords are identified using a modified keyword ranking algorithm and each software project is awarded a ranking score. Every software project is modeled as a vector that is based on the extracted attributes, its identified keywords and ranking scores. Using these vectors with their associated solution status, a support vector machine classifier is trained to predict the success of a given software project. Different machine learning classifiers are applied and it turns out that support vector machine yields the highest performance on the given dataset. Finally, the proposed approach is evaluated with history data of real software projects. The results of hold-out validation suggest that the average precision, recall, and f-measure are up to 94.53%, 99.30% and 96.85%, respectively.

The NUMEN Project: An Update of the Facility Toward the Future Experimental Campaigns

The goal of NUMEN project is to access experimentally driven information on Nuclear Matrix Elements (NME) involved in the neutrinoless double beta decay (0νββ) by accurate measurements of the cross sections of heavy-ion induced double charge-exchange reactions. In particular, the (18O,18Ne) and (20Ne,20O) reactions are adopted as tools for β+β+and β−β−decays, respectively. The experiments are performed at INFN–Laboratory Nazionali del Sud (LNS) in Catania using the Superconducting Cyclotron to accelerate the beams and the MAGNEX magnetic spectrometer to detect the reaction products. The measured cross sections are very low, limiting the present exploration to few selected isotopes of interest in the context of typically low-yield experimental runs. In order to make feasible a systematic study of all the candidate nuclei, a major upgrade of the LNS facility is foreseen to increase the experimental yield by more than two orders of magnitude. To this purpose, frontier technologies are being developed for both the accelerator and the detection systems. An update description of the NUMEN project is presented here, focusing on recent achievements from the R&amp;amp;D activity.

Doctor-patient communication during the Corona crisis - web-based interactions and structured feedback from standardized patients at the University of Basel and the LMU Munich.

Background: Due to the pandemic-related restrictions in classroom teaching at the medical faculties of the LMU Munich and the University of Basel, teaching methods with standardized patients (SPs), were shifted to a digital, web-based format at short notice as of April 2020. We report on our experiences with the WebEncounter program, which was used for the first time in German-speaking countries. The program enables one-to-one encounters between SPs and students. Students receive an invitational email with brief instructions and background information on the case. SPs use case-specific criteria that are compliant with the learning objectives for digital evaluation during the encounter. A feedback session takes place immediately following the encounter. The SPs address the didactically relevant sections and can illustrate them with the corresponding video sequences. Finally, the students receive the links to the video recordings of the encounter and the feedback unit by email.Project description: The aim of this pilot study was to analyze the practicability of the program and its acceptance by students and SPs. In addition, we examined whether the operationalization of the learning objectives in the form of assessment items has an impact on the content and thematic development of courses in the area of doctor-patient communication.Methods: To implement the program, patient cases previously tested in communication seminars in Munich and Basel were rewritten and case-specific evaluation criteria were developed. SPs were trained to use the program, to present their patient figure online and to give feedback. The experience of those involved (faculty, SPs and SP trainers, students) in implementing the program was documented at various levels. The frequency and causes of technical problems were described. Student results on the patient cases and on the feedback items were collected quantitatively and, where possible, supplemented by free-text statements.Results: Data from 218/220 students in Basel and 120/127 students in Munich were collected and evaluated. Students were very satisfied with the patient cases, the encounter with the SPs and their feedback: 3.81±0.42. SPs experienced the training as an increase in their competence and the structured feedback as particularly positive. The training effort per SP was between 2.5 and 4 hours. The results show predominantly normally-distributed, case-specific sum scores of the evaluation criteria. The analysis of the individual assessment items refers to learning objectives that students find difficult to achieve (e.g. explicitly structuring the conversation).Problems in the technical implementation (<10 percent of the encounters) were due mainly to the use of insufficient hardware or internet connection problems. The need to define case-specific evaluation criteria triggered a discussion in the group of study directors about learning objectives and their operationalization.Summary: Web-based encounters can be built into the ongoing communication curriculum with reasonable effort. Training the SPs and heeding the technical requirements are of central importance. Practicing the virtual consultation was evaluated very positively by the students – in particular, the immediate feedback in the protected dialogue was appreciated by all involved.

Ethik First - extracurricular support for medical students and young physicians facing moral dilemmas in hospital routine.

Introduction: Moral value conflicts play an increasingly central role in everyday hospital life. Clinical ethics, however, is only marginally represented in the compulsory curriculum for human medicine and the additional education regulations. The aim of the Ethik First project at the University Medical Center Schleswig-Holstein, Campus Kiel is to close this gap with an extracurricular offer and to support medical students from the fifth clinical semester onward and during their practical year as well as assistant doctors in dealing with moral dilemmas in everyday hospital life. The project has taken the concomitant learning objectives from the national competency-based learning objective catalog for medicine. According to the target group, the address in particular, showed higher taxonomy levels. Project description: The multimodal concept is based on three pillars: In monthly principle-based case conferences, participants practice ethical reflection and moral judgment primarily on the basis of concrete cases introduced by them using the methods of problem-based learning and consideration-based deliberation. If participants do not bring forth a case, they discuss ethical aspects of current political relevance. Moreover, there is an annual public speaker event.Results: Since the project began in 2017, ~20 students and interns have taken part in Ethik First one or more times. In a web-based interim evaluation (N=13), all respondents fully agreed that they considered the format helpful for dealing with ethical questions at the clinic. They rated the relevance for their later profession as high. There is evidence for support in moral dilemma situations.Discussion: The first evaluation results of the voluntary extracurricular offer show the acceptance of the selected format, which goes beyond pure teaching in its conception in that it addresses moral stress as well and strengthens the participants’ individual resilience.Conclusion: Ethik First reinforces the role of ethical aspects in the training of (prospective) doctors and focuses on reflecting on cases they have experienced firsthand. We formulate a desideratum for appropriate advanced training concepts both in medical studies and in advanced medical training such that the training and development of comparable projects at medical faculties and at medical associations with student participation can be discussed.

Основные проблемы финансового обеспечения национальных проектов России

The article presents a brief description of national projects, assesses the system of their financing. In the context of each national project, the system of financial support is analyzed, the problems of implementation, financing and determining the effectiveness of the use of budget funds are highlighted. Special attention is paid to projects aimed at economic growth, their role in the innovative development of the country is shown. The main problems of implementation of national projects, their integration into state programs are highlighted. Directions for improving the implementation of projects and the effective use of budget funds are proposed.

In Light of the Lamps: A Comprehensive Analysis of the Ceramic Oil Lamps from the Roman Fort at Humayma

The archaeological site of Humayma, located at the northwest corner of the Hisma desert of Jordan, has a long history of permanent settlement; beginning with the Nabataeans, followed by Roman, Byzantine, and Islamic occupations. Shortly after Emperor Trajan’s conquest of the Nabataean Kingdom in 106 CE, a Roman fort emerged alongside the pre-existing trade route, which the Romans renamed the Via Nova Traiana. Excavations at the fort, directed by J. P. Oleson in 1995, 1996, 2000, 2004, and 2005 and M. B. Reeves in 2012, unearthed a collection of ceramic oil lamps, comprised of four complete lamps and fifty-eight fragments. The author recently carried out a complete evaluation of the fort’s ceramic lamp collection, remotely analysing the lamps based on project images, descriptions, and contextual information in order to produce a catalogue and report.&#x0D; Results included Nabataean, Roman, and Byzantine types, dating from the 1st to 5th century CE, revealing an intricate and diverse account of material culture at the fort. The Nabatean rosette lamp and Byzantine slipper lamp were the two most prevalent types, while few Roman lamps were found. The author interpreted data and made suggestions in light of the history, regional trade, stratigraphic complexities, and evolving cultural identity of the site. This poster summarizes the ceramic lamp findings, identifies anomalous items, and considers the significance of chronological aberrations in relation to the fort’s military and civilian occupations over 400 years.

От проблемы к решению: риторика дискурса социальных предпринимателей

Статья является результатом исследования, посвященного анализу дискурса современных социальных предпринимателей как акторов легитимации социальных проблем общества. Базируясь на идеях конструкционистского подхода, мы рассматривали социальные проблемы не как объективную данность, существующую в обществе, а как конструкт, создаваемый людьми посредством выдвижения утверждений-требований (claim-making) изменить какую-либо ситуацию. Социальные предприниматели, являясь новыми акторами процесса выдвижения и легитимации социальных проблем, обладают высоким потенциалом не только в конструировании социальной проблемы, но также и в выработке ее эффективного решения. Эмпирической базой исследования выступили публичные выступления, интервью, а также описания проектов, представленные на официальных сайтах, крауд-платформах и в социальных сетях лидеров российского социального предпринимательства – Гузели Санжаповой и Дарьи Алексеевой. Обе предпринимательницы активно включаются в дискурс социальных проблем, формулируют утверждения-требования и продвигают их на публичных аренах. Для анализа была применена концепция Питера Ибарры и Джона Китсьюза, измеряющая дискурс социальных проблем в четырех измерениях риторики: риторических идиомах, контрриторике, лейтмотивах и стилях выдвижения утверждений-требований. Исследование показало, что при легитимации проблемы, которую выдвигают на публичную арену социальные предпринимательницы, абсолютно отсутствуют негативные и драматические риторические идиомы, такие как риторики бедствия, неразумности и опасности. Присутствуют риторика утраты и риторика наделения правом, которая декларирует равенство прав и возможностей всех общественных групп, но не посредством государственной помощи, а с помощью альтернативного решения, провоцирующего масштабные и устойчивые трансформации в государственной политике и гражданском обществе. Уникальность дискурса социальных предпринимателей заключается не в драматизации ситуации, а в демонстрировании и тиражировании опережающего способа поддержания социального равновесия. Эта позиция позволяет сделать вывод, что выбранные нами социальные предприниматели, согласно типологии Шэйкера Зары, выполняют роль «социальных конструкционистов», восполняющих социальные пробелы, решающих острые социальные проблемы, работающих в тех сферах и с той группой, которые остаются за пределами интересов других агентов социальной политики.

НОРМАТИВНО-ПРАВОВІ АСПЕКТИ ВИКОРИСТАННЯ В УКРАЇНІ ГІДРОЕНЕРГЕТИЧНОГО ПОТЕНЦІАЛУ ЗВОРОТНИХ ВОД ТЕХНОЛОГІЧНИХ ПРОЦЕСІВ ЗА «ЗЕЛЕНИМ» ТАРИФОМ НА ГЕНЕРОВАНУ ЕЛЕКТРОЕНЕРГІЮ

Гідроенергетичний потенціал малих річок України, з урахуванням природоохоронних обмежень на використання води стоку річки для виробництва електроенергії та використання територій для спорудження малих ГЕС, сягає рівня 375 МВт з річним обсягом виробництва електроенергії близько 1270 млн кВт·год/рік. Існують додаткові можливості збільшення потенціалу малої гідроенергетики в результаті використання скидного потенціалу зворотних вод технологічних процесів (водопостачання питної води, водовідведення, зворотні води гірничо-збагачувальних комбінатів, очисних споруд міст та підприємств). При цьому генерування електроенергії здійснюється за відсутності негативного впливу на флору і фауну, оскільки у зворотних водах відсутня риба, річкові тварини, рідкісні птахи, немає потреби в побудові греблі, нового водосховища, не затоплюються навколишні території. Будівництво малих ГЕС на введених в дію спорудах водопостачання та водовідведення сприяє модернізації існуючого об’єкта (ремонт або заміна окремих елементів) та підвищенню його надійності в результаті встановлення сучасної автоматизованої системи управління та моніторингу. Але в переважній більшості випадків, за винятком водопостачання питної води, зворотні води містять значну кількість домішок і хімічних сполук, що значно збільшує питомі витрати на обладнання. Експлуатація обладнання в агресивному середовищі зменшує рентабельність цих проєктів. Тому отримання «зеленого» тарифу на вироблену електроенергію такими малими ГЕС слугує майже єдиною мотивацією для приватних інвесторів. Проте в чинних нормативно-правових актах відсутнє однозначне трактування умов установлення «зеленого» тарифу для ГЕС на зворотних водах. У статті визначено нормативно-правові аспекти для встановлення «зеленого» тарифу на генеровану електроенергію при використанні гідроенергетичного потенціалу зворотних вод технологічних процесів. Наведено короткий опис реалізованого пілотного проєкту малої ГЕС на стічних водах міських очисних споруд на території України, для якої встановлено «зелений» тариф на вироблену електроенергію. Бібл. 17, табл. 2, рис. 1.

Shaping cultural policy discourse in Germany: the case of ‘Cultural Education’

ABSTRACT This paper investigates the role of strategic argumentation on behalf of certain focusing events in the discourse on Cultural Education in Germany. The idea of an education by culture was reflected in the policy programmes of the New Cultural Policy and Socioculture that connected cultural policy to a social agenda in the 1970s. In the last few decades, it has gained further importance through the development of educational and cultural governance. By analysing policy papers, journals and compendiums by associations as well as project descriptions, the research elucidates the main arguments that policy actors refer to in lobbying for Cultural Education, and critically questions the role that is assigned to culture and cultural institutions.

The key successful factors of video and mobile game crowdfunding projects using a lexicon-based feature selection approach.

The emergence of crowdfunding has given many capital demanders a new fund-raising channel, but the overall project success rate is very low. Many scholars have begun to discover key suscessful factors of crowdfunding projects. Previous studies have used questionnaires survey to identify important project features. In addition to requiring a lot of manpower and time, there may also be sampling bias. Moreover, related studies also reported that the project description will affect the success of the crowdfunding project, but there is no research to tell fundraisers which success factors should be included in the content of the project description. Besides, in recent years, game crowdfunding projects have been attracted lots of attention in terms of total fundraising amount and number of projects. Moreover, in traditional feature selection and text mining approaches, the selected terms are un-organized and hard to be explained. Therefore, this study will focus on real video and mobile game project descriptions to replace conventional questionnaires. To solve these issues, we present a lexicon-based feature selection method. We attempt to define “content features” and build lexicons to determine the attributes’ values. Three feature selection methods including decision tree (DT), Least Absolute Shrinkage and Selection Operator (LASSO), and support vector machine–recursive feature elimination (SVM–RFE) will be employed to find organized candidate key successful factors. Then, support vector machines (SVM) will be used to evaluate the performances of candidate feature subsets. Finally, this study has identified the key successful factors for video and mobile games, respectively. Based on the experimental results, we can give fundraisers some useful suggestions to improve the success rate of crowdfunding projects.