Different Fields Of Specialization Research Articles

Tech-Enhanced Learning

The current study uses the lens of Robert Gagne’s nine events of instruction and the flipped classroom approach to construct a proposed educational module to teach the instructional technology course for preservice teachers at Al Ain University in UAE. The content was broken down into small parts and presented to students through videos and interactive learning exercises. A quasi-experiment was conducted to study the designed module’s effectiveness. The sample involved two groups of 50 female postgraduates from different fields of specialization. The experimental group students were taught through the implementation of the flipped microlearning module, while the control group was taught the same way, except that the educational content was conveyed without chunking. The researcher collected data by administering an achievement test and using the UTAUT questionnaire to determine student acceptance of the module. The result of the ANCOVA test revealed the existence of a substantial difference between the two groups, as f reached 4.427 in favor of the experimental group, with a significance level of 0.038. The questionnaire findings indicated high student acceptance of the module. The findings are of great importance for educational policy and curriculum designers and highlight the advantages of this module in enhancing student performance in different specialist fields.

Technological innovation for sustainable development: Is agricultural and food nanotechnology a viable alternative?

Nanoscience and nanotechnology are two sources of cutting-edge scientific and technological knowledge that provide innovative solutions for different fields of specialization on a scale of 10−9 m. Their relationship with agriculture and food production is fairly recent. The extensive development of contemporary tools and techniques in the field points to a promising potential, although working intensively and simultaneously on security, legislation, regulations, ethics, and other elements to guarantee their feasibility and commercialization is essential to seize that potential. The purposes of the present study were, first, to present an overview of basic research on agricultural and food nanotechnology, and second, to carry out a patent analysis to outline the technological potential of these disciplines. For these purposes, bibliographic data were modeled using networks. Then, data on granted patents (current technology) and patent applications (technological trends) were also subjected to network modeling tools to identify thematic clusters and nodes of interest, as well as other important indicators, such as the main technological sectors, countries, and applicants. Our results show an interesting dynamic that portrays the multidisciplinary task of nanotechnology, its key actors and current topics of discussion, dominant technologies, and emerging technologies over time in the context of both basic research and concrete application.

Designing Remedial Course in English for Engineering Students from Non-English Medium Background

Engineering graduates in India belong to different fields of specialization. The prerequisites of the professions and the specificity of language functions required for a study of English offered at Engineering Colleges. The students who join professional courses like Engineering, half of the students come from Non-English medium Instruction. Careful analyses of these students’ performance by diagnosing the areas of difficulty will help to plan and design a remedial course to teach the basics to communication skills in order to enhance and present according to their contexts and their academics. The engineering colleges in Telangana and Andhra Pradesh have become mushrooms without maintaining any quality which should be suited to the industry requirement. The intention in preparing the paper is to point out what is lacking in engineering students and they are suited to the industry, their weaknesses, stumbling blocks, and measure to improve by suggesting with a remedial course in order to implement in engineering studies at the beginning of their courses.

MODELS OF INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECT MANAGEMENT BY MEANS OF HYBRID TECHNOLOGIES

In the scientific article the actual scientific and applied task of development of models of management the infrastructure projects by means of hybrid technologies is solved. A thorough analysis of research in the field of infrastructure project management and identified its unresolved part. Was conducted the analysis of the subject area of the state of implementation of infrastructure projects at the regional level; terminological base of scientific research; a system of normative legal acts in the field of financial regulation of infrastructure projects and programs at the regional level and standards for project management; international experience in implementing programs at the regional level; modern approaches to the management of infrastructure projects and programs at the regional level. A scientific and applied concept of hybrid management of infrastructure projects and programs at the regional level by means of convergence of knowledge systems for project management has been developed. Described the project environment of infrastructure projects and programs at the regional level, which includes the core implementation and operation of infrastructure projects and programs using hybrid technologies at the regional level, and four blocks underlying the set of parameters and values of such projects and programs. It is determined that the complexity of infrastructure projects and programs of the territorial system determines the problem of project management, and accordingly the complexity of projects. Thus, complex projects are projects with a high level of uncertainty of input data, high probability or magnitude of potential risks and the need to use different approaches in project implementation, including the involvement of a relatively large number of experts in different fields of specialization. Scientifically based methods and mechanisms of hybrid management of infrastructure projects and programs at the regional level allow to identify and implement possible measures to improve the situation in the region and improve the organizational and functional structure of resource management.

Context Analysis of Non-intellective Correlates affecting Future Educators’ Sociolinguistic Competence

The study investigated the non-intellective correlates affecting the sociolinguistic competence of teacher education students, with a focus on the analysis of their contexts relative to social experiences, language attitude, and use of linguistic forms in different situations. It also determined the common difficulties they experience in the use of English in both oral and written forms. Descriptive mixed methods were utilized, with a validated questionnaire serving as primary instrument to gather relevant data from 331 teacher education students from different fields of specialization. Focus group discussions were conducted to activate the students’ awareness of non-intellective correlates and extract emerging issues in language use. The analysis of the quantitative data together with the coded and categorized transcriptions revealed that while the students generally have a positive attitude towards the use of the English language, they rarely use varied linguistic forms adaptive to different social contexts, implying the need to work on their adaptive capacities in using English for various purposes. Most of the issues they encounter are psychological and socio-physical in nature, while limited vocabulary, over-consciousness in grammar use, and lack of confidence affect their skills most. It was recommended that contextualized activities be developed for integration in the communication courses to highlight the authentic use of language in different social contexts.

Business Motives among Students: A Qualitative Appraisal of Drive Theory

The main purpose of conducting this exploratory qualitative research was to determine the nature of drive theory among business students, where drive is a motivation for some behavior based on a biological need. The target population of our study was the universitylevel business students. We used the existing literature on drive theory for the development of interview protocol. After the finalization of the interview protocol, six semi-structured interviews were conducted with the business students enrolled in different programs with different fields of specialization. The data were analyzed using ATLAS.ti version 8. We found that business-related motivation was created by six drivers including aggressiveness, acquisition, achievement, social recognition, personal goals and desire for power.

Bisociative Literature-Based Discovery: Lessons Learned and New Word Embedding Approach

The field of bisociative literature-based discovery aims at mining scientific literature to reveal yet uncovered connections between different fields of specialization. This paper outlines several outlier-based literature mining approaches to bridging term detection and the lessons learned from selected biomedical literature-based discovery applications. The paper addresses also new prospects in bisociative literature-based discovery, proposing an advanced embeddings-based technology for cross-domain literature mining.

Needs Analysis for Workplace English Speaking Courses for University Engineering Students in the Kwara State of Nigeria

The globalization of world markets which has led to the hegemony of English language over other languages requires graduates from different fields of specialization to equip themselves with English communication skills to communicate effectively in local and international workplace contexts. This study was conducted to investigate the English speaking skills needed by engineering students in the Kwara states of Nigeria. A survey was carried out to compare how the respondents’ (undergraduate engineering students and industry workers in the Kwara State of Nigeria) self-rated their speaking interaction and production skills and to observe their perception of the importance of speaking interaction and production sub skills for workplace communication. The study concluded with suggestions for creating a better perception of the importance of English speaking skills among engineering students and creating a better workplace English curriculum so that students’ workplace speaking skills can be improved.

Work Status of Alumni and their Satisfaction on Selected Indicators in the School of Advanced Studies (SAS)

Attending graduate and post-graduate school certainly can contribute to one’s development and advancement. TheSchool of Advanced Studies in the Philippines is one of the leading institutions that caters the academic needs ofprofessionals and employees from different fields of specialization. Every year, it produces quality graduates whohad satisfactorily completed all the set requirements of their respective degree programs. Tracer studies is an avenuetowards quality assurance, it serves as a way of identifying the institution's strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, andthreats. This study provided an information on Alumni’s profile including employment status and reason for enrollingin the said school, extent of adequacy of skills learned amd degree of satisfaction from experiences they earned whilestudying. It made use of the descriptive survey and appropriate statistical tool. Findings revealed that obtaining suchdegree is rewarding because the individual’s professional value was increased hand in hand with the additionalremuneration built within it and these are credited to the adequacy of skills they gained in the aspects of knowledgeand technical, research, leadership, and; communication. Likewise, they received better service delivery along thelearning environment particularly on teaching staff’s knowledge, interaction, creativity, respect for students anddelivery skills.

Courses On Specialized Field in Undergraduate Programs of Translation & Interpretation Departments in Turkey: The Importance of Courses on Specialized Field in the Specialization Process of Translator Candidates

The objective of this study is to reveal to what extent the structure of Translation Studies Undergraduate Programs in Turkey, whose numbers have been increasing in recent years contributes to specialization processes of translator candidates in the light of some cases. To this end, the structure of all the undergraduate programs teaching translation in Turkey is studied and a comparative research is conducted on whether courses on specialized fields are available in curricula, if available, are sufficient for specialization in a specific field. In the study, we first discuss expected qualities of translators and to what extent these are reflected for the translation teaching. The translator, as well as having a vast cultural and world knowledge, is required to be specialized at a specific field. The translation teaching primarily aims to create a translator profile equipped with such a world and specialized knowledge. In order to train translators with these skills, courses on different fields of specialization must be taken from relevant departments, which thus make translation teaching realistic and concrete. We observe that translation departments are insufficient in this respect and hence it is clear that graduate students face practical difficulties. The curricula followed by translation departments as to specialized courses vary from each other; as a result there is not a comprised model of a scientific translation teaching. A mutual method must therefore be sought. This study attempts to be the first step in this regard. To confront with universal dimension of a translation teaching, our study puts forward what kind of examinations related to different fields of specialization are designed to recruit translators by governmental institutions. With regard to this, the study also tries to show that course on specialized field has an important position in translation teaching by taking into account both its theoretical dimension and reflection on practice.

Effect of PLT-Based Physics Enhancement Course to the Content Matter Competence of Grade 7 Science Teachers

The adoption of the spiraling curriculum in Philippines’ K-12 program necessitates enhancing the competence of Science teachers in fields that they did not specialize in during their undergraduate and graduate degrees. This study sought to determine the effect of a PLT- based (Progressive Learning Theory) Physics enhancement course to the Physics competence of Grade 7 Science teachers who are not Physics majors. Using a one-tail paired T-test, the Physics Achievement Test (PAT, Cronbach’s α=0.874) pretest and post-test scores of the participants were compared. The study revealed that there was a significant increase in the Physics competence of the participants. Further analyses have shown that the PAT scores (pretest, post-test, and post-pretest) of teachers having different fields of specialization do not vary significantly. Moreover, although the PAT pretest scores of new teachers were shown to be significantly higher than the more experienced teachers, the post-test scores do not vary significantly implying that the course had a leveling effect on the competence of the participants. Two-way ANOVA have shown that the length of teaching experience and the field of specialization do not interact to affect the PAT scores of the participants. Given the effectiveness of the course, DepEd (Department of Education) administrators and teacher education institutions may adopt the course model in this study in providing training to more teachers from various fields of expertise and grade levels. Further studies may also be conducted in their trainings to verify the findings in this current study as well as to evaluate its effect on other teacher qualities. Finally, follow-up studies may investigate the impact of the teacher trainings delivered using the training model to student performance.

Effect of PLT-Based Physics Enhancement Course to the Content Matter Competence of Grade 7 Science Teachers

The adoption of the spiraling curriculum in Philippines’ K-12 program necessitates enhancing the competence of Science teachers in fields that they did not specialize in during their undergraduate and graduate degrees. This study sought to determine the effect of a PLT- based (Progressive Learning Theory) Physics enhancement course to the Physics competence of Grade 7 Science teachers who are not Physics majors. Using a one-tail paired T-test, the Physics Achievement Test (PAT, Cronbach’s α=0.874) pretest and post-test scores of the participants were compared. The study revealed that there was a significant increase in the Physics competence of the participants. Further analyses have shown that the PAT scores (pretest, post-test, and post-pretest) of teachers having different fields of specialization do not vary significantly. Moreover, although the PAT pretest scores of new teachers were shown to be significantly higher than the more experienced teachers, the post-test scores do not vary significantly implying that the course had a leveling effect on the competence of the participants. Two-way ANOVA have shown that the length of teaching experience and the field of specialization do not interact to affect the PAT scores of the participants. Given the effectiveness of the course, DepEd (Department of Education) administrators and teacher education institutions may adopt the course model in this study in providing training to more teachers from various fields of expertise and grade levels. Further studies may also be conducted in their trainings to verify the findings in this current study as well as to evaluate its effect on other teacher qualities. Finally, follow-up studies may investigate the impact of the teacher trainings delivered using the training model to student performance.

Everyday realities and visionary ideals among social workers in the Nordic countries: A matter of specialization and work tasks?

Although social workers can be regarded as the practical interpreters and implementing actors of social policies, little is known about their attitudes to their working conditions and to ongoing social-political trends, especially in a comparative Nordic perspective. In this article the present conditions for social work is studied on the basis of a questionnaire distributed to a representative sample of social workers in Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden. The questionnaire was answered by a total of 5554 respondents, which represents a response frequency of 60%. In addition to some general discussions based on the answers of the entire population of respondents, the article particularly focuses on social workers in municipal social services (N = 3018). Our most important result is that social workers' attitudes seem to vary to a certain extent if different fields of specialization within municipal social services are compared, and that these tendencies appear in all the Nordic countries. Those who work with financial support are more dissatisfied with their work situation and are somewhat more positive to sanctions and restrictions aimed at the clients than their colleagues in the other fields. They are also more inclined to explain poverty with reference to individual deficiencies.

ESP at the Tertiary Level: Current Situation, Application and Expectation

English for Specific Purposes is an obligatory subject for the first two levels at the Sudanese Universities. It is taught as a university requirement. Accordingly, the students obsess is how to pass the examination not achieve any development in the language field. Even the teachers concentrate on the content rather than the skills, which the students ought to gain. This paper addresses the issue of English for Specific Purposes (ESP). It defines ESP with brief glimpse of its history and it attempts to highlight the line of demarcation of ESP and AEP. Moreover, it will endeavor the objectives of core course of ESP at the tertiary level in Sudanese Universities.Furthermore, how we should mobilize all the efforts to overcome the difficulties to promote the students competency in English language in their very field of specialization. As technology has created change in all aspects of society, it is also changing our expectations of what students must learn in order to function effectively. We should exploit the modern technologies effectively to radically change from teacher-centered approach to student-centered approach in teaching ESP. Consequently, the availability of computer and its utilization in different fields of specialization will be very facilitative and motivating for at least the contemporary generation.

Treatment diets in Estonian health care institutions

New system and nomenclature of diets for Estonian health care institutions have been developed in the university hospital based on theoretical and practical experience obtained over several years of cooperation with medical scientists from different fields of specialization. The nomenclature of diets includes ordinary food and eight groups of diet food with subgroups. The normative values of the basic nutrients are in accordance with the Estonian and Nordic nutritional recommendations. The whole system includes the menus and recipes of nutritional food portions. The system of treatment diets helps to optimize proper nutrition in different departments and organize better patient care.

Systemic approach to innovations – standards vs software

PurposeIn this paper we tried to apply some system theory in the complex problems of intellectual property management by presenting some relevant current issues regarding standards and possibilities of computer software protection. Systemic approach to involvement in lucrative business of software is examined, from the point of innovations incorporated within standards and software.Design/methodology/approachTwo competing concepts are confronted: public accessible standards, and public exclusionary patents, both in the area of software development and software patenting. Actual examples of controversies are presented, and commented.FindingsPatents are legalized monopolies. Monopolists exact higher prices than free market enterprises. Our results indicate that there needs to be balance between public interest in free access to technological information and monopolies. Owing to the lack of system theory applied in this problem solving processes the issues remain unsolved and also unclear to many involved in the process.Research limitations/implicationsMore research in different fields of specialization and selected view points would be needed to present, understand and excellently manage this area of intellectual property to balance the advantage of general public benefits versus inventors. In this paper only some economic and legal views are presented.Practical implicationsImplications for managers strategies are discussed. Managers should take active role in standard setting, and software patenting. Public interest should be in influencing these developments and regulations.Originality/valueThe subject of standards and software is a less studied one and is becoming more important.

Quo vadis psychologia Europaea

Quo vadis psychologia Europaea

Creativity and innovation in organizations: Two models and managerial implications

Technological innovation is emerging as the single most important factor to influence business success in today's intensely competitive and dynamic environment. Accordingly, scholars as well as practitioners are contributing to a rapidly growing body of knowledge for the effective management of innovation. However, surprisingly, very little attention is being paid to the organizational and managerial issues pertaining to creativity, which is the most basic and the most critical element in the process of innovation. This paper highlights creativity as the central issue in management of innovation, and presents two models to further our understanding of the dynamics of creativity in organizational settings, and the place of creativity in the innovation process. For a comprehensive understanding of creative behavior and performance in organizations this paper develops a Multiple Perspective Model. This model includes three perspectives, the Individual, the Technical, and the Organizational, which focus respectively on the distinctive individual characteristics associated with creativity, the needed technical resources—material as well as human—for creativity, and the organizational practices and manegerial actions that aid or stifle creativity. The exposition of this model is followed by an analysis of its implications for the management of creativity. Next, a model of the innovation process is proposed, in which innovation is shown as being contingent on a cascade of creative efforts in various functional areas and across different fields of specialization. These two models are expected to be useful to both researchers and practitioners in ferreting out the issues of primary significance, nurturing creativity and enhancing innovation in organizations.

Historical Architecture And Computer: AssessmentOf State Of Preservation

In the case of historical and monumental architecture, the analysis and understanding of processes of decay call for an interpretative overview encompassing data which stem from different areas of study but are globally interrelated and constitute essential elements for the purpose of assessing the state of preservation. The study outlined here seeks to create an information system capable of furnishing a synthesis of data regarding the architectonic item in question, its immediate context and its territorial location. The cognitive and information scientific process In order to obtain an objective definition of the state of conservation of an historic artifact it is necessary to devise an overall interpretative framework. By integrating the analytical procedures drawn from different fields of specialization, this framework allows the various decay pathologies to be analysed, their underlying causes to be understood and the relevant interactions to be inferred. The fundamental steps in this cognitive process can be summed up as follows: geometric survey; study and recording of historical architectural characters; analysis of the decay and its thematic representation. The survey consists of the identification of the artifact's geometric configuration. As it is often the result of second thoughts during the artifact'sconstruction, previous restoration work and changes in the original building itself, this is often characterized by complex irregular forms. The reconstruction of these forms by means of computer aided design remained a difficult problem for a considerable time. Only with the recent rapid progress Transactions on the Built Environment vol 15, © 1995 WIT Press, www.witpress.com, ISSN 1743-3509