Manual Communication Research Articles

Actimize: A Batch Job Real Time Dashboard

Our Compliance partners do not have clear visibility into real time status of day to day surveillance and supervision alert batch jobs. They rely on manual communication to get notified in case of job delays or failures. To avoid any regulatory implications,it is crucial that alerts are generated on time so that they can act on a timely basis to prevent SLA breaches that may lead to further delays. So,it is important that they remain updated on the daily alerting job runs so that they can plan their work according. Index Terms—component, formatting, style, styling, insert

Adviser Automation Express: CSV-Powered Multi-Recipient Messaging System

In the ever-evolving realm of digital advertising, the ability to effectively communicate with target audiences is a pivotal determinant of success. Advertisers continually seek innovative solutions to streamline their campaigns, reduce operational overhead, and enhance the personalization of messages to engage consumers more effectively. Manual communication methods, while functional, often fall short in meeting these demands, leading to the exploration automation as a compelling alternative. Adviser automation as a transformative tool for advertisers. Specifically, it focuses on the development and implementation of a CSV integrated message sender, a solution aimed at simplifying the intricate process of reaching audiences at scale.

Automatic Discovery of Collective Communication Patterns in Parallelized Task Graphs

Collective communication APIs equip MPI vendors with the necessary context to optimize cluster-wide operations on the basis of theoretical complexity models and characteristics of the involved interconnects. Modern HPC runtime systems with a programmability focus can perform dependency analysis to eliminate the need for manual communication entirely. Profiting from optimized collective routines in this context often requires global analysis of the implicit point-to-point communication pattern or tight constrains on the data access patterns allowed inside kernels. The Celerity API provides a high degree of freedom for both runtime implementors and application developers by tieing transparent work assignment to data access patterns through user-defined range-mapper functions. Canonically, data dependencies are resolved through an intra-node coherence model and inter-node point-to-point communication. This paper presents Collective Pattern Discovery (CPD), a fully distributed, coordination-free method for detecting collective communication patterns on parallelized task graphs. Through extensive scheduling and communication microbenchmarks as well as a strong scaling experiment on a compute-intensive application, we demonstrate that CPD can achieve substantial performance gains in the Celerity model.

The Hearing of Erastus "Deaf" Smith, Hero of the Texas Revolution.

To describe the speech and hearing abilities of Erastus "Deaf" Smith, the first Texas Ranger, and speculate on the etiology of his hearing loss. Review of credible historical data of what Erastus could and could not hear, descriptions of his voice, and loudness tolerance. Modern analysis of acoustical physics data generated by 0.69-inch diameter non-spinning musket balls. The onset of Erastus' bilateral hearing loss was early childhood. He could hear some. He was intolerant of very loud sounds. His speech was "weak", "squeaky" and high-pitched. He did not use manual communication. He could not hear musket balls passing near his head. The frequency of sound generated by flying 0.69-inch diameter musket balls has been determined as predominantly in the range of 2000-2500 Hz. In contrast to most bilateral childhood sensorineural hearing losses that are worse in high and mid frequencies, Erastus' hearing loss was worse in the low and mid frequencies - preserving at least some high-frequency hearing. Erastus' reverse-slope hearing problem may well have been attributable to incomplete partition type III. If you can't hear it, you can't speak it. NA Laryngoscope, 134:3532-3536, 2024.

PEMBUATAN WEBSITE UNTUK SOSIALISASI PROGRAM DAN BERITA PELAKSANAAN KEGIATAN PADA YAYASAN BUMI LANGGAT PEDULI

Yayasan Bumi Langgat Peduli, based in Dusun Langgat, Malang, is a community initiative since 2017, focusing on social development. With funding sources from donors and the "Bongkar-Rapikan-Sedekahkan" program, the foundation has conducted various inclusive programs. However, manual communication via WhatsApp limits the reach of information. Through the Community Engagement project, we from Politeknik Negeri Malang design, implement, and deploy an official website that not only expands the information reach but also effectively showcases the foundation's programs and activities. This endeavor encapsulates a comprehensive solution to enhance Yayasan's outreach and impact.

Homesign: Contested Issues

The term homesign has been used to describe the signing of deaf individuals who have not had sustained access to the linguistic resources of a named language. Early studies of child homesigners focused on documenting their manual communication systems through the lens of developmental psycholinguistics and generative linguistics, but a recent wave of linguistic ethnographic investigations is challenging many of the established theoretical presuppositions that underlie the foundational homesign research. Sparked by a larger critical movement within Deaf Studies led by deaf scholars, this new generation of scholarship interrogates how researchers portray deaf individuals and their communication practices and questions the conceptualization of language in the foundational body of homesign research. In this review, we discuss these contested issues and the current moment of transition within research on homesign.

Bolstering the complex study start-up process at NCI cancer centers using technology

BackgroundThe study startup process for interventional clinical trials is a complex process that involves the efforts of many different teams. Each team is responsible for their startup checklist in which they verify that the necessary tasks are done before a study can move on to the next team. This regulatory process provides quality assurance and is vital for ensuring patient safety [10]. However, without having this startup process centralized and optimized, study approval can take longer than necessary as time is lost when it passes through many different hands. ObjectiveThis manuscript highlights the process and the systems that were developed at The University of Kansas Comprehensive Cancer Center regarding the study startup process. To facilitate this process the regulatory management, site development, cancer center administration, and the Biostatistics & Informatics Shared Resources (BISR) teams came together to build a platform aimed at streamlining the startup process and providing a transparent view of where a study is in the startup process. ProcessEnsuring the guidelines are clearly articulated for the review criteria of each of the three review boards, i.e., Disease Working Group (DWG), Executive Resourcing Committee (ERC), and Protocol Review and Monitoring Committee (PRMC) along with a system that can track every step and its history throughout the review process. ResultsWell-defined processes and tracking methodologies have allowed the operations teams to track each study closely and ensure the 90-day and 120-day deadlines are met, this allows the operational team to dynamically prioritize their work daily. It also provides Principal investigators a transparent view of where their study stands within the study startup process and allows them to prepare for the next steps accordingly. Conclusion/future workThe current process and technology deployment has been a significant improvement to expedite the review process and minimize study startup delays. There are still a few opportunities to fine-tune the study startup process; an example of which includes automatically informing the operational managers or the study teams to act upon deadlines regarding study review rather than the current manual communication process which involves them looking it up in the system which can add delays.

Detection of The Deaf Signal Language Using The Single Shot Detection (SSD) Method

Sign Language is a language that prioritizes manual communication, body language, and lip movements, instead of sound, to communicate. Deaf people are the main group who use this language, usually by combining hand shape, orientation and movement of the hands, arms, and body, and facial expressions to express their thoughts. Therefore, the researcher created an image recognition program in sign language using the Single Shot Detection (SSD) method, which is a convolution activity by combining several layers of preparation, by utilizing several components that move together and are motivated by a biological sensory system. The letters used in making sign language programs use the letters of the alphabet (az). This sign language detection programming that runs on the Google Collaboratory application

The Influence of Manual Communication on Academic Performance of Learners with Hearing Impairment in Inclusive Settings in Kisumu County, Kenya

The Influence of Manual Communication on Academic Performance of Learners with Hearing Impairment in Inclusive Settings in Kisumu County, Kenya

Designing Mail Server Using Exchange Server At SMPN 17 Bengkulu City

Mail server is one of the most widely used server functions in a school or other company. This is because the email function itself can reduce the cost of correspondence using paper, is faster and more efficient than manual communication and uses attachments that are useful as complements and additional documents related to the contents of the email. Mail Server implementation is done offline by installing on a server that has been prepared. There are 2 operating systems that will be used in the implementation of this mail server, namely for the server (Windows Server 2012) and for the client (Windows 10). The mail server uses Exchange Server 2010 installed on the server (Windors Server 2012). In its application using wireless router with 1 laptop will be used as a server and 2 client laptops, so that the results of the shipment that will be sent to the recipient are automatically stored on the server. While the client accesses the message reception and sends the message. Based on the tests that have been done, if you enter the appropriate username and password, you can enter mail so you can send messages or receive messages from the server to the client and the system is able to send or reply emails from one account to another.

A system analysis and design for ubiquitous material procurement control of cocoa-agroindustry

Cocoa is an annual plant passed down from generation to generation in farming communities. The Indonesian cocoa-based product agroindustry, in practice, still depends on cooperative ties with partner farmers to fulfil its raw materials. The problem with controlling cocoa procurement is the manual communication and information system with cocoa partner farmers. Data systems and document tracking are incomplete and tidy. This study proposes a task analysis and design material procurement control for cocoa beans in partner farmers. The methodology designs consisted of the use case diagram actor relational analysis. The model is equipped with the design process initiated with the BPMN. The data attributes construction was based on partnership contracts, resulting in database table relation schemes. A partnership contract was constructed based on the decision trees mechanism to get recommendations and evaluations in future contracts. The analysis results showcased how traceability systems work in the digital business ecosystem involved in dispersed stakeholders. Stakeholders provide manual data transformation to the digital system by using digital applications.

Telepractice Delivery of an Autism Communication Intervention Program to Parent Groups

BackgroundSocial communication is a core challenge for children with autism and research confirms that early intervention positively impacts developmental outcomes. Families often experience barriers when accessing early intervention such as service availability, cost, and geographical location. Telepractice intervention has been used effectively with individual families to help overcome service barriers and to assist service access. This research investigated an expanded telepractice approach involving delivery of a manualized communication intervention to groups of parents. The research evaluated parent and child communication outcomes following participation in a telepractice-delivered, Hanen More Than Words (HMTW) group program. MethodA single case experimental design involving a multiple-baseline-across-groups was implemented with 11 mother–child dyads. Quantitative analyses investigated both parent and child interactive communication behaviours during baseline, intervention, and post-intervention research phases. ResultsResults demonstrated improved parental responsiveness and increased child social communication behaviour following participation in the telepractice-delivered HMTW. Changes in parent and child communication behaviour were maintained during the post-intervention phase. ConclusionsThe results support the application of telepractice for delivering a group-based early intervention training program. Expanding telepractice service delivery from individual to group-based intervention has the potential to increase service choice for families and to mitigate service access barriers.

More limitations of “communication mode” as a construct

ABSTRACT A selective literature review by Hall and Dills ([2020]. The Limits of “Communication Mode” as a Construct. Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education.) recently argued that limitations in communication mode as a construct prevent empirical research from discovering what type(s) of early language input optimise language outcomes for deaf and hard of hearing children. We explored this question further by conducting a systematic review of more recent and more globally-representative literature. We also coded two additional aspects of communication mode: the extent of information provided about a child’s input during infancy and toddlerhood, and the distinctions that a given study drew among various types of manual communication. The results replicate previous findings, and confirm suspicions that few existing studies (a) provide extensive information about DHH children’s input during infancy and toddlerhood, or (b) make appropriate distinctions among various types of signing systems. We call for a paradigm shift away from communication mode, and offer recommendations to increase transparency and generalizability of research involving communication mode until alternative constructions and measures become available.

Performance of first pacemaker to use smart device app for remote monitoring.

BackgroundHigh adherence to remote monitoring (RM) in pacemaker (PM) patients improves outcomes; however, adherence remains suboptimal. Bluetooth low-energy (BLE) technology in newer-generation PMs enables communication directly with patient-owned smart devices using an app without a bedside console.ObjectiveTo evaluate the success rate of scheduled RM transmissions using the app compared to other RM methods.MethodsThe BlueSync Field Evaluation was a prospective, international cohort evaluation, measuring the success rate of scheduled RM transmissions using a BLE PM or cardiac resynchronization therapy PM coupled with the MyCareLink Heart app. App transmission success was compared to 3 historical “control” groups from the Medtronic de-identified CareLink database: (1) PM patients with manual communication using a wand with a bedside console (PM manual transmission), (2) PM patients with wireless automatic communication with the bedside console (PM wireless); (3) defibrillator patients with similar automatic communication (defibrillator wireless).ResultsAmong 245 patients enrolled (age 64.8±15.6 years, 58.4% men), 953 transmissions were scheduled through 12 months, of which 902 (94.6%) were successfully completed. In comparison, transmission success rates were 56.3% for PM manual transmission patients, 77.0% for PM wireless patients, and 87.1% for defibrillator wireless patients. Transmission success with the app was superior across matched cohorts based on age, sex, and device type (single vs dual vs triple chamber).ConclusionThe success rate of scheduled RM transmissions was higher among patients using the smart device app compared to patients using traditional RM using bedside consoles. This novel technology may improve patient engagement and adherence to RM.

Repetition Preferences in Two-Handed Balanced Signs: Vestigial Locomotor Central Pattern Generators Shape Sign Language Phonetics and Phonology

Language is produced by bodies that evolved to fulfill a variety of functions, most of them non-communicative. Vestigial influences of adaptation for quadrupedal locomotion are still affecting bimanual actions, and have consequences on manual communication systems such as sign languages of the deaf. We discuss how central pattern generators (CPGs), networks of nerve cells in the spinal cord that drive locomotion, influence bimanual actions with alternating movements to be produced with repeated motion. We demonstrate this influence with data from three unrelated sign languages, American Sign Language, British Sign Language, and Hong Kong Sign Language: in all three sign languages two-handed balanced signs produced with alternating movements have a tendency to be repeated, whereas other types of two-handed balanced signs show the opposite tendency for single movements. These tendencies cannot be fully explained by factors such as iconicity. We propose a motoric account for these results: as alternating bimanual movements are influenced by locomotor patterns, they favor repeated movements.

“A new image of man”: Harun Farocki and cinema as chiro-praxis

ABSTRACT In Harun Farocki’s lifelong study of the mute language of manual expressions, the human hand is explored not only as a versatile tool, but as a repository of social memory, a topos in the genealogy of the moving image, and a critical agent in the theory and practice of filmmaking itself. While cinema distinguished itself from previous artistic media through its capacity to salvage and store everyday gestures for later scrutiny, accruing a Bilderschatz for future anthropological and archaeological research, it was also integral to an ongoing process that spurred the progressive withdrawal of the human hand from the manufacturing of images. By adopting a double-pronged approach that considers the programming of bodies and images as integrally aligned, the article traces the gradual demise of craftsmanship and the increasing automation of imaging and perception as engaged across a wide range of Farocki’s essay films, found-footage compilations and observational documentaries. Taken together, this body of work at once proffers an encyclopedia of gesturing hands, a form of chiro-praxis in its own right, and a search for alternative or forgotten modes of manual communication and collective imagination.

Development of the Oncolo-GIST (“Giving Information Strategically & Transparently”) Intervention Manual for Oncologist Skills Training in Advanced Cancer Prognostic Information Communication

ContextPatient prognostic understanding is improved by oncologists’ discussions of life expectancy. Most patients deem it important to discuss prognosis with their oncologists, but a minority of cancer patients within months of death report that they had such a discussion with their oncologist. ObjectivesTo query stakeholders about their perspectives on the clinical approach and utility of an Oncolo-GIST manualized communication intervention, designed to enhance oncologists’ ability to convey the gist of prognostic information simply, clearly, and effectively in the setting of progressing solid tumors and limited life expectancy. MethodsWe obtained and analyzed feedback on the intervention from solid tumor oncology clinicians and bereaved family caregivers, soliciting opinions on the clinical approach taken in the videos, acceptability and likely impact of the instructions, and specific phrases recommended in the manual. ResultsTwenty stakeholders (9 clinicians, 11 caregivers) participated. All agreed that oncologists should broach prognosis with patients, balancing honesty and sensitivity. Participants also advocated for oncologists to involve interprofessional team members (e.g., nurses, social workers) when serious mental health concerns arose. After the research team's discussion of the stakeholder feedback, the manual was modified to include or exclude preferred language and approaches. ConclusionThe Oncolo-GIST intervention was characterized as simple and potentially effective at conveying prognoses to advanced cancer patients. Future research should determine if this approach to medical communication, which distills the essence of prognostic messages clearly and simply, is associated with improvements in patients’ prognostic understanding.

Research on recommendation and interaction strategies based on resource similarity in the manufacturing ecosystem

Nowadays, the thriving of the manufacturing ecosystems (ME) driven by the increasing competition in industrial markets, the ubiquitous implementation of intelligent systems, and the more frequent collaboration among manufacturing enterprises. During the practice of the system upgrade, it is increasingly noted that the redundancy of manufacturing resources and the inefficiency in resource configuration are the major obstacles to achieving satisfying value-creation within ME, which also result in cumbersome decision making (DM) in the problems of requirement-service configuration (RSC) and collaborative production. To address these issues, the research on resource recommendation and interaction is carried out. Firstly, the resource similarity models for autonomous resource filtering brace the whole DM mechanism in RSC and push the most suitable resource to the host automatically. Then, the interaction model provides a self-organized production mode without human intervention. The blindness, lag, and unfairness in the manual communication is eliminated by the Machine to Machine (M2M) interaction and automatic coordination. Besides, an NLP-based machine learning algorithm is introduced for quantifying semantic distance and measuring the differences between orders. Composed by these models, a total solution named Industry-Chat (I-Chat) emerges. With the help of that, production resources can be scheduled and managed autonomously and the order-based production processes could be promoted seamlessly. Thus, an improved industrial ecosystem with automatic DM and self-organization for future intelligent manufacturing is realized. The practicability of the research is verified by a case study. The results show that the production cost is reduced by 12%, the resource utilization rate is improved and its economic value is demonstrated.

An Experiential Learning Approach to Learning Manual Communication Through a Virtual Reality Environment

There is a pressing need for effective pedagogical methods of manual languages, as evident in the decline of manual languages, such as New Zealand Sign Language (NZSL). Despite being recognized as one of New Zealand's official languages, recent censuses have shown that fluent NZSL signers have been steadily decreasing. There is a cultural responsibility to preserve such languages, yet the combination of barriers to acquisition and the limited availability of effective teaching methods are standing in the way. In light of this, this article proposes a computer-assisted sign language learning system that incorporates virtual reality and validation-based feedback as tools to implement the experiential learning model. An implementation in the form of virtual reality NZSL is presented, targeting the set of NZSL alphabet. Results show that a vision-based classification method, using the Leap Motion controller, is a scalable, accurate, and usable solution for feedback-assisted manual language learning. A formative usability evaluation of $n=10$ participants showed promising results for engagement, confidence, and memory retention. The results indicate that virtual reality technology is uniquely situated as an innovative medium for the self-directed acquisition of manual languages. It is hoped this article inspires technology researchers to pursue collaborations with the deaf/Deaf community to design and develop pedagogical technology solutions for manual communication.

Introduction of Indian Sign Language in Inclusive Education

Purpose: The predominant mode of human communication is speech, and whenever it is hindered, humans resort to the tactile-kinaesthetic mode. Use of sign language by persons with speech-hearing impairments is a classic example of such adaptation. The Demonstration School at the Regional Institute of Education in Mysuru, South India, undertook training of typically-developing students in Indian Sign Language (ISL), so as to facilitate communication and instruction of students with hearing impairment who are in mainstream learning environments. Method: Training in ISL was imparted to140 typically-developing students in higher primary classes. Twenty-four 40-minute sessions were conducted over a month. After theoretical orientation in logical bases of manual communication, practical training commenced with elementary manual alphabets, progressed through essential daily-life vocabulary necessary to construct simple sentences and carry out general conversations, and culminated in signing the Indian National Anthem. Results: Typically-developing students gained primary benefits such as improved awareness about non-verbal communication modes, mastery of basic skills in ISL, and positive attitudes towards sign languages. Conclusion: The UNCRPD 2006 authorises sign language as the linguistic identity of the Deaf, and encourages the use of sign language in learning environments. Future research should add to the findings on secondary benefits in the form of scholastic and sociometric advantages derived by students with hearing impairments who receive instructions in sign language in mainstream learning environments.