Lecture capture with real‐time rearrangement of visual elements: impact on student performance

The primary goal of this study is to create and test a lecture‐capture system that can rearrange visual elements while recording is still taking place, in such a way that student performance can be positively influenced. The system we have devised is capable of integrating and rearranging multimedia sources, including learning content, the instructor and students' images, into lecture videos that are embedded in a website for students to review after school. The present study employed a two‐group experimental design, with 153 participants (145 females and 8 males) making up an experimental group in which lecture courses were recorded using the new lecture‐capture system, and 149 participants (140 females and 9 males) forming a control group whose lectures were recorded by traditional means. All participants were in the freshman college and studying Introduction to Computer and Information Science in one of six classes, and were randomly assigned to one of the two groups. The participants' midterm examination and final examination scores were collected as indicators of their academic performance, with their mathematics entrance scores used as a pre‐test. The findings obtained from analysis of covariance (ANCOVA) suggest that appropriate rearrangement of visual elements in lecture videos can significantly impact students' learning performance.     

以用户为中心的可见光通信协作传输中训练资源分配算法

以用户为中心的可见光通信协作传输是近年来出现的新架构,这导致虚拟小区之间出现重叠。为避免导频污染问题,每个虚拟小区中的光接入点(AP)或者虚拟小区中选择相同AP的用户发送的训练序列应该是正交的。针对可见光通信中以用户为中心的协作网络,研究训练资源的正交分配问题,提出了一种新的导频分配算法,联合导频分配和用户选择问题,以期最大限度地增加虚拟小区内可被接入的用户数。分析和仿真结果表明,该导频分配方案可以有效改善导频污染问题,提高训练资源利用率,并且相比已有的导频分配方案,性能有所改进。     

Influence of the Design of Metal Receivers of Slab Continuous-Casting Machines on the Motion of Flow in the Tundish in the Case of Deviations of the Metal Stream from the Required Position. Part II. Procedure of Simulation1

Refractories and Industrial Ceramics - We study the problem of evaluation of the influence of design of the metal receiver of a large-capacity tundish of slab continuous-casting machine on the...     

Influence of the Chemical Composition and Local Atomic Packing of Nanostructured MoSx and MoSex Solid Lubricant Coatings on Their Tribological Properties under Complicated Conditions

Technical Physics Letters - We present the results of a comparative investigation of the friction and wear characteristics of MoSx and MoSex coatings in an oxidizing medium (argon–air...     

Study of the Density of Interface States at the Insulator/In0.52Al0.48As Interface

Technical Physics Letters - The C–V characteristics of Au/Al2O3/In0.52Al0.48As and Au/SiO2/In0.52Al0.48As metal–insulator–semiconductor structures have been studied. It has been...     

基于光纤技术的采空区发火监测系统的应用

基于光纤技术的采空区发火监测系统由传感器、数据传输、数据分析与控制三大部分构成,研发新一代适合煤矿安全领域应用的先进传感器、并以此为基础构建新型煤矿安全灾害监测预警系统,对于实现煤矿安全发展具有十分重要的意义。     

Regulation of sensory nerve conduction velocity of human bodies responding to annual temperature variations in natural environments

The extensive research interests in environmental temperature can be linked to human productivity / performance as well as comfort and health; while the mechanisms of physiological indices responding to temperature variations remain incompletely understood. This study adopted a physiological sensory nerve conduction velocity (SCV) as a temperature‐sensitive biomarker to explore the thermoregulatory mechanisms of human responding to annual temperatures. The measurements of subjects’ SCV (over 600 samples) were conducted in a naturally ventilated environment over all four seasons. The results showed a positive correlation between SCV and annual temperatures and a Boltzmann model was adopted to depict the S‐shaped trend of SCV with operative temperatures from 5°C to 40°C. The SCV increased linearly with operative temperatures from 14.28°C to 20.5°C and responded sensitively for 10.19°C‐24.59°C, while tended to be stable beyond that. The subjects’ thermal sensations were linearly related to SCV, elaborating the relation between human physiological regulations and subjective thermal perception variations. The findings reveal the body SCV regulatory characteristics in different operative temperature intervals, thereby giving a deeper insight into human autonomic thermoregulation and benefiting for built environment designs, meantime minimizing the temperature‐invoked risks to human health and well‐being.     

Phase-Structural and Electrochemical Properties of La2MgNi9 Alloys

Powder Metallurgy and Metal Ceramics - Multiphase La 2 MgNi 9 alloys are synthesized by induction melting. The crystalline structures of all phases in the alloys are determined with X-ray...