Papers by Keyword: Learning

Abstract: The present study reflected on the role of teachers of architects and civil engineers in the promotion of entrepreneurship as an institutional axis of higher education centers with the aim of identifying the entrepreneurial competencies they possess through a self-diagnosis based on a mixed approach through a survey questionnaire established after a literature review of the subject and considering the opinion of experts. resulting in the profiles of teachers, their knowledge, skills, social roles, character traits, values and motivations that they possess in their classrooms, as well as the learning strategies they use, character traits, values and motivations that they have in their classrooms, as well as the learning strategies that they suggest they use, in contrast to the theory that, It generalizes teachers in their role as facilitators of learning, but there is an opportunity to improve those skills such as communication, and it is important to provide spaces and activities for both teachers and students to socialize with professionals and companies that are currently part of the entrepreneurial ecosystem in their cities. The perceived limitations to achieve success in the entrepreneurial field were also made known and the interest of teachers in continuing to innovate and train to apply and master this knowledge was documented. It is suggested to venture into sustainable social entrepreneurship since it allows to address environmental and socioeconomic projects, promoting a strong ethic and responsible action in the face of various community problems.

Abstract: Successful professionals are expected to adapt to current requirements at all times and keep their knowledge up to date. The Smart Textiles field poses a particular challenge in this respect - in addition to their own specialist knowledge, the focus here is on interdisciplinarity and thinking outside the box. The focus will be on E-Textiles, the combination of electronic with textile products. For this purpose, a flexible Smart Textiles Experience kit called Flex‑STEx is developed using a design thinking approach and involving future users in the development process. This application-oriented construction kit is intended to help extend the limits of individual knowledge, stimulate creativity and provide the ability to initiate product development. A further added value for students will be a deeper understanding of innovation and interdisciplinary challenges. This paper gives an insight into the work in progress concerning the development of this novel kit.

Abstract: Resilience as a concept has found its way into different disciplines to describe the ability of an individual or system to withstand and adapt to changes in its environment. In this paper, we provide an overview of the concept in different communities and extend it to the area of mechanical engineering. Furthermore, we present metrics to measure resilience in technical systems and illustrate them by applying them to load-carrying structures. By giving application examples from the Collaborative Research Centre (CRC) 805, we show how the concept of resilience can be used to control uncertainty during different stages of product life.

Abstract: This article develops a scorecard to synthetically measure the performance of companies logistics and green supply chain system from four aspects which are customers, finance, innermanaging flow and learning and development. The scorecard covers four aspects and has 22 measurement items. An extensive survey has been conducted in Chinese companies and 206 filled questionnaires have been collected. The researcher have compared the performance difference of logistics and supply chain in state—owned companies, foreign—owned companies and private companies. The results showed that the scorecard had the good reliability and effectiveness to become an effective tool to evaluate green supply chain performance in companies. Furthermore, the results showed that there is no direct relation between planning and executive ability, and applied ability of information technology, so the acting relation between them is deleted and the confirmatory factory analysis between them shows a strong relationship. The applied ability of information technology has a very significant influence on logistics efficiency. However, the influences of planning and executive ability on logistics efficiency are significantly strong, while “planning and executive ability” and “applied ability of information technology” are closely-related to firm strategies and organizational coordination ability. In addition, it is also crucial to build cooperative relationship between suppliers and customers and gives effective training for employees. Finally, this article provide managerial insights for firms to understand and enhance their supply chain management.

Abstract: The present paper presents the educational activities of a Leonardo da Vinci project from Lifelong Learning Programme, project called "Launching of Sector Skills Alliance for Training & Apprenticeship of Health Care and Food Supplements Salespersons" (H-CARE). The project aims to provide an innovative and practically oriented training curriculum for Health sector stakeholders, who offer services in assistive technologies, medical devices and food supplements. The curriculum includes information about medical devices, assistive technologies and food supplements, such as products manufacturing, specific characteristics, and potential risks caused by their use.

Abstract: Vascular dementia (VD) is the cognitive impairment clinical syndrome caused by various cerebrovascular diseases. At present the exact causes of VD are not clear, it is believed that ischemic cerebral vascular disease is one of the factors. Hypertension, hyperlipidemia, diabetes, tobacco and alcohol addiction are risk factors of VD. Most of them can be traced back to the youth. Curcumin has a neuroprotective effect in Alzheimer’s disease (AD) and other neurodegenerative diseases. But the effect of curcumin on brain injury caused by chronic cerebral hypoperfusion was unclear. In this study, chronic cerebral ischemia model was used to investigate the effect of curcumin on learning and memory ability of young and aged rats and to explore the mechanism of neuroprotective effect of Curcumin. The result showed that Curcumin can reduce the brain damage both in young and aged VD rats and improve learning and memory ability, and the effect was dose-dependent, without age difference. The pathological injury of the hippocampus might be one of the mechanisms of curcumin improving cognitive impairment of VD rats.

Abstract: A project manager is responsible for the successful project delivery. The project manager needs to effectively manage his team and all resources, in order to ensure the project is completed within the constraint of cost, schedule and quality, and also meeting the client’s satisfaction. Looking at project complexity nowadays, the project manager and project team member are required to acquire new knowledge and develop new skill from time to time. Time is not a privilege as ones handle more than one project at one time. Hence, the objectives of the study are to investigate their perspective towards learning and their perception on organizational support on learning. The study was conducted at a Malaysia’s Government technical department located in Klang Valley. 340 questionnaires were distributed and the rate of responses was about 53%. It was a quantitative approach and the analysis is mainly descriptive. The study demonstrated that all respondents realize the importance of learning and they are motivated to learn. They also perceived that there is organizational support towards learning, thus create a learning culture in the organization. Future studies should be undertaken to address the issue of what is the appropriate learning approach to enhance project management learning.

Abstract: This article introduces an interactive multimedia application used for GMDSS training in the Romanian Maritime Training Centre - CERONAV by maritime/ river officers and cadets. The application actually covers the theoretical, introductory part as well as the assessment of theoretical knowledge as additional tool to the practical training in the simulator and demonstrates how an interactive platform supports the practical training to achieve the required competences for the radio operators’ job. The content of application could be very easily updated by instructors and trainees.

Abstract: Developing useful apps has never been an easy task. Although modern mobile phones/tablets have more and more computation power, it is still not possible to treat them as real computers. Hence, many apps rely on external components to provide services. However, this complicates the development of apps. Unlike students in the computer science department, information management students do not have equally solid programming background. App development related courses have a more rigid learning curve for them. In this paper, APPRush, a platform for developing usable apps and for learning app design skills, is proposed. Both students and ordinary app developers can benefit from the resulting platform.

Abstract: In this paper, we give a fuzzy decision tree (simply FDT) induction algorithm, named FDT_Ambig, to handle the classification with discrete attributes through the uncertainty reduction. In FDT_Ambig, the uncertainty is measured with classification ambiguity. FDT_Ambig selects the attribute which will cause the further reduction of uncertainty as the expanded attribute for each decision node. The experimental result shows that FDT_Ambig has the better generalization capability in comparison with the FDT induced with classification entropy (FDT_Entr).