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Software Requirements As Executable Code, Karen Eileen Wasielewski Morand Dec 2012

Software Requirements As Executable Code, Karen Eileen Wasielewski Morand

Regis University Student Publications (comprehensive collection)

This project analyzed the effectiveness of using Story Testing frameworks to create an application directly from user specifications. It did this by taking an example business application with "traditional" specifications and rewriting those specifications in three different Story Testing Frameworks - Cucumber, FitNesse, and JBehave. Analysis of results drew the following conclusions: 1) Story Testing can help prove a project's completeness, 2) Specifications are still too technical, 3) Implementation is not overly complex, and 4) Story Testing is worth it. It proposed future research around evaluating natural languages and seeking more user-friendly ways of writing specifications in a natural language.

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Cross-Layer Schemes For Reducing Delay In Multihop Wireless Networks, Maggie Xiaoyan Cheng, Quanmin Ye, Lin Cai Dec 2012

Cross-Layer Schemes For Reducing Delay In Multihop Wireless Networks, Maggie Xiaoyan Cheng, Quanmin Ye, Lin Cai

Computer Science Faculty Research & Creative Works

End-to-end delay is an important QoS metric in multihop wireless networks such as sensor networks and mesh networks. End-to-end delay is defined as the total time it takes for a single packet to reach the destination. It is a result of many factors including the length of the route and the interference level along the path. in this paper we address how to minimize end-to-end delay jointly through optimizing routing and link layer scheduling. We present two cross-layer schemes, a loosely coupled cross-layer scheme and a tightly coupled cross-layer scheme. in the loosely coupled cross-layer scheme, routing is computed first …

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Assessing Barriers To Health Care Services For Hispanic Residents In Rural Georgia, Michele Vitale, Conner Bailey Dec 2012

Assessing Barriers To Health Care Services For Hispanic Residents In Rural Georgia, Michele Vitale, Conner Bailey

Journal of Rural Social Sciences

Since the 1990s, many Hispanics have been relocating to the rural South and their permanency (although beneficial to the economy) poses new challenges at the institutional level. One area of major concern is the adequate provision of health care. Our article evaluates the socioeconomic, cultural, and geographic/transportation barriers that Hispanic residents face when seeking primary health care services in Toombs County, Georgia. Data were acquired through personal interviews with Hispanic residents, local health professionals, and key community informants by using a combination of opportunity sampling and a snowball approach. Results indicate that the local health system and the county as …

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Pengembangan Konstruk Sistem Pembelajaran Pada Pendidikan Tinggi Vokasi, I Made Suarta Dec 2012

Pengembangan Konstruk Sistem Pembelajaran Pada Pendidikan Tinggi Vokasi, I Made Suarta

Jurnal Pendidikan Vokasi

Sistem pembelajaran di politeknik perlu menyesuaikan dengan kebutuhan-kebutuhan terkini dalam menyiapkan lulusan untuk memiliki pekerjaan dengan keahlian terapan tertentu. Penelitian ini bertujuan: (1) Mendeskripsikan persepsi mahasiswa tentang sistem pembelajaran yang diterapkan oleh dosen/instruktur di politeknik; dan (2) Memperoleh model pengukuran konstruk sistem pembelajaran pendidikan tinggi vokasi. Penelitian dilaksanakan dengan pendekatan kuantitatif non-eksperimen, menggunakan kuesioner sebagai alat penumpul data. Sampel penelitian adalah mahasiswa tingkat akhir Politeknik Negeri Bali tahun akademik 2009/2010. Ukuran sampel penelitian sebanyak 244. Teknik sampling yang digunakan adalah proportional random sampling. Data dianalisis secara deskriptif kuantitatif dan analisis faktor konfirmatori. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan: (1) Menurut persepsi mahasiswa, kemampuan …

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Fitur Motivasi Pembelajran Online Dengan Pendekatan Pre-Defined Set, Djuniadi Djuniadi Dec 2012

Fitur Motivasi Pembelajran Online Dengan Pendekatan Pre-Defined Set, Djuniadi Djuniadi

Jurnal Pendidikan Vokasi

Pembelajaran Elearning dengan memanfaatkan teknologi informasi dan komunikasi berkembang cepat dan dimanfaatkan secara luas. Salah satu permasalahan dalam sistem e-learning, khususnya dalam pembelajaran online adalah peserta didik sering kehilangan motivasi. Fitur motivasi adalah fitur himpunan kalimat motivasi yang dikembangkan berdasarkan 3 indikator kalimat motivasi. Strategi implementasi yang digunakan adalah pre-defined set yaitu pemberian motivasi ditentukan berdasarkan pilihan sendiri. Ekperimen ini menggunakan subjek 68 mahasiswa dibagi menjadi 2, yaitu kelompok eksperimen dan kelompok kontrol. Hasil analisis N-gain menunjukkan bahwa ada peningkatan prestasi belajar pada kelompok pre-defined set dengan kategori peningkatan sedang (g = 0,537), dan peningkatan prestasi belajar pada kelompok kontrol …

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Model Pembelajaran Soft Skill Terintegrasi Pada Siswa Smk Program Studi Keahlian Tata Boga, Siti Hamidah Dec 2012

Model Pembelajaran Soft Skill Terintegrasi Pada Siswa Smk Program Studi Keahlian Tata Boga, Siti Hamidah

Jurnal Pendidikan Vokasi

Kajian model pembelajaran soft skills terintegrasi bertujuan untuk mengkaji model hipotetik dari pembelajaran soft skills siswa SMK Boga. Model dikembangkan berdasarkan kajian konsep-konsep soft skills dikaitkan dengan konteks pembelajarannya pada bidang tata boga. Soft-skills diidentifikasi dari kurikulum jasa boga kelompok produktif dan dieksplorasi dari dunia industri terkait. Kemudian soft skills dari hasil identifikasi ini diintegrasikan dengan pendekatan topik dan multi target. Implementasinya dalam pembelajaran menggunakan pendekatan psikologi pemebelajaran eklektik antara behaviourisme, kognitvisme, konstruktivisme, dan humanisme. Rancangan model ini menekankan peran aktif siswa mulai dari merancang perilaku soft skills, mengkonstruk soft skills terintegrasi melalui pengalaman belajar berbasis manajemen kinerja, dan melakukan …

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Re-Orientasi Keterampilan Kerja Lulusan Pendidikan Kejuruan, Ivan Hanafi Dec 2012

Re-Orientasi Keterampilan Kerja Lulusan Pendidikan Kejuruan, Ivan Hanafi

Jurnal Pendidikan Vokasi

Pendidikan kejuruan diyakini memiliki konstribusi yang besar bagi perkembangan masyarakat dan peningkatan ekonomi suatu negara. Daya saing negara bergantung banyak pada tenaga kerja yang memilik pengetahuan dan keterampilan, karena mereka akan meningkatkan efisiensi dan nilai tambah produksi. Pendidikan dan latihan kejuruan pada hakekat adalah sebagai tempat untuk menyiapkan tenaga kerja berpengetahuan, berketerampilan, dan berkepribadian bagi memenuhi harapan dunia kerja dan industri. Tetapi kondisi riil menunjukkan banyak lulusan pendidikan kejuruan yang tidak memperoleh kerja, bahkan mereka yang telah bekerjapun menghadapi masalah keterampilan. Bekal pengetahuan dan keterampilan yang mereka miliki tidak cukup untuk dapat sustain dalam lingkungan kerja. Hal itu salah satunya …

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Peningkatan Motivasi Dan Pemahaman Siswa Smk N 5 Banjarmasin Melalui Media Simulasi Electronic Workbench (Ewb), Dwi Mariyati Dec 2012

Peningkatan Motivasi Dan Pemahaman Siswa Smk N 5 Banjarmasin Melalui Media Simulasi Electronic Workbench (Ewb), Dwi Mariyati

Jurnal Pendidikan Vokasi

Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengungkap terjadinga peningkatan motivasi dan pemahaman siswa SMK kelas X dalam pembelajaran dasar-dasar teknik digital melalui media simulasi EWB.Penelitian yang dilakukan adalah penelitian tindakan kelas dengan malalui empat tahapan yaitu: perencanaan, pelaksanaan, pengamatan dan refleksi. Penelitian dilakukan di SMK Negeri 5 Banjarmasin dengan subyek penelitian adalah siswa kelas X Teknik Audio Video. Penelitian melibatkan dua orang kolaborator untuk membantu dan mendampingi peneliti memonitor dampak dari tindakan yang diberikan terhadap motivasi dan pemahaman siswa. Perubahan dari tindakan yang diberikan diperoleh dari hasil pengamatan kolaborator. Teknik pengumpulan data menggunakan metode observasi, wawancara, dan tes pemahaman. Data yang diperoleh …

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Senate Statutes - Title X (Bureaus) - Updated 04-29-13, Adam Aldridge Dec 2012

Senate Statutes - Title X (Bureaus) - Updated 04-29-13, Adam Aldridge

Legislative Branch Publications

No abstract provided.

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Senate Statutes - Title Ii (Membership, Powers, & Purpose) - Updated 04-26-13, Adam Aldridge Dec 2012

Senate Statutes - Title Ii (Membership, Powers, & Purpose) - Updated 04-26-13, Adam Aldridge

Legislative Branch Publications

No abstract provided.

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Nextgen Flight Deck Data Comm: Auxiliary Synthetic Speech Phase I, Tracy Lennertz, Judith Bürki-Cohen, Andrea L. Sparko, Nickolas D. Macchiarella, Jason Kring, Mike Coman, Tom Haritos, Jeffry Alvarado Dec 2012

Nextgen Flight Deck Data Comm: Auxiliary Synthetic Speech Phase I, Tracy Lennertz, Judith Bürki-Cohen, Andrea L. Sparko, Nickolas D. Macchiarella, Jason Kring, Mike Coman, Tom Haritos, Jeffry Alvarado

Publications

Data Comm—a text-based controller-pilot communication system—is critical to many NextGen improvements. With Data Comm, communication becomes a visual task. Interacting with a visual Data Comm display may yield an unsafe increase in head-down time, particularly for single-pilot operations. This study examined the feasibility of supplementing Data Comm with synthetic speech. To this end, thirty-two pilots flew two experimental scenarios in a Cessna 172 Flight Training Device. In one scenario, ATC communication was with a text-only Data Comm display, in the other, communication was with a text Data Comm display with synthetic speech that read aloud each message (i.e., text+speech). Pilots …

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Senate Statutes - Title Ix (Agencies) - Updated 04-29-13, Adam Aldridge Dec 2012

Senate Statutes - Title Ix (Agencies) - Updated 04-29-13, Adam Aldridge

Legislative Branch Publications

No abstract provided.

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Peranan Etika, Pemeriksaan, Dan Denda Pajak Untuk Meningkatkan Kepatuhan Wajib Pajak Orang Pribadi, Nur Cahyonowati, Dwi Ratmono, Faisal Faisal Dec 2012

Peranan Etika, Pemeriksaan, Dan Denda Pajak Untuk Meningkatkan Kepatuhan Wajib Pajak Orang Pribadi, Nur Cahyonowati, Dwi Ratmono, Faisal Faisal

Jurnal Akuntansi dan Keuangan Indonesia

This study aims to examine the determinants of compliance of Indonesian tax payers i.e. tax audit, fine and ethical variables. This study proposes a hypothesis that tax compliance is not only affected by deterrence factors such as tax audit and tax fine but also affected by the behavioral aspect of tax payers i.e. their ethics. The effects of tax audit and tax fine on tax compliance depend on ethical standard. This study designs experiment of 2x2 between subjects to examine the hypotheses. The participants of this experimental study are 40 tax payers in Semarang City. The results of this study …

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Best Of 2012 ― #1: School Of Education Receives $5.7 Million From Hearin Foundation, Andrew Mark Abernathy Dec 2012

Best Of 2012 ― #1: School Of Education Receives $5.7 Million From Hearin Foundation, Andrew Mark Abernathy

University of Mississippi News

Funds will help enhance programs, tackle early childhood education

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European Commission Approval Of The Revised Dexia Orderly Resolution Plan, Dexia Group N.V./S.A., European Union: European Commission Dec 2012

European Commission Approval Of The Revised Dexia Orderly Resolution Plan, Dexia Group N.V./S.A., European Union: European Commission

Documents

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Determining Quorum Of Attendance And Decision Making In The General Meeting Of Shareholders Based On Court Stipulation Due To The Neglectful Absence Of The Majority Foreign Shareholder In A Joint Venture Company (A Foreign Capital Investment Analysis, Ari Wahyudi Hertanto Dec 2012

Determining Quorum Of Attendance And Decision Making In The General Meeting Of Shareholders Based On Court Stipulation Due To The Neglectful Absence Of The Majority Foreign Shareholder In A Joint Venture Company (A Foreign Capital Investment Analysis, Ari Wahyudi Hertanto

Indonesia Law Review

The General Meeting of Shareholders (GMS) is one of the company’s organs with the significant role of determining the business course and other issues related to corporate actions; as it is granted by law to the shareholders of the company. Any decision can be made in the GMS; such as determining the shareholders’ unanimous concurrence on the proposed meeting agenda or even if the results of the meeting are actually contrary to such agenda caused by dissenting among themselves. However, the GMS can also pose certain obstacles in situations where one or more shareholders (that appear to be a majority …

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The Rights Of Private Economic Actors Under The World Trade Organization Agreements In Indonesia, Intan Soeparna Dec 2012

The Rights Of Private Economic Actors Under The World Trade Organization Agreements In Indonesia, Intan Soeparna

Indonesia Law Review

Nothing in the Uruguay Round mentions directly about rights of private economic actors. It seems that the relationship to private economic actors (or may be individual) does not exist within the WTO Agreements, because as a general rule, private parties are not legal subjects of the international legal order. However, this article will prevail upon this situation, by looking closer at the essence of the WTO Agreements to discern the rights of private economic actors that derive from the WTO. The main question of this article is to what extent then Indonesia is dealing with the rights of private economic …

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Jihad Re-Examined Or Jihad Repaired? Bellum Iustum In A World Of International (Dis)-Order, H.A. Hellyer Dec 2012

Jihad Re-Examined Or Jihad Repaired? Bellum Iustum In A World Of International (Dis)-Order, H.A. Hellyer

Santa Clara Journal of International Law

No abstract provided.

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Drone Federalism: Civilian Drones And The Things They Carry, Margot E. Kaminski Dec 2012

Drone Federalism: Civilian Drones And The Things They Carry, Margot E. Kaminski

Publications

Civilian drones are scheduled to be permitted in the national airspace as early as 2015. Many think Congress should establish the necessary nationwide regulations to govern both law enforcement and civilian drone use. That thinking, however, is wrong. This Essay suggests drone federalism instead: a state-based approach to privacy regulation that governs drone use by civilians, drawing on states’ experience regulating other forms of civilian-on-civilian surveillance. This approach will allow necessary experimentation in how to best balance privacy concerns against First Amendment rights in the imminent era of drone-use democratization. This Essay closes by providing some guidance to states as …

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Banco Central De La Republica Argentina - 2012 Financial Statements, Argentina: Banco Central De La Repãºblica Dec 2012

Banco Central De La Republica Argentina - 2012 Financial Statements, Argentina: Banco Central De La Repãºblica

Documents

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Introduction: The Continuing Quest For High-Quality Defense Representation In Capital Cases, Eric M. Freedman Dec 2012

Introduction: The Continuing Quest For High-Quality Defense Representation In Capital Cases, Eric M. Freedman

Hofstra Law Review

An introduction is presented in which the author discusses various reports within the issue on topics including the American Bar Association's "Guidelines for the Appointment and Performance of Defense Counsel in Death Penalty Cases" publication, ineffective assistance of counsel, and psychopathy.

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Front Matter Dec 2012

Front Matter

City University of New York Law Review

No abstract provided.

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Common Law's Lawyering Model: Transforming Individual Crises Into Opportunities For Community Organizing, Karen Gargamelli, Jay Kim Dec 2012

Common Law's Lawyering Model: Transforming Individual Crises Into Opportunities For Community Organizing, Karen Gargamelli, Jay Kim

City University of New York Law Review

We are alumni of the City University of New York School of Law, Class (“CUNY Law”) of 2007 and founders of Common Law, an organization that uses legal education and legal services to support and increase organizing and activism. We describe the origins of Common Law and our beginnings as an organization providing direct legal services to members of community organizing groups in Section I; the emergence of our unique legal clinic model supporting pro se (self-represented) litigants fighting foreclosure in Section II; and our challenges and hopes for the future in Section III.

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Artaud's Journey To Mexico And His Portrayals Of The Land, Tsu-Chung Su Dec 2012

Artaud's Journey To Mexico And His Portrayals Of The Land, Tsu-Chung Su

CLCWeb: Comparative Literature and Culture

In his article "Artaud's Journey to Mexico and His Portrayals of the Land" Tsu-Chung Su examines Artaud's visions, visualizations, descriptions, and conceptualizations of Mexico. Su argues that Artaud's writings about Mexico were his textual appropriations and cartographical remappings of the land. They embodied both the geographic wandering of his itinerary and the bodily spasms of his thought. At once geographical and psycho-physiological embodiments, they were not only texts of a questing spirit but also words of a schizophrenic mind. While tracing and mapping Artaud's deterritorialized wanderings in cultures, religions, and rituals of Mexico, Su aims to explore the interlinking relationships …

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Culture: The Basis For Learning Business In A Foreign Language, Michael Hager Dec 2012

Culture: The Basis For Learning Business In A Foreign Language, Michael Hager

Global Business Languages

In this article, we will first review various perspectives on the teaching of culture and what effect this can have on intercultural interaction in language teaching. We then take a look at ways of using culture to teach a foreign language. The first example is how preparing to write a German Lebenslauf can serve as a means to get to know and better understand fellow classmates. In addition, we look at how preparing for a mock job interview can function as the basis for teaching German. Finally, we see that students appreciate and value the use of culture in the …

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Intercultural Management Cases For The Business Language Class, Christine Uber Grosse Dec 2012

Intercultural Management Cases For The Business Language Class, Christine Uber Grosse

Global Business Languages

This article explores the use of intercultural management cases as alternative instructional materials in business language courses. These cases use the power of story to teach about successful global leaders who effectively lead across cultures. As the cases engage and inform business language students, they also serve as a valuable resource for teaching language, communication, and culture. Additionally, the cases develop situation analysis and problemsolving skills. Three prominent CEOs serve as examples of intercultural management case subjects for the business language class: Jack Ma of China’s Alibaba, Carlos Ghosn of France and Japan’s Renault-Nissan Alliance, and Ratan Tata of India’s …

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Using Advertising To Explore French Language And Culture In The Classroom, Elizabeth Martin Dec 2012

Using Advertising To Explore French Language And Culture In The Classroom, Elizabeth Martin

Global Business Languages

It is widely recognized that authentic materials such as advertisements are beneficial to language learners. In addition to stimulating students’ interest and motivation, advertising in the target language exposes students to different styles of expression and offers a window into another culture. This article proposes a more comprehensive approach to integrating commercial advertisements into the foreign language classroom through content-based learning. In an effort to develop its international business curriculum, California State University, San Bernardino has added Introduction to French Advertising to its already strong business course options in French. This article describes the course in detail, including topics of …

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An Inter-Cultural Communication Approach To Teaching Business Korean: A Case Study Of A Mock Negotiation Between Korean And American College Students, Yeonhee Yoon, Kiwoong Yang Dec 2012

An Inter-Cultural Communication Approach To Teaching Business Korean: A Case Study Of A Mock Negotiation Between Korean And American College Students, Yeonhee Yoon, Kiwoong Yang

Global Business Languages

This study demonstrates that inter-cultural negotiators, one of whom is a bi-cultural American well-versed in the other’s culture, realized similar joint gains to intra-cultural Korean negotiators. The conclusion of this study is that bi-culturals, who are aware of the cultural difference and social distance, were able to close social distance and produce joint gains that were similar to the result of intra-cultural negotiation. This study also emphasizes the development of pedagogical methods to increase KFL (Korean as a foreign language) learners’ inter-cultural awareness and overcome cultural prejudices, so that they can foster cultural and linguistic competence in inter-cultural business negotiations.

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Contributors Dec 2012

Contributors

Global Business Languages

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Standing On The Family Farm In Tysvær: How Did “Kallekodt” Become “Thompson”?—How Is Tysvær Pronounced?, Nina M. Ray Dec 2012

Standing On The Family Farm In Tysvær: How Did “Kallekodt” Become “Thompson”?—How Is Tysvær Pronounced?, Nina M. Ray

Global Business Languages

This article explores the role that language plays in the legacy tourism business, an increasingly important sub-segment of the tourism industry. While seemingly obvious that those traveling to the land of their ancestors may request language help from migration institutions, past research has never asked representatives of migration institutions what help legacy tourists need. Delegates at a recent meeting of the Association of European Migration Institutions participated in a survey about what they perceive to be the most important language needs of their patrons. Most indicated that while some nations, such as Scotland, emphasize that tourists should come learn the …

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