International Journal of Education and Information Technologies

 
E-ISSN: 2074-1316
Volume 12, 2018

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Volume 12, 2018


Title of the Paper: The New Culture of Learning from New Media

 

Authors: Melquiceded Rodriguez Rodriguez, Adriana Caicedo

Pages: 177-183

Abstract: Understanding the variables that are woven today from the possible axes that determine education and the way in which knowledge is addressed by teachers and students, it was proposed to investigate two educational contexts of the municipality of Tuluá, Department of Valle del Cauca in the Republic of Colombia (Educational institutions: Juan Maria Céspedes and Carlos Sarmiento Lora Industrial ). In this sense, this article tries to present the perception of the members of the educational community (teachers, students and parents) about the new forms of access to knowledge due to the proliferation of communication media where the reflection of the findings obeyed the application of a methodology with a hermeneutic approach, a descriptive method, typical of qualitative research. And also how the visions of this community were related to variables of the pedagogy and the didactic foundation in the work of the classroom, where it was evidenced, that indeed there is a great contradiction between the estates studied from the conception of knowledge product of the new media.


Title of the Paper: Self-Development Management in Educational Globalization

 

Authors: Gulzhaina К. Kassymova, Galina A. Stepanova, Olga P. Stepanova, Petr V. Menshikov, Mariam R. Arpentieva, Andrey P. Merezhnikov, Ludmila A. Kunakovskaya

Pages: 171-176

Abstract: The article deals with the management of children’s and adult’s self-development in additional and other levels and types of the ecological education the context of the educational globalization. The possibilities (managerial and pedagogical resources) of the additional education of children and adults in the self-development of the individual and the realization of pedagogical ideas of Russian and world space scientists are shown, the appeal to which acquires particular relevance in the light of the globalization of education.


Title of the Paper: Perceived Barriers to Physical Activity Practice in Undergraduate Students

 

Authors: César Augusto Mazuera, Ángela Patricia Arteaga, Alfonso Céspedes Manrique

Pages: 163-170

Abstract: This systematic review without meta-analysis aimed to examine the available scientific evidence on the perceived barriers hindering the physical activity practice in the undergraduate population. The 10 articles of this review were identified through the search in the following databases: Dialnet, SciELO, PubMed and Redalyc. The review was carried out between the months of January and July 2018. It was found that among university students, external barriers prevail over internal ones. Among them the lack of time stands out, this due to the overload of work or study. Other perceived barriers that occur to a lesser extent and that hinder the practice of physical activity among university students are stress and fatigue triggered by overload of work or study, not having facilities nearby or suitable for the practice of physical activities and lack of social support.


Title of the Paper: The Problem of Management and Implementation of Innovative Models of Network Interaction in Inclusive Education of Persons with Disabilities

 

Authors: Galina A. Stepanova, Anna I. Tashcheva, Olga P. Stepanova, Petr V. Menshikov, Gulzhaina К. Kassymova, Mariam R. Arpentieva, Oksana V. Tokar

Pages: 156-162

Abstract: The authors raised the problem of accessibility of quality education of students with disabilities. The model of organization and management of network interaction is presented. The need to build management, cooperation and network interaction of educational organizations of all levels is explained by the high demand for the efforts of leading specialists, scientists, methodologists and practitioners in order to improve the quality and accessibility of General education for people with special educational needs. The model of network interaction in inclusive education contributes to: activation of participation of educational organizations in solving specific educational problems of teaching children with disabilities inclusive. It is increasing the efficiency of the use of methodological resources. The model of network interaction in inclusive education expanding opportunities for training, pedagogical skills and psychological and pedagogical competence of teaching staff. It is improving management of educational processes and organizations, raising the level of social and human capital.


Title of the Paper: The Culture of Learning from the New Media

 

Authors: Adriana Caicedo Castillo, Melquicedec Rodriguez Rodriguez

Pages: 149-155

Abstract: The use of information and communication technologies (ICT) is used in the classroom, identifying the factors that influence the teaching and learning process; in two public educational institutions in the municipality of Tuluá, Valle del Cauca, Colombia, from a Hermeneutic approach. The structural, behavioral and instrumental variables are examined for the study. A bibliographic sweep is made, related to the technological revolutions, the impact of the cyberculture and the educational use of the new technologies, in the same way it measures the perception of students, professors and parents or guardians, about the use of technological resources, access to the internet, attitudes towards the use of ICT for learning.


Title of the Paper: Value-motivational Sphere and Prospects of the Deviant Behavior

 

Authors: Olga P. Stepanova, Svetlana V. Gridneva, Petr V. Menshikov, Gulzhaina К. Kassymova, Oksana V. Tokar, Andrey P. Merezhnikov, Mariam R. Arpentieva

Pages: 142-148

Abstract: The urgency of the problem under consideration is determined by the dynamic transformations of social values reflected in the minds of persons and manifested in various forms and prospects of deviant behavior. The purpose of the article is to study the influence of the value system on the motivation of persons, expressed in the orientation of behavior toward a normative or deviant orientation. For this purpose, theoretical study of the influence of socio-psychological correction of behaviors deviations carried out in the form of a program of value-motivational development on the value system of persons and on changing behavior has been carried out. As a result of such an investigation, the positive impact of disclosing the internal motivation, revealing the true meanings of one's own activity, was revealed, which, in turn, positively affects the orientation of behavior towards the normative orientation. The materials of the article can be useful in the practical work of psychologists in solving problems related to the deviant behavior of persons of the different ages.


Title of the Paper: Criteria and Methodology for the Evaluation of e-Learning Management Systems based on the Specific Needs of the Organization

 

Authors: Ivaylo Blagoev, Vladimir Monov

Pages: 134-141

Abstract: The paper explores, classifies and defines the individual requirements for the e-learning management systems, based on these criteria, a comprehensive assessment of the compatibility of each of the evaluated e-learning systems can be made. This paper analyzes the existing evaluation models and based on them an optimized methodology has been made. The methodology takes into account the degree of impact of each individual evaluation criterion and the specific type of the training organization implementing the e-learning management systems. A detailed criteria list, a scale for assessing the impact of individual criteria on the different types of organizations and a scale for assessing the compliance of the evaluated e-learning management system with the individual criteria has been developed.


Title of the Paper: Problems of Meeting the Goals of Technical Education at Primary Schools in the Czech Republic

 

Authors: Marie Hubalovska, Stepan Hubalovsky

Pages: 124-133

Abstract: The common problem of the Czech primary education is the lack of interest of pupils on technical education. The Czech primary curriculum defines goals and competencies of technical education that are responsible for child’s positive relation to technics and development of pupil’s technical thinking and creativity. Unfortunately, the real status of technical education in Czech primary schools is different. The way of teaching in primary schools does not fulfill the goals of technical education. The problem is in insufficient hourly subsidy of technically oriented learning. The paper presents the results of the research discovering the percentage of hourly subsidy of technical oriented education in Czech primary schools. The paper present the possibility for development of technical and science literacy using construction kits as well.


Title of the Paper: Exploration of Research Areas of Universities in Nigeria based on Scopus Subject Document Classification

 

Authors: Hilary I. Okagbue, Aderemi A. Atayero, Pelumi E. Oguntunde, Abiodun A. Opanuga, Patience I. Adamu, Angie O. I. Adebayo

Pages: 117-123

Abstract: Over 5,000 publishers worldwide are sources for Scopus content; their publications under Scopus coverage could either be serial with an International Standard Serial Number (ISSN) or non-serial with an International Standard Book Number (ISBN). Searching, discovery and analysis are three key areas Scopus supports researchers and librarians. Scopus covers peer-reviewed literature and web content under four broad research areas known as life sciences, physical sciences, health sciences and social sciences & humanities; 27 major subject areas and 300+ minor subject areas are further sub-divisions of the four broad research areas (Elsevier [1]. Evaluation of research performance and analysis of journal quality are significant activities that determine the impact as well as ranking of universities across the globe. Bibliometrics, which dates back to the 1890s, was adopted in this study to quantitatively analyze the research areas of universities in Nigeria in order to determine their world impact and ranking. Research output from Universities in Nigeria is poor and Medicine, agricultural and biological allied courses seems to be the major research area. On the other hand, some other research areas were identified where efforts have to be intensified to stimulate research interest on them. The paper presented the research subject areas in terms of rank which comparative analysis can be performed.


Title of the Paper: Industrial Robot for Controlling and Monitoring of a Serving Activity

 

Authors: Paul Ciprian Patic, Florin Ion Popa

Pages: 110-116

Abstract: The industrial robot is currently the point of intersection of peak results in a number of areas: mechanical, automation, computers and drive systems. This congruent of such different scientific and technological branches is explained by the robot's complexity, both in terms of mechanical architecture and management. Having in view what we said above, one can say that an industrial robot is a result of these technical and scientific developments and can be defined as a technological system capable of assisting or replacing human in the exercise of various actions on machinery or production lines. In this paper one present in detail, especially, the design of a robotic arm that has the task of transporting different objects in an ordered order. The robotic arm will be programmed in LabVIEW to "collect" the pieces in the indicated locations and, after that, to transport different parts to the storage sites or in other industrial places.


Title of the Paper: Research Output Analysis for Universities of Technology in Nigeria

 

Authors: Hilary I. Okagbue, Abiodun A. Opanuga, Pelumi E. Oguntunde, Patience I. Adamu, Chukwuemeka O. Iroham, Angie O. I. Adebayo

Pages: 105-109

Abstract: Research outputs of universities are often used for the determination of their ranking, prestige and impact among competing partners across the globe. This research focused on the qualitative analysis of research outputs, based on 27 identified research areas, for universities of technologies in Nigeria. The 27 subject areas of the top ten universities of Nigeria were obtained from Scopus database. Universities having less than two hundred documents were not included. Ranking and statistical methods were used for data analysis. The result showed that the research outputs from the universities of technology in Nigeria were poor especially when compared with other African countries like Egypt, Morocco, Ghana, South Africa, and Algeria and so on. Agricultural and Biological Sciences, Engineering, Environmental Sciences and Medicine were identified as subject areas of high research output. The universities seem to perform poorly in 3 core science areas which are chemistry, physics and mathematics. Recommendations were made based on the findings of this study.


Title of the Paper: Visual Representation of Proofs in Graph Theory

 

Authors: Andrea Ševčíková, Eva Milková

Pages: 99-104

Abstract: Mathematical proof is a basic concept characterizing mathematics and its application is inevitable in the practice of mathematicians and computer scientists. However, in the area of informatics we meet very often students who are not keen on the proof and thus they have problem to pass exams. Teachers are constantly designing tools and methods to explain complicated matters to their students in an attractive way. Many researchers claim that one of the suitable means of approaching difficult matters is the implementation of multimedia into teaching and learning. The aim of the paper is to introduce a research dealing with the influence of multimedia applications employed to enhance comprehensibility and attractiveness of mathematical proofs. Three research questions are discussed: Can visualization help to improve the instruction of proofs of theorems from the area of graph theory? What is the student's attitude towards proving? What is the attitude towards the use of visualizations in instruction of the proofs of theorems from the area of graph theory? According to gained results students see visualization as very beneficial and confirm that visualization of the instruction helps them to understand the subject matter.


Title of the Paper: Cognitive Learning Strategies Instruction and Listening Proficiency Development in Foreign Languages Undergraduates

 

Authors: Diana Katherine González, Estefanya Cataño Franco, Mónica López Medina

Pages: 91-98

Abstract: The following paper reports the results of a mixed study on Language Learning Strategies instruction. The work sought to investigate the effect of cognitive learning strategies instruction on the development of the listening ability of English as a Foreign Language. The selected population were first year students from the Bachelor's Degree program on Foreign Languages from a Colombian University. Initially, a diagnostic test was administered with the purpose of establishing the current students’´ listening level. Likewise, Students answered and extract from the SILL Questionnaire (Strategy Inventory for Language Learning) to measure their cognitive strategies use. Subsequently, a series of implementations based on the cognitive strategies instruction to develop listening skill in EFL through authentic material were carried out. The data was collected by using quantitative and qualitative instruments. Such as focus group, field diary and rubrics to evaluate listening performance. The initial results showed students did not use Learning Strategies effectively as they reportedly argued on the SILL answers. Besides, they presented low levels of listening proficiency. After the implementation; students demonstrated a more controlled and monitored use of their cognitive learning strategies which significantly influenced their listening ability development.


Title of the Paper: Comparative Content Analysis of the Netspeak Elements Among Pupils and Students in Asynchronous Discussion ''Professor-Student''

 

Authors: Karmela Aleksić-Maslać, Franjo Borović, Zdravka Biočina

Pages: 86-90

Abstract: In this paper asynchronous online discussions of high school pupils and students were compared. The methodological approach taken was to measure the amount of Netspeak elements in the discussion professor-student on LMS Moodle. Netspeak is a new language form that generates itself from a spoken language. It is developing very rapidly and through use of new technologies (Skype, Facebook, Viber, Whatsapp, etc.) becoming more and more the global language. Its main feature is the extensive use of abbreviations, emoticons, and punctuations. In order to conduct the analysis and measure amount of Netspeak elements in mentioned discussions, ten Netspeak standards have been used that are divided in four following groups: standard related to information and communication technology (ICT), Grammar and syntax (G), Prosody (P) and Others (O). A comparison of these two groups of participants in asynchronous online discussions revealed some similarities and differences among them. As expected, the amount of Netspeak elements was greater among high school pupils than among students. Both students and pupils used most frequently ICT standards and the least frequently prosody standards. The results also indicate that students are more adept to formal online communication than pupils and that women use more emoticons than man in asynchronous online discussions.


Title of the Paper: Using 3D Modeling Software for 3D Printers at Primary (Lower Secondary) Schools in the Czech Republic and Use it for Create Simple Model

 

Authors: Radek Nemec, Petr Vobornik

Pages: 80-85

Abstract: This article describes the results of the phone interviews across the Czech Republic at primary (lower secondary) schools focused on mapping the using 3D Modeling Software for 3D Printers. The article contains the second part. The use of these 3D modeling software for 3D printers for create simple model. There is a large amount of 3D modeling software for 3D printers. Most of them focus on professional 3D modeling. This is not useful for teaching 3D modeling at primary schools. There are also very simple software. Schools know about them and use them. The results of the phone interview present that schools use software Tinkercad, SketchUp and Windows 8.1/10 build in software 3D Builder. These 3D modeling software is a typical example of simple software. To create a simple model, these simple software have just been selected. A simple model was created and the creation described in each of these three software. Simple model its mean create a cup. As the cup is mean hollow cylinder with torus.


Title of the Paper: The Educational and Technological Aspects of the Alternative and Augmentative Communication (AAC)

 

Authors: Ewa Brzdęk

Pages: 75-79

Abstract: AAC is the commonly used abbreviation of the term: Alternative and Augmentative Communication (AAC), which encompasses the different communication methods that can be used to help people with a wide range of speech and language disabilities. We shortly discuss several educational and technological aspects of AAC. We also consider the linguistic issues occurring in the learning and teaching processes of those methods of communication, in particular in conversation with pupils with special communicational needs. The efficiency of such conversation depends, first of all, on the level of acquisition of conversational abilities, but also on the suitable choice of a system of alternative communication (e.g., PCS - Picture Communication Symbols, PIC - Pictogram Ideogram Communi-cation, Sclera Pictograms, MOWiK, Bliss System, Makaton), the proper choice of methods of communication, and the proper selection and use of the technological equipments (e.g., Voice Output Communication Aid, Boardmaker or Boardmaker with Speaking Dynamically Pro). Morever, the persons that teach such commun-ication should be on a high level of self-awareness and posses high qualifications. There are various concerns that the use of AAC might impede their ability to speak using words, but some research records show that this is not the case in general and many applications of AAC facilitate speech production.


Title of the Paper: Evaluating Items Structure and Objectivity on E-Commerce Subject

 

Authors: S. Riurean, M. Leba, A. Ionica

Pages: 69-74

Abstract: Teaching, but even more important, evaluating students, are both art and science. In this paper there are some diverse models of evaluation items presented to assist the classroom teacher in its mid and final term evaluation for an accurate appreciation of the knowledge and skills acquired by students during academic semester or year. The first part, presents specific structure of few evaluation items - according to their level of objectivity - used in a test construction, followed by a short presentation of the subjects taught at electronic commerce curricula. In the second part, the principles pointed out in the first part are applied to evaluate electronic commerce discipline presented at college level. Illustrations of objectives, testing techniques, and sample test items in this particular subject area are also presented. There are many examples described in different papers of good practices regarding e-commerce evaluation for shops. Some of them mostly describe the issue at a theoretical level and only few make a review on shop created by students. Here are some examples of objective items applied to e-commerce shops with different levels of possible reliable objectivity, together with points of evaluation. This paper is intended to support teachers to find the best ways of using evaluation to improve learning in this specific area – electronic commerce, being also useful for students in teacher-training and graduate programs, curriculum specialists and students interested in developing proper quiz structure.


Title of the Paper: The Warnke Method as a Support in Education of Children with Mild Intellectual Disabilities

 

Authors: Ewa Brzdęk

Pages: 64-68

Abstract: Intellectual Disability may be a serious obstacle for some persons in the process of learning. Similar problems can be caused by Auditory Processing Disorders. On the other hand, the Warnke method seems to be a very effective supporting tool in the process of education of children with such intellectual disabilities of mild degree. We discuss shortly all those issues in this article.


Title of the Paper: Social Status of the Family as a Determinant of the Development of Lateralization, Gross and Fine Motor Skills in Pre-School Children

 

Authors: Danimir Mandic, Danica Dzinovic, Dragan Martinovic, Veljko Bandjur

Pages: 58-63

Abstract: The paper first examined the complexity of the social status of the family and estimated the status of lateralization, gross and fine motor skills in children entering the first grade of the Elementary School, and then established the relationship between indicators of lateralization, gross and fine motor skills of children on the one hand and social status families on the other. The aim of the research is to determine whether and how the social status of the family affects the development of lateralization, gross and fine motor skills in preschoolers. In other words, this study should have found out whether the educational level of parents is the determinant of the development of lateral, gross and fine motor skills in children. The results obtained on a sample of 141 children confirm the assumption that the educational level of the parents affects some indicators of gross motor skills of children. The variance analysis showed that the differences between groups comparing the educational level of the mother and father and the parameters of the explosive power of the lower extremities are not random but significant. F-test values for long jump from F=4.824 with 2 degrees of freedom between groups and 139 degrees of freedom within groups and p=.009; and F=3.384 with 2 degrees of freedom between groups and 139 degrees of freedom within groups and p=.003, tell us of a difference that is statistically significant. In addition to this difference, it is established the difference within the group. From the presented results, their analyzes and discussions, the basic conclusion of the research is that some motor skills of children are determined by the social status of the family. It was found that the educational level of the mother and father was associated with the power of lower extremities. When it comes to fine motorism and lateralization, the obtained results do not give the right to claim that there is a connection between them and the educational level of the father and mother, although such a tendency can be noted by examining the results. However, it is not statistically confirmed.


Title of the Paper: Architecture Knowledge for Software Generation

 

Authors: Ivan Stanev, Maria Koleva

Pages: 46-57

Abstract: The key software engineering problems nowadays are: lack of software developers, insufficient quality of software products, and high software cost. Even widespread and well defined software development methods, such as Rational Unified Process and Agile, could not solve these problems. А method improving the software development process through architecture-based and knowledge-based automated software engineering is presented. The main business objects and control objects of the method are described. The automation process ontology including business, software and infrastructure architecture objects is proposed. A tool for specification of domain area facts and knowledge, problems and problem solving algorithms is created. A technological process for software development is proposed based on the described method. The method actions include: (1) manual specification of the business objects and control objects; (2) automated verification of the specified objects; (3) automatic interpretation of the compiled control objects that reuse pre-defined repository components; (4) automated self-monitoring and self-control of the runtime process. The proposed method efficiency is evaluated based on some quality and quantity attributes.


Title of the Paper: Effective Teaching Methods in Business Higher Education: a Students’ Perspective

 

Authors: László Berényi, Nikolett Deutsch

Pages: 37-45

Abstract: Selection of effective teaching methods is a key issue of education. The supply of the available methods is wide. However, recent trends bring the utilization of info-communication technology to the fore, either traditional tools did not disappear. Relevant literature deals with the characteristics and potential advantages of the methods. The study analysis the proper teaching methods based on the opinions of higher education students with a limited scope of the core knowledge of business courses. Experiences of the authors in higher education confirm that a mixed toolset of methods is used, and the changes are slower than the development of the technology. The paper uses pairwise comparison in the fields of management and strategy, project management, accounting, finance, controlling, marketing and human resource management for identifying the teaching methods considered to be the most useful one. Business students in the sample usually prefer the non-lecture teaching methods, which are based on their active participation in the class work. Results show that simulations and case studies are the most popular teaching methods, while presentations are considered the most unnecessary one. Listening to lectures generally has a low efficiency based on the responses, but the distribution of the answers suggests not to omit them. However, students’ opinions are not the only considerable factors in choosing the teaching methods, the effectiveness of the education can be enhanced if the methods are acceptable to the target audience.


Title of the Paper: Virtual Reality Games about Early Childhood Attention Processes

 

Authors: A. José Eduardo Padilla Beltrán, B. Yaneth Patricia Caviativa Castro, C. María Inés Mantilla Pastrana

Pages: 30-36

Abstract: The use of virtual reality games has spread to various human activities in populations of all ages. Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs), as well as virtual reality games, have become strategic allies in the learning processes, since interactivity increases motivation, a process that underlies learning. In the same sense, these games have been used as methods of cognitive and physics in some neurological pathologies such as cerebrovascular accidents and Alzheimer's disease. This research was developed through a quasi-experimental study with a pre-test, posttest and a control group with infants. The study population met the following inclusion criteria: children of educational institutions located in the city of Bogotá, D.C., that have not practiced virtual reality sports games and that have all their physical and mental capacities, and whose parents signed the informed consent. In this study we found a slight increase in the number of students who moved to a higher stage in the jump pattern in the group that performed 2 weekly sessions of virtual reality games during one month (intervention group) with respect to the control group. This research initiates a way in which investigations can be carried out that can include larger sample sizes, with more objective tests for the evaluation of the locomotive pattern, an increase in the number of sessions of the video game, and statistical tests to determine the effects of the games of reality development of motor patterns.


Title of the Paper: A Preliminary Study of the Research Production in Saudi Universities

 

Authors: Pavlos Nikolaidis, Dimitrios Xanthidis, Ali Saad Alali

Pages: 21-29

Abstract: Objectives: To examine the current status of research production in the public Saudi universities. Methods/Statistical analysis: A special digital library, founded and established by the respective research institution in the country (King Abdul-Aziz City for Science and Technology or KACST), was available at the time. This source was devoted and available to the most important public Saudi universities and only for applied sciences. The origin of the data goes back forty years. Findings: The results clearly prove the constantly growing tendency for research production that this country experienced despite two highly downgraded years. Nevertheless, and as it was revealed, production of research papers written in the English language was the main outcome through the years and only three Saudi universities can be considered as the most influential education institutions in article production terms. Finally, it reveals, much as expected, that those significant public institutions are physically located in three geographic areas, indeed the big urban centers of Riyadh, Jeddah and Dammam.


Title of the Paper: Strengthening Cognitive Processes in Early Childhood through a Pedagogic Tool with Video Games

 

Authors: A. José Eduardo Padilla Beltrán, B. Yaneth Patricia Caviativa Castro, C. María Inés Mantilla Pastrana

Pages: 13-20

Abstract: The objective of the study is to design a video game as a technological tool to favour the cognitive processes of children in early childhood. The methodology corresponds to a qualitative research of descriptive type with an instructional design model ADDIE that takes into account: analysis of the learning needs, training objectives, memories appropriate to the purpose of the learning process, content and activities development, low levels of structural difficulty. Favouring the operation functions by elements applied in the design of the video game, the child organizes, associates, identifies, and improves the capacity of concentration, orientation and the spatial notion. In the future is expected to implement a detailed analysis for the strengthening of cognitive abilities, improving the structuring of elaborate sentences required to make their social interaction in the context towards the recognition of objects, figures and colours from the abstraction of linguistic symbolism. It is recommended to continue research that includes broad samples, as well as objective tests for the evaluation of the cognitive pattern, increasing the number of video game sessions to determine the effects of ludic in the virtual reality of learning.


Title of the Paper: Agent Based Model of Anger Contagion and its Correlations with Personality and Interaction Frequency

 

Authors: Mara Pudane, Bernard P. Brooks, Rebecca J. Houston, Michael A. Radin

Pages: 7-12

Abstract: The research interest of the paper is investigating how various factors impact annoyance and anger propagation in the network. In general, emotion in a human network propagates via process that in psychology is called emotional contagion. While there already are attempts, some very elaborate, to model emotion contagion, to authors’ knowledge none of them look at it as depending on interaction time. To perform simulations, an agent-based model was developed based on real data. The model allows to input personality and interaction frequency as parameters. As a result, some unintuitive results were acquired. First, it was assumed that maximum anger intensity in the network will grow linearly with Neuroticism value, however, the results showed sigmoid character. Secondly, it was also assumed that depending on interaction time, the decrease will be linear but the simulations show very slight decrease or even peak at the beginning. One of the tasks to supplement this research is measuring and confirming the existence of such predicaments in real life.


Title of the Paper: The Logical Model and Language Support for Patterns in DBMS

 

Authors: Zdeňka Telnarová, Martin Žáček

Pages: 1-6

Abstract: The authors' aim is the Logical Model and Language Support for Patterns in DBMS (Database Management System) and builds on the previous work of the authors. Patterns are mentioned usually in the extraction context. Little stress is posed in their representation and management. This paper is focused on representation of the patterns, manipulation with patterns and query patterns. Crucial issue can be seen in systematic approach to pattern management and specific pattern query language which takes into consideration semantics of patterns. Example of implementation of the abstract pattern model is proposed. Query language for manipulating with patterns is introduced on Time Series data.