Assessment criteria for nonverbal interaction contents in r-learning

r-learning,which is based on e-learning and u-learning,is defined as a learning support system that intelligent robots serve verbal and nonverbal interactions on ubiquitous computing environment.In order to guarantee the advantages of r-learning contents with no limits of timc and place and with nonverbal interaction which are not in e-learning contents,in recent years,assessment criteria for r-learning contents are urgently rcquired.Therefore,the reliable and valid assessment criteria were developed for nonverbal interaction contents in r-learning,and its detailed research content is as follows.First,assessment criteria for nonverbal interaction in r-learning contents will be specified into gesture,facial expression,semi-verbal message,distance,physical contact and time.Second,the validity of the developed assessment criteria will be proved by statistics.Consequently,the assessment criteria for nonverbal interaction contents will be helpful when choosing the better r-learning content and producing the better r-learning content,and the reliability of school education is improved ultimately.

Enhancing IELTS Speaking Scores:A Comparative Analysis of High and Low Performers and Effective Strategies for Improvement

This paper examines the challenges of achieving high IELTS Speaking scores,particularly due to preparation constraints and subjectivity in assessment.It contrasts speaking features of high and low scorers across four key areas:fluency and coherence,lexical resource,grammatical range and accuracy,and pronunciation.The study offers strategies for improvement,focusing on topic development,vocabulary,and grammar,aiming to enhance candidates’performance.

Human Brucellosis Mimicking Axial Spondyloarthritis: a Challenge for Rheumatologists when Applying the 2009 ASAS Criteria

Although the development of the 2009 Sp A classification criteria by Assessment of Spondylo Arthritis international Society（ASAS） represents an important step towards a better definition of the early disease stage particularly in axial spondyloarthritis（ax Sp A）, the specificity of the criteria has been criticized these days. As the commonest zoonotic infection worldwide, human brucellosis can mimic a large number of diseases, including Sp A. This study was performed to determine the frequency of rheumatologic manifestations in patients with brucellosis and the chance of misdiagnosing them as having ax Sp A in central China. The results showed that clinical manifestations of ax Sp A could be observed in brucellosis. Over half of patients had back pain, and one fifth of the patients with back pain were less than 45 years old at onset and had the symptom for more than 3 months. Two young males were falsely classified as suffering from ax Sp A according to the ASAS criteria, and one with MRI proved sacroiliitis was once given Etanercept for treatment. Therefore, differential diagnosis including human brucellosis should always be kept in mind when applying the ASAS criteria, even in traditionally non-endemic areas.

Assessment and Feedback

Assessment and learning must not be considered as two separate processes. In fact, assessment is an integral part of the learning process; it can be learning experience in itself. Active assessment strategies help students better understand the content they learn and develop skills that will be useful to them throughout their lives. Some of those skills are the ability to prepare effective oral and written reports and the ability to cooperate successfully with peers. Action research represents the process of systematic inquiry and it helps teachers to assess learning from the perspective of what they do in the classroom. The purpose is to find out ＂why＂ or ＂how＂ something happened the way it did. Therefore, a situation or problem should be carefully examined by a teacher. Teachers should analyze their own beliefs, values, and assumptions about teaching and learning, knowledge and curriculum, and how these impact the way they interact with students. Feedback should be used as part of assessment activities. Learning experience of students facilitated by teachers can be assessed through feedback.

Structural damage assessment criteria for reinforced concrete buildings by using a Fuzzy Analytic Hierarchy process

Reinforced concrete structures are often exposed to many types of damages and deteriorations due to different causes and exposure conditions during their life cycle.Assessment of such structures is inherently subjected to uncertainty and ambiguity,where subjective opinion and incomplete numeric data are unavoidable.In the damage assessment process,estimating the importance of assessment criteria is an important field in itself,and depends heavily on the experience and expertise of experts.The aim of this study is to present a fuzzy-based assessment model,which estimates the importance of structural assessment criteria for concrete buildings.The work aims also at studying,identifying,and prioritizing assessment criteria.These assessment criteria are based on close visual inspections and simple measurements that do not require special testing or long-term investigation.The main assessment criteria include the state of building history,environmental conditions,structural capacity,durability,and professional involvement in construction.Each of them has two levels of sub-criteria.The criteria weights are obtained based on the opinions of experts using the Fuzzy Analytic Hierarchy Process(FAHP)method.The application of the FAHP method showed that the most important criteria is the structural capacity with a weighting factor of 50.1%,followed by the environmental condition as second,with a weighting factor of 22.5%.

Experience after 100 patients treated with cytoreductive surgery and hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy

AIM:To investigate perioperative patient morbidity/mortality and outcome after cytoreductive surgery(CRS) and hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy(HIPEC).METHODS:Of 150 patients 100 were treated with cytoreductive surgery and HIPEC and retrospectively analyzed.Clinical and postoperative follow-up data were evaluated.Body mass index(BMI),age and peritoneal carcinomatosis index(PCI) were chosen as selection criteria with regard to tumor-free survival and perioperative morbidity for this multimodal therapy.RESULTS:CRS with HIPEC was successfully performed in 100 out of 150 patients.Fifty patients were excluded because of intraoperative contraindication.Median PCI was 17(1-39).In 89% a radical resection(CC0/CC1) was achieved.One patient died postoperatively due to multiorgan failure.Neither PCI,age nor BMI was a risk factor for postoperative complications/outcome according to the DINDO classification.In 9% Re-CRS with HIPEC was performed during the follow-up period.CONCLUSION:Patient selection remains the most important issue.Neither PCI,age nor BMI alone should be an exclusion criterion for this multimodal therapy.

The Preservation of 20^(th)-Century Architectural Heritage in China:Evolution and Prospects

This article examines the fundamental meaning of 20^(th)-century architectural heritage by reviewing the formation of the concept by the International Council on Monuments and Sites(ICOMOS).It analyses the current state of conservation and potential threats to China’s built heritage,built environment,and cultural landscapes that are less than 50 years old.The article presents a thorough review of the facilitating process of the regulative infra­structure of Chinese modern architecture conservation.It makes a comparative study of several cities’urban herit­age assessment criteria as well as the first and second inventories of China’s 20^(th)-century architectural heritage.The article argues that conserving China’s 20^(th)-century heritage calls for a theoretical framework,which integrates value assessment and advancing the conservation mechanism for built heritage.In doing so,the transition may be facili­tated from focusing on World Heritage towards heritage of the everyday,which embodies collective memories,and from preserving iconic monuments towards comprehensively conserving the built heritage.

Transforming the Evaluation of the Rule of Law in China

Over the past ten years, China has seen a number of practices exploring the evaluation of the rule of law. It is important that we sum up the practical experience of these evaluations, analyze the problems they encounter, determine their direction nationwide, and put forward constructive ideas. With the issuing of the Decision of the Central Committee of the CPC on Some Major Issues Concerning Comprehensively Deepening the Reform and the Decision of the Central Committee of the CPC on Promoting a Number of Major Issues of the Rule of Law, evaluation of the rule of law faces a transformation both in theory and in practice. The key points in this transformation are having the right orientation, innovative mechanisms and solutions to tricky issues of quantitative evaluation; summing up evaluation of experience; and elevating evaluation to the level of theory. A precondition for its effective evaluation is a scientific mechanism for evaluating the rule of law; in turn, the key to a scientific evaluation is solving the problems in quantitative evaluation of the rule of law; and the necessary requirements for evaluation practice are summing up evaluation experience and elevating it to the level of theory. The key to innovative mechanisms for evaluating the rule of law lies in implementation of the third party evaluation model and in quantitative evaluation that starts with particular programs.