Construction and Application of a Blended Online and Offline University English Course

This paper explores the design,implementation,and evaluation of the Integrated English 3 blended course,which integrates online learning through massive open online courses(MOOCs)and face-to-face classroom instruction.Guided by the production-oriented approach,the course aims to improve students’language proficiency and intercultural communication skills.It employs a variety of teaching methods,including online self-study,task-based learning,and collaborative group work,to foster student engagement and promote language output.The study highlights key elements of course construction,such as the use of MOOCs,the design of smart classrooms,and the development of a comprehensive assessment system that combines formative and summative evaluations.The results suggest that the blended teaching model enhances students’language skills while promoting critical thinking and cultural awareness.The course also emphasizes the importance of developing digital literacy among both students and teachers to effectively utilize online resources.

Research on Online Education Consumer Choice Behavior Path Based on Informatization

The application of information and communications technology(ICT)in the education industry is becoming more and more extensive,and online education realized through ICT is developing in full swing.The influence of ICT on online education consumer's choice behavior is the core issue of online education industry development research.The research on the interactive path and methods of information and online education consumer choice behavior is worth exploring and revealing.This study introduces the word-of-mouth factor as a new research variable under the framework of the Rational Choice Theory model(RCT)and the structural equation method to conduct empirical research and theoretical analysis to verify the validity of the hypothesis and model.The fifthGeneration mobile communication system(5 G)analyses the factors affecting online education consumer behavior choices based on the premise of ICT.Research on the path between ICT and choice behavior provides new ideas for online education consumer choice behavior research and ICT and content and provides a new scenario.This article is a cross-disciplinary research content in theory,and its innovation opens up a new path for the management of ICT research.The research results have innovative significance and value at both the theoretical and practical levels.

Enhancing Online Privacy Protection for Wireless Networks

The increasing popularity of wireless networks makes the protection of online privacy be a common concern of users and internet service providers.Because of the difference of wireless networks and wired networks,it is proved to be easier for hackers to steal information related to users' privacy in wireless networks than that of wired networks.The issue that whether online privacy protection is necessary or reasonable has given rise to much controversy.In this paper,the discussion of this issue includes what online protection of privacy is,current problems of online privacy protection in wireless networks,exploration of solutions and problems that may caused by the protection.No matter what extent the protection will be,it is proved to be essential for experts,users and IT staff to enhance the protection in wireless networks via new technologies,policy and law.It is also a way for improving the security of information management and business communication in wireless networks.

A Genre Analysis of Online English Job Advertisement

In the recent years, posting online job advertisements has become a major way for a growing number of multinational cor-porations to publicize their employment information and to recruit job seekers. Nevertheless, the language and space of online jobadvertisement are uneven, which may affect the companies to attract and communicate with the potential candidates. Based on thetheoretical framework of moves and steps analysis suggested by Swales(1990) and Bhatia(2004), the study aims to explore thestructural pattern of this genre and to examine the lexico-grammatical features of each move and step. After analyzing four piecesof job advertisements retrieved from different recruiting websites, the study reveals that there are six moves in the whole structureof online job advertisement, among these, three moves are obligatory, named: establishing credential, introducing the position, to-gether with specifying required qualifications, skills, and experiences. Meanwhile, in each move, the positive adjectives, verbs, andfirst person are frequently used to serve the promotional function, and therefore to intensify the communicative purpose. The studymay contribute to the application of genre analysis in business English teaching, and also be instructive to the reading and writingof online job advertisement.

Exploration of French-Chinese Translation Methods of Electrical Engineering Terminology Using Online Image-Text Retrieval Mode

With the incessant propulsion of the Open Door Policy,which is related to the consolidation of international collaborative partnerships,an increasing number of Chinese companies are moving toward cooperating countries to participate in infrastructure construction,employing a win-win strategy in favor of the people and governments of both countries.Among the cooperation domains,our country’s electrical companies have achieved a series of remarkable results in the international Engineering,Procurement,and Construction(EPC)project market with their outstanding business capabilities and technical advantages.Nevertheless,some shortcomings cannot be overlooked,the most notable of which appears to be the impediment associated with engineering translation,which has always been an obsession among translators of Chinese companies.Taking the transmission line project in the Republic of Madagascar as an example,an analysis of French-Chinese translation methods of electrical engineering terminology in the field of the transmission line is carried out.

社区传染性疾病技能培训问题调查

背景社区卫生服务机构作为传染病防控工作的最基层单位,是传染病防治的前沿阵地和重要关口,基层医务工作者承担着辖区内疫情监测、预防接种、健康宣传及协助疾控部门调查处置暴发疫情和突发公共卫生事件等职责,在疾病群防群控、易感人群保护、传染源控制及健康宣教等方面发挥着积极作用,同时对有效防控传染病发挥关键作用。目的了解基层医务工作者社区传染病的诊治能力,分析存在的问题和薄弱方面,有针对性地设计及开展传染病相关系列培训,提高基层传染病防控能力。方法2021年11月—2022年3月以香港大学深圳医院全科医学科在2021年11月举办的国家级社区传染性疾病继续教育会议的所有参会者为研究对象。会前、会后通过问卷星二维码向参会者发放调查问卷,会前问卷内容包括参会者人口学特征,工作后是否参加过社区传染病培训,社区传染病诊治开展情况,社区传染病防治的主观态度(是否愿意管理社区传染病、对自己传染病诊治能力满意度),传染病防治专业知识及会议内容相关知识,对慢性乙型肝炎的态度。会后问卷内容主要为会议内容相关知识、对慢性乙型肝炎的态度以及对本次线上会议满意度调查。会前共有301名基层医务工作者完成调查问卷,会前及会后均完成调查问卷共有194名。结果工作后参加过社区传染病培训的有166名(55.1%),其中评价对自己传染病诊治能力表示满意的有49名(29.5%);未参加过的有135名(44.8%),评价自己传染病诊治能力表示满意的有22名(16.3%)。是否愿意管理社区传染病:参加过社区传染病培训的166名中有143名(86.1%)表示愿意;未参加过培训的135名中表示愿意的有99名(73.3%)。而对自己传染病诊治能力满意的人中66名(27.3%)表示愿意管理社区传染病。所在单位开展的传染病检测中,前三位分别是慢性乙型肝炎、艾滋病和慢性丙型肝炎;过去半年内接诊过的传染病排名前三位分别是慢性乙型肝炎、流感和手足口病。不同自我评价、培训意愿可能影响管理社区传染病意愿(P<0.05)。会前及会后均完成问卷的参会者中,会前对于强制管理的法定传染病回答正确率较高为89.7%,而对新型冠状病毒感染消毒类型的正确率仅有17.0%,其他题目的正确率为34.0%~40.7%;其他题目会后正确率均高于会前,正确率为48.9%~52.6%。对慢性乙型肝炎的态度方面,会后得分高于会前(P<0.05)。会后反馈方面,共259份问卷其中表示满意的有254名(98.1%)。其中对线上会议的建议方面,179名(69.1%)和174名(67.2%)认为网络流畅度和线上互动程度需要提高。结论基层医务工作者接受的社区传染病培训较少,通过传染病培训能提高基层医务工作者对自我能力的肯定及积极管理社区传染病的态度,同时也能提高其诊治能力。今后医学继续教育的方向应着重对新发传染病、新医学概念的培训,就社区培训的必要性及培训效果问题邀请相关专家进行了点评。

Online Learning Approaches in Maximizing Weighted Throughput in an Unreliable Channel

We design online algorithms to schedule unit-length packets with values and deadlines through an unreliable communication channel. In this model, time is discrete. Packets arrive over time; each packet has a non-negative value and an integer deadline. In each time step, at most one packet can be sent. The ratio of successfully delivering a packet depends on the channel＇s quality of reliability. The objective is to maximize the total value gained by delivering packets no later than their respective deadlines. In this paper, we conduct theoretical and empirical studies of online learning approaches for this model and a few of its variants. These online learning algorithms are analyzed in terms of external regret. We conclude that no online learning algorithms have constant regrets. Our online learning algorithms outperform online competitive algorithms in terms of algorithmic simplicity and running complexity. In general, these online learning algorithms work no worse than the best known competitive online algorithm for maximizing weighted throughput in practice.

Risk Management in On-Line Banking

In the context of goal setting, the more difficult the goal, given feedback on performance, the more focused is individuals’ attention and persistence to accomplish the goal and in turn, their performance is also improved. Similarly, when the goal is multi-complex and performance time constraint, the deployment of specific strategies maybe the best approach developed. In effect of the above, this investigation takes a socio-psychological and organizational perspective in setting information systems (IS) security goals. In doing so, three important issues of goal setting are identified, these are: trust, culture and risk communication. Since system security breaches are still on the rise, the performance of managing such online risks is not the one expected. The framework suggested in this paper aims to contribute to socio-psychological and organizational values by enhancing the performance of the IS risk management process with a focus on security risks.

Relational Leadership:Promoting Lifelong Service and Meaningful Learning

In 2015,a university in rural Maryland offered an undergraduate service-learning leadership course,which collaborated with a service-learning community of practice.This interdisciplinary leadership course initiated and sustained personal and critical reflection and social interactions by integrating Computer-Medicated Communication(CMC)technology through Blackboard to provide support to students as they interpreted their service experiences.The design of this study was to describe the perceptions of the service-learning students’use of CMC technology to reflect on their service experience and social interactions within the service-learning community.In this descriptive case study,the in-depth content analyses of collected data from private journals and public discussions in Blackboard led to the distribution of a questionnaire to all participants and the execution of interviews regarding the participants’lived experiences.Once the participants responded,the researcher transcribed and assessed the results,coded emerging themes,and analyzed the trends.The triangulation of sources maintained the reliability of the findings,which demonstrated increased student engagement as result of social interactions and reflection in Blackboard.As the participants shared their lived experiences,they predominantly reflected on their personal growth and development,a strong community of practice,the value of relationships,and how technology enhanced their communication.

Anger as a Predictor of Active Public Protest： Extended Application of the Situational Theory of Publics to a Health Crisis

This study applies the situational theory of publics （STP） to a health crisis by exploring the effect of anger on public behavior. The results of a survey administered on the case of the candlelight rallies on the U.S. beef imports in South Korea in 2008 demonstrated that involvement, problem recognition, and constraint recognition predicted communication behaviors as well as various issue-related online and offline behaviors. In addition, anger was found to be a significant driving force for publics to perform the behaviors. The segmented publics showed significantly different levels of anger, information processing and seeking, online behaviors, and participation in the candlelight rallies

Comparative Analysis of DMO Website Features:A Case Study of Three Asian Tourism Destinations

In the digital era,more and more people tend to look for travel-related information on the Internet.Hence,destination marketing organization(DMO)websites can play a decisive role in affecting people’s destination choices.Based on the study of Pai,Xia,and Wang,Macao’s DMO website received the lowest score in the effectiveness when compared to the other four tourism destinations:Japan,Korea,Hong Kong,and Thailand.This paper aimed to carry out a comparative analysis on the functionality among three DMO websites in Asia.Each website was examined in great detail,and the features were categorized according to a well-established conceptual framework pioneered by Li and Wang.Consequently,the results of this study gave useful information and new insights to destination marketing managers in terms of gap analysis and the development of new features for their websites.The results of this research could be used as benchmarking purposes in regards to website functionality.In addition,DMO websites in western countries,such as Canada,were also examined for a better understanding of the comprehensiveness of the available website functionality aimed for prospective visitors.Business and managerial implications were also discussed.

Perpetual Professor： Changing Patterns of Faculty-Student Interaction in the Twenty-First Century

Current communication technologies have provided new modalities for students to contact professors outside of the normal office settings and regulated office hours traditionally found in higher education. This study concentrates on the faculty perceptions of how the usage of e-mail and cell phones has changed interactions with students over the past decade. General levels of usage are analyzed as well as correlation to curricular disciplines, An online survey of faculty members at Indiana University of Pennsylvania found maior changes in the type and frequency of contact between professors and students as well as a shift from personal contact to e-mail and telephone usage. The expanded level of communication opportunities has placed faculty in the position of having to extend direct student-oriented time outside of the classroom, while continuing to maintain academic scholarship and other professional responsibilities.

Social Determinants of Social Zapping:Exploring Predictors of Planned Scheduled Social Events with Others

Social zapping has gained popularity as a term that refers to canceling plans or appointments at the last minute to attend other,supposedly more appealing events.This behavior resembles rapidly switching channels on a television,as individuals frequently jump between different social engagements.The present study examined potential behavioral trait predictors of social zapping,such as belongingness,self-esteem,sense of control,and meaningful existence among community residents ranging from 40 to 75 years of age(n=48).The study utilized simple linear regressions to identify potential predictors of social zapping,exploring how the four fundamental needs(belongingness,self-esteem,sense of control,and meaningful existence)might be linked.Results indicated that belongingness and self-esteem are significant predictors of social zapping tendencies.Additionally,an independent samples t-test was conducted to determine the relationship both older and younger adults have with the four fundamental needs as well as the role age plays in social zapping tendencies.Older adults exhibited a significant and more positive association with self-esteem,sense of control,and meaningful existence compared to individuals aged 39 and younger.Social zapping frequency was nonsignificant for both older adults and younger adults.Furthermore,a separate set of linear regression analyses were completed to determine how social desirability affects social zapping across age groups.Social desirability significantly predicted both self-esteem and meaningful existence.Overall,the present study builds on what is currently a new phenomenon in research and will provide new information on the relationship between age,social zapping,and behavioral traits.

Men with prostate cancer and the accessibility to information—a literature review

Objective: To explore possible consequences of short stays in hospitals, as these short contacts reduce the patients’ time for information and support. Method: A literature survey was carried out to get an insight in possible consequences by summarizing the state of knowledge on how men with prostate cancer undergoing prostatec-tomy surgery experience their contacts with the healthcare professionals. Results: A consequence is that often men with prostate cancer, treated with prostatectomy surgery, do not receive the individualized support, infor-mation, and dialogue they need, which leads to feelings of uncertainty, insecurity, and loss of control. The men use the Internet in their search for information and support, which makes them able to stay in control and be active, responsible partners in their own course of treatment. Conclusion: For men to feel secure and certain the accessibility of the healthcare professionals and the healthcare professionals’ ability to individualize information and support are important aspects. Practice Implications: It is relevant to provide male cancer patients with tools that can underpin their contact to the healthcare professionals. Utilizing Web 2.0 technologies, Internet based tools can support exchange-ability, towards dialogue-based contacts, between men with prostate cancer and healthcare professionals.

Multifaceted Disparities Associated with Translator Earnings: A Quantitative Study of Upwork Profiles

This study aims to quantitatively explore the multifaceted determinants that influence earnings in the translation industry.Using a dataset comprising 45000 translator profiles,the study focusses on delineating disparities correlated with demographic variables such as age,gender,home country wealth,and language pairs.The study uses a random forest regression model to delineate the complex interaction between gender,the economic standing of a translator’s domicile country,age,and linguistic proficiency,as they relate to earnings.Our findings substantiate and,in many ways,extend existing qualitative and anecdotal evidence that has shaped the discourse in this sector.The rigorous empirical framework employed here can be replicated or adapted to study other sectors within the gig economy,thus contributing to a more comprehensive understanding of labour dynamics in the digital age.

微生物在线生物信息分析系统的开发及应用

目的基于浏览器/服务器模式构建微生物在线生物信息分析系统,应用于传染病预防控制工作。方法将目前在传染病病原微生物研究和传染病分子诊断、溯源中常用的基于客户端/服务器模式的一些开源的或免费提供使用的分析软件,采用远程桌面、分布式处理等"云计算"技术方案,构建成不需要在本地安装,以浏览器/服务器模式直接通过浏览器以点鼠标的方式使用的微生物在线生物信息分析系统。结果构建了包含引物设计、序列比对和进化树构建、数据统计、图形展示四类共15种常用生物信息分析功能的微生物在线生物信息分析系统,实现了通过浏览器进行病原微生物序列数据在线分析及疫情溯源。结论通过构建基于浏览器/服务器模式的微生物在线生物信息分析系统,可为疾病预防控制工作者提供方便快捷的生物信息分析服务,加快病原微生物序列数据的深度挖掘和疫情溯源,提高应对突发疫情的反应速度。

Real-time face view correction for front-facing cameras

Face views are particularly important in person-to-person communication.Differenes between the camera location and the face orientation can result in undesirable facial appearances of the participants during video conferencing.This phenomenon is particularly noticeable when using devices where the frontfacing camera is placed in unconventional locations such as below the display or within the keyboard.In this paper,we take a video stream from a single RGB camera as input,and generate a video stream that emulates the view from a virtual camera at a designated location.The most challenging issue in this problem is that the corrected view often needs out-of-plane head rotations.To address this challenge,we reconstruct the 3D face shape and re-render it into synthesized frames according to the virtual camera location.To output the corrected video stream with natural appearance in real time,we propose several novel techniques including accurate eyebrow reconstruction,high-quality blending between the corrected face image and background,and template-based 3D reconstruction of glasses.Our system works well for different lighting conditions and skin tones,and can handle users wearing glasses.Extensive experiments and user studies demonstrate that our method provides high-quality results.

Interactive information disclosure and non-penalty regulatory review risk

Using monthly data from the Shenzhen Stock Exchange's‘Hudongyi’platform and comment letters from December 2014 to December 2018,this study investigates the influence of interactive information disclosure on non-penalty regulatory review risk.The findings reveal that the richness and activeness of interactive information disclosure are positively associated with regulatory review risk.Moreover,the non-penalty regulatory review is effective as it significantly reduces the probability of receiving a comment letter in the subsequent three periods.The timeliness of interactive information disclosure is negatively associated with regulatory review risks.Additionally,we find that newspaper media coverage partially mediates the relationship between interactive information disclosure and regulatory review risk.For companies with low levels of internal governance,in low-competitive industries,and state-owned companies,the positive relationship between the number of investor questions and regulatory review risk is strengthened.These findings enrich the literature on the determinants of regulatory review risk and the economic consequences of interactive information disclosure in emerging markets.

Digital tildes ("~") may convey more: analyzing innovative uses of tildes in Chinese WeChat messages

Innovative uses of punctuation in online communication have become increasingly visible in research and public awareness since the 2000s,whereas studies on the innovative use of tildes("~")in digital use remain scarce.Drawing on a data set of 543 Chinese WeChat messages with sentence-final tildes,this article investigates the uses and functions of innovative tildes in online communication using quantitative data and follow-up interviews.The findings suggest that:(1)The innovative tildes are deployed in messages implying sounds and performing speech acts in online communication,and they are more frequently used in speech acts(e.g.,expressives and directives in particular).(2)The innovative tildes convey sound extension,ie.,to compensate for the loss of audio information in online communication and reproduce elongated sounds;pragmatic function,i.e.,to enhance or mitigate the illocutionary forces of speech acts;and entertaining function,i.e.,to make messages informal,vivid,joyful,and interesting.(3)The innovative tildes are pragmalicalized as a result of their semiotic features and politeness motivation of messengers for maintaining rapport and achieving successful online communication.

Methods and Challenges of Motivating MOOC Learners——An Analysis of MOOC Discussion Forum Posts

The purpose of this paper is to describe the methods and challenges of motivating learners to get more involved in online discussion. A comparison of the same course run in Xuetangx. com and edX. org is made,indicating the cultural differences as well as the forum teacher assistants’ strategies to manage posts in Chinese and in English. An empirical account of how students actually communicate in the discussion forum,as part of assignments graded or as free space for questions and answers,is distinguished. The findings of the analysis of MOOC discussion forum posts indicate that the learning community which the Chinese learners are in tends to be more dynamic while learners in multi-cultural learning communities have diverse expectations of a MOOC and their use of discussion tends to be more superficial. Additionally, the differences in learning strategies as well as attention to language proficiency enhance communication. With more learners in both platforms, we have a long way to go to keep motivating learners to participate in MOOC discussion both in XuetangX and in edX platform.