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Newcomer Integration and Academic Support in Newfoundland and Labrador
This article extracts eight points for discussion from many years of research in newcomer academic support and social integration in Newfoundland and Labrador. These points include: transportation to school for newcomer...
Published by: The Morning Watch: Educational and Social Analysis
An Agent-based Simulation-optimization Coupling Approach for Device Allocation and Operation Control in Response to Offshore Oil Spills
The efficiency of offshore oil spill response not only relies on an efficaciously global decision/planning in devices combination and allocation, but also depends on the timely control for response devices (e.g., skimmers and...
An Integrated System Planning and Process Control System for Marine Wastewater Management
An ideal combination of both system planning and process control can greatly reduce system cost and maximize economic and environmental benefits associated with marine oily wastewater treatment. If appropriate process control is...
Does the Technological Diversification and R&D Internationalization of eMNCs Promote Enterprise Innovation?
Under the background of digital economy, technological diversification and R&D internationalization are important strategic choices for eMNCs, represented by China, to seek advanced technological resources and create competitive...
Published by: IGI Global
A pragmatic analysis of public signs in China
Jing Deng
Mar 19, 2014
This paper investigates the linguistic and pragmatic features of public signs in three distinct historical stages of the Chinese society. It then focuses on the new features of public signs, in order to shed light on the...
Published by: Atlantic Provinces Linguistic Association
Newcomers, Creative Spaces, and Connection Through Art
Historically, the island of Newfoundland has had a culturally homogeneous population. For this reason, newcomers report a distressing insider/outsider dynamic of disconnect and challenges accessing local social support systems...
Published by: The Morning Watch: Educational and Social Analysis
Are Industrial Structure Adjustment and Technical Progress Conducive to Environmental Improvement?
China actively broadens its channels for environmental protection and limits pollutant emissions through industrial structure adjustment and technical progress. Based on panel data of 30 provinces in China from 2003 to 2017...
Published by: IGI Global
Exploring Technology Professional Development Needs of Digital Immigrant Teachers and Digital Native Teachers in China
This study examined if professional development needs of digital natives and immigrant teachers differed for technology integration in a Chinese education setting. Quantitative and qualitative data was collected from 500...
Published by: IGI Global
Evaluating the Agricultural Carbon Shadow Price in Countries along the Belt and Road Initiative
Agriculture is considered a sector with an essential contribution to carbon emissions in the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) countries. This paper innovatively uses the by-production process to analyze the agricultural carbon...
Published by: IGI Global
Yangshan Island Deep-Water Port Project, Shanghai, China
Jing Xu
Apr 09, 2013
Shanghai was designed as the center of marine shipping in China. Shanghai is located at east of China and on the verge of the East China Sea. In addition, The Yangzi River and Qiantang River are surrounding the city and access...
Published by: Memorial University of Newfoundland
Construction of an E-Commerce System Based on 5G and Internet of Things Technology
Weijuan Jing
Apr 01, 2022
In order to improve the comprehensive performance of the e-commerce system, this paper combines 5G communication technology and the Internet of Things technology to improve the e-commerce system, and conduct end-point analysis...
Published by: IGI Global
Selecting Mobile Services in Cloud and Edge Environment by Moth-Flame Optimization Algorithm
Mobile edge computing is playing an increasingly important role in the rise of mobile internet technology. Services deployed on edge servers nearby mobile users would provide computing capabilities with low latency and high...
Published by: IGI Global
Rapid Relevance Feedback Strategy Based on Distributed CBIR System
This article describes the capability of online data storage which has been enhanced by the emergence of cloud datacenter development. Distributed Hash Table (DHT) based image retrieval system using locality sensitive hash (LSH)...
Published by: IGI Global
Challenges Encountered During Synchronous Online Collaborative Writing via Google Docs
Mufeeda Irshad
Nov 01, 2022
This study investigated (1) the challenges encountered by a heterogeneous group of first year undergraduates during a synchronous on-line collaborative writing activity conducted through Google Classroom using Google Docs and...
Published by: IGI Global
Feedback Analysis of Test Anxiety and Academic Performance Among Students
Previous research has shown that test anxiety among students affects academic performance. Understanding the feedback mechanisms underlying the dynamics of test anxiety and academic performance among students will inform the...
Published by: IGI Global
Study on Water-Atmosphere Interface Distribution and Concentration Fluctuation Intensities of Polybrominated Diphenyl Ethers in Great Lake
In this study, the water-atmosphere interfaces distribution and concentration fluctuation intensities of polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) in Great Lake were analyzed. Based on the selected significant quantum descriptors...
Canals, Consent and Coercion
Francis James Dawson
Sep 11, 2018
Ever since Chinese telecommunications magnate, Wang Jing announced in 2013 that construction would be going ahead for an interoceanic canal in Nicaragua, the proposed megaproject has garnered considerable attention and...
Published by: Memorial University of Newfoundland
Grammatical Metaphor in English-Chinese Translation
This paper aims to apply grammatical metaphor (GM) in systemic functional linguistics (SFL) into translation studies. From the concept of functional equivalence in terms of ideational meaning, interpersonal meaning, and textual...
Published by: IGI Global
Water Resources Security Evaluation Based on Matter Element Model in the Yellow River Basin
Water resource is a major limitation of human survival and development. Water security assessment is an important task in the environmental protection and control of water. The solution to assess the grade of water security in...
Firefly Algorithm Based on Euclidean Metric and Dimensional Mutation
Firefly algorithm is a meta-heuristic stochastic search algorithm with strong robustness and easy implementation. However, it also has some shortcomings, such as the "oscillation" phenomenon caused by too many attractions, which...
Published by: IGI Global
Tweaking Business Planning With Artificial Intelligence
Griffith AI&BD is a technology company that uses big data platform and artificial intelligence technology to produce products for schools. The company focuses on primary and secondary school education support and data analysis...
Published by: IGI Global
Can You Help Me Stay Fit?
The main purpose of this study is to reveal the impact of consumer satisfaction on continuance intention to use wearable fitness devices. Building upon the IS Continuance Intention Model, the authors explored the effects of...
Published by: IGI Global
A Study on Pollution in Livestock and Poultry Breeding in Shiyan City
With the investigation and research of agricultural ecology situation, the pollution characteristics of livestock manure were indicated by the statistical analysis of data as well as the effect of livestock and poultry breeding...
Do We Trust the Internet?
The threat profile of spyware is increasing rapidly when we consider the pervasiveness of computing in everyday life. The surreptitious nature of spyware can lead to information mining, data theft and exploitation of stolen...
Published by: IGI Global
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