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Examining Failure through Digital Games
John Munro
Mar 17, 2017
Games like Pong, Pacman, Space Invaders and Galaxian filled the TV screens and arcades of my childhood. With each new arrival, I would pick up the game controller and try my skills on each challenge. Inevitably, I would quickly...
Published by: The Morning Watch: Educational and Social Analysis
Targeting earlier diagnosis
Colin F Munro, Ratko Yurac, Zipser Carl Moritz, Michael G Fehlings, Ricardo Rodrigues-Pinto, James Milligan, Konstantinos Margetis, Mark R N Kotter, Benjamin M Davies
Apr 17, 2023
Background
Degenerative cervical myelopathy (DCM) is a common and disabling condition. Early effective treatment is limited by late diagnosis. Conventional descriptions of DCM focus on motor and sensory limb disability...
Published by: PLOS ONE
Direct observation of a superconducting vortex diode.
Alon Gutfreund, Hisakazu Matsuki, Vadim Plastovets, Avia Noah, Laura Gorzawski, Nofar Fridman, Guang Yang, Alexander Buzdin, Oded Millo, Jason W A Robinson, Yonathan Anahory
Apr 17, 2023
The interplay between magnetism and superconductivity can lead to unconventional proximity and Josephson effects. A related phenomenon that has recently attracted considerable attention is the superconducting diode effect, in...
Published by: Nature Communications
A Context-Independent Ontological Linked Data Alignment Approach to Instance Matching
Linking data by finding matching instances in different datasets requires considering many characteristics, such as structural heterogeneity, implicit knowledge, and URI (Uniform Resource Identifier)-oriented identification. The...
Published by: IGI Global
The Necessity for Reform of Newfoundland and Labrador's Housing Policies
Colin Scott
Dec 14, 2010
This paper examines the potential of legislative and non-legislative reform to Newfoundland and Labrador's housing policies. In particular, attention is paid to legislative rental control, legislative tenancy protection programs...
Published by: Memorial University of Newfoundland
Sociological, Psychological, and Political Factors Behind the Informal Economy
Colin Scott
Sep 25, 2012
Informal economic activity is an inevitability that occurs around the world. There is a strong correlation between a region's level of development and the size of its informal economy. Although informal economies exist in both...
Published by: Memorial University of Newfoundland
Usable-Security Assessment of Healthcare Software System Through Fuzzy ANP-TOPSIS Method
Adil Seh, Masood Ahmad, Mohd Nadeem, Abhishek Pandey, Alka Agrawal, Rajeev Kumar, Raees Khan
Oct 01, 2021
To address this research possibility, the present empirical study undertakes the assessment of usable-security of healthcare software system. The attributes considered for the assessment are: four factors at first level;...
Published by: IGI Global
An Ever-Closer Union
Colin Mitchell
Sep 11, 2018
From the signing of the Maastricht Treaty to the formal implementation of Schengen into European law, the postwar integration of Europe through the idea of a European identity has pushed the current member states of the EU to...
Published by: Memorial University of Newfoundland
Construction Process and Post-Construction Impacts of the Palm Jumeirah in Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Colin Gibling
Apr 09, 2013
The Palm Jumeirah is an artificial island located in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, created through the process of land reclamation. It was developed during an economic boom in Dubai, catering to the increased tourism and luxury...
Published by: Memorial University of Newfoundland
It's not what you do, it's the way you do it
Colin Durrant
Apr 11, 2013
Published by: Faculty of Education
Factors to Consider When Designing Multimedia CBL Tools in Health Professional Programs
Multimedia case studies are effective constructivist instructional tools that can help to design contextually authentic scenarios while also scaffolding instruction to help students move beyond their current skill and knowledge...
Published by: IGI Global
'What's There to Lose?' Procurement Policies and Investment Restrictions Under a Proposed Canada-EU Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement
Colin Scott
Nov 12, 2013
Canada and the European Union (EU) have recently concluded a fifth round of negotiations on an ambitious Comprehensive and Economic Trade Agreement (CETA). While both parties are anticipating an agreement to be reached sometime...
Published by: Memorial University of Newfoundland
Sensitivity Analysis of GFRP Composite Drilling Parameters and Genetic Algorithm-Based Optimisation
In this article, a genetic algorithm (GA) is used for optimizing a metamodel of surface roughness (R_a ) in drilling glass-fibre reinforced plastic (GFRP) composites. A response surface methodology (RSM) based three levels (-1...
Published by: IGI Global
Solution NMR of Battery Electrolytes
NMR spectroscopy is a powerful tool that is commonly used to assess the degradation of lithium-ion battery electrolyte solutions. However, dissolution of paramagnetic Ni2+ and Mn2+ ions from cathode...
An Ensemble Random Forest Algorithm for Privacy Preserving Distributed Medical Data Mining
As the voluminous amount of data is generated because of inexorably widespread proliferation of electronic data maintained using the Electronic Health Records (EHRs). Medical health facilities have great potential to discern the...
Published by: IGI Global
A Dynamic Performance Evaluation Model for SMEs Based on Fuzzy DEMATEL and Fuzzy ANP
Performance evaluation is a systematic way for companies to analyze their current status and progress to reach their goals. Companies constantly evaluate their processes in research and development, purchasing, production, sales...
Published by: IGI Global
The Impact of Human Resource Planning (HRP) in Achieving the Strategic Goal of the Firm With the Moderating Role of Organizational Innovation
Jehad Hani
Oct 01, 2021
The aim of this study is to ex amine the impact of human resource planning (HRP) in achieving strategic goal of the firm and organizational productivity. Structural equation modeling (SEM) approach is used to investigate causal...
Published by: IGI Global
Using Computer Cognitive Atlas to Improve Students' Divergent Thinking Ability
Human society has entered the era of intelligence. Social development in the era of intelligence has spawned a large number of intelligent applications. Intelligent applications have put forward unprecedented requirements on the...
Published by: IGI Global
Particle Swarm Optimization for Punjabi Text Summarization
Particle swarm optimization (PSO) algorithm is proposed to deal with text summarization for the Punjabi language. PSO is based on intelligence that predicts among a given set of solutions which is the best solution. The search...
Published by: IGI Global
A Software Design Model for Integrating LMS and MOOCs
Instructors often experience difficulties in selecting and sequencing relevant content for deployment into learning management systems. Human error and subjectivity is apparent. This study focuses on integrating learning...
Published by: IGI Global
Puffin Island Lighouse
Sarah F Kean
Apr 09, 2013
Paper outlines the history of the Puffin Island lighthouse, why it was needed, and why it changed from a granite structure to a wood one.
Published by: Memorial University of Newfoundland
John Abraham Fisher's A Comparative View of the English, French and Italian Schools
Paul F. Rice
Nov 19, 2013
During the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, travel in Europe passed from the ranks of the adventurer and explorer to that of the ordinary person. In particular, travel to continental Europe became popular with he British....
Published by: Faculty of Education
Application of E-Commerce Recommendation Algorithm in Consumer Preference Prediction
Wei Wang
Feb 21, 2022
Through user characteristic information, user interaction behavior, commodity characteristic information, recommendation engine, and related technologies in data mining, this paper makes a more in-depth study, and analyzes the...
Published by: IGI Global
Foundationalism and Anti-Foundationalism in International Relations Theory
Scott Nicholas Romaniuk
Oct 07, 2014
Much has been written about the field of International Relations (IR) in both substantive and methodological terms. One of the most contentious aspects of the IR as a scholarly discipline revolves around one deceptively...
Published by: Memorial University of Newfoundland
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