Building Successful, Open Repository Software Ecosystems: Technology and Community

Panel at Open Repositories 2014, Helsinki, Finland, June 9-13, 2014

Development of military technology and its impact on the Finnish land warfare doctrine

Finnish Defence Studies is published under the auspices of the War College, and the contributions reflect the fields of research and teaching of the College. Finnish Defence Studies will occasionally feature documentation on Finnish Security Policy. Views expressed are those of the authors and do not necessarily imply endorsement by the War College.

Perceptions of Technology and Manifestations of Language Learner Autonomy

a grounded theory study investigating perceptions of technology by learners of English as a second language

Affect, ontology, and pedagogy: An autoethnographic study on student-teacher relationships

In studying affect within the realm of student-teacher relationships my thesis project use the concept of “affect” as composed by Baruch Spinoza (1992, 2007). I focus specifically on how Deleuze (1988) interprets and implements the term within his own philosophy, as well as on Antonio Negri’s (2011, 1991) work on Spinoza including his and Michael Hardt’s (2000, 2004, 2009) more recent works. This thesis will explore Spinoza’s affect within the discourse of Affective Pedagogy and Critical Pedagogy while remaining committed to a Spinoizist ontology as outlined by Deleuze (1988). I used artefacts from my past experiences as a student and teacher to produce evocative writing pieces which act as affective continuances of my past experiences as a student, student-teacher, and teacher, and the relationships of affect that composed them. This project used these artefacts and the writings they produced as sites of intensity that are carried through from traces, to evocative thresholds, to concepts, and finally into analysis.

Science, gender and otherness in Shelley's Frankenstein and Kenneth Branagh's film adaptation

Questions of gender and genre in Frankenstein remain complex issues for contemporary critics, in the novel itself as well as in its cinematographic adaptations, from John Whale's classic 1931 version to Kenneth Branagh's 1994 "Mary Shelley's Frankenstein." Though science seems to be the unifying principle behind the main story of the novel and the films, I will argue that Shelley incorporates science and sexual orientation within her novel in a way that differs significantly from the films, and especially from Branagh's version.

Studies on Rubber Composition as Passive Acoustic Materials in Underwater Electro Acoustic Tranducer Technology and Their aging Characteristic

The research work has been in the area of compounding and characterization of rubbers for use in under water electro acoustic transducers. The study also covers specific material system such as encapsulation materials, baffle material, seal material, etc. Life prediction techniques of under water rubbers in general have been established with reference to more than one functional property. Ranges of passive materials, besides the active sensing material go into the construction of underwater electro acoustic transducers. Reliability of the transducer is critically dependent on these passive materials. Rubbers are a major class of passive materials. The present work concentrates on these materials. Conventional rubbers are inadequate to meet many of the stringent function specific requirements. There exists a large gap of information in the rubber technology of underwater rubbers, particularly relating to underwater electro acoustic transducers. This study is towards filling up the gaps of information in this crucial area. Water intake into rubber is considered as the single most important issue for the long-term performance of rubbers, especially Neoprene. In this study, the cause and effects of a range of parameters affecting the water absorption by diffusion and permeation have been investigated.

A comparative study on aniline alkylation activity using methanol and dimethyl carbonate as the alkylating agents over Zn–Co–Fe ternary spinel systems

The catalyst compositions of the Zn1−xCOxFe2O4 (x= 0, 0.2, 0.5, 0.8 and 1.0) spiel series possessing ‘x’ values, x less than or equal to 0.5, are unique for selective N-monomethylation of aniline using methanol as the alkylating agent. Since dimethyl carbonate (DMC) is another potential non-toxic alkylating agent, alkylation of aniline was investigated over various Zn–Co ferrites using DMC as the alkylating agent. The merits and demerits of the two alkylating agents are compared. Catalytic activity followed a similar trend with respect to the composition of the ferrospinel systems. DMC is active at comparatively low temperature, where methanol shows only mild activity. However, on the selectivity basis, DMC as an alkylating agent could not compete with methanol, since the former gave appreciable amounts of N,N-dimethylaniline (NNDMA) even at low temperature where methanol gave nearly 99% N-methylaniline (NMA) selectivity. As in the case of methanol, DMC also did not give any C-alkylated products.

Institutional Repositories: New Horizon of Science & Technology Knowledge Transactions

Today higher education system and R&D in science & Technology has undergone tremendous changes from the traditional class room learning system and scholarly communication. Huge volume of Academic output and scientific communications are coming in electronic format. Knowledge management is a key challenge in the current century .Due to the advancement of ICT, Open access movement, Scholarly communications, Institutional repositories, ontology, semantic web, web 2.0 etc has revolutionized knowledge transactions and knowledge management in the field of science & technology. Today higher education has moved into a stage where competitive advantage is gained not just through access of infonnation but more importantly from new Knowledge creations.This paper examines the role of institutional repository in knowledge transactions in current scenario of Higher education.

Renssellaer Institute. Jim Hendler. CSCI 4964/COMM 49652 – Web Science. URIs and HTTP.

Slides on URIs and the HTTP protocol

Aristotle and pedagogy. 'Arístóteles y la pedagogía'.

Resumen basado en el del autor

New science 1 : science, geography and history.

Forma parte de un proyecto de aprendizaje de las ciencias, tanto experimentales como sociales, basado en tres piedras angulares: primero, mejorar su comprensión, que es un elemento clave; segundo, aprender más, para lo cual se ofrecen un gran número de actividades típicas en la práctica docente, desde resúmenes y vocabulario, hasta mapas conceptuales, y; por último, la adquisición de los hábitos necesarios y el desarrollo de un programa de valores para vivir en una comunidad.

New science 2 : science, geography and history. Teacher's book.

Presenta los contenidos del currículo del Conocimiento del Medio (ciencias naturales, geografía e historia) de enseñanza primaria. Pensado específicamente para profesores de los centros que quieren integrar el inglés en la práctica docente diaria con tres o cinco horas semanales. Incluye actividades variadas que favorecen el desarrollo de las destrezas lingüísticas del inglés a la vez que fijan los contenidos del área.

Essential science 2 : (science, geography and history).

Forma parte de una serie que cubre los seis cursos de la enseñanza primaria, y enseña los fundamentos de las ciencias, geografía e historia a través del inglés. Ha sido desarrollado teniendo en cuenta las necesidades de los centros educativos que integran el inglés con dos a tres horas semanales en la práctica docente. Cubre los contenidos básicos del currículo de Conocimiento del Medio requeridos por los estudiantes en esta etapa a través de presentaciones muy sencillas de los conceptos clave. Las actividades ayudan a desarrollar la confianza de los estudiantes. Hay una amplia variedad de ejercicios y actividades para mantener a los estudiantes motivados. Ofrece un doble enfoque que trabaja tanto el aprendizaje del inglés como los contenidos científicos. Tiene, además, CD de audio que ayuda a repasar la pronunciación y a trabajar a fondo los textos.

Complete Technology and Design.

Proporciona a los alumnos del último ciclo de secundaria, es decir, de la etapa 4 (key stage 4)los conocimientos requeridos en esta asignatura: diseño, comunicación y proyectos de diseño, materiales y sistemas electrónicos, sistemas mecánicos, ordenadores, microprocesadores y sistemas neumáticos. También, introduce a los alumnos en programas de diseño asistido por ordenador y en las técnicas de representación gráfica.