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Taylor Forstner Honors Portfolio
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Data sets for: Design of Paper-Based Visual Analogue Scale Items
No full textData sets for: Weigl, K., & Forstner, T. (2020). Design of Paper-Based Visual Analogue Scale Items. Educational and Psychological Measurement, 1-17. https://doi.org/10.1177/0013164420952118.Paper-based visual analogue scales (VAS) items were developed 100 years ago. Although they gained great popularity in clinical and medical research for assessing pain, they have been scarcely applied in other areas of psychological research for several decades. However, since the beginning of digitization, VAS have attracted growing interest among researchers for carrying out computerized and paper-based data assessments. In the present study, we investigated the research question which different design characteristics of paper-based VAS items are preferred by women and men. Based on a sample of 115 participants (68 female), our results revealed that the respondents preferred a paper-based VAS item with a horizontal, 8 cm long, 3 DTP („data point“) wide, black line, with flat line endpoints, and the ascending numerical anchors “0” and “10”, both for women and men. Although we did not identify any gender difference in these characteristics, our findings uncovered clear preferences on how to design paper-based VAS items.unknow
Ear Recognition Based on Forstner and SIFT
No full textExtraction and expression of features are critical to improving the recognition rate of ear image recognition. This paper proposes a new ear recognition method based on SIFT (Scale-invariant feature transform) and Forstner corner detection technology. Firstly, Forstner corner points and SIFT keypoints are detected respectively. Then taking Forstner corner into the SIFT algorithm to calculate their descriptor as the image feature vectors. Finally ear recognition based on these feature is carried out with Euclidean distance as similarity measurement. A bi-directional matching algorithm is utilized for improving recognition rate. Experiments on USTB database show that the recognition rate reaches more 94%. The Experimental results prove the effectiveness of the proposed method in term of recognition accuracy in comparison with previous methods. It is robust to rigid changes of ear image and provides a new approach to the research for ear recognition. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.11591/telkomnika.v11i12.276
Last (Murray) : The Sokoto Caliphate ; Adeleye (R. A.) : Power and Diplomacy in Northern Nigeria, 1804-1906
No full textKanya-Forstner A. Sydney. Last (Murray) : The Sokoto Caliphate ; Adeleye (R. A.) : Power and Diplomacy in Northern Nigeria, 1804-1906. In: Revue française d'histoire d'outre-mer, tome 59, n°214, 1er trimestre 1972. pp. 150-152
Heating, ventilation and air conditioning of a manufacturing hall
No full textDiplomsko delo predstavlja problem prezračevanja in klimatizacije v proizvodni hali, v kateri je zaradi pridobitve novih obdelovalnih centrov sistem prezračevanja potreben posodobitve. V prvem delu predstavimo pomembne parametre in sestavne dele centralnega sistema, nato se lotimo preračuna toplotnih dobitkov zaradi transmisije in sevanja ter notranjih toplotnih dobitkov zaradi obratovanja strojev in emisije toplote delavcev v prostoru. Preračun hladilne obremenitve in izbira klimata z adiabatnim hlapilnim hlajenjem kažeta, da ob izbiri notranjih pogojev 26 °C in 62 % RV razvlaževanje ni potrebno. V tem primeru za hlajenje potrebujemo 39,39 kW hladilne moči. Zaradi rekuperatorja in adiabatnega hlajenja potrebujemo za prezračevanje in hlajenje le 15 kW električne moči.The diploma represents a problem of ventilation and air conditioning of an expanding machining and production hall. In the first part we discuss important parameters and components of a central ventilation and air conditioning system, then we tackle heat gain calculations based on heat transmission, solar gain and internal heat gains caused by operating machinery and heat emission from workers. Heating load calculation and our choice of using an adiabatic evaporative cooling air handling unit, show us that with internal design conditions of 26 °C and 62 % RH, dehumidification is not necessary. In this instance we need 39,39 kW of cooling capacity. Because of our use of a heat exchanger and adiabatic evaporative cooling, we need 15 kW of electricity for cooling and ventilation combined
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Fracture length data for geothermal applications
No full textThis repository contains the supplementary material for Forstner, S.R., Corrêa, R., Wang, Q., Laubach, S.E., 2024. Fracture length data for geothermal applications. In Gill, C.E., Goffey, G., Underhill, J.R., eds., Powering the Energy Transition through Subsurface Collaboration, Geological Society of London, Energy Geoscience Conference Series, v. 1.
Supplementary material includes outcrop fracture length data measured using different mapping protocols and scales of observation.Fracture lengths govern permeability and are unknowns in geothermal assessment. Along their lengths, fracture widths vary due to growth by linkage. Under the influence of diagenesis, narrow widths seal, breaking porosity continuity and reducing open length. The largest range of widths and thus susceptibility to fill occurs where fractures are linked by narrow segments. Outcrops of a geothermal target, Cambrian Potsdam quartz arenite, contain opening-mode fractures having lengths spanning five orders of magnitude from 0.082 mm to 17.9 m. Combined lengths measured at a range of scales can be described by power laws, but at a given image resolution, lengths are best fit by exponential functions. Owing to preferential sealing of small fractures, open fractures follow exponential functions, but values depend on rules for designating fractures as continuous. En échelon segments, offset 10 mm, are connected by narrow fractures or microfractures (hard linked) not evident on outcrop 1-m-elevation LiDAR or 30-m-height drone images. A rule that identifies where narrow but probably connected segments yields lengths that are meaningful for flow simulation. Depending on diagenesis, continuity rules can halve or double average and maximum length values. Length values from outcrop for geothermal applications should be adjusted based on wellsite-specific diagenesis information.Supported by grant DE-SC0022968 from Chemical Sciences, Geosciences and Biosciences Division, Office of Basic Energy Sciences, Office of Science, U.S. Department of Energy (DOE).Bureau of Economic Geolog
Proceedings of the European Workshop on the Evaluation of Farm Investment Support, Investment Support for Improvement of Processing and Marketing of Agricultural Products
No full textContents: i - Angela Bergschmidt, Walter Dirksmeyer and Bernhard Forstner - Proceedings of the European Evaluation Workshop – Foreword -- PAPERS PRESENTED IN THE PLENARY SESSIONS -- 3 - Stefan Meyer - Methods for the Evaluation of Investment Support -- 15 - Andrea Pufahl - Programme Evaluation of Rural Development Plans – Purpose, Approaches and Exemplary Results -- 27 - Carel Gosselink - Agri Finance: Lost without Support? -- 33 - Anne Margarian - How to Evaluate a Measure without Goals – Considerations on the Basis of the Paradigmatic Example of Farm Investment Support in Germany -- 45 - Rudy Ooijen - Ex Ante Evaluations of Rural Development Programmes – Not just an Appraisal -- PAPERS PRESENTED IN THE SESSION ON FARM INVESTMENT SUPPORT -- 61 - Angela Bergschmidt and Walter Dirksmeyer - A Comparison of Farm Investment Support in Selected EU Member States -- 69 - Monika Beck and Thomas Dogot - The Use of Impact Indicators for the Evaluation of Farm Investment Support – A Case Study Based on the Rural Development Programme for Wallonia (2000 – 2006) -- 79 - Barbara Costantini and Maria Cristina Sibilla - Implementation of Farm Investment Support in Italy – Mid-Term Analysis -- 93 - Pawel Chmielinski - Regional Absorption Capacity of Farm Investment Support in Poland -- 105 - Luis A. Collado Cueto - Effectiveness and Impacts of Farm Investment Support in Spain – The Experience of the Updated Mid-Term Evaluation (2000 – 2006) -- 121 - Dimitros Lianos and Triantafyllia Giotopoulou - The Experience of the Evaluation of Farm Investment Support in Greece -- 133 - Bernhard Forstner - Evaluation of Farm Investment Support in Germany – Lessons Learned from the Application of Different Approaches -- 147 - Stephan Pfefferli - Impact Analysis of Investment Support for Agricultural Buildings in Switzerland -- 159 - Justyna Ziólkowska, Joanna Nargiello and Cezary Klimkowski - The Analysis of Changes in Farm Investment Support Policy in Poland after Joining the European Union -- PAPERS PRESENTED IN THE SESSION ON INVESTMENT SUPPORT FOR IMPROVEMENT OF PROCESSING AND MARKETING OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS -- 177 - Inge Uetrecht, Heinz Wendt, Volker Krah and Annette Trefflich - The Implementation of Investment Support for Improving Processing and Marketing of Agricultural Products in the EU Member States – An Overview -- 187 -Andreas Pölking - Synthesis of the RDP Mid-Term Evaluation in Germany (16 Länder) and EC 15 in 2005 – Methodologies, Possibilities, Pitfalls and some Selected Results -- 195 - Julia Neuwirth and Karlheinz Pistrich - Improving Processing and Marketing of Agricultural Products – Organisation, Problems and Results of Evaluation in Austria -- 201 - Alois Grabner - Improving of Processing and Marketing of Agricultural Products – Assessment of Projects -- 205 - Pedro Serrano - Support to Processing and Marketing of Agricultural Products in Portugal -- 215 - Mark Temple - Two Approaches to Evaluation – The Case of the Processing and Marketing Grant in England -- 227 - Jochen Nölle and Josef Efken - Does Complete Field Research Build a Good Basis to Evaluating the Measure? -- CLOSURE OF THE EUROPEAN EVALUATION WORKSHOP -- 241 - Bernhard Forstner and Heinz Wendt - Summary and Final Discussion --
Kanya-Forstner (A. S.) : The Conquest of the Western Sudan. A study in French military imperialism
No full textPasquier Roger. Kanya-Forstner (A. S.) : The Conquest of the Western Sudan. A study in French military imperialism. In: Revue française d'histoire d'outre-mer, tome 59, n°216, 3e trimestre 1972. pp. 527-528
The economy of Mežiška valley between 1938 and 1945
No full textGospodarstvo je temeljnega pomena za vsako državo, saj lahko le tako država razvija in ponuja dobre življenjske pogoje. S pregledom gospodarskega delovanja znotraj Mežiške doline v času druge svetovne vojne smo izvedeli, da so bili Nemci že pred zavzetjem leta 1941 gospodarsko aktivni na tem območju. Imeli so uslužbence na visokih položajih znotraj najbolj pomembnih podjetij, to sta bila jeklarna na Ravnah in rudnik v Mežici. Nemška država je poudarjala razvoj vojne industrije in v to vlagala tudi največ kapitala, istočasno pa so izkoriščali vse dane naravne vire in delavstvo, tudi v obliki prisilnega dela.A good economy is of fundamental importance for every country, only so can a country develop and offer good living conditions. By reviewing the economic activity within the Mežiška valley during World War II, we learned that the Germans were economically active in this area even before the occupation in 1941. They had employees in high positions within the most important companies, i.e., the Steel factory in Ravne and the lead and zinc mine in Mežica. The German state emphasized the development of the war industry and invested the most capital in it while at the same time exploiting all available natural resources and labor, including in the form of forced labor
Problematic Approach to the Analysis of Žiga X. Gombač\u27s Youth Novel NK Svoboda
No full textMagistrsko delo Problemski pouk pri obravnavi mladinskega problemskega romana pri pouku slovenščine prinaša ugotovitve primerjave problemskega pouka s tradicionalnim glede obravnave mladinskega problemskega romana. Ukvarjamo se z analizo odzivanja in sodelovanja učencev in učenk pri eni in pri drugi obliki učne ure in poskušamo pokazati, da je za obravnavo tovrstnih tem bolj koristno izvesti ure problemskega pouka, saj so učenci in učenke tako pri pouku bolj aktivni.
V teoretičnem delu magistrskega dela je uporabljena deskriptivna metoda, ki smo jo uporabili pri povzemanju že znanih teoretičnih dognanj o problemskem pouku, mladinskem problemskem romanu, mladinski književnosti nasploh in recepciji te. Osredotočamo se tudi na šolsko interpretacijo kot metodo pouka, ki jev empiričnem delu uporabljena pri izvedbi tradicionalne učne ure.
V praktičnem delu je prikazana analiza izvedenih učnih ur v izbrani osnovni šoli. Izvedeni sta bili 2 šolski uri, posvečeni branju odlomka, 1 šolska ura tradicionalne oblike in 1 šolska ura problemskega pouka. Obravnavali smo mladinski problemski roman Žige X. Gombača z naslovom NK Svoboda. V raziskavo smo vključili spoznanja o tem, kako uspešni so bili učenci in učenke predvsem v nalogah vrednotenja, ki so ponavadi pokazatelj doseganja višjih taksonomskih stopenj znanja.
Glavni cilj magistrskega dela je torej prikazati uspešnost in učinkovitost problemskega pouka, predvsem pri obravnavi mladinskega problemskega romana, ki po naših domnevah zahteva veliko pogovora in izmenjave mnenj, razpravo, tudi diskusijo. Stremimo k prikazu primerjave med tradicionalnim in problemskim poukom.Master thesis Problematic Approach to the Analysis of Žiga X. Gombač\u27s Youth Novel NK Svoboda presents the findings of comparing problem-based learning with traditional teaching regarding the analysis of a youth problem novel. We will analyse the response and participation of students in both methods of teaching and attempt to show that problem-based classes are more useful to deal with such topics since students participate more actively in such classes.
In the theoretical part of the master thesis, we will use a descriptive method, which will summarize the already known theoretical knowledge about problem-based learning, youth problem novel, youth literature in general and its reception. Furthermore, we will focus on school interpretation as a method of instruction that will later be used in the implementation of the traditional lecture.
In the practical part, we will present the analysis of the lessons learned in the selected elementary school. There were 2 school hours assigned for reading the passage, 1 school lesson for learning about the traditional form, and 1 school lesson for problem-based learning. We will be discussing Žiga X. Gombač\u27s youth problem novel NK Svoboda. The study will include insights into the success of the students in evaluation tasks, which are usually indicators of achieving higher taxonomic levels of knowledge.
The main aim of the master thesis is, therefore, to show the success of problem-based lessons, especially when discussing a youth problem-based novel, which, we believe, requires a great deal of discussion and exchange of views. We strive to see a comparison between traditional teaching and problem-based learning. At the heart of the comparison, we want to show that the problematic approach to the analysis is more appropriate to deal with problematic topics
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