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Marko Kuol
No full textabstract: After Marko Kuol’s village was bombed, he walked with his older nephew to Ethiopia at the age of seven.
“Lost Boys Found” is an ongoing, interdisciplinary project that is collecting, recording and archiving the oral histories of the Lost Boys/Girls of Sudan. The collection is a work-in-progress, seeking to record the oral history of as many Lost Boys/Girls as are willing, and will be used in a future book.Age: 25Region: Upper NileThis picture and bio was donated to the Lost Boys Found oral history project from The Arizona Lost Boys Cente
SUGGESTED RECONSTRUCTION OF A ROAD SEGMENT IN LIGHT OF THE ENVISAGED WORKS FOR THE REHABILITATION OF INDIVIDUAL HOMOGENEOUS SUB-SEGMENTS
No full textRekonstruiranje, saniranje oz. na splošno povedano, vzdrževanje cestnega omrežja, postaja iz leta v leto pomembnejša dejavnost sodobnih evropskih držav. Le z zagotavljanjem tekočega oz. nemotenega pretoka prometa namreč lahko izboljšujemo povezanost med posameznimi državami ter mesti znotraj njih. S tem posledično skrbimo za večjo mobilnost in fleksibilnost prebivalstva ter pospešujemo makro – ekonomski razvoj mest in držav.
Vzdrževanje cestnega omrežja ni zgolj "šablonsko" ter že vnaprej dolgoročno začrtano sistematično dejanje. Tako se v raznovrstnih študijah pojavljajo najrazličnejši metadološki pristopi, za katere velja skupna točka - kako najbolej optimizirati način vzdrževanja cestnega omrežja. Eden izmed možnih načinov vzdrževanja je predstavljen v diplomski nalogi.
V skladu z navedenim so v diplomskem delu predstavljeni vzroki za nastanek poškodb, opisani ukrepi za saniranje, predstavljene osnove za določitev sanacijskih ukrepov ter tudi podan opis posameznega sanacijskega ukrepa. Na koncu je dodan primer oz. postavljena metadologija načrtovanja sanacije cestnega odseka, ki temelji na predlogu sanacije posameznega homogenega pododseka.Reconstruction, rehabilitation or, more generally, maintenance of national road infrastructures is becoming increasingly important throughout Europe, as modern European countries need to ensure smooth and uninterrupted traffic flows in order to connect their cities with other parts of Europe, thereby promoting mobility among their citizens and macroeconomic development of cities and regions.
Nevertheless, maintenance of road infrastructure is far from being a routine and systematic task which can be planned for years and years in advancea myriad of methods presented in various studies shows that there is no universal approach. Indeed, sometimes the only thing all these approaches have in common is that they are designed to ensure optimal maintenance of road infrastructure.
One of such approaches to maintenance of road infrastructure is also presented in this graduation thesis, but only after a brief account is first given of various reasons for damages done to roads. This introductory chapter is then followed by a presentation of rehabilitation measures and, naturally, the criteria determining the choice of the most appropriate measures for any given road segment. All this is in a way an introduction to the central part of this thesis – a case study of a road maintenance project planned for a concrete road segment, which is based on the rehabilitation of individual homogeneus sub-segments
Strategies of solving arithmetic word problems in students with learning difficulties in mathematics
No full textProblem solving as an important skill is, beside arithmetic, measure and algebra, included in standards of school mathematics (National Council of Teachers of Mathematics) (NCTM, 2000) and needed as a necessary skill for successfulness in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) (National Mathematics Advisory Panel, 2008). Since solving of human problems is connected to the real life, the arithmetic word problems (in short AWP) are an important kind of mathematics tasks in school and connect mathematics knowledge with real-life situations. When solving AWP a student needs to understand the language and numeric information in the problem in order to translate them into an adequate mental representation, create a solution plan and execute suitable procedural calculations. Foreign and domestic results (Geary, 1993; Montague, 1997; Jitendra and Hoff, 1999; Fuchs and Fuchs, 2007; Kavkler et al., 2011) indicate that students often experience difficulties with AWP solving. Empirical researches of numerous authors (Montague and Applegate, 1993; Bryant, Bryant and Hammill, 2000; Verschaffel, Greer and De Corte, 2000) mention numerous deficits in students with mathematics difficulties in (fields of) arithmetic, language, working memory and attention when solving AWP. Improvements in solving AWP have been emphasized with respect to cognitive, metacognitive, motivation and emotional aspects.
The central aim of the research was to investigate latent characteristics of students with mathematical difficulties and students without mathematical difficulties in solving AWP. The sample included 140 students from the fifth grade from Upper Carniola and Ljubljana, 70 students with mathematical difficulties and 70 students without them. In the research heterogeneous measurement instruments were used to investigate calculating, perceptio-motor, linguistic and nonverbal intellectual skills and executive function. Two questionnaires for teachers and students were used to gather information about the teacher's estimation of the students’ reading, calculating and strategies in solving AWP and information about the student's strategies of solving AWP reported by students. Qualitative and quantitative processing of gathered data was carried out in accordance with the purpose of research and hypothesis. For all included variables a descriptive analysis was made, all remainder statistical data was handled with the following statistical methods: t-test for independent samples, correlation coefficient, chi-square, analysis of variance, principal factor analysis and discriminative analysis.
The results showed significant differences among two groups of students in all included manifest variables of used measuring instruments. There were also differences in the latent structure of factors. So the latent structure of math difficulties consists of eight factors, among them three are very important: automatization of arithmetic facts and algorithmic calculation, working memory – executive functions and decoding speed. The latent structure of students without math difficulties consists of nine factors, among them three play an important role: judgment of capability of solving AWP, automatization of reading and calculation and verbal understanding. There are three common factors, i. e. automatization of reading and calculation, linguistic skills and judgment of capability of solving AWP. Upon the factor's structure of math difficulties in solving AWP it can be established that the factor of automatization of arithmetic facts with part of variance of 20,94 % is of essential importance. The analysis of variance and discriminant analysis showed that the groups of students are statistically different based on the results of the used instrument. The students with math difficulties are identified with the questionnaire for teachers (information about arithmetic knowledge and strategies for solving AWP), Test of AWP, 10-minute test for assessment of automatization of arithmetic facts and calculation, The questionnaire of solving AWP for students and Test of difficulties in writing and reading. Cognitive skills, such as the automatization of basic arithmetic facts and linguistic skills, are statistically significantly connected with solving AWP by students with math difficulties. In addition, among cognitive skills, the decoding speed, linguistic skills, nonverbal reasoning, selective attention and the ability to inhibit irrelevant information, are statistically significantly connected with solving AWP by students without math difficulties.
It was established that there was no difference among the groups in basic four steps in solving AWP (read the problem, underline the key words, calculate, write down the answer), but there is a statistically significant difference between groups in other steps in solving AWP. In short, students with math difficulties read the word problem just once, understand it less clearly after just one reading, do not paraphrase and do not use visual representation, rarely verify the accuracy of their solution, use fingers, are less motivated to solve the AWP, they find it difficult and they are not confident that they will be able to solve the AWP. On the other hand, students without math difficulties read the word problem many times and use more metacognitive processes and strategies because they control the whole process of solving. In accordance with the findings, we can conclude that students with math difficulties in comparison to students without math difficulties generally have the cognitive and metacognitive deficits that suggest a different approach and instructions. It is necessary to develop a treatment with direct and explicit instructions for solving AWP and training with the focus on automatization of basic arithmetic facts, language understanding and visual representation. Finally, the research has important implications for teaching AWP, treating students with math difficulties and further research
Control and physical intelligence
No full textChapter 5 focuses on biological and synthetic control/intelligence. This chapter of the 2nd edition includes discussion of deep learning, do-it-yourself (DIY) robotic projects, popular microcontrollers, contributed by Marko Popovic as well as material contributed by new co-author Mihailo Lazarevic on fractional PID control approach. All these are quite relevant in the context of biomechatronics research
Control and physical intelligence
No full textChapter 5 focuses on biological and synthetic control/intelligence. This chapter of the 2nd edition includes discussion of deep learning, do-it-yourself (DIY) robotic projects, popular microcontrollers, contributed by Marko Popovic as well as material contributed by new co-author Mihailo Lazarevic on fractional PID control approach. All these are quite relevant in the context of biomechatronics research
Five Years of Constitutional Jurisprudence in Bosnia and Herzegovina: A First Balance. EDAP 7/2004
No full textThe article reflects the experiences of the author after having served as one of the three international judges of the Constitutional Court of BiH from 1997 to 2002. Based on the relevant case-law of the Constitutional Court it gives a basic overview of the constitutional structure of BiH and analyses the position of the Court vis-à-vis other institutions established under the Dayton-Agreement and the powers of judicial review and human rights protection based on its appellate jurisdiction. Moreover means of interpretation and the elements of constitutional doctrine elaborated through case-law as well as organisational and procedural matters such as the role of dissenting opinions are discussed. In conclusion the article reflects the role of the Constitutional Court in transition from an ethnically divided and war-torn society to democracy and the effective protection of human and minority rights
Uloga boje u gradnji glazbenog oblika u odabranim djelima Marka Ruždjaka / Sound Spaces: The Role of Timbre in Building Musical Form Within a Selection of Marko Ruždjak's Work
No full textSome of the most successful works in the opus of Marko Ruždjak would have been impossible to conceive without the clarinet, the composer’s favourite instrument, as well as wit- hout the guitar, percussion, and voice (soprano, baritone or choir). The author researches how the composer’s choice of instrumental timbres and the voicing of the instruments as solo part or part of a larger sound aggregates (or units) is guided by a singular idea, which can be defi- ned as sound space. The timbre in this context is not conceived just as an element of a two- dimensional unit (building contrasts or overflowing and fusion in the temporal flow), rather it participates in the building of the spatial (and emotional) perspective. It contributes to a building of a specific musical form and expression. Ruždjak’s works have been analyzed through the categories that are linked to the Klangkomposition aesthetics of the Sixties. In the first part of the text, the formal function of individual parameters such as dynamic and regi- ster in the works Passamezzo, Tentatio, Canto peregrino, Versus, Ricercar is analyzed. In the se- cond part of the text, the analysis of Odrazi, Andantino, Notturno is developed through the more complex dimensions such as "static immobile surfaces", "surfaces in movement", "globally static surfaces, flecked with internal movement". They have been deduced from the published and unpublished texts by Györgi Ligeti. The theoretical background for the analysis of the sound's formal functions in the works of Ruždjak is part of the Klangkomposition's aesthetic. Together with the analysis of harmonic and motivic dimensions of the composer's language, they conduct to the possibility of a deeper understanding of the synthesis between various stylistic trajectories that are characteristic for the musical path of Marko Ruždjak
Christological viewpoints of Marko Marulić
No full textThe Croatian poet, theological writer and scholar of Bible Marko Ma-
rulić (1450—1524) was engaged in Christological subject matter. He
wrote De humilitate et gloria Christi — About humility and glory of
Christ. The author explains in his article of Marulić Christological view-
points and significance of his works
Score of Rhythm in Marko Cheremshyna’s Prose
No full textУ статті на матеріалі прози Марка Черемшини різних років з'ясовано роль ритму у формуванні концептуальних ідей, гедоністичної настроєвості, енергетичної спрямованості творів письменника. Ритм новелістики письменника вибудуваний на засадах українського фольклору, що увиразнює національну самобутність доробку прозаїка.The paper focuses on the rhythm in Marko Cheremshyna’s prose of different periods. The author explains the role of rhythm in the formation of concepts, hedonistic mood, and emotional direction of the writer's work. The rhythm of Marko Cheremshyna’s short stories is based on Ukrainian folklore what makes national peculiarities of the writer’s works quite evident
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