203 research outputs found
Assessing the Evolution of Maritime Strategy in the Asia Pacific
No full textThe end of the Cold War has provided an opportunity for scholars to do an in-depth study on the concept of maritime security, especially in the Asia Pacific region. One of the most important but often neglected concepts is maritime strategy which has been developing for centuries. Maritime strategy is designed for states’ survival and to protect their national interests. Nevertheless there is no ‘one size fits all’ concept. Therefore, the purpose of this article is to analyse the similarities and differences between continental states such as the United States, and India, and maritime states such as Indonesia, Japan, Australia, and Singapore in implementing their maritime strategy. In an attempt to present the results, we have reviewed secondary data mainly from the literature written by scholars in the field. Preliminary findings suggests that countries, either continental or maritime states, designed their maritime strategy for national security reasons. States aim to survive in the unknown international political arena. However, domestic and socioeconomic factors such as economic growth, geostrategic interest as well as nature of threats, may have shaped differences among states’ maritime strategy. The emerging non-traditional threats such narcotic trafficking, terrorism and human smuggling, have contributed to the threats for many states, this further justifies the importance of maritime strategy
Jere Nash Interview with Buddy Medlin
No full textInterview conducted by author Jere Nash with capitol lobbyist Buddy Medlin in the process of writing Mississippi Politics: The Struggle for Power, 1976-2006. Topics covered include 1989 gaming legislation in the Mississippi legislature; lottery legislation; Brad Dye; ending prohibition in Mississippi; John Bell Williams; Medlin campaigning for a Mississippi House seat; Ellis Bodron; Charlie Sullivan; and James O. Eastland
User Validation of an Empathic Virtual Buddy against Cyberbullying
No full textPeople are able to comfort others by talking about their problems. In our research, we are exploring whether computers can provide social support in a similar manner. Recently, we proposed a design for an empathic virtual buddy that supports victims of cyberbullying. To validate our approach in providing social support and to gather feedback from potential users, we performed an experiment (N = 30) to compare interaction with the buddy to reading a text. Both the buddy and the text received high scores; scores for the buddy were consistently higher. The difference was significant for the extent to which feelings were taken into account. These results indicate that participants liked to interact with the buddy and that they recognized the emotional cues emitted by the buddy, thus validating our approach in comforting users.Infrastructures, Systems and ServicesTechnology, Policy and Managemen
Kemitraan Strategis Indonesia - Cina di Bidang Pertahanan Studi Konversi Pendidikan SESKOAL dan NCC 2008 - 2012
No full textStructured Student Interactions In Online Distance Learning: Exploring The Study Buddy Activity
No full textThis mixed methods study explored the characteristics of a cooperative learning activity, the “Study Buddy”, implemented in a graduate-level online
course in instructional design. The study explored whether students (n=25) who participated in the Study Buddy activity took deeper approaches to their learning
than those who did not participate (n=6), what value students received from participating in the activity, and whether the structure of the activity was
appropriate to support deeper approaches to learning. Quantitative and qualitative results were merged to form conclusions that suggest that participants could be encouraged to take deeper approaches by faculty providing sample questions for students to use to evaluate their partners’ work. Results suggest that the study buddy activity can be used to encourage social connections and to provide participants with opportunities to consider alternate opinions. Findings related to the ideal structure of the activity were inconclusive.Peer reviewedThesi
Structured student interactions in online distance learning: Exploring the study buddy activity
No full textThis mixed methods study explored the characteristics of a cooperative learning activity, the “Study Buddy”, implemented in a graduate-level online course in instructional design. The study explored whether students (n=25) who participated in the Study Buddy activity took deeper approaches to their learning than those who did not participate (n=6), what value students received from participating in the activity, and whether the structure of the activity was appropriate to support deeper approaches to learning. Quantitative and qualitative results were merged to form conclusions that suggest that participants could be encouraged to take deeper approaches by faculty providing sample questions for students to use to evaluate their partners’ work. Results suggest that the study buddy activity can be used to encourage social connections and to provide participants with opportunities to consider alternate opinions. Findings related to the ideal structure of the activity were inconclusive.Peer reviewedThesi
Structured Student Interactions In Online Distance Learning: Exploring The Study Buddy Activity
No full textThis mixed methods study explored the characteristics of a cooperative learning activity, the “Study Buddy”, implemented in a graduate-level online course in instructional design. The study explored whether students (n=25) who participated in the Study Buddy activity took deeper approaches to their learning
than those who did not participate (n=6), what value students received from participating in the activity, and whether the structure of the activity was
appropriate to support deeper approaches to learning. Quantitative and qualitative results were merged to form conclusions that suggest that participants could be encouraged to take deeper approaches by faculty providing sample questions for students to use to evaluate their partners’ work. Results suggest that the study buddy activity can be used to encourage social connections and to provide participants with opportunities to consider alternate opinions. Findings related to the ideal structure of the activity were inconclusive.Peer reviewedThesi
Structured student interactions in online distance learning: Exploring the study buddy activity
No full textThis mixed methods study explored the characteristics of a cooperative learning activity, the “Study Buddy”, implemented in a graduate-level online course in instructional design. The study explored whether students (n=25) who participated in the Study Buddy activity took deeper approaches to their learning
than those who did not participate (n=6), what value students received from participating in the activity, and whether the structure of the activity was
appropriate to support deeper approaches to learning. Quantitative and qualitative results were merged to form conclusions that suggest that participants could be encouraged to take deeper approaches by faculty providing sample questions for students to use to evaluate their partners’ work. Results suggest that the study buddy activity can be used to encourage social connections and to provide participants with opportunities to consider alternate opinions. Findings related to the ideal structure of the activity were inconclusive.Peer reviewedThesi
An Empathic Virtual Buddy for Social Support
No full textRecent years have witnessed a growing interest in employing Embodied Conversational Agents (ECAs) as companions or coaches. These roles are typically performed by humans and require exhibiting certain social behaviors, such as providing social support. For interactions between users and coaching or companion ECAs to become truly social, providing social support is one of the tasks these agents should be able to perform. Social support can be defined as alleviating the emotional distress of another person. This thesis proposes a design for an 'empathic virtual buddy' that provides social support to victims of cyberbullying. It presents the underlying principles and an architecture for a prototype system, and provides both a quantitative and qualitative evaluation of the support conveyed by the empathic virtual buddy prototype.Infrastructure Systems & ServicesTechnology, Policy and Managemen
Distal 'buddy-in-jail' technique: A complementary 'Jail with stent' method for stent delivery
No full textDelivery of coronary stents can be challenging, but the use of a second or 'buddy' wire helps the progression of equipment through tortuous and rigid vessels. We successfully positioned a coronary stent in a distal lesion, intentionally jailing the buddy wire during stent delivery. The jailed wire was then used to proceed further with proximal coronary stenting. We report 10 cases using either the jailed or the non-jailed wire for this modified 'buddy-in-jail' technique. © The Author(s)
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