Using Action Research to Improve Communication and Facilitate Group Work in a Multicultural Classroom: A South African Case Study

This study started with problems that my colleagues (and I) were experiencing with interaction and intercultural communication among students in our diverse classrooms. Educators were also experiencing difficulties in motivating students to work effectively in groups. The purpose of this paper was to seek solutions to these problems by exploring variations of the group oral assessment structure in a multilingual and multicultural context. Four phases of assessments were conducted at two tertiary institutions in South Africa using a combination of action research and a participatory approach. Not only did this study succeed in addressing the problems but it also revealed the added benefits of using an action research methodology.     

基于VC＋＋．net和Matlab支持向量机工具箱的纹理识别

本文介绍了在VC .net中通过Matlab引擎调用Matlab函数的方法,实现了VC .net和Matlab的混合编程,充分发挥了VC .net有效运算速率与Matlab强大矩阵运算的优点。将这一技术应用于纹理图像的识别,取得了良好的实验效果。     

Comprehensive analysis of the impact of climatic changes on Chinese terrestrial net primary productivity

Recent climatic changes have affected terrestrial net primary productivity (NPP). This paper presents an investigation of the impact of climatic changes on Chinese terrestrial vegetation NPP by analyzing 18 years’ (1982 to 1999) climatic data and satellite observations of vegetation activity. Results indicate that climatic changes in China have eased some critical climatic constraint on plant growth. (1) From 1982 to 1999, modeled NPP increased by 1.42%·a-1 in water-limited regions of Northwest China, 1.46%·a-1 in temperature-limited regions of Northeast China and Tibet Plateau, and 0.99%·a-1 in radia- tion-limited regions of South China and East China. (2) NPP increased by 24.2%, i.e. 0.76 petagram of carbon (Pg C) over 18 years in China. Changes in climate (with constant vegetation) directly contrib- uted nearly 11.5% (0.36 Pg C). Changes in vegetation (with constant climate) contributed 12.4% (0.40 Pg C), possibly as a result of climate-vegetation feedbacks, changes in land use, and growth stimula- tion from other mechanisms. (3) Globally, NPP declined during all three major El Ni-o events (1982 to 1983, 1987 to 1988, and 1997 to 1998) between 1982 and 2000, but Chinese vegetation productivity re- sponded differently to them because of the monsoon dynamics. In the first three events (1982 to 1983, 1987 to 1988, and 1992), Chinese vegetation NPP declined, while in the later two events (1993, 1997 to 1998) increasing obviously.     

对教育统计工作的一些思考

介绍了近年来教育统计工作取得的成绩,分析了基层教育统计工作中存在的问题,提出了改进统计工作的措施和方法。     

海峡西岸经济区产业竞争力研究——基于层次分析法的实证研究

依据区域产业竞争力的内涵和层次分析法原理,构建了区域产业竞争力评价指标体系,对海峡西岸经济区工业产业竞争力进行了综合评价与分析,定性与定量相结合的实证研究表明:海峡西岸经济区竞争优势产业以劳动密集型为主,竞争优势呈现出较为明显的轻型化特征,产业结构优化步伐还要进一步加大;区域重点扶持产业优势并不明显,产业重点扶持力度要加大;高新技术产业和新兴产业竞争力偏弱,具有较大的增长空间。     

Mapping of Irregular IP onto NoC Architecture with Optimal Energy Consumption

Network on chip (NoC) architectures have been proposed to resolve complex on-chip communication problems. An NoC-based mapping algorithm is shown in this paper. It can map irregular intellectual properties (IPs) cores onto regular tile 2-D mesh NoC architectures. The basic idea is to decompose a large IP into several dummy IPs or integrate several small IPs into one dummy IP, such that each dummy IP can fit into a single tile. It can also allocate buffer space according to the input/output degree and avoid connection congestion by adapting communication density. Experimental data indicate that using the algorithm proposed in this paper, the communication energy can be reduced about 7%.     

中国科技与经济协调发展的约束条件分析

科技与经济协调发展是实现经济增长模式转换的必然要求。技术进步对经济增长的贡献率不高、经济发展的技术对外依存度大、资源生态问题严重是制约这一目标实现的几个突出问题。对这些约束条件进行分析,有助于增强战略设计的针对性。     

科技计划项目知识产权管理研究

知识经济时代的到来,使知识产权成为衡量一国科学技术水平的重要因素,科技计划作为政府支持区域创新的重要宏观战略手段,引起各国、各地区政府的关注。针对我国科技计划项目知识产权管理中存在的问题,提出实行知识产权全过程管理的方法与措施,并给出相应对策,旨在为促进区域知识产权发展,提升区域科技创新能力提供方法支持。     

清末民初美南浸信会在广西的传教活动

广西省是基督新教在中国进入最晚、布道区最少的省份之一,清末民初才有基督新教大规模进入广西。此前,广西境内天主教活动得较为频繁,是法国天主教巴黎外方传教会传教士主要的传教地。基督教在广西广泛开展的传教活动对广西的社会生活产生了很大影响,其传播的历史是广西近代城市发展史的一个重要组成部分,颇值得研究。     

库区移民社会心态及思想政治工作机制探析

通过大规模的调研,在对当前库区移民心态及思想政治工作形势做出基本判断的基础上,概括了当前库区社会心态的九种典型表现形式,分析了这些心态产生的原因,提出了改进库区移民思想政治工作的对策建议。