Abstract – A competence may be generically defined as the capacity of doing something and is more than just skills or knowledge. A transversal competence is one which can be re-used when shifting to another context. Our goal is to contribute to improve Computer Science 1 (CS1) course’s results

Abstract: The present experiment tested the hypothesis that self-motivation through proximal goal setting serves as an effective mechanism for cultivating competencies, self-percepts of efficacy, and intrinsic interest. Children who exhibited gross deficits and disinterest in mathematical tasks

refinement. The algorithm provides a useful solution almost immediately which progresses gracefully and continuously to the complete radiosity solution. In this way the competing demands of real-ism and interactivity are accommodated. The technique brings the use of radiosity for interactive rendering within

While research on articulated human motion and pose estimation has progressed rapidly in the last few years, there has been no systematic quantitative evaluation of competing methods to establish the current state of the art. We present data obtained using a hardware system that is able to capture

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Abstract. How close are we to a world where every paper on programming languages is accompanied by an electronic appendix with machinechecked proofs? We propose an initial set of benchmarks for measuring progress in this area. Based on the metatheory of System F<:, a typed lambda

Zwang et al. have identified outputs of two EGF pulses that commit cells to cycle. The first induces components for lipid biosynthesis and sets up an inhibitory latch through p53. The second works through ERK to EGR, and releases the latch to promote Restriction point traverse. Orderly regulation of cell division is an existential requisite for multicellular organisms, and is managed by exposure of cells to growth factor hormones. Despite the wealth of information on transduction of growth factor signals, the interpretation of these signals in the context of commitment to the cell cycle is poorly understood. The report by Zwang and co-workers [$] in the current issue identifies limiting processes induced by pulsed growth factor stimuli, and reveals a role for p53 in “digitization ” of graded inputs to ensure decisive commitment to S. Mammalian cell cultures are maintained in medium supplemented with serum, and will generally arrest in a quiescent state (Go) under conditions of serum deprivation. Once serum is restored, cells proceed to S phase after a characteristic delay (12 to 14 hours in Balb/c 3T3 cells). Nutritional starvation for amino acids or phosphate induces a similar quiescent state,

Development of a strong interactive relationship between student and supervisor(s); Monitoring of student progress and supervisor performance at School level by the Head of School (HoS) acting, where appropriate, through a College Postgraduate Officer (CPgO); Ensuring quality assurance

Datasets are an integral part of contemporary object recognition research. They have been the chief reason for the considerable progress in the field, not just as source of large amounts of training data, but also as means of measuring and comparing performance of competing algorithms. At the same

, but for the most part this notion has not been applied with respect to skill competence, or to choose between skills. In this paper we propose an agent motivated to gain competence in its environment by learning a number of skills, addressing head-on the mechanism of competence progress motivation for the purpose