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Deep Learning of Human Perception in Audio Event Classification

, 2018
In this paper, we introduce our recent studies on human perception in audio event classification by different deep learning models. In particular, the pre-trained model VGGish is used as feature extractor to process audio data, and DenseNet is trained by
Beuret, Samuel, Oyama, Keizo, Yu, Yi, Zeng, Donghuo   +3 more
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Empowering Students through Language & Critical Thinking: The Bard College Language & Thinking Program

Вопросы образования, 2015
In many parts of the world, and particularly in Eastern Europe and Asia, educators and institutions are turning to liberal arts education because they are recognizing the limitations of old didactic teaching methods—edagogies based primarily in lecture ...
Peg Peoples
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Smartphone security [PDF]

, 2017
According to eMarketer researchers, the total number of smartphones in active use on the planet exceeded the 2 billion unit in 2016 and amounted up to 2.16 billion against 1.9 billion in 2015 and 1.6 billion devices in 2014.
Mamienko, Sergey, Mieshkov, V.I., Zuyenok, I.І.   +2 more
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A study of Chinese university EFL learners’ foreign language listening anxiety, listening strategy use and academic listening performance [PDF]

, 2015
The present study examined foreign language (FL) listening anxiety and listening strategy use in relation to the FL listening comprehension performance of 1702 undergraduate EFL learners from 5 universities in China. The findings were: (1) more than half
Liu, Meihua, Thondhlana, Juliet
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Active Listening by Hospital Chaplaincy Volunteers: Benefits, Challenges and Good Practice [PDF]

, 2015
Active listening (AL) is a communication technique frequently used in counselling. This study explored the feasibility of implementing a ward-based AL intervention for patients by chaplaincy volunteers in the UK National Health Service.
Briggs, M, Closs, SJ, Manzano, A, Swift, C   +3 more
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Active listening for effective student engagement

Journal of Learning Development in Higher Education
Active listening can play a key and positive role in our relationships with others (Wolvin and Coakley, 2000; Bodie, 2011; Ellis and Abbot, 2018).
Angela Newton
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Organizational Psychology and Technology: ethical, legal and practical issues related to active listening and work-related stress monitoring in Italy and Europe

INFAD, 2019
Active listening is a powerful tool for the prevention and reduction of organizational disease and stress as well as for performance enhancement and even corporate social responsibility development.
Alessandro De Carlo, Laura Dal Corso, Paula Benevene, Florencio Vicente Castro, Matteo Corbo   +4 more
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“It’s real. It’s a thing:” Mental health counselors’ listening exhaustion during COVID-19

Qualitative Research in Medicine & Healthcare, 2023
Mental health counselors regularly use active listening skills to be present with each client; however, active listening may cause burnout due to high emotional labor, inadequate staffing, excessive workload, and many other issues, each of which ...
Damla Ricks, Grace Ellen Brannon
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Individualized Music Improves Social Interaction of Women, But Not Men, With Dementia [PDF]

, 2018
Dementia is tragic both for patients with the disease and for their family members. As this neurodegenerative disorder progresses, cognitive functions deteriorate, agitation and aggression increase, and mood worsens (McDermott, Orrell, et al., 2014 ...
Farrer, Emily, Hilycord, Diana
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Anatomy of word and sentence meaning [PDF]

, 1998
Reading and listening involve complex psychological processes that recruit many brain areas. The anatomy of processing English words has been studied by a variety of imaging methods.
Pavese, Antonella, Posner, Michael I.
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