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Iran’s Shift in Family Planning Policies: Concerns and Challenges [PDF]

open access: yesInternational Journal of Health Policy and Management, 2014
Iran’s significant success in implementing Family Planning (FP) during the past 25 years, has made it a role model in the world. The Total Fertility Rate (TFR) in Iran has dropped from 6.5 in 1960 to 1.6 in 2012, which is well below the targeted value of
Mohammad Karamouzian   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Knowledge Representation with Ontologies: The Present and Future [PDF]

open access: yes, 2004
Recently, we have seen an explosion of interest in ontologies as artifacts to represent human knowledge and as critical components in knowledge management, the semantic Web, business-to-business applications, and several other application areas ...
Brewster, Christopher   +7 more
core   +1 more source

A Simple Model of Knowledge Percolation

open access: yes, 2022
We investigate how knowledge percolates and clusters in a given knowledge space. We introduce a simple model of knowledge organization in which each contribution spans a certain number of items. If this contribution overlaps with others above a certain threshold, they form a cluster. A contribution can also merge clusters together.
Franco Bagnoli   +1 more
openaire   +3 more sources

Designing a System Architecture for Dynamic Data Collection as a Foundation for Knowledge Modeling in Industry

open access: yesApplied Sciences
This study develops and implements a scalable system architecture for dynamic data acquisition and knowledge modeling in industrial contexts. The objective is to efficiently process large datasets to support decision-making and process optimization ...
Edmund Radlbauer   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Toward an Interactive Reinforcement Based Learning Framework for Human Robot Collaborative Assembly Processes

open access: yesFrontiers in Robotics and AI, 2018
As manufacturing demographics change from mass production to mass customization, advances in human-robot interaction in industries have taken many forms.
Sharath Chandra Akkaladevi   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

A Surgical Virtual Learning Environment [PDF]

open access: yes, 2003
A computer based Virtual Learning Environment is proposed for training and evaluating novice surgeons. Although this Virtual Learning Environments is thought to be useful in other learning situations as well, especially where knowledge of different ...
Kommers, Piet, Luursema, Jan-Maarten
core   +8 more sources

Introduction to the Special Issue on Learning Analytics

open access: yesOnline Learning, 2012
We have passed from an industrial to an information age. One consequence of this move is the information overload envisioned by Vannevar Bush over a half century ago. The growth of data often seems to threaten the ability of organizations to make sense
Karen Swan
doaj   +1 more source

Knowledgezoom for java: A concept-based exam study tool with a zoomable open student model [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
This paper presents our attempt to develop a personalized exam preparation tool for Java/OOP classes based on a fine-grained concept model of Java knowledge.
Baishya, D   +4 more
core   +1 more source

Calculation programs as a didactic generator of the discipline “Fundamentals of rocket and space techniques”

open access: yesОткрытое образование (Москва), 2018
A new method of teaching the subject “Fundamentals of rocket and space techniques” was suggested in the paper. This method is using the specialized calculation programs as a didactic tool for forming the educational material not only for practical ...
Konstantin P. Baslyk
doaj   +1 more source

An Evaluation Method for the Skeleton Model Based on Function–Behavior–Structure Correlation Analysis

open access: yesMachines
The skeleton model is an essential tool to support the top-down design of complex products, and the rationality of its design has a significant influence on the detailed design of products.
Sichao Liu, Shaoke Nan, Ling Tian
doaj   +1 more source

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