Design Challenges for Science Games Anupam, Aditya; Gupta, Ridhima; Gupta, Shubhangi ...
International journal of designs for learning,
11/2019, Volume:
11, Issue:
1
Journal Article
Peer reviewed
The abstract nature of quantum mechanics makes it difficult to visualize. This is one of the reasons it is taught in the language of mathematics. Without an opportunity to directly observe or ...interact with quantum phenomena, students struggle to develop conceptual understandings of its theories and formulas. In this paper we present the process of designing a digital game that supplements introductory quantum mechanics curricula. We present our design process anchored on three key challenges: 1) drawing upon students’ past experiences and knowledge of classical mechanics while at the same time helping them break free of it to understand the unique qualities and characteristics of quantum mechanics; 2) creating an environment that is accurate in its depiction of the mathematical formulations of quantum mechanics while also playful and engaging for students; and 3) developing characters that are relatable to players but also do not reinforce gender stereotypes. Our design process can serve as a useful resource for educational game designers by providing a model for addressing these challenges.
No study to date exists regarding resilience in the context of armed conflict in Kashmir, India. Therefore, this study intended to understand the factors that predict resilience among young adults ...affected by the violence of the protracted conflict in Kashmir. The data were collected from 656 students, who experienced stress, related to the conflict. Findings showed that more than a quarter of the respondents (35.8%) were exposed, from 7 to 10, less than a quarter (16.6%) of participants reported 2-6, and almost half of the respondents (47.6%) were exposed to 11 or more stressful events related to the conflict in Kashmir. Multiple hierarchical regression analysis was used to examine the role of conflict exposure, social support, and demographic variables in predicting resilience. The results of the final regression model revealed that exposure to armed conflict, social support, level of education, monthly family income and gender, emerged as significant predictors of resilience. The study recommends the formulation of programs to sensitize people living in the areas affected by the armed conflicts, regarding the importance of social support and resilience, to help them withstand various adverse life experiences.
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Reviewer Assignment Problem (RAP) is one of the cardinal problems in Government Funding agencies where the expertise level of the referee reviewing a proposal needs to be optimised to guarantee the ...selection of good R&D projects. Although many solutions have been proposed for RAP in the past, none of them deals with the inherent imprecision associated with the problem. For instance, it is not possible to determine the “exact expertise level” of a particular reviewer in a particular domain. In this paper, we propose a novel approach for assigning reviewers to proposals. To calculate the expertise of a reviewer in a particular domain, we create a type-2 fuzzy set by assigning relevant weights to the various factors that affect the expertise of the reviewer in that domain. We also create a fuzzy set of the proposal by selecting three keywords that best represent the proposal. We then use a fuzzy functions based equality operator to compute the equality of the type-2 fuzzy set of experts and the fuzzy set of proposal keywords, which is then subjected to a set of relevant constraints to optimize the solution. We consider the four important aspects: workload balancing of reviewers, avoiding Conflicts of Interest, considering individual preferences by incorporating bidding and mapping multiple keywords of a proposal. As an extension to this approach, we further consider the relative importance of each keyword with respect to the submitted proposal by using representative percentage weights to create the FUZZY sets which represent the keywords. Hence, we propose an integrated solution based on the strong mathematical foundation of fuzzy logic, comprised of all the different aspects of expertise modeling and reviewer assignment. An Expert System has also been developed for the same.
How can we visualize civic algorithms in ways that illuminate both their positive and negative spatial impacts? Civic algorithms guide everyday decisions that cumulatively create city life. Yet, ...their broader effects remain invisible to their creators and city inhabitants. Recent scholarship on “algorithmic harms” presents an urgent need to make smart cities explainable. We argue that existing Explainable AI (XAI) approaches are limited across four important dimensions: accessibility, cultural reflexivity, situatedness, and visibility into internal representations. Our research explores the potential of conventional maps in addressing these limits and providing what we call “grounded explanations”. As a salient example, we harness the historical case of the “Ghost Map”, designed by John Snow to visualize and resolve the 1854 London Cholera epidemic. We believe that such examples can help the XAI community learn from the cultural history of city representations, as they seek to establish public processes for explaining and evaluating “smart cities”.
silver lining behind the clouds Gupta, Shubhangi; Shalini, L.; Khokhar, C. P.
International journal of health sciences,
07/2022
Journal Article
Personality of doctors plays an important role in their services. Present study examined the relationship between Big Five personality dimensions, Gratitude and Coping among Doctors. A total of 140 ...doctors were selected for this study. To select the sample for this study 9 hospitals located in city of Haridwar were approached. Data were collected using research tools GQ-6 Questionnaire, NEO-FFI Inventory and Coping Strategies scale were used. To analyse the data, a Pearson-correlation and linear regression analysis were conducted by using SPSS-20. The results demonstrated that neuroticism promotes avoidance coping and demotes approach coping, openness and conscientiousness demotes avoidance coping and promote approach coping. Neuroticism is negatively correlated but openness, agreeableness and conscientiousness are positively correlated with gratitude. Gratitude is negatively associated with avoidance coping. Regression analysis revealed that neuroticism is negative predictor but conscientiousness is positive predictor of approach coping, and Gratitude is negative predictor of avoidance coping. The present study provides a better understanding of the role of personality traits, gratitude and its relation to coping strategies may allow for more targeted and effective psychological interventions for doctors so that they can effectively choose approach coping rather than avoidance coping and also helps to inculcate positivity.
In this paper, a more efficient way of rainwater harvesting is proposed. Due to vast globalization, urbanization and modernization the quality of our surroundings is degraded, which in turn, affects ...the natural phenomenon of rains too. The burning of fossil fuels at a vast level, the fumes from the exhaust of automobiles and oil refineries lead to the formation of toxic gases like sulphur dioxide, carbon monoxide, nitrogen dioxide etc. These gases get transported by air and wind currents. Sulphur dioxide and nitrogen dioxide mixes with water and other material to form sulphuric acid and nitric acid and cause acid rain. The problem in harvesting rainwater arises here as this water is not suitable for use and storing it in the same reservoir in which the water of slightly better quality get stored, can lead to degradation of that water too. Using technological enhancements this problem can be dealt with. As we know the filtration processes is quite expensive, so if we can check the quality of water before storing it into reservoir or sending it to ground water table. It would be easier to decide for what purpose we can use the harvested water and also we can save the groundwater from getting polluted by the acid rainwater.
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