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The introduction of competition has the potential to enhance the efficacy of students' learning performance. Nevertheless, there have been contradictory findings about the impact of intergroup competition on students' learning performance and engagement. Therefore, further comprehensive investigations for this problem are necessary. In order to bridge this gap, the present study seeks to ascertain the efficacy of intergroup competition in relation to students' academic performance and motivation. Consequently, we present the concept of intergroup competition and implement it within the context of an online programming course and an online Chinese-English translation course. The participants of this study consist of sophomore students majoring in Computer Science and English. Initially, a total of 108 sophomore students majoring in Computer Science participated. Then, a total of 100 sophomore students majoring in English participated. A quasi-experimental study was subsequently undertaken to compare students from two courses, which are online programming and Chinese-English translation, assigning them to an experimental group and a comparison group, respectively. Then, we conducted independent samples t-tests to measure the difference between the academic performance of the two group of students fromtwo courses. The results indicate that both groups of students who were exposed to the intergroup competition mechanism demonstrated considerably higher levels of academic performance and engagement compared to the other group of students. The findings indicate that the competition mechanism, has the potential to be a beneficial instrument for enhancing both students' learning performance and motivation. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In the process of training the innovation and entrepreneurship ability of electronic information talents, there are common problems such as the lack of effective cross-training means, the training mechanism of deep integration of industry and education, the lack of long-term management mode and evaluation mechanism of innovation team, and the lack of effective integration of ideological and political education platform. It has been established five platforms: "Ideological and Political Platform", "Competition Group", "Training camp", "humanoid Robot Innovation Base" and "Young Scholars Forum" by teaching team, which organically integrate courses, graduation designs, major innovation projects, training camps, competitions, social services, and youth scholar forums. The "three-cross, three-integration" mode of collaborative innovation and entrepreneurship training for undergraduate and master's students of electronic information majors in local applied colleges has been built, which includes ideological and political leadership, professional intersect, undergraduate and master's students intersect, Intra-and extra-curricular intersect, industry-learning integration, research competition integration, and competition and teaching integration. Through practice, it has been proven that the collaborative training model of undergraduate and master students has achieved good results in innovation and entrepreneurship education. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Research from political geographers has increasingly identified the diverse actors, practices, and performances of diplomacy, challenging narrow conceptions that had tended to associate them with the state alone. The following paper engages this plurality directly through, on the one hand, its focus on young people as diplomatic actors and, on the other, the diplomacy of a British Overseas Territory (OT)—the Falkland Islands—a polity characterised by its liminal subjectivity between colonial dependency and independent statehood. In 2022, to mark the 40th anniversary of the Falklands War, we partnered with the Falkland Islands Government Office (FIGO) in London, to design, deliver and evaluate a national schools' competition. The Falklands Forty Schools Competition (FFSC) culminated in an eight‐day trip to the Islands for seven prize winners. The paper reflects on our role in co‐organising the competition and the opportunities it afforded to observe young people probe and critically question the official narratives presented to them by government representatives. This offered us the opportunity to explore how geopolitical and diplomatic narratives can be projected, negotiated and challenged by young people in the context of a highly curated trip with narrative projection at its heart. We show how young people through their participation in the competition and, more specifically, a trip to the Falkland Islands, were able to identify slippages and inconsistencies in these 'stable' narratives related to governance of the Islands. The young people, far from being passive diplomatic 'delegates' unquestioningly imbibing the information presented to them were, instead, highly aware of narrative tipping‐points, tensions and slippages in their engagements with government representatives and diplomats. Research from political geographers has increasingly identified the diverse actors, practices and performances of diplomacy, challenging narrow conceptions that had tended to associate them with the state alone. The following paper engages this plurality directly through, on the one hand, its focus on young people as diplomatic actors and, on the other, the diplomacy of a British Overseas Territory (OT)—the Falkland Islands—a polity characterised by its liminal subjectivity between colonial dependency and independent statehood. We show how young people through their participation in the competition and, more specifically, a trip to the Falkland Islands, were able to identify slippages and inconsistencies in these 'stable' narratives related to governance of the Islands. The young people, far from being passive diplomatic 'delegates' unquestioningly imbibing the information presented to them were, instead, highly aware of narrative tipping‐points, tensions and slippages in their engagements with government representatives and diplomats. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Universities have developed various informal learning experiences, such as design challenges, hackathons, startup incubator competitions, and accelerator programs that engage students in real-world challenges and enable environments for creative problem-solving. However, limited studies explain the extent and nature of the impact of student innovation competitions and programs (ICPs) on participating students' innovation mindset. Current literature was analysed using network analytics techniques to discover relations among ICPs and innovation skills. Using an online instrument, 194 students from two universities categorised and ranked skills/abilities they gained as the most or least improved due to participating in ICPs and their challenges during ICPs. The collected data was analysed to gain insight into the student's experiences and perceptions. The findings of this study showed that overall, students rated technical and problem-solving skills higher than some innovation mindset skills. However, the findings also suggested that incorporating more entrepreneurial elements in ICPs may improve the innovation mindset learning outcomes of ICPs. The findings contribute to how ICPs can be better designed to foster an innovation mindset, mitigate challenges that students come across, and increase the participation of all students. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This article introduces an open-source software stack designed for autonomous 1:10 scale model vehicles. Initially developed for the Bosch Future Mobility Challenge (BFMC) student competition, this versatile software stack is applicable to a variety of autonomous driving competitions. The stack comprises perception, planning, and control modules, each essential for precise and reliable scene understanding in complex environments such as a miniature smart city in the context of BFMC. Given the limited computing power of model vehicles and the necessity for low-latency real-time applications, the stack is implemented in C++, employs YOLO Version 5 s for environmental perception, and leverages the state-of-the-art Robot Operating System (ROS) for inter-process communication. We believe that this article and the accompanying open-source software will be a valuable resource for future teams participating in autonomous driving student competitions. Our work can serve as a foundational tool for novice teams and a reference for more experienced participants. The code and data are publicly available on GitHub. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article explores the use of mock trials in teaching history in universities and colleges. It discusses the results of the University of South Carolina Aiken's initial participation in the American Mock Trial Association regional competition held at the Chapel Hill campus of the University of North Carolina. It describes the benefits of mock trials, including improving students' critical thinking and communication skills. It offers advice on implementing mock trials in a history program.

An art competition was recently organized in Pakistani schools by various mental health organizations and institutions. The competition aimed to raise awareness about mental health among children and adolescents. Art was seen as a transformative medium for promoting mental health awareness, reducing stigma, and fostering understanding and empathy. The competition had two age categories, and participants submitted artwork based on different mental health themes. Winners received certificates and shields, and all contestants received e-certificates. The competition highlighted the power of art in empowering young minds and promoting mental well-being in schools and communities globally. [Extracted from the article]

Action-based college Entrepreneurial Education (EE) is trying to stimulate explorative and exploitive actions in consulting networks provided with venture simulations, to enhance knowledge performance. As networks play an increasingly important role in college EE, inequality between students in the central part and those in the peripheral is on the horizon. Different from the traditional view of examining the resource advantages of centralized people, this paper proposes and tests the disadvantages of those in the peripheral on performance improvement. Moreover, it taps into the influencing mechanism of vigorously developed competition on network centrality and knowledge performance, to compensate for the disadvantages of those in the periphery. The findings show that privileges brought with central positions in networks exist, leaving people in the periphery at the disadvantage of performance improvement. Students’ competition experiences weaken the relationship between in-degree centrality and knowledge performance. Competition experiences are beneficial for students at various network positions, especially for those in the periphery. This study proposes a framework of integrating the mode of “learning by doing” in networks in class and students’ competition experiences after school, enabling future studies to tap into the correction mechanism of competition trend in inequality in network structures. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

An art competition was recently organized in Pakistani schools by various mental health organizations and institutions. The competition aimed to raise awareness about mental health among children and adolescents. Art was seen as a transformative medium for promoting mental health awareness, reducing stigma, and fostering understanding and empathy. The competition had two age categories, and participants submitted artwork based on different mental health themes. Winners received certificates and shields, and all contestants received e-certificates. The competition highlighted the power of art in empowering young minds and promoting mental well-being in schools and communities globally. [Extracted from the article]

Motivation Wikipedia is a vital open educational resource in computational biology. The quality of computational biology coverage in English-language Wikipedia has improved steadily in recent years. However, there is an increasingly large 'knowledge gap' between computational biology resources in English-language Wikipedia, and Wikipedias in non-English languages. Reducing this knowledge gap by providing educational resources in non-English languages would reduce language barriers which disadvantage non-native English speaking learners across multiple dimensions in computational biology. Results Here, we provide a comprehensive assessment of computational biology coverage in Spanish-language Wikipedia, the second most accessed Wikipedia worldwide. Using Spanish-language Wikipedia as a case study, we generate quantitative and qualitative data before and after a targeted educational event, specifically, a Spanish-focused student editing competition. Our data demonstrates how such events and activities can narrow the knowledge gap between English and non-English educational resources, by improving existing articles and creating new articles. Finally, based on our analysis, we suggest ways to prioritize future initiatives to improve open educational resources in other languages. Availability and Implementation Scripts for data analysis are available at: https://github.com/ISCBWikiTeam/spanish. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The Entomological Society of America (ESA) Student Debates is an annual student competition at the ESA Annual Meeting organized by Student Debates Subcommittee (SDS) members of the ESA Student Affairs Committee. In conjunction with the 2023 ESA Annual Meeting theme, 'Insects and influence: Advancing entomology's impact on people and policy', the theme of this year's student debate was 'Addressing emerging issues in entomology'. With the aid of ESA membership, the SDS selected the following debate topics: (1) Should disclosure of artificial intelligence large language models in scientific writing always be required? and (2) Is it more important to prioritize honey bee or native pollinator health for long-term food security within North America? Four student teams from across the nation, composed of 3–5 student members and a professional advisor, were assigned a topic and stance. Over the course of 5 months, all team members researched and prepared for their assigned topic before debating live with an opposing team at the 2023 ESA Annual Meeting in National Harbor, Maryland. SDS members additionally prepared and presented introductions for each debate topic to provide unbiased backgrounds to the judges and audience for context in assessing teams' arguments. The result was an engaging discussion between our teams, judges, and audience members on emerging issues facing entomology and its impact on people and policy, such as scientific communication and food security, that brought attention to the complexities involved when debating topics concerning insects and influence. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Naim Bey graduated from the Imperial School of Medicine (Mekteb-i Tıbbiye-i Şahane) with diploma number 400 on June 27, 1873, becoming one of the first Turkish surgeons at the age of 23. After graduating, he won a competition to send students abroad and went to Vienna for further surgical training in 1875. Upon his return, he was summoned to serve in the Ottoman-Russian War of 1877-78, where he made valuable contributions in line with his surgical skills. Starting in 1884, he was a lecturer in External Diseases (General Surgery/Emraz-ı Hariciye) at the Imperial School of Medicine. Additionally, he taught at the Civil School of Medicine (Mekteb-i Tıbbiye-i Mülkiye). In 1886, he was appointed as a Lieutenant Colonel, and in 1887, he achieved the rank of Colonel. During this time, he received various ranks of Mecidi and Osmani medals and became a member of various medical commissions. On November 20, 1890, he, along with three other professors from the Imperial School of Medicine, traveled to Berlin to study Dr. Koch's research on tuberculosis. They stayed in Berlin for two months. Upon their return to Istanbul, Naim Bey was involved in efforts to establish a tuberculosis hospital. In 1891, he attended the VIIth International Congress of Hygiene and Demography in London. However, shortly after returning from London, he passed away at the age of 41 on October 17, 1891, due to an aneurysm. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

With increased competition for talented students and academic staff, many universities have recognised the importance of brand building to better position in the field. This study selected a recently founded public university in China as the case to explore in what way a young university's brand is constructed and to what extent such a brand is recognised by different stakeholder groups. Multiple sources of both quantitative and qualitative data were collected and analysed, informed by the theoretical lens of Bourdieu's symbolic capital. Findings of this study show that a university's brand conveys symbolic meaning and serves the function of distinguishing oneself from competitors in a non-market field. This study also suggests that the value of a particular university's brand is not equally recognised by different stakeholders. A properly managed brand can generate advantages for universities, particularly young ones, to occupy their position in the field. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The book "Competition: What It Is and Why It Happens" edited by Arora-Jonsson, Brunsson, Hasse, and Lagerström explores the concept of competition beyond the economic realm. The book argues that competition is a social construction consisting of four core elements: actors, their relationships, desire, and scarcity. The authors propose a new understanding of competition that goes beyond traditional economic perspectives. The book includes empirical contributions from various disciplines and explores the positive and negative effects of competition. Overall, the book offers a timely and interdisciplinary perspective on competition in society. [Extracted from the article]

This article's primary objective is to illustrate how an understanding of the historical and cultural context of a location can significantly enhance students' academic workshops, fostering interdisciplinary knowledge acquisition and aiding them in designing projects for international architectural competitions. Frequently, such projects tend to conform to global trends, often imitating fashionable patterns without regard for the local context, traditions, or cultural nuances. The first section of this article describes the methodology employed in international student workshops. The second section delves into the application of the problem-based learning method (PBL) when conceiving projects for architectural competitions, emphasizing the importance of factoring in historical and cultural heritage when selecting design concepts. The third section provides a comprehensive analysis of the workshop outcomes and initiates a discussion on the pivotal role of historical context and the significance of cultural awareness in this educational context. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

To describe components of night-to-night variation in objective measures of sleep. We conducted a secondary data analysis of consecutive and chronologically ordered actigraphy-based measurements for time in bed (min), time asleep (min), and wake-after-sleep onset (min). This investigation examined 575 individual night-based measures available for a sub-sample of fifty-two, male youth Middle Eastern football players tracked over a 14-day surveillance period (chronological age range: 12.1 to 16 years). Distinct multivariable-adjusted generalized additive models included each objective sleep outcome measure as dependent variable and disaggregated components of variation for night measurement-by-sleep period interaction, week part (weekday or weekend), and study participant random effects from within-subject night-to-night sleep variation. The within-subject standard deviation (SD) of ±98 min (95% confidence interval [CI], 92 to 104 min) for time in bed, ±87 min (95%CI, 82 to 93 min) for time asleep, and ±23 min (95%CI, 22 to 25 min) for wake-after-sleep-onset overwhelmed other sources of variability and accounted for ∼44% to 53% of the overall night-to-night variation. The night measurement-by-fragmented sleep period interaction SD was ±83 min (95%CI, 44 to 156 min) for time in bed, ±67 min (95%CI, 34 to 131 min) for time asleep, and ±15 min (95%CI, 7 to 32 min) for wake-after-sleep-onset that accounted for ∼22% to 32% of each sleep outcome measure overall variability. Substantial random night-to-night within-subject variability poses additional challenges for strategies aiming to mitigate problems of insufficient and inconsistent sleep that are detrimental to school learning and youth athlete development processes. • This is the first investigation to describe components of variation in actigraphy-based sleep outcomes measures in youth football players from the Middle East. • The degree of within-subject variation in time in bed, time asleep, and wake-after-sleep onset accounted for the largest proportion of night-to-night variability. • Promoting not only adequate night sleep duration time but also minimising nigh-to-night variation both deserve careful attention for youth athletes to cope with school and competition demands. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The journal is pleased to publish the abstracts of the six finalists of the 2023 Manufacturing and Service Operations Management Society's student paper competition. The 2023 prize committee was chaired by Ersin Korpeoglu (UCL), Simone Marinesi (Wharton), and Nur Sunar (UNC). The judges were Adam Elmachtoub, Adem Orsdemir, Agni Orfanoudaki, Alper Nakkas, Amrita Kundu, Antoine Desir, Antoine Feylessoufi, Anton Ovchinnikov, Anyan Qi, Arian Aflaki, Arzum Akkas, Ashish Kabra, Auyon Siddiq, Bilal Gokpinar, Bin Hu, Bob Batt, Bora Keskin, Brent Moritz, Can Zhang, Chloe Glaeser, Cuihong Li, Daniel Freund, Daniel Lin, David Drake, Divya Singhvi, Dongyuan Zhan, Ekaterina Astashkina, Elena Belavina, Elodie Adida, Emre Nadar, Enis Kayis, Fabian Sting, Fanyin Zheng, Fei Gao, Florin Ciocan, Francisco Castro, George Chen, Georgina Hall, Gloria Urrea, Gonzalo Romero, Guihua Wang, Guoming Lai, Heikki Peura, Hessam Bavafa, Hummy Song, Huseyin Gurkan, Ioannis Stamatopoulos, Iris Wang, Jiankun Sun, Jiayi Joey Yu, Jing Wu, Joel Wooten, John Silberholz, Jonas Oddur Jonasson, Jonathan Helm, Jose Guajardo, Junyu Cao, Kaitlin Daniels, Karen Zheng, Ken Moon, Kostas Bimpikis, Lennart Baardman, Lesley Meng, Lina Song, Luyi Yang, Mazhar Arikan, Mehmet Ayvaci, Meng Li, Mengzhenyu Zhang, Miao Bai, Michael Freeman, Mika Sumida, Ming Hu, Morvarid Rahmani, Mostafa Rezaei, Mumin Kurtulus, Nan Yang, Nazli Sonmez, Negin Golrezaei, Nektarios Oraiopoulos, Nikhil Garg, Nikos Trichakis, Nil Karacaoglu, Olga Perdikaki, Onesun Steve Yoo, Ovunc Yilmaz, Ozan Candogan, Panos Markou, Pengyi Shi, Philipp Cornelius, Qiuping Yu, Renyu Zhang, Robert Bray, Ruth Beer, Ruxian Wang, Saed Alizamir, Safak Yucel, Sanjith Gopalakrishnan, Santiago Gallino, Sarah Yini Gao, Scott Rodilitz, Sebastien Martin, Seyed Emadi, Sheng Liu, Shouqiang Wang, Siddharth Singh, Sidika Candogan, Sina Khorasani, So Yeon Chun, Somya Singhvi, Soo-Haeng Cho, Sriram Dasu, Stefanus Jasin, Stephen Leider, Suresh Muthulingam, Sytske Wijnsma, Taghi Khaniyev, Tian Chan, Tim Kraft, Tom Tan, Tugce Martagan, Vasiliki Kostamj, Velibor Misic, Vishal Agrawal, Xiaojia Guo, Xiaoshuai Fan, Xiaoyang Long, Yannis Bellos, Yao Cui, Yehua Wei, Yiangos Papanastasiou, Yi-Chun Chen, Yinghao Zhang, Ying-Ju Chen, Yinghao Zhang, Yuan-Mao Kao, Yuexing Li, Zhaohui (Zoey) Jiang, Zhaowei She, and Zumbul Atan. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Biotechnology students entering the workforce often struggle in their application of textbook knowledge to build the solutions that we see in science and health fields today. Some students may be naive to what a job in the biotechnology industry can encompass. Students should graduate having a firm grasp of the prospects of their field and have the confidence to begin contributing to the growth of the industry. For this, it is necessary for students to be able to start practising applications in their coursework before they graduate. A competition titled "Biotech BioBrawl" was incorporated in the University of Central Florida's Methods in Biotechnology (MCB4721C/MCB5722C) course agenda during the semester of Fall 2021. This competition challenged students to harness innovation and applied science in a group setting that led to the development and pitch of an original idea to a panel of judges with various biotechnology industry experiences. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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Training a skilled cybersecurity workforce is a complex problem, similar to the challenge of securing cyberspace itself. The National Academy of Engineering identified securing cyberspace as one of the 14 Grand Challenges due to the complexity of cyberspace. This same complexity impacts the ability to effectively recruit and educate cybersecurity students with the necessary knowledge, skills, and abilities to secure these critical and open systems. A growing number of organizations and academic institutions use cybersecurity competitions to increase students’ interest and cybersecurity-related knowledge. Although literature exists regarding cybersecurity competitions, current research regarding the participant’s perspective is lacking. Using Eccles’ Situated Expectancy Value Theory (SEVT), this study explored how students were motivated by participating in cybersecurity Capture the Flag (CTF) competitions. Results found participants who identified as female had a significant variation in expectancy of success compared to those who identified as male. Results also showed that interest and attainment were the SEVT elements of motivation that were most salient for student CTF participants. Responses regarding the CTF utility were more dispersed and relative costs were the lowest construct as students did not believe participation required much preparation or stress. Prior studies claimed that cybersecurity CTF competitions have a high knowledge barrier that discourages wider participation; however, results from this study show that students did not find their lack of cybersecurity knowledge stressful. This study contributes to CTF developers and educators’ efforts to build CTFs that successfully engage students in cybersecurity education. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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Nonverbal communication impacts a broad range of human interactions and bears significant influence on understanding and perceptions. One of the most influential categories of nonverbal communication is kinesics, which includes physical gestures and other body movements. The current study develops a foundation for future kinesics education in sales by examining the use of four types of gestures (illustrators, beats, adaptors, and regulators) and coinciding measures of sales performance within the context of a national student sales competition. Results include the finding that highly rated sales students use one specific kind of gesture – illustrators - more frequently than low performing sales students. No significant relationships were uncovered between beats, adaptors, or regulators and performance. Educational implications and recommendations for sales courses are provided. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

[Objective] The significance of this study lies in the conversion of the traditional manufacturing industry into the intelligent, automated transformation of the background to meet the universities and colleges of intelligent manufacturing professional construction and cultivate urgent needs of the new era of composite technical personnel, to help students with the theoretical knowledge for the application of practical training, based on a solid foundation for the workplace, and to mitigate restrictions on the school laboratory space to cultivate diversified professional knowledge of the students. [Methods] In this paper, digital twin technology is applied to the intelligent transformation of the modular production system, thereby expanding the practical training content, relying on the "digital twin" virtual simulation technology based on Unigraphics, TIA Portal, PLCSIM Advanced, and other software, to conduct the virtual debugging training of the MPS digital twin model. The Process Simulate software and industrial Internet technology were used to conduct virtual and real linkage training, using intelligent monitoring technology for the real-time monitoring of equipment status, with the support of industrial Internet of Things technology to ensure the stability of data transmission and the safety of the experimental process during the training, reformulating the teaching framework, formulating the teaching plan for practical training in phases, and participating in the students' competitions. [Results] The teaching reform method of combining digital twin, virtual simulation, virtual-reality interaction, and other technologies with traditional equipment is proposed, and the MPS practical teaching platform is constructed, which integrates mechanical design, control system design, digital twin, and virtual simulation under the teaching platform, improves the comprehensiveness of the practical training teaching, imparts the equipment a higher utilization value while meeting the requirements of talent cultivation, and formulates a teaching framework for combining the content of practical training with college student competitions, which helps students receive several national awards. We have developed a teaching framework that combines practical training content with college student competitions, which has helped students bag several national awards and extended the breadth and depth of intelligent manufacturing practical training education. The application of equipment monitoring technology and industrial internet technology in practical training teaching provides strong support for the implementation of practical training teaching and provides a safe and stable experimental environment for the students. [Conclusions] Combining virtual and real considerably reduces the cost of improvement, effectively enhances the comprehensiveness, design, and research of the experiment, and improves the students' knowledge of the intelligent manufacturing engineering profession and industrial production, which is highly significant for the cultivation of intelligent manufacturing talents, and concurrently provides a new way of thinking for the reform of practical teaching in colleges and universities and the construction of intelligent manufacturing professions at present. The next step will be to further improve the maturity of the twin model and the degree of intelligence of the equipment to realize a higher degree of digital twins, cultivate more intelligent manufacturing applied talents, and provide a complete practical training platform for students. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Mobile edge computing (MEC) has revolutionized the way of teaching in universities. It enables more interactive and immersive experiences in the classroom, enhancing student engagement and learning outcomes. As an incentive mechanism based on social identity and contest theories, team competition has been adopted and shown its effectiveness in improving students' participation and motivation in college classrooms. However, despite its potential benefit, there are still many unresolved issues: What type of students and teams benefit more from team competition? In what teaching context is team competition more effective? Which competition design methods better increase student academic performance? Mobile edge computing provides the ability to obtain the data of the teaching process and analyze the causal effect between team competition and students' academic performance. In this paper, the authors first design a randomized field experiment among freshmen enrolled in college English courses. Then, the authors analyze the observation data collected from the online teaching platform, and predict individual treatment effects of academic performance in college English through linear and nonlinear machine learning models. Finally, by carefully investigating features of teams and individual students, the prediction error is reduced by up to 30%. In addition, through interpreting the predictive models, some valuable insights regarding the practice of team competition in college classrooms are discovered. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In Vietnam, every year, several competitions for high school students in different disciplines are organized at multilevel, provincial and national, with highly valuable prizes for winners. The problem to be solved by educational managers is how to efficiently select students for their school teams. This study proposed the approach of winner-domain to solving the selection problem by applying two following strategies: (1) students with performance similar to the winners of previous prizes are more likely to win next prizes; (2) the selection of team members is based on the "False Leaving out Better Than False Selecting" rule. This study conceptually defined the winner-domain which is the domain of the performance of winners to select team members. The algorithms forming winner-domain and the process selecting team member were installed. The approach was experimentally applied and evaluated at a high school in Southern Vietnam. The initial achievement showed that the proposed approach outperformed the previous methods which choose team members based on learning or testing outcomes. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The William Lowell Putnam Mathematical Competition is an intercollegiate mathematics competition for students in the United States and Canada and is regarded as the most prestigious and challenging mathematics competition in North America (Alexanderson, 2004; AMS, 2020; Grossman, 2002; Reznick, 1994; Schoenfeld, 1985). Students who earn the five highest scores on the examination are named Putnam Fellows. Since its inception in 1938, only 306 individuals have won the competition and a select few have won multiple times. Clearly, being named a Putnam Fellow is a remarkable achievement and therefore, understanding the factors and characteristics that contribute to their success is important for students interested in mathematics and STEM-related fields. Twenty-five males who were named Putnam Fellows either four, three, or two times were recruited for the study. A 17-item questionnaire was created from various research sources (Campbell, 1996a, 1996b; Campbell & Wu, 1996; DeFranco, 1996), and used to collect information around four broad areas--personal experiences, formal educational experiences, the affective domain and the cognitive domain. Qualitative research techniques were used to analyze the data. The results indicated that four subcategories of personal experiences, five subcategories of formal educational experiences, seven subcategories involving the affective domain, and three subcategories of the cognitive domain all played an important role in the development of Putnam Fellows. Future research recommendations should examine the factors and characteristics of female Putnam winners and ways to promote and support them as well as the role that Pólya-like heuristics play in the development of Putnam winners. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Localization, in both indoor and outdoor settings, represents a problem that has received increased attention lately. This paper presents the development, testing, and validation of an indoor localization system for 1/10 scale vehicles based on the Robot Operating System (ROS) and ArUco marker detection. It has a distributed architecture, consisting of tens of Raspberry Pi (RPi) singleboard computers running ROS nodes and fitted with cameras, that monitor a certain area of the 14x14 m plane. The developed system has been successfully used in three editions of Bosch Future Mobility Challenge, an international student competition, where the participants are required to implement autonomous driving functionalities in an environment resembling a real-life city on small-scale automated vehicles. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Objectives aimed at increasing higher education productivity, for instance, measured by credits per student, have stimulated the use of performance-based funding (PBF) by higher education institutions (HEIs). On theoretical grounds, PBF is expected to speed-up study program capacity adjustments through (re)allocations of study places. We conclude from analyses of Norwegian data that study places are adjusted efficiently if there are binding capacity restrictions at the institution level, or competition for students. Strengthened PBF does not affect long-run adjustments. Instead, admissions seem to adjust to secure full enrollment. The results provide an explanation of why very few positive effects of PBF in higher education are found in the literature. Given continued use of PBF to enhance productivity, a likely policy implication is to impose tighter restrictions on the total number of study places allocated to HEIs, or to change the price structure of the PBF model. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article is an interview with Ms Cani Fernández, Chairwoman of the Spanish Comisión Nacional de los Mercados y la Competencia (CNMC). She discusses the recent International Competition Network (ICN) Annual Conference and the importance of networking and cooperation among competition authorities, particularly with developing countries. Fernández emphasizes the CNMC's commitment to international cooperation and their focus on digital markets and artificial intelligence. She also discusses the CNMC's approach to imposing bans on companies in public tenders as a preventive measure to protect the market. The article mentions the CNMC's role in analyzing compliance programs and potentially exempting companies from bans on contracting with the public administration. It also discusses the potential impact of the DMA and DSA on regulating big tech companies and the CNMC's efforts to improve ex officio detection in public procurement. [Extracted from the article]

Does competition increase gaming? Gaming is a well-known problem in the public sector, and a strong logic suggests that increased competition should lead to more gaming. However, issues with reverse causality challenge research aiming to obtain causal estimates of the impact of competition. To deal with this problem, we exploit an exogenously induced change in competition in Danish schools. Following a municipal consolidation reform, some public schools were exposed overnight to increased competition. Using difference-in-differences models to estimate the effect of competition on gaming, we find no evidence of teacher-assessed grade inflation post-reform. Although gaming is widespread, particularly in public schools, increased competition is not bound to exacerbate the problem. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This study is dedicated to the "Micro Class" category of the SAE student competition, with the primary objective of developing a swiftly deployable, manually assembled Micro Blended- Wing-Body Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV). Emphasis is placed on optimizing cargo capacity in relation to the empty weight of the radio-controlled unmanned aircraft. The design phase of this study is underpinned by the exacting utilization of advanced software modeling tools which play an indispensable role in the intricate processes of formulation, manipulation, and analysis of results, ensuring a level of precision commensurate with the rigorous standards of aerospace engineering. This iterative process unfolds with the finalization of three distinct designs, each subjected to a comprehensive evaluation encompassing static stress, displacement, and factor of safety analyses meticulously executed. Strategic considerations governing design dimensions and payload placement are integral components shaping the project's trajectory. Notably, the deliberate inclusion of a larger cargo box emerges as a pivotal decision, exerting a substantial influence on both flight score and overall balance. This strategic dimension underscores the judicious blend of engineering acumen and practical considerations, emphasizing the importance of payload configuration in the pursuit of optimal aircraft performance within the competitive context of the student competition. In summation, this scholarly endeavor stands as a testament to the synthesis of theoretical insights and applied engineering methodologies. The overarching goal is to not only meet but surpass the stringent criteria set forth by the competition, thereby contributing to the broader advancement of micro-UAV technology and in the field of aerospace engineering education. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article presents the highlights of the 2024 Idaho annual high school mock trial competition that was hosted by the Idaho Law Foundation's Law Related Education Program. Also cited are the 2022 winners like The Ambrose School team and the top students in 2024 like Daily Adams of Timberline High School, Emma Meyers of Renaissance High School, and Vanessa Morales of Mountain Home High School.

Case competitions have become a taken-for-granted component of the business school experience in recent years, at both the undergraduate and MBA levels. While existing research has largely focused on content (e.g., the capacity for the exercise to facilitate experiential learning), we lack examinations of the context (i.e., the purpose that they serve within the business school).We therefore propose a complementary conceptualization of case competitions as "tournament rituals"--events that serve solidarity, sense-making, and agonistic functions for business school stakeholders. Using this broader perspective, we can not only examine the purposes of case competitions beyond pedagogy but also uncover potential pitfalls wherein such purposes may contravene the mission of the business school. We identify three such hazards: exclusion, overcommitment, and consequentialism. We propose resolutions for change for business schools to address these challenges, as a means to maximize the value and impact of case competitions for a wider array of stakeholders. We also highlight how the tournament ritual lens opens new areas of case competition research. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The International Journal of Metalcasting and the American Foundry Society have co-sponsored a student research competition for the past 14 years, in partnership with FEF. This competition focuses on exceptional undergraduate research in metalcasting and molten metal processing. Winners receive scholarship prize money and have their work published in the International Journal of Metalcasting. The journal is a premier global publication for metalcasting research. The article also mentions specific research papers that were published in the journal from the 2023 competition. [Extracted from the article]

Aluminum alloys possess excellent mechanical properties and corrosion resistance that make them desirable for applications in the automotive industry. Additionally, aluminum is infinitely recyclable with excellent recovery rates. However, recycling aluminum leads to the accumulation of impurities such as iron and copper. These impurity elements decrease the ductility and fatigue life of secondary aluminum, which limits the use of recycled alloys for structural applications. Casting is one of the most efficient methods used to fabricate aluminum alloys due to a low melting point and relatively high fluidity. This study executed a thorough analysis of the processing-structure-property relationships of two commercial secondary alloys: 383.1 and 356.1. Additionally, one custom recycled aluminum alloy was designed and prepared for permanent mold casting. Metallographic samples of each alloy were prepared for microstructural analysis. Furthermore, ASTM subsize tensile bars were machined for tensile testing. The results obtained from the permanent mold casting trials are promising for structural application of new secondary alloys. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This research project was focused on understanding the production and response to heat treatment for a Fe8Mn2Al2Si0.3C steel alloy. These alloys can be heat treated to produce multiphase microstructures containing ferrite, austenite, martensite, and/or iron carbide. A previous project examined "high" carbon contents (0.5 wt% and 0.75 wt%), where the microstructure consisted primarily of stabilized austenite and heat treatment could produce austenite plus ferrite dual-phase microstructures that had higher hardness and, presumably, higher tensile strength (Druschitz in Inter Metalcast, 2023. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40962-023-01000-1). In this study, we examined a "low" carbon content (0.3 wt%), where the microstructure was primarily martensite and heat treatment could produce martensite plus ferrite and/or austenite. Therefore, this lower carbon content Fe8Mn2Al2Si0.3C steel had higher hardness (and presumably greater strength) compared to the higher carbon content steels. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Three-dimensional (3D) printing of sand molds and cores has increasingly been used by foundries to produce castings with complex geometries quickly and economically. While the cost has decreased, 3D sand printing remains a relatively costly process. The technology most commonly used to produce 3D printed sand is binder jetting, a process invented in 1993 by researchers at MIT. Selective powder deposition (SPD) is an additive manufacturing technology developed to produce metal parts. In the process, unbound metal and support powders are deposited in a layer-by-layer fashion to produce the desired geometry. The build structure is then sintered or infiltrated to produce a solid metal product. The focus of this research was to determine if selective powder deposition (SPD) could be used to produce 3D printed sand molds and cores. To test this, an iro3d Model-C SPD printer was obtained and modified to print shell sand as the build medium with unbound silica sand as the support medium. The prints were cured in an oven to bind the shell sand structures. Several 3D model parts were produced to evaluate the capabilities of the printer. The structures produced included a resolution test print and horizontally parted molds. Aluminum castings were successfully produced from the molds. The results indicate that SPD can be used to economically create 3D printed sand molds and cores. This paper will detail modifications made to the SPD printer to produce 3D printed sand structures and the results obtained. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Mold wall collapse in the lost foam casting process has been largely associated with poor sand compaction where pattern design and glue line placement has been overlooked. In this paper, the design and location of glue joints is studied to determine its role in mold wall collapse, by measuring time for the metal front to pass through a directional glue joint. Using high-temperature glass, the flow of the metal and the kinetic zone was tracked with a high-speed camera and thermocouples were used to measure the time and temperature of the metal front. It was found that location of glue joints and glue type can cause sand collapse in addition to poor sand compaction. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In this article we study the elementary level test proposed for the second eliminatory phase of the 2023-2024 mathematics Olympiads in Puerto Rico. The test consisted of multiple-choice and open-response questions. Each of these questions was classified within an area of mathematics such as geometry, algebra, number theory, counting, among others. A difficulty analysis of the proposed questions was carried out by classification area to determine the level of knowledge of the students and the strengths and weaknesses within each of the areas evaluated. A statistical study was carried out comparing the results in the different math areas and grades, identifying the areas where students exhibit higher levels of competence and areas where their mastery is comparatively lower. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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The purpose of this qualitative case study was to describe how participating in the ISPI University Case Study competition influenced student learning. Authentic learning experiences provide learners with an instructional opportunity to apply previously obtained knowledge and skills to a simulated yet authentic work environment. The population for the study was limited to students who participated in ISPI University Case Study Competitions in the years 2010, 2014, and 2019. All students were online graduate students enrolled in a performance improvement degree program from a single participating university. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This study aims to analyze the effect of Psychological Skills Training (PST), which includes goal setting, imagery, relaxation, and self-talk, on high school volleyball team players in terms of athletes' ability to cope with sportive problems and selected performance strategies. The study groups for this research were determined in two steps. In the first step, high schools in Mersin's central districts and those carrying out educational activities with the same curriculum were reviewed so that the study groups would have similar characteristics. With the purposeful sampling method, nine Anatolian High schools located in nonvocational Anatolian type-high schools and preparing for competitions in volleyball, a young female category was determined, and two of these high schools were suitable for the study. In the second step, two high school teams were assigned as experimental groups (n = 14) and control groups (n = 14) by drawing lots. The mean ages of the participants were 14.93 (SD = .730) and 15.14 (SD = .770) for the experimental and control groups, respectively. The Personal Information Form, Coping Scale with Sports Problems (ACSI-28), and Performance Strategies Test (TOPS) were used as data collection tools. In the data analysis, a two-factor ANOVA test was used for mixed measurements. As a result, it was found that PST carried out in the school environment has no effect on athletes' ability to cope with sports problems or performance strategies other than imagery in training. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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The German National Library in Leipzig will be renovated and rebuilt starting from October 2023. During the construction work, parts of the library will remain accessible, but other areas such as the reading room for humanities and the reading room for natural sciences/technology will not be accessible. A central information center for visitors will be created, and group workspaces will be set up. The construction work is expected to be completed by August 2024. In addition, the winners of the YES! school competition will be announced, where innovative ideas for sustainable supply chains, healthcare, animal welfare, and financial education were presented. The winning teams have developed solutions such as an online platform for the allocation of available container spaces in shipping and an app to check the availability of medications. The ZBW - Leibniz Information Center for Economics has published a study on audio gamification in intelligent virtual assistants. The laboratory experiment with 81 participants shows that pure acoustic gamification positively influences motivation and performance in the use of voice assistants. The results of the study have implications for AI-supported learning and show that audio gamification can enhance motivation and performance, provide feedback and rewards, improve accessibility, and enrich the learning experience. The ZBW - Leibniz Information Center for Economics has launched a consortium called "OLECon Konsort" to promote science-led diamond open access journals in economics. The project is funded by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) and aims to professionalize science-led publishing and improve the dissemination of research results. The concept of science-led diamond open access allows free access to academic journals whose rights belong to scientific publishers and non-commercial publishers. The ZBW aims to establish and sustain this model in the long term. The consortium collaborates with various partners to develop and implement best practices for scholar-led publishing. The Bavarian State Library in Munich presents an exhibition on the library plans of architect Max Dudler. The exhibition includes models, plans, and photographs of his built libraries, as well as personal perspectives from photographers. There are also films that allow virtual walks through various libraries. The exhibition is open from October 20, 2023, to February 4, 2024. The Bavarian State Library is Germany's largest academic universal library and has the largest digital database of all German libraries. [Extracted from the article]

This study introduced computerized collaboration scripts with an intergroup competition mechanism to foster students' within-group collaboration in a multi-touch tabletop classroom, investigating whether the scripting effects could be further improved by integrating intergroup competition. As such, this study utilized an experimental design to investigate the effects of intergroup competition on student teamwork performance, collaborative skills and learning achievement. A real-time intergroup competition mechanism was designed and integrated into a scripted multi-touch platform that supported collaborative designs. Forty-nine fifth-grade students from two classes at an elementary school in Taiwan were assigned to distinct groups, with and without intergroup competition. The participating students were required to accomplish a tessellation-related design project in small groups on a multi-touch platform. The findings showed that the students learning with the scripts under intergroup competition on multi-touch tabletop displays demonstrated better teamwork performance, collaborative skills and learning achievement than their counterparts who did not experience intergroup competition. These findings provide empirical evidence as to the effectiveness of integrating collaboration scripts with intergroup competition to computer-supported collaborative learning in multi-touch technology enhanced classrooms, delivering a better understanding of how learning with computerized collaboration scripts can be improved and how group awareness is related to this learning setting. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

As an important way for colleges and universities to carry out quality education and cultivate modern talents, extracurricular academic, scientific and technological work knowledge competitions have gradually attracted attention from all walks of life and the universities themselves. As the current relevant research continues to deepen, the problems are gradually revealed. To explore the organization and management model of "Challenge Cup" competitions in colleges and universities and achieve the scientific development of different competitions, it is necessary for college event organizing departments and professional teachers to adapt to the development of the times, actively expand the online education competition polishing platform under "Internet +" and create online and offline system activities. Furthermore, leverage the effectiveness of competition in educating people and deepen the reform of second-classroom education in colleges and universities. In conclusion, extracurricular academic scientific and technological works knowledge competitions have emerged as a vital component of quality education within colleges and universities, serving as a means to foster the development of modern talents. Over time, these competitions have garnered attention from various stakeholders, highlighting their significance in the educational landscape. However, as research in this area advances, it has become evident that certain challenges exist within the organization and management of such competitions. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]