Development of a voice recognition based system to help physically disabled people use the facebook

Social network sites (SNSs) have become so popular that the number of people joining and actively participating on such sites is increasing on a daily basis. Although there are several SNSs, Facebook is currently the most popular and most commonly used. SNSs have primarily been developed with able-bodied people in mind and as a result of this, people with disabilities find it difficult to join and participate on these sites. Furthermore, this topic has received little attention by researchers around the world. Facebook pages usually consist of text, graphics, and sound where the users navigate through the pages using a mouse. As a step towards addressing this need and finding a possible elegant solution, the authors have developed a voice-activated PC-based system (called NEU-FACE) in the form of an interface to Facebook. With the aid of this system, a person with a physical disability can join and participate in Facebook by giving voice commands to manage the typical Facebook activities.

     

Effects of export product diversification on quality upgrading: an empirical study

This paper empirically examines the effects of export product diversification on overall export quality in a panel data set of 115 countries from 1970 to 2010. It uses the data sets of the overall export quality and three export diversification measures of the International Monetary Fund: the extensive margin (variation in the number of new products exported), the intensive margin (variation in export values among existing exports), and the overall (Theil) index. It finds that export quality has only been increasing with a higher variation in export values among existing exports in low- and lower-middle-income countries. It also observes that export quality has been increasing with both a higher variation in export values among existing exports and new products exported in upper-middle- and high-income countries. The results are robust to the changing measures of controls in the benchmark model, the inclusion of many other controls; i.e. various measures of globalization, country size, factor endowments, macroeconomic stance, etc., and the exclusion of outliers.     

论我国行政指导的运行及制度构想

行政指导已成为现代市场经济国家行政发展的新趋势,在我国也有了社会经济背景、政府行政背景、民众意识背景和法学理论背景等方面的运行基础。行政指导在我国行政实务中开始得到广泛运用,其独特作用已经显露,但实践和制度上仍有很多不可回避的问题,需要对行政指导在实体规范、程序规范、监督救济机制以及配套规范方面进行制度设计。     

生物技术创新对世界农产品贸易的影响及我国的对策研究

本文分析了世界各主要国家在生物技术管理方面的政策差异及其原因。分析了生物技术创新对世界农产品贸易的各种潜在和现实的影响。并对未来转基因农产品贸易的形势进行了初步的预测和判断。在此基础上，从短期和长期两个方面提出了今后我国生物技术发展和转基因农产品贸易的政策建议。     

信息化环境下企业会计内部控制研究

信息技术的不断变革和发展,对企业管理提出了更高的要求.通过强化会计内控,能够帮助企业提升整体管理水平.信息化发展对内控产生了多方面的影响,比如控制环境、控制方式以及控制范围等,这些影响对企业造成了很大的挑战.基于信息化的背景,文章对内控进行了深入研究,通过分析信息化对内控的影响,总结出企业会计内控存在的问题,提出有效的解决措施,旨在推动企业更好地发展.     

基于劳动合同的公司治理结构及治理效率的分析

现有研究文献对公司治理的讨论主要基于管理者和企业家的角度,很少涉及到普通劳动者层面。随着人力资本重要性的提高,最广泛的普通劳动者也应该进入我们的研究视野当中,而劳动合同是雇员与厂商双边关系最直观的表现形式之一。通过透视普通劳动者的劳动合同,运用比较分析等方法,从而发现企业治理结构的演进历程中,企业治理效率的改进通常都伴随着劳动者地位的提高,因此目前研究如何有效的提高最广泛的劳动者群体的利益应该成为一个重点。     

文化变迁与教育价值观

文化变迁是历史发展的必然。我国文化现代变迁的主要特征为开放性、多元性。在重视人与人之间的关系、轻视人与自然之间关系的中国传统价值观的直接影响下,传统的中国教育价值观具有如下特点:重视教育的工具价值,轻视其内在价值;群体利益高于个人利益;重视教育的道德伦理价值,轻视其认知价值。当前,我们要注意科学价值观与人文价值观的有机结合,做好教育价值观的转型工作。     

创业研究前沿理论发展动态

本文评述并探讨了经济学、社会心理学、社会文化理论、资源观、机会观和社会资本观等对创业研究的贡献、不足以及未来的研究方向。传统经济学理论无法解决创业现象从外部给均衡状态带来的冲击问题,奥地利学派虽然持动态系统观点,却无法模型化。社会心理学视角的创业研究结果相互矛盾,也没有产生多少有见地的观点。社会文化学观点讨论了社会文化环境对形成创业家个性与行为特征的影响,但同样没有取得什么重要的进展。资源观试图将资源观、创业能力和均衡联系在一起,但仍然不能解释创业机敏现象。文章作者认为,机会观点和社会资本观点摈弃均衡分析方法,转而考察创业过程中的创业个体和机会因素,为创业研究建构了一个全新的研究框架。     

Productivity and Technical Change in Malaysian Banking: 1989–1998

This study examines the impact of deregulation and technological change on the productivity of Malaysian banks over the period 1989–1998. Malmquist indices constructed with nonparametric DEA techniques are decomposed into their pure efficiency, scale efficiency, and technological change components. Our findings indicate an erosion of banking productivity that masks divergent tendencies among its component elements. These are dominated by adverse effects of technological change, which are associated with a reduction in the labor intensity of banking activity. Consistent with the mixed findings reported in the literature, the present investigation suggests that regulatory reform and liberalization are not sufficient conditions for productivity improvement.JEL classification: D24, G21This paper was written while Dogan was a member of Monash University Malaysia. Financial support from the Faculty of Business and Economics at Monash University is gratefully acknowledged, as are the constructive comments from two anonymous referees.     

多孔结构建筑材料力学性能的有限元分析

多孔材料是一种新兴的材料,制备较易,成本较低。相对于一般连续介质材料而言,多孔材料具有比强度高、比表面积高、相对密度低、重量轻、隔音、隔热等优点。它最大的特点是具有排列规则、大小可调的孔道结构,在建筑材料中也有很多的应用。因此,对非均匀孔洞与均匀孔洞建筑材料力学性能的研究是很重要的课题。论文通过建立非均匀孔洞和均匀孔洞的有限元模型,对比分析两种模型的受力性能,更好地进行多孔建筑材料的推广和使用。