Gamified Approach to Database Normalization

Database Normalization Debt: A Debt-Aware Approach to Reason about Normalization Decisions in Database Design

Technical debt is a metaphor that describes the long-term effects of shortcuts taken in software development activities to achieve near-term goals. In this study, we explore a new context of technical debt that relates to database normalization design decisions. We posit that ill-normalized databases can have longterm ramifications on data quality and maintainability costs over time, just like ...

Smile Catcher – A Gamified Approach to Smiles

As we learn more about what is detrimental to the human body, more tools are developed to combat these determents. However, stress levels continue to increase and the effects are present in our genes [1]. Smile Catcher is attempt to lower stress and increase happiness by gamifing smiles. Players are challenged to capture smiles from other players or people they interact with in their daily live...

non-corrective approach to pronunciation

the aim of this study has been to find answers for the following questions: 1. what is the effect of immediate correction on students pronunciation errors? 2. what would be the effect of teaching the more rgular patterns of english pronunciation? 3. is there any significant difference between the two methods of dealing with pronuciation errore, i. e., correction and the teaching of the regular ...

Riemannian approach to batch normalization

Batch Normalization (BN) has proven to be an effective algorithm for deep neural network training by normalizing the input to each neuron and reducing the internal covariate shift. The space of weight vectors in the BN layer can be naturally interpreted as a Riemannian manifold, which is invariant to linear scaling of weights. Following the intrinsic geometry of this manifold provides a new lea...

Gamified vs. Non-gamified Space in Video Games: a Biopolitical Approach