This paper aims to discuss correlation of motivation with learning Japanese as a foreign language (JFL). It will investigate what features borne from the learning process are key factors that motivate learners to continue, and whether or not motivational features differ between continuing and discontinuing students, and at different proficiency levels. Motivation is one of the most important pr...

This paper discusses visual information representation from the perspective of human comprehension. The distortion viewing paradigm is an appropriate focus for this discussion as its motivation has always been to create more understandable displays. While these techniques are becoming increasingly popular for exploring images that are larger than the available screen space, in fact users someti...

Computing determinants is invariably in demand from all sorts of mathematical domains and needs neither cynical advocacy nor does it lack motivation. In this semi-expository article we wish to illustrate a few techniques that should receive ample attention due to their simplicity, elegance and effective nature. 0 Glossary of notations and conventions Throughout, almost all determinants have ind...