Good-Enough Example Extrapolation

This paper asks whether extrapolating the hidden space distribution of text examples from one class onto another is a valid inductive bias for data augmentation. To operationalize this question, I propose a simple data augmentation protocol called good-enough example extrapolation'' (GE3). GE3 is lightweight and has no hyperparameters. Applied to three text classification datasets for various data imbalance scenarios, GE3 improves performance more than upsampling and other hidden-space data augmentation methods.

Is ``good enough'' good enough? Ethical and responsible development of sign language technologies

This paper identifies some common and specific pitfalls in the development of sign language technologies targeted at deaf communities, with a specific focus on signing avatars. It makes the call to urgently interrogate some of the ideologies behind those technologies, including issues of ethical and responsible development. The paper addresses four separate and interlinked issues: ideologies about deaf people and mediated communication, bias in data sets and learning, user feedback, and applications of the technologies. The paper ends with several take away points for both technology developers and deaf NGOs. Technology developers should give more consideration to diversifying their team and working interdisciplinary, and be mindful of the biases that inevitably creep into data sets. There should also be a consideration of the technologies' end users. Sign language interpreters are not the end users nor should they be seen as the benchmark for language use. Technology developers and deaf NGOs can engage in a dialogue about how to prioritize application domains and prioritize within application domains. Finally, deaf NGOs policy statements will need to take a longer view, and use avatars to think of a significantly better system compared to what sign language interpreting services can provide.

The Degree of Practice of the Educational Supervisors to their Roles according to their Professional Competencies from the Point of View of Key Stage One Teachers. _ Field Study in the City of Homs-

The aim of this research is to identify the degree of the educational supervisors' practice of their roles according to their professional competencies from the point of view of key stage one teachers in basic education. In order to achieve the aim of the research, the descriptive method was used. A random sample was drawn from the key stage one teachers in basic education in Homs. The sample number was (255) teachers. The researcher prepared a questionnaire consisting of (37) statements divided into three fields And applied to the sample.

تقويم مادة التعبير الشفهي وفق إستراتيجية المقاربة بالكفاءات - المرحلة المتوسطة

The recent reforms were an important opportunity to change the prevailing evaluative culture so that evaluation will be an effective means to develop the learner’s communicative competence and to equip him with skills’ and modern knowledge qualifying him for the acquisition of higher competencies . And to shift the focus from teaching to learning and from teaching for exams to teaching for life. and from the trilogy recitation’ retention and retrieval to the trilogy of competencies of creativity. life skills as well as competencies to deal according to the situation requirements. for these reasons ‘the Algerian school tended to choose the competency-based approach in order to enable the learner reach the desired ambitious objectives.

The Possession Competencies Planning of Schools Administrators of the Basic Teaching (Level two) from the view of Administrators and Teachers(Field study)

The Research aims to investigate the administrators and teachers opinion in the degree of having of Planning Competencies of Schools Administrators of the Basic Teaching (Level two), and to study the different of such opinions according to variables (the functional name, scientific and educational qualification, expertness).The sample included (262) Administrators and Teachers for the academic year 2014/2015. To achieve the objectives of the research, a questionnaire composed was designed including (70) items included competencies planning; distributed to the six areas (planning to courses, Planning to Time Management, Planning to Educational outputs, human resource management, material and finances management, Planning to Management communication of the community. The final results showed that possession the Planning Competencies were middle rated, the results did not show statistical significance differences among sample answers averages in possession the Planning Competencies according to the variables of expertness, but there are found statistically significant differences according to the variable functional name in favor of the schools administrators, also according to the variable of scientific and educational qualification in favor of the diploma educational qualification and postgraduate study. The Research suggestions to building measurement for Planning Competencies, and doing training courses before joining scholastic job.

The situation of field training programme and its role in giving female students the necessary skills to practise the profession of an educator (A field study from the viewpoint of fourth year female students in the department of kindergartens)

The study aimed to get acquainted with the situation of field training in the department of kindergartens in the faculty of Education at Tishreen University, and this training role in giving female students the necessary skills to practice the career of an educator from the view point of fourth year female students. The two researchers followed the descriptive approach. The subject of the study, which is a questionnaire, was distributed to a random sample consisting of seventy female students form November 1st to December 15th, 2014.Mathematical medians and relative weights were used to analyse data. The study got to know the most important points of strength and weakness in the field training programme. The study also showed the students, appreciation of the programme's ability to give them the necessary skills to be educators in the future. It also showed a medium degree of satisfaction with the programme in general. The study recommended an increase in field training hours as well as an increase in the number of kindergartens where female students can train so that they can apply theoretical knowledge more practically.

The impact of the liquidity and efficiency of administrative and financial solvency on the profitability of private banks listed in the Damascus Securities Exchange

This study aimed to search for the possibility of a relationship between liquidity ratios, administrative efficiency, and financial solvency, and the proportion of private profitability of banks listed on the Damascus Securities Exchange during the period (2009-2013). The study to achieve these goals depending on statistical and financial analysis methods were used to analyze the data SPSS statistical program. As was calculated annual percentage changes for each of the studied descent, in addition to the average growth rate during the period studied, and that each bank of the studied and listed banks in the Damascus Securities Exchange. After making sure that the data are subject to normal distribution application Kolmogerov- Smirnov test (K-S), and thus have been studying the relationship between each of the studied ratios (liquidity, administrative efficiency, and financial solvency) and profitability to see the impact of each of these ratios on profitability, using simple regression, and then the most influential on profitability, the percentage using multiple regression. The study concluded that between the ratio of liquidity and profitability of the privat banks is an inverse relationship, and the relationship between the ratio of administrative efficiency and profitability of the privat banks is a positive correlation, while the relationship between the ratio of financial solvency and profitability of the privat banks is a positive correlation also. Where the solvency ratio is the most influential in the the privat banks. This confirms that the nature of the work of the privat banks based on the principle of return and risk. The study recommended that future research to expand the terms of the framework only temporal and spatial boundaries and the size of the sample, and not only the private banks, but that this study include other sectors listed in the Damascus Securities Exchange. Moreover, recommended that private banks to work to diversify its investments in addition to the mitigation of the conservative policy followed by the private banks. The study recommended maintaining the level of administrative efficiency for private banks and improved through training courses that will improve employee productivity, and reduce expenses through the assets of the bank