Like Chalk and Cheese? On the Effects of Translationese in MT Training

We revisit the topic of translation direction in the data used for training neural machine translation systems and focusing on a real-world scenario with known translation direction and imbalances in translation direction: the Canadian Hansard. According to automatic metrics and we observe that using parallel data that was produced in the matching'' translation direction (Authentic source and translationese target) improves translation quality. In cases of data imbalance in terms of translation direction and we find that tagging of translation direction can close the performance gap. We perform a human evaluation that differs slightly from the automatic metrics and but nevertheless confirms that for this French-English dataset that is known to contain high-quality translations and authentic or tagged mixed source improves over translationese source for training.

The trend towards vocational education and its relation to vocational awareness among the ninth grade students in Lattakia Governorate

This research aims at identifying the trend towards vocational education and its relation to vocational awareness among the ninth grade students in Lattakia Governorate, and the impact of sex variables and the continuation of school and place of residence in it. In order to achieve the research objectives, the analytical descriptive method was used by designing the first two scales to measure the trend toward vocational education and the second to identify the degree of professional awareness, The research sample consisted of 287 students from the ninth grade in Lattakia Governorate. The research reached the following results: - The trend toward vocational education among the ninth grade students in Lattakia governorate was negative, with an average of 2.39) and a relative weight of (47.8)%.) -The degree of vocational awareness among the ninth grade students in Lattakia governorate was average, with an average of 2.67) and a relative weight of( 53.4)%.) -There were statistically significant differences between the mean scores of the responses of the research sample on the measure of the trend towards vocational education according to the sex variable, in favor of males. -There were no statistically significant differences between the mean scores of the responses of the research sample on the measure of the trend towards vocational education according to the variables of the school (general, special) and place of residence (city, rural).

The Views of Secondary School Teachers Towards the Use of Strategy Inverted learning in Science Teaching Field Study in Lattakia

The aim of the research is to identify the attitudes of secondary school teachers towards the use of the inverted learning strategy in teaching science, and to study differences in their attitudes according to gender variables, years of teaching experience, scientific qualification and computer literacy. The research was based on a descriptive method. A questionnaire was designed and distributed to a random sample of (200) teachers and schools, (187) of which were fully valid and valid for statistical analysis, with a response rate of (93.5%). The research found a number of results, the most important of which is that the attitudes of secondary school teachers towards the use of the inverted learning strategy in teaching science is positive and relatively important (79.9%). Where they have a desire to use this strategy because of their positive implications for the educational process from their point of view, where teachers emphasize that inverted learning contributes to increasing learning time by transforming the process of home learning and solving homework in the classroom, and provides a stimulating learning environment Share learners in the responsibility of learning. The results showed no statistically significant differences between the average scores of teachers in secondary education in Lattakia in their attitudes towards the use of the inverted learning strategy according to the gender variable, while there were statistically significant differences according to the variables of the academic qualification and the years of teaching experience and computer knowledge.

Design and characterization of parabolic acoustic dish

Usually, a reflector dish with a loudspeaker or a microphone placed at its focal point is used in directed acoustic systems to determine the direction in which the acoustic wave is transmitted or received, in addition to improve the gain in the acoustic transmission or reception. As the parabolic reflector dish with an oval aperture has significant advantages, and there is no relationship between parameters of this dish and some variables that have direct influence on acoustical emission or reception of this dish, this work is intended to find this relationship, and this is achieved by carrying out a theoretical and experimental study to find the optimum utilization of this dish in directed acoustic systems.

The Use of Change Vector Analysis Techniq Ue to Monitor Land Use/Land Coverin Lattakia City

This paper presents the Change vector analysis (CVA) approach for detecting and characterizing radiometric change in multispectral remote sensing data sets The dynamic changes of the land use/land cover were studied in lattakia city by using two ETM-Landsat-7 scenes, for the years 2000, and 2010, and the spatial resolution of those two images was 15 m. The CVA algorithm has been applied and produced two ‘channels’ of output change information multispectral change magnitude and change vector direction in land use/land cover during this period. Two models have been built within ERDAS Imagine 8.6 software to perform the algorithm and evaluate the positive and negative changes and analyze the the human impacts on the land use/ land cover change. This method can be applied to various fields of study in order to generate maps represent the continuous development of land use and land cover. These maps can be significantly useful for the regional and urban planning and natural resource management, in light of the great expansion of urban areas at the expense of green spaces and uncontrolled use of the land.

A developed version for error's equation of horizontal direction measurement

With substantial development in the field of surveying instruments, and the emergence of various and different generations of Theodolites which are used to measure horizontal directions and angles, it is urgent to develop the methods of assessing and determining the accuracy of measurements using these instruments. This is achieved by taking into consideration all the internal and external factors affecting the measurement system. The research team studied the famous error equation (Colcord equation) of horizontal directions and tested it using a several equipments of theodolites and targets on a 250 m long, 5-sections base-line. The team concluded that there was a need to develop Colcord equation by taking into consideration the factors involved mainly by Colcord equation (positioning error, initial sitting error, reading error) in addition to the type of target and the distance of the line of-sight. The proposed equation was tested in practice, which proved that expected errors of measurements were close to their actual values. This could be adopted to estimate the root mean square error (r. m. s. e.) of measurements of horizontal directions.

Influence of thestatic stress alternate on the sustainingcapacity and stability of the sandwich elements panels of two flat metal faces and acore of Polyurethane /PUR/

Sandwich panels are locally produced with two faces of metal those which cover a hard adhesive and thick core of polyurethane. The widely Extend of these panels increase day for day as structural elements imitating the function necessities of the engineering construction. The use of those panels as carried structural elements in wall or ceiling structures can coincide with a submission of their sections materials, especially the two faces to the change in a nature of the normal stress acted on them due to the alternate of the panel part bending statically or dynamically when the alternate was produced from the change of the loading acting direct on it or from the alternate of the live loading on the adjacent fields of the continuous systems from it. The evaluation of the sustain capacity and stability of the sandwich elements consisted of such panels performs depended to the critical stress value leaded to arise of the wrinkling waves of the compressive face of the panel that it values depended first on the quality and properties of the production. The research handled the testing of the sustainability and stability of the local produced sandwich panel due to the alternate in a nature of it stress statically as a carried structural element in the structural system built from such panels. The conclusions of the research showed that this produced panel follows a linear behavior too even in the case of the change of its bending direction or stress nature of its face, especially in the loading steps coincided at least to the arising of the critical wrinkling stress, whereas the value of this stress decreases 40% from its value for the loading or bending case of the panel in only one direction.

The attitudes of university students on customary marriages (Field study conducted on students Alppo University-section of Idleb)

Marriage is considered equal right which was built on mutual understanding, cooperation and affection, it is the vital road Tayeb Tahir to maintain the noble sentiments between men and women, and marriage is not a way to physical sensory mixing between men and women, but it is a natural way to holders of common sense to the emotional mixing, psychological gratification and emotional integration, where each of the spouses is considered a dress for another, conceals, protects and warmth him, he says: {are you as you dress to dress them} [Al-Baqarah: 187] Given the feelings of love, which is made between the couple, it strengthen their connection by sharing these feelings, God has created people with love, which is a strong bond between a man and his wife, it is the weapon that helps them making their way in life, and withstanding the rigors of life and its troubles. One of the problems that have invaded our Arab and Islamic communities is the phenomenon of customary marriages (or so-called Al Madani sometimes), but as a result of the intellectual invasion of Islamic societies, illegitimate relations began to spread among young men and women before marriage, under the slogans of false misleading, and under the pretext of love and dating sometimes, and that this way the right to marry output, and this is tainted by a lot of ambiguity and uncertainty for those who looked more closely to what is happening around us, and it finds that the loss of these relationships is huge, and the consequences dire, how many marriages failed and many stumble, because it began with such relations, and did not rely on legitimate laws people are born with.

Development of MUSIC Algorithm for Direction of Arrival Estimation by Using BB-ESPAR-8 Antenna for Wideband Signals

This article presents a new method of Direction Of Arrival (DOA) estimation technique using Multiple Signal Classification ( MUSIC ) algorithm. This method is applied to communication signals that work in broadband frequency by using a single RF port of Broad-Band ESPAR Antenna, with eight parasitic radiators (BB-ESPAR-8).