Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
The Prospects of E-Examination Implementation in Nigeria

The massive examination leakages, demand for gratification by teachers, bribe-taking by supervisors and invigilators of examinations have become a global phenomenon. This menace has resulted to general fallen standards of education and Nigeria is no exception, particularly among developing nations. Consequent upon this, all Nigerian universities have resorted to conducting post-entrance “Post-JAMB” examination/screening because of lack of confidence in the conduct of the entrance examinations. This paper proposes a model for e-Examination in Nigeria where all applicants are subjected to online entrance examination as a way of curbing the irregularities as proposed by the Joint Admissions Matriculation Board (JAMB), the body saddled with the responsibility of conducting entrance examinations into all the Nigerian universities. This model was designed and tested in Covenant University, one of the private universities in Nigeria. There were 120 questions drawn from English (30), Mathematics (30), General Science (20), Commercial Courses (20), and Religion Knowledge (20), all for one hour duration. Questionnaires were administered to the applicants at the end of the examination to assess their level of ICT literacy, ease of use of the system and the difficulties encountered. Findings revealed that the system has the potentials to eliminate some of the problems that are associated with the traditional methods of examination such as impersonation and other forms of examination malpractices. The system is easy to use and candidates can get use to it with time. The timing of examination can be spaced without compromising the quality and integrity of the examination. However, much is still desired if the system were to be adopted on a national scale, particularly in terms of infrastructural and manpower development. Similarly, the quest for e-Examination can fast track the development of e-Learning facilities in the country with improved access to education.
Predicting Academic Performance in an Predicting Academic Performance in an Introductory College Introductory College- -Level IS Course Level IS Course

This study describes a model to predict academic performance in an introductory college-level information systems course. We base the model on one developed by Eskew and Faley (1988) to predict grades in accounting classes. We collected data from students in four sections of an introductory college-level IS class at a single university. Motivation and GPA predict performance. Prior related courses do not predict performance. Unexpectedly, SAT predicts performance for male students but not for female students. We discuss these findings and suggest what faculty members can do to improve performance in the class.
EKSISTENSI KETELADANAN PENDIDIKAN KARAKTER DALAM PERSPEKTIF KI HAJAR DEWANTARA

ABSTRAK: Penelitian ini dilatar belakangi oleh perilaku menyimpang di kalangan remaja, Pemuda dan pelajar semakin meningkat.Menurut Ki Hajar Dewantara pendidikan karakter bagi anak adalah agar dapat menjadi generasi penerus bangsa yang memiliki prinsip, tidak mudah goyah jika dihadapkan dengan berbagai permasalahan yang melanda negeri Indonesia tercinta. Sanggup memegang teguh nilai-nilai luhur dan taat pada agama, sehingga akan membawa Indonesia menjadi bangsa yang maju dan sejahtera. Berdasarkan latar belakang tersebut Rumusan masalah dalam penelitian ini adalah: Bagaimana eksistensi keteladanan pendidikan karakter dalam perspektif Ki Hajar Dewantara. Sedangkan tujuan dari penelitian ini adalah untuk mengetahui eksistensi keteladanan pendidikan karakter dalam perspektif Ki Hajar Dewantara. Penelitian ini termasuk penelitian literer yang berfokus pada referensi buku dan sumbersumber yang relevan. Pencarian data dicari dengan jenis penelitian Library Research dan pendekatan kualitatif literatur yaitu suatu penelitian kepustakaan murni, menggunakan metode dokumentasi yang mencari data mengenai hal-hal berkaitan dengan focus penelitian yang berupa catatan atau buku-buku, majalah, dokumen, peraturan-peraturan, notulen harian, catatan rapat, jurnal dan sebagainya. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa eksistensi keteladanan dalam pendidikan karakter perspektif pemikiran Ki Hajar Dewantara adalah memberikan dorongan dan motivasi pada anak agar lebih rajin dalam melaksanakan tugas dan yang paling penting harus dapat dijadikan teladan bagi anak didiknya. Eksistensi dalam pendidikan karakter menurut Ki Hajar Dewantara adalah sebagai daya upaya untuk mewujudkan perkembangan budi pekerti.Serta Ki Hajar Dewantara ini dalam konsep pendidikan karakter yang mengusung antara keseimbangan kecerdasan ilmu dan akhlak peserta didik sehingga dapat menghasilkan generasi yang cerdas dan memiliki budi pekerti yang baik serta karakter yang religius, berani, tegas dan berpendirian teguh. Serta menjadikan salah satu solusi dalam mengembangkan dan membangun kembali pendidikan nasional yang telah diporak-porandakan oleh dekadensi moral di era globalisasi mengingat pendidikan nasional yang saat ini memiliki segudang persoalan.
Regulating word order in modern Greek : verb initial and non-verb initial orders & the conceptual-intentional interface

I introduce the notions ‘configurational’, ‘discourse-configurational’, and the basics of the minimalist syntax, on the one hand, and notions relevant to information packaging, on the other hand (Chapter 1), in the following thee chapters I proceed to a detailed examination of the syntactic properties of verb-initial and non-verb initial orders, insisting on certain debated aspects. In particular, in Chapter 2, I compare the syntax of VSO and that of the ‘problematic’ VOS order; I show that what differentiates the two constructions is that the latter order is due to a flexible strategy in the narrow syntax that allows the object to pied-pipe alongside the verb to the TP domain. In Chapter 3, I discuss clitic doubling for which I put forward an alternative account involving feature copying that allows the same DP to occur in two positions in the structure at the same time. In this light, I further argue that clitic doubling is a parameterized version of A-movement. In Chapter 4, I deal with the properties of a range of constructions targeting the preverbal domain. I argue that the peculiar behaviour of CLLD is due to that it is the result of two operations, namely, A-movement in the form of clitic doubling and A-bar movement. I also show that non-focal LD is more productive than previously thought and that the construction involves mere A-bar movement. In the remaining two chapters I shift attention to issues related to the discourse-configurational nature of the language and information structure. After I discuss various models of integrating information structure into the minimalist grammar (Chapter 5), I argue that Information Structure can refer either to pragmatic articulations or more abstract logico-semantic strategies or both. Regarding the latter one, I show that Greek formally realizes via its word order two such strategies: a predicative and a non-predicative, the former surfacing as non-Verb initial orders and the latter one surfacing as verb-initial orders. In the second half of Chapter 6, I deal with the interpretive effects of doubling. In particular, I argue that doubling in Greek invariably marks a DP as a topic. I also show that non-focal left dislocated DPs in Greek are fronted ground material that serves as an anchor for the introduction of new information into the discourse. Chapter 7 summarizes the major contributions of the current thesis.
SPSS explained, 2nd ed

SPSS Explained provides the student with all that they need to undertake statistical analysis using SPSS. It combines a step-by-step approach to each procedure with easy to follow screenshots at each stage of the process. A number of other helpful features are provided: •regular advice boxes with tips specific to each test •explanations divided into 'essential' and 'advanced' sections to suit readers at different levels •frequently asked questions at the end of each chapter. The first edition of this popular book has been fully updated for IBM SPSS version 21 and also includes: •chapters that explain bootstrapping and how this is used •an introduction to binary logistic regression •coverage of new features such as Chart Builder
Analogy in Construction Grammar : The Case of Just Because of X Doesn't Mean Y

That is, these sentences have the meaning of inference denial (i.e., the conclusion that you are going to have lights out in Manhattan is not automatically drawn from the premise that Pete Wilson made a dumb mistake). They differ from each other, however, in their syntactic forms. That is, the subject of sentence (1) is a because of phrase, while that of sentence (2) is a because-clause. 1 I will call a form-meaning pairing like (1) the just because of X doesn’t mean Y (JBo-X DM-Y) construction, and one like (2) the just because X doesn’t mean Y (JB-X DM-Y) construction, respectively. Before starting the analysis, it should be noted that the JBo-X DM-Y construction is considered not perfectly acceptable, while the JB-X DM-Y
Decision making with dependence and feedback : the analytic network process : the organization and prioritization of complexity

Decision Making with Dependence and Feedback: The Analytic Network Process : the Organization and Prioritization of Complexity #370 pages #2001 #Thomas L. Saaty #Rws Publications, 2001 #0962031798, 9780962031793 #This book shows how to make decisions when alternatives depend on criteria, but also the criteria depend on the alternatives. It shows how to cope with dependence between different groups of people, goals and criteria. The Analytic Network Process is particularly useful to project the future of a group or company considering all the influences and risks: economic, social, political, technological, environmental, and others. Accompanying ANP software is under development. file download xaxotav.pdf
Modelling & Analysis of Hybrid Dynamic Systems Using a Bond Graph Approach

Hybrid models are those containing continuous and discontinuous behaviour. In constructing dynamic systems models, it is frequently desirable to abstract rapidly changing, highly nonlinear behaviour to a discontinuity. Bond graphs lend themselves to systems modelling by being multi-disciplinary and reflecting the physics of the system. One advantage is that they can produce a mathematical model in a form that simulates quickly and efficiently. Hybrid bond graphs are a logical development which could further improve speed and efficiency. A range of hybrid bond graph forms have been proposed which are suitable for either simulation or further analysis, but not both. None have reached common usage. A Hybrid bond graph method is proposed here which is suitable for simulation as well as providing engineering insight through analysis. This new method features a distinction between structural and parametric switching. The controlled junction is used for the former, and gives rise to dynamic causality. A controlled element is developed for the latter. Dynamic causality is unconstrained so as to aid insight, and a new notation is proposed. The junction structure matrix for the hybrid bond graph features Boolean terms to reflect the controlled junctions in the graph structure. This hybrid JSM is used to generate a mixed-Boolean state equation. When storage elements are in dynamic causality, the resulting system equation is implicit. The focus of this thesis is the exploitation of the model. The implicit form enables application of matrix-rank criteria from control theory, and control properties can be seen in the structure and causal assignment. An impulsive mode may occur when storage elements are in dynamic causality, but otherwise there are no energy losses associated with commutation because this method dictates the way discontinuities are abstracted. The main contribution is therefore a Hybrid Bond Graph which reflects the physics of commutating systems and offers engineering insight through the choice of controlled elements and dynamic causality. It generates a unique, implicit, mixed-Boolean system equation, describing all modes of operation. This form is suitable for both simulation and analysis.
Spectrally efficient multicarrier communication systems:signal detection, mathematical modelling and optimisation

This thesis considers theoretical, analytical and engineering design issues relating to non-orthogonal Spectrally Efficient Frequency Division Multiplexing (SEFDM) communication systems that exhibit significant spectral merits when compared to Orthogonal FDM (OFDM) schemes. Alas, the practical implementation of such systems raises significant challenges, with the receivers being the bottleneck. This research explores detection of SEFDM signals. The mathematical foundations of such signals lead to proposals of different orthonormalisation techniques as required at the receivers of non-orthogonal FDM systems. To address SEFDM detection, two approaches are considered: either attempt to solve the problem optimally by taking advantage of special cases properties or to apply sub-optimal techniques that offer reduced complexities at the expense of error rates degradation. Initially, the application of sub-optimal linear detection techniques, such as Zero Forcing (ZF) and Minimum Mean Squared Error (MMSE), is examined analytically and by detailed modelling. To improve error performance a heuristic algorithm, based on a local search around an MMSE estimate, is designed by combining MMSE with Maximum Likelihood (ML) detection. Yet, this new method appears to be efficient for BPSK signals only. Hence, various variants of the sphere decoder (SD) are investigated. A Tikhonov regularised SD variant achieves an optimal solution for the detection of medium size signals in low noise regimes. Detailed modelling shows the SD detector to be well suited to the SEFDM detection, however, with complexity increasing with system interference and noise. A new design of a detector that offers a good compromise between computational complexity and error rate performance is proposed and tested through modelling and simulation. Standard reformulation techniques are used to relax the original optimal detection problem to a convex Semi-Definite Program (SDP) that can be solved in polynomial time. Although SDP performs better than other linear relaxations, such as ZF and MMSE, its deviation from optimality also increases with the deterioration of the system inherent interference. To improve its performance a heuristic algorithm based on a local search around the SDP estimate is further proposed. Finally, a modified SD is designed to implement faster than the local search SDP concept. The new method/algorithm, termed the pruned or constrained SD, achieves the detection of realistic SEFDM signals in noisy environments.
The level of exploitation of Universal Decimal Classification in library OPACs: a pilot study

Summary The paper reports on a pilot study observing the level to which library classification, Universal Decimal Classification (UDC) specifically, is exploited in searching and browsing library OPACs. The study was conducted in 2004-2005. A selection of 30 Web OPACs using UDC from 22 countries were observed. The OPACs were representative of 5 in-house and 10 vendor library systems. Interface areas examined were: UDC access points, searching, browsing and display. In total, 23 designated interface functionalities were identified. From these observations, it transpires that there is a great discrepancy in the number of functions available, ranging from two to sixteen. The majority (87%) of OPACs have between seven and sixteen UDC related access points and functions enabled. Only four out of thirty catalogues offer top/down systematic browsing (i.e. knowledge area browsing), and only fourteen catalogues have a classification number in the bibliographic description hyperlinked to allow access to other titles in the same class. The study shows that Web OPACs offer different selections and a different number of functions in supporting searching or browsing UDC - even if libraries use the same vendor system. This study is only a pilot and does not analyse the differences between interface options in relation to the 'strength' of library systems and does not rank them according to their importance in IR. However, the study provides an insight into this, usually neglected, segment of library OPACs and establishes a framework for further research. At this stage the research does not include analysis of classification authority data on which the searching and browsing is based. Further research is planned to shed more light on IR specific functions and their relation to authority control and library systems.
An Enhanced Methodology for Reducing Time Consumption in Discrete Event Simulation Projects

The purpose of this paper is to show how increased time savings can be obtained in discrete event simulation projects. The result includes an improved methodology that builds on traditional simulation procedures. The approach assures continuous comparison of the projects present state and its objectives. This ensures, according to the revised methodology, the shortest possible time spent within the discrete event simulation project. In conclusion, this methodology will result in less time spent, and also a more profitable industrial solution concerning shorter time to market, and faster productivity improvements. Two examples of how this methodology can be used are also described.
Using Secure Coprocessors

Abstract : How do we build distributed systems that are secure? Cryptographic techniques can be used to secure the communications between physically separated systems, but this is not enough: we must be able to guarantee the privacy of the cryptographic keys and the integrity of the cryptographic functions, in addition to the integrity of the security kernel and access control databases we have on the machines. Physical security is a central assumption upon which secure distributed systems are built; without this foundation even the best cryptosystem or the most secure kernel will crumble. In this thesis, I address the distributed security problem by proposing the addition of a small, physically secure hardware module, a secure coprocessor, to standard workstations and PCs. My central axiom is that secure coprocessors are able to maintain the privacy of the data they process. This thesis attacks the distributed security problem from multiple sides. First, I analyze the security properties of existing system components, both at the hardware and software level. Second, I demonstrate how physical security requirements may be isolated to the secure coprocessor, and showed how security properties may be bootstrapped using cryptographic techniques from this central nucleus of security within a combined hardware/software architecture.
Analysing trade-offs in scan power and test data compression for system-on-a-chip

This paper investigates the relationship between test data compression and power dissipation during scan testing. Trade-off analysis using ISCAS89 benchmark circuits show that by employing the recently proposed symmetric coding scheme and varying a weighting parameter in the W-SLR algorithm, the embedded core designer can explicitly control the scan power and volume of test data.
Software Architecture as a Shared Mental Model

Software architecture is commonly considered to be the structure of a large piece of software -commonly presented as a nested set of box and arrow diagrams. This paper takes a different position, claiming that software architecture is most usefully thought of as a mental model shared among the people responsible for software. This point of view leads to a number of principles regarding how we should design, present, and think about software architecture.
Illicit erectile dysfunction products in the Netherlands : A decade of trends and a 2007-2010 product update

Illegale erectiemiddelen bevatten vaak experimentele geneesmiddelen, Toch lijken de acute gezondheidsrisico's van illegale erectiemiddelen tot nu toe betrekkelijk klein. Er wordt echter minder gezondheidsschade geregistreerd dan op basis van het gebruik wordt verwacht. De risico's op lange termijn zijn onbekend. Het onderzoek is uitgevoerd op basis van gegevens die vijf Nederlandse instituten hebben verzameld. Dit is het derde rapport dat het RIVM over illegale erectiemiddelen heeft uitgebracht. De onderzochte middelen zijn buiten het officiele distributiekanaal in beslag genomen. Illegaal. Illegale erectiemiddelen zijn middelen die niet op een legale manier zijn geproduceerd of waarvoor niet de noodzakelijke vergunningen zijn verkregen. In Nederland zijn drie legale erectiemiddelen (Viagra, Cialis, Levitra) verkrijgbaar op voorschrift van een arts. In de afgelopen tien jaar is het gebruik van illegale erectiemiddelen sterk toegenomen, vooral doordat ze via internet eenvoudig kunnen worden gekocht. Risico's. De geidentificeerde risico's zijn: overdosering, het combineren met alcohol of drugs, en langdurig gebruik. De gezondheidsrisico's zijn het grootst bij vervalste voedingssupplementen die experimentele geneesmiddelen bevatten, vervalste geneesmiddelen, en illegale erectiemiddelen waaraan antidepressiva zijn toegevoegd. Onderzoek. Voor het onderzoek zijn de productkenmerken en de samenstelling beschreven van 538 illegale erectiemiddelen die tussen 2007 en 2010 in beslag zijn genomen. Deze middelen bevatten erectiebevorderende geneesmiddelen (PDE5-remmers). Het betreft vervalste geneesmiddelen (17%), illegale geneesmiddelen (69%) en vervalste voedingssupplementen (13%). In de meeste producten zit een werkzame hoeveelheid, hoewel de etiketten daarover veelal opzettelijk onjuiste of onvolledige informatie bevatten. De resultaten laten ook zien dat illegale erectiemiddelen in hun samenstelling meestal onbetrouwbaar zijn. Toezicht. Het toezicht op geneesmiddelen is in Nederland goed gereguleerd, maar laat bij voedingssupplementen te wensen over. Het RIVM vindt dat meer toezicht op de samenstelling van voedingssupplementen gewenst is. Momenteel is de wet- en regelgeving op de samenstelling daarvan beperkt. Ook blijft het noodzakelijk om, ondanks de geringe signalering van gezondheidsschade, ontwikkelingen op het gebied van nieuwe werkzame stoffen en gezondheidsschade op de lange termijn te volgen. Ook is het van belang om het gedrag van de gebruiker te onderzoeken.
The Organization of Information in a Statistical Office

A theoretical framework for statistical data and metadata is presented using well-known techniques from computer science. It is shown that many kinds of statistical information are best represented by a function. The relationships between different pieces of statistical information, such as the dependency between aggregated data and the underlying microdata, are explained using transformations of functions. A modest set of such transformations is considered and the identities that hold between them are shown. Thus they describe a class of algebras, and, according to the theory of initial algebra semantics, the initial algebra in the class is the natural candidate for recording metadata.
How to Have a Bad Career in Research/Academia

1. Minimize numbers and flavors of courses 2. Maximize numbers and grades of courses 3. Read everything that may be relevant to your research 4. Read nothing that may be irrelevant to your research 5. Don't talk to students and professors working on different problems 6. Don't talk to others working on the same problem 7. Work only on straightforward problems 8. Work never on straightforward problems 9. Work on problems many others think about 10. Work on problems nobody cares about 11. Always think about finishing your thesis 12. Never think about finishing your thesis