Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Conceptual design framework for information visualization to support multidimensional datasets in higher education institutions

Information Visualization (InfoVis) enjoys diverse adoption and applicability because of its strength in solving the problem of information overload inherent in institutional data. Policy and decision makers of higher education institutions (HEIs) are also experiencing information overload while interacting with students‟ data, because of its multidimensionality. This constraints decision making processes, and therefore requires a domain-specific InfoVis conceptual design framework which will birth the domain‟s InfoVis tool. This study therefore aims to design HEI Students‟ data-focused InfoVis (HSDI) conceptual design framework which addresses the content delivery techniques and the systematic processes in actualizing the domain specific InfoVis. The study involved four phases: 1) a users‟ study to investigate, elicit and prioritize the students‟ data-related explicit knowledge preferences of HEI domain policy. The corresponding students‟ data dimensions are then categorised, 2) exploratory study through content analysis of InfoVis design literatures, and subsequent mapping with findings from the users‟ study, to propose the appropriate visualization, interaction and distortion techniques for delivering the domain‟s explicit knowledge preferences, 3) conceptual development of the design framework which integrates the techniques‟ model with its design process–as identified from adaptation of software engineering and InfoVis design models, 4) evaluation of the proposed framework through expert review, prototyping, heuristics evaluation, and users‟ experience evaluation. For an InfoVis that will appropriately present and represent the domain explicit knowledge preferences, support the students‟ data multidimensionality and the decision making processes, the study found that: 1) mouse-on, mouse-on-click, mouse on-drag, drop down menu, push button, check boxes, and dynamics cursor hinting are the appropriate interaction techniques, 2) zooming, overview with details, scrolling, and exploration are the appropriate distortion techniques, and 3) line chart, scatter plot, map view, bar chart and pie chart are the appropriate visualization techniques. The theoretical support to the proposed framework suggests that dictates of preattentive processing theory, cognitive-fit theory, and normative and descriptive theories must be followed for InfoVis to aid perception, cognition and decision making respectively. This study contributes to the area of InfoVis, data-driven decision making process, and HEI students‟ data usage process.
Distribution and Popularity Patterns of Chinese Music on YouTube: A Case Study of Local Music’s Representation on a Global Internet Platform

Abstract The Internet allows local music to be available to a global audience, blurring distinctions between ‘insider’ and ‘outsider’, and between ‘etic’ and ‘emic’. This study examines the interactive relationships between globalised ‘local music’ and a ‘global audience’, using Chinese music as found on YouTube as an example. Distribution and popularity patterns of Chinese music videos are studied, as well as their public perception, on the basis of user comments. The study is an attempt to push forward the boundaries of ethnomusicological research in the twenty-first-century Internet age. It constitutes a methodological proposal for the study of Internet music from a musicological perspective.
Designing a Learner Translator Corpus for Training Purposes

This article sets out to present the development of a multilingual annotated Learner Translator Corpus (hereafter LTC) – a corpus whose core is composed of translations produced by trainee translators and whose primary purpose is to provide insights into the most significant characteristics of such texts in order to inform translation pedagogy. The LTC was designed in the framework of the EU-funded Leonardo da Vinci project called MeLLANGE (Multilingual e-Learning in LANGuage Engineering) which aims at devising a methodology for the collaborative creation of eLearning teaching content in the fields of translation and translation technology, producing corpus-based teaching materials and, more ambitiously, establishing a framework for a European Master in Translation Technologies.
Title of the thesis : Emotion detection in real-time on an Android smartphone

During the last decade the proliferation and capabilities of smartphones have exploded, reaching a situation in which, nowadays, almost everybody carries one of these devices with enormous computational power, cameras and several sensors at any time. The omnipresence, the capabilities and the tools available to facilitate developing applications are the perfect combination for proposing solutions to numerous problems, some existing and some created. In this research, an approach of the widely researched topic of automatically detecting human emotions is brought to the Android platform by means of an application. A system is developed using some existing tools in order to detect emotions with few computations so that it may run in real time on smartphones with less computational power. Given the limited time available for developing this project, the scope of this work is to set the foundation so that the application can be improved in the future by other researchers; therefore, some limitations are set, and some stages are not fully optimized. Finally, future improvements are proposed to facilitate the continuation of this project.
A Self-Healing Coating with UV-Shielding Property

A self-healing coating with UV-shielding property was prepared in this paper. The self-healing property was based on the inclusion between a host (β-CD-TiO2) and a guest HEMA-Ad). After inclusion of the host and guest, the host–guest complex (HEMA-Ad/β-CD-TiO2) was polymerized with other reactive monomers (HEMA and BA) to obtain the final coating. The coating had good hydrophobicity (water contact angle >90°, moisture absorption rate <2%) and excellent UV-shielding performance (ultra-violet protect factor >90%), and could be firmly bonded to a soft substrate. In addition, the coating had good self-healing property, which means that cracks in the material can recover many times after being damaged and that the UV-shielding ability can be fully restored with the self-healing process.
Brain Computer Interface for Controlling RC-Car Using Emotiv Epoc+

The research presents a control of a mobile robot/RC (Remote Control) car using EEG brain signals. Hardware composed of Emotiv Epoc+ EEG headset, computer, Wi-Fi router, and ESP8266 Wemos D1 microcontroller. The project is used for remote commands to navigate mobile robots into the specified position. In this research, the Steady State Visual Evoked Potential (SSVEP) with stimuli frequencies of 12, 15, and 20 Hz is used to control the direction of the RC-car (i.e. forward, right, and left). Two volunteers have participated in the experiment. They sit in a chair looking at the monitor screen with 3 flashing picture boxes with frequency of 12 Hz (goforward), 15 Hz (turn right), and 20 Hz (turn left). This project uses SVM pattern recognition methods to differentiate brain pattern. Recognition rate accuracy achieved 88% for turn-left command, 91% for turn-right command, and 90% for goforward command.
Nonlocal elasticity effect on vibration of in-plane loaded double-walled carbon nanotubes

Vibration and buckling of in-plane loaded simply supported double-walled carbon nanotubes were investigated using the nonlocal Timoshenko-beam theory. The influence of in-plane loads on the natural frequencies was determined. The results show that while the natural frequencies decrease with increasing compressive in-plane loads, an increase in frequencies is observed for tension type of in-plane loads. Effects of in-plane loads are more pronounced for lower modes, and some mode changes are observed at critical in-plane loads. A comparison of nonlocal elasticity solutions with local elasticity solutions indicates that the nonlocal effects should be considered for higher modes of vibration of doublewalled carbon nanotubes.
DATAVIEW : Bibliometric software for analysis of downloaded data

Most of the studies are not fully automatized, and only two points are generally integrated into a computerized process : collecting data and data analysis. To have a whole automatic bibliometric process specialists need a software which will be the bridge between these two steps. This communication presents a bibliometric software, called Dataview, which has especially been developed to change textual data into numerical data in an automatic way, and to offer various possibilities of data analysis. To have a really efficient software tool to treat scientific and technological information, one cannot restrict to analyse only to one type of bibliographic data dealt with only one analysis method. So, Dataview accept to process various formats of bibliographic data, is able to consider various kind of bibliometric items in the same study and provide numerical data suitable for various statistical techniques. As a matter of fact, this software correspond exactly to the need of companies or national institutes involved in technology watch and competitive intelligence.
Impact of Intrinsic and Extrinsic Motivation on Employee’s Retention: A Case from Call Center

With the advent of big data analytics and digitization, virtual support systems are getting immensely popular in present era of generation Z. Likewise call centers are fully equipped with latest innovations in technology from old styled desktops to slim line laptops, and manpower that are ready to establish efficient customer services and put off any impediment for the promotion of organization’s products and services. In Pakistan, there are five major contributors for mobile telecommunication industry, out of which two has been merged together. Ufone is a renowned name in Pakistan and ranked top among cellular services providers. However, it is being confronted with serious issues of turnover. Present study empirically investigated the role of intrinsic and extrinsic motivational factors in employee retention at Ufone call center in Lahore, Pakistan. Data was collected through simple random sampling technique. Results reported that intrinsic motivation has positive association with employees’ retention whereas extrinsic motivation has no relationship with call center employees.
Effects of Geometer's Sketchpad on Spatial Ability and Achievement in Transformation Geometry among Secondary Two Students in Singapore

Does the use of a common construction programme - the Geometer's Sketchpad - in different pedagogical settings have an impact spatial ability and achievement scores of students within concepts in transformation geometry? The subjects were 13 to 14 year-old students from a school with above-average ranking among Singapore schools. The software was employed differently in the three classes: In Class A, the approach adopted by the teacher was that of guided- inquiry where students explored concepts and made conjectures with extensive hands-on experience with the software; in Class C, the teacher's predominant role was that of an expositor and the students' role that of knowledge-recipients, and the software was used as a teacher's tool to demonstrate dynamically the properties of transformations; in Class B, the 'in between' class, the pedagogy of guided-inquiry in whole-class discourses was adopted but with the teacher manipulating objects on the projected screen as directed by the students. The results showed that spatial ability improved for all three classes with no significant difference between the classes although Classes A and B performed significantly better than Class C in the transformation geometry achievement test. Spatial Ability, Transformation Geometry and the Geometer's Sketchpad™ (GSP)
Automated detection of glaucoma in fundus images using variational mode decomposition and textural features

A variational mode decomposition (VMD) and local binary patterns (LBP) based features extraction from digital fundus images is proposed for glaucoma detection. The band-limited intrinsic mode images (BLIM’s) obtained by VMD, encompasses the varying spectral content embodying the non-linear and spatial non-stationary textural modulations in the fundus images. LBP feature descriptors apprehend the topographic tortuousness of the optical tissue fluids and substantiate the perturbations in intraocular fluid pressure (IOP) within the human eye which is caused due to glitches in the optical drainage system. Using artificial neural network, a classification accuracy of 95.2% is obtained on publicly available Medical Image Analysis Group (MIAG) dataset, which validates the suitability of the proposed framework in glaucoma identification.
The influence of perceived organizational support, human resource practices and leadership styles on turnover intention among generation - Y employees in Selangor manufacturing companies

Employee turnover is an unavoidable scenario faced by many organizations regardless of it economic sectors. Uncontrollable turnover is very costly for the employer because it encompasses of efforts, times and costs of rehiring, training, and low productivity effects. Turnover intention is found as the strongest predictor for actual turnover in previous studies. Due to high turnover ratio among manufacturing workers in Malaysia, it demands great concern and some understandings on turnover intention subject. This research investigated the causes that triggering workers’ intention to leave towards their current company. In this regard, this study tries to determine the significance relationships of perceived organizational support, human resource practices and leadership styles on turnover intention among generation Y employees in Selangor manufacturing companies. Data were gathered using questionnaires collected from 200 local employees in various manufacturing companies in Selangor. Hypothesis for direct effect were tested using correlation and regression analyses. Results showed that only leadership styles which are transformational leadership style, transactional leadership style (management by exception passive) and laissez-faire leadership style were significantly associated with employee’s turnover intention. Implications of the findings, potential limitations, and directions for future research are discussed.
Determinants of the Foreign Exchange Risk Premium in the Gulf Cooperation Council Countries

This paper analyzes macroeconomic determinants of the foreign exchange risk premium in two Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries that peg their currencies to the U.S. dollar: Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates. The analysis is based on the stochastic discount factor methodology, which imposes a no arbitrage condition on the relationship between the foreign exchange risk premium and its macroeconomic determinants. Estimation results suggest that U.S. inflation and consumption growth are important factors driving the risk premium, which is in line with the standard C-CAPM model. In addition, growth in international oil prices influences the risk premium, reflecting the important role played by the hydrocarbon sector in GCC economies. The methodology employed in this paper can be used for forecasting the risk premium on a monthly basis, which has important practical implications for policymakers interested in the timely monitoring of risks in the GCC.
Investigating Critical Thinking Skill of Junior High School in Solving Mathematical Problem

Critical thinking skills are one of the four skills needed in the 21st century. Critical thinking skills are so important that they need to be taught and included in the school curriculum. This research aims to: (1) describe the critical thinking skills of junior high school students in solving mathematical problems and (2) identify the students' critical thinking components in the analysis, evaluation, inference, explanation, and self-regulation sub-skills. This is descriptive research with a qualitative approach. Data was collected through a test and interviews, triangulation accomplished by comparing between test and interviews. This research involved 24 subjects comprising 9 male students and 15 female students. The test used in this research consisted of 6 problems representing 6 sub-skills of critical thinking skills. The results of data collection were analyzed through data reduction, data display, and conclusion drawing. The research results showed that: (1) the critical thinking skills of junior high school students were in a low category; (2) the evaluation, analysis, and self-regulation sub-skills became the lowest critical thinking sub-skills mastered by the students compared to other critical thinking sub-skills.
Supplemental Instruction and the Promotion of Construction of Knowledge

Supplemental Instruction and the Promotion of Construction of Knowledge by Ruth C. Chambers-Turner MS, Wright State University, 2010 BS, Central State University, 2003 Dissertation Submitted in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy Education Walden University November 2017 Abstract Supplemental instruction (SI), a peer assisted learning model, improves course performance, retention, and graduation rates of post-secondary education students. Researchers have questioned if the success of SI is due to students becoming more aware of assessment demands or if SI also promotes construction of new knowledge. The purposes of this case study were to describe techniques utilized by SI peer leaders,Supplemental instruction (SI), a peer assisted learning model, improves course performance, retention, and graduation rates of post-secondary education students. Researchers have questioned if the success of SI is due to students becoming more aware of assessment demands or if SI also promotes construction of new knowledge. The purposes of this case study were to describe techniques utilized by SI peer leaders, explore how sociocognitive learning techniques are implemented, and explore the perceptions of supplemental instruction program stakeholders regarding sociocognitive learning techniques. The research questions focused on what techniques peer leaders are trained to implement and what peer leaders’ perceptions of sociocognitive learning techniques are. Piaget’s theories on cognitive conflict and construction of knowledge, Vygotsky’s theories on zone of proximal development and sociocognitive learning, and Chi’s framework on interactive learning provided the conceptual framework for the study. The case study was conducted at a Northeast United States community college, using interviews with SI administrators and peer leaders (n = 8), voice recordings of SI sessions, and review of training material. The constant comparative method analysis of findings suggest that peer leaders trained in traditional tutoring and sociocognitive learning techniques promote construction of knowledge, and while programmatic and peer leader goals align with sociocognitive learning techniques, student goals do not. One recommendation is to clarify the distinction of SI versus traditional tutoring. This study could lead to positive social change by contributing to expanded goals of SI resulting in enhanced quality of learning for student participants at higher education institutions. Supplemental Instruction and the Promotion of Construction of Knowledge by Ruth C. Chambers-Turner MA, Wright State University, 2010 BS, Central State University, 2003 Dissertation Submitted in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy
The Impact of Exchange Rate on Foreign Private Investment in Nigeria

The study examined the impact of exchange rate on foreign private investment using quarterly time series date from Nigeria for the period 2007 to 2017. Foreign private investment in the study was disaggregated into foreign direct investment and foreign portfolio investment in order to ascertain their separate reactions to changes in the exchange rate of the naira against the US dollars. The empirical analysis was based on the VAR estimation procedure using three lagged periods adopted on the basis of various lag order selection criteria. The empirical result revealed that devaluation/depreciation of the naira adversely affects foreign direct investment and foreign portfolio investment in Nigeria. Increased in the size of the domestic market and development of the financial sector were found to stimulate foreign private investment while high inflation rate in the domestic economy discourages foreign private investment in Nigeria. The study, therefore, recommended among others that the Central Bank of Nigeria should continue to initiate more proactive policy intervention policies to stabilize the exchange rate of the naira in order to stimulate more foreign private investment in Nigeria.
Trauma in transition : moving from domestic to military service, and back again, in classical Athens

The historiography surrounding the returning hoplite has thus far focussed on the experience of the man after his return yet, to date, no scholar has examined the homecoming itself. As a result, modern comparisons have been relied upon to fill in the gaps about the hoplite’s transition from his military service back into his domestic environment. This has formed the basis of a particular strand of research exploring modern PTSD as a method with which to understand the ancient hoplite’s experiences of war and its aftermath. This debate lacks the necessary historical due diligence because it has not yet been established exactly how a hoplite returned home and how this return was experienced. To rectify this gap in our knowledge, this thesis identifies and examines three fundamental transitions undergone by the classical Athenian hoplite as a result of his military service: his departure to war, his homecoming from war having survived, and his homecoming from war having died. Each of these transitions is split in two, examining both the transition within the domestic environment as a member of an oikos, and within the military environment as a member of the army. Drawing upon a wide range of evidence, this thesis presents a template of each transition, exploring the logistics and rituals involved, the participants, and the locations. The primary aim of this research is to show that the Athenian hoplite underwent a series of transitions into and out of the Athenian army, which suggests a complex relationship between the hoplite, his oikos and his military service. Having established these transitions, this thesis argues that there is evidence of ideological friction between the oikos and the military ideology that is commonly described in the contemporary literature. As a result, it is argued that the PTSD debate should focus more on the evidence of friction within these transitions and pursue a more diachronically sensitive examination of the topic.
Scoping Reviews: What is in a Name?

The editorial dwells upon scoping or otherwise called mapping reviews that have recently come to the fore. Starting to appear from the early 2000s, scoping reviews initially came out in medicine and biosciences. The present-day unprecedented boost in the scoping review quantity is spurred by a general thrust for structured analysis and synthesis of scientific information across fields and disciplines. The authors aim to overview the methodology of scoping reviews with regard to their prospects for social sciences and humanities.