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THEORY OF PLANNED BEHAVIOR MODEL IN ELECTRONIC LEARNING: A PILOT STUDY

Internet and World Wide Web (WWW) technologies have had an increasingly significant impact on the design and delivery of courses in universities. While the Internet is not replacing traditional classroom instruction, it allows instructors to enhance and add value to traditional classroom delivery methods. However, the acceptance of this technology has not been universal. This paper presents the motivations, progress and plans for an ongoing project assessing the behavior of university faculty in adopting Internet and Web technologies. The project uses the Theory of Planned Behavior (TPB), a well-researched intention model from social psychology, as its theoretical foundation. Results from interviews with professors and case studies of internet technology implementation at the university level has provided an initial validation for the use of this model to study adoption behavior. An initial survey instrument has been developed to measure the major TPB factors in the context of adopting Internet technology for pedagogy. These additional items are intended to provide information on the comparative value of these competing models in this particular area. This initial survey will be sent to a random sampling of university professors across the United States.
Doing a Hermeneutic Phenomenology Research Underpinned by Gadamer’s Philosophy: A Framework to Facilitate Data Analysis

Phenomenology is an umbrella term that refers to both a philosophical movement and a variety of research approaches. Hermeneutic phenomenology is a methodology, which is not rigidly set or prescribed. Hence, students and researchers using a hermeneutic phenomenology approach underpinned by Gadamer’s philosophy may struggle to apply his concepts while analysing data. This article describes a new framework that provides guidance on how to analyse data in a research study while remaining faithful to the major tenets of Gadamer’s work (pre-understandings, hermeneutic circle and fusion of horizons) and closely adhering to the central tenets. The framework provides a step-by-step strategy to ensure rigour while maintaining trustworthiness. This may serve as a useful guide for neophyte students and researchers using or considering Gadamer’s version of hermeneutic phenomenology in their studies.
Developing Task Based Language Teaching Worksheet as the Solution in Teaching and Learning English

Worksheet is common used as supplementary teaching materials in teaching and learning English. It provides interesting tasks which cannot be found in text book. Worksheet facilitates teacher to make an existing classroom activity through completing the tasks. This paper tries to explore the use of task based language teaching approach which writer believes brings the variety of tasks into classroom activities. Task based language teaching approach presents multiple tasks such as real task and pedagogic task, unfocused task and focused task, input based task and output based task, and closed and opened task. These tasks will offer the students to uses whatever language they know to accomplish the tasks. However, the existing of appropriate worksheet is infrequent in teaching and learning process. Teachers are difficult to prepare appropriate worksheet that suitable with students’ need. Some worksheet might be interesting, but do not meet students’ characteristics and abilities. By using task based language teaching approach, it is expected that teachers are able to develop their own interesting worksheet. The worksheet can be developed based on the need of the students and the shapes of teachers’ classrooms. Task based language teaching worksheet is hoped to be used as alternative ways for teacher in making communicative teaching and learning process.
From Discovery to Public Consumption: The Process of Mapping and Evaluating Underwater Cultural Heritage in Malta

The in situ promotion and preservation of underwater cultural heritage sites is one of the main ideas of the UNESCO Convention on the Protection of Underwater Cultural Heritage. Currently, most shipwrecks are found in water shallower than the 50 m contour. The continued technological advances and increases in technical diving and deep-water exploration point towards a shift in this statistic, which is set to increase exponentially in the not-too-distant future. Thus, it is imperative to look at ways in which such directives can be implemented. This paper will highlight the synergy between existing remote sensing technologies and the management of underwater cultural heritage with examples of on-going research projects, such as Malta’s approach to surveying and implementing a scoring system for historic wreck sites based on local and global considerations of historic and natural conditions of site elements. Such an approach allows for the scaling of sites based on a number of parameters and provides instructive information for the creation of management strategies. The intention here is to demonstrate how large-scale remote sensing surveys can make major contributions to site management, which, in turn, facilitates the decision-making process in terms of how and what information is transmitted to divers and members of the public.
Numerical Study of Fully Coupled Fluid-Structure Interaction of Stented Ureter by Varying the Stent Side-Holes

Ureteral stents are a measure used for many medical issues involving urology, such as kidney stones or kidney transplants. The purpose of applying stents is to help relieve the urine flow while the ureter is either blocked or trying to close itself, which creates blockages. These ureteral stents, while necessary, cause pain and discomfort to patients due to them being a solid that moves around inside the patients’ body. The ureter normally moves urine to the bladder through peristaltic forces. Due to the ureter being a hyperelastic material, these peristaltic forces cause the ureter to deform easily, making it necessary for the stent to properly move the urine that flows through it for the patient not to face further medical complications. In this study, we seek to find a relation between the amount of stent side holes and the overall flow rate inside the stent with the ureter contracting due to peristalsis. A fully coupled fluid-structure interaction (FSI) model is developed to visualize how the ureter deforms due to peristalsis and the subsequent effect on the urine flow due to the ureter’s deformation. Numerical simulations using COMSOL Multiphysics, a commercial finite-element based solver, were used to study the fluid-structure interaction, and determine whether the stent performs more properly as the amount of stent side holes increases. The results showed that the stent model with a 10 mm distance between side hole pairs provided the highest outlet flow rate, which indicates a proper stent design that allows for maximized urine discharge. We hope this study can help improve the stent design in kidney transplant procedures to further ease the inconvenience on the patients.
Feasibility Tests for Visible Light Communication Scheme with Various LEDs

In recent years, Visible Light Communication (VLC) has attracted amounts of researches as for energy conservation and new paradigm in the field of communication. In this paper, VLC scheme is considered for an advanced parking information system and its feasibility of implementation is simply evaluated with LEDs. According to experimental results, blue 10 Pie LED is considered as appropriate for our scheme due to its cost effectiveness as well as performance.
Design of zero-current-switching fixed frequency boost and buck converters with coupled inductors

A boost power converter and a buck power converter are introduced in this paper. The input/output current can be made continuous with extra low ripple using a coupled inductor. Configurations and control strategy for this type of power converter are quite simple. This type of converter has been analyzed by using the MICROTRAN (EMTP) simulation package. <<ETX>>
TalkBox: a DIY communication board case study

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to present TalkBox, an affordable and open-source communication board for users with communication or speech disorders. Making and tinkering methods are combined with community engagement and participatory design to create a democratic and accessible approach to assistive technology design. Design/methodology/approach – The authors employed a community-engaged participatory design methodology where we incorporated input from stakeholders into the design of the interface. Close collaboration with our community partner allowed us to make informed decisions on different aspects of the design from sourcing of the material to testing the prototype. Findings – Through describing TalkBox, the paper presents a concrete example of how assistive technology can be designed and deployed more democratically, how collaborations between academia and community partners can be established, and how the design reflects different aspects of the methodology used. Originality/value – This.
Sexual Behavior of Female Sex Workers in Makassar, Indonesia

Introduction: Sexual workers have been considered a core group for HIV and Sexual Transmission Diseases (STDs). Their risk is higher than women in the general population. As a developing country, Indonesia is no exception, where sexual transmission has become the main driver for the development of the epidemic in recent years. The survey result of Makassar's AIDS Eradication Commission in 2014 showed that the number of FSWs in Makassar increased. The high number of FSWs in Makassar affect the number of HIV/AIDS cases apparently. Method: This study used data from a rapid survey conducted by Makassar AIDS Eradication Commission in 2013. The survey was carried out to gain information about the sexual behaviour of FSWs in Makassar. The number of sample was 240 in which sampling was carried out using the C-Survey program system. A systematic questionnaire was used to gather data from FSWs, and data was analyzed by using STATA program. Result: Most of the FSWs in this study are aged between 36-40 years old (27.9%). For the last sexual intercourse, most of the FSWs offered a condom to their clients (85.0%). However, the number of clients who used a condom for intercourse was lower that is 77.5%. The main reason why clients refuse to use a condom is that they are uncomfortable. Conclusion: The awareness of FSWs to offer a condom is higher than the willingness of clients to use a condom consistently. Keywords: Sexual Behaviour; Condom Use; Female Sexual Workers; Makassar.
Fuzzy Ensemble of Multi-Criteria Decision Making Methods for Heating Energy Transition in Danish Households

More than 110 countries, including 500 cities worldwide, have set the goal of reaching carbon neutrality. Heating contributes to most of the residential energy consumption and carbon emissions. The green energy transition of fossil-based heating systems is needed to reach the emission goals. However, heating systems vary in energy source, heating technology, equipment location, and these complexities make it challenging for households to compare heating systems and make decisions. Hence, a decision support tool that provides a generalized ranking of individual heating alternatives is proposed for households as decision makers to identify the optimal choice. This paper presents an analysis of 13 heating alternatives and 19 quantitative criteria in technological, environmental, and financial aspects, combines ideal solution-based multi-criteria decision making with 6 weighting methods and 4 normalization methods, and introduces ensemble learning with a fuzzy membership function derived from Cauchy distribution to finalize the ultimate ranking. The robustness of the proposed method is verified by three sensitive analyses from different aspects. Air-to-water heat pump, solar heating and direct district heating are the top three rankings in the final result under Danish national average data. A framework is designed to guide decision makers to apply this ranking guideline with their practical, feasible situations.
An Instructional Module for Protecting Privacy on Social Networking Sites

Many college students are misled into making uninformed choices about what to disclose online and avoid taking the necessary precautions to protect their privacy on social networking sites. This study was aimed at developing and evaluating a multimedia, Web-based, instructional module to educate college students about protecting privacy on social networking sites. The module covered privacy, threats to one's privacy, and ways to protect oneself on social networking sites. It was hoped that students would also gain awareness for protecting their privacy in all online activities. A formative evaluation was conducted with a small group of 19 college students. Improvements in participants' pre- and post-test scores indicated that the instructional module was successful in educating the students about protecting privacy on social networking sites. Additionally, survey results showed that the participants felt that they increased their knowledge about protecting privacy on social networking sites and took a positive liking to the module. While the module proved to be successful in educating college students about protecting privacy, the researcher concluded that a different instructional approach may be even more effective in teaching how to protect privacy.
Influence of Indoor Residual Spay on An. Gambiae S.L. and An. Funestus Abundance, Resting Behavior and Community Perception on Irs Intervention In Kagera-Tanzania

Background: There has been a persistence of malaria transmission in Kagera Region despite consecutive phases of indoor residual spraying (IRS) targeting malaria vectors. In addition to that, there is limited information on the resting behaviors of An. gambiae s.l. and An. funestus and community perception on IRS in Kagera. Methods: The study was conducted in two districts; Missenyi and Karagwe. Missenyi was IRS sprayed with Pirimiphos methyl insecticide and Karagwe was unsprayed. Mosquito collections were conducted using bucket traps and CDC (Centre for Disease Control) light traps. Mosquitoes were identified morphologically using taxonomical key. Sibling species were identified by polymerase chain reaction (PCR). Interviews and focused group discussions (FGDs) were conducted in order to obtain information on community perception with regard to IRS interventions. Results: A total of 5,777 mosquitoes were collected indoors by CDC light traps. An. gambiae s.l. and An. funestus accounted for 13% (n=749) of all mosquitoes collected. Unexpectedly, large proportions of An. funestus were collected indoors in Missenyi district, despite the fact that, the area was sprayed. In Karagwe district, An. gambiae s.l. was collected in large proportion. Results have showed that, An. arabiensis was the dominant sibling species among the An. gambiae s.l. in Karagwe and Missenyi districts with 82.8% (n=24) and 98.8% (n=166), respectively. Study participants agreed that, IRS campaign is useful for control of malaria vectors. They also reported that, malaria transmission have declined by comparing before and after IRS. Challenges reported which the IRS campaign poses to them, including the emergence of other insects in their houses and increase of mosquitoes later after IRS. They also reported some mosquito resting places which are not a target during spray operations. Conclusion: The present study has revealed the abundance of malaria vectors and community perception on IRS intervention efficacy and sustainability. Surprisingly, large proportions of An. funestus were collected indoors, despite the fact that, Missenyi district was sprayed. This situation calls for further studies on An. funestus behaviors and possible reasons for tolerance in sprayed area. Community sensitization before, during and after IRS application needs to be strengthen for getting intended results.
Improved method for the oxide thickness extraction in MOS structures with ultra-thin gate dielectrics

An improved method for the assessment of the oxide thickness applicable to advanced CMOS technologies is proposed. To this end, a proper combination of Maserjian's technique (Maserjian et al., Solid State Electron. vol. 17, pp. 335-9, 1974) and of Vincent's method (Vincent et al., Proc. IEEE Microelectronic Test Structures vol. 10, pp. 105-10, 1997) is used to alleviate the unknown parameter inherent to both extraction procedures and which depends on the employed carrier statistics. The new method has been successfully applied to various technologies with gate oxide thickness ranging from 7 nm down to 1.8 nm.
How Racism Against BIPOC Women Faculty Operates in Social Work Academia

In this article, we seek to highlight the ways in which we, as two female social work faculty members whose racial/ethnic identities fall into the categories of Black, Indigenous, and other People of Color (BIPOC), have experienced racism and White supremacy within predominantly White institutions in the United States. We seek to clarify that these experiences are not unique to any particular institution or university, but rather reflect systemic racism and the upholding of White supremacy in higher education in social work throughout the United States. We highlight the differential vulnerability faced by BIPOC women in academia, which are often unaddressed in the pursuit of what is seen to be an egalitarian or colorblind merit review. Bearing in mind our reflexivity on our positionalities, we share personal narratives regarding our own marginalization within White spaces and the emotional labor that we are often asked to carry for the institutions within which we work. We will elucidate experiences of tokenization or assumed intellectual inferiority by our peers. Given the current sociopolitical moment and the heightened awareness of diversity, equity and inclusion efforts within universities, we also reflect on how institutions of higher education, and particularly schools of social work, can move beyond simply hiring more people of color or conducting diversity trainings to ensuring that BIPOC women are more fully included in their roles within universities as faculty, administrators, staff and students.
Use of a Meter With Color-Range Indicators and a Mobile Diabetes Management App Improved Glycemic Control and Patient Satisfaction in an Underserved Hispanic Population: “Tu Salud”—A Randomized Controlled Partial Cross-Over Clinical Study

Objective To demonstrate the clinical value of OneTouch (OT) Verio Flex glucose meter used in combination with a Spanish-language version of the OT Reveal mobile application (app) to support diabetes care and improve glycemic control in an underserved Hispanic population with type 2 diabetes. Research Design and Methods Test subjects (n = 81) used the meter and app for 12 weeks, while a randomized control group (n = 39) used their own glucose meters without connection to an app. Thereafter, test subjects continued the same regimen for an additional 12 weeks to determine the durability of effect, and control subjects crossed over to use the new meter and app. Results Test subjects experienced a mean reduction in A1C of 1.0% after 12 weeks (P <0.001), a statistically significant greater reduction than in control subjects (P = 0.045). The improvement in A1C in test subjects was sustained over the next 12 weeks. Crossed-over subjects also demonstrated significant improvements in A1C (P <0.001). Mean blood glucose was reduced significantly without an increase in hypoglycemia, and results in range increased over 12 weeks of meter and mobile app use. Results were independent of subjects’ numeracy skills. Subjects using the new meter and app reacted favorably to the tools and expressed improvements in their diabetes treatment satisfaction based on Diabetes Treatment Satisfaction Questionnaire–Change scores. Conclusion Use of the OT meter and a Spanish-language version of its diabetes management app in an underserved population helped participants achieve a sustained improvement in glycemic control. The tools were well received by the subjects and may have important utility in other low-numeracy, low-literacy populations.
Gain flatness of a planar optical waveguide amplifier

We report on the broad gain and gain flatness spectra (1530-1565 nm) of a 14 cm long Er/sup 3+/ doped aluminosilicate waveguide amplifier pumped at 1470 nm. We demonstrate its successful use as an in-line amplifier in an 8 channels WDM 155 Mbit/s transmission fiber experiment.
On identification of well‐conditioned nonlinear systems: Application to economic model predictive control of nonlinear processes

The focus of this work is on economic model predictive control (EMPC) that utilizes well-conditioned polynomial nonlinear state-space (PNLSS) models for processes with nonlinear dynamics. Specifically, the article initially addresses the development of a nonlinear system identification technique for a broad class of nonlinear processes which leads to the construction of PNLSS dynamic models which are well-conditioned over a broad region of process operation in the sense that they can be correctly integrated in real-time using explicit numerical integration methods via time steps that are significantly larger than the ones required by nonlinear state-space models identified via existing techniques. Working within the framework of PNLSS models, additional constraints are imposed in the identification procedure to ensure well-conditioning of the identified nonlinear dynamic models. This development is key because it enables the design of Lyapunov-based EMPC (LEMPC) systems for nonlinear processes using the well-conditioned nonlinear models that can be readily implemented in real-time as the computational burden required to compute the control actions within the process sampling period is reduced. A stability analysis for this LEMPC design is provided that guarantees closed-loop stability of a process under certain conditions when an LEMPC based on a nonlinear empirical model is used. Finally, a classical chemical reactor example demonstrates both the system identification and LEMPC design techniques, and the significant advantages in terms of computation time reduction in LEMPC calculations when using the nonlinear empirical model. © 2015 American Institute of Chemical Engineers AIChE J, 61: 3353–3373, 2015
INTEGRASI DAN PENGEMBANGAN SISTEM MACHINE LEARNING PADA KEGIATAN MAINTENANCE UNIT BGMF PT. FI

The Big Gossan Mill Facility (BGMF) unit has a vital function to deliver tailing supporting Big Gossan underground mining. Plant maintenance strategies have been implemented to support its availability. This study aims to study integration of machine learning model into the plant maintenance and to formulate development of Machine Learning System in BGMF unit. The maintenance planning standards is used to integrate Machine Learning model through interview. The Industrial Internet Reference Architecture (IIRA) is applied to develop machine learning system. It uses interview method to formulate business viewpoint and usage viewpoint and observation to elaborate functional viewpoint and implementation viewpoint. The study results integration of machine learning model is done by state it as PD-200 Propelling Liquid alarm. It then should be followed up by the planning crew. The machine learning system development starts with formulation of Key Objectives and Fundamental Capabilities on the business viewpoint. The usage viewpoint defines two scenarios on machine learning system. The functional viewpoint elaborates system functionality. The implementation viewpoint designed network topology. It then emphasizes on key system characteristics. This research concludes that model integration into plant maintenance can minimize PD-200’s downtime and it’s system design can be done by IIRA. Keywords: IIRA, machine learning, maintenance improvement, predictive maintenance, predictive model