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Environment Aware Text-to-Speech Synthesis

This study aims at designing an environment-aware text-to-speech (TTS) system that can generate speech to suit specific acoustic environments. It is also motivated by the desire to leverage massive data of speech audio from heterogeneous sources in TTS system development. The key idea is to model the acoustic environment in speech audio as a factor of data variability and incorporate it as a condition in the process of neural network based speech synthesis. Two embedding extractors are trained with two purposely constructed datasets for characterization and disentanglement of speaker and environment factors in speech. A neural network model is trained to generate speech from extracted speaker and environment embeddings. Objective and subjective evaluation results demonstrate that the proposed TTS system is able to effectively disentangle speaker and environment factors and synthesize speech audio that carries designated speaker characteristics and environment attribute. Audio samples are available online for demonstration https://daxintan-cuhk.github.io/Environment-Aware-TTS/ .
INNOVATIVE EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGIES - MODERN TEACHING METHODS

In article the author opens modern innovative technologies in higher educational an institution. On the one hand, technology is associated with a certain system of activity, which includes certain normatively fixed methods of activity, a system of means that ensure its implementation. On the other hand, the introduction of a new technology leads to a change not only in the activity itself, but also causes a significant restructuring of target attitudes, a system of specific knowledge necessary for its implementation.
PENGOPERASIAN DAN PERAWATAN AC CENTRAL UNTUK MENINGKATKAN KENYAMANAN RUANG AKOMODASI DI KAPAL SS BARAKUDA PT. CITRA BAHARI SHIPYARD TEGAL

The cooling system is one system that works on ships. The function of Central Air Conditioning is to improve the comfort of ship accommodation so that the crew can feel comfortable while in the accommodation room and in the bedroom so that it can be maximized. The formulation of the problem in this paper is how to operate and maintain AC and how to solve the problem. Another goal is to find the cause of damage that often occurs in AC machines. Damage that often occurs is damage, evaporator, and leakage in the AC system. Maintenance that is often done is checking temperature, lubrication and replacement accordingly. The occurrence of leaks at the connection of the pipes impact on the AC to not be cold. Repairing leaky pipes by patching with copper welding. Lack of maintenance causes central air conditioning not to function properly. The death of the compressor, the leak of the evaporator and the leaking of pipes are the cause. Repair and maintenance of central air conditioning must be done according to the instruction manual. Central air conditioning maintenance is done regularly and periodically. It is recommended to check the lubrication and AC pipes according to the SOP.Key Words : AC, Maintenance, Repair
A Security-Mediated Encryption Scheme Based on ElGamal Variant

Boneh et al. introduced mediated RSA (mRSA) in 2001 in an attempt to achieve faster key revocation for medium-sized organizations via the involvement of a security mediator (SEM) as a semi-trusted third party to provide partial ciphertext decryption for the receiver. In this paper, a pairing-free security mediated encryption scheme based on an ElGamal variant is proposed. The scheme features a similar setting as in the mediated RSA but with a different underlying primitive. We show that the proposed security mediated encryption scheme is secure indistinguishably against chosen-ciphertext attack (IND-CCA) in the random oracle via the hardness assumption of the computational Diffie-Hellman (CDH) problem.
Maxims in Verbal Offers by Fabric Sellers in Pasar Central Medan

People communicate verbally or and nonverbally to share information. It will be effective to experience communication since the addressers and addressees get shared information to understand. The way how people should communicate to create more effective interaction is referred to maxims. Those involve the principles should be obeyed in performing communication which are well known as cooperative principle proposed by Grice (2004). Thus, this current study deals with maxims in verbal offers realized by fabric sellers in Pasar Central Medan. It was intended to investigate the use of maxims on sellers’ offering utterances. Qualitative research was carried out to do the investigation. The data of this research were the sellers’ utterances when offering their goods to buyers. Then, those data were analyzed qualitatively through a series of stages as proposed by Ary et.al (2010), including data coding, data reduction, data display, and drawing conclusion or interpretation. The finding shows that the four types of Grice’s maxims were functioned by fabric sellers when delivering verbal offers, namely maxims of quantity, quality, relevance, and manner. Those maxims were conducting by flouting and violating processes. Any violation was performed to meet a certain goal, namely getting the buyers’ desires or interests to purchase. In conclusion, although it occurred in an informal communication, the cooperative principle was observed into four types of maxims based on any process and certain purpose.
The Phenomenon of Learning in a Museum in a Modern Educational Space: Opportunities of Using Smart Technologies

The article analyzes the peculiarities of organizing learning in a museum in the system of smart education with modern smart technologies aimed at the process of gaining skills and competencies for flexible and adapted interaction with social, economic and technological environment. Smart technologies are emphasized to not only allow creating the effect of presence but also to advance the content sharing, change its quality, and ensure the possibility of communication between all the participants of the educational process. The phenomenon of learning in a museum is viewed in the context of gamification, edutainment, the storytelling technique and the project method. The opportunities of using smart technologies in museums as centres of communication, studying and leisure in the context of a modern knowledge society are defined.
JETFIRE: A Low-Cost, Trusted IoT Security Gateway (CMU-CyLab-20-002)

Many studies have pointed out security problems with IoT deployments. Given the diversity of devices and the lack of concerted efforts from device manufacturers to adopt best practices, recent efforts have recommended pragmatic “bolt on” security gateways at the network layer to secure IoT deployments using software-defined principles. While such gateways are an attractive option, they raise two natural concerns: (1) Can the gateway architecture be trusted? and (2) Can we deliver these benefits to low-cost deployments? This paper presents JETFIRE, a practical, low-cost system with built-in trust for software-defined security gateways. In designing and implementing JETFIRE, we make three key contributions: (1) A practical and deployable basis for trust using a micro-hypervisor root-of-trust; (2) A scalable low-cost system design and implementation to support fine-grained per-device policies; and (3) A formal analysis of the protection JETFIRE offers against infrastructure threats by construction.We demonstrate that JETFIRE provides intrinsic security against a broad spectrum of known attacks against such software-defined architectures. We also show that JETFIRE offers security at low cost; e.g., a $35 Raspberry Pi can effectively support custom per-device IPS instances for a small IoT deployment of 50+ devices. We also show an end-to-end validation of JETFIRE on a representative home IoT deployment.
Collective Intelligence Platforms – Does Communication Improve Performance Under Uncertainty?

This paper reports the results of an experiment that investigates how collective communication on an online platform influences the quality of predictions of uncertain future events and thus the collective intelligence of a crowd in situations of uncertainty. Specifically, individual performance in predicting future events without communication is compared with performance after collective communication. Moreover, the paper investigates the effects of communication intensity on the change of prediction performance and explores the role of knowledge and intrinsic motivation. The findings show that topic-specific knowledge has a positive impact on prediction accuracy. Furthermore, the results support the expected positive effect of collective communication on online platforms on prediction accuracy. Additionally, the findings confirm an indirect effect of communication intensity on the improvement of prediction accuracy via knowledge gain. The influence of intrinsic motivation, however, depends on the topic of prediction. The results complement existing research on design factors of collective intelligence platforms by underscoring the effects of collective communication in large groups and by offering insight into the underlying processes. The results also have important practical implications for the design of collective intelligence platforms in situations of uncertainty. They highlight the need for collective communication to foster high prediction performance. Furthermore, the role of topic-specific knowledge is illustrated and should be considered when designing online platforms.
A Methodolgy for Realistic Handwriting Generation Using Multilayer Perceptrons and LSTM

Hand-writing is one of the mainly imperative cryptographic parameters and a fundamental sign of people’s characteristics such as their personality. Hand writing generation is one of the prominent fields of research in view of the identification of persons personality. In this research paper the research is carried out for generation of handwriting using Multi-Layer Perceptron and Long Short-term Memory.In this task the fundamental focus is to exhibit how Multi-Layer perceptron can be utilized to produce complex groupings with long-range structure, essentially by anticipating each information point in turn. The proposed methodology is unveiled for text (where the information are discrete) and web based handwriting (where the information are genuine esteemed). It is then reached out to handwriting synthesis by permitting the organization to condition its forecasts on a text succession. The subsequent framework can produce exceptionally practical cursive handwriting in a wide assortment of styles.
Development of an Agent-Based Interactive Tutoring System for Online Teaching in School Using Classter

A face-to-face interface between student and teacher is indispensable for students’ tutoring motivation in the aspect of class tutoring. In the absence of the online teacher or during a new subject tutoring, the web-based interactive tutoring system where student and computer interact is very necessary. Thus, a new approach is designed for this aim and which makes use of the communication substances. The self-adaptability of students and the interaction between them with the web-based online teaching based interactive tutoring system is introduced. Following the online teaching based interactive tutoring system being presented, and to account for the tutoring motivations of students and to lay out the results to improve the effects of the web-based tutoring, the Classter tool is used. In this work, the interactive tutoring system components are exposed and the RNN algorithms tool to improve the faculty members ways of monitoring the performance of the students by going through a vast array of useful, intelligent reports generated by the network are explained. The online teaching based Standard Intelligent Tutoring System develops new powerful features which are essentially latest in the predictable online examination simulator. The RNN algorithm adapts the tutoring patterns and gives feedback based on the student's English language performance criterion. Then, the RNN sets the questions with no human interference by the student's English language performance. To a definite extent than at random, a set of questions to smooth out the progress of the examinations which are in general found in online simulator are put to the student. In this paper, 665 students' English language skills of matriculation school level from the Bihar state are taken into consideration.
PENINGKATAN SISTEM INFORMASI GEOGRAFIS DALAM PENENTUAN EFISIEN RUTE PERJALANAN WISATA

Doing a tour independently without using travel services, of course, users must know the desired tourist destinations. Tourists often have problems finding a way to get to the destination tourist location. This study aims to facilitate travel in finding efficient travel routes that can be taken in the tourist areas of Karo Regency. The method used in this research is the Floyd Warshall Algorithm method for solving the search for the shortest route. The results of the research show that the geographic information system for determining efficient travel routes based on android can make it easier for users to get information about tourism in Karo district based on categories of cultural tourism, natural tourism and culinary tourism, and displays the shortest travel route from the user's location to the location. tourist destination. So that the geographic information system for determining efficient travel routes based on android can make it easier for users to access destination tourist locations quickly and precisely (efficiently).
Ideal Software & Computing System and their Realization Opportunity

In this chapter, the concept of ideal software, its realization scenarios, and opportunity for realizing the ideal computing system using cloud computing model are proposed, discussed and analysed.
Optimalisasi Kemampuan Berbicara Bahasa Inggris dan Percaya Diri melalui Jigsaw pada Siswa Kelas X SMK

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Abstract:&lt;/strong&gt; This study aimed to improve students' speaking ability and self-confidence by implementing the Jigsaw cooperative learning model. This research is a classroom action research conducted in two cycles, each cycle consisting of three meetings. Participants in this study were students of class X.TP 1 at SMK Negeri 4 Pati in the odd semester of the 2019/2020 school year. In this study, there was an increase in the average score of students' speaking ability from 80.15, in the first cycle to 82.59 in the second cycle, accompanied by a boost in self-confidence.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Abstrak:&lt;em&gt; &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;Tujuan penelitian ini adalah untuk meningkatkan kemampuan berbicara bahasa Inggris dan percaya diri siswa melalui penerapan model pembelajaran kooperatif &lt;em&gt;Jigsaw&lt;/em&gt;. Penelitian ini merupakan penelitian tindakan kelas yang dilaksanakan dalam dua siklus, setiap siklus terdiri dari tiga pertemuan. Partisipan dalam penelitian ini adalah siswa kelas X.TP 1 SMK Negeri 4 Pati semester ganjil tahun pelajaran 2019/2020. Dalam penelitian ini terjadi peningkatan skor rata-rata kemampuan berbicara siswa dari 80.15, pada siklus I menjadi 82.59 pada siklus II, disertai dengan peningkatan percaya diri&lt;strong&gt;.&lt;/strong&gt;
LibGuides: Academic Advising Resources: Home

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The Effect of TQM on the Performance of the Housing Bank for Trade and Finance Jordan (HBTF): Structural Equation Modelling Approach

Purpose: The success of organizations depends largely on the effectiveness and efficiency of the services they can deliver, which can create superior value for customers and ensure the realization of greater organizational performance. Failure to meet up with the market demands could affect Housing Bank for Trade and Finance’s (HBTF) aspirations of maintaining its leading competitive position in the Jordanian banking industry. It is against this backdrop that this paper is aimed at determining the effect of Total Quality Management (TQM) on the competitive advantage and Performance of HBTF in Jordan.Methods: A quantitive survey research approach was employed, about 500 samples were chosen randomly and data were collected via a closed-ended questionnaire. Structural Equation Modeling (SEM-PLS) was used for data analysis.Findings: The results indicates customers satisfaction, organizational culture and leadership commitment as factors of TQM are having positive effects on the performance HBTF. The analysis also confirmed that competitive advantage is a partial mediator of the relationship between TQM and performance. Implications: It is important to note that apart from the important contribution that this study makes to the academic field due to the inadequate research studies on the HBTF in Jordan especially with regards to issues related to TQM and its impact on competitive advantage and performance Limitations:The study limitations are in the area of sample choice and variable combination. It thus recommended that managers could be chosen as respondence in future studies and other factors of TQM could be exploited as well.Orignality value: This research is an addition to the current literature and the first attempt in this area to the best of authors’ knowledge. This research addresses adds knowledge by employing a second-generation multivariate data analysis technique (SEM-PLS). The study also expands the opportunity horizon of the HBTF by discovering a new managerial framework for TQM for greater performance.
The Correlation between Gabriel Method Usage And Students' Reading Alqur'an Ability In TPQ Raudlatul Qur'an Arosbaya Bangakalan

Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengungkap masalah pengaruh metode Gabriel terhadap kemampuan membaca Al-Qur’an siswa TPQ Raudlatul Qur’an Karang Duwak, Arosbaya. Jenis penelitian ini adalah penelitian kuantitatif dengan pendekatan korelasional dan populasi dalam penelitian ini adalah seluruh siswa TPQ Raudlatul Qur’an yang berjumlah 33 siswa. Metode pengumpulan data yang digunakan adalah observasi, angket, wawancara dan dokumentasi skala pengukuran menggunakan Likert, analisis data dengan teknik editing dan tabulasi. Dari penelitian yang dilakukan disimpulkan bahwa pengaruh metode Gabriel terhadap kemampuan membaca Alquran siswa di TPQ Raudlatul Qur'an adalah 89,3%, artinya penerapan Metode Gabriel di TPQ Raudlatul Qur'an Karang Duwek Arosbaya berhasilkarenamemiliki pengaruh yang besar terhadap kemampuan membaca Al-Qur'an siswa. This study aims to reveal the problem of the correlationof Gabriel method of reading Qur’an ability on TPQ Raudlatul Qur’an students Karang Duwak, Arosbaya. The type of the research is quantitative research using a correlation approach and the population in this study was all students of TPQ Raudlatul Qur’an totally 33 students. The data collection method used were observation, questionnaires, interviews and documentation of the measurement scale using Likert, the data analysis was editing and tabulation techniques. From the research conducted, it was concluded that the correlationof the Gabriel method on the students reading Qur’an ability in TPQ Raudlatul Qur’an was 89.3%, it means that Gabriel Method application in TPQ Raudlatul Qur’an Karang Duwek Arosbaya was successful, considering the method had big influence on the students’ ability in reading Qur’an.
MOOD OF PERSUASION IN THE ARTICLES JUST TERROR TACTICS ISSUED IN THE RUMIYAH MAGAZINE

This research was to reveal the mood types of the clauses and the persuasion strategies applied in two texts in Rumiyah magazine. A discourse analysis was applied with the Hallidayan Systemic Functional Linguistics theory as the basis of analysis. The results showed that the texts are dominated by the declarative mood that functions as indirect directives and statements of opinion. The applied types of mood indicate that the author takes a position as the bearer of information. In the analytical part of the texts, the disclaimer technique is used to assure the readers that committing a terror is easy. In the hortatory part of the texts, the technique of suggestion is used by providing recommendations to the readers of how to do a terror operation. However, some clauses containing augmentation reflect the expertise technique of persuasion.
Optimization of Courier Travel Routes Using Genetic Algorithms

Efficiency and effectiveness are two things needed to save time and energy. One example is the optimization of route selection for courier services in delivering goods. The calculation of the best route order selection plays an important role, so the courier can deliver the goods to the customer with optimal time. The more dense and complicated the sequence of travel routes traveled, the time spent becomes less optimal. This study aims to examine the application of genetic algorithms to solve problems in optimizing the route selection, by considering the estimated time. A genetic algorithm is a search method that is inspired by the process of completing natural and genetic selection. Combine the solutions to produce new solutions, using several combinations of crossover and mutation probabilities, as well as population size and generation size. In this research get resulted in an optimization of travel routes for couriers in Tangerang using Genetic Algorithms on 5th chromosome, with an objective function value of 1023.115773 and fitness function 0.000976452 from 50 generations was formed. This value is obtained from a solution that allows the courier to deliver the goods at the optimal time.
MVCC Libraries: LGBTQ+: Campus, Local, and National Support Services

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Machine translation of COVID-19 information resources via multilingual transfer

The Covid-19 pandemic has created a global demand for accurate and up-to-date information which often originates in English and needs to be translated. To train a machine translation system for such a narrow topic, we leverage in-domain training data in other languages both from related and unrelated language families. We experiment with different transfer learning schedules and observe that transferring via more than one auxiliary language brings the most improvement. We compare the performance with joint multilingual training and report superior results of the transfer learning approach. Copyright © 2021 for this paper by its authors.
PENTINGNYA BELAJAR BAHASA INGGRIS UNTUK ANAK USIA SEKOLAH DASAR DI LINGKUNGAN RT 37 RW 13 KELURAHAN GIWANGAN KECAMATAN UMBULHARJO

English is a foreign language that is used as the language of communication throughout the world. The latest information on science, technology, politics, education, health and business as well as other fields of information are mostly written in a foreign language, especially in English. The problem gave us an idea to carry out community service in the neighborhood of RT / RW: 37/13, Giwangan, Umbulharjo, Yogyakarta. We did this community service to provide socialization about the importance of learning English for elementary school children to the PKK group in the environment. The community service carried out in the neighborhood of RT / RW: 37/13, Giwangan, Umbulharjo, Yogyakarta aims to make mothers (especially) begin to sort out and choose what method they will take to meet the needs of their children in learning English and prepare them in facing the progress and demands of the world today. The activity is carried out by socializing ways and alternatives that can be taken so that children can learn English well. This activity was attended by women members of the PKK and local RT administrators. They asked a lot of questions, and from the results of the discussion several ideas emerged to implement English learning for children in the RT / RW environment: 37/13, Giwangan, Umbulharjo, Yogyakarta. This activity is expected to provide alternative methods of learning English for children.