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Slack-Factor-Based Fuzzy Support Vector Machine for Class Imbalance Problems

Class imbalance and noisy data widely exist in real-world problems, and the support vector machine (SVM) is hard to construct good classifiers on these data. Fuzzy SVMs (FSVMs), as variants of SVM, use a fuzzy membership function both to reflect the samples’ importance and to remove the impact of noises, and employ cost-sensitive technology to address the class imbalance. They can handle the noise and class imbalance problems in many cases; however, the fuzzy membership functions are often affected by the class imbalance data, leading to inaccurate measures for samples’ performance and affecting the performance of FSVMs. To solve this problem, we design a new fuzzy membership function and combine it with cost-sensitive learning to deal with the class imbalance problem with noisy data, named Slack-Factor-based FSVM (SFFSVM). In SFFSVM, the relative distances between samples and an estimated hyperplane, called slack factors, are used to define the fuzzy membership function. To eliminate the impact of class imbalance on the function and gain more accurate samples’ importance, we rectify the importance according to the positional relationship between the estimated hyperplane and the optimal hyperplane of the problem, and the slack factors of samples. Comprehensive experiments on artificial and real-world datasets demonstrate that SFFSVM outperforms other comparative methods on F1, MCC, and AUC-PR metrics.
Statistical Significance, Effect Size and Confidence Intervals

Article Type: Editorial Title: Statistical Significance, Effect Size and Confidence Intervals Year: 2022; Volume: 2; Issue: 4; Page No: 3–4 Author: Karuthan Chinna https://doi.org/10.55349/ijmsnr.20222434 Affiliation: Professor, Faculty of Business and Management, UCSI University, Malaysia. Email ID: karuthan@ucsiuniversity.edu.my Phone
Distance education in the higher educational institutions of the ministry of internal affairs

The purpose of this article is to identify the features of the use of distance education in higher educational institutions of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, to identify the problems faced by teachers and cadets during distance education, and to provide suggestions for improving the distance education process.The methodological basis of the study was the classic method of statistics of the Student's t-test.As a result of the study, the following advantages of distance learning were revealed: price-quality ratio, individualization; manufacturability; flexibility of training; remote access.Among the main disadvantages of distance learning, the following were highlighted: lack of direct face-to-face communication between cadets and the teacher; the need for a personal computer and an Internet access point; high requirements for training tasks, administration of the process and motivation of cadets; the problem of user authentication during knowledge verification; the need for several individual and psychological conditions; high cost of building a distance learning system at the initial stage of system creation; high complexity of developing distance learning courses.In conclusion, it is noted that the listed advantages cover the mentioned disadvantages of the organization of the educational process with the use of high-quality distance learning, which is the most promising in the whole world.
Fresh Perspectives on the College English Blended Teaching Model Within the Framework of Media Convergence

Students in China's college English programs are frequently instructed using the traditional lecture format.Students frequently feel that the learning process in traditional college English instruction is less experiential, that students are less objective in the classroom, and that their unique learning styles are less obvious.However, under the framework of media convergence, the innovation of blended learning for college English instruction can give the conventional mode new life.It increases interaction with students during the teaching process, which opens up the subjectivity of the students in the classroom and makes teaching college English more open and intuitive.In this essay, I first examine the three fundamental tenets of the deepening English teaching reform in the context of the media convergence structure, after which I examine the value of blended English teaching in that context, go on to further explain the blended college English teaching strategy, and finally present a concrete example of how blended English teaching is being used in the Media Convergence environment in practice.
The Use of Robot Technology for Blended Learning in Pandemic Situations

Nowadays we are still in the virus covid 19 pandemic situation.The pandemic condition forces the learning process to be carried out online to reduce the spread of this virus.One of the other efforts used is hybrid learning.One of the robot technologies that can support lectures work in hybrid learning is a teaching assistant robot.This technology can be used to help lecturers or teachers carry out their duties properly.This study aims to develop robotic technology for blended learning.The developed robot has a function to help hybrid learning where the robot is equipped with a camera, microphone, microcontroller, and electric motor.This robot has the advantage of using a wireless connection, it can move to display the material presented by the lecturer so that hybrid learning is optimized.
Research on the Cultivation of Engineering Talents for Information Application Base on the Deep Integration of School and Enterprise that Take the Project as Carriers

At present, in the process of talents training in the application of information engineering, there are some phenomena in the school-enterprise cooperation, such as "universities are active, enterprises are not active", the cooperation level is shallow, and the matching degree between talent output and enterprise talent demand is low.In view of these phenomena, a new training mode of information application engineering talents is put forward that base on the deep integration of school and enterprise that take the project as carrier.The paper expounds its connotation, significance and concrete construction ideas and measures.Practice shows that the model can effectively promote school-enterprise integration and collaborative education, improve students' engineering application ability, innovation and entrepreneurship ability, improve students' employment competitiveness, and improve the matching degree of talent output and professional posts.
Assemble of Information Technology (AIT) as School Infrastructure Optimization

Disruption to the learning process occurs during a pandemic.All educational arrangements are changing.Along with these changes, the independent learning curriculum is trying to be implemented.The purpose of this study was to analyze the state and availability of school infrastructure related to IT in Vocational High Schools in Central Java, to develop an assemble of information technology (A-IT) manual as an effort to optimize school infrastructure in online learning.Evaluating the assemble of information technology (A-IT) manual as an effort to optimize school infrastructure in online learning.This research is development research with a mixed-method approach, namely qualitative and quantitative.A qualitative approach is used.The subject of this research is the Principal of Vocational Schools in Central Java, while the object of this research is the optimization of information infrastructure in schools.Data collection techniques used questionnaires and interviews with principals of SMK schools in Central Java.Qualitative data analysis was carried out by collecting data, reducing data (data reduction), presenting data (data display), and drawing conclusions or verification (conclusions).The results showed that the condition and availability of IT infrastructure in Vocational High Schools in Central Java were quite good but still required the development of IT infrastructure in a better and more structured manner.Development of guidebooks the development of assembling of information technology (A-IT) manuals can be well structured through the results of FGDs with SMK principals so that the final model of the manual can be compiled and used as guidelines in the development of IT infrastructure in schools.The assembly of information technology (A-IT) manual is very useful in compiling and preparing school infrastructure properly and making it easier for schools to develop IT infrastructure so that learning becomes more optimal.
A Cases Study of the Application of TBLT in English Teaching in Chinese Secondary Schools

Task-based Language Teaching (TBLT) has been proved as an efficient pedagogy in English Language Teaching (ELT) and is generally applied by Chinese secondary school teachers in order to cultivate students' comprehensive English ability.The mainstream studies of TBLT are conducted from teachers' perspectives including lesson design and teaching assessments, while students' feedback and experiences are seldom considered as a main evaluation of TBLT.This research presents that as the main body of TBLT, students expose that TBLT has limitations in efficiency, which are ignored by teachers and scholars.This paper interviewed three Chinese secondary students who have experienced the TBLT English lessons, and collected the data by using thematic analysis to study the students' subjective feedback on TBLT.The research has shown that the "Tasks" are inappropriate for most of secondary students in terms of difficulty and complexity.Also, secondary students had low learning effectiveness to this teaching method.As a result, teachers should design the "Tasks" in consideration of their students' competence and interests, and provide more support to average students in the task process.
Improving the Ability of Students Through Blended Learning Based on Practical Courses

Blended learning is a learning system that combines face-to-face learning with online learning through the use of current developments in knowledge and technology.This learning is carried out in order to provide flexibility for students to be able to practice independently outside of learning hours that are carried out in class face-to-face.Learning with such a system will help improve the ability of students to practice outside of learning hours in order to get material widely with the activities possessed by each student.The blended learning-based learning process is currently very widely used by educators because there are still impacts from the COVID-19 pandemic, where the current education process still has limitations to be able to present students as a whole optimally and freely.The application of this blended learning provides increased independence for students to be able to meet the competencies that must be achieved in practical learning.Not only independence possessed by students, but skills in developing students' creativity are increasing well.
Robust Steganography Technique for Embedding Secret Images

Steganography is a technique used to disguise the existence of a secret communication. It is used in many fields to solve information security problems. Steganography is a technique to embed secret data in a carrier image and obtain a new image that can't actually be distinguished from the original image. This paper proposes steganography method based on least significant bit (LSB) replacement and integer wavelet transform IWT through lifting scheme to achieve high quality of stego image. we will do some pre-processing on the secret image before embedding process. IWT transforms the secret image from spatial domain to a frequency domain and will be divided it into a group of sub-bands, some of which we will use for their utmost importance and ignore some of them.&#x0D; We have embedded the secret image in a sequential LSB method and in a randomly LSB method and also by the method LSB matching. But after applying our proposed method to the secret image and then embedded it in each of the three above-mentioned methods, it was found that it had a higher degree of imperceptibly and obtained a higher rate of PSNR and the possibility of recovering the secret image without errors. By using the randomly and LSBM methods gives a higher security and resistance to extraction by attackers.
Transformation of Higher Education Models in “Tourism” Training in the Environment of Dynamically Changing External Factors: Socio-philosophical Analysis

The article presents the results of a theoretical generalization of appeals to modeling modern tourism training as a socio-cultural phenomenon that has reached a fresh stage of advancement and design under the influence of the society's needs and external aspects.The Russian domestic tourism industry has suffered due to socio-political and economic changes in the world.There have been profound changes in the Russian tourism industry.The professional community understands the need to extend the level and prestige of professional tourism training.The effectiveness and efficiency of all socio-economic processes of the current Russian tourism industry depend on significant-quality professional education.The conversion of tourism training models is dependent on the transformation of the domestic tourism industry.A socio-philosophical evaluation of the dominant models of training in Russia highlights the most common advantages and disadvantages of each model.The author did not challenge to form a specific model of tourism training but only to consider programs for the creation of models of tourism training, considering the multiple variety of conditions and elements for their implementation.
Understanding Introductory Accounting: Locus, Emotion, Learning, and Interest Nexus

This study investigates the influence of locus of control, emotional intelligence, and the learning process on the understanding of introductory accounting courses, while also exploring the moderating role of interest in learning. A nonprobability purposive sampling method was employed to gather responses from 131 accounting students enrolled in the fourth semester of 2019 at Muhammadiyah University of Sidoarjo. The collected data was analyzed using a data quality test and Moderated Analysis Regression (MRA) with SPSS version 18 for Windows. The findings reveal that locus of control, emotional intelligence, and the learning process positively and significantly affect the understanding of introductory accounting courses. However, interest in learning was found to have no moderating effect on the influence of locus of control or emotional intelligence, while it did moderate the influence of the learning process. These findings contribute to the understanding of the factors impacting the comprehension of introductory accounting courses, emphasizing the importance of locus of control, emotional intelligence, and the learning process, as well as the role of interest in learning in the educational context.&#x0D; Highlights:&#x0D; &#x0D; The study examines the impact of locus of control, emotional intelligence, and the learning process on understanding introductory accounting courses.&#x0D; It investigates whether interest in learning moderates the relationship between these factors and comprehension of the subject.&#x0D; The findings highlight the significance of locus of control, emotional intelligence, and the learning process in enhancing the understanding of introductory accounting courses, emphasizing the role of interest in learning as a moderator.&#x0D; &#x0D; Keywords: Locus of Control, Emotional Intelligence, Learning Process, Interest in Learning, Introductory Accounting Courses.
Research on Human-Centered Design with User Interface for College Social App

Recently the construction of campus culture in college is gradually transforming to digital information technology.This work conducts a literature study on the current situation of college social media and analyzes the application and value of human-centered principles in college social apps.Through the research and analysis of the social needs of college students, illustrating the product prototype and functional framework of the college campus social integration app to conduct in-depth design of the interactive functions and interface vision of the app.According to the usability test principle of "5E", the college campus integrated a social app incorporating the needs of college students into interaction prototypes, and evaluate user experience in usability and value.In sum, aiming to provide new ideas and reference direction for digital products in college.
Diversify Keyphrase Generation with Subtopic Content Modeling

Keyphrase generation is a task of automatically creating keyphrases that reflect core information expressed in a given document.Keyphrase generation is actually a one-to-many problem, as it is possible predict phrases from different aspects of the document.In this paper, we explore the diversity of keyphrase generation and propose a novel model to improve the diversity of generated keyphrases by using the hierarchical structure of text content.Specifically, we relate hierarchical content with subtopics, which are modeled by a subgraph with the technique of graph clustering.In the generation stage, a multi-decoder is adopted to allow generating keyphrases in parallel, where each decoder corresponds to a subtopic.In addition, to take into account various means of expression, we introduce conditional variational autoencoder to enhance wording diversity.Experimental results on a public dataset confirms that our proposed method outperforms state-of-the-art methods on quantitative metrics and improves the keyphrase novelty.
Strengthening 3rd Graders' Essay Writing: Contextual Teaching for Lasting Skills

This study aimed to investigate the effect of Contextual Teaching and Learning (CTL) on the development of simple essay writing skills in third grade students. A quantitative pre-experimental design with a one-group pretest-posttest approach was employed. The participants consisted of 23 students from Elementary School Plus Cahaya Budaya, selected using saturated sampling. The data were collected through pretest and posttest essay questions, and the analysis was conducted using t-test. The results indicated a significant improvement in students' writing skills after implementing the CTL learning model, as evidenced by a one-tailed p-value of 0.000 (p &lt; 0.05). This suggests that the CTL approach positively influences the development of simple essay writing skills in third grade students. The implications of these findings underscore the importance of implementing effective teaching strategies, such as CTL, to enhance students' writing abilities at an early stage.&#x0D; Highlights:&#x0D; &#x0D; CTL significantly improves simple essay writing skills in third grade students.&#x0D; Quantitative research reveals the positive impact of CTL on writing abilities.&#x0D; Pre-experimental design provides insights into the effectiveness of CTL in elementary education.&#x0D; &#x0D; Keywords: Contextual Teaching and Learning, simple essay writing skills, third grade students, quantitative research, pre-experimental design.
Application of SIDIRA Technology at the Library and Archives Service of Sidoarjo Regency

The purpose of this study was to describe and analyze SIDIRA Technological Innovations at the Library and Readiness Service of Sidoarjo Regency. This study uses descriptive qualitative methods. The data obtained through observation, documentation, and interviews with the Head of Service Processing and Preservation of Library Materials, SIDIRA service officers and SIDIRA users. Data analysis techniques in this study are data collection, data reduction, data presentation and drawing conclusions. The results showed that SIDIRA's technological innovation in the Library and Archives Service of Kab. Sidoarjo the facilities and infrastructure used are adequate and provide many conveniences, especially for the user community. And the problem is that sometimes the SIDIRA application server down or error occurs, then the SIDIRA application must use an online network to borrow and return books, it must have a stable connection. And lastly, books in the SIDIRA application cannot be downloaded, only read on the spot.
Guessing Games: Enhancing English Speaking Skills in Secondary School

This study investigates the effectiveness of incorporating guessing games as an English learning strategy, specifically focusing on improving students' speaking skills. Many students face challenges in speaking English due to perceiving it as a difficult language to learn, resulting in a lack of mastery. To address this issue, a quantitative approach was employed, involving a sample of 33 students from an eighth-grade class at SMPN 2 Gempol. Data collection included a pre-test and post-test, with the analysis conducted using the T-paired Test. The results revealed that the t-test value (16.369) exceeded the critical t-table value (2.036). Thus, the null hypothesis (H0) was rejected, and the alternative hypothesis (H1) was accepted, indicating a significant positive impact of guessing games on English speaking skills. The findings suggest that teachers can effectively utilize guessing games as an engaging instructional tool to enhance students' proficiency in spoken English.&#x0D; Highlights:&#x0D; &#x0D; Utilizing guessing games as an instructional strategy for English learning.&#x0D; Assessing the effectiveness of guessing games on students' speaking skills.&#x0D; Significant positive impact of guessing games on English speaking proficiency.&#x0D; &#x0D; Keywords: Guessing games, English learning, Speaking skills, Quantitative method, Secondary school
Weaponizing free speech protections in U.S. higher education: the ugly impact of assaultive speech on Black women students

AbstractFirst Amendment protections for blackface in U.S. higher education have for too long fostered hostile educational environments for Black women and other racially minoritized and marginalized communities. Institutions dedicated to inclusive learning environments can no longer ignore these abuses and have an opportunity and obligation to challenge and disrupt the protections long afforded to assaultive speech. However, overturning these problematic gendered-anti-Black racist narratives of interpreting caricatures of Black women's bodies with blackface and exaggerated body parts as harmless entertainment of means centering the voices, perspectives and lived truths of Black women. I use what I call an Intersectionality Discourse Analysis to analyze two subsequent federal court cases involving a white fraternity's ugly woman contest at a public U.S. university and free speech theory. In my recommendations I urge institutional leaders to take an unapologetic stance in sanctioning assaultive speech and to petition the courts to support their decision-making.Keywords: Collegiate Black womenblackfacefree speech theorycritical discourse analysis Disclosure statementNo potential conflict of interest was reported by the authors.Additional informationNotes on contributorsLaWanda W. M. WardLaWanda W. M. Ward is professor at The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania, USA.