Reviewerly/exHarmony huggingface dataset:
Human development, corruption control, and foreign direct investment revisited: the case of sub-Saharan Africa

Purpose — This paper mainly studies how human development (value-added per worker) and control of corruption (CRPT) impact FDI inflows in sub-Saharan Africa. It also highlights the contributions of gross domestic product (GDP), inflation, population growth, natural resources, and political stability to foreign direct investment (FDI) inflows into sub-Saharan Africa (SSA).Method — The study employs the dynamic panel GMM model to estimate the factors that influence the region's foreign direct investment (FDI). The data span for the research was 33 years (1984 -2016).Result — The survey shows a strong connection between FDI inflow, human development, and corruption control. While human development has a beneficial influence, controlling corruption has an uncomplimentary impact on the growth of FDI in SSA.Contribution — There is a gap concerning human development and corruption control in SSA and how they impact FDI inflows. Researchers have attempted to establish this relationship, but they have mostly opted for individual countries and not predominantly in the Sub-Saharan region. This study contributes to the literature by concentrating on these variables (value added per worker and control of corruption) and how they interact with FDI inflows in the Sub-Saharan region.
Improving Students Writing Skills by Using Picture Series on Descrptive Text

The purpose of the research is to provide students with a method to treat and facilitate the process of learning to write descriptive passages, thereby improving students' English writing skills using the Picture Series. Participants are 8th grade students of Pematangsiantar College 1 academic year 2022/2023 with 32 students. The study used CAR with two cycles to observe student activities and reactions in the classroom. The results of the study can be seen in the improvement of scores from pre-test to post-test 2 with a minimum score of 75 and a maximum score of 85 in post-test 2.
Learning Strategies Using Flash Player in Motorcycle Engineering Lessons to Realize Ease of Learning in Class

One of the goals of national education as stated in law number 20 of 2003 is that the main goal that must be an orientation in education is to educate the life of the nation and develop the whole human being, namely people who believe and fear God Almighty and have high morals. Motorcycle automotive engineering subject matter is a lesson that emphasizes the skills and expertise of students about motorcycle vehicles. In general, the objective of the Motorcycle Engineering Skills Competency (TSM) refers to the contents of the National Education System Law (UU SPN) article 3 concerning National Education Goals and the elucidation of article 15 which states that vocational education is secondary education that prepares students especially to work in the field of certain. In particular, the Motorcycle Engineering Skills Competency aims to equip students with the skills, knowledge and attitude to be competent in the maintenance, maintenance and repair of motorcycles (engine, power converter, chassis and electricity on motorcycles).
The Use Of Think Pair Share Technique In Writing Skill Descriptive Text For Grade Viii At Smp Negeri 1 Pematang Siantar

The main objective of this study is to find out the effectiveness of students’ ability in writing descriptive text that taught by using Think-Pair-Share technique. This research was conducted at SMP Negeri 1 Pematang Siantar Academic Year 2022/2023. In this research, the population is students in the eighth grade. The numbers of population were 175 students. In taking the sample, Class VIII A and VIII B was chosen by using purposive sampling technique. There were 20 students in Class VIII A and 20 students in Class VIII B. The total samples were 40 students. Quasi-experimental method was applied in this research with two group pre-test and post-test design. Class VIII A was chosen as experimental class that taught by using Think-Pair-Share technique, and Class VIII B was chosen as control class that taught by using Conventional method. The instrument used to collect data was writing test. The result of the research showed that the eighth-grade students of SMP Negeri 1 Pematang Siantar had “fair” score on pre-test with the mean score 46.6. After giving treatment the students got improvement, the got “good” score with the mean score 84.05. The result of the data analysis indicated that there was a significant improvement in the students’ writing ability after being taught using Think-Pair Share technique. It was proved by the result of the statistical analysis of the level significance P = 0.05 with degree of freedom(df) = 38 indicated that the t-test values of the students’ writing (3.99) were higher than t- table value (2,021). Based on the result analysis, the researcher then concludes that the using Think-Pair-Share technique is effective to improve the students’ writing, especially in writing descriptive text and Think-Pair-Share technique was effective to improve students’ writing ability at the eighth-grade students of SMP Negeri 1 Pematang Siantar.
Impact Analysis of Soil Flushing Remediation Technique on Chemical Properties and Metals Contents of Hydrocarbon-contaminated Mudflat in Bodo Creek, Rivers State, Nigeria

Unpolluted, polluted and remediated mudflat samples were collected in Bodo Creek, Rivers State, Nigeria to evaluate the ecological status of the area using impact analysis of sediment remediation by flushing technique on chemical properties and levels of some metals. Results showed that total organic carbon ranged from 21.5 – 23.0 % from the unpolluted to the remediated station, available nitrogen was 2.4 % and 2.5 % for the unpolluted and the polluted/remediated stations, total organic matter was 35 % and 40 % for unpolluted and polluted/remediated stations while available phosphorus ranged from 0.03 to 0.08 mg/kg for remediated to polluted/unpolluted stations. Sodium content ranged from 134 to 137 for unpolluted to polluted/remediated stations, potassium was 1779 mg/kg for unpolluted and 1370 mg/kg for the remediated station, calcium was 224 mg/kg for unpolluted and 296 mg/kg for the remediated station while Pb Cu were below detectable limits. It can be concluded that remediated station is safe ecosystem re-establishment.
A Note on Hidden Markov Models with Application to Criminal Intelligence

Hidden Markov Models (HMMs) which fall under the class of latent variable models have received widespread attention in many fields of applications. HMMs were initially developed and applied within the context of speech recognition. The theoretical framework underpinning the formalism of HMMs has also evolved over time and has found an exalted place in the theory of stochastic processes. The three problems HMMs are used to resolve were discussed alongside their solutions in this paper. An application to criminal intelligence in unraveling the culprit in a situation involving theft was also carried out and results obtained indicated that the HMMs approach offered a similar result with that of the well-established Dynamic Programming approach.
Effectiveness of Flood Management Policies in Sungai Pinang District, Samarinda City

The purpose of this study is to identify flood problems occurring in Sungai Pinang District, Samarinda City and analyze the effectiveness of implementing government policies to address flooding problems in Sungai Pinang, Samarinda City. The research method in this article uses a descriptive research design. Based on the type of research and data sources used, data collection techniques in this study used secondary data. Then the results of the research that has been done is that the causes of flooding in Sungai Pinang Subdistrict are the dynamics and development of the city growing rapidly, population growth is increasing then there is a shift in land
Public Information Disclosure and Community Digital Literacy During a Pandemic

One of the government's obligations is to provide public information to the public in order to maintain democratic stability and realize public-oriented governance. Efforts to provide good and correct information to the public include efforts to provide information about Covid-19. Because it is undeniable that widespread misleading information circulating in the public sphere of the network has generated debate about its potential dangers to democracy, organizations and individuals. However, as part of the information society and digital society, we are not only passive in receiving information. There must be digital literacy in terms of receiving, filtering, disseminating and producing information that has implications for the public. There are several digital literacy competencies that we must have, because now we live in a digital era, therefore we must improve our good digital literacy skills, not only being able to operate tools, but also being able to use digital media with full responsibility
The Development of Multimedia Teaching Material for Floral Embroidery Brooches Pined in Lady's Clothes for Nakhon Laung Polytechnic College Students

The purposes of this research are : 1) effectiveness teaching of multimedia teaching material for floral embroidery brooches pined in lady's clothes for Nakhon Laung Polytechnic College,2) the assessing is effectiveness teaching of multimedia teaching material for floral embroidery brooches pined in lady's clothes for Nakhon Laung Polytechnic College, and 3) a study of student is satisfaction with teaching of multimedia teaching material for floral embroidery brooches pined in lady's clothes for Nakhon Laung Polytechnic College. The population is the short-term student enrolled in the second semester of the 2020 academic year in Fabric Craft about 35. The instruments use in this research include multimedia teaching materials, practice test, multimedia performance assessment form and satisfaction assessment form (questionnaires).The statistics use in this study include average and the standard deviation. The research found that as follows: 1) effectiveness teaching of multimedia teaching material for floral embroidery brooches pined in lady's clothes for Nakhon Laung Polytechnic College were 80.17/ 87.31 which was higher than the specified criteria. 2) The opinion assessment teaching of multimedia teaching material for floral embroidery brooches pined in lady's clothes for Nakhon Laung Polytechnic College that it was appropriate, possibility and usefulness was at the highest level in all aspects.3) Student satisfaction with teaching of multimedia teaching material for floral embroidery brooches pined in lady's clothes for Nakhon Laung Polytechnic College at that was the highest level in all aspects.
Influence of a New Media Data Interaction System on the Course Teaching Effect

The new media data interaction system is the product of the joint development of information technology, computer technology, and education reform, which has a certain impact on the traditional teaching model. To continuously improve the course teaching effect, the influence of the new system on the course teaching effect was investigated. Experimental and control classes were set and the number of each class and teaching time were confirmed. The experimental class adopted the new media data interaction system to assist the course teaching and made courseware of such a system through different methods, such as literature data, questionnaires, and experiment methods. Moreover, a pretest questionnaire and an in-class observation scale were designed and the experimental data were analyzed through t-test and statistical analysis. Results indicate there is no significant difference in student ability and academic performance between the experimental and control classes before participating in the study. After the participation, the mean scores of the in-class scale in the learning interest, learning attitude, and communication ability of the experimental class are 13.42, 13.26, and 16.37, respectively, which are significantly different from those of the conventional class (p&lt;0.05). Thus, the new media data interaction system can improve the course teaching effect.
NLP’s Golden Era in Indonesia: Project BINA

Project BINA (Bahasa Indonesia NLP Alliances) is an Indonesia-based group of NLP leaders, innovators, researchers, practitioners, and businesses from around the globe collaborating to advance Natural Language Processing (NLP) technology for the official Indonesian language or Bahasa Indonesia. Its motto is “Advancing Indonesian language through collaboration, data and technology”.&#x0D; Over 400 exabytes (1018 bytes) of data will be generated globally each day by 2025. In addition to the official language, Indonesia has over 700 indigenous languages and dialects. Additionally, there are almost 130 million Meta (Facebook) users and about 19 million Twitter users, ranked #3 and ranked #5 most users in the world respectively. Furthermore, some Indonesian NLP researchers, innovators and practitioners have been researching NLP technology for the Indonesian language for decades and, similarly to other countries, progress has accelerated in recent years.&#x0D; This is the golden era for NLP in Indonesia with talent, knowledge, data, technology and applications able to benefit the government, industry, academia, and the broader community.
DEVELOPMENT OF SOFTSKILL-BASED VIDEO GAME LEARNING MEDIA FOR MUFRᾹDAT MASTERY IN JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL LEARNERS

&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;This study aims to determine the development process, feasibility, response, and effectiveness of soft skills-based video game learning media in mastering mufrodat. This research is a type of development research (R&amp;amp;D). By using the five steps of the ADDIE development model, namely 1) analysis, 2) design, 3) development, 4) implementation, and 5) evaluation. The data collection techniques used were interviews, observations, questionnaires and tests. The research data were analyzed quantitatively and qualitatively. This research results in a soft skill-based video game Learning Media for mufrodat acquisition. Based on the validation that has been done by material and language experts, media experts and 8th-grade Arabic teachers, the average score is 4.63 with the category "very feasible". Based on the small group trial, the average score was 4.47, and in the large group, the average score was 4.61 with the interpretation of "very good" feasibility. In the pretest results of students' mastery of mufrodat, the average result was 42.44, and the average posttest score after using the developed media was 88.09. Thus, the soft skill-based video game learning media is feasible and effective for learning mufrodat of grade VIII students.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
HYBRID SCHEMES BASED ON WAVELET TRANSFORM AND CONVOLUTIONAL AUTO-ENCODER FOR IMAGE COMPRESSION

In recent years, image compression techniques have received a lot of attention from researchers as the number of images at hand keep growing. Digital Wavelet Transform is one of them that has been utilized in a wide range of applications and has shown its efficiency in image compression field. Moreover, used with other various approaches, this compression technique has proven its ability to compress images at high compression ratios while maintaining good visual image quality. Indeed, works presented in this paper deal with mixture between Deep Learning algorithms and Wavelets Transformation approach that we implement in different color spaces. In fact, we investigate RGB and Luminance/Chrominance YCbCr color spaces to develop three image compression models based on Convolutional Auto-Encoder (CAE). In order to evaluate the models’ performances, we used 24 raw images taken from Kodak database and applied the approaches on every one of them and compared achieved experimental results with those obtained using standard compression method. We draw this comparison in terms of performance parameters: Structural Similarity Index Metrix SSIM, Peak Signal to Noise Ratio PSNR and Mean Square Error MSE. Reached results indicates that with proposed schemes we gain significate improvement in distortion metrics over traditional image compression method especially SSIM parameter and we managed to reduce MSE values over than 50%. In addition, proposed schemes output images with high visual quality where details and textures are clear and distinguishable.
Pengelolaan Pembiayaan Pendidikan Di Madrasah Ibtidaiyah Swasta Piladang, Kabupaten Lima Puluh Kota, Sumatera Barat

The aim of the study was to analyze and describe the educational financing management model in Piladang Private Madrasah Ibtidiiyah. Qualitative research methods with a case study approach. The first data collection technique was interviewing 1 school principal, 1 vice principal, 1 finance staff, 1 administrative staff, 2 teachers, and 2 students; second run; and third observation. Data processing techniques with reduction, data presentation, and conclusion. Data validation technique with technique and source triangulation. The results of the study show: (1) financing planning by planning the costs of admitting new students, educational development, and community contributions. (2) use of costs for infrastructure, salaries of teaching and educational staff, office stationery, and other madrasah operations. (3) financing supervision: firstly by the Foundation by checking the school's account, secondly by the school principal by checking proof of school financial expenses. (4) reporting and accountability by making madrasah financial reports which are reported to school principals and foundations every semester.
The Comparative Economics of Globalisation and Governance in Sub-Saharan Africa

This study investigates the effect of globalisation on governance in 40 Sub-Saharan African countries for the period of 2000-2019, with particular emphasis on income levels (low income versus middle income), legal origins (English common law versus French civil law), landlockedness (landlocked versus unlandlocked), resource wealth (oil-rich versus oil-poor) and political stability (stable versus unstable). The empirical evidence is based on fixed effects regressions in order to control for the unobserved heterogeneity. Political, economic, social, and general globalisation variables are used, while three bundled governance indicators are also employed to assess five main hypotheses. From baseline findings, while all globalisation dynamics negatively affect political governance, only political and social globalisation dynamics have a negative incidence on economic governance. Social and general globalisation dynamics positively affect institutional governance. The hypotheses that higher income, English common law, unlandlocked, oil-poor, and politically-stable countries are associated with higher levels of globalisation-driven governance, are valid, invalid, and partially valid contingent on the globalisation and governance dynamics.
Big Data in Cloud Computing: An Overview

Abstract: Cloud computing is a potent tool for sophisticated and massive-scale computation. It removes the need for expensive hardware, specialized space, and software maintenance. It has been noticed that cloud computing has resulted in a massive increase in the volume of data, or big data. Managing massive amounts of data is a complex and time-consuming operation that requires an extensive computer infrastructure for effective data processing and analysis. Many industries, including minor and major organizations, healthcare, education, and many more, are attempting to harness the potential of big data. In healthcare, for example, big data is used to reduce treatment costs, predict pandemic outbreaks, and prevent infections, among other things. This article discusses comprehensive data processing strategies from system and application perspectives to offer an orderly picture of the issues that application developers and database management system (DBMS) designers face while designing and deploying internet-scale applications. While big data has various uses in various industries, it has challenges.
Meta-e-learning: la aplicación del Metaverso en la educación online. Un análisis de la evolución del e-learning como propuesta de mejora en la etapa universitaria

La situación pandémica provocada por la COVID-19 ha acelerado, en algunos casos, y forzado en otros, la remodelación de multitud de modelos empresariales. En formación, evolución es sinónimo de nuevas formas de hacer llegar el conocimiento a los alumnos. La presencia del e-learning ya supone una revolución que ocurrió, que está presente, y que sigue incrementándose con el paso del tiempo. Sin embargo, aunque parezca que ya abarcamos todas las opciones posibles, nos olvidamos del escenario que ha cogido fuerza desde que la empresa Facebook anunció su cambio de nombre a Meta, potenciando lo que conocíamos como Second Life y que no deja de ser un escenario de realidad virtual (VR) donde se potencian las grandes ventajas de la formación online y donde existe la posibilidad de incorporar tecnologías inmersivas como la realidad aumentada (AR) mediante el uso de un avatar en Metaverso y la aplicación de tecnologías que permiten obtener una serie de recursos académicos muy próximos a la realidad. En el presente trabajo repasamos las ventajas del e-learning evaluando las opciones que nos permite el metaverso con el fin de definir una vía formativa que puede ofrecer una experiencia distinta, mucho más cercana a la realidad, creativa, potente y motivadora respecto a la forma actual, y que podría aplicarse en estudios superiores: el Meta-e-learning (MeL). -------------------------------------------------------------------------The pandemic situation caused by COVID-19 has accelerated, in some cases, and forced in others, the remodeling of many business models. In training, evolution is synonymous with new ways of getting knowledge to students. The presence of e-learning already represents a revolution that has occurred, is present, and continues to increase over time. However, although it seems that we have already covered all the possible options, we are forgetting the scenario that has gained strength since the company Facebook announced its name change to Meta, promoting what we knew as Second Life and that is still a scenario of virtual reality (VR) where the great advantages of online training are enhanced and where there is the possibility of incorporating immersive technologies such as augmented reality (AR) through the use of an avatar in the Metaverse and the application of technologies that allow obtaining a series of academic resources very close to reality. In this paper we review the advantages of e-learning evaluating the options that the metaverse allows us in order to define a training path that can offer a different experience, much closer to reality, creative, powerful and motivating compared to the way current, and that could be applied in higher studies: Meta-e-learning (MeL).