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Effectiveness of RFID Technology in Library Management System in Bangladesh

The purpose of the study is to evaluate the effectiveness of Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) technology in library management system and services in Bangladesh. This study followed survey and interview methods of data collection through a structured questionnaire. The population of study was all nine libraries in Bangladesh where RFID technology has been installed. The study reveals that all nine libraries are using RFID technology, namely, anti-theft detection Electronic Article Surveillance (EAS) gate, staff-work station and RFID tag. In addition to these, some of them are using kiosk, converter, level printer, book drop station, digital library assistance (DLA) and RFID smart card for entrance. The significance numbers of library users employ the RFID system and services and it is increasing gradually, but some of the RFID machines like level printer, book drop station and DLA are under-utilized because of lack of trained staff, patron’s doubt on new technology and less demand on using them in house-keeping library operation.
Voice-Text Chat App

Teleconferencing is a technique used to bring people and ideas together despite geographical challenges. To start chatting with the user you need to connect to a network where the user can create a specific conversation and group. This application suggests the structure of a professional chat system that will not allow the user to send inappropriate or inappropriate messages to members. This application aims to state a mechanism that provides security to the user and they can easily & safely share their private data with other user. Additionally, we add some keyword options also where the user can set the keyword according to their need.
The Understanding of Literacy by Selected University of Zambia Undergraduate Students

This paper emerged from a field research aimed at establishing the understanding of the term literacy by selected University of Zambia undergraduate students. Data was collected through face to face interviews with 24 students randomly drawn from ten schools of the University of Zambia. Although students were randomly selected, there was an exclusion criteria used where students who were studying on a literacy and language programme were not involved on this study as they knew much about literacy already. In qualitative research, interview is a method of data collection that require a researcher to ask direct questions to the respondents. The data collected was analyzed thematically with the help of the constructivist theory where emerging constructive information was treated as it was presented by respondents. The findings revealed that most students at the University of Zambia knew literacy as reading and writing. Very few mentioned other forms of literacies such as information literacy, computer literacy, financial literacy, legal literacy and functional literacy. The study recommended that, although students across the university were studying in various fields, they should find time to understand certain forms of literacies such as computer literacy, financial literacy and media.
“Smart” Educational Technology: A Conversation between sava saheli singh, Jade E. Davis, and Chris Gilliard

A conversation about smart technology use in educational settings.
Password Authenticated Key Exchange Variants for Practical Password Security

Author(s): Bradley, Tatiana | Advisor(s): Jarecki, Stanislaw | Abstract: Password authentication is common in the digital world, yet current methods rely completely on Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) and server trust to establish security. A promising solution to this problem is Password Authenticated Key Exchange (PAKE), a cryptographic primitive in which two parties who share a password establish a cryptographic key. This dissertation is a collection of three articles which all center on creating and analyzing PAKE variants in the strong Universally Composable model that solve real-world problems efficiently enough to be adopted in practice. The articles are entitled “Password Authenticated Public Key Encryption,” [27] “Strong Asymmetric PAKE based on Trapdoor CKEM,” [28] and “Universally Composable Relaxed Password Authenticated Key Exchange” [2].
Songwriting, Visuality and Technological Determinism – Exploring Artistic Responses to Perceived Negative Effects of Streaming on Songwriting and Production

The recording medium has an enduring effect on ‘idealised’ duration expectations of popular music songs. A more recently discussed trend over the last decade of overall reduction in recorded song length since streaming’s rise, possibly due to the introduction of metrics regarding skip rates, is perceived as having a ‘deleterious’ effect with artists ‘abandoning’ typical structuring elements in favour of perhaps ‘performing’ better within the streaming context. Some commentators refer to this as a consequence of audience ‘attention deficit’ and others due to algorithms and other related issues. Whilst a traditional critique discussing the ‘loss’ of autonomy and subsequent domination of creatives by a consumption technology would be indicated, instead this writer would argue that rather than having a stifling effect, artists are driving creative responses to this situation. Artists explore and challenge traditional song architecture by the incorporation of a visual based extension thereby creating an overall, engaging piece. This chapter will explore creative applications of songwriting and production viewed as an active and positive response when negotiating processes that on the surface can appear limiting, lacking in autonomy and hegemonic in operation. This is an opportunity not just for business but for creativity and new ‘voices’.
LibGuides: Electronic Resources: Troubleshooting

This is an information guide about the Electronic Resources at NOVA Libraries. For more information, contact LTS@nvcc.edu
A Detailed Survey on the Relationship between Virtualisation, Hyperconvergence and Big Data

With the focus of world leaders in technology shifting towards Virtualization and Cloud computing, it has become a fast-growing field of technology. Earlier, corporations incurred a lot of cost in procuring hardware to deploy their applications with the absence of virtualization technology. Since the advent of virtualization it has been widely used by the industry for its cost effective deployment and flexibility. In this paper we have surveyed the impact of virtualization on the modern technological industry, how virtualization is growing and shed light on the latest developments in the field of virtualization. The types of virtualization are also discussed where we have hardware virtualization, network virtualization, server virtualization and many more. This paper also contains information about the different types of virtualization and we will also discuss the different types of hypervisors on which virtual machines are deployed and the latest developments with respect to hypervisors. Hyperconvergence is the latest advancement in virtualization and cloud computing. Hyperconvergence is combining two or more aspects of cloud computing and running both the components as one node. This has gained significance as it is more cost effective and easy to scale. This paper contains a survey on hyperconvergence and the basic technology behind it. We also enumerate the way hyperconvergence has eliminated a lot of pain points such as hardware vendor-compatibility problems, difficulty in scaling multiple machines as opposed to just one node in hyperconvergence.
Data activism as essential service

From data collection to provide epidemiologic analysis to questions about privacy and surveillance, data has taken up an even more vital role with the COVID-19 pandemic: reliable data is required for decision-making and for measuring the effectiveness of strategies to control the virus. In general, citizens look up to governments to provide that information. However, a mix of inclination to opacity on the side of governments and a mistrust on the side of the citizens can open up the issue to data activism. Building on transparency studies and data activism literature, this research explores a case study of data activism in Brazil, where a group of volunteers consolidate and structure COVID-19 data for open access, replacing a fundamental attribute of the state during a pandemic. Because of its urgency and impact, a pandemic makes us rethink the role of data activism beyond issues of justice, accountability, and social change. © AMCIS 2021.
COMPETENCE APPROACH TO PROFESSIONAL TRAINING OF FUTURE TEACHERS OF MUSIC AS A PRIORITY OF MODERN TRANSFESSIONALIZATION OF MODERN ART EDUCATION

The article analyzes the current state of professional training of future music teachers. As a result of the research it was established that one of the priority directions of improving the professional training of future music teachers is the content-procedural implementation of the competent approach. It is grounded that the introduction of a competent approach contributes to the renewal of the educational process in institutions of higher pedagogical education as a result of the accentuation of methods and mechanisms of formation and development of students' ability to practically act and apply their acquired knowledge and experience in future professional activities.. Key words: vocational and educational training, competencе based approach, culture of professional thinking , transfessionalization
Secure and Compact Elliptic Curve LR Scalar Multiplication

Elliptic curve cryptography (ECC) can ensure an equivalent security with much smaller key sizes. Elliptic curve scalar multiplication (ECSM) is a fundamental computation used in ECC. This paper focuses on ECSM resisting simple power attack and safe error attack of side-channel attack specifically. Elliptic curve complete addition (CA) formulae can achieve secure ECSM algorithms but are inefficient from memory and computational cost perspectives. Another secure ECSM, which uses (extended) affine, is more efficient for both memory and computational costs. However, it scans input scalars from right to left. In this paper, our developed scalar multiplication algorithms also use their extended affine, but scan from left to right (LR). We also prove the security of our LR ECSM algorithms and analyze them both theoretically and experimentally. Our new LR ECSM algorithms can reduce the amount of memory by \(37.5\%\) and reduce the computational time by more than \(40\%\) compared to Joye’s regular 2-ary LR algorithm with CA formulae.
VUT Libraries: Faculty of Applied and Computer Sciences: Useful Websites for Students

This guide contains genral library information for the Faculty of Applied and Computer Sciences.
The Roles of Modeling, Microanalysis and Response Strategy in a Skill Acquisition Task

Researchers (see Siegler, 1987; Newell, 1973) have demonstrated the dangers of aggregating data over strategies. In this paper, we provide a current demonstration of this point using our recent work in the study of cognitive skill acquisition as a case study. Moreover, we call particular attention to the relation between cognitive modeling and microanalysis as driving forces toward a more thorough understanding of the role of strategies in cognitive skill acquisition.
Simulations of Open Quantum Systems and Decoherence-Free Subspaces

Complex quantum systems, such as a quantum computer, will always be coupled in some way to the environment. This can cause what's called decoherence, a destructive process by which information is lost from the system into the environment. In this bachelor thesis paper, we discuss decoherence-free subspaces within networks of coupled quantum harmonic oscillators (or QHOs). We investigate where such noiseless subspaces (or NSs) occur most frequently in an ensemble of Erdos-Renyi networks, for which we do not yet consider the influence of the bath. We then proceed by adding the bath into the equation, using some of the theory of open quantum systems. Specifically, we derive the Lindblad master equation and show its form for the case of our networks. Consequently, we simulate the behavior of the moments of the position operators for the graphs with 3 nodes, both by means of the full Lindblad equation, and by first tracing out those moments to obtain their differential equations. We compare those two results to each other, and also look back to the situation before adding the bath to see if the NSs are still present. From the results of the simulations, we can conclude several things. Firstly, we see that for ensembles with probability of connection p very close to either 0 or 1, both to number of noiseless modes and the probability of finding at least one is largest. This is credited to their relatively high degrees of symmetry. Secondly, in the results of the density matrix and moment simulations, we see that, indeed, the noiseless modes are preserved when considering the influence of the bath. Furthermore, we can conclude that simulation of the density matrix for the case of coupled QHOs in a network is in many cases not stable; the cutoff at a finite level s needed to simulate an otherwise infinite- dimensional operator leads to non-positivity of the density matrix. Therefore, it is best to simulate the moments from their respective differential equations, as opposed to the full Lindblad master equation. Finally, the differential equations for the moments and their solutions show that there are indeed noiseless clusters for eigenmodes perpendicular to the center of mass, as predicted.
¿Oponentes o colegas? Desacuerdo y adversarialidad en la teoría de la argumentación

In this paper I claim that the link between argumentation and disagreement is not natural; furthermore, I argue that conceiving this link as a natural one has had detrimental results for argumentation theory. To support this claim, I begin by showing that disagreement is not a necessary condition for argumentation and that the function of argumentation is not to resolve disagreements or to reduce differences of opinion. Next, I argue that disagreement in argumentation is usually conceived from an adversarial paradigm: as a conflict of beliefs (or other mental states). I conclude by showing that, even when approaching it from disagreement, it is not necessary to conceive argumentation adversarially; instead, I propose a partial paradigm shift in argumentation theory: ceasing to conceive arguers as adversaries and conceiving them as colleagues in a collective and common endeavor offers the opportunity for epistemic improvement.
UNDERSTANDING DISASTER PREVENTION LITERACY OF VILLAGERS IN MAGELANG REGENCY

&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt; &lt;/em&gt;&lt;em&gt;This research aims to measure the disaster literacy of residents in Disaster-prone Area (DPA) III and its support villages in Magelang Regency related to the Sister Village-based disaster mitigation. The four-level disaster literacy model (basic disaster literacy, functional disaster literacy, communicative/interactive literacy, and critical disaster literacy) is used to explain the manifestation of awareness, knowledge and understanding of DPA III villagers and their support villages regarding the Sister Village program. This qualitative research uses a constructivist approach. The data was collected through in depth-interview with research respondents, namely village officials and the Disaster Risk Mitigation Team in Ngargosoko, Nglumut, and Kapuhan villages (located in DPA III) as well as Sucen, Gulon and Mangunsari villages (support villages). The results showed that there are concrete manifestations of awareness, knowledge understanding and behavior of the villagers regarding the Sister Village program at these four levels. However, the context is preparedness or non-disaster and before disaster conditions. For example, the understanding of the table-top exercise and field exercise function held by BPBD Kabupaten Magelang. The function of the Sister Village program is to collect population and pre-existing facilities data on a regular basis, conduct awareness programs in accordance with respondents’ job description in the Sister Village program and map the aspects of disaster mitigation to minimize disaster risks. As for the condition during disaster and after disaster, it is still cannot be seen from the research results because at the time of the research, the respective community was not facing eruption disaster, given that the last Merapi eruption occurred in 2010 and the Sister Village program was only initiated a year later.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
Latency Preserving Self-optimizing Placement at the Edge.

The Internet is experiencing a fast expansion at its edges. The wide availability of heterogeneous resources at the Edge is pivotal in the definition and extension of traditional Cloud solutions toward supporting the development of new applications. However, the dynamic and distributed nature of these resources poses new challenges for the optimization of the behaviour of the system. New decentralized and self-organizing methods are needed to face the needs of the Edge/Cloud scenario and to optimize the exploitation of Edge resources. In this paper we propose a distributed and adaptive solution that reduces the number of replicas of application services that are executed throughout the system, all the while ensuring that the latency constraints of applications are met, thus allowing to also meet the end users' QoS requirements. Experimental evaluations through simulation show the effectiveness of the proposed approach.
Exploring The Factors Of Employee Retention In Bangladesh Private Universities / Shamsel Arifin and Rafiduraida Abdul Rahman

The main objective of this study is to explore the factors affecting employee retention in Bangladesh Private Universities. This study adopted a qualitative method using semi-structured interview. 10 lecturers from three different private universities in Bangladesh were selected as the sample for this research. Data was analysed through the coding method and member checking technique was used to check the validity and reliability of the data. Result clearly showed that employee retention was influenced by the compensation most, followed by work life balance, employee empowerment and training and development facilities. The study also found that factors such as transportation facilities and preferable subject also affect employee retention. As this study explores the factors of employee retention, management of the private universities will be benefited to develop their retention strategies by considering the significant factors. Furthermore, this study will add more research value on employee retention in Bangladesh higher educational organization which is currently limited.
LibGuides: MBA Library Services & Resources: Market Research and Data

This guide presents selected services and resources for the AUD MBA program. The resources are available through AUD Library and open access websites
Blockchain-Based Smart Supply Chain Management

Supply chain management (SCM) encompasses a broad range of activities in order to facilitate bringing the end product to the consumers, including transformation of raw materials to products and distribution of the products to consumers through wholesalers and retailers. An efficient SCM leads to increased industry profit, elevates the customer values and minimizes the resources cost. Incorporation of Internet of Things (IoTs) into SCM automates the entire system starting from procuring the raw materials, production of goods until distribution to customers, thereby reducing the processing time and increasing the profit by reducing the transportation and labor cost further. Tonnes and tonnes of data are available from IoT devices and it is important to ensure the security of such data as it is sensitive and personal. To attain such objective, SCM is adopting blockchain technology. Blockchain is a cryptographically hashed chain of blocks and has the key features of decentralized technology and immutable concept. This blockchain technology can be incorporated in the transactions of data collected across various sensors from different industries to make it secure, protect it against vulnerabilities and provide validation of data. Securing the data with blockchain ensures the authentication, confidentiality, integrity, access control and availability of the data.
Library Anxiety among the First-Year Undergraduate, Master’s, and Doctoral Students at Universitas Gadjah Mada

Background of the study: As a unit in a University, library has a role to help users by providing library services, especially for the first-year students who are accepted in large numbers each year. The large number of admitted first-year students need attention from university, especially library, by conducting socialization activity to reduce library anxiety. There are still many first-year students feel anxiety in themselves.&#x0D; Purpose: This study aims to measure the first-year student’s anxiety level in and to compare anxiety level of students who participate and do not participate in library services socialization, between levels, factors, and between groups of external and internal factors that affect the anxiety level of first-year students.&#x0D; Method: This study used a quantitative approach by using survey research method. There were 336 respondents that involved in this study; 236 respondents from undergraduate program, 87 respondents from master program, and 13 respondents from doctoral program. This study used convenience sampling to collect the data and SPSS 25 to analyze the data.&#x0D; Findings: The results of this study indicate that the first-year students have low anxiety level.&#x0D; Conclusion: There is a significant difference between students who participated and those who did not participate in socialization activity; they have different library anxiety level at all levels; There is a significant difference between the factors affecting anxiety level of first-year students; There is no