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A WHOLE NEW WORLD: EXPLORING VIRTUAL REALITY USE AND PERCEPTIONS WITH COMMUNITY-DWELLING OLDER ADULTS

Abstract Virtual reality (VR) is an emerging technology that can facilitate and support active engagement and social interactions through shared immersive experiences. While limited evidence suggests VR can improve the health and well-being of older adults in residential and clinical care settings, research has not examined the potential benefits of a shared VR experience with community-dwelling older individuals despite their increased risk for social isolation. This exploratory, longitudinal study used a mixed-methods approach to assess the impact of VR programming among persons 65+ years of age with limited mobility attending a Program of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE) and participating in a group-level VR intervention (n=9). Quantitative measures pertaining to health, well-being, social isolation, and comfort with technology were collected at baseline, six weeks, and twelve weeks. Qualitative, semi-structured focus groups were also conducted to assess participants’ perceptions of the VR intervention. Paired sample t-test results indicated improvements over time in participants’ pain level, well-being, and comfort in relation to using VR technology (p &amp;lt;.05). Qualitative data illustrated that participants were extremely receptive to using VR and found the experience pleasurable, realistic, and exciting. The most common themes suggested VR programming was regarded as a highly immersive, stimulating experience that can bolster camaraderie and positive feelings. Moreover, participants felt empowered by the experience. These findings demonstrate that utilizing VR programming with community-dwelling older adults can provide interactive and engaging experiences. The potential benefits of this intervention provide a basis for developing programming that can improve well-being and connectedness.
Randy Shoup on Evolving Architecture and Organization at eBay

In Episode 525 of “Software Engineering Radio,” Randy Shoup of eBay discusses the evolution of eBay’s tech stack with host Jeremy Jung. Topics include eBay’s origins, its five-year migration to multiple Java services, database sharing between old and new systems, building a distributed tracing system, advantages of cloud, why services should own their own data storage, effects of scale, rejoining a former company, choosing what to work on first, the book Accelerate, and improving delivery time. We provide summary excerpts in this article; to hear the full interview, visit http://www.se-radio.net or access our archives via RSS at http://feeds.feedburner.com/se-radio. —Robert Blumen
A MOMENT’S NOTICE: RECOGNIZING THE STRESSFUL LIFE EVENTS, EMOTIONS, AND ACTIONS THAT MAKE US SUSCEPTIBLE TO SCAMS

Abstract Scamming has become a booming, multibillion-dollar industry with millions of Americans targeted by scams each year. To better understand the rates of exposure to scams and factors that may increase a target’s susceptibility to financial loss resulting from a scam, AARP commissioned a national survey that screened over 9,000 adults ages 18+ about their rates of encounters and financial loss from 26 popular scams. Among the total sample, 15% (an estimated 33 million people) reported losing money to a scam in the past year. Additionally, a subset of 3,280 respondents, including 1,085 respondents who lost money to a scam, were surveyed more extensively about their experiences. The study uncovered environmental and emotional factors in which targets are more susceptible to fraud. Specifically, fraud victims reported experiencing twice as many stressful life events (i.e., 4.0 vs. 1.9), 58% more fraud encounters, stronger emotional arousal during fraud encounters, and significantly less family support and closeness than non-victims. Additionally, only two of the eight protection tools recommended by fraud experts (i.e., using a passcode and installing protective software on one’s computer) were used by most respondents; and less than half of respondents reported using call blocking tools or online monitoring of their accounts, which can dramatically reduce exposure to scam encounters. Together, these findings show the importance of building public awareness of the role of stress, emotional arousal, and feelings of isolation in fraud susceptibility, and highlight the benefits of using fraud protection tools to limit one’s exposure to fraud.
Correlation of geological complexes of the Khan-Tengri Mountain massif

Researchers of the border regions of Xinjiang and the Central Asian countries are actively discussing two alternative models for the relationships between the main structural units of the Tianshan mountains. Most researchers believe that the Kyrgyz Middle Tianshan wedges out to the east along the Atbashi-Inylchek-Nalati marginal fault. According to the second hypothesis, the structures of the Middle Tianshan continue within the range Nalati where they are described as Chinese Central Tianshan. Comparing the characteristics of the Paleozoic and Proterozoic sedimentary, volcanogenic, intrusive, and metamorphic formations of these regions leads us to the conclusion that the structural units of the Kyrgyz Middle and most of the Northern Tianshan, including the superimposed Middle-Late Paleozoic troughs, are not continued into China, but are successively cut along the echelon system of conjugated strike-slip faults, united by us into the Frontal Tianshan Dextral Strike-slip (FTDS). And only the northern segment of the Issyk-Kul massif can be considered as an analogue of the Chinese Central Tianshan, displaced along the FTDS to the northwest for a distance of at least 80 km. Therefore, adjacent geological complexes are eroded along the FTDS like the oblique boundaries of convergent lithospheric plates are tectonic eroded.
Main characteristics of the image of the higher school teacher and the factors of influence on it

The article highlights the essence of the concept of image and the image of a teacher of a higher education institution, analyzes scientific works devoted to this issue, highlights the results of a questionnaire survey and interviews, which made it possible to determine the respondents’ vision of those qualities and traits that should be inherent in teachers of higher education institutions.In order to assess the closeness of the connection between the specified features, the correlation coefficient of Spearman’s ranks was calculated and its value was checked for the significance of the connection. In particular, it was determined how important it is for students that the teacher has a scientific degree and title; own scientific articles, manuals and textbooks; and how important it is for the teacher to be a practitioner. It was found out whether students pay attention to how the teacher communicates with other teachers and students, how the teacher answers students’ questions and whether it is important for them when there is contact with the teacher on social networks and the latest technologies are used in the educational process; do students pay attention to how the teacher reacts to the opposite opinion, what are his manners in the process of interaction in the environment of colleagues and students, what appearance of the teacher impresses students more, etc.The importance (on the basis of a rank scale) of image characteristics indicated personally (answers to open questions) by both male and female respondents was determined. The following main characteristics of the image of a teacher of a higher education institution were noted: self-confident professional; has a love and flair for teaching; is able to convey information, interest, capture the attention of students; is able to clearly explain tasks and their evaluation criteria; objective and impartial; punctual, responsible in fulfilling commitments and keeping one’s word; friendly and open in communication; sociable, with a sense of humor; able to consider the psychological characteristics of students; has a suitable appearance.&#x0D; JEL classіfіcatіon: A22, Z00
Blockchain Mining: Understanding its Difficulty in Terms of Hashing Algorithm Efficiency

Abstract Blockchain is an emerging technology that offers great advantages such as global distribution of information and data immutability over time, but its mining process is known to be time consuming and highly resource demanding. There are different algorithms to mine blocks, being able to operate at different levels of complexity and also incurring different compute costs. This study used a custom and simple implementation of the MessageDigest Java class to evaluate the performance of MD5 version 2, SHA2, and SHA3 (the last two in modalities of 256 and 512-bits) when automatically creating a chain of a thousand blocks, measuring its average time for generation and proof of work verification, alongside to the count of incurred iterations. The SHA3 methods produced stronger hash values but performed slower than MD5 and SHA2, and the complexity level of 4 characters offered the best security level in terms of iteration count versus calculation time. Complexity levels of 5 and 6 characters offered greater security but with a drastic performance reduction, which is proper for critical security systems that do not process high volumes of information. These results are useful for those small to medium organizations that are planning to implement blockchain technologies and need a parameter for understanding exactly what ‘mining cost’ really means in terms of compute costs.
Pengembangan Sistem Informasi untuk Akreditasi Program Studi

Abstrak Peralihan instrumen akreditasi program studi menjadi Instrumen Akreditasi Program Studi (IAPS) 4.0 dan pengumpulan dokumen pendukung merupakan tantangan yang besar saat pengisian borang akreditasi. Tujuan penelitian adalah mengembangkan sistem informasi untuk akreditasi program studi. Metode penelitian yang digunakan adalah penelitian dan pengembangan yang diadopsi dari Richey dan Klein, terdiri dari perancangan, produksi, dan evaluasi. Pengumpulan data dilakukan dengan wawancara, studi literatur, dan kuesioner. Analisis data dilakukan dengan menghitung persentase kelayakan dan kepraktisan. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa tahap perancangan dilakukan analisis kebutuhan pengguna. Tahap produksi dilakukan perancangan sistem informasi akreditasi IAPS 4.0 dengan fitur template borang; rincian jadwal pengisian; simulasi perhitungan skor; cek plagiasi; proses review; serta pengunggahan dokumen pendukung dan formulir Sistem Penjaminan Mutu Internal. Tahap evaluasi dilakukan uji coba produk oleh dua orang ahli dan pengguna sebanyak 15 orang. Hasil uji coba ahli dan pengguna menunjukkan bahwa rancangan sistem informasi sudah layak untuk digunakan dan disebarluaskan. AbstractThere was a transition of the study program accreditation instrument to IAPS 4.0. and collecting supporting documents is a big challenge when filling out accreditation forms. The research aimed to develop an information system for study program accreditation. The research method used research and development adopted from Richey and Klein, namely design, production, and evaluation. Data collection was carried out through interviews, literature studies, and questionnaires. Data analysis was performed by calculating the percentage of feasibility and practicality. The design stage was carried out by analyzing user needs. In the production phase, the design of the IAPS 4.0 accreditation information system was carried out with the form template feature; charging schedule details; score calculation simulation; plagiarism check; review process; as well as uploading supporting documents and forms of the Internal Quality Assurance System. In the evaluation phase, product trials were carried out by two experts and 15 users. The results of expert and user trials showed that the information system design is feasible for use and dissemination.
Quasi-Experimental Research as An Epistemological-Methodological Approach in Education Research

Pedagogy as a social-humanistic science that deals with upbringing and education expresses its complexity through a plurality of ideas, understandings and opportunities for studying, learning and researching educational practice. The methodology dealt with by experimental and quasi-experimental pedagogy is exact and serves to establish reliable data, i.e., it searches for facts and evidence that can replace research hypotheses. A synonym for quasi-experimental pedagogy is “new pedagogy” because the evaluation of research quality in educational practice can be defined through the methodological basis of research, originality, novelty and significance. The question arises: how many quasi-experiments have been conducted so far that researchers are not even aware of, that is, they have not called this type of research by its real name? The main goal of theoretical research is to analyze the crucial differences between non-experimental, experimental and quasi-experimental research. From the presented goal of the research arises the research task which is reflected in seeking to affirm quasi-experimental research in pedagogy with the aim of bringing closer to the scientific public the characteristics and advantages of quasi-experiments in terms of streamlining implementation and practicality in the natural school environment. The paper uses the theoretical analysis method with the content analysis technique. The authors presented conclusions about the importance of quasi-experimental research as a special epistemological-methodological approach in determining the causality of educational phenomena.
Possibilities and limits of innovation of didactic strategies in primary classes, in the current social context

The present study investigates how digital education and the global pandemic crisis influence the reconstruction of teaching strategies through the lens of the pedagogical concept of educational innovation. We contribute to the debate in the specialized literature that discusses the possibilities and limits of the reconstruction of didactic strategies in primary schools as part of a broad process of innovation in education. Identifying the problems faced by primary school teachers, before and after the Covid moment, as well as outlining teaching strategies based on the solutions proposed by them, is a priority in the process of rebuilding the education system. Also during the pandemic, the two main issues raised by an OECD survey of 59 countries were students' access to technology and teachers' ability to find ways to carry out their activities using technology. Data from the Teaching and The International Learning Study (TALIS) show that in many countries, teachers' skills regarding digitization in educational practice are still limited. Remaking didactic strategies, especially in primary school, is necessary to reduce the gaps faced by the current generation of students, those who are the main beneficiaries of the educational act and those who suffer first when the quality of the educational system decreases.
Role of head of states at G20 High Level Conference in utilizing environmental of sustainable development on electricity in Indonesia

Dependence on fossil energy sources as fuel for power generation still dominates most systems to meet the needs of electrical energy in Indonesia. Efforts to reduce fossil fuels for power generation and switch to new and renewable energy are pursued by the government with the issuance of regulations concerning the National Energy Policy. The responsibility of the government in the context of national energy management has a very decisive role for the sustainability of the national energy supply that is safe, reliable and environmentally friendly. To implement the provisions of Chapter 11 (2) UURI Number 30 of 2007 concerning Energy. The regulation of the EBT issue is regulated in Chapter 4 (2) and (3) of the Republic of Indonesia Law Number 30/2007, where it is stated that: Chapter 4 (2) New energy resources and renewable energy resources are regulated by the State and utilized for the greatest prosperity of the people. The G20 agreed on the "Bali Compact", which was the result of the Energy Transitions Ministerial Meeting (ETMM), in Bali, last September 2022, which contained nine principles. The "Bali Compact" is an important part of accelerating the energy transition. The G20 Summit, the Bali Leader's Declaration document can be reached and agreed upon by all state leaders present.
Do Prior Information on Performance of Individual Classifiers for Fusion of Probabilistic Classifier Outputs using Yayambo Matter?

Abstract In this paper, a performance-agnostic fusion of probabilistic classifier outputs from [21] (called Yayambo) is modified. Yayambo is iterative and was proposed for combining probabilistic outputs of black-box classifiers trained for the same task to make a single consensus class prediction. Yayambo considers the diversity between the outputs of the various classifiers, iteratively updating predictions based on their correspondence with other predictions until the predictions converge to a consensus decision. [21] treated black-box classifiers. For this paper, cases where prior information, i.e. performances of individual classifiers in the form of accuracy is taken into account for fusion of classifier outputs are considered. Then we discussed the relevance of prior information for combination of probabilistic classifier outputs. Though informed classifier fusion methods outperform uniformed classifier fusion methods in general, the experiments have demonstrated that performances of classifier fusion methods, for both informed and uniformed fusion methods, depend on nature of data and types of individual classifiers used. This means that one needs to carefully select a classifier fusion method under good understanding of characteristics of data sets and classification models used. In other words, for some situations, uninformed classifier fusion methods might outperform the informed ones. The modified version of Yayambo (i.e. informed Yayambo) outperforms the uninformed one in most cases considered in this study.
Modern and Lightweight Component-based Symmetric Cipher Algorithms

Information security, being one of the corner stones of network and communication technology, has been evolving tremendously to cope with the parallel evolution of network security threats. Hence, cipher algorithms in the core of the information security process have more crucial role to play here, with continuous need for new and unorthodox designs to meet the increasing complexity of the applications environment that keep offering challenges to the current existing cipher algorithms. The aim of this review is to present symmetric cipher main components, the modern and lightweight symmetric cipher algorithms design based on the components that utilized in cipher design, highlighting the effect of each component and the essential component among them, how the modern cipher has modified to lightweight cipher by reducing the number and size of these components, clarify how these components give the strength for symmetric cipher versus asymmetric of cipher. Moreover, a new classification of cryptography algorithms to four categories based on four factors is presented. Finally, some modern and lightweight symmetric cipher algorithms are selected, presented with a comparison between them according to their components by taking into considerations the components impact on security, performance, and resource requirements.
Sentiment Analysis of Online Lectures Tweets using Naïve Bayes Classifier

Online lecture is an alternative learning method during the Covid-19 pandemic. There are opinions with pro and contra of the learning method. The purpose of this study is to evaluate the tweets of opinion or sentiment retrieved from social media Twitter regarding online lectures among the Indonesian community. Twint is used to collect the data tweet and Jupyter notebook is for text preprocessing and classification. The processes started with scraping data from Twitter, text preprocessing, and text classification. Using the Naïve Bayes classifier shows the performance has a precision value of 100%, an accuracy value of 70.8%, an F-measure of 10.2%, and a recall value of 5.4%. Performance rating can be affected by the dataset used for modeling. This analysis covers the positive sentiment and negative sentiments toward online lectures and the result shows 69% negative sentiments and 31% positive sentiments. The negative sentiments had a higher percentage compared to positive sentiments. The results were also supported by the word cloud which expressed a high frequency of negative words such as sleep problems, bored, tired, dizzy, difficult and lazy. So, it is concluded that during the Covid-19 pandemic from August 1, 2020, to May 31, 2021, Twitter users in Indonesia had negative sentiments about online lectures.
Accounting Information System Design (Case Study: Firm in The Fishing Industry)

This study aims to evaluate and provide recommendation about the implementation of Accounting Information System related to the components and the procedures in the respective business cycle. The object of this research is PT. YYY, a company engage in the fishing industry. The method conducted in this research is descriptive qualitative with a case study. The data collection process is taken from observations and interviews. This study compares theory and practice in PT. YYY with the purpose of providing recommendation for future development. By using the Accounting Information System theory as the benchmark we suggest the company to use a cloud-based Accounting Information System. We recommend Odoo Software as one of the great options, as Odoo have the standardized Accounting Information System components and features. Implementing this platform could help the company to improve its Accounting Information System, as it is such a crucial and fundamental component that the company ought to have to be able to sustain and grow in the future
Aplikasi HC-Furniture Untuk Penjualan Produk Mebel

The improvement of technology today is highly expected because it has an impact on human needs every day. There are still many people who have not taken advantage of these technological developments in this case as a medium of buying and selling, especially furniture. The current sales system still uses manual or offline methods so that prospective customers still have to go to store or place of business and it takes quite a long time. By utilizing existing technological facilities, sellers and buyers can trying to make better sales facilities. So the business of selling furniture needs technology as a medium to make it easier for seller and buyers to make transactions. Therefore, the researchers will developed an android-based mobile application, namely HC-Furniture which aims to make it easier for customers to get information about various products and help increase the sales power of furniture business owners. The research uses Agile software development method, the framework used is react-native, and firebase as a realtime database to store data. Based on the results of the study, we can see the application developed can running and can help connect sellers and buyers of furniture products and make easier to market furniture products.