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PENERAPAN PENDEKATAN EXPLICIT INSTRUCTION DENGAN TEKNIK SCAFFOLDING UNTUK MENINGKATKAN KEMAMPUAN PENALARAN MATEMATIS SISWA SMP
Authors: Komala Elsa , Rismayanti Resi
Published: August 2019

Tujuan penelitian ini adalah untuk mendeskripsikan dan mengkaji pengaruh pembelajaran dengan pendekatan explicit instruction dengan teknik scaffolding terhadap kemampuan penalaran matematis siswa SMP. Penelitian ini menggunakan metode kuasi eksperimen, desain yang digunakan adalah nonequivalent control grup design. Kelas eksperimen memperoleh pembelajaran dengan pendekatan exsplisit instruction dan kelas kontrol memperoleh pembelajaran konvensional. Populasi penelitian ini adalah seluruh kelas VII salah satu SMP Negeri di Cianjur. Adapun yang dijadikan sampel dalam penelitian ini dipilih sebanyak dua kelas dari tujuh kelas yang ada dipilih dengan teknik purposive sampling. Untuk memperoleh data hasil penelitian digunakan instrumen berupa tes kemampuan penalaran matematis dan angket. Pengolahan data peningkatan kemampuan penalaran matematis menggunakan uji mann-whitney. Berdasarkan analisis data, hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa peningkatan kemampuan penalaran matematis siswa yang menggunakan pendekatan explicit instruction dengan teknik scaffolding lebih baik dari pada peningkatan kemampuan penalaran matematis siswa yang menggunakan pendekatan konvensional, peningkatan yang terjadi ada pada kategori tinggi. Hasil angket menunjukkan bahwa sikap siswa terhadap pembelajaran matematika menggunakan pendekatan explicit instruction dengan teknik scaffolding adalah hampir seuruhnya positif. Kata Kunci: Explisit Instruction, Scaffolding, Kemampuan Penalaran Matematis.
EXPERIENCES OF INTEGRATING SOFT SKILLS INTO TEACHING SCADA AND AUTOMATION IN ELECTRICAL SYSTEM SUBJECTS AT TRA VINH UNIVERSITY
Authors: Phan Hieu The
Published: August 2019

Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) and automation in electrical system is a specialized subject in the Electrical and Electronics Technology training program of Tra Vinh University (TVU). In this article, we  explore and analyze the advantages and disadvantages of traditional teaching method and apply the integration of soft skills into teaching SCADA and automation in electrical system subject at TVU to improve students’ soft skills, motivate students to study more proactively as well as help them to have more  opportunities for expressing their own understanding. The teaching method mentioned in this paper has been done by the author during the lectures in the classes for regular university level students in the Electrical System major from 2016 onwards.
EXPERIENCES OF TEACHING CHEERLEADING SUBJECT AND PROPOSED METHODS OF TEACHING SOFT SKILLS FOR TOURISM STUDENTS OF TRA VINH UNIVERSITY
Authors: Nguyen Diep Ngoc
Published: August 2019

In recent years, training units in general and Tra Vinh University in particular have paid attention to forming soft skills for  students. Cheerleading is a subject that helps learners acquiring the necessary skills for bringing smiles and the comfort to visitors during their trip. These are things that the travel businesses and tourists  desire in delivering and using the tour services. Specialized teaching associated with developing soft skills for students helps teachers gaining more advantages in the teaching process and students are access professionalskills comfortably. Some methods for supporting the integration of soft skills in specialized subjects mentioned in the article will show the feasibility, as well as the practical benefits that this combined educational activity brings to the school, students and businesses.
Trasplante haploidéntico de progenitores hematopoyéticos en pacientes con diagnóstico de leucemia mieloide aguda
Authors: Arrieta Elizabeth , Jaramillo Francisco Javier , Manzia Eliana , Estacio Mayra , Rosales María C. , Rosales Joaquín Donaldo
Published: August 2019

Introducción: En pacientes con leucemia mieloide aguda (LMA) el trasplante de progenitores hematopoyético (TPH) es el único tratamientoz curativo. El objetivo de este estudio es presentar la experiencia y resultados del trasplante haploidéntico en pacientes adultos con LMA en la Fundación Valle del Lili, Cali – Colombia.Materiales y métodos: Estudio de cohorte retrospectivo de pacientes que recibieron trasplante haploidéntico entre 2013 y 2017, con acondicionamiento mieloablativo y ciclofosfamida postrasplante, en Fundación Valle del Lili, Cali (Colombia).Resultados: Se realizaron 47 trasplantes en pacientes con leucemia mieloide aguda en la fecha de estudio, se incluyeron en el análisis 21 pacientes con donante haploidéntico, a 3 años tanto la supervivencia global y libre de eventos fue del 38%. La incidencia acumulada de mortalidad relacionada al trasplante fue del 26% a 100 días y del 38,3%, a 38 meses de seguimiento. La incidencia acumulada de recaída a 38 meses fue del 19%. Con respecto a la enfermedad injerto versus huésped (EICH) se encontró que la incidencia acumulada de EICH aguda grado II-IV, grado III-IV y EICH crónico fue del 19%, 5% y 19% respectivamente.Conclusión: Los resultados de este estudio sugieren que el trasplante haploidéntico es una alternativa factible como tratamiento para pacientes con diagnóstico de LMA en nuestro medio.
Diferencias evitables en el cumplimiento de las medidas para el control del tabaco: Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador y Perú, 2017
Authors: Romero-Torres Sandra , Henríquez-Mendoza Giana
Published: August 2019

El Convenio Marco para el Control del Tabaco que es considerado el primer tratado global de Salud Pública, expone la idea de que el mundo retroceda la epidemia del tabaquismo al implementar una serie de estrategias, entre las que se encuentra el paquete de medidas MPOWER. El objetivo de este artículo es revisar el avance del cumplimiento de estas medidas y las diferencias entre Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador y Perú, con una mirada crítica en la implementación de las medidas. Se realizó una búsqueda de literatura en Medline y Lilacs de la evolución de estas estrategias y los informes MPOWER publicados por la OMS hasta el 2017.Este análisis muestra el detalle de implementación de las estrategias por cada país y permite observar las diferencias en Colombia e identificar las brechas que es necesario cubrir con estrategias que impacten positivamente la carga de la enfermedad.
Seminário integrado e projeto de aprendizagem: um caminho seguro para a docência cooperativa e a interdisciplinaridade no ensino médio politécnico
Authors: Bedin Everton
Published: August 2019

Este artigo tem por intuito apresentar, por meio de uma pesquisa etnográfica de cunho exploratório-qualitativo, via uso da observação e de grupo focal com 77 estudantes dos segundos anos do Ensino Médio Politécnico (EMP), de que maneira a disciplina de Seminário Integrado (SI), por meio de Projetos Científicos de Investigação (PCIs) pode proporcionar subsídios para uma formação docente e discente cooperativa, a fim de desenvolver atividades interdisciplinares em prol da construção sociocultural e psico-cognitiva dos sujeitos. Com otérmino do trabalho, pode-se averiguar que a disciplina de SI, advinda com a implementação do Ensino Médio Politécnico nas escolas gaúchas, tem possibilitado um diálogo entre os componentes curriculares, seja pela consideração de apenas um único objetivo ou pela expansão contextualizada dos componentes entre si. Do mesmo modo, tem proporcionado múltiplas maneiras aos estudantes para difundirem as informações obtidas através de pesquisas mediadas pelos professores, assim como a articulação entre o tempo e o espaço para o planejamento e o envolvimento dos docentes na execução e acompanhamento dos PCIs.
Análise do processo de licenciamento ambiental: um estudo de caso na cidade de Sobral – CE
Authors: Barros Cristiane Saboia , Silva Marcos Antonio Carvalho da , Bezerra Elaine Pontes , Ribeiro Rogeane Morais , Sousa Keila Costa de
Published: August 2019

Este artigo tem por objetivo analisar os princípios do modelo burocrático no processo de licenciamento ambiental, investigar suas disfunções atreladas à gestão pública e ao processo de licenciamento de empresas, fazendo uma análise de como ocorre esse processo na cidade de Sobral – CE. Como pressuposto o estudo preconizava a ineficiência da gestão pública municipal em responder, em tempo ágil, às demandas do setor produtivo, em emitir os laudos e pareceres. Em uma reflexão sobre burocracia e legislação ambiental, esta pesquisa foi realizada a partir de uma perspectiva qualitativa, documental e bibliográfica, sendo possível perceber que, no município, mesmo com as disfunções elencadas, o licenciamento ocorre dentro dos prazos estabelecidos e que os maiores engessadores do processo são as próprias empresas e os profissionais consultores cujos serviços não satisfazem às demandas. No entanto, ressalta-se que, em termos de disfunção, há a possibilidade do prazo estabelecido em legislação federal ser demasiado elástico. No nível macro, a pesquisa aponta como potenciais obstáculos burocráticos ao licenciamento ambiental os abusos relacionados à hierarquização do trabalho, bem como a meticulosidade, por parte dos técnicos, em seguir à risca regulamentos e normas como forma de autopreservação em relação à improbidade administrativa.
Medicina tradicional e Candomblé: relato de experiência
Authors: Soares Janimere Silva , Cardozo Cícero de Almeida Filho
Published: August 2019

Este relato apresenta momentos vividos em sala de aula, na participação no II Fórum InterReligioso de Roraima e na visita a um terreiro de candomblé. O candomblé é harmonia, comunhão, tradição e culto aos orixás. Seus saberes e práticas de cura ocupam espaços na vida da população, sobretudo através do uso significativo das ervas. A saúde, nesse culto afro-brasileiro, tendo como base a mãe natureza, utiliza ervas medicinais em seus processos de cura. Os itinerários terapêuticos são os caminhos percorridos em busca do cuidado e da cura, em função do acesso ao serviço de saúde, recursos sociais, culturais, crenças, entre outros, dos quais muitas pessoas buscam seus próprios curandeiros, desejando uma visão holística envolvendo corpo, mente e espírito. Este relato tem como propósito contribuir para um maior entendimento da população sobre a prática do candomblé e sua relação com a medicina tradicional. A fundamentação teórica para a construção deste relato teve como base algumas referências para dar suporte às reflexões. Conclui-se que a medicina tradicional, através de seus membros, utiliza seus conhecimentos sobre as propriedades medicamentosas das plantas medicinais, atuando através de suas experiências e práticas no tratamento, diagnóstico e prevenção de doenças.
Analisis Penerapan Model UTAUT Terhadap Perilaku Pengguna E-Learning (Studi Kasus : STMIK STIKOM Bali)
Authors: Narayana I Wayan Gede
Published: August 2019

ABSTRACTThe information technology usage which is getting popular makes lots of user change course to utilize that technology especially web, in which in stmik stikom bali there is a web-based system,called elearning, which is very needed. UTAUT model model is used to know the behaviour in using this system. In this research, it will be restricted on the influence analysis of Performance Expectancy, Effort Expectancy, Social Influence, and Faciliting Condition whereas in this research the subjects are the students as users of the system by using PLS (Partial Least Square) as the data processing. The result of the research is that there are 4 independent variables (Performance Expectancy, Effort Expectancy, Social Expectancy, and Facilitating Condition) which are connected with the dependent variable (Behaviour in Use System), there is only 1 variable which has positive influenceKeywords : E-Learning, UTAUT, PLSABSTRAKPenggunaan teknologi informasi yang semakin popular membuat pengguna semakin banyak beralih pada teknologi tersebut khususnya web, dimana pada STMIK STIKOM Bali terdapat system informasi berbasis web yaitu elearning yang sangat dibutuhkan. Dengan menggunakan model UTAUT (Unified Theory of Acceptance and Use of Technology) untuk mengetahui perilaku dalam menggunakan system informasi. Dalam penelitian ini akan dibatasi untuk analisis pengaruh Performace Expectancy, Effort Expectancy, Social Influence dan Faciliting Condition. Dimana dalam penelitian ini akan dilakukan pada mahasiswa sebagai pengguna sistem dengan menggunakan PLS (Partial Least Square) sebagai pengolahan data. Hasil dari penelitian didapat dimana dari 4 variable bebas (Performace Expectancy, Effort Expentancy, Social Influence dan Faciliting Condition )yang dihubungkan dengan variable terikat (Behavior In Use System )hanya 1 variable yang memiliki pengaruh positif.Kata Kunci : E-Learning, UTAUT, PLS
Analisis Patron Klien Terhadap Kemenangan Partai Golkar Kabupaten Tanah Datar Sejak Reformasi
Authors: Ansyari Irvan , Harsasto Priyatno , Fitriyah Fitriyah
Published: August 2019

Golkar as the dominance party in Tanah Datar is an interesting case study for Islamic values area in their customs. This shows the weak political flow in Tanah Datar. The political dominance of Golkar has occurred since the New Order era until the collapse of the new order power that showed by the winner of regional head elections (Bupati), Golkar in DPRD and the power of the Golkar Party. This study used qualitative descriptive through in-depth interviews with selected informants through purposive sampling. The results indicate that the patron client relationship occurs between the Golkar Party cadres and the supporting community. This is indicated by a very wide and structured Golkar Party network starting from the Regent, adat institutions, religious leaders, businessmen, cultural figures and Wali Nagari.
Reflexiones sobre la formación de docentes de lengua extranjera en Colombia
Authors: Ramos Acosta Lizeth
Published: August 2019

Esta investigación histórica de carácter interpretativo basada en la comprensión de fenómenos sociales educativos según Sáez-Rosenkranz (2016), se centró en el análisis del concepto de formación de los docentes de inglés en Colombia a la luz de la normatividad (leyes, decretos y planes) emanada por entes gubernamentales desde 1980 cuando se extiende la enseñanza del inglés en las instituciones educativas colombianas, hasta 2014 cuando se crea el Sistema Colombiano de Formación de Educadores y Lineamientos de Política. Los resultados ponen de manifiesto que, en el campo de la enseñanza de las lenguas extranjeras, la formación de los docentes ha estado marcada por otras nociones como el entrenamiento y la capacitación gracias a la influencia de organizaciones internacionales que imponen un concepto de formación que se aleja de los procesos de transformación de los maestros, la reflexión sobre su práctica y la comprensión de la disciplina que funda su labor docente.
La lectura y la escritura de los textos académicos en el taller de confrontación de la licenciatura en educación física de la Universidad Pedagógica Nacional: un “ir tras las huellas” documentales
Authors: Cañón Flórez Lilia , Rzonzew Fernández Debbie Brajel
Published: August 2019

Este artículo coloca en escena un “ir tras las huellas” teóricas e investigativas en relación con la lectura y la escritura de textos académicos en la formación universitaria de docentes, en un espacio académico particular: el Taller de Confrontación de la Licenciatura en Educación Física de la Universidad Pedagógica Nacional
Identification of Stellar Flares Using Differential Evolution Template Optimization
Authors: Lawson Kellen D. , Wisniewski John P. , Bellm Eric C. , Kowalski Adam F. , Shupe David L.
Published: August 2019

We explore methods for the identification of stellar flare events in irregularly sampled data of ground-based time domain surveys. In particular, we describe a new technique for identifying flaring stars, which we have implemented in a publicly available Python module called “PyVAN.” The approach uses the Differential Evolution algorithm to optimize parameters of empirically derived light curve templates for different types of stars to fit a candidate light curve. The difference of the likelihoods that these best-fit templates produced the observed data is then used to delineate targets that are well-explained by a flare template but simultaneously poorly explained by templates of common contaminants. By testing on light curves of known identity and morphology, we show that our technique is capable of recovering flaring status in 69% of all light curves containing a flare event above thresholds drawn to include <1% of any contaminant population. By applying to Palomar Transient Factory data, we show consistency with prior samples of flaring stars, and identify a small selection of candidate flaring G-type stars for possible follow-up.
Linking intravenous drug users to treatment through non-governmental organizations in Ukraine: how well is it working?
Authors: Kuznetsova Julia , Sereda Yulia , Denisiuk Olga , Kravchenko Nataliia , Jayaraj Joshua , Smyrnov Pavlo , Mykhalchuk Tetiana , Zachariah Rony
Published: August 2019

Introduction: Alliance for Public Health, the International Charitable Foundation, coordinates HIV prevention in Non-Governmental Organizations (NGO) working with people who inject drugs (PWID) in Ukraine. We aimed to describe the performance of the differential model of linking PWID to HIV care and treatment (Community Initiated Treatment Intervention – CITI).

Methodology: A retrospective cohort study using routine program data was conducted among 8,927 PWID who were tested positive for the first time during January 2016 – June 2017. Study outcomes were enrollment into CITI and initiating antiretroviral treatment (ART). Factors associated with outcomes were estimated by logistic regressions with random effects.

Results: Among the study participants, 54% enrolled into CITI and 23% initiated ART. CITI enrolment was associated with being married (adjusted odds ratio (AOR) = 1.17; 95%: 1.02-1.34); less than weekly compared to daily (AOR = 1.31; 95%: 1.13-1.52); less than 5 years of drug use compared to > 14 years (AOR = 1.73; 95%: 1.40-2.13), and having no criminal records (AOR = 1.30; 95%: 1.12-1.50). Factors of non-ART initiation were male gender (AOR = 1.33; 95%: 1.16-1.53); being single (AOR = 1.48; 95%: 1.21-1.82); drug use duration > 14 years compared to < 5 years (AOR = 1.38; 95%: 1.03-1.85), unemployment (AOR = 1.45; 95%: 1.15-1.83) and history of incarceration (AOR = 1.21; 95%: 1.003-1.45).

Conclusion: Mobilizing the NGO community and PWID to engage in outreach HIV testing activity and harm reduction for key populations has succeeded in opening the gateway to prevention, care and ART for thousands of PWID in Ukraine.
Enquête sur l’éducation à la citoyenneté en Belgique francophone : nouvel imaginaire politique et traductions locales fragmentées
Authors: Verhoeven Marie , Jadot Évelyne
Published: August 2019

S’appuyant sur les résultats d’une recherche-action réalisée en 2016-2017 en Belgique francophone, cet article examine la manière dont différents établissements scolaires traduisent (c’est-à-dire interprètent et concrétisent) l’injonction politique contemporaine de faire de l’école un lieu d’éducation à la citoyenneté. La recherche conduit à formuler l’hypothèse du recul de la conception moderne de l’éducation à la citoyenneté, au profit d’un modèle à la fois plus pragmatique, plus ancré dans l’expérience, et concevant le bien commun comme un horizon à construire à partir des diversités. Ensuite, l’article fait état de trois traductions de la mission, faisant écho aux spécificités locales et aux identités organisationnelles des établissements. Dans une indétermination normative et une fragmentation scolaire, l’établissement opère bel et bien aujourd’hui comme un médiateur entre l’injonction politique générale et les défis locaux. La fragmentation constatée des projets de socialisation est aux antipodes du projet visé de reconstruction d’une communauté politique commune.
Les infâmes, les histrions et les jongleurs (XII e – début du XIII e siècle). Nouvelles distinctions et usages judiciaires
Authors: Lemesle Bruno
Published: August 2019

Dans la seconde moitié du xii e  siècle, le canoniste Rufin invente une distinction juridique entre jongleurs et histrions grâce à laquelle les premiers ne sont pas considérés comme des infâmes dès lors qu’ils ne se comportent pas comme les seconds. Cette distinction sera reprise par les théologiens une vingtaine d’années après Rufin, dans un contexte différent. Alors que le canoniste se sert de la distinction pour permettre aux jongleurs honnêtes d’accuser dans les procès ecclésiastiques, les théologiens l’évoquent dans la casuistique des péchés. Dans les deux cas cependant, elle apparaît comme étant de nature juridique et morale. On montre que la réhabilitation juridique de certains jongleurs fait partie d’une entreprise beaucoup plus large de redéfinition des infâmes en rapport avec les transformations procédurales qu’elle accompagne. Loin de chercher à construire les conditions d’une exclusion sociale par l’infamie, les canonistes inventaient un répertoire de normes souple capable de s’adapter à chaque type de situation. La réhabilitation juridique des jongleurs ne peut pas non plus se comprendre sans leur réhabilitation morale dans la casuistique des péchés, celle-ci permettant également à ceux qui les rémunéraient d’être exonérés d’un grave péché.
Albret contre La Trémoille. L’héritage des seigneurs de Craon-Sully au XV e siècle
Authors: Courroux Pierre
Published: August 2019

Deux des plus grandes baronnies de France, Sully et Craon, furent à la fin du xiv e  siècle mises entre les mains d’une héritière convoitée, Marie de Sully. D’abord fiancée au fils aîné du duc de Berry, elle épousa par la suite Guy VI de La Trémoille, favori du duc de Bourgogne. Guy VI fut toutefois capturé à Nicopolis, et mourut en captivité en 1397, et Marie de Sully se remaria à Charles d’Albret, cousin germain du roi de France et futur connétable. Lorsqu’elle mourut en 1410, la coutume donnait aux enfants de son premier mariage, les La Trémoille, la quasi-totalité de l’héritage. Mais la dame de Sully, par des actes répétés et enregistrés devant notaires, les avait expressément déshérités au profit des enfants de son second mariage, les Albret. Cet article se propose de retracer la querelle entre les deux familles, qui dura plus de quarante ans, et se greffa sur des conflits extérieurs : guerre civile entre Albret-Armagnacs et La Trémoille-Bourguignons, puis querelle entre le favori de Charles VII, Georges de La Trémoille, et le sire d’Albret, partisan du connétable de Richemont. À travers ces péripéties se pose la question de la possibilité ou non pour une grande dame de contrevenir à la coutume pour disposer librement de ses biens.
Development of flame retarded composite fibreboard for building applications using oil palm residue
Authors: Suoware T. O. , Edelugo S. O. , Ugwu B. N. , Amula E. , Digitemie I. E.
Published: August 2019

Residential housing is a critical aspect of human living and in developing countries this is a mirage due to high cost of building materials. In order to meet the needs for affordable housing with low cost materials as well as meet required fire safety standards, this research developed flame retarded fibreboards with oil palm residue reinforced in polyester resin, incorporating 0, 12 and 18% flame retardant loading using hand lay-up compression moulding. The fibreboards were tested for impact, thermal and flammability properties. Based on experiments, it was found that 12% aluminum tri-hydroxide fibreboard meets the impact and thermal limitations while the 18% hybrid formulation meets the required fire safety standard for building interior applications which will benefit rural dwellers in Nigeria and in similar climes around the world seeking to substitute conventional materials with the advantage of low cost, easy to process, biodegradable, environmentally benign and flame retarded composite material.
Damage behaviours of concrete and prediction models under the joint effect of freeze–thaw attack and ultraviolet radiation
Authors: Wang R. J. , Qin R. , Li Y. , Li J. X. , Zhang C.
Published: August 2019

The study investigated the joint effect of freeze–thaw attack and ultraviolet (UV) radiation on concrete. Mass loss ratio, relative dynamic modulus of elasticity (RDME) and flexural strength of concrete were experimentally investigated. A two-way ANOVA was used to analyse the effect of UV radiation on the test results. Water–binder ratio significantly affected the mass loss ratio, RDME and flexural strength. Meanwhile, UV radiation only had a significant effect on mass loss ratio but had no evident effect on RDME and flexural strength. Concrete microstructure was demonstrated by microscopic analysis via scanning electron microscope to explore the insight into the damage evolution of concrete under the joint effect. Prediction models of the damage degree of concrete were proposed by incorporating the results in this investigation. Comparison results showed that the prediction values were consistent with the experimental values.
Mining Scientific and Technical Literature
Authors: Zhang Junsheng , Zeng Wen
Published: August 2019

In this chapter, the authors study text mining technologies such as knowledge extraction and summarization on scientific and technical literature. First, they analyze the needs of scientific information services and intelligence analysis on massive scientific and technical literature. Second, terminology recognition and relation extraction are important tasks of knowledge extraction. Third, they study knowledge extraction based on terminology recognition and relation extraction. Fourth, based on terminology and relational network, they study the text summarization techniques and applications. Last, they give comments on current research and applications on text summarization and give their viewpoints for the possible research directions in the future.
Requirement-Based Test Approach and Traceability for High-Integrity Airborne Embedded Systems
Authors: Srinivasan Sudha , Chauhan D. S.
Published: August 2019

One of the biggest challenges in the development of airborne embedded systems is to ensure that the aircraft subsystem meets all its user specifications and ascertain that no important functionality is missing which leads to development of an incorrect product. This chapter proposes a methodology for achieving requirement traceability and thereby performing requirement-based testing for efficient test and evaluation of aircraft subsystems. This methodology integrates requirement traceability throughout the software development life cycle along with requirement-based testing for high-integrity software systems. The methodology has been found to be most effective in revealing errors and optimizes testing by preventing repetition of test cases across test platforms. This unique contribution has the potential to revolutionize the research world in software engineering.
Agile Team Measurement to Review the Performance in Global Software Development
Authors: Arumugam Chamundeswari , Vaidyanathan Srinivasan
Published: August 2019

This chapter is aimed at studying the key performance indicators of team members working in an agile project environment and in an extreme programming software development. Practitioners from six different XP projects were selected to respond to the survey measuring the performance indicators, namely, escaped defects, team member's velocity, deliverables, and extra efforts. The chapter presents a comparative view of Scrum and XP, the two renowned agile methods with their processes, methodologies, development cycles, and artifacts, while assessing the base performance indicators in XP setup. These indicators are key to any agile project in a global software development environment. The observed performance indicators were compared against the gold standard industry benchmarks along with best, average, and worst-case scenarios. Practitioners from six agile XP projects were asked to participate in the survey. Observed results best serve the practitioners to take necessary course corrections to stay in the best-case scenarios of their respective projects.
An Investigation on Quality Perspective of Software Functional Artifacts
Authors: M. Vimaladevi , G. Zayaraz
Published: August 2019

Software engineering process and practices paramount the crisis of cost, quality, and schedule constraints in developing software products. This chapter surveys the quality improvement techniques for the two fundamental artifacts of software product development, namely the architecture design and the source code. The information from top level research databases are compiled and an overall picture of quality enhancement in current software trends during the design, development, and maintenance phases are presented. This helps both the software developers and the quality analysts to gain understanding of the current state of the art for quality improvement of design and source code and the usage of various practices. The results indicate the need for more realistic, precise, automated technique for architectural quality analysis. The complex nature of the current software products requires the system developed to be beyond robust and resilient and building intelligent software that is anti-fragile and self-adaptive is favored. Innovative proposals that reduce the cost and time are invited.
Improving Financial Estimation in Construction Management Through Advanced Computing and Decision Making
Authors: Gupta Varun , Gupta Aditya Raj , Agrawal Utkarsh , Kumar Ambika , Verma Rahul
Published: August 2019

The firm or the government invites bids against the tender whenever it requires third party to provide services to it like undertaking construction projects, delivery of material, etc. Interested parties gives their bid prices in sealed envelopes and the lowest bid rate wins the contract. However, contractor, in order to win the contract, may not estimate the cost of the project accurately as the estimation of factors contributing to the costs may be based on educated guesswork according to the past experiences. This increases the chances of the final cost of the project to go up in the end, which is to be borne by contractor. Hence, accurate and effective cost estimation is required. This chapter proposed an algorithm to provide a proper way for the contractors to estimate the accurate cost of the project for which they provide bids. This chapter provides an effective solution to the problem of inaccurate cost estimation. The algorithms are automated using a web-based tool.
Design of RF Rectenna on Thin Film to Power Wearable Electronics
Authors: Naresh B.  , Singh Vinod Kumar , Sharma Virendra Kumar
Published: August 2019

This chapter reports a hybrid wearable energy harvesting system. Integration of microwave antenna on thin film amorphous silicon solar cell creates a hybrid system that can harvest both the solar and microwave energies. The antenna designed on solar cell will harvest the microwave energy at dual frequencies 1.85 GHz and 2.45 GHz with an effective return loss of 28dB and 27dB respectively. A complete hybrid harvesting system consist of a flexible solar cell, antenna, voltage doubler, and impedance matching dual band filter. The rectifier, designed on a rigid glass-reinforced epoxy substrate, is a voltage doubler and a matching circuit is designed by microstrip lines is used.
Design of Slotted Hexagonal Wearable Textile Antenna Using Flexible Substrate
Authors: Kumari Lalita , Kaushal Lalit , Kumar Deepak
Published: August 2019

In this chapter, a dual wideband textile antenna is proposed for WLAN and WiMax application. For antenna to be wearable, jeans material is used as a substrate to make ground plane, and copper tape is used to make patch of the anticipated antenna. The proposed antenna shows dual band performance with bandwidth of 82.48% covering 1.456 GHz to 3.5 GHz and 13.39% covering 4.32 GHz to 4.94 GHz. The simulated results like reflection coefficient, directivity, and radiation characteristics have been studied and analyzed.
Wearable Antenna Materials
Authors: Singh Vimlesh , Bansal Priyanka
Published: August 2019

The aim of this chapter is to identify various materials being used currently for antenna design classified as wearable materials. In the current scenario, no study was found where collectively all the available materials and their properties could be discussed including their pros and cons features. This chapter identifies various available materials on the basis of their characteristics, availability, and the methodology of fabrication being involved along with their corresponding properties. Post detailed study and analysis done in this research enabled us to broadly classify the materials as conductive and substrate materials. This brings to the understanding that earlier no such broader classification was made available, and hence, a comprehensive study would provide us better information availability on various wearable antenna materials.
Information and Communication Technology in Chinese Education With Its Progress and Challenges
Authors: Li Xiaobin
Published: August 2019

This chapter provides an overview of the current development of information and communication technology (ICT) utilized in education in China. Specifically, the chapter describes and discusses how ICT has been used in Chinese elementary and secondary education, as well as the existing challenges in ICT applications. The chapter also examines ICT's application in higher education, particularly how it has transformed Chinese higher education with online provision, and the issues that must be dealt with. The author discusses the potential for further developing education with ICT. In addition, based on the Chinese and international literature the author has reviewed the chapter and made recommendations with regards to providing better education utilizing ICT.
Barriers to Adopting Technology for Teaching and Learning
Authors: Nwulu Equi Emmanuel
Published: August 2019

The purpose of this chapter is to use a cross-cultural research-based evidence to discuss the root causes of barriers to effective technology adoption by evaluating the effect the teaching environment and the ranges of teacher behaviors have on technology adoption. The author described and explained the change processes that teachers go through as they implement new technologies or instructional practices with a view to connecting the change process, the innovation, and the individuals involved in the process. Two overarching frameworks that guided the author's discussion of this chapter and the behavior engineering model (BEM) and the concerns-based model (CBAM) frameworks.
Benchmarking Global Best Practices for Improving Higher Education Quality in Africa
Authors: Idowu Harrison Adewale
Published: August 2019

Given the deplorable state of higher education and the relatively poor attention given to education by African leaders and university administrators, the chapter interrogates global best practices in higher education and how Africa can key into this. Europe and the Asian Tigers, considered to have made significant progress in quality of higher education, are used as benchmarks for best practices in higher education. Relying on the review of extant relevant literature and document analysis, the chapter finds that practices such as massive inclusion of vocational and technical trainings in higher education curricula; increase budgetary allocations to higher education and policy implementation beyond mere formulation have impacted positively on higher education in Europe and among the Asian Tigers. As such, the chapter concludes that if Africa must make significant progress and improve on the quality of its higher education, it must begin to use these practices.
Best Practices and Case Studies of Teaching and Learning Mathematics in Higher Education
Authors: Brijlall Deonarain
Published: August 2019

Presently, a major desire of many African nations is to be technologically developed. In Southern Africa there tends to be an acute shortage of skilled manpower in the field of science, engineering, and technology. The interrelationship between Mathematics and development of humans to advance the cause of humans is a fundamental importance of Mathematics to humans. In this chapter, the author draws on the many empirical studies which address quality in teaching and learning. The focus of the chapter is to summarize the many research studies in Southern Africa which address the teaching and learning of Mathematics in Higher Education. The author shall confine the studies to those which adopt APOS (Actions-Process-Object-Schema) as a theoretical analysis. So far no research seems to have collated such African studies in a cohesive manner and this chapter intends to do that.
Service Quality Imperative for Quality Assurance in Higher Education
Authors: Naidoo Vannie
Published: August 2019

In higher education, quality is often looked at from an education perspective. This chapter will take another stance by analyzing and discussing service quality within tertiary education from a marketing perspective. The literature review put forward by various theorists argues that service marketing has evolved over time, as more research has been conducted on service quality and how it impacts on the customer/clients. Since tertiary education forms part of service marketing, this chapter aims to identify the quality variables attached to this service sector and illustrate how each quality variable affects the students and staff within the university environment. Service quality, if developed and implemented accordingly within a higher education institution, can become an important element that a university can use as a competitive advantage. This in turn can yield long-term benefits to the organisation.
The Use of Discrete-Event Simulation for Business Education
Authors: Zekić-Sušac Marijana , Has Adela , Knežević Marinela
Published: August 2019

A new teaching approach is presented which integrates observational learning through field teaching of business processes and simulation modeling in order to increase students' learning outcomes and acceptance of computer simulation technology. The teaching method, called LOSI (learning by observing, simulating, and improving), was conducted at a Croatian high education institution. The efficiency of the LOSI approach was investigated by conducting a survey based on the technology acceptance model (TAM). The indicators of ease of use, usefulness, and enjoyment in participating in LOSI were collected along with students' grades and their intention to use this technology in future work and education. The inter-relations among variables were analyzed by statistical tests. The results revealed that students find LOSI easy to use, useful in achieving learning outcomes, and highly enjoyable, while the ease of use and enjoyment is positively associated to usefulness (i.e., learning outcomes).
Teaching About Terrorism Through Simulations
Authors: Hardy Mat , Totman Sally
Published: August 2019

Creating positive learning outcomes regarding terrorism can be challenging. The nature of the topic offers several obstacles to learner understanding, not least of which is how to enable students to transcend their own cultural perspectives and develop deeper and more objective insights regarding the groups and causes that foster terrorism. Following an exploration of the growth in terrorism as an academic subject and the challenges posed to teaching in this area, this chapter presents a possible solution by describing an online role play exercise that has proven learning results over more than 25 years of usage. This tool, grounded in an experiential learning approach, can assist in easing some of the stresses faced by teachers and institutions, while also offering deeper and more insightful discoveries for participants.
Intelligent Tutoring System
Authors: Rathore Abhishek Singh , Arjaria Siddhartha Kumar
Published: August 2019

With digitization, a rapid growth is seen in educational technology. Different formal and informal learning contents are available on the internet. Intelligent tutoring system provides personalized e-learning to the learners. Different attributes like historical data, real-time data, behavioral, and cognitive are usually used for personalization. Based on the personalization, the intelligent tutoring system aims to provide easy and effective understanding. Recent research highlights the effect of learner's behavior and emotions on effective teaching-learning process. This chapter provides a brief description of the intelligent tutoring system, current developments, instructional techniques, proposed solution, and future recommendations. The emphasis of the study is to provide insights on self-regulated learning.
The Role of E-HRM Practices on Digital Era
Authors: Dede Nurten Polat
Published: August 2019

The changes brought about by trends such as globalization, technological developments, and knowledge-based economy, and the speed of these changes are forcing the enterprises to create more innovative ways of doing business and business processes. This rapid change has also affected and altered human resources departments' way of business. In this chapter, the changes in human resources management functions and applications with the effect of technology during this time have been explained. In addition, the electronic human resources management process and its applications, which have been more important as a result of developed human resources technology, are examined and presented in this chapter.
An Empirical Study on the Relationship Between Economic Growth and E-Commerce
Authors: Yurtkur Asuman Koc , Bahtiyar Bersu
Published: August 2019

Electronic commerce (e-commerce) has started to become an important explanatory component of economic growth via innovations in information technology in recent years. Studies within this framework show that countries that invest more in e-commerce have reached higher growth rates. In this regard, this chapter has examined the relationship between e-commerce represented by two sub-components as fixed and mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions and economic growth for chosen countries (BRICS and Turkey) with 2000-2016 annual data by using Panel VAR, impulse response analysis, and variance decomposition. Results of the study show that economic growth and e-commerce are related. These results suggest that countries that want to increase their economic growth rate should focus on policies to increase e-commerce volume.
Examination of the Extent and Effects of Strategic Management on E-Commerce Companies
Authors: Adiguzel Zafer
Published: August 2019

Internet technology can be used not only in commercial applications but also in the implementation and distribution of public services like education and health, making e-commerce essential not only for the business world but also for all of society. Thus, companies can take advantage of internet opportunities in order to develop their strategies in e-commerce environment, creating working groups by bringing together employees in different geographical locations with tools such as newsgroups, communication rooms, etc., benefiting from customer suggestions. Therefore, it is important to examine and analyze the companies that have commercial activities in e-commerce environments in terms of strategic management. From a strategic point of view, the aim of companies should be to increase their activities by influencing their existing customers and continuously gaining new customers within the e-commerce environment.
Electronic Trade and Electronic Presentation of Export Documents in Documentary Credits
Authors: Meral Yurdagül
Published: August 2019

Documentation plays a very important role in international trade. Information technology has changed practises in international trade as well. In this chapter, international rules of electronic presentation of documents under documentary credit are defined to guide importers and exporters. This will enable them to speed up transactions to conduct their business as per these rules. Paperback presentation and electronic presentation international rules differences are explained. Electronic presentation will help import export management to facilitate transactions which will increase international trade volume. It is recommended that electronic presentation will help them to speed up their transactions. In the long run, electronic presentation will be cheaper compared to paper presentation and much safer.
The Effect of Consumer Emotions on Online Purchasing Behavior
Authors: Cinar Dilaysu
Published: August 2019

This chapter was written to demonstrate the effect of consumer emotion on online purchasing behavior. According to the results obtained from 418 data, it was observed that both positive and negative emotions impacted online buying behavior. In this context, as the positive emotions of the online consumer increases, the frequency of purchases increases, but as the negative emotions of the online consumer increases, the frequency of purchases decreases. In addition, user interface quality, product information quality, service information quality, site awareness, security perception, information satisfaction, and relational benefit factors are factors that negatively affect consumers emotionally in purchasing online. On the other hand, only product information quality, user interface quality, and security perception factors positively affect emotions of online consumers.
Digitalization of Human Resources
Authors: Baykal Elif
Published: August 2019

Recent decades brought about astonishing technologies that affected organizations in several ways. With the latest developments, organizations earned the capabilities to carry out their functions more efficiently and rapidly. Having several tasks affecting both interior and exterior customers, human resources departments also benefited from these technological developments. Owing to the digital revolution, e-HR emerged as a new way of practicing HRM activities with the latest web-based and computer-based tools and applications. These applications eased the work of HR professionals and served them the opportunity to focus on their core work, namely strategic human resources activities rather than procedural paperwork of the department. With a holistic and integrative approach, this digital transformation in HRM has been dispersed among all services in human resources including recruitment, career management, training and development, performance management, and compensation.
Altmetrics Spectrum of Bioinformatics Literature
Authors: Ram Shri
Published: August 2019

Social media is increasingly used for the dissemination of scientific publications by most science, technology and management (STM) journals. Bioinformatics is one of the new areas of research emerging in the subject tree. The role of social media in increasing the awareness of published works in bioinformatics has not been previously explored. Here, a qualitative analysis of the highest trending works in bioinformatics along with a correlation analysis with their social media metrics (altmetrics) is made. A comprehensive search has been performed for articles related to the bioinformatics using the SCOPUS Database. Further, a highly-cited article with more than 1000 citations has been filtered out. Another comprehensive search for bioinformatics articles using the Altmetric database was conducted. The Altmetric database provides a total weighted score of all online mentions for an article received on Facebook, Twitter, blogs, and mainstream media sources. There is a significant correlation has been found between the patent mention and citations.
Doing it Together
Authors: Maluleka Jan Resenga
Published: August 2019

Collaborative relationships between researchers in different organizations are encouraged by many stakeholders who are of the view that collaboration in research increases productivity. This study employed bibliometric research techniques to investigate whether there is a correlation between collaboration and productivity amongst Library and Information Science (LIS) academics in South Africa. The results suggest that there is a strong correlation between collaboration and productivity among LIS academics in South Africa.