bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
APPRAISING THE LEVEL OF PARTICIPATION IN EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION BY PUBLIC AND PRIVATE SCHOOLS IN NORTH CENTRAL NIGERIA
Authors: Yisa Habibatu Madami , Fasasi Y A , Kwashabawa Bala Bakwai
Published: May 2019

This study investigated the level of participation in Early Childhood Education (ECE) by public and private schools in North-central, Nigeria. The objectives of this study were to determine: (i) the level of participation by public schools in ECE; (ii) the level of participation by private schools in ECE (iv) whether there is difference in the level of participation by public and private in ECE schools in Nigeria. The descriptive survey design was employed for the study. The target population comprised 4,378 ECE school head teachers in North-central, Nigeria. Random and proportional sampling techniques were used to select a sample of 1,531 ECE school head teachers.  A validated instrument entitled “Public and Private Schools Participation Questionnaire” (PPSPQ) with 0.72 and index was used to collect data. Mean and rank-ordering were used to answer research questions. Independent t-test was used to test the hypothesis at 0.05 significance level. Findings of this study revealed that public schools had medium level participation (teacher quality mean = 45.1, supervision mean = 34.5, curriculum implementation mean = 44. 5 and provision of facilities mean = 24.2). It was also found that private schools had high level of participation (teacher quality mean = 42.2, supervision mean = 65.6, curriculum implementation mean = 54.7, and provision of facilities = 56.4). It was recommended that the government should participate fully in the education of pre-schoolers and upgrade the current low level of ECE facilities in public schools. Frequent visitation of public and private schools by quality assurance officers of ministries of education should be carried out to improve the quality of ECE provision in schools.
APPRAISING THE LEVEL OF YOUTHS’ INVOLVEMENT IN SELF-HELP COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT PROJECT IN SOKOTO NORTH LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA, SOKOTO STATE
Authors: Gambo Nura Dutsin-ma , Haruna Maryam Illo
Published: May 2019

Self help Community Development projects are basic requirements by any settlement for its effective and proper functioning and vital for the overall development of the community. This paper intends to appraise the level of youth involvement in self-help community Development Projects in Sokoto North local Government area and the problems militating against the performance of youths’ involvement in self-help community development projects. The research uses survey method of data collection which has been conducted in the Sokoto North local Government Area. A sample of 100 youths ‘was used using Simple random sampling method. The following research questions guided the study: What are the self-help communities Development Projects undertaken by the youth in Sokoto North local government area? What are the areas of youth involvement in Self-help Community development projects in Sokoto North Local government area? And what are the problems against the performance of youth’s involvement in Self-help community development projects in Sokoto North local government area? An instrument used for this study was structure questionnaire which was validated by experts from the faculty of education and extension services, department of Adult education and extension services Usmanu Danfodiyo University Sokoto. For it consistency I have pilot tested Sokoto South local Government area. The research used descriptive method of data analysis in form of percentage. The research finds out that the youth in Sokoto North local Government area undertakes six major self-help community development projects which are construction of drainage, culvert excavation, construction of mosque, and construction of slop among others. The research also finds out that the problem associated with community development efforts in the area are financial constraints, lack of educational enlightment, and lack of cooperation and mismanagement of project fund among others. The research recommends that there should be improve funding and support from government and related agencies in order to enhance activities of youth’s in Self-help Community Development Projects in the area. Also there should be educational enlightenment for youth to participate in the self-help community Development Projects. Finally youth’s should be made to understand the benefit of Self-help Community Development Projects.
SELF-ESTEEM AND PEER INFLUENCE AS PREDICTORS OF LEARNING OUTCOMES IN MATHEMATICS AMONG HIGH ABILITY STUDENTS IN IBADAN, OYO STATE, NIGERIA
Authors: Fakolade Olufemi Aremu , Bamidele Oloruntoba
Published: May 2019

Academic underachievement has become a syndrome especially among high ability learners in Mathematics. This is due to some identified factors which include self-esteem and peer influence of the high ability learners. This study therefore investigated how self-esteem and peer influence can predict the learning outcomes in Mathematics of high ability learners in Ibadan, Oyo State. The survey design of the ex-post facto type was employed in this study. Purposive sampling technique was used to select twenty (20) secondary school out of which 200 high ability learners were randomly selected. Instruments used: Slosson intelligence test (r=0.81); Peer influence inventory (r=0.72); Self-esteem scale (r=0.72) and Mathematics achievement test (r=0.85). The study lasted for eight weeks. Data were analysed using Pearson’s Product Moment Correlation and Multiple Regression Analysis at 0.05 level of significance. There were positive relationship between learning outcomes in Mathematics with self-esteem (r=2.3); peer influence (r=2.2). There was a significant joint contribution of the independent variables to the dependent variable of learning outcomes in Mathematics. [F(2,197)=7.64; R2=0.072] accounting for 6.3% of its variance. Self-esteem (β=2.6; t=2.176) and peer influence (β=1.6; t=2.114) had a relative contribution on the learning outcomes in Mathematics of highly ability learners. Thus, self-esteem and peer influence were found to be effective predictors of learning outcomes in mathematics of high ability learners. It is therefore recommended that self-esteem of the high ability learners needs to be enhanced through various programmes especially by the school counsellors. Also, parents and wards should support their children by advising them on the type of friends they keep. With this in place, the high ability learners will perform better in Mathematics.
THE ROLE OF EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY IN EFFECTIVE LEARNING AND TEACHING IN SCHOOLS AND COLLEGES IN NIGERIA
Authors: Yusuf A K
Published: May 2019

This paper outlines briefly, some views of the term “ Educational Technology” and its role generally in the field of education as evident from research findings. The urgent need for low-cost educational technology for schools and colleges in Nigeria is discussed. Attention is also drawn to the need to re-orient the teacher to his task, if new methods and media are to be used successfully. Finally, it is further suggested that future use of the achieved methods and media may differ radically depending among other things on the objectives to be achieved and the en­try behaviour of the students, particularly when we employ the low-cost educational technology for effective learning hnd teaching. The importance of an Educational Resource Centre, and Teachers’ Resource Centre are among other things strongly suggested.
ACADEMIC AND OCCUPATIONAL ASPIRATIONS OF ADOLESCENTS IN SOKOTO STATE
Authors: Sesay A
Published: May 2019

This study investigated the academic and occupational aspirations of 1174 adolescents boys and girls in attendance at 15 randomly selected secondary schools in Sokoto State. The major revelation from this study was the unrealistic aspirations the students had about their future careers. The vast majority of them would like to continue their education at the tertiary level to study Medicine, Engineering, pure Science or Law. However, their best subjects were in the Arts. Some of them in fact, did not know where the courses they indicated they would like to pursue were available. Some of them indicated, for example, that they would like to go to the College of Education, Sokoto to study Medicine. That there is a need for effective and counsell­ing services to help these youths plan their future more realistically is a great understatement.
"Teasing Out" What Cultural Heritage Landscapes and Historic Sites Have "To Say": A Probe Using Opportunities from Epistemological Pluralism
Authors: Fagence Michael
Published: May 2019

The principal purpose of this article is speculative in that it experiments with an approach to "teasing out" what cultural heritage landscapes and historic sites have "to say" and to overcome what has been described as a circumstance in which landscapes and sites do not tell their
stories clearly. An approach to "teasing out" has been fashioned to examine how the cultural dynamic of a previous historical period has come to be "a" cultural dynamic of the present as it is presented through historylinked and heritage-based tourism and as it becomes a constituent of "consuming
history" through popular culture. Fashioning the "teasing out" process has drawn on the opportunities and skill sets from geography and semiotics as they have been reconfigured as a combined investigative and interpretive entity and as a form of epistemological pluralism. The special aptitudes
of these disciplinary areas have been twinned to expose many of the important symbols of the story of the Australian bushranger-cum-outlaw Ned Kelly, matching the original disposition of them to the modern telling of the story through tourism, and in so doing achieving enhanced levels of perception,
comprehension, depth, richness, and utility, and inclusive of both principal issues and subtle nuances. A concluding assessment of the opportunities that can be attributed to epistemological pluralism is accompanied by caveats; the purpose of these is to promote awareness about the need for
due diligence in forging suitable disciplinary combinations.
Enhanced inhibition of influenza virus infection by peptide–noble-metal nanoparticle conjugates
Authors: Alghrair Zaid K , Fernig David G , Ebrahimi Bahram
Published: May 2019

The influenza (“flu”) type-A virus is a major medical and veterinary health concern and causes global pandemics. The peptide “FluPep” is an established inhibitor of influenza virus infectivity in model systems. We have explored the potential for noble-metal nanoparticle conjugates of FluPep to enhance its antiviral activity and to determine their potential as a delivery platform for FluPep. FluPep ligand is FluPep extended at its N-terminus with the sequence CVVVTAAA, to allow for its incorporation into a mixed-matrix ligand shell of a peptidol and an alkanethiol ethylene glycol consisting of 70% CVVVTol and 30% HS(CH2)11(OC2H4)4OH (mol/mol). Gold and silver nanoparticles (ca. 10 nm diameter) with up to 5% (mol/mol) FluPep ligand remained as stable as the control of mixed-matrix-passivated nanoparticles in a variety of tests, including ligand exchange with dithiothreitol. The free FluPep ligand peptide was found to inhibit viral plaque formation in canine MDCK cells (IC50= 2.1 nM), but was less potent than FluPep itself (IC50= 140 pM). Nanoparticles functionalised with FluPep ligand showed enhanced antiviral activity compared to the free peptides. The IC50value of the FluPep-functionalised nanoparticles decreased as the grafting density of FluPep ligand increased from 0.03% to 5% (both mol/mol), with IC50values down to about 10% of that of the corresponding free peptide. The data demonstrate that conjugation of FluPep to gold and silver nanoparticles enhances its antiviral potency; the antimicrobial activity of silver ions may enable the design of even more potent antimicrobial inhibitors, capable of targeting both influenza and bacterial co-infections.
Pre-treatment Antiviral Resistance in Australians with Chronic Hepatitis C: Prevalence of NS3 and NS5A Resistance Data in the State of New South Wales
Authors: Ong Adrian TL , Tay Enoch , Dwyer Dominic E , George Jacob , Douglas Mark W
Published: May 2019

Background

Direct-acting antivirals (DAAs) have revolutionized HCV treatment, but the impact of antiviral resistance at a population level is still not clear. The majority of patients who fail DAA therapy develop resistance-associated substitutions (RASs), which can impact re-treatment. There is potential for resistance prevalence to rise in the community with treatment scale up, due to transmission of resistant virus. Monitoring for increasing antiviral resistance requires a reliable baseline, yet there are few published data on the prevalence of HCV resistance in Australia. The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence of RASs among untreated Australians with HCV genotype-1a infection, to inform ongoing surveillance.

Methods

A cross-sectional study was performed at a single large university hospital pathology laboratory in Australia. Archived blood samples referred for HCV genotype testing were analysed. All patients were naive to DAAs. The prevalence of RASs in the HCV NS3 and NS5A regions was determined using Sanger based population sequencing.

Results

Of 379 samples tested, 34% contained DAA-resistant virus: 24% had resistance to NS3 protease inhibitors, 12% had NS5A inhibitor resistance and 4% of patients had resistance to both drug classes. Clinically relevant RASs conferring resistance against NS5A inhibitors ledipasvir, daclatasvir and elbasvir were detected in 5.8% of samples.

Conclusions

This is the largest study of HCV antiviral drug resistance in Australia, which differs from resistance prevalence in the USA. The results provide valuable data on the baseline prevalence of HCV resistance, which can be used in the future to monitor for increasing antiviral resistance.
Montiphylax, (Trichoptera, Limnephilidae), a new genus to accommodate the western North American species: Stenophylax antennatus Banks, 1900, Philocasca thor Nimmo, 1971, and Philocasca alba Nimmo, 1977
Authors: Ruiter David E. , Mutch Robert A.
Published: May 2019

Montiphylax, a new genus within the Limnephilidae, is proposed to includePhilocascaalba,P.antennata, andP.thor. Characters for the adults and larvae are presented to separateMontiphylaxfromPhilocasca. A summary of the distribution and life history of theMontiphylaxspecies is provided. A key to ease separation of the known North American caddisfly larvae with gill clusters of single filaments is given.
Two new species of the genus Symphylella (Symphyla, Scolopendrellidae) from Tibet, China
Authors: Jin Ya-Li , Bu Yun , Jiang Yue
Published: May 2019

The Symphyla of Tibet are studied for the first time. Symphylellamacroporasp. n. and Symphylellazhongisp. n. from southeastern Tibet are described and illustrated. Symphylellamacroporasp. n. is characterized by large, elongated oval openings of the Tömösváry organ with its inner margins covered by minute irregular teeth, rudimentary spined sensory organs present on the dorsal side of most antennal segments, and cerci with numerous long and slightly curved setae. Symphylellazhongisp. n. is characterized by a globular Tömösváry organ with a small and roundish opening, mushroom-shaped sensory organs present on apical antennal segments, and by having tergal processes longer than their basal width with ovoid swollen ends. The newly described species are compared to the morphologically closest congeners: S.javanensis, S.asiatica, S.multisetosa, and S.simplex. A key for 43 species of the genus is also provided.
A new ‘horned' Stenocercus from the highlands of southeastern Brazil, and redescription of Stenocercus tricristatus (Reptilia: Tropiduridae)
Authors: Avila-Pires Teresa C. , Nogueira Cristiano , Martins Marcio
Published: May 2019

A new species of the lizard genus Stenocercus Duméril & Bibron, 1837 is described based on six specimens from Serra da Canastra, Minas Gerais, southeastern Brazil. Similar to S.tricristatus (Duméril, 1851), S.dumerilii (Steindachner, 1867), S.quinarius Nogueira & Rodrigues, 2006, and S.squarrosus Nogueira & Rodrigues, 2006, the new species has a pyramidal head and an enlarged, dorsally projected post-supraciliary scale, like a small horn. It is most similar to S.tricristatus, from which it differs in having a more elongated head in ventral view; a larger number of scales around midbody; a distinctly enlarged, smooth preauricular scale; and probably a larger body size. Moreover, the new species has distinctly keeled scales, with phylloid and mucronate dorsals; no enlarged supraoculars; no neck folds; a vertebral, and a pair of dorsolateral and (weak) lateral crests. A redescription of S.tricristatus is presented for comparison with the new species.
Améliorer la remémoration d’évènements autobiographiques et l’imagination d’évènements futurs grâce à l’Induction de spécificité épisodique : adaptation et validation en Français
Authors: Purkart Rudy , T. Vallet Guillaume , Versace Rémy
Published: May 2019

L’Induction de Spécificité Épisodique (ISE) est un court entraînement à la récupération des détails d’une expérience permettant d’augmenter la production de détails épisodiques (internes) lors de la description subséquente d’un nouvel événement. L’ISE s’est avérée efficace pour différentes populations, dont les personnes âgées, et dans de nombreuses tâches (remémoration, imagination, résolution de problèmes…). Cependant, l’ISE n’a pas encore été adaptée et validée en français. Cette étude propose de réaliser ce travail auprès de jeunes adultes sans trouble cognitif. Les participants ont reçu une ISE ou une Induction Contrôle (IC) avant une tâche de remémoration et d’imagination. Les participants ont produit davantage de détails internes et moins de détails externes (sémantiques) après l’ISE qu’après l’IC aux deux tâches. Cette méthode permettrait d’étudier l’influence des processus épisodiques sur une tâche donnée, et d’envisager le développement d’un protocole de stimulation cognitive bénéficiant aux individus présentant une spécificité réduite comme observé pour les personnes âgées.Episodic Specificity Induction (ESI) – a brief training in recollecting details of a recent event—increases the production of episodic (internal) details in the subsequent description of a recalled or imagined event (i.e. memory or imagination tasks). The absence of a French adaptation and validation of the ESI does not currently allow French-speaking researchers to benefit from the theoretical and practical interests offered by this method. The present study proposes to carry out this work with young adults without cognitive impairment. Participants received the ESI or a control induction (CI) about details of a recently viewed videotape, prior to the memory and imagination tasks. They produced more internal details and fewer external (semantic) details after the ESI than after the CI, for both tasks. This method could allow to study the influence of episodic processes on a given task, and to inspire the development of a cognitive stimulation program.
Weber’s Compass and Aesthesiometers: History of the technical evolution of devices for tactile discrimination
Authors: Nicolas Serge , Vobořil Dalibor
Published: May 2019

L'étude de la sensibilité tactile nécessite l'utilisation d'instruments spéciaux qui furent conçus par des physiologistes et des psychologues au cours du xix e siècle et au début du xx e siècle. C'est le physiologiste allemand Ernst Henrich Weber (1795-1878) qui utilisa des compas classiques dès la fin des années 1820 pour étudier la sensibilité tactile chez l'homme. Il découvrit que lorsque les pointes d'une paire de compas étaient appliquées sur la peau, les yeux du sujet étant fermés, elles n'étaient perçues comme des points distincts que lorsque la distance entre les branches atteignait une certaine valeur variant selon les régions corporelles. Le succès de l'ouvrage de Weber publié en 1834 engagea de nombreuses personnes à utiliser des compas dans la pratique clinique et les investigations expérimentales. Au cours des années 1840, le physiologiste et neurologue français Charles-Edouard Brown-Sequard (1817-1894) fut certainement le premier à signaler l'utilisation du compas de Weber dans le domaine de la clinique médicale. Mais des améliorations techniques furent rapidement apportées aux instruments utilisés par Weber. Le médecin anglais Edward Henry Sieveking (1816-1904) proposa d'utiliser un nouvel appareil, appelé « esthésiomètre », pour déterminer le degré d'anesthésie ou de paralysie, ainsi que ses progrès vers la guérison. Au cours du xix e siècle, de nombreuses entreprises, spécialisées dans la fabrication d’instruments dans le domaine de la clinique médicale, ont mis en vente différents types d'esthésiomètres. Comme à l'époque les physiologistes et les psychologues s'intéressaient plus particulièrement à l'étude de la sensibilité tactile, ils inventèrent de nouveaux instruments encore plus précis. Par exemple, un nouveau type d'esthésiomètre constitué par l'utilisation de divers mono-filaments calibrés a été fabriqué par Max von Frey (1852-1932) en 1894 pour déterminer le seuil nécessaire pour produire la sensation du toucher ou de douleur lorsque le stimulus est appliqué sur la peau plus ou moins fortement. Cet article présente l'histoire de l'évolution technique des compas et des esthésiomètres utilisés dans la plupart des laboratoires de psychologie et de physiologie au tournant du siècle. Ces instruments ont grandement contribué au développement de la psychologie naissante en permettant notamment l'étude objective de l'attention et de la fatigue mentale.
Les critiques de l’ordre du genre à l’époque de la révolution française
Authors: Verjus Anne
Published: May 2019

Le féminisme à l’époque de la Révolution française est porté par des figures bien connues, comme Condorcet et Gouges. Leur défense des droits des femmes, qui revendique une égalité d’éducation et de représentation politique, fonde le féminisme dit « universaliste ». Cette défense universaliste des droits des femmes ne doit pas occulter d’autres formes de féminismes qui s’expriment dans l’espace européen de la cause des femmes, et proposent des solutions « différentialistes » ou « sexualistes » au problème du patriarcat. Au centre de ces critiques, souvent anglaises : le mariage et la paternité, que certains comme James H. Lawrence proposent d’abolir.
Les syndicalistes femmes contre le plafond de verre dans la Tunisie (post) révolutionnaire
Authors: Selmi Arbia
Published: May 2019

Cet article porte sur la mobilisation de syndicalistes femmes pour l’accès aux postes de pouvoir au sein de l’Union générale tunisienne du travail (UGTT), cette dernière ayant joué un rôle majeur dans l’encadrement des mouvements de protestation en 2010 et 2011. Alors que la « parité » est adoptée pour le champ politique et que le contexte (post) révolutionnaire se caractérise par un renouveau des mobilisations féministes, ce syndicat majoritaire résiste à l’ouverture aux femmes. Fondé sur une ethnographie de longue durée (2012-2017) complétée par la consultation d’archives et des entretiens biographiques, l’article retrace l’ajustement des stratégies des syndicalistes femmes qui s’appuient, de plus en plus, sur les associations féministes locales et les organisations internationales.
L’organisation des travailleuses domestiques dans le sillage de la révolution égyptienne
Authors: Alsheltawy Ranime
Published: May 2019

En Égypte, les années 2012 et 2013 ont vu l’émergence de deux organisations inédites (un syndicat et une association) revendiquant les droits des travailleuses domestiques. Encadrées par des ONG locales et financées par des bailleurs de fonds internationaux, ces deux organisations ont été un lieu de socialisation pour les travailleuses domestiques. Alors que les formes d’engagement ont été différenciées, certaines prenant publiquement la parole, d’autres s’engageant discrètement, toutes sont sorties transformées de cette expérience, ont acquis une connaissance du champ politique ou des dispositions critiques qui les ont amenées à remettre en cause l’ordre sexué, dans leur vie privée et/ou dans la sphère publique.
« Pas d’émancipation de la femme sans la révolution » : les enjeux de genre de la révolution sandiniste
Authors: Lacombe Delphine
Published: May 2019

À partir d’une historiographie du genre dans la révolution sandiniste et d’une enquête qualitative au long cours, cet article propose, d’abord, de comprendre par quels supports idéologiques et sociaux les dirigeants du Front Sandiniste de Libération Nationale ont défini et mobilisé « la femme nouvelle » nicaraguayenne. Il analyse ensuite l’importance et les formes de la participation révolutionnaire des femmes avant que le FSLN ne prenne le pouvoir. Il revient enfin sur les débuts du régime sandiniste (1979-1982) lors duquel l’emprise du FSLN sur les sociabilités configure un nouvel ordre de genre.
Investissements et projets entrepreneuriaux face aux stéréotypes de genre
Authors: Bellier Annie , Idi Cheffou Abdoulkarim
Published: May 2019

Cet article analyse le comportement des femmes investisseurs (l’offre) et des entrepreneuses (la demande) lors de la sollicitation de financement à des réseaux de business angels où les femmes sont minoritaires. Sur la base de la théorie de la menace du stéréotype, nos résultats semblent montrer qu’au sein de ces réseaux de business angels , les femmes, aussi bien du côté de l’offre que de la demande, sont susceptibles d’être inf luencées par les stéréotypes de genre.
Social responsibility and treatment of employees: how to improve reporting among European companies?
Authors: Barbu Elena , Ienciu Nicoleta-Maria
Published: May 2019

La Directive 2014/95/ UE demande aux grands groupes européens de publier des informations relatives à leurs politiques sociales à partir de 2018 mais sans donner une liste ou une grille d’éléments à présenter pour assurer la comparabilité des informations par pays. Dans ce contexte, cet article vise cinq objectifs : (1) proposer une grille de responsabilité sociale et de traitement des salariés (RSTS) qui pourrait être utilisée par les entreprises européennes afin d’améliorer le niveau de RSTS, (2) mesurer le niveau de RSTS dans les entreprises françaises et roumaines, (3) identifier les meilleures pratiques de RSTS, (4) observer tous les déterminants influençant le niveau du reporting social, et (5) interpréter les résultats avec l’ancrage de la théorie néo-institutionnelle, de la théorie des parties prenantes, de la théorie des incitations réglementaires, et de la théorie de l’homogénéité internationale. Cette recherche pourrait être un outil pour mesurer, comparer et améliorer la gestion de la durabilité sociale et du reporting social des entreprises européennes.
E-learning within the Field of Andragogy
Authors: Galustyan Olga Vladimirovna , Borovikova Yana Vladimirovna , Polivaeva Nadezhda Pavlovna , Bakhtiyor Kodirov Rozikovich , Zhirkova Galina Petrovna
Published: May 2019

The article analyzes a new education paradigm based on the concept of e-learning, which relates to the ideas of andragogy. The article deals with the openness of education for each individual, that is confirmed by the fact that each individual is provided with the conditions for free development of his/her educational, intellectual and activity opportunities throughout his/her life. The article presents the main differences between the traditional education and e-learning. The most appropriate andragogical platform means continuous, student-centered adult education, there are significant changes in the purpose and the content of teaching, social roles, forms and nature of communication between the teacher and the student, based on e-learning.
Perception and Attitude Toward Self-Regulated Learning of Thailand’s Students in Educational Data Mining Perspective
Authors: Nuankaew Wongpanya Sararat , Nuankaew Pratya , Teeraputon Direk , Phanniphong Kanakarn , Bussaman Sittichai
Published: May 2019

The Self-Regulated Learning (SRL) strategies can be the best. It can be achieved by a sub-goal that will be more important in the younger generation. This paper proposes the process of developing factors (attributes) which are related to the development of learning styles through self-regulated strategies. The objectives of this paper are (1) to study the perception and attitude toward the attributes of students with self-regulated learning of the students in higher education, and (2) to find the level of acceptance towards the factor of SRL using applied statistics and machine learning technology. The results show that two tools have proved the respondents and the factors of SRL in the accepted level. Besides, the results found that Thai higher education students still focus on formal learning, which conflicts with the behavior and us-age of Internet and telephone in the classroom. In future work, the author is committed to develop and apply a self-regulated learning strategy model with a combination of collaborative learning strategies of blended learning. Also, it supports undergraduate students in analyzing the factors and studying the behavior patterns of learners in suitable modern learning.
A Systematic Review of Personalized Learning: Comparison between E-Learning and Learning by Coursework Program in Oman
Authors: Tawafak Ragad M , Romli Awanis , Malik Sohail Iqbal , Shakir Mohanaad , Alfarsi Ghaliya M
Published: May 2019

There is a need for several applications and technologies in higher education institutions in Oman to enhance the educational process. This systematical study investigates the simultaneous influence of technology implementation with e-learning and traditional coursework program instruction on the enhancement and development of an assessment method for undergraduates in different programs. This paper aims to analyze the current articles that handle with the learning process and compare between the understanding and acceptance of E-Learning mechanism and traditional coursework method of teaching for improving assessment method and evaluation of academic performance. The method works on the benefits of increasing E-Learning process for educational skills as an assistance tool with faculty material and class discussion. In this study, surveys were distributed to two different universities and college in Oman to assess their satisfaction in the learning model. The findings of this paper assisted the model that may help to improve both the teaching method and academic performance of student learning outcomes.
The Impact of Using Drama in Education on Life Skills and Reflective Thinking
Authors: Jjarrah Hani Yousef
Published: May 2019

Abstract

The aim of the study was to identify the impact of using drama in education on life skills and reflective thinking. The experimental method was used and the study sample consisted of (100) students from the 10th grade at the Emirates National School in Abu Dhabi. The results showed that drama in education has an impact on life skills as it develops students' reading and numeracy skills, enables them to identify the strengths and weaknesses of their personality, and to connect study and application in the real life. Employing drama in education increased students 'skills in reflective thinking in terms of reinforced the different concepts logically analysis, and distinction between the advantages and disadvantages of different topics. The researcher recommended that the teacher should focus on the development of students' abilities to deduce the problems posed solutions through the available information on the nature of the problem and traits.
User Identification in the Process of Web Usage Data Preprocessing
Authors: Kapusta Jozef , Munk Michal , Halvoník Dominik , Drlík Martin
Published: May 2019

If we are talking about user behavior analytics, we have to understand what the main source of valuable information is. One of these sources is definitely a web server. There are multiple places where we can extract the necessary data. The most common ways are to search for these data in access log, error log, custom log files of web server, proxy server log file, web browser log, browser cookies etc. A web server log is in its default form known as a Common Log File (W3C, 1995) and keeps information about IP address; date and time of visit; ac-cessed and referenced resource. There are standardized methodologies which contain several steps leading to extract new knowledge from provided data. Usu-ally, the first step is in each one of them to identify users, users’ sessions, page views, and clickstreams. This process is called pre-processing. Main goal of this stage is to receive unprocessed web server log file as input and after processing outputs meaningful representations which can be used in next phase. In this pa-per, we describe in detail user session identification which can be considered as most important part of data pre-processing. Our paper aims to compare the us-er/session identification using the STT with the identification of user/session us-ing cookies. This comparison was performed concerning the quality of the se-quential rules generated, i.e., a comparison was made regarding generation useful, trivial and inexplicable rules.
Process Design of Cooperative Education Management System by Cloud-based Blockchain E-portfolio
Authors: Wanotayapitak Sukosol , Saraubon Kobkiat , Nilsook Prachyanun
Published: May 2019

The digital competence is necessary for 21st century living, but from several countries survey, a large number of people still have insufficient digital competence. Moreover, from literature study found three problems of today cooperative education information system, (1) lack of information sharing among university community, (2) lack of connect information to public, and (3) lack of enhancing 21st century learning skill. This paper proposes a process design of cooperative education management system by using the integration of cooperative education, E-Portfolio, digital competence framework 2.0, cloud computing technology, and blockchain technology. These processes make result of digital competence assessment credible and share to open digital labor market finally.
A Proposed Web Based Real Time Brain Computer Interface (BCI) System for Usability Testing
Authors: C. A. Hewawasam Puwakpitiyage , V. R. Paramesura Rao , M. S. A. Muhammad Azizi , W. J. Tee , R. K. Murugesan , M. D. Hamzah
Published: May 2019

Hallway testing, Remote Usability testing, Expert review, Automated expert review and A/B testing are the methods commonly used for Usability testing. However, there is no reliable system that integrates Brain Computer Interface (BCI) into the testing process with focus given towards user emotion analysis using electroencephalography (EEG) signals. This paper proposes a system that would be able to identify user emotions while they are conducting usability tests and the results would be able to increase the accuracy of the usability test. In the proposed system the results of the usability test would be displayed in real time on a dashboard and a summary report can be generated for distribution.
Analysis of Design Pattern to Develop Object-Oriented Systems
Authors: Birare Komal M.
Published: May 2019

This article is an introduction to design patterns. Patterns are recent software engineering problem-solving discipline that emerged from the object-oriented community. The primary purpose of the pattern is communicating design insights and making patterns coherent and easier to understand. On the basis of a review of existing frameworks and the authors own experiences building visualization software, they present a series of design patterns for the domain of information visualization. The authors discuss the structure, factors use, and association of patterns bridge of data representation, graphics, and interaction.
Automated Crowd Controlling System Using Image Processing and Video Processing Technique to Avoid Stamped
Authors: Quadri Syeda Ruheena
Published: May 2019

Crowd control is needed to prevent the outbreak of disorder and prevent possible stampedes. An automated detection of people crowds from images has become a very important research field. Due to the importance of the topic, many researchers tried to solve this problem using CCTV street cameras. There are still significant problems in managing public pedestrian transport areas such as railway stations, stadiums, shopping malls, and religious gatherings. Using CCTV cameras, some image processing techniques are suitable for an automatic crowd monitoring system. The feasibility of such a system has been tested by analyzing the crowd behavior, crowd density and motion. Traditional measurement techniques, based on manual observations, are not suitable for comprehensive data collection of patterns of density and movement. Real-time monitoring is tedious and tiring, but critical for safety. The author has investigated a number of techniques for crowd density estimation, movement estimation, incident detection and their merits using image processing.
Analysis of Privacy Preservation Techniques in IoT
Authors: Apare Ravindra Sadashivrao , Gujar Satish Narayanrao
Published: May 2019

IoT (Internet of Things) is a sophisticated analytics and automation system that utilizes networking, big data, artificial intelligence, and sensing technology to distribute absolute systems for a service or product. The major challenges in IoT relies in security restrictions related with generating low cost devices, and the increasing number of devices that generates further opportunities for attacks. Hence, this article intends to develop a promising methodology associated with data privacy preservation for handling the IoT network. It is obvious that the IoT devices often generate time series data, where the range of respective time series data can be extremely large.
Prediction of L10 and Leq Noise Levels Due to Vehicular Traffic in Urban Area Using ANN and Adaptive Neuro-Fuzzy Interface System (ANFIS) Approach
Authors: Patil Vilas K , Nagarale P.P.
Published: May 2019

Recently in urban areas, road traffic noise is one of the primary sources of noise pollution. Variation in noise level is impacted by the synthesis of traffic and the percentage of heavy vehicles. Presentation to high noise levels may cause serious impact on the health of an individual or community residing near the roadside. Thus, predicting the vehicular traffic noise level is important. The present study aims at the formulation of regression, an artificial neural network (ANN) and an adaptive neuro-fuzzy interface system (ANFIS) model using the data of observed noise levels, traffic volume, and average speed of vehicles for the prediction of L10 and Leq. Measured noise levels are compared to the noise levels predicted by the experimental model. It is observed that the ANFIS approach is more superior when compared to output given by regression and an ANN model. Also, there exists a positive correlation between measured and predicted noise levels. The proposed ANFIS model can be utilized as a tool for traffic direction and planning of new roads in zones of similar land use pattern.
Adaptation of Error Adjusted Bagging Method for Prediction
Authors: Isikhan Selen Yilmaz , Karabulut Erdem , Samadi Afshin , Kılıçkap Saadettin
Published: May 2019

In this study, the error-adjusted bagging technique is adapted to support vector regression (SVR) and regression tree (RT) methods to obtain more accurate predictions, and then the method performances are evaluated with real data sets and a simulation study. For this purpose, the prediction performances of single models, classical bagging models, and error-adjusted bagging models obtained via complementary versions of the above-mentioned methods are constructed. The comparison is mainly based on a real dataset of 295 patients with Hodgkin's lymphoma (HL). The effect of several parameters such as training set ratio, the number of influential predictors on model performances, is examined with 500 repetitions of simulation data. The results reveal that error-adjusted bagging method provides the best performance compared to both single and classical bagging performances of the methods. Furthermore, the bias variance analysis confirms the success of this technique in reducing both bias and variance.
Distribution and Inventory Planning in a Supply Chain Under Transportation Route Disruptions and Uncertain Demands
Authors: Shrivastava Himanshu , Ernst Andreas T. , Krishnamoorthy Mohan
Published: May 2019

This article considers transportation disruptions and its detrimental impact on the quality of the enroute shipment. The authors consider a supply chain system of a short life cycle product that has a capacitated supplier, a retailer and multiple routes of transportation under different disruption risks, uncertain cost of transportation, and uncertain demands. The authors investigate a hybrid problem in which the firm needs to develop a suitable distribution strategy under disruption risks along with an optimal checking policy when faced with the supply of varying quantities of damaged items. The authors formulate a non-linear mathematical model in which the overall objective is to maximise the expected profit and to help the firm in decision making under uncertain environments. Lastly, a statistical study is carried out to perform uncertainty analysis.
Integrating Fuzzy Prioritization Method and FMEA in the Operational Processes of an Automotive Company
Authors: Yücenur G. Nilay , Atay İpek , Argon Senem , Gül Eda Fulya
Published: May 2019

This study includes a risk analysis application. In the article the authors analyzed insurance department's operational processes between October 2015 to April 2016 with a Failure Mode and Effect Analysis (FMEA) of an automotive firm. In the FMEA application, the article summarized engineers and managers opinions during process development and benefitted from these engineers and managers for analysis of these failures one by one. In application study is constructed on data transfer systems analysis among dealer, insurance departments and insurance companies for risk management. The purpose of this study is for the sample company revealing all failures, the reasons for these failures and making a risk analysis of these failures. In this study, for all determined failures was the calculated risk level with the occurrence, severity, and detection score, and preventive functions were organized according to these risk level scores. Using the fuzzy prioritization method for the evaluation of failures, more objective evaluations were attempted and suggestions for the prevention of failures have improved RPN values of 5 failures. In this way, the 5 failures RPN values are lower than 100.
An Extended Framework for Development of a National Logistics Performance Management System
Authors: Çelebi Dilay
Published: May 2019

Due to the rapid and increasing integration of national markets, more and more countries are adopting some form of a logistics development policy. Even though a key aspect of success in logistics systems improvement is an efficient performance management system, a systematic analysis of national logistics performance management systems has attracted limited attention in academic literature. In this article, the author constructs a conceptual framework model which focuses on a holistic and integrated model of national logistics performance management. The intention is to provide a tool which enables the correct deployment of national strategies to logistics policies and to present a template to help describing the key aspects of design and operation of national logistics performance management systems.
Deepening Engagement
Authors: Chadha Anita
Published: May 2019

Peer interaction in the online classroom boosts academic progression and engages students in deeper learning. This study assesses several different forms of student peer interactions on a collaborative website in an American politics course offered across two universities. Findings reveal that students identify and personalize their interactions with each other while employing deeper learning, a measure of their reflective discussions using academic content across the universities. This study concludes that a peer interactive design is an effective online teaching method to expand student learning, one that engages students with each other while deepening their learning.
Reliability of ROS Networked Mobile Robots
Authors: Oksa Petri Tapani , Lipping Tarmo
Published: May 2019

When working remotely with mobile robotics, a reliable wireless communication network becomes essential, especially in large operating regions. As most teleoperated robots rely on standard Wi-Fi communication, network behavior has a crucial effect on autonomous robot control. The main goal of this research is to measure and diagnose the system reliability, roaming issues, and bottlenecks of such data transmission. To study these significant factors, two measurement scenarios were conducted. Measurements consist of two Wi-Fi access points (AP) and a TurtleBot II robot used in two different system set-up configurations. In the first configuration, two APs are connected in bridge mode (LAN connection) and in the second configuration the APs are connected in WDS bridge (Wireless Data Distribution) mode. This article presents the results of Robot Operating System (ROS) IEEE 802.11 network measurements in roaming mode, in wireless bridge mode, and in an extended coverage area employed in WDS mode. Results of data transmission measurements, configurations, and evaluation of the entire system are also presented. All the measurements utilize the Open Cloud Robotic Platform (OpenCRP)1 an open-source cloud robotics ecosystem based on service-oriented PaaS architecture using the Ubuntu Linux operating system.
Exploring Cinnamic Acid Multitarget Hybrids in Terms of 2D-QSAR
Authors: Hadjipavlou-Litina Dimitra , Peperidou Aikaterini
Published: May 2019

Cinnamic acids hybrids present a variety of significant biological activities and are characterized as pleiotropic agents. The 2D- QSAR analysis presented here attempts to identify the structural features and physicochemical properties of cinnamic acids hybrids presenting: a) antitumor activity; b) immunosuppressive activity; c) inhibitory activity on various enzymes; d) antioxidant activity. A 2D-QSAR analysis was carried out for 26 data sets of compounds taken from the literature using the C-QSAR program of Biobyte. In 5 cases hydrophobicity appeared to be important. Steric factors in the form of overall molar refractivity (CMR), molar refractivity of the substituents (MR), molar volume (MgVol) and the Verloop Sterimol parameters have a significant impact on the biological activity whereas electronic parameters as Hammett σp, σm, σo or Σσ appear in most of the cases. The anticancer as well as anti-inflammatory and antioxidant activities of caffeic acid hybrids are governed by lipophilicity, electron and stereochemical factors.
A New Model of Atomic Nucleophilicity Index and Its Application in the Field of QSAR
Authors: Tandon Hiteshi , Chakraborty Tanmoy , Suhag Vandana
Published: May 2019

A new ansatz is suggested for computing the atomic nucleophilicity index (N) for atoms of 103 elements of the periodic table resting upon the mutual action of two periodic properties, atomic polarizability (α) and effective nuclear charge (Zeff). The effectiveness of the model is illustrated by the explicit periodic behaviour. In addition, molecular nucleophilicity (NAM) is being proposed as an arithmetic mean of the atomic nucleophilicities of the constituent atoms of the given molecule. Due to the nonexistence of a benchmark for atomic nucleophilicity, molecular nucleophilicity index is evaluated and a comparative analysis is made with the existing data as a validity test. Furthermore, computed density functional theory (DFT) based reactivity descriptor, viz. atomic nucleophilicity index, have been employed to construct a quantitative structure–activity relationship (QSAR) model, using regression analysis, to study the biological activities of testosterone derivatives.