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A Quality Outcome Assessment of Learning Discrete Mathematics Course The Case of University Students
Authors: Shing Marn-Ling , Shing Chen-Chi , Shing Lee-Pin , Shing Lee-Hur 
Published: February 2019

Teaching a mathematics foundation course such as Discrete Mathematics for an information technology curriculum is always a challenge. The challenge may be identifying students mathematical backgrounds early and then using different teaching techniques in the classroom. An even bigger challenge is that many topics have to be covered effectively in a short semester course. This paper provides a standard quantitative methodology for conducting an outcome assessment using Discrete Mathematics as a case study. It starts with creating an ABET accredited course outcome based on different learning levels. And then it shows how to design assessment instruments, how to determine the sample size, how to collect data and how to analyze and validate the data.
Performance Evaluation of Pattern Storage Network of Associative memory with Sub-optimal GA for Hand written Hindi SWARS
Authors: Lavania Rajesh , Singh Manu Pratap 
Published: February 2019

In this paper we are performing the evaluation of Hopfield neural network as Associative memory for recalling of memorized patterns from the Sub-optimal genetic algorithm for Handwritten of Hindi language. In this process the genetic algorithm is employed from sub-optimal form for recalling of memorized patterns corresponding to the presented noisy prototype input patterns. The sub-optimal form of GA is considered as the non-random initial population or solution. So, rather than random start, the GA explores from the sum of correlated weight matrices for the input patterns of training set. The objective of this study is to determine the optimal weight matrix for correct recalling corresponds to approximate prototype input pattern of Hindi â€˜SW. In this study the performance of neural network is evaluated in terms of the rate of success for recalling of memorized Hindi for presented approximate prototype input pattern with GA in two aspects. The first aspect reflects the random nature of the GA and the second one exhibit the suboptimal nature of the GA for its exploration.The simulated results demonstrate the better performance of network for recalling of the memorized Hindi SWARS using genetic algorithm to evolve the population of weights from sub-optimal weight matrix.
Determinants of technical efficiency in the Zimbabwean manufacturing industries
Authors: Munongo Simon , Chitungo Shallone. K 
Published: February 2019

This study investigates the determinants efficiency of manufacturing subsectors in the Zimbabwean economy. The study applied the panel data econometrics approach in the leading manufacturing subsectors from 1980-2005. The technical efficiency estimates using SFA shows that there are varying efficiencies across sub-sectors and through time. The log-likelihood test shows that there existed technical inefficiency in the production processes in the manufacturing sector. This shows that the industries could improve their productive capacities with the same amount of inputs. The study shows that in the Zimbabwean manufacturing industries between 1980 and 2005 industries with strong the human capital development and foreign direct investment flowsÂ had higher efficiency. The concentration of foreign owned firms in an industry and capital intensity had no effect on the efficiency of an industry.
Benchmarking Innovation: Comparison of Industrial SMEs in Argentine and France
Authors: Rey J RodrÃ­guez , D Galvez , L Morel , M Camargo , V Boly , R Forradellas 
Published: February 2019

Benchmarking has become a useful tool for companies for decision-making and improvement of internal practices. Nevertheless, in innovation capabilities, benchmarking applications have been scarce. This study'smain objective was to perform a comparative analysis of the innovation potential of two groups of companies belonging to Argentine and France. Besides the potential for innovation, components of this potential were compared finding strengths and weaknesses of both groups. To do that, the methodology of Innovation Potential Index (IPI) has been used. Through a survey based on acceptance grids, collection of the particularities of both groups has been made. By means of statistical analysis the main differences and similarities have been clarified. Among the most important findings are the similarities between the groups in the classification: in both samples, 60% of cases had a low potential for innovation (passive and reactive categories). Significant differences were found in terms of innovation strategy where French companies performed better than the argentine ones. About innovation project management, Argentinian firms perform better. Human resource results barely developed in the entire sample. The similarities, due to the fact of belong to SME category, results clearly evident. Also differences in some characteristics closely related to markedly different macroeconomic environment have emerged.
Business Intelligence and its role to enhance Corporate Performance Management
Authors: Nazier Mostafa Medhat , Khedr Dr. Ayman , Haggag Assoc. Prof. Mohamed 
Published: February 2019

As every small or large organization requires information to promote their business by forecasting the future trends, information is now the primary tool to understand the market trends and understand their own position in the market comparison to its competitors. Business intelligence is the use of an organizations disparate data to provide meaningful information and analyses to employees, customers, suppliers, and partners for more efficient and effective decision-making. BI applications include the activities of decision support systems, query and reporting, online analytical processing (OLAP), data warehouse (DW), statistical analysis, forecasting, and data mining.
BST Algorithm for Duplicate Elimination in Data Warehouse
Authors: Pahwa Payal , Chhabra Rashmi 
Published: February 2019

Data warehousing is an emerging technology and has proved to be very important for an organization. Today every business organization needs accurate and large amount of information to make proper decisions. For taking the business decisions the data should be of good quality. To improve the data quality data cleansing is needed. Data cleansing is fundamental to warehouse data reliability, and to data warehousing success. There are various methods for datacleansing. This paper addresses issues related data cleaning. We focus on the detection of duplicate records. Also anefficient algorithm for data cleaning is proposed. A review of data cleansing methods and comparison between them is presented.
Does Financing Diversification Matter? An Evaluation of the Performance of Savings and Credit Cooperative Societies; a case of Kakamega County, Kenya
Authors: Mulwa Jonathan Mwau 
Published: February 2019

Financial sector liberalization in Kenya and the far world has created an enormous spectrum from which Savings and Credit Cooperative Societies (Saccos) can raise finances from. This has coincided with a period of good performances for a number of Saccos. However, there is no certain indication of a link between the good performance and the financing diversification; it is not clear whether those Saccos who have diverse financing sources perform any better than those who rely on their members savings. This paper therefore sought to establish the effect of financing diversification on the performance of Saccos by answering the question; does financing diversification affect the performance of a Sacco? The study used a descriptive correlational design with the study population being all Kenya Union of Savings and Credit Cooperatives (KUSCCO) member Saccos registered in Kakamega County. Data was collected from a key informant in every Sacco using a questionnaire and analysed using both descriptive and inferential statistics. Descriptive analysis was done to identify any trends and dispersions in the data while Karl Pearsons zero order coefficient of correlation was used to determine the nature of relationship between financing diversification and Sacco performance. Regression analysis was done to model the relationship between financing diversification and Sacco performance.Â The study found out that financing diversification had a significant positive effect on Sacco performance. The study has, however, recommended further researches to establish the risk implications of financing diversification on Saccos.
Measuring the Quality of Life Felda Residents in Iskandar Malaysia Based on Perception of Quality of Life Index
Authors: Yusoff Wan Zahari Wan , Arshad Ezhwan Nur 
Published: February 2019

Quality of life is a change in the society from a state that is considered unsatisfactory to a better condition which includes not only economic development but also involves various aspects such as social, psychological, cultural, political and environmental. The success of a placement can be measured by the improvement in the quality of life of the local residents. Iskandar Malaysia (IM) is a rapidly growing and developing area of which they are expected to contribute to the lives betterment of people in the economy and in the surrounding area as stated in the Comprehensive Development Plan for South Johor Economic Region. The question arises to what extent the IM development projects beneficial to the survival of the residents in the area as well to help improve the quality of life of the local residents in line with the current rapid development being carried out. Therefore, the main objective of this study is to determine the quality of life of Felda residents in Iskandar Malaysia using quality of life perception index. The research focused on the Felda population in Iskandar Malaysia based on the justification that they are the group of people who receive the most significant impact on the development of IM in the process of land acquisition and loss of shelter and habitat for future employment with the expectations of receiving a better life. IM perception Quality of life measurement model is determined based on the Malaysian Quality of Life Index. In addition, the measurement of quality of life through perception model was constructed to solicit comments from the locals. The research methodology is through the collection of primary data and secondary data from surveys and interviews and collecting data from the relevant agencies. The data were analyzed and the results showed that the quality of life of Felda residents in IM at moderate levels. Only two components are achieved at the satisfactory level namely transportation and housing.Â This study hopes to benefit the related parties who involve in the policy making in reviewing the existing policy towards a better development which will subsequently increase the level of quality of life of the local and native residents in IM.
Slotted Carrier Sense Multiple Access Protocols- A Review
Authors: Kaur Kulbir , Kumar Kiran 
Published: February 2019

CSMA/CA protocols rely on the random deferment of packet transmissions. Like most other protocols, CSMA/CA was designed with the assumption that the nodes would play by the rules. This is important the nodes themselves control deferment. However, with the higher programmability of the network adapters, the temptation to tamper with the software or firmware is likely to grow; in this way, a user could obtain a much larger share of the available bandwidth at the expenseof other users. This paper focuses on slotted CSMA/CA and tries to find out its limitations of the slotted CSMA/CA protocols.
Role of Information Systems in Organizational Business Process
Authors: Kitone Margaret K. , Omieno Kelvin Kabeti 
Published: February 2019

Over the years , Information System has advanced so much that we are able to operate better in an organization which is better than what used to happen in the past. Information Systems derived from the term data processing. The purpose of Information Systems is to provide efficient and reliable ways on how to perform functions in an organization. Computers have important role in evolution of Information System. There have been a lot of applications of Information System in the organizations today including human resource operation as the main field of concern, accounting andÂ finance, logistics and planning among others. Internet is the recent development in the use of Information.Â Studies have been carried out on Information System and its application but none of the studies have looked at the role Information System plays in typical organizational operational functions especially in the Human Resource Operations. This therefore leaves the gap in research that this paper sought to breach. The study is conducted through analysis of literature review from journals, and surveys. The paper therefore recommends that organizations should apply Information Systems in Human Resources operationsÂ in order to reap these benefits.
The Mediating Effect Of Work Cooperative Attitude On The Affecting Of Organizational Justice To Dysfunctional Behavior And Impacted To The Loan Controllers Performance
Authors: Sitorus Tigor 
Published: February 2019

The objective of this research is to build a theoretical and an empirical model of theWork Cooperative Attitude of Loan Controller on decreasing the Dysfunctional behavior at banking industries and its impact to Loan Controllers Performance. This study wanted to test empirically direct and indirect effects of ; The first, The Organizational Justice to Dysfunctional behavior, The second, The Organizational Justice dysfunctional behavior mediated by Work Cooperative Attitude, the third, The Work Cooperative Attitude to Loan Controllers Performance, The fourth, the Work Cooperative Attitude to Loan Controllers Performance mediated by Dysfunctional behavior at the biggest ten of bank listed in Indonesian stock exchange, Jakarta area in 2011.The Structural Equation Modeling and Analysis of Path by Amos Software 16.00 used to analysis data which result have a high goodness of fit , and the test of simultaneous and individual test proved significant with coefficient < 0.05 and the variation of the dependent variable could be explained or estimated by the independent variables with coefficient adjusted R Square > 0.60.The results of the analysis shows that ; The First, Organizational justice is positive but not significantly increasing the Dysfunctional behavior, The second, effort to decrease the dysfunctional behavior will significant and more strength throughout increasing the variable of Work Cooperative attitude. The Third, effort to increase The Loan Controllers Performance will significant by decrease the Dysfunctional behavior and increasing Work Cooperative Attitude simultaneously. This study recommend about the importance of building Work Cooperative Attitude of loan Controller with dimensions; cooperative work, openness, honesty, commitment, mutual respect.Those could be obtained if the company has a good procedural and distribution justice for loan Controller.
Effects of Job Satisfaction on Job Performance and Occupational Commitment
Authors: Bakan Ismail , Buyukbese Tuba , Ersahan Burcu , Sezer Buket 
Published: February 2019

The paper aims to examine the effect of job satisfaction on the levels of job performance and occupational commitment among academicians in the universities. A structured questionnaire was used as an instrument for data collection, with academic staff in the Kahramanmaras Sutcu Imam University as respondents. The results of regression analysis indicated that job satisfaction has a positive impact on job performance and occupational commitment. Job satisfaction explains the 36.7 percent of job performance, and 48.0 percent of occupational commitment of academic staff. Additionally, occupational commitment has also a positive impact on job performance of academicians and explains 28.7 percent of their job performance. Academic administrators can provide a suitable organizational climate to increase the satisfaction level and thus, occupational commitment and job performance of the academic staff will increase. The results and recommendations in the paper will be of interest to all academic administrators and staff, not only for the Kahramanmaras Sutcu Imam University but also for the academic administrators in all universities.
Lean Supply Chain Ecosystem for MSME a Framework for Phased Implementation.
Authors: Dinakaran Soundar raj , Sudhahar Dr. J. Clement 
Published: February 2019

Supply Chain Management is the major operation tool for all the Industries. Micro, Small and Medium Industries are aware of the supply chain management but many of these companies have not yet followed this operation tool. In this scenario the Lean Supply Chain Management is also a part of the supply chain management, it means that how to minimize the supply chain cost and to use effectively without changing the time as well as reduce the time to deliver also. Based on the literature and Industry visit there are some gaps identified which affect the supply chain management and how it to be change into the Lean Supply Chain Management there are Communication, Information Sharing System, Cost control planning, Customer service, Industry trends, Customer linkages, Service philosophy, Seasonality Management Mindset, Lean Supply chain problem readiness, Supplier base, Data infrastructure Distribution center swaps and Lean Supply chain bottlenecks intervention. When the industry were fill this gaps the Supply Chain Management is to convert into the Lean supply Chain Management through this Micro, Small and Medium Industries can make their business well profitable and comfortable.
Toxicity of Insecticides against the Diamondback moth, Plutella xylostella L. and Its Parasitoid, Cotesia plutellae, on Cauliflower Crop.
Authors: Hussain Azhar , Abro G.H. , Syed T.S. , Awan M.S. , Khanzada I. , Jarwar L.B. , Sattar M. , Sartaj A. 
Published: February 2019

Field studies on efficacy of different insecticides against the diamondback moth, Plutella xylostella L. and their toxicity to parasitoid,Cotesia plutellae on cauliflower crop were carried out on farmers fields. The insecticides tested were abamectin, emamectin benzoate, lufenuran, spinosad, endosulfan, profenophos, and a mixture of endosulfan +lufenuran. The pretreatment observation was taken 24 hrs before and post treatment observations were recorded 48, 72 and 96 hrs, 7 and 15 days after application of insecticides. On overall basiss abamectin and emamectin benzoate were found to be the most effective insecticides against Plutella xylostella, followed by profenophos and lufenuron with P. xylostella population of 1.75, 2.12, 3.69, and 4.12 insects per plant, respectively. While, spinosad and lufenuron were found comparatively less toxic to parasitoid, C. plutellae, followed by endosulfan with parasitism of 36.74, 36.72 and 35.65%, respectively. Whereas, abamectin was highly toxic to C. plutellae, with parasitism of 19.83% only.
ACCEPTABILITY AND UTILIZATION OF GRADED LEVELS OF GMELINA ARBOREA AND CASSAVA PEELS CONCENTRATES IN WEST AFRICAN DWARF SHEEP
Authors: Pius Amoka , M Tawose O 
Published: February 2019

The nutritive value ,voluntary dry matter intake, and the nutrient digestibility of graded levels of Gmelina arborea and cassava peels concentrates in WAD sheep was investigated. Twelve WAD sheep aged 1-2 years old and weighting 14.00± 0.45 kg were used in a complete randomized design. Diets were formulated such that cassava peels was replaced with Gmelina arborea leaf meal at 0, 33.33, 66.67, 100% levels, designated as diets A, B, C, and D respectively. Diet without Gmelina arborea leaf meal was tagged the control diet. The concentrate feed was compounded to contain 16% CP. Diets with 33.33% inclusion level of Gmelina arborea had significantly (P<0.05) higher dry matter intake (DMI) 598.80g day-1, while the lowest DMI 425.00g day-1 was obtained in animals fed 100% inclusion level of Gmelina arborea. Crude protein intake (CPI) of animals fed diets with 33.33% inclusion levels of Gmelina arborea were significantly (P<0.05) highest, followed by 66.67% inclusion level and the least was observed in 0% inclusion level of Gmelina arborea. Dry matter digestibility (DMD) was significantly (P<0.05) different across the dietary treatments, animals placed on diets with 33.33% inclusion level had the highest DMD, followed by animals on diets with 66.67, 100 and 0% inclusion levels. CP digestibility (P<0.05) increased from 33.33% to 100% inclusion levels of Gmelina arborea leaf meal, the lowest CP digestibility was observed at 0% inclusion level. CF digestibility (P<0.05) increased from 33.33% to 100% inclusion levels of Gmelina arborea leaf meal, while the lowest CF digestibility was observed at 0% inclusion level. N intake increased significantly (P<0.05) with increase in the level of Gmelina arborea inclusion from 33.33% to 100%. N retention was significantly (P<0.05) different, diets with 33.33% Gmelina arborea inclusion had the highest value (64.36g day-1) followed by 66.67%, 100% and the least (52.64g day-1) was at 0% inclusion level of Gmelina arborea. N balance values also followed the same trend. From the results of this study, it can be concluded that the inclusion of Gmelina arborea leaf meal in WAD rams diet was well tolerated without adverse effect on acceptability, intake and nutrient digestibility, and inclusion level of 33.33% is hereby recommended in ruminants diet for optimum performance and productivity.
On The Discrete Nature of The Gravitational Force
Authors: Boatmun Dewey Lewis 
Published: February 2019

The standard model of particle physics has been extremely successful in unifying the strong, weak, and electromagnetic forces through the unitary product group SU(3) X SU(2) X U(1); and general relativity has been equally accurate in describing gravitation. No attempt thus far, however, has managed to incorporate general relativity into the standard model—or any other model. And while no attempt will, herein, be made to accomplish that endeavor, perhaps some of the insights will constitute a helpful step in that direction. In the following pages, gravitation and electromagnetism are looked at in new and different ways.
Effect of Incorporation of Aluminium Waste in Concrete Matrix Using Different Mix Ratio and Water Cement Ratio
Authors: MBADIKE ELIVS M. 
Published: February 2019

The research investigated the effect of incorporation of aluminum waste in concrete matrix using different mix ratio and water cement ratio. Aluminum waste which was obtained from Aluminum Extrusion Industry (ALEX) Inyishi in Ikeduru Local Government Area of Imo State, Nigeria was investigated. Concrete Cubes with different ingredient components, mix ratio and water cement ratio were used to cast cube samples. The cubes have a dimension of 150mm x 150mm x 150mm. The cube samples were tested for 7, 14 and 28days strength.Â The total of 216 concrete cubes were cast. The result showed that the addition of 5% Aluminum waste to a standard 1:2:4:0.55 mix caused the compression strength of the concrete to rise from 26.07N/mm2Â Â to 28.47N/mm2 Â .This result represents an increase of 9.21% in compressive strength. The initial and final setting time of the Ordinary Portland Cement (OPC) used is 53mins and 587mins respectively. The slump test of aluminum waste concrete at different water cement ratio using 1:2:4 mix ranges from 4-20mm while that of 1:3:6 mix ranges from 7-14mm.
Optimal inventory control for ameliorating, deteriorating items under time varying demand condition
Authors: Misra Umakanta , Mishra Srichandan , Mallick Minakshi , Paikrav S K 
Published: February 2019

In this paper we discuss the development of an inventory model for ameliorating items such as fast growing animals like duck, pigs, broiler in poultry farm, high-bred fishes with instantaneous replenishment for the above type of items under cost minimization. A time varying type of demand rate with infinite time horizon, constant deterioration and without shortage is considered for the model. The result is illustrated with numerical example.