Informationand Technologies Research Articles

The Role of Students’ Perception and Informatioin Technology in Improving The Production of (Θ) and (Ð) by 1thSemester Students of STIKOM Tunas Bangsa Pematangsiantar

The productions of the English consonants (θ) and (ð) are constant difficulties faced by English learners whose mother tongue is not English. The failure in perfect productions of these consonants very often goes on to the time when the students’ speech sound plays a key part in their career. With the role of students’ perception of correct positions of the articulators against the required points of articulation in producing the dental fricative consonant sounds (θ) and (ð) and information technology,,the students can improve the quality of the productions even to perfect state.

Review on Applications of R programming in Biological Data Analysis

The key programming language used in the field of data science is R programming, because of the freeavailability and ability to handle huge data. Packages developed in the R are used widely by scientists toobtain solutions for various real-world problems in several disciplines like healthcare, agriculture, andinformation technology. Next-generation sequencing data requires various bioinformatics analyses likequality checking, differential gene expression studies, and annotation which is facilitated by R packages andsoftware. Bioconductorprojectremains a hub of R packages that are open access and move the researchers tothe comfort zone for various kinds of analysis. In this review, we briefly discussed various packages usefulfor NGS data analysis and also explained how to use the packages for basic level analysis that benefitsresearchers having less exposure to R programming.

Coreference Resolution in Vietnamese Electronic Medical Records

Electronic medical records (EMR) have emerged as an important source of data for research in medicine andinformation technology, as they contain much of valuable human medical knowledge in healthcare and patienttreatment. This paper tackles the problem of coreference resolution in Vietnamese EMRs. Unlike in English ones,in Vietnamese clinical texts, verbs are often used to describe disease symptoms. So we first define rules to annotateverbs as mentions and consider coreference between verbs and other noun or adjective mentions possible. Thenwe propose a support vector machine classifier on bag-of-words vector representation of mentions that takes intoaccount the special characteristics of Vietnamese language to resolve their coreference. The achieved F1 scoreon our dataset of real Vietnamese EMRs provided by a hospital in Ho Chi Minh city is 91.4%. To the best of ourknowledge, this is the first research work in coreference resolution on Vietnamese clinical texts.Keywords: Clinical text, support vector machine, bag-of-words vector, lexical similarity, unrestricted coreference

Model-based Approach to Data Center Design and Power Usage Effectiveness Assessment

Data Centers (DC) are complex systems, which provide an environment to host Information and Technologies (IT) equipment. DCs are typically composed of a variety of components including servers, storage systems, networking infrastructures in addition to non-IT equipment such as power distribution and cooling systems. In order for a DC to function properly, all of its components need to be correctly configured and integrated. However, the variety of configurations and the interdependencies of DC sub-systems create challenges in understanding and optimizing DC complexities. In this paper, we present a system modeling approach, which supports the design of DCs and a quantitative assessment of their energy efficiency. This modeling approach aims at controlling the design complexity of DC infrastructure and ensuring the consistency of such designs. The cornerstone of our approach is a generic DC metamodel (DCMM), which captures the DCs heterogeneous structure, main characteristics, and diverse constraints. Furthermore, we propose a method to generate a Power Flow Model (PFM) from an input DC model. The PFM is then used to compute the DC Power Usage Effectiveness (PUE) metric. We evaluate the applicability of our approach through a use case of the Consortium Laval-UQAM-McGill and Eastern Quebec (CLUMEQ) data center.

Pembelajaran Sejarah Berbasis Kurikulum 2013 di SMA Kotamadya Jakarta Timur

This study aims to obtain a systematic description of the implementation of the 2013curriculum on learning history in high school East Jakarta Municipality. The research location is inSMAN 81 Jakarta and SMA Angkasa 1 Jakarta. This research uses qualitative approach with methodof grounded theory of research data. The results showed that the understanding of teachers in thegrassroot on various learning concepts both in terms of planning, implementation to evaluation isquite low. From the planning, implementation and assessment, only the implementation of learningthat can be implemented by teachers in the research location, while planning and assessment is notimplemented optimally. showing by teachers not making the completely lesson plan, teachers assumetwo subjects of history in secondary school (history of Indonesia and history) are the same subjects, aswell as the use of attitude assessment techniques that only use observation techniques. In addition, itwas also found out that historical learning in the research sites has been based on commucication andinformation technology in accordance with the saintifik approach in the curriculum of 2013.

VIDEO ANIMASI 2D INFOGRAFIS APLIKASI LAKSA ( LAYANAN ASPIRASI KOTAK SARAN ANDA ) PADA DINAS KOMUNIKASI DAN INFORMASI (KOMINFO) PEMERINTAHAN KOTA TANGERANG

he development of information and communication today is very important for the wider community. This is evidenced by the many pioneers of telecommunications and information which serves to realize the information and communication, either through print media such as newspapers, magazines, books, and electronic media such as radio, television, telephone, and internet. Currently the Department of Communication andInformation Technology, provide services or means of media information through some form of media in the form of social media and websites that in a sense is still not enough to meet the information needs effective services. In order to convey the latest information more effective services should at least have the means of media that can support the effectiveness of the communication process performed by an institution or agency. LAKSA application is a communication medium that serves to continue the public complaints that go through Call Center so that it can respond rapidly, so that people can easily give a message, complaints, suggestions, or report to the Office of Tangerang City Government. The methodology used in this study include problem analysis methods, data collection methods, methods of analysis of the design and method of production concept mavib (KPM) which includes: pre-production, production and post production. Thus in this research is intended to make the mediainfographic form of 2D animation, namely Design Video Animation Infographic Applications LAKSA (Report Aspiration Suggestion Box you) at the Department of Communications and Informatics of Tangerang, so that through the design of the media is expected to provide forms of information services more attractive, effective, and easily accepted, especially by the people of Tangerang.

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT IN ENGINEERING EDUCATION

Engineeringeducation is facing a challenge of the development of student engineers' socialresponsibility in the context of sustainable development. The aim of theresearch is to analyze efficiency of engineering curriculum in the context ofsustainable development underpinning elaboration of pedagogical guidelines onthe development of students' social responsibility in engineering education.The analysis involves a process of analyzing the meaning of the key conceptssustainable development and engineering curriculum. Moreover, the studydemonstrates how the key concepts are related to the idea of efficiency. Thequalitative evaluation research has been used. The present empirical researchwas conducted during the Baltic Summer School „Technical Informatics andInformation Technology” in 2009, 2010 and 2011. The sample involved 85participants. The students’ needs in Enterprise2.0 were a criterion of efficiency of engineering curriculum in the context ofsustainable development. Descriptive statistics was implemented for primarydata analysis. The findings of the research allow drawing conclusions onefficiency of engineering curriculum for the development of students' socialresponsibility in the context of sustainable development. Pedagogicalguidelines are elaborated. KEYWORDS:Engineering Education, Sustainable Development, Teaching, Peer-Learning,Learning.

The experience of Australian project leaders in encouraging practitioners to adopt research evidence in their clinical practice

This paper describes a qualitative program evaluation which sought to identify factors that either assist or impede the adoption of clinical evidence in everyday practice. Thirteen Australian projects were funded in a competitive grant program to adopt innovative strategies to improve the uptake of research evidence in everyday clinical practice. Project leaders' reports were analysed to collate common themes related to 1) critical elements in successful application of research knowledge, 2) barriers to implementing evidence, and 3) lessons for other organisations that might implement a similar project. Despite the diversity of the methods used to establish projects and the range of topics and clinical settings, many similarities were identified in the perceived critical success elements, barriers, and lessons for adopting clinical evidence. Eighteen themes emerged across the data including: leadership support; key stakeholder involvement; practice changes; communication; resources; education of staff; evaluation of outcomes; consumers; knowledge gaps; adoption/implementing staff; access to knowledge; risk assessment; collaboration; effectiveness of clinical research evidence; structure/organisation; cultural barriers; previous experiences; and information technology. Leaders of projects to adopt evidence in clinical practice identified barriers, critical success elements and lessons that impacted on their projects. A range of influences on the adoption of evidence were identified, and this knowledge can be used to assist others undertaking similar projects.

Building health informatics skills for health professionals: results from the Australian Health Informatics Skill Needs Survey

To ascertain health professionals' perceptions of health informatics skills required in their roles. A paper-based survey with a stratified random sample of Australian health professionals and a web-based survey open to all Australian health professionals were conducted. A questionnaire on the health professionals' perceived degree of competency required for a total of 69 specific skills in five skill categories based on the International Medical Informatics Association's (IMIA) set of recommendations on education and IMIA's scientific map. 462 health professionals responded to the paper-based questionnaire, and 167 respondents to the Internet questionnaire. Internet respondents reported higher required degrees of competency for specific health informatics and information technology skills than paper respondents, while paper respondents valued clinical skills higher than the Internet respondents. Health professionals increasingly use information technology (IT), and some also deploy, research or develop health care IT. Consequently, they need to be adequately educated for their specific roles in health informatics. Our results inform developers of educational programs while acknowledging the diversity of roles in health informatics and the diversity of pathways towards a professional health informatics qualification.

Factors of Transport (and Logistic) Development

The characteristic of the present time is the crucia~ significant,and rapid transformation of the common conditions oftrade, transport, and information interchange. However, thestrategic role in this process belongs to the communication andinformation systems. The development of communication andinformation technology systems is incredibly fast, so that referenceis made to the world of advanced communications.The trend found in business life is very complicated. We arestriving both towards collectivisation as well as individualisationat the same time, since thus the world of competitivenessand co-operation is created.In this world the transport and communication and informationnetwork is expected to become fully integrated in the industrialproduction and service-providing system, so as to providethe foundation for a dynamic adjustment to the market requirements.It is clear that the transport infrastructure and cross-borderdevelopment stand for the predominant developmental impulseto the general and physical development of particular areasand of the Slovenian country as a whole. In the pre-accessionperiod of Slovenia to the EU (the accession of Slovenia tothe EU could only occur in 2003-2004, at the earliest), it is necessary,in both fields, to accelerate the activities that will provideco-operation on equal footing. Taking into consideration allthe increasingly open borders (associated members, full members),the economic development will have a favourable impacton the improved competitiveness and co-operation among regionsand states, which will result in an increase in the flow ofgoods, capital and services, and in particular in an improvedmobility of the population.

Development of Pre-Service Mathematics Teachers' Professional Knowledge and Identity in Working with Information and Communication Technology

This paper describes the workundertaken in a course in communication andinformation technology in a pre-service programfor secondary school mathematics teachers. Thiscourse aimed to help pre-service teachersdevelop a positive attitude regarding ICT anduse it confidently. It focused on theexploration of educational software and of theInternet's potential as a means of research andproduction of web sites. We discuss how thepre-service mathematics teachers evaluate theirwork concerning their commitment, difficultiesthey found, learning they identified, andpersonal relationship. We also analyse theeffects of the course on the development oftheir professional knowledge and identity.

Recent books and proceedings on ethics andinformation technology

Recent books and proceedings on ethics andinformation technology

Law libraries in the year 2000

The past five years have seen significant changes in law libraries, with the number of firms employing information professionals steadily increasing and not only large, city‐based firms, but also smaller, provincial ones maintaining libraries. Assesses the provision of information services by law firms and suggests how these will expand as we head towards the millennium – know‐how database systems, marketing and training functions, business information specialists and information technology (including online access) will all be key features in the not‐so‐distant future.

Integration of CAPP and PPC –

Introduces concepts for the integration of Computer‐Aided Process Planning (CAPP) and Production Planning and Control (PPC). Characterizes the current situation regarding integration by a one‐way communication from CAPP to PPC, since a revised link is not envisaged. Introduces a new approach to full integration by the extension of functions within both systems′ components as well as integration of both data and information technology.

Managing the Information Explosion

The process of management, and the management of information as an essential element of general managerial practice, is addressed from the perspective of the manager. Information has always been a key element in the performance of a business and the effectiveness of management, and information technology can now transform the use of this information to give managers substantial benefits in business planning and decision making. It is considered that information must be integrated into an organisation′s overall management and planning system rather than being controlled by specialist IT professionals and that the manager has to be responsible for: people, their motivation and training; business systems, culture and environment; and the organisation′s data resource. The ways in which business information processes can be analysed and modelled are reviewed and it is explained that information models can enable a better understanding of the organisation by showing it in a new and sometimes enlightening way. Some of the many complex issues associated with managing the change process and achieving successful implementation of the technologies are considered.

Education for Library and Information Studies at Manchester Polytechnic 1979‐1990

Developments in education for library and information studies at Manchester Polytechnic over the last eleven years are reviewed. Outside influences have included the impact of information technology, a growing awareness of the need to provide wider access to courses and the need to prepare new graduates for both the traditional library and information profession and posts in information management. Resources have been enhanced to support these developments. The Learning Resources Unit and Information Technology Unit came into being about ten years ago and have been developed so that they now represent an unrivalled facility. Developments in the department′s main courses are also reviewed.

Retail Logistics

The results from a survey of top retailing executives regarding current logistics practices and trends are described. The focus is on customer service factors, the use of a supply chain management approach in retailing channels, and the impact of information technology on retail logistics today and in the future. Information technologies discussed include electronic data interchange, point of sale and barcoding. The article concludes that based on the importance that retailers attach to customer service, supply chain management and information technology, the 1990s will likely be an exciting and challenging time in the management of the retail logistics function.