ICT Hardware Research Articles

Semantic Web and its role in facilitating ICT data sharing for the circular economy: An ontology survey

The environmental pressure, CO2 emissions (including embodied energy) and delivery risks of our digital infrastructures are increasing. The exponentially growing digitisation of services that drive the transition from industry 4.0 to industry 5.0 has resulted in a rising materials demand for ICT hardware manufacturing. ICT devices such as laptops and data servers are being used on average for 3 and 4–5 years respectively (van Driel (2020)), while research shows that they should last 7 years before replacement (Journal of Cleaner Production 69 (2014), 10–16). A solution is to transition from a linear to a circular economy (CE), through which materials that were previously disposed of as waste are re-entered back into product life-cycles through processes such as reuse, recycling, remanufacturing, repurposing. However, the adoption of the CE in the ICT sector is currently limited due to the lack of tools that support knowledge exchange between sustainability, ICT and technology experts in a standardised manner and the limited data availability, accessibility and interoperability needed to build such tools. Further, the already existing knowledge of the domain is fragmented into silos and the lack of a common terminology restricts its interoperability and usability. These also lead to transparency and responsibility issues along the supply chain. For many years now, the Semantic Web has been known to provide solutions to such issues in the form of ontologies. Several ontologies for the ICT, materials and CE domains have been build and successfully utilised to support processes such as predictive maintenance. However, there is a lack of a systematic analysis of the existing ontologies in these domains. Motivated by this, we present a literature survey and analysis of, but not limited to, existing ontologies for ICT devices such as laptops, materials and the CE. In addition, we discuss the need for findable, accessible, interoperable, reusable (FAIR) data in the CE, different factors such as data privacy and security that affect this and the role of ontologies.

An Assessment of Librarians ICT Skills in Federal University of Technology Library, Minna, Nigeria

31 https://doi.org/10.70118/ijkd.0202405010.4 © 2024 The Authors, Samuel Ogbemudia Library. ISSN: Print 2714-4356 / Online 2714-4364 Published by Samuel Ogbemudia Library, University of Abuja, Nigeria An Assessment of Librarians ICT Skills in Federal University of Technology Library, Minna, Nigeria Mohammed Saba Adamu1* and Ladan Dogara1 1University Library, Federal University of Technology Minna, Niger State, Nigeria. *mohd.adamu@futminna.edu.ng Abstract This study examined ICT skills of librarians in Federal University of Technology Library, Minna, Niger State, Nigeria. The study adopted descriptive survey research design. Two research questions guided the study. The study population comprised twenty-six (26) librarians working in Federal University of Technology Library, Minna, Nigeria. A structured questionnaire was the instrument for data collection. Data were analysed using frequency counts, percentage and mean as a measure of central tendency with criterion mean of 3.0 benchmark. Findings revealed that the level of possession of ICT skills of the librarians is high in the areas of basic operation of ICT hardware skills, Internet usage skills, online research skills, online communication, and collaboration. and social/academic networking sites management and email skills and low in the area of document creation and retrieval skills. Conferences, workshops, self-learning, peer coaching, mentoring and among others were the avenues of ICT skills acquisition of the librarians. Based on the findings, the study concluded that librarians need to improve on the aspects of low possession of ICT skills. The study recommended that librarians should sustain and improve upon their possession of ICT skills through periodic training and re-training.

Students’ view of Quantum Information Technologies, part 2

The aim of the paper is to show how graduated engineering students in classical ICT view practically the advent of the QIT. The students do their theses in El.Eng. and ICT and were asked how to implement now or in the future the QIT in their current or future work. Most of them have strictly defined research topics and in some cases the realization stage is advanced. Thus, most of the potential QIT application areas are defined and quite narrow. In such a case, the issue to be considered is the incorporation of QIT components and interfaces into the existing ICT infrastructure, software and hardware alike, and propose a solution as a reasonable functional hybrid system. The QIT components or circuits are not standalone in most cases, they should be somehow incorporated into existing environment, with a measurable added value. Not an easy task indeed. We have to excuse the students if the proposed solutions are not ripe enough. The exercise was proposed as an on-purpose publication workshop, related strictly to the fast and fascinating development of the QIT. The paper is a continuation of publishing exercises with previous groups of students participating in QIT lectures.

Penguatan Literasi Digital Dalam Pemanfaatan Website Pada Badan Usaha Milik Desa Cibogo

This community service activity aims to improve digital literacy in website utilisation at BUMDes in Subang Regency, namely BUMDes Cibogo. The scope of digital literacy in this activity is Digital Skill, which is the ability of individuals to know, understand, and use ICT hardware and software as well as digital operating systems in everyday life. The methodology used in this activity is Rapid Rural Appraisal (RRA), a strong approach to rural community development. RRA includes aspects of respecting the community, encouraging the community to express and share ideas or opinions, asking questions, listening attentively, and taking notes. After the community service activities, the management of BUMDes Cibogo understands digital literacy at the digital skill level and a perception that digital literacy is very important as an effort to optimise BUMDes performance.

An analysis of ICT hardware manufacturing in industrialized economies: Growth patterns, productivity performance, and driving Forces

We employ growth accounting and data from the 2019 release of the EUKLEMS database to systematically quantify the primary contributors to value-added and labor productivity growth within the Information and Communication Technology Manufacturing (ICTM) industry across 13 industrialized economies between 2000 and 2015.Our analysis reveals that total factor productivity, labor quality, investments in software, and research and development emerge as the primary drivers of growth. Additionally, when compared to the overall manufacturing sector, the ICTM industry has undergone more extensive restructuring in most economies under examination.Moreover, the study highlights a substantial and widespread adverse impact of the 2008–2009 global financial crisis (GFC) and its aftermath on the ICTM industry. In addition, the United States stands out as a leading player in ICTM's productivity performance, resulting in a considerable gap between the EU and the US in this regard, and the US exhibiting stronger resilience in ICTM labor productivity growth during the crisis-affected period, with total factor productivity playing an essential role.Drawing from its findings, the study offers several policy insights to advance the ICT manufacturing industry in industrialized economies. They encompass strategies to strengthen industry growth drivers and support for ongoing restructuring efforts in response to challenges arising from rapid technological change as well as more intense global competition.

Exploring the contributors to the digital economy: Insights from Vietnam with comparisons to Thailand

This paper introduces a practical framework to quantify the digital economy and evaluates its growth in Vietnam, utilizing available Input-Output (I–O) tables from the OECD statistics database. Additionally, it conducts a direct comparison between Vietnam and Thailand, shedding light on their relative standings.The primary contribution of this paper lies in its devised approach for measuring the digital economy. This methodology generates meaningful estimations of the digital economy's size and drivers within a specific country. Moreover, these estimated results are suitable for cross-country comparisons. Concurrently, applying this approach to analyze Vietnam and comparing it with Thailand reveals valuable insights.Firstly, Vietnam's digital economy, amounting to US$17,458 and comprising 7.9% of GDP in 2018, exhibited consistent expansion during the 2012–2018 period. Secondly, the ICT sector, particularly foreign-invested ICT hardware manufacturing, contributes roughly 50% to Vietnam's digital economy, while contributions from backward linkages and digital transformation each account for 20–30%. Thirdly, the non-ICT sectors' contribution to the digital economy is quantifiable through three avenues: purchasing digital products and services, supplying the ICT sector, and generating value-added from within-sector digital transformation. Lastly, compared to Thailand, Vietnam lags in key digital economy metrics. Notably, the Thailand/Vietnam ratio for value-added in 2018 was 3.9 for the total digital economy, 3.2 for the ICT sector, 3.1 for contributions from backward linkages, and 6.4 for non-ICT sector digital transformation, while the ratio for GDP stood at 2.1. This insight underscores that while investing in digital infrastructure, promoting internet adoption, and attracting FDI to ICT hardware manufacturing are essential, they alone are insufficient for the rapid progress needed in advancing Vietnam's digital economy.

Effects of ICT on the Environment and Indicators for Their Measurement

The relationship between ICTs and the environment is complex and multifaceted, as ICTs can play positive and negative roles. The article's main idea is how the ICT sector can help tackle climate change, from measurement, monitoring, and automation of processes to self-organizing the sector to refurbish and ecologically scrape ICT hardware. The life cycle of services must be managed to minimize their impact on the environment – management of production, use, and end of life. Based on the analysis, the current article identified some groups of indicators used in the proposed model to estimate the ICT footprint. This information contributes to a more accurate measurement of any company the effect on the environment.

Role of Information Technology Infrastructure on Adoption of Electronic Procurement in State Corporations in Kenya

The aim of this study was to assess the role played by information technology infrastructure in enhancing the adoption of electronic procurement in state corporations in Kenya. The study focused on ICT software infrastructure and hardware infrastructure. Using a descriptive research approach, the study surveyed 187 procurement managers from the 187 state corporations in Kenya. A structure questionnaire was used to collect the data which was analyzed using descriptive and inferential statistics. The findings revealed that ICT infrastructure was essential in enhancing the adoption of electronic procurement in state corporations. It was revealed that through the ICT software infrastructure such as the operating systems, it becomes viable to integrate procurement functions in the systems. ICT hardware on the other hand promotes the use of procurement systems thus enabling embrace of electronic procurement. The study recommended the need for the government to support the state corporations in integrating and adopting electronic procurement through funding them to acquire the appropriate ICT hardware and software infrastructure that is essential for the integration of e-procurement.

Criminal law regulation of cyber fraud crimes—from the perspective of citizens’ personal information protection in the era of edge computing

Currently, cloud computing provides users all over the globe with Information and Communication Technology facilities that are utility-oriented. This technology is trying to drive the development of data center design by designing and building them as networks of cloud machines, enabling users to access and run the application from any part of the globe. Cloud computing provides considerable benefits to organizations by providing rapid and adaptable ICT software and hardware systems, allowing them to concentrate on creating innovative business values for the facilities they provide. The right to privacy of big data has acquired new definitions with the continued advancement of cloud computing, and the techniques available to protect citizens’ personal information under administrative law have managed to grow in a multitude. Because of the foregoing, internet fraud is a new type of crime that has emerged over time and is based on network technology. This paper analyzed and studied China’s internet fraud governance capabilities, and made a comprehensive evaluation of them using cloud computing technology and the Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP). This paper discussed personal information security and the improvement of criminal responsibility from the perspective of citizens’ information security and designed and analyzed cases. In addition, this paper also analyzed and studied the ability of network fraud governance in the era of cloud computing. It also carried out a comprehensive evaluation and used the fuzzy comprehensive evaluation method to carry out the evaluation. A questionnaire survey was used to survey 100 residents in district X of city Z and district Y of the suburban area. Among the 100 people, almost all of them received scam calls or text messages, accounting for 99%, of which 8 were scammed. Among the people, more than 59.00% of the people expressed dissatisfaction with the government’s Internet fraud satisfaction survey. Therefore, in the process of combating Internet fraud, the government still needs to step up its efforts.

Events in crowded places: A smart service management

• We present eSERVANT, an IT infrastructure for smart management of event venues • eSERVANT provides vision-based dynamic routing preventing crowds indoor and outdoor • Through social media data we recommend similar users attending the event • We evaluated user satisfaction of the eSERVANT app based on a 6 months experimentation In this work we present eSERVANT (eventS in crowdEd places: a smaRt serVice mANagemenT), an ICT hardware and software infrastructure that allows the management of services tied to big events such as concerts, sport matches or fairs that take place in dedicated facilities. Among the main features of eSERVANT there is a vision-based dynamic routing that exploits computer vision techniques to detect people and track their movements within a facility. Thanks to an estimate of room occupancies and inbound/outbound flows, we propose an algorithm for dynamically selecting the best indoor route and avoid hazardous situations. At the same time, we perform user profiling finalized to promoting social networking through recommendation. To assess the usefulness of our infrastructure we established a test case over a six month experimentation and quantitatively evaluated user satisfaction.

Does digital investment affect carbon efficiency? Spatial effect and mechanism discussion

Digitalization supported by ICT capital is a core weapon for decoupling economic growth from carbon emissions. This research innovatively calculates ICT capital in China from 2001 to 2018 and explores how ICT capital affects carbon emission efficiency and its spatial spillover effects from a digital investment perspective. The empirical results prove that ICT capital contributes to improvement of carbon emission efficiency, pure technical efficiency, scale efficiency and technological progress. Furthermore, interestingly, ICT communication capital was found to have the strongest effect on improving carbon emission efficiency, while ICT hardware capital and software capital have a weaker effect. The spatial effect demonstrates that ICT capital not only helps improve the local carbon emission efficiency but also has spatial spillovers to the surrounding areas and has the most prominent effect on the carbon emission efficiency of the central region. The mediation tests illustrate that ICT capital improves carbon emission efficiency by promoting technological innovation, alleviating industrial structure distortions, enhancing resource allocation efficiency and accelerating human capital accumulation. These findings have important policy guiding significance for the region to stimulate the potential of ICT capital and facilitate the low-carbon transformation of the economy.

ICT System for 14.0 Adoption: Comparative Study to Assess the Readiness in Manufacturing MSMEs

One of India’s fastest‐growing industries is the manufacturing sector centered on exports. Additionally, it has a greater impact on the economic development of India. Technology in the export‐oriented manufacturing sector makes a significant contribution to the rise in productivity, which also boosts profits. The study’s major goal is to learn more about the adoption of the 14.0 ICT system by manufacturing enterprises with reference to MSMEs and to evaluate its efficacy. In order to gather information for this goal, a survey approach was used, with the dimensions of ICT infrastructure, ICT hardware, software, and information systems, as well as people and human resource factors, as the instruments. Multiple regression and descriptive statistics were used to evaluate the data on a sample size of 7 businesses from the Pondicherry region. The conclusion is that firms have a significant gap in their ICT preparedness in terms of ICT infrastructure, ICT hardware, software, and information systems, and this must be treated seriously by the businesses if technology advancement is to continue in the future.

The Physical Internet and Maritime Ports: Ready for the Future?

The Physical Internet (PI) is a relatively young and compelling vision about the freight transport and logistics system of the future. Besides showing how many technological and organizational innovations could converge in a real-world logistics system, it also addresses cross-industry interests such as digitalization, standardization, resilience, and environmental sustainability. In the logistics R&D community, the PI is already inspiring new designs of loading and packaging material, architectures for collaboration, and open information exchange, as well as algorithms for system-wide optimization. Our focus is on the position and role of maritime ports within the PI, as the transport hubs that facilitate most of the world's international trade. We introduce the key notions of the PI vision and expand on the unique position of maritime ports in the PI with the respective challenges this may create. Finally, we discuss the requirements for maritime ports to be ready to take up their role in the PI. We found that policy directions for ports to contribute to the development and implementation of the PI lie within the areas of transport infrastructure, (PI) standardization, advanced terminal areas, ICT hardware, information systems (IS) and platforms, and sustainability management.

Challenges of Integrating Information and Communication Technology in Teaching among National Teachers' Colleges in Uganda

In this 21st century, educational institutions the world over are faced with increasing demand from society to transform from analogue practices to digital systems using technology. This study investigated the challenges experienced by teacher education college lecturers in their quest to integrate ICT in teacher training practices. The study was qualitative, using focus group discussions, interview and observation with 10 college lecturers from each of the 4 colleges and 4 Principals, one from each college. Snowball purposive sampling strategy was used to draw the participants. The findings revealed a host of challenges, despite a high level of appreciation among college lecturers on the importance of ICT integration into classroom instructional practices. Several debilitating factors evolved including, lack of experience and skills in using ICT, lack of ICT curriculum for the teachers' colleges, lack of clear government policy on the teaching of ICT in the teachers' college curriculum, inadequate ICT resources, obsolete ICT hardware and soft wares, intensive teaching programs due to examination pressures, overcrowded classrooms, lack of time, heavy workload, slow internet connectivity, intermittent electricity supply and, attitudinal barriers from the relatively older lecturers with technophobia. The researchers therefore, recommended government intervention with a clear policy on ICT inclusion in the curriculum, equipping the colleges with adequate and up-to-date equipment, regular training opportunities for the lecturers, provision of alternative and affordable source of power, recruiting more human resource in the colleges to reduce the workload for the lecturers and government subsidizing on the cost of internet connectivity.

ИКТ-КОМПЕТЕНТНОСТЬ БУДУЩИХ СПЕЦИАЛИСТОВ ПО ЗАЩИТЕ ИНФОРМАЦИИ

The article focuses on the definition of the ICT competence concept for future information security specialists, as well as its role in the formation of professional competencies. The analysis of professional standards in the field of information security defines the ICT competence of future information security specialists as an integrative personality characteristic that provides flexibility and readiness to adapt to changes in professional activities, the need to learn new software for applied and systemic purposes, including national software products, the use of ICT hardware for solving professional problems according to the current stage of ICT development and the level of the economy digitalization; allows demonstrating ICT skills and abilities for collecting and processing professionally relevant information, skills and abilities of information interaction, automation in the field of professional activity. Based on a survey of 3-4 year students, it is concluded that ICT competence significantly affects the readiness of future information security specialists to carry out their professional activities.

Research on the Influence of Online Learning on Students’ Desire to Learn

Due to the coronavirus pandemic, many students are learning online. Because of the particularities of the online environment, the different study habits of each student and the different teaching characteristics of instructors, the evaluation of online learning differs widely. This paper uses questionnaire to examine the situation of college students’ online learning in China and abroad and the factors influencing their desire for online learning. The study found that the main factors affecting students’ learning desire in the process of online learning are students’ self-learning abilities, teachers’ ICT literacy and hardware equipment conditions.

INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY IN MANAGING SMALL AND MEDIUM ENTERPRISES IN NIGERIA

Information Communication Technology has generally been acclaimed as an important tool exploited by medium and large-scale enterprises for boosting profitability and enhancing viability. Though Small and Medium Scale Enterprises (SMEs) constitutes a major percentage of businesses in most countries, their ICT adoption rate is still low. This study examined the role of ICT as a tool that SMEs can deploy for the economic development of Nigeria. A questionnaire was employed and administered to a total of 175 SMEs randomly chosen from five different sectors of the Nigeria economy (educational, micro finance, transport, commerce and hospitality). Chi-square test was used to evaluate the hypothesis and the findings of the research revealed that (1) low awareness level of the benefits of ICT incorporation in the management process of most SMEs has been a major cause of its low adoption; (2) poor media transmission framework, high cost of ICT hardware, deficient government support and legislation for internet business among other factors have hindered the adoption of ICT in the management process of SMEs; (3) high cost of funds in Nigeria have also made it unprofitable for SMEs to source fund for ICT expansion and implementation. The research recommends among other measures, the investment on infrastructure and adequate incentives to promote the utilization of ICT among SMEs. Investment banks and other specialized institutions should brace up with their responsibilities and promote local industries through affordable credit schemes.

Trends in Using ICT Resources by Professors in HEIs (Higher Education Institutions)

Aim/Purpose: This study aimed at recognizing and analyzing the trends of ICT use (hardware, software, and digital educational resources) by higher education professors in the Antioquia region (Colombia), and characterizing this population according to their context. Background: The inexorable growth of ICT and the convergence of networks have produced great changes in human culture, and particularly in the educational environment. As a result, the development of appropriate technological competencies and the study of the trends of ICT use to meet this requirement become necessary. Methodology: The study follows a quantitative approach, with a non-experimental and correlational design. The sample consisted of 97 professors from different universities of the Antioquia region (Colombia), age between 21 and 60 years old, selected in a non-aleatory way, to fill in an online survey. Contribution: A contribution is the identification and characterizing of an active population in higher education and the trends in use of digital resources in the classroom from the professors’ perception that allows recognizing the pedagogical potential of these resources to enrich the process of social and educational appropriation of ICT in higher education institutions (HEI). Findings: Findings show the level of use (low and high) of ICT (hardware, software, and digital educational resources) by university professors, identifying those that still maintain a predominant use (e.g., desktop PC); those that are innovative (e.g., laptop, smartphone), and those that appear with low frequency (e.g., apps, digital blackboard, clickers). These results show some factors that may influence the development of these trends, such as technological infrastructure, HEI support, teachers’ training, the accessibility and availability of resources, and preference for digital open resources. Recommendations for Practitioners: According to the results, universities should provide technological resources and suitable connectivity necessary for educational innovation to professors. Besides, it is suggested to strengthen the pedagogical use of ICT by training according to the trends of use and professors’ competency levels. Recommendation for Researchers: This study made evident professors’ great preference of using storage, display, and sound devices, among them the desktop PC and the laptop continue being the key tools to boost the educational process, in contrast to the low use of tools to detect plagiarism, social networks, and apps to boost activities with emergent technologies. Considering the potential and richness these tools may offer in the educational processes, it should be interesting to carry out studies on factors or motivations that influence the little inclination to use them. Impact on Society: The analysis of the trends of ICT use from the perspective of university professors about hardware, software, and digital educational resources may suggest greater attention to the permanent training to take advantage of the pedagogical and technological potential of these tools. Future Research: This study allows thinking of other ways and lines of research that are the base to develop future proposals exploring the reality of new generations of professors. It also could be the base to carry out comparative studies in other regional contexts, which permit to compare, contrast and enrich professors’ diversity. On the other hand, this research also shows the importance of carrying out mixed studies that offer a greater level of comprehension, analysis, and reflection about the target population and the trends of use of ICT.

Effective Usage of Information and Communications Technology by Career Administrators in Tertiary Institutions: The Obafemi Awolowo University Experience

The study identified the information and communication technology tools used by career administrators in Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife; determined the level of ICT compliance in the performance of administrative tasks by the career administrators in the said institution; examined the attitude of the respondents to the adoption and use of information and communication technologies in performing administrative tasks; and identified the challenges militating against the optimum deployment of information and communication technologies by career administrators in the institution under reference. These were with the view to understanding the use of information and communication technologies by professional or career Administrators in the study area. Both primary and secondary data sources of data collection were employed for the study. The former were obtained through a structured questionnaire and complemented by an interview guide. Out of a study population of 109, 85 respondents were selected by a simple random technique. Secondary data were obtained from relevant university books and digests, previously published and unpublished studies related to the use of ICT in different sectors of national life, official documents and internet sources on ICT. Data collected were analyzed using simple percentages. The study showed that access to basic ICT hardware such as desktop computers (85.8%) and printers (77.6%) in the workplace was fairly adequate, though, usage had to be negotiated in some instances. 92.9% of the respondents were able to use Microsoft Word and 5% were able to use Microsoft Access, while only 1.2% each were able to deploy the use of Prezi and Evernote in providing administrative services. The study also revealed that the major challenges militating against the maximal deployment of ICT tools by the respondents are epileptic power supply, unstable internet connectivity and the need to have to negotiate with other users of ICT hardware such as desktop, laptops and scanners in the workplace, before gaining access to such tools. The study concluded that information and communication technologies have been widely embraced by career Administrators in the University and this has to a large extent improved effectiveness, accuracy and efficiency in the area of service delivery. However, there was need for further training especially with regards to the use of some software with advanced features in Microsoft Word as well as Power Point, Prezi, Evernote, and Microsoft Access for improved administrative services in the University. Keywords: Information and Communications Technology; Higher Education Administration, Career Administrators, Prezi, Evernote DOI : 10.7176/JESD/10-16-21 Publication date : August 31 st 2019

Protection Of Sequence and Communication Technology Equipment Using Smart Grid Application

<p>This paper investigates the merger of energy utility circuits with that of the data and correspondence innovation (ICT) gear under the keen matrix and the security suggestions that this postures, and figures out what is the most extreme voltage that ICT hardware, composed as per IEC 62368-1 can specifically get to control framework circuits. The coming of the keen lattice, the modernization of the power framework utilizing current data and correspondence innovation methods, alongside the expansion of electric vehicle frameworks to the matrix, guarantees to change the business in uncommon manners. In this paper will be utilized as a part of this paper for deciding the level of security of ICT gear must be built to keeping in mind the end goal to be conveyed in higher-voltage application.</p>