Ongoing Activities Research Articles

Impact of old environmental burden in the Spiš region (Slovakia) on soil and home-grown vegetable contamination, and health effects of heavy metals

Due to several centuries of ongoing mining activities, Middle Spiš (Slovakia) is one of the areas with a damaged environment. The contents of Fe, Mn, Zn, Cu, Ni, Pb, Cd, and Hg were determined in the soils and home-grown vegetables (potatoes, carrots, tomatoes). Except for Pb, the contents of heavy metals in the soils of some plots were higher than the limit values. Based on the values of Contamination factor (Cf), Degree of contamination (Cdeg), Geo-accumulation index (Igeo), and Pollution load index (PLI), very high Fe, Cd, and Hg contamination (Cf ≥ 6), very high soil contamination (Cdeg ≥ 20), extremely heavy Fe and Hg contamination (Igeo > 5), resp. moderately pollution to non-pollution (1 < PLI ≤ 2) was found in all plots. In vegetable samples, the maximum levels were exceeded for Cu, Pb, Hg (potato), Pb (carrot, tomato), and Hg (carrot, plot E). Bioaccumulation factor values BAF > 1 were for Cu (carrots, potatoes). Estimated daily intake values for all heavy metals were lower than their tolerable daily intake. Chronic daily intake of heavy metals ranged 2.495E−06 (Hg)—0.1416 (Fe) mg/kg/day. Based on Hazard index values, potato consumption poses a risk (0.8068–1.3057). The results showed that the monitoring of soils and cultivated production is necessary for the investigated area.

Mastering Test Automation: Bridging Gaps for Seamless QA

The rapid evolution of software development practices has given rise to an increasing demand for efficient and effective test automation. The paper titled “Mastering Test Automation: Bridging Gaps for Seamless QA” delves into the crucial aspects of test automation, addressing the obstacles faced by organizations in achieving flawless quality assurance. The paper highlights the importance of bridging knowledge gaps within organizations, emphasizing the necessity for management to acquire a deeper comprehension of test automation scenarios, coverage, report trends and importance of communication. To tackle these challenges, this paper introduces solutions, including the development of an automation framework that seamlessly integrates with test cases and reporting tools like TestRail and Jira. This integration facilitates the automatic recording of bugs in Jira, enhancing bug reporting and communication between manual QA and automation teams as well as TestRail have all newly added automated testcases as soon as it is part of the automation suite. The paper demonstrates how this framework empowers management by providing clear insights into ongoing automation activities, bug origins, trend analysis, and test case specifics. “Mastering Test Automation” serves as a comprehensive guide for organizations aiming to enhance their quality assurance processes through effective test automation. It not only identifies the common pitfalls and challenges but also offers practical solutions to bridge the gaps, resulting in a more streamlined and efficient QA process

Impact of aerosols and reactive trace gases concentrations in India

The current scenario united the elite professionals, researchers and scientists throughout the globe to accelerate the sharing of scientific findings making the future brighter on mother Earth. The concentration of reactive trace gases in the atmosphere modulates the human health appreciably. This study presents the changes of aerosol and reactive gases load in the atmosphere from the recent past with the help of CAMS data in Indian domain. Reactive trace gases and aerosols (NO2, O3, SO2, CO &amp; AOD) are now being recognised as having both positive and negative radiative forcing effects. The effects of changes have been studied and found that the concentration of chemically reactive gases and aerosols load drop down from their 17 years long period average (LPA) appreciably (60-70 %) over IGP and 35-40 % in other parts of India except O3 (Increase 20-30 %) in India during the month of April-2020.&#x0D; It is observed that the results are agrees quite well with the actual recorded data of CPCB stations located at 12 different places of India. The difference observed between actual observations and CAMS reanalysis during April -2019 &amp; 2020 show that aerosol load in terms of PM-2.5 &amp; PM-10 is appreciably drop down (60-70 %) over IGP and 25-30 % in other parts of India. The concentration of other reactive gases (NO2, SO2 &amp;CO) also drops down about 32 %, 7 %, 17 % over IGP and 16 %, 8 %, 9 % in other parts of India respectively. The concentration of Ozone shows slightly positive behaviour over IGP and negative at other parts of India. &#x0D; Few pockets of Central and South of India show higher concentration may due to ongoing essential activities of cluster of industries or delayed slowdown. The other reason may be the influx of moisture due to the pre-monsoon thunder storm activity during this period. Vertical air flow Omega (positive) at 850 hPa NCEP/NCAR reanalysis also support the confinement of gases at lower levels. This study is further brought out a message for future that we should use the natural resources judiciously as their long term consumption can cause severe health problems and a psychological burden or stress globally during this COVID-19 spread period.

Bumdes Marketing Strategy and the Role of Village Government in Bumdes Development: A Case Study on Bumdes Terus Jaya Sehati

Village-owned enterprises or Bumdes are a source of village strength to support and improve the village economy by empowering village communities, village development, and assisting underprivileged residents in contributing toward the advancement of their village. Many Bumdes are scattered across Indonesia, one of which is Bumdes Terus Jaya Sehati, located in the Sukajaya Village, Sukabumi Regency. This Bumdes has succeeded in managing and developing village businesses within its territory. The role of the village government is certainly one of the important factors in the success of a village-owned business unit. To find out, researchers used descriptive research methods with a qualitative approach to study the ongoing activities and processes in Bundes. Research was conducted through interviews, observation, and documentation. The results of the study show that the marketing strategy carried out by the Bumdes Terus Jaya Sehati using the mixing method has been effective, and the role of the Sukajaya Village Government in developing the Bumdes Terus Jaya Sehati has been very good starting from the assistance to the evaluation stage.&#x0D; Keywords: Bumdes, marketing strategy, village government, village development

Features of and representational strategies in instructional videos for primary science classes

ABSTRACT Utilisation of instructional videos for science teaching has become more widespread due to the expansion of online teaching and learning environments and growing awareness of benefits of videos, such as enabling use of effective multiple representations. With this in mind, this study aimed to examine features of instructional videos for teaching scientific inquiry, a key element of science education, and learners’ engagement, a crucial issue in instruction in terms of representational strategies used. We analysed 16 instructional videos for science teaching generated by pre-service teachers. We found that the instructional videos tended to focus on posing a question related to a phenomenon and constructing its explanation conceptually rather than conducting investigations and interpreting the data. It was also found that there were alternations between providing relevant and conceptual resources and affording learners opportunities to answer questions verbally and visually to prompt their engagement. Various representational strategies, such as summarising, comparing, highlighting, sequencing, and presenting vivid phenomena, were also employed for better teaching scientific inquiry as a part of learners’ ongoing cognitive activities. Based on the findings, we argue that there is potential for using instructional videos for teaching science, considering representational strategies in terms of scientific inquiry and learners’ engagement.

Effects of Climate Change on Mogadishu And Applicable Policy Priorities

İklim değişikliği, günümüzde küresel toplumun karşı karşıya olduğu en önemli sorunlardan biridir ve farklı coğrafyaları farklı şekillerde etkilemektedir. Çalışmada, iklim değişikliğinin Somali’ye ve özellikle Mogadişu üzerine etkileri incelenmiştir. İklim değişikliği Mogadişu’yu sıcaklık artışı, tarımsal ürünlerde verim azalması, su sıkıntıları, kuraklık ve çölleşmeye ilişkin ciddi boyutlara ulaşan sorunlar özelinde etkilemektedir. Tarımsal üretkenlikte düşüş, iklim değişikliğinin Mogadişu üzerindeki ana etkisi olarak karşımıza çıkmaktadır. Hem başkent olması hem de kırsaldan yoğun göç alması nedeniyle Mogadişu, ülkenin nüfusu en yoğun kentidir. Kırsalda geçim imkânı bulamayan nüfus için kente göç bir zorunluluk olarak ortaya çıkmaktadır. Oysaki kentin altyapısı bu kadar nüfusu kaldırabilecek durumda değildir. İklim değişikliği sonucu yaşanma potansiyeli olan sayısız riski ortadan kaldırmak için, stratejiler geliştirmek amacıyla küresel, bölgesel ve ulusal düzeylerde devam eden birçok girişim bulunmaktadır. Söz konusu girişimlerde yer almak, farklı ülke deneyimlerinden faydalanarak politika seçenekleri belirlemek, Mogadişu için gereklidir. Kentleşme politika ve pratiklerinin, ekonomik ve toplumsal alt yapının yetersiz düzeylerde olması, iklim değişikliği nedeni ile ortaya çıkacak muhtemel sorunların, Mogadişu’da ağır sonuçlara yol açma potansiyeli bulunmaktadır. Mogadişu başkent olması ve kırsaldan yoğun göç alması nedeni ile kentsel dirençliliğin sağlanmasına yönelik, yeni bir planlama yaklaşımı geliştirilmesi önem kazanmaktadır. Bu kapsamda hazırlanan çalışma iki bölümden oluşmaktadır. İlk olarak iklim değişikliğinin Mogadişu üzerine olası etkileri tespit edilmiştir. İkinci bölümde ise, Mogadişu’nun kentsel dirençlilik kazanmasına ve iklim değişikliği ile mücadele edebilmesine ilişkin politik tercihlerin neler olabileceği tartışılmıştır. Sonuç olarak iklim değişikliği ile mücadelede Mogadişu özelinde, kentin altyapısının hazırlıklı olması, arazi kullanım planlamasının iklim değişikliğine göre yeniden revize edilerek kentsel dirençlilik kazandırılması, afet durumlarında erken uyarı ve müdahale sistemlerinin devreye alınması, kırdan kente göçün önlenmesine ilişkin yerel kalkınma projelerinin uygulanması, yönetişimin etkinleştirilmesi, geri dönüşüm süreçlerinin yaygınlaştırılması ve yenilenebilir enerji kaynaklarına enerji arzında daha fazla yer verilmesi, uygulanması gereken politika öncelikleri olarak tespit edilmiştir.

Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and gender diverse and queer (LGBTQ) community members' perspectives on palliative care in New South Wales (NSW), Australia.

Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and gender diverse people, and queer people (LGBTQ people) are at increased risk of some chronic diseases and cancers. NSW Health palliative care health policy prioritises equitable access to quality care, however, little is known about community members' perspectives on palliative care. This study aimed to understand LGBTQ community views and preferences in palliative care in NSW. A community survey and follow-up interviews with LGBTQ people in NSW were conducted in mid-2020. A total of 419 people responded to the survey, with 222 completing it. Six semi-structured phone interviews were conducted with participants who volunteered for follow-up. The sample included LGBTQ people with varied levels of experience in palliative care. Thematic analysis was conducted on survey and interview data, to identify perceived barriers and enablers, and situate these factors in the socio-ecological model of health. Some perceived barriers from community members related to considering whether to be 'out' (i.e., making one's sexual orientation and gender known to services), knowledge and attitudes of staff, concern about potential substandard care or mistreatment (particularly for transgender health), decision making, biological family as a source of tension, and loneliness and isolation. Perceived enablers related to developing and distributing inclusive palliative care information, engaging with community(ies), fostering inclusive and non-discriminatory service delivery, ensuring respectful approaches to person-centred care, and staff training on and awareness building of LGBTQ needs and issues. Most of the participants who had experienced palliative care recounted positive interactions, however, we identified that LGBTQ people require better access to knowledgeable and supportive services. Palliative care information should be inclusive and services respectful and welcoming. Particular consideration should be given to how services respond to and engage with people from diverse population groups. These insights can support ongoing policy and service development activities to further enhance palliative care.

Harmonizing Surveillance Methodologies for Group A Streptococcal Diseases.

Group A Streptococcus (Strep A) is responsible for a significant global health and economic burden. The recent prioritization of Strep A vaccine development by the World Health Organization has prompted global research activities and collaborations. To progress this prioritization, establishment of robust surveillance for Strep A to generate updated regional disease burden estimates and to establish platforms for future impact evaluation is essential. Through the activities of the Strep A Vaccine Global Consortium (SAVAC), we have refined and harmonized surveillance protocols for 7 Strep A disease endpoints with a view that these will form part of surveillance standards for ongoing research and public health activities.

The Development of Training of Extracurricular Power toward Volley Ball Men Players at Junior High School 2 Koto Baru Kabupaten Dharmasraya

This research is motivated by players who have explosive leg muscles in the poor category, because extracurricular volleyball players at SMP 2 Koto Baru have never held a special program that focuses on physical exercise, especially on the players' leg muscles, but only focuses on on technical training. This can be seen through the temporary test results obtained through the smash jump test. In ongoing extracurricular activities, researchers saw when players did volleyball exercises where the player when making a jump still had a low jump, so that he had difficulty in smashing. Seeing these conditions, how important is the explosive power of leg muscles in volleyball. To improve the physical condition, an exercise that is in accordance with the dominant exercise in training the leg muscles is needed. This type of research is research &amp; development or Research and Development (R&amp;D). The model development uses the ADDIE model which consists of 5 stages, namely analysis, design, development and evaluation. The five stages were carried out by analyzing the needs of students. Then the validation test by 3 validators (expert team), practicality test by the PJOK teacher, after the model is categorized as valid and practical, then the effectiveness test is carried out by 10 players by doing a smash jump test. The results of the research on the development of the exercise model taught by the volleyball leg muscle training model in the validity test obtained percentage data with an average of 82.22% categorized as very valid, the practicality test by PJOK teachers with a percentage of 96% and players with a percentage of 78.4% categorized as practical. , while the effectiveness test with a percentage of 90% is categorized as very effective. Based on the results obtained, the volleyball leg muscle training model is categorized as valid, practical and effective, so it can be concluded that the volleyball leg muscle training model can be applied.

Together for good: Aspects of supportive communication between tertiary classmates that lead to academic success

How well classmates communicate support with each other may significantly influence how well they learn and their commitment to learning. This study asked students which aspects of supportive communication they use with each other and which aspects they regard as most important for successful study. One hundred polytechnic students participated in this study. They rated how frequently they experienced and how influential they considered 18 aspects of supportive communication between classmates for study success. The students regarded many aspects of supportive communication influential but few aspects were present in most instances. They experienced and valued able and motivated supporters, and supportive relationships with classmates the most. Students in similar years of study experienced and valued similar aspects of supportive communication. Training a whole class in supportive communication may develop positive shared values among the students and a climate that encourages mutual support. Courses that provide ongoing activities and opportunities for students to develop their skills in communicating support may produce more successful students.

The Other Sibling: A Systematic Review of the Mental Health Effects on a Healthy Sibling of a Child With a Chronic Disease.

The Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) defines chronic diseases broadly as conditions that last over one year and require ongoing medical attention or limit activities of daily living or both. The diagnosis of a child with a chronic disease affects parents' mental health and functioning, included in this are the siblings of this child. The impact on a sibling of a child with chronic disease involves higher risks of anxiety, depression, feelings of worry about the brother or sister's future, and social problems.Three databases search were performed, and 16 articles were assessed in this systematic review that complies with inclusion and exclusion criteria.The siblings of those with chronic illnesses have higher reported emotional, behavioral, and social problems than those with healthy siblings. More research and studies with control groups and larger samples could contribute to a better understanding of the long-term effects of having a sibling with a chronic disease.

Relation between event segmentation and memory dysfunction in Parkinson’s disease

The perception of everyday events is thought to imply the segmentation into discrete sub-events. Involvement of dopaminergic networks in this process could relate to particular problems of persons with Parkinson’s disease (PD) to recall recent activities. In an event segmentation task, persons with PD and healthy controls had to indicate the beginning of sub-events within three movies showing persons performing everyday activities. In a subsequent recognition task, they should judge whether presented pictures of sub-events were part of the watched movies. In a final order memory task, they had to arrange pictures in the sequence in which they had occurred. With respect to the overall segmentation behavior, persons with PD diverged from healthy controls only in the most familiar of the three demonstrated everyday activities. Moreover, persons with PD compared to healthy controls showed generally worse event recognition and committed more errors in the order memory task. These memory deficits were the higher, the more the segmentation moved away from the ‘normative’ segmentation pattern identified in healthy controls. The findings suggest that dysfunctional structuring of sensory event information contributes to deficient event representations of ongoing everyday activities and recall problems of these recently perceived events in persons with PD.

Development and Implementation of an Antimicrobial Stewardship Checklist in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Co-Creation Consensus Approach.

Antimicrobial stewardship (AMS) initiatives promote the responsible use of antimicrobials in healthcare settings as a key measure to curb the global threat of antimicrobial resistance (AMR). Defining the core elements of AMS is essential for developing and evaluating comprehensive AMS programmes. This project used co-creation and Delphi consensus procedures to adapt and extend the existing published international AMS checklist. The overall objective was to arrive at a contextualised checklist of core AMS elements and key behaviours for use within healthcare settings in Sub-Saharan Africa, as well as to implement the checklist in health institutions in four African countries. The AMS checklist tool was developed using a modified Delphi approach to achieve local expert consensus on the items to be included on the checklist. Fourteen healthcare/public health professionals from Tanzania, Zambia, Uganda, Ghana and the UK were invited to review, score and comment on items from a published global AMS checklist. Following their feedback, 8 items were rephrased, and 25 new items were added to the checklist. The final AMS checklist tool was deployed across 19 healthcare sites and used to assess AMS programmes before and after an AMS intervention in 14 of the 19 sites. The final tool comprised 54 items. Across the 14 sites, the completed checklists consistently showed improvements for all the AMS components following the intervention. The greatest improvements observed were the presence of formal multidisciplinary AMS structures (79%) and the execution of a point-prevalence survey (72%). The elements with the least improvement were access to laboratory/imaging services (7%) and the presence of adequate financial support for AMS (14%). In addition to capturing the quantitative and qualitative changes associated with the AMS intervention, project evaluation suggested that administering the AMS checklist made unique contributions to ongoing AMS activities. Furthermore, 29 additional AMS activities were reported as a direct result of the prompting checklist questions. Contextualised, co-created AMS tools are necessary for managing antimicrobial use across healthcare settings and increasing local AMS ownership and commitment. This study led to the development of a new AMS checklist, which proved successful in capturing AMS improvements in Tanzania, Zambia, Uganda, and Ghana. The tool also made unique contributions to furthering local AMS efforts. This study extends the existing AMS materials for low- and middle-income countries and provides empirical evidence for successful use in practice.

Implementasi Media Aplikasi Learns Al-Quran With Marbel dalam Meningkatkan Pengembangan Kognitif Anak

In this era of all-digitalization, there are so many advances in technology in various aspects of life, it cannot be denied that studying the Koran is very important especially for children at an early age so that they learn from childhood, of course exciting learning requires learning methods and media Learning the Qur'an by using the Learns Al-Quran with Marbel application will be able to improve cognitive development in children. Therefore, development is a way of working changes that occur in a gradual process through time to time, from a very easy reliability to becoming something difficult that is psychological. Development occurs because it starts from an early age until later in adulthood. Cognitive development is something that is very important to be learned and implemented by children because this cognitive development is a way for progress in children's thinking so that they can develop and working Optimally, with this application media, it will certainly help children in recognizing hijaiyah letters and learning the al-quran . The ongoing activities can certainly stimulate the cognitive aspects of children in learning the Koran which is fun. Cognitive in children is certainly the responsibility of all of us so that the generation of the Indonesian nation more advanced and intelligent, this study uses a qualitative descriptive method because in accordance with existing research, data collection and research was carried out on July 25, 2022, data analysis will be measured by the results of observations of children's cognitive development through the application media learns al-qur'an with marbel significant effect on the cognitive potential of children in learning the al-quran

ComSoc Awards

The IEEE Communications Society honors members and individuals for accomplishments in education and research, significant contributions to the industry that benefits the public, conferences, publications, and globalization, and those whose leadership resulted in major advances in the information and communications technology field. In this issue of the President's Page, I am pleased to introduce Jelena Mišić, the Chair of IEEE ComSoc Awards Committee for 2022–2023 to share with you the ongoing activities.

ESCP President's report.

ESCP President's report.

A Community-First Approach to Managing Pandemic Stimulus Funds.

A Community-First Approach to Managing Pandemic Stimulus Funds.

Egg consumption of children under two years of age through a child-owned poultry and nutrition intervention in rural Ethiopia: A community-based randomized controlled trial

Egg consumption is associated with better child health and nutrition. Though a relatively cheap animal source food, under-two years aged Ethiopian children rarely eat egg. This study tested effects of a child-owned poultry intervention integrated with nutrition education on egg intake. Targeting 6–18 months children, the trial was conducted in Southern Ethiopia from May to November 2018. Clusters were randomly selected and allocated to intervention and control arms. Children in the intervention group (N = 127) received two egg-laying local hens and caging materials in a cultural and religious gifting ceremony. Parents promised to not sell nor share the chickens and eggs, present two more hens, replace those that died, and feed all eggs produced to the chicken-owner child on the basis of one-egg-a-day. Cage utilization, proper poultry husbandry and environmental sanitation, as well as egg feeding, were promoted. Controls (N = 126) received the regular community-based nutrition and agriculture education. Child-owned poultry increased significantly in intervention ( p < 0.001 ) (β = 3.856; 95% CI of 3.553–4.159). Egg intake was 72% vs 20.7% among intervention and control children, respectively, at end line ( p < 0.001 ; Odds ratio = 3.841; 95% CI = 2.640–5.589). Mean eggs [SD] consumed by the week before end line significantly increased in intervention (4.85 [2.41]) compared to control (0.4 [0.61]) (p < 0.001; β = 2.202; 95% CI = 1.971–2.433) children. Child-owned hen flock size was strongly associated with egg intake (r = 0.975; p < 0.001 ). Nearly one-third of children in intervention met the minimum dietary diversity ( p = 0.016 ; Odds ratio = 1.857; 95% CI = 1.120–3.078). Vitamin-A rich fruits and vegetables consumption (p = 0.027) increased in intervention, as a result of sales of excess eggs. Enabling children to be owners of chickens together with nutrition education significantly increased chicken production and egg consumption. We recommend integration of child-owned poultry into ongoing malnutrition prevention activities particularly in resource-poor settings where undernutrition is high and animal source food intake is low. (Trial registration = NCT03355222). • Egg intake is very low among under two years age children of Halaba, South Ethiopia. • Enabling children to be owners of chickens coupled with nutrition promotion significantly increased chicken production and egg consumption sustainably. An added advantage of increased intake of Vitamin A-rich fruits and vegetables was observed from the sale of excess eggs. The intervention resulted in higher dietary diversity increasing the proportion of children who met the minimum dietary diversity cut off. • Nutrition-sensitive poultry intervention stressing child ownership is recommended to be integrated into ongoing malnutrition prevention programs particularly in countries like Ethiopia where the burden of undernutrition is high and intake of animal source foods is low.

Green-blue infrastructure in the built environment – sustainable and resource-saving designs for urban structures and open spaces

Urban grey infrastructure, as it generally consists of monofunctional, sealed, impervious, heating up and reflecting surfaces, has led to a series of serious challenges (urban heat stresses, loss of biodiversity, flood risks and natural hazards) decreasing urban resilience. Ongoing construction activities result in irreversible soil consumption and loss of its numerous and vital functions. However, a common understanding has been evolving that the establishment of green-blue infrastructure (GBI) supports compensating for functional losses, as they are integrative and provide pervious, absorbent, shading and non-heating up surfaces. We present a concept to holistically interconnect stand-alone approaches to improve and support constructional design for transforming green open spaces addressing specifically urban landscape construction and building greenery. The underlying state of knowledge emerges from currently four ongoing projects on advancing GBI for re-establishing ecosystem functions and diverse habitats: 1. The Circular Soil Concept targets the reuse of excavated soil materials from construction sites to produce engineered soils. These are applied as functional vegetation substrates for landscape construction and installing building greenery, saving scarce soil resources while generating large scale and vegetated areas with climate change adaptation performance. 2. The StreetTREE-Planter is designed to install urban trees in a given street infrastructure. The advanced planter systems will support extended tree lifespans, microclimatic benefits, flood protection and urban resilience. The design is based on targeted rainwater harvesting for irrigation management in alignment with water requirements and the desired microclimatic performance. 3. The GLASGrün projects generates plant-based shading designs for glass facades. As plants and their leaves do not heat up from solar radiation, vertical greenery is promising, however challenging, for green shading of glazed surfaces and for indoor and outdoor microclimatic regulation. 4. The INReS rainwater management tool was developed as a prototype web application to integrate sustainable, plant-based rainwater management systems into BIM-(Building Information Modeling)-based construction projects. It provides up-to-date design for the wider public and specific planning guidelines. In synthesis with the present and upcoming findings of these projects, a parameter-based and BIM-compatible GBI-design management tool is foreseen to better and sustainably integrate GBI systems into construction projects, and to consider the resource question.

Strengthening of Defense Human Resources through Information Technology in The Era of Industrial Revolution 4.0: (A Case Study: Indonesian Naval Academy Surabaya)

In the era of the Industrial Revolution 4.0, the defense sector must anticipate the development of digital technology, which has a major impact on the cybersecurity system and defense technology itself through strengthening defense resources. This study examines the strengthening of defense human resources through information technology at the Surabaya Navy Academy (AAL). Data collected through observation, interviews, documentation, and competency tests. The results show that strengthening is supported by human resources who have adequate competence, carefully arranged financing, complete teaching materials, use of two-way methods as needed, supported by complete facilities and infrastructure. The strengthening process supported by careful planning, implementation not only on the campus of the Naval Academy but also at other representative institutions. The implementation is monitored via CCTV and supervised by a lesson supervision officer who reports directly to the Governor of the Naval Academy. Evaluations are always carried out to get input to improve existing and ongoing activities. The output of strengthening, cadets of the Naval Academy can master information technology competencies with good values as expected. The conclusion is that the strengthening of AAL cadets through information technology has carried out following the objectives and has achieved the target of increasing the competence of Naval Academy cadets in the information technology field. Therefore, this program can be continued in the future by increasing the quality of its implementation.