Information Technology Science Research Articles

PERSONALITI KERJAYA MAHASISWI ISLAM DI MALAYSIA

Women's issues and career is an issue that often discussed in the context of nation building. women as one of the nation, lately showing increasing role in all fields whether in the government or private sector and entrepreneurship. This research, as a preliminary study for the career woman of respondents predict a student of UniversitiKebangsaan Malaysia from the perspective of career personality and personality of way of thinking. this study using a quantitative approach completely, then the collection of information made using a questionnaire measuring instrument. The questionnaire is an effective way to get information from respondents. This study used a questionnaire which is divided into five parts. The first part consisted of demographic variables.the second part consists of interest baklat personality scale, the third part is the dominant personality scale and openness, and the fourth part is the personality of way of thinking. A total of 285 respondents Malaysia's national university students who participated in this study shows a model national university student career personality Malaysia. There are several forms of student personality model, namely: First: student career personality UniversitiKebangsaan Malaysia is the highest average in Social Personality, the next investigative and conventional. While the lowest is artistic, the next is realistic and entreprenersip. Secondly, personality Realistic by the faculty, the highest level is on the faculty of social sciences, information science and technology further engineering of the built environment. Third, personality according to investigative faculty, the highest level is on the faculty of information science technology, engineering, built environment, science and technology, medicine and social sciences / humanities. Fourth, the artistic personality by the faculty, the highest level is on the faculty of social sciences and humanities and then medical faculty. Fifth, social personality by the faculty, the highest level is on the faculty of social sciences of humanity, following Islamic studies, education and economic management. Sixth, personality entrepreneursip by the faculty, the highest level is on the faculty of economics management and science faculty kemasarakatan next. Seventh, conventional personality by the faculty, the highest level is on the faculty of economics / management and further social science.

Migrant deaths at the Arizona–Mexico border: Spatial trends of a mass disaster

Geographic Information Science (GIScience) technology has been used to document, investigate, and predict patterns that may be of utility in both forensic academic research and applied practice. In examining spatial and temporal trends of the mass disaster that is occurring along the U.S.–Mexico border, other researchers have highlighted predictive patterns for search and recovery efforts as well as water station placement. The purpose of this paper is to use previously collected spatial data of migrant deaths from Arizona to address issues of data uncertainty and data accuracy that affect our understanding of this phenomenon, including local and federal policies that impact the U.S.–Mexico border. The main objective of our study was to explore how the locations of migrant deaths have varied over time. Our results confirm patterns such as a lack of relationship between Border Patrol apprehensions and migrant deaths, as well as highlight new patterns such as the increased positional accuracy of migrant deaths recorded closer to the border. This paper highlights the importance of using positionally accurate data to detect spatio-temporal trends in forensic investigations of mass disasters: without qualitative and quantitative information concerning the accuracy of the data collected, the reliability of the results obtained remains questionable. We conclude by providing a set of guidelines for standardizing the collection and documentation of migrant remains at the U.S.–Mexico border.

The PBGS Teaching Mode and Study Based the Medical Informatics Engineering Course

The medical informatics engineering (MIE) course is a specialized core curriculum in medical college of biomedical engineering and computer class. The goal is mainly to teach students the medical information theory, technology and method, and how to apply the principle and method of modern information science and engineering technology to solve the problem in medical, pharma and biological fields. In this paper, the MIE course’s characteristics and the conventional teaching mode are analyzed firstly, and then the new Project- based group study (PBGS) teaching mode is proposed to improve the teaching effect of MIE course. Moreover, the implementation and the teaching quality evaluation system are presented in detail based on the PBGS teaching mode. The teaching effect shows that the exploration and practice in the curriculum teaching reform on the MIE course has a certain enlightening significance to the curriculum education reform.

Udział akademickiego bibliotekoznawstwa w rozwoju bibliologii i informatologii w Polsce w latach 1945–2015

THE CONTRIBUTION OF ACADEMIC LIBRARY SCIENCE TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF BIBLIOLOGY AND INFORMATION SCIENCE IN POLAND IN 1945–2015The aim of the study is to present the origins and development of academic institutions educating librarians in Poland in 1945–2015, taking into account the institutional and scholarly aspects. In the first part of the paper the author presents the history of various institutions — university faculties, departments and institutes — divided into three chronological periods 1945–1974, 1975–1989, 1990–2015. She takes into account the circumstances surrounding their establishment including the legal framework, their founders, staff, organisational structures and their changes. In addition, she points to other manifestations of academic life influencing the work of academic library science centres, like conferences and professional journals. In the second part, devoted to a discussion of research into bibliology and information science conducted at Polish universities, the author focuses on the various subjects, treating chronology only as an element organising descriptions of research processes at the various library studies centres. She points to areas of research as well as changes occurring in their subjects in the analysed period, referring to the names of selected scholars and titles of their most important works. Like in part one, she also discusses the social, political and cultural determinants stimulating research processes, paying particular attention to the impact of the new technologies and media. The author’s overview confirms the huge role played by academic institutions engaged in library studies in the consolidation of the position of bibliology as an academic discipline, but at the same time shows how the research profile of book science has been changing in recent years, evolving in the direction of phenomena associated with information science and new technologies.

W kierunku historii cyfrowej. Nowe możliwości – nowe wyzwania

Following the information and communication technologies development, the new kind of interdisciplinary research has been formed and termed the digital history. It focuses on the issues regarding data processing “from and about the past”. It’s a unique link between a specialist range of historical research and a contemporary theory and practice of information use. On the one hand, the digital history helps with particular stages of the research carried out by the historian. On the other hand, owing to abilities of various communities’ integration, it can have an effect on the research organization, theory, tools and methods. Therefore, it fulfils practical and theoretical function. The digital history allows one to examine and solve pragmatic and/or conceptual problems connected with the use of information science and information technologies in teaching and historical research and social transferring of knowledge about the past. Apart from terminological questions and issues regarding the digital history, its edifying research methods and the main areas of its implementation have been discussed as well. They give a chance to implement much more productive, sophisticated and innovative practices. What is more, they require understanding the essence of transformation taking place today.

Measuring the Severity of Fungi Caused Disease on Leaves using Triangular Thresholding Method

A Thesis submitted to Department of Computer Science, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology in partial fulfillment of the requirement for the degree of Master of Science in Information Technology, 2016

Impact of the 2008 Olympic Games on urban thermal environment in Beijing, China from satellite images

Beijing has suffered from a rapid development of urbanization in recent years especially since the successful bidding of the 2008 Olympic Games on July 13, 2001 in Moscow. To identify the influence of this paramount sporting event on development of the urban heat island (UHI) effect, this paper examined the spatial expansion of the urban size and UHI effect in Beijing from the years 1999, 2004 to 2008 and 2008 to 2013 using Landsat satellite images. These time spans indicated the process of urbanization in Beijing before and after hosting the 2008 Olympic Games. A new method was proposed to delineate the whole urban boundaries in Beijing governmental area by combining the Remote Sensing (RS) and Geographical information Science (GIS) technologies. The spatial expansion intensity and directions both for urban size and UHI effect were computed and analyzed. By 2013, the urban size of Beijing expanded to more than twice its size in 2008. The sprawl directions for the urban size and the areas with a severe UHI effect were the same, whereas the areas with a severe UHI effect were not enlarged with the increasing urban size. This indicated that the urban development in Beijing after hosting the games was more reasonable which makes the Beijing city be more livable. Statistically, the UHI effect was mitigated when the ratio of areas with water-pervious surfaces to the whole urban region was more than 35%. The urban thermal environment has been improved by increasing the areas of the water-pervious surfaces since hosting the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games.

W kierunku historii cyfrowej. Nowe możliwości – nowe wyzwania

Wraz z rozwojem technologii informatycznych i telekomunikacyjnych wykształca się w wielu obszarach historii nowa interdyscyplinarna forma uprawiania badań określana zbiorczo jako <em>historia cyfrowa</em>. Przedmiotem jej zainteresowania są problemy związane z cyfrowym przetwarzaniem informacji „z przeszłości” i „o przeszłości”. Stanowi ona zatem swoisty łącznik pomiędzy specjalistycznym zakresem badań historycznych a współczesną teorią i praktyką operowania informacją. Z jednej strony historia cyfrowa praktycznie wspiera poszczególne etapy postępowania badawczy historyka, z drugiej zaś, z uwagi na możliwości integrowania różnych środowisk i pól badawczych oddziałuje na organizację badań oraz teorię, metody i narzędzia poszczególnych dyscyplin „historycznych”. Pełni więc dziś zarówno funkcje praktyczne jak i teoretyczne . Z jej pomocą można badać i rozwiązywać pragmatyczne oraz/lub koncepcyjne problemy związane z wykorzystaniem nauk o informacji i technologii informatycznych w nauczaniu i badaniach historycznych oraz społecznym transferowaniu wiedzy o przeszłości. W artykule obok omówienia kwestii terminologicznych i problemów związanych z przedmiotem badań historii cyfrowej zasygnalizowano także jej najbardziej obiecujące metody badawcze oraz główne obszary zastosowań we współczesnej nauce historycznej. Dają one szansę na stosowanie wydajniejszych, bardziej wyrafinowanych i innowacyjnych praktyk badawczych. Wymagają jednakże zarazem zrozumienia istoty przemian jakie dokonują się we współczesnym cyfrowym świecie.

Curriculum Improvement Plan: A Context of UM Digos College in Information Technology Program

This study is a curriculum development plan for the program offered by in the department specifically the Bachelor of Science in Information Technology program. As the first ever Center of Development in the city it is the obligation of the institution to be the pioneering in the change and to adopt to the change which is the promotion of graduates and their outcomes. The major purpose of this Curriculum Improvement Plan (CIP) is solution of the author in the three major challenges change in the educational system in Philippine context. This plan aims to enhance the curriculum of the Bachelor of Science in Information Technology to ensure community improvement by providing quality manpower. The specific purposes of this Curriculum Improvement Plan that this paper sought to provide solutions and processes are; (1) Integrate the new direction of the CHED on the Outcomes-Based Education based on the philosophy of OBE and the institutions; (2) Consider the implementation of DepEd on K to 12 graduates in the year 2018 in aligning it to the curriculum. (3) Revisit the general education subjects of the program adopting the CMO No. 20, s. 2013 on the revised guidelines in the formulation of the CHED Policies, Standards, and Guidelines of Academic Programs; and (4) Insure the integration of the philosophy of the institution and core values in each course that is reflected in the curriculum.

An Improved Computer Network Access Control using Free BSD PFSENSE: A Case Study of UMaT Local Area Network

A thesis submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Science in Information Technology, 2015

The literature of national libraries

This article reports a study of the literature of national libraries, as evidenced by the content of three bibliographic databases – Library and Information Science Abstracts, Library and Information Science and Technology Abstracts and Web of Science – for 2014–2015. The results, which are neither comprehensive nor systematic, give an indication of the size of the literature, the sources, languages of publication, authorship pattern and content. The aim is to gain an overview of what is happening, currently, within publications from, and about, national libraries. The study suggests that the national library literature comprises about 100 items annually; the smallest body of literature for any of the main sectors of librarianship. This literature shows a Bradford scatter, with 94 journals and a few book and proceedings sources identified in this study. The main language of publication is English, although a variety of European languages are represented. National libraries worldwide are covered, with a focus on reports from Europe, North America and Australasia. Content is concentrated on general descriptions of libraries and their services, on collections and documents and on technology issues. Digital curation is a major part of 20% of the set. Issues of dataset curation per se have no almost presence in this set of national library literature.

Verbal Learning Style as the Least Preferred Learning Style of Students in an Asian Country

Learners develop a preferred way of choosing their learning styles because of their genetic makeup, their particular life experiences, and the demands of their present environment. Hence, the study aimed to determine the learning styles of freshmen students in the language class at Benguet State University, Philippines. Using descriptive - survey method, a questionnaire was used to gather data. It also used the Felder-Solomon Index of Learning Styles (FILS) which consisted of 44 questions designed to identify learning styles of learners. The study showed that their dominant learning style is Visual while Verbal is the least. According to their degree programs, the dominant learning style of the Bachelor in Secondary Education and Doctor of Veterinary Medicine students is Sensory while Bachelor of Science in Nursing, Bachelor of Science in Home Economics, Bachelor of Science in Information Technology, Bachelor of Science in Agricultural Engineering, and Bachelor of Science in Agriculture are all inclined to Visual. Based on the empirical findings and conclusions of the study, the researcher recommends that teachers should devise classroom activities suited for the students' learning styles focusing more on their verbal learning style that will activate their communication skills.

Smart Library Model for Future Generations

The concept of library in educational institutions is changing as the major constituents of library like physical books, hard copies of journals and newspapers are vanishing and a new format called e-format of these resources emerging through advents in computer science, information science and e-storage technology. The physical copies of books, journals and newspapers are thumbing and their electronic format do not need space for storage and single copy of such resource can be shared by any number of users so as the name of library has no longer validity. Hence libraries are now renamed as Resource Centres with online facility to provide resource sharing services to its registered users. Future libraries so called ‘Resource Centres’ do not need large reading rooms, large book/journal old volume storage area or even independent library building. Individual institutions also do not need independent libraries. There should be one Resource centre for a country or even only one for the entire world through which everybody can connect through ICT for uploading and downloading audio, text and video files so that equality in terms of accessibility to any of these types of resources can be maintained irrespective of gender, region, religion, economical background and the country origin of the users. The paper discusses the possibility of such transformation of Library into ‘Universal Resource Center’ and the consequences of such transformation to information sharing throughout the World and further changes in the model of costless higher education and extended opportunity for new knowledge creation. We also discuss how such transformed Libraries as Universal Resource Centres may provide automated customized service for individuals ubiquitously by incorporating smart library model.

Improving Security Levels In Automatic Teller Machines (ATM) Using Multifactor Authentication

A Dissertation Presented to the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Faculty of Physical Sciences, in Partial Fulfilment of the Requirements for the Award of the Master of Science in Information Technology, 2016

Employment Status and Academic Competencies among the Information Technology Graduates: A Tracer Study

Information technology graduates of colleges and universities have increased rapidly while continuously facing stiff employment competition. The study traced the employability of the Bachelor of Science in Information Technology (BSIT) graduates of a university. It also described the profile of the BSIT graduates; assessed graduates' employment conditions; and determined the academic competencies utilized by the BSIT graduates in their current jobs. Using descriptive research design, the study employed standardized tool from Commission on Higher Education (CHED), and a sample of 87 BSIT graduates as respondents. The findings revealed that majority of the respondents were dominantly male, single, and from the Visayas region. Majority of them were regular or permanent in their current job and were locally employed and worked as an IT professionals in their present occupation. The graduates found their first job through advertisement. They utilized advanced information technology competencies in their jobs. Hence, their work matched to their tertiary degrees. The study provided information that the BSIT graduates of the University of Cebu - Banilad Campus are highly employable. After months of linkages for possible employers and career mapping of graduates, the school will be able to increase graduates assistance on job placements. After two hours of seminar on career mapping, the college will be able to assess the skills of the graduates to suggest possible areas of work to engage.

Out-of-the-box

Whilst my objective in Out-of-the-Box is to discuss the exciting new technologies set to transform our lives, we are never far from the real story which is about people. It is people who are variously flummoxed, fooled, facilitated or fascinated by the (technological) tools they use. Indeed the best definition of advanced technology is the technology that was introduced after you started work. There is a heady pace of technology advancement and a recurrent theme of the tensions as the technology clock and human clock move out of sync. In this article I take a look back at around half a professional life and, in a performance coach review, look at what we have achieved to help calibrate the challenges ahead. The centrepiece of this story is one of the editors of Business Information Review – Sandra Ward. Our joint history suggests the interleaved prospects for information science and information technology and the shape of things to come.

How to Design the E-Government Secure Cloud

Nowadays, cloud computing is the innovative product of the upgraded of information science technology. It is another great change following the transition from large scale computer to client-server in the last century. The concepts, such as cloud security, cloud storage, secure cloud, cloud hosting and cloud input, appeared after cloud computing. E-Government Information Security plays an important role in the development and establishment of E-Government. It is an important component part to use cloud security technology to establish our country’s E-Government secure cloud in current E-Government construction.

Spatial Risk Analysis of Water Borne Diseases (Bovine Leptospirosis) in the Rive Nile State-Sudan

Geographical Information Science (GIS) technologies have been used increasingly for ecology and epidemiology of water-borne diseases, providing approach for animal health issues. This study was set up to investigate the geographical distribution of Bovine that was affected by Leptospira hardijo, in River Nile state, on October 2012. Locations of targeted cattle were delimited using GPS. Fifty three (53) of blood samples were collected, and screened in the laboratory for Leptospira hardijo specific antibodies using indirect ELISA. 15.09% had evidence of infection as determined by the presence of anti-leptospira antibodies. It was inferred that no incidences were recorded in 45 locations out of the 53 selected locations in the state. Leptospirosis risk area for transmission was mapped using 5 km buffer distance. Animals’ movements routes were mapped with their contacts area and positive samples locations, hafair locations where animals contacts were mapped. This study demonstrated the value of GIS and GPS in disease mapping for animals’ health, and this might help veterinary authorities to implement strategic interventions for animal disease control.

Spatial modeling of ecological areas by fitting the limiting factors for As in the vicinity of mine, Serbia

Elevated arsenic (As) concentrations in soil are often found in the vicinity of certain mineral deposits that have been, or are currently, under exploitation, regardless of the target resource. Detailed study of such areas for safe agriculture requires considerable financial costs and long periods of time. Application of an appropriate spatial model that describes the behavior of arsenic in soil and plants can significantly ease the whole investigation process. This paper presents a model of ecological security of an area that, in the past, was an antimony mine and has a naturally high content of arsenic. For simulation and modeling the geographic information science (GIS) technology with the inserted predictors influencing the accessibility of As and its content in plants was used. The results obtained were the following: (1) a categorization of contaminated soils according to soil properties was developed; (2) the proposed methodology allows focusing on particular suspect area saving an energy and human resource input; and (3) new safe areas for growing crops in contaminated area were modeled. The application of the proposed model of As solubility to various crops grown around a former antimony mine near the village of Lisa, southwest Serbia showed that significant expansion of the areas suitable for growing potato, raspberry, and pasture was possible.

Research on the Sensor Coarse Signal Processing Model Based on Adaptive Genetic Algorithm

With the rapid development of electronic information science and network transmission technology, the signal processing technology has been widely applied to various fields, which is the most important component of signal detection and transmission, and the key signal processing technology for processing sensor crude signals. Based on this, the experimental system of sensor coarse signal processing model is established, and in the experimental system, the transformer can carry out signal recognition for voltage and current, the use of PC microcontroller and embedded AD converter carries out analog / digital conversion for sensor crude signal. For the amplification process of sensor coarse signal, the use of adaptive genetic algorithm carries out mathematical modeling, the realization of the signal identification, acquisition and processing functions through software programming control. Finally, the intelligent processing of sensor coarse signal is successfully completed by the experiment system, and the signal processing effect is given as well.