Board System Research Articles

Network breakdown: the queer anarchist politics at the heart of the ‘net from FidoNet to HOMOCORE

In a 1993 interview for the anarchist magazine FringeWare Review, software developer Tom Jennings remarked to his interviewer, “Think you can mention somewhere that I’m a fag anarcho nerd troublemaker/activist? It is important and…it always gets buried.” Jennings is often credited for his work co-developing FidoNet in 1983 to facilitate connections between bulletin board systems (BBSs). FideoNet allowed boards to exchange messages between each other and helped to popularize their use throughout the 1980s. Histories of personal and networked computing often point to Jennings’ contributions to the development of FidoNet as significant because it reoriented BBS technology as a means of online communication that did not rely on a centralized server. Rarely, however, has scholarly attention been paid to Jennings’ queer identity or anarchist activist engagements and FidoNet. This paper considers the historical entanglements of anarchist values, queer identity, and networked computing through a study of the “homo-anarcho” social movements in the development of both FidoNet and another project: Jennings’ gay punk subculture zine, HOMOCORE, published from 1988 to 1991. HOMOCORE situated itself as anti-mainstream and pro-queer. I argue that Jennings’ queer identity and the animating forces of the anarchist/punk scene, as evident in HOMOCORE, informed FidoNet’s structure. Through close-readings of issues of HOMOCORE, contemporary zines, FidoNet documentation, interviews, and hybrid digital/analog archival research, this paper further shows how the political afterlives of FidoNet and HOMOCORE can be read through the lens of queer activist self-destruction. Ultimately, this paper demonstrates how the roots of networked computing can be seen in queer, anarchist social movements.

The Research on a Currency Board System: The Case of Hong Kong Region

The Currency Board System is a relatively old topic. But due to the successive increases of interest rates by the US Federal Reserve in 2022, the topic has received attention again. This paper will analyse the Currency Board System through a typical example-Hong Kong region. Firstly, the background of Currency Board System will be described. Then three conditions for the success of the Currency Board System will be analysed in the third part. After that, the suitable types of economy to apply the Currency Board System will be pointed out. Finally, it is recommend that different countries with different economic environment are better rationally implement the suitable exchange rate regime.

How Well Are We Protecting Human Research Subjects?

Protecting human research subjects is an ethical mandate for all contemporary research involving human subjects. From 1974 to 1999, we had the institutional review board (IRB) system and the Common Rule, but realized that in addition to IRBs, investigators, institutions, sponsors of research, research participants, and the government, all share responsibilities in protecting human research subjects. Starting 2000, institutions established human research protection programs to ensure the rights and welfare of research participants and to meet human research ethical and regulatory requirements. Some institutions had their human research protection programs further accredited to ensure rigorous standards for quality and protection. In 2018, the Common Rule was extensively revised to modernize the regulations by enhancing protections and reducing burden for researchers. However, throughout these periods, we did not know how well we were protecting human research subjects, because we did not know how to measure human research subject protections. With the publication of human research subject protections performance metrics in 2023, it becomes possible for the first time to assess quantitatively how well we are protecting human research subjects. Research institutions can now monitor the effectiveness of their human research protection programs and identify areas of vulnerability for quality improvement. We should also be able to determine how well human research protection programs are doing in protecting human research subjects; determine whether external accreditation improves human research subject protections and whether the revised Common Rule in fact leads to enhanced protections; and identify prospectively which procedures or interventions can enhance human research subject protections.

“The flames are 50/50 right now”: content moderation practices at the onset of the HIV/AIDS epidemic in the United States (1982–1990)

The timeline for the onset of the HIV/AIDS epidemic in the United States occurred parallel to the domestic shift of computing and the advent of DIY computer networking efforts. During this critical time, many activists and community organisers within lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ+) spaces utilised computer networking, such as bulletin board systems (BBSs) and Usenet boards to facilitate information exchange within their affected communities. Due to the sensitive nature of the epidemic and often-vital need for up-to-date information, content moderation became an increasingly important issue on these boards. This paper uses varying archival methods to explore the development of content moderation practices, and the influence of HIV/AIDS culture, on bulletin board systems and Usenet boards, with a special focus on boards dedicated to LGBTQ+ content and HIV/AIDS information exchange.

Resilience evaluation of train control on-board system considering component failure correlations: Based on Apriori-Multi Layer-Copula Bayesian Network model

The failure of complex system components is an important factor affecting system resilience, and it is not only affected by their own basic life parameters, but may also be affected by the failure of other components. In order to investigate the impact of component failure correlations on the resilience evaluation of Train Control on Board System (TCOBS), we propose the Apriori-Multi Layer-Copula Bayesian Network (AMLCBN) model. Firstly, the definition and evaluation function of TCOBS component resilience are provided. Then, build a TCOBS Bayesian Network and perform hierarchical processing on the network to clarify the position of Copula functions in the Bayesian Network. The Copula function is used to evaluate the correlations among component failures, and the Copula Bayesian Network is used to infer TCOBS resilience. We use Apriori to calculate the correlation coefficient matrix in the Copula function. Finally, a case study is conducted by taking CTCS-3OBS as an example, the results show that among the components of TCOBS, BTM Ant has low resilience and high importance. Considering the correlation among component failures, the TCOBS resilience evaluation results will increase, and those components with higher importance will become more important, while those with lower importance will become less important.

RISK AND OPPORTUNITY MANAGEMENT IN MEP PROJECT-BASED COMPANIES AND ITS IMPACT ON BUSINESS PERFORMANCE

The board is crucial for MEP project-based organizations to progress. Gamble the board prevents cost overruns and project delays, while opportunity the executives capitalize on excellent opportunities. Chance administration in Pakistan's growth is the study's main focus, and Chance mechanical, electrical, and plumbing (MEP) management in project board in Pakistani development is reviewed. The evaluation included several hundred development (MEP) projects from Karachi, Lahore, Faisalabad, Rawalpindi, Islamabad Pakistan's five largest cities with active development and large investments. Surveys are sent to company managers via group inspection, and 250 responses are received mechanical, electrical, and plumbing (MEP) projects management. Data is analyzed using Savvy PLS's structured condition presentation. Business performance is connected to the board systems that are based on proven evidence, evaluation, checking and helped the construction project succeed. Risk executives' methods fundamentally and well affected job completion, according to the assessment. Understanding executive risk valuation is much better. The results reveal that that in terms of genuine development projects, an efficiency study may present a fuller picture of risk the board in various enterprises. The practice of conducting systematic audits to assess the philosophy of writing is rarely employed in the execution of executive projects and risk analysis. The results revealed that the effective mechanical, electrical, and plumbing (MEP) performance of the board tactics is in improving project execution in Pakistan. The exploratory approach is employed to integrate previous studies on risk management executives and the implementation of business ventures in the field of development.

Design and Implementation of Touch Display Accuracy Optimization Software Based on Deep Learning

This paper mainly introduces the touch display accuracy optimization software based on convolutional neural network to enhance the touch accuracy of the smart board system. Convolutional neural networks are used to train touch data, which enables the software to automatically correct the position of touch points and reduce touch bias. The system architecture includes a data acquisition module, a deep learning model training module, and a touch accuracy optimization module, which is expected to be applied to more fields with the continuous application and development of technology. On the whole, the launch of the software provides a new technical way to realize the smart board book system.

Early-Stage Prototype Assessment of Cost-Effective Non-Intrusive Wearable Device for Instant Home Fetal Movement and Distress Detection: A Pilot Study.

Clinical fetal monitoring devices can only be operated by medical professionals and are overly costly, prone to detrimental false positives, and emit radiation. Thus, highly accurate, easily accessible, simplified, and cost-effective fetal monitoring devices have gained an enormous interest in obstetrics. In this study, a cost-effective and user-friendly wearable home fetal movement and distress detection device is developed and assessed for early-stage design progression by facilitating continuous, comfortable, and non-invasive monitoring of the fetus during the final trimester. The functionality of the developed prototype is mainly based on a microcontroller, a single accelerometer, and a specialized fetal phonocardiography (fPCG) acquisition board with a low-cost microphone. The developed system is capable of identifying fetal movement and monitors fetal heart rhythm owing to its considerable sensitivity. Further, the device includes a Global System for Mobile Communication (GSM)-based alert system for instant distress notifications to the mother, proxy, and emergency services. By incorporating digital signal processing, the system achieves zero false negatives in detecting fetal movements, which was validated against an open-source database. The acquired results clearly substantiated the efficacy of the fPCG acquisition board and alarm system, ensuring the prompt identification of fetal distress.

An Anti-Disturbance Extended State Observer-Based Control of a PMa-SynRM for Fast Dynamic Response

The control system of PMa-SynRMs (Permanent Magnet-assisted Synchronous Reluctance Machines) exhibit susceptibility to external disturbances, thereby emphasizing the utmost significance of employing an observer to effectively observe and suppress system disturbances. Meanwhile, disturbances in load are sensitive to control system noise, which may be introduced from current sensors, hardware circuit board systems, sensor-less control, and analog position sensors. To tackle these problems, this paper proposes an A-DESO (anti-disturbance extended state observer) to improve the dynamic performance, noise suppression, and robustness of PMa-SynRMs in both the constant torque and FW (flux weakening) regions. With the proposed A-DESO, lumped disturbance in torque could be detected, and speed could be extracted in position with unmeasurable noise. Thanks to the merits of the small observation error in the low-frequency region and the excellent anti-disturbance performance in the high-frequency region of the proposed A-DESO, the control of the PMa-SynRM features the advantages of a fast response and good noise immunity ability within the same observation error range. The proposed A-DESO presents a shorter convergence time and a better noise suppression ability, which leads to a better dynamic response of the PMa-SynRM when encountering an unknown load disturbance compared to the traditional ESO-based control, according to simulations and experiments.

The Nexus Between Board Diversity and Sustainability Reporting: The Moderating Role of Supervisory Effectiveness and Quality in a Two-Tier Board System

This study aimed to investigate how Board of Director (BOD) diversity affected sustainability reporting in Islamic banks in Indonesia. The effectiveness of three supervisory bodies, namely the Board of Commissioners (BOC), the Audit Committee (AC), and the Sharia Supervisory Board (SSB), was explored to determine their ability to enhance sustainability performance. The study was based on a sample of 13 Islamic banks listed with the Financial Services Authority between 2012 and 2021. Moderated Regression Analysis was applied to test the hypotheses. It was found that board diversity had a positive influence on sustainability reporting. The regression results for all three moderation variables showed positive and significant findings, indicating that the interactions between the BOC, the AC, the SSB, with the BOD played an effective role in enhancing sustainability disclosure. board ’diversity’s importance and supervisory boards’ effectiveness. This study fills a research gap on the relationship between corporate governance and sustainability disclosure, especially in developing countries that adhere to a dual board governance system, specifically Islamic banks that comply with Sharia governance. The research results underscore the need for a diverse board of directors and the effectiveness of the supervisory board as the party responsible for meeting stakeholder demands through its role in encouraging companies to be actively involved in sustainability performance.

Design and Implementation of a Digital Notice Board and Forum Discussion System

Abstract— This research paper explores the development of an educational management system leveraging modern web technologies such as React.js for frontend development, Node.js for backend implementation, and MongoDB for database management. The system comprises two main modules: notice board and forum discussion. A Notice Board and Forum Discussion system for schools serves as a centralized platform for disseminating important information and fostering communication among students, teachers, and parents. This system provides a virtual notice board where announcements, reminders, and event schedules can be posted, ensuring that all stakeholders stay informed in real-time. Additionally, it features a forum discussion section where users can engage in academic discourse, seek clarification on topics, and collaborate on projects. By facilitating seamless communication and collaboration, this system enhances the educational experience within the school community, promoting active participation and knowledge sharing. IndexTerms – Web-Based Application, Notice Creation, Forum Creation and , Forum having comment option using MERN Stack.

A Low-Cost Prototype for Edge-Computing Powered Smart Display Board

This study examines how Edge Computing technology, through the creation and use of smart notice boards, has changed the way that organizations communicate. Notice boards have historically relied on manually operated or wired electronic devices, which provide drawbacks like slowness, security flaws, and a lack of adaptability. But a new way of looking at notice board systems has developed with the advent of Edge Computing, which is driven by hardware like the ESP8266 server and communication protocols like MQTT (Message Queuing Telemetry Transport). We explore the advantages of Edge Computing in the context of smart notice boards in this study, emphasizing its capacity to support real-time data processing, improve security via local data management, login credentials, and provide users with user-friendly interfaces for content management. Smart notice boards can outperform traditional systems in terms of efficiency, security, and adaptability by utilizing the concepts of Edge Computing.

A study of the impact of staggered boards on corporate financialization: from the perspective of board governance.

The objective of this study is to assess the influence of staggered boards on corporate financialization and the role that incentive and supervision mechanisms play in this process. We employ a total of 20,647 panel data samples of Chinese A-share listed companies over the period 2011-2020 to empirically test the impact of staggered boards on corporate financialization in the Chinese context. The results indicate that implementing staggered boards significantly increases levels of corporate financialization. On the one hand, the implementation of a staggered board structure can exacerbate the speculative mindset and profit-driven behavior among board members, leading management to prioritize financial investments for personal gain. On the other hand, a staggered board system may also amplify managerial laziness, potentially incentivizing them to rely heavily on financial investments in order to swiftly achieve performance targets with minimal effort. Furthermore, both managerial ownership and audit supervision are found to be critical factors in mitigating this positive impact and preventing excessive financial investment behavior. This paper offers guidance on comprehending the applicability of staggered board provisions and mitigating financial risks in enterprises.

‘Black self-serve’: the depreciation of blackness and racialized vision among Taiwanese netizens

ABSTRACT While the Black Lives Matter (BLM) movement was proliferating in the United States, the movement did not gain similar degrees of support in Taiwan. Instead, on social media there is even a term, ‘Black Self-serve,’ meaning that Black people always use race as an ‘excuse’ to demand whatever they want. Analyzing computer-mediated communication about blackness from the largest bulletin board system in Taiwan – PTT, this article highlights how and why Taiwanese netizens used the term ‘Black self-serve’ to accuse Black people of fighting for rights. Centering cultural processes of racialized vision and division, this article shows that the depreciation of blackness is deeply connected to Taiwanese navigation of its tenuous status along the racial hierarchy, sense of inferiority, colonization experience, cultural alienation, and the image of Black people as accomplices of anti-Asian racism – all are deeply embedded in systemic racism.

익명표현의 자유에 대한 비판적 고찰

With the introduction of the Internet real-name system and the Constitutional Court ruling in the early 2010s, multiple research has been executed on the Constitutional Court’s ruling. And as a result, research on freedom of expression and freedom of anonymous expression was intensively conducted until the mid-2010s. Since then, however, almost no research has been conducted on freedom of anonymous expression. Considering the development and changes in online media and Social Networking Services since 2010, the issue needs to be revisited. The content and scope of freedom of expression in ancient Greece and even in the 17th century were very different from today. Even John Milton, the author of Areopagitica, thought that the freedom of the Catholics did not need to be guaranteed. Even after Areopagitica, freedom of expression was emphasized as a very important element during the French Revolution in the process of America’s separation from Britain. The issue of anonymity in freedom of expression has been a continuous issue since the 14th century. Regarding freedom of anonymous expression, the Constitutional Court ruled that the Internet real-name system was unconstitutional in 2012, and about the real-name Internet bulletin board system during the election campaign, it ruled that it was constitutional in 2010 and 2015, but changed its position and ruled it unconstitutional in 2021. However, the Constitutional Court ruled that the identity verification system on public institution bulletin boards was constitutional in 2022, making it clear that freedom of anonymous expression cannot be guaranteed indefinitely. When considering the fact that public bulletin boards are a channel through which the general public can convey their opinions in the realm of ‘nation vs. individual,’ such a decision does not seem to be desirable. Today's media environment is very different from the past. The biggest change is that, unlike in the past, individuals produce more information than any other information-producers. However, in the process, anonymity serves as one of the main causes of fake news and hate speech. Considering all the circumstances, the anonymity in freedom of expression should be guaranteed to the maximum extent possible in the ‘individual-to-state’ dimension, but it would be desirable to guarantee it to a relatively weak level in the ‘individual-to-individual’ domain.

Comprehensive Board of Commissioner Diversity and Corporate Social Responsibility Disclosure in Indonesia

This study examines the effect of comprehensive board of commissioner diversity (BOC_DIV) and corporate responsibility (CSR) disclosure for listed companies in Indonesia from 2019 – 2020. The implementation of CSR is growing in emerging markets, including Indonesia. In the context of the dual board system in Indonesia, the role of the board of commissioner is vital to address the growing CSR issue through their monitoring and supervising functions. We based our study on Indonesian-listed firms across industries. However, we exclude the financial sector due to different policies. Multiple Regression is employed to investigate the relationship, and the Generalized Method of Moment (GMM) model is executed to identify whether our model falls into the endogeneity problem. The results showed that several Board of Commissioner characteristics (such as size, independence, and gender) are positively associated with CSR disclosure. After testing for the endogeneity problem, the findings remain similar. We examine several dimensions of the board of commissioner diversity on non-financial outcomes, especially CSR disclosure, in the context of developing countries where a dual board system is implemented.

ONE-PERSON LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY: CONSIDERING COMPANY’S ORGAN GOVERNANCE OF THE INDONESIAN LEGAL ENTITIES FOR MICRO AND SMALL ENTERPRISES

The government continues to strive to improve the ease of doing business, one of which is legitimizing the existence of a new entity intended for micro and small enterprises (MSEs). The entity is a One-Person Limited Liability Company, which is familiar for particular countries with higher ease of doing business than Indonesia. However, this new business form for MSEs is unique and has different characteristics from other countries. The new regulation restricts the founder and shareholders, who can only be natural persons and cannot be more than one. The problem is that the law obscurity of the company's organ emerges not following previous regulations because there is no obligation to have supervisory bodies on it. Being the only different entity can be an advantage, but it can also be a rash act. This normative legal research uses the comparative law method to identify problems in statutory regulation. The result shows a legal vacuum in the new regulation of Indonesian one-person companies’ organs, whether they should implement the one-tier board or have the option to adopt the two-tier board system. The thing to consider is supervisory bodies should remain within an entity with limited liability regardless of its system.

UAV Control Based on Pattern Recognition in Aquaculture Application

This study proposes a drone application for the net cage aquaculture industry. A visual control structure is applied to the drone to obtain water-quality information surrounding the net cages. This study integrates a hexacopter, camera, onboard computer, flight control board, servo motor, and global positioning system’s auto-cruise function to adjust the drone position and control the servo motor retractable sensor to reach the desired target at an accurate location. In object identification, a deep learning neural network is used to identify the net cages. An onboard computer calculates the horizontal distance between the drone and the net cage. A “You only look once” (YOLO) neural network is used to detect the net cage images. Considering the hardware calculation speed and ability, an onboard computer is applied to process the flight control board and control the drone. In the mission, an aerial camera detects targets (net cage) and provides visual information to the drone for the target approaching control process. After executing the water-quality measurement, the drone will end the mission and return to the base. This study modifies the architecture of YOLO, compares it with the original model, and then finds a proper architecture for this mission. This study aims to assist cage aquaculture operators by using drones to measure water quality, which can reduce aquaculture’s labor costs.

Applicability of the Islamic Corporate Governance for Shariah Companies in Malaysia

The Islamic Capital Markets (ICM) have become part and parcel of the modern financial system which not only assists in the growth and expansion of the heavily monetized economy but often becomes a very major indicator of the business cycle movements as well as the confidence and the sentiments of the business community and investors. Of late, ICM has also been a very important vehicle to raise the necessary amounts of funds to affect the national savings needed for rapid economic growth. Most of Shariah companies in Malaysia do not implement an Islamic corporate governance system because of the lack of regulations and exposure from regulators as well as low demand from investors. In line with this development, this paper compares the corporate governance concepts in the conventional and the Islamic perspective. The discussion then proposes an Islamic corporate governance system and requirement of Shariah supervisory board for Shariah companies that could ensure that firms are operating according to Islamic principle thus improve the quality of monitoring role in firms listed on FTSE Bursa Malaysia EMAS Shariah Index.

Traditional and Social Media Usage Associated With COVID-19 Vaccine Uptake in Sapporo, Japan.

This study aimed to determine the relationship between specific information source usage and uptake of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) vaccine. We analyzed 3348 participants aged 20 to 65 years who were not diagnosed with COVID-19 in a case-control study in Sapporo, Japan. The most prevalent information source on COVID-19 was television (TV; 87.8%), followed by online news sites (74.3%), newspapers (38.7%), websites of public institutions (30.9%), and families (29.7%). Multivariate logistic regression showed that the adjusted odds ratios of incompletion of second vaccinations for users of TV and newspaper to gather COVID-19 information were 0.31 and 0.32, respectively, whereas those for users of books, commercial video sites, Facebook, and "personal blog or bulletin board system" were 3.34, 2.22, 2.36, and 4.81, respectively. Social media use among older or male participants was associated with lower vaccine uptake.