Web-based Resources Research Articles

From Digital Literacy to Critical Digital Ecology: Curricula as Digital Places in Art Education

Abstract This article makes a case for the critical potential of media ecology frameworks to address the limits of the media literacy frameworks prevalent in visual culture art education pedagogies that focus on art education with digital materials. In this article, I articulate a brief history of the literacy metaphor in visual culture art education, before summarizing recent arguments advocating for a shift from media literacy to media ecology in critical digital pedagogies. I then examine my own digital curricular place-craft in the development of Crafting Digital Places, a Web-based teaching resource that played a part in a series of remotely taught summer camp programs focusing on critical digital place-craft. In this article, I aim to illustrate the critical and practical limits of engaging digital materials via the literacy metaphor. I also aim to show how a media ecology approach—framing digital systems as places with agentic material qualities—affords art educators distinctive potentials for critical practice and curriculum design.

Hospital Use of a Web-Based Clinical Knowledge Support System and In-Training Examination Performance Among Postgraduate Resident Physicians in Japan: Nationwide Observational Study.

The relationship between educational outcomes and the use of web-based clinical knowledge support systems in teaching hospitals remains unknown in Japan. A previous study on this topic could have been affected by recall bias because of the use of a self-reported questionnaire. We aimed to explore the relationship between the use of the Wolters Kluwer UpToDate clinical knowledge support system in teaching hospitals and residents' General Medicine In-Training Examination (GM-ITE) scores. In this study, we objectively evaluated the relationship between the total number of UpToDate hospital use logs and the GM-ITE scores. This nationwide cross-sectional study included postgraduate year-1 and -2 residents who had taken the examination in the 2020 academic year. Hospital-level information was obtained from published web pages, and UpToDate hospital use logs were provided by Wolters Kluwer. We evaluated the relationship between the total number of UpToDate hospital use logs and residents' GM-ITE scores. We analyzed 215 teaching hospitals with at least 5 GM-ITE examinees and hospital use logs from 2017 to 2019. The study population consisted of 3013 residents from 215 teaching hospitals with at least 5 GM-ITE examinees and web-based resource use log data from 2017 to 2019. High-use hospital residents had significantly higher GM-ITE scores than low-use hospital residents (mean 26.9, SD 2.0 vs mean 26.2, SD 2.3; P=.009; Cohen d=0.35, 95% CI 0.08-0.62). The GM-ITE scores were significantly correlated with the total number of hospital use logs (Pearson r=0.28; P<.001). The multilevel analysis revealed a positive association between the total number of logs divided by the number of hospital physicians and the GM-ITE scores (estimated coefficient=0.36, 95% CI 0.14-0.59; P=.001). The findings suggest that the development of residents' clinical reasoning abilities through UpToDate is associated with high GM-ITE scores. Thus, higher use of UpToDate may lead physicians and residents in high-use hospitals to increase the implementation of evidence-based medicine, leading to high educational outcomes.

Readability of Trauma-related Patient Education Materials From the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons and Orthopaedic Trauma Association Websites.

Web-based resources serve as a fundamental educational platform for orthopaedic trauma patients; however, they are frequently written above the recommended sixth-grade reading level, and previous studies have demonstrated this for the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS) web-based articles. In this study, we perform an updated assessment of the readability of AAOS trauma-related educational articles as compared with injury-matched education materials developed by the Orthopaedic Trauma Association (OTA). All 46 AAOS trauma-related web-based ( https://www.orthoinfo.org/ ) patient education articles were analyzed for readability. Two independent reviewers used (1) the Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level (FKGL) and (2) the Flesch Reading Ease (FRE) algorithms to calculate the readability level. Mean readability scores were compared across body part categories. A one-sample t -test was done to compare mean FKGL with the recommended sixth-grade readability level and the average American adult reading level. A two-sample t -test was used to compare the readability scores of the AAOS trauma-related articles with those of the OTA. The average (SD) FKGL and FRE for the AAOS articles were 8.9 (0.74) and 57.2 (5.8), respectively. All articles were written above the sixth-grade reading level. The average readability of the AAOS articles was significantly greater than the recommended sixth-grade reading level ( P < 0.001). The average FKGL and FRE for all AAOS articles were significantly higher compared with those of the OTA articles (8.9 ± 0.74 versus 8.1 ± 1.14, P < 0.001 and 57.2 ± 5.8 versus 65.6 ± 6.6, P < 0.001, respectively). Excellent agreement was observed between raters for the FKGL 0.956 (95% confidence interval, 0.922 to 0.975) and FRE 0.993 (95% confidence interval, 0.987 to 0.996). Our findings suggest that after almost a decade, the readability of the AAOS trauma-related articles remains unchanged. The AAOS and OTA trauma patient education materials have high readability levels and may be too difficult for patient comprehension. A need remains to improve the readability of these commonly used trauma education materials.

Usability and Feasibility Evaluation of a Web-Based and Offline Cybersecurity Resource for Health Care Organizations (The Essentials of Cybersecurity in Health Care Organizations Framework Resource): Mixed Methods Study.

Cybersecurity is a growing challenge for health systems worldwide as the rapid adoption of digital technologies has led to increased cyber vulnerabilities with implications for patients and health providers. It is critical to develop workforce awareness and training as part of a safety culture and continuous improvement within health care organizations. However, there are limited open-access, health care-specific resources to help organizations at different levels of maturity develop their cybersecurity practices. This study aims to assess the usability and feasibility of the Essentials of Cybersecurity in Health Care Organizations (ECHO) framework resource and evaluate the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats associated with implementing the resource at the organizational level. A mixed methods, cross-sectional study of the acceptability and usability of the ECHO framework resource was undertaken. The research model was developed based on the technology acceptance model. Members of the Imperial College Leading Health Systems Network and other health care organizations identified through the research teams' networks were invited to participate. Study data were collected through web-based surveys 1 month and 3 months from the date the ECHO framework resource was received by the participants. Quantitative data were analyzed using R software (version 4.2.1). Descriptive statistics were calculated using the mean and 95% CIs. To determine significant differences between the distribution of answers by comparing results from the 2 survey time points, 2-tailed t tests were used. Qualitative data were analyzed using Microsoft Excel. Thematic analysis used deductive and inductive approaches to capture themes and concepts. A total of 16 health care organizations participated in the study. The ECHO framework resource was well accepted and useful for health care organizations, improving their understanding of cybersecurity as a priority area, reducing threats, and enabling organizational planning. Although not all participants were able to implement the resource as part of information computing technology (ICT) cybersecurity activities, those who did were positive about the process of change. Learnings from the implementation process included the usefulness of the resource for raising awareness and ease of use based on familiarity with other standards, guidelines, and tools. Participants noted that several sections of the framework were difficult to operationalize due to costs or budget constraints, human resource limitations, leadership support, stakeholder engagement, and limited time. The research identified the acceptability and usability of the ECHO framework resource as a health-focused cybersecurity resource for health care organizations. As cybersecurity in health care organizations is everyone's responsibility, there is potential for the framework resource to be used by staff with varied job roles. Future research needs to explore how it can be updated for ICT staff and implemented in practice and how educational materials on different aspects of the framework could be developed.

FEVER: an interactive web-based resource for evolutionary transcriptomics across fishes.

Teleost fish represent one of the largest and most diverse clades of vertebrates, which makes them great models in various research areas such as ecology and evolution. Recent sequencing endeavors provided high-quality genomes for species covering the main fish evolutionary lineages, opening up large-scale comparative genomics studies. However, transcriptomic data across fish species and organs are heterogenous and have not been integrated with newly sequenced genomes making gene expression quantification and comparative analyses particularly challenging. Thus, resources integrating genomic and transcriptomic data across fish species and organs are still lacking. Here, we present FEVER, a web-based resource allowing evolutionary transcriptomics across species and tissues. First, based on query genes FEVER reconstructs gene trees providing orthologous and paralogous relationships as well as their evolutionary dynamics across 13 species covering the major fish lineages, and 4 model species as evolutionary outgroups. Second, it provides unbiased gene expression across 11 tissues using up-to-date fish genomes. Finally, genomic and transcriptomic data are combined together allowing the exploration of gene expression evolution following speciation and duplication events. FEVER is freely accessible at https://fever.sk8.inrae.fr/.

The Role of Mental Health Stigma in University Students' Satisfaction With Web-Based Stress Management Resources: Intervention Study.

University students frequently report elevated levels of stress and mental health difficulties. Thus, the need to build coping capacity on university campuses has been highlighted as critical to mitigating the negative effects of prolonged stress and distress among students. Since the COVID-19 pandemic, web-based stress management resources such as infographics and web-based workshops have been central to supporting university students' mental health and well-being. However, there is a lack of research on students' satisfaction with and uptake of these approaches. Furthermore, mental health stigma has been suggested to have not only fueled the emergence of these web-based approaches to stress management but may also influence students' help-seeking behaviors and their satisfaction with and uptake of these resources. This study explored potential differences in students' satisfaction and strategy use in response to an interactive infographic (an emerging resource delivery modality) presenting stress management strategies and a web-based workshop (a more common modality) presenting identical strategies. This study also examined the relative contribution of students' strategy use and family-based mental health stigma in predicting their sustained satisfaction with the 2 web-based stress management approaches. University students (N=113; mean age 20.93, SD 1.53 years; 100/113, 88.5% women) completed our web-based self-report measure of family-based mental health stigma at baseline and were randomly assigned to either independently review an interactive infographic (n=60) or attend a synchronous web-based workshop (n=53). All participants reported their satisfaction with their assigned modality at postintervention (T1) and follow-up (T2) and their strategy use at T2. Interestingly, a 2-way mixed ANOVA revealed no significant group × time interaction or main effect of group on satisfaction. However, there was a significant decrease in satisfaction from T1 to T2, despite relatively high levels of satisfaction being reported at both time points. In addition, a 1-way ANOVA revealed no significant difference in strategy use between groups. Results from a hierarchical multiple regression revealed that students' strategy use positively predicted T2 satisfaction in both groups. However, only in the web-based workshop group did family-based mental health stigma predict T2 satisfaction over and above strategy use. While both approaches were highly satisfactory over time, findings highlight the potential utility of interactive infographics since they are less resource-intensive than web-based workshops and students' satisfaction with them is not impacted by family-based mental health stigma. Moreover, although numerous intervention studies measure satisfaction at a single time point, this study highlights the need for tracking satisfaction over time following intervention delivery. These findings have implications for student service units in the higher education context, emphasizing the need to consider student perceptions of family-based mental health stigma and preferences regarding delivery format when designing programming aimed at bolstering students' coping capacity.

A clinical decision support system using rough set theory and machine learning for disease prediction

ObjectiveTechnological advances have led to drastic changes in daily life, and particularly healthcare, while traditional diagnosis methods are being replaced by technology-oriented models and paper-based patient healthcare records with digital files. Using the latest technology and data mining techniques, we aimed to develop an automated clinical decision support system (CDSS), to improve patient prognoses and healthcare delivery. Our proposed approach placed a strong emphasis on improvements that meet patient, parent, and physician expectations. We developed a flexible framework to identify hepatitis, dermatological conditions, hepatic disease, and autism in adults and provide results to patients as recommendations. The novelty of this CDSS lies in its integration of rough set theory (RST) and machine learning (ML) techniques to improve clinical decision-making accuracy and effectiveness. MethodsData were collected through various web-based resources. Standard preprocessing techniques were applied to encode categorical features, conduct min-max scaling, and remove null and duplicate entries. The most prevalent feature in the class and standard deviation were used to fill missing categorical and continuous feature values, respectively. A rough set approach was applied as feature selection, to remove highly redundant and irrelevant elements. Then, various ML techniques, including K nearest neighbors (KNN), linear support vector machine (LSVM), radial basis function support vector machine (RBF SVM), decision tree (DT), random forest (RF), and Naive Bayes (NB), were employed to analyze four publicly available benchmark medical datasets of different types from the UCI repository and Kaggle. The model was implemented in Python, and various validity metrics, including precision, recall, F1-score, and root mean square error (RMSE), applied to measure its performance. ResultsFeatures were selected using an RST approach and examined by RF analysis and important features of hepatitis, dermatology conditions, hepatic disease, and autism determined by RST and RF exhibited 92.85 %, 90.90 %, 100 %, and 80 % similarity, respectively. Selected features were stored as electronic health records and various ML classifiers, such as KNN, LSVM, RBF SVM, DT, RF, and NB, applied to classify patients with hepatitis, dermatology conditions, hepatic disease, and autism. In the last phase, the performance of proposed classifiers was compared with that of existing state-of-the-art methods, using various validity measures. RF was found to be the best approach for adult screening of: hepatitis with accuracy 88.66 %, precision 74.46 %, recall 75.17 %, F1-score 74.81 %, and RMSE value 0.244; dermatology conditions with accuracy 97.29 %, precision 96.96 %, recall 96.96 %, F1-score 96.96 %, and RMSE value, 0.173; hepatic disease, with accuracy 91.58 %, precision 81.76 %, recall 81.82 %, F1-Score 81.79 %, and RMSE value 0.193; and autism, with accuracy 100 %, precision 100 %, recall 100 %, F1-score 100 %, and RMSE value 0.064. ConclusionThe overall performance of our proposed framework may suggest that it could assist medical experts in more accurately identifying and diagnosing patients with hepatitis, dermatology conditions, hepatic disease, and autism.

Supporting Food and Nutrition Education in The Pacific Islands: Scoping Resources and Professional Development Opportunities for Teachers

Schools provide a unique opportunity to educate and motivate Pacific Island students and the wider Pacific Island community about food systems, food production activities (e.g., gardening and cooking) and to focus on the knowledge and skills needed to make healthy and sustainable food choices. Recent work(1) has identified limited access to appropriate and credible learning and teaching resources and varying integration of food and nutrition in the curriculum across the Pacific Islands (P.I) region. Teachers reported an ardent desire to incorporate nutrition into the curriculum, but were not sure how to do this, or where to source assistance, including credible learning materials. Stakeholders also reported requiring assistance to develop contextualised learning materials, and that there were limited options for upskilling in food, nutrition and agriculture. Recommendations from this work included the development of a tool to assist teachers to bridge the gap between understanding the benchmark or learning outcomes provided in curriculum and designing engaging and authentic activities and assessment to meet these. Therefore, this project aimed to identify food and nutrition curriculum materials available for Pacific Island educators, to inform the development of a web-based resource. In 2022, a systematic desk-based scoping activity was undertaken to identify any resources available to teach food and nutrition in Pacific Island schools (primary and secondary level) and professional development opportunities relevant for educators. The mapping identified over 70 resources, with resources from almost all countries identified. Some are available for specific countries, but few that are designed for use regionally. Some of these resources are directly aligned to food-based dietary guidelines, while others appear to be developed for specific activities by non-governmental organisations. Very few professional development activities were identified. Once a resource was identified, the project team used the CRAAP test(2) to evaluate the credibility of this. If deemed credible, the resource was tagged with key words (e.g., Tonga, gardening) and added for inclusion. The key resource categories (for tagging) were cooking, ocean and waterway foods, food in schools, food safety, healthy eating, sustainability, pacific research, teaching practice, gardening and WASH. A web designer developed the web-based resource through collaboration with the project team. Users can search for resources by country and/or topic. Based on the mapping of professional development activities, a professional development activity based on assessing the credibility of information was developed and added to the L&amp;T toolkit. Users of the hub can share resources (their own) or identify other resources that could be added to the hub. There are limited resources and opportunities for Pacific Island food and nutrition teachers to upskill in food and nutrition education. School educators may benefit from more food and nutrition resources and professional development activities to complement those that are currently available.

Scoping user needs for an online nutrition education resource for older adults

As the global population continues to age, strategies that promote health and wellbeing among older adults are urgently required. This demographic faces an increasing burden of chronic diseases linked to inflammation(1), often associated with diets that are energy dense and nutrient poor(2). Importantly, the impact of these conditions can be minimised by adopting an anti-inflammatory dietary pattern, such as the Mediterranean diet(3). While there are numerous predictors of behaviour and an individual’s capacity for behaviour change, nutrition knowledge is a fundamental influencer of eating behaviours(4). However, knowledge of anti-inflammatory diets generally and the Mediterranean diet specifically is lacking among older adults(5), highlighting the need for effective educational programs targeting this group. Digital health technologies have the potential to provide cost-effective and accessible nutrition education, however, few technologies have been developed to meet older adults unique needs and preferences. To address this gap, this study aimed to explore the specific needs and design preferences of older adults for an online nutrition education resource. A total of 20 adults aged 55 years and older participated in one of four 2-hour participatory design workshops, where prompted discussion questions were used to explore their use of technology and scope their needs and preferences for an online nutrition education resource. All participants were regularly using a range of different devices (e.g., smartphones, tablets, and computers) and reported being comfortable doing so. Participants wanted a website that could be accessed across devices (i.e., desktop and mobile friendly) that provided practical nutrition advice, recipes, and information on the link between diet and disease. A number of design principles were identified as essential to optimise the user experience, including large and simple fonts, use of dark type on a light background, and clear categories for easy navigation. To enhance engagement, participants sought a personalised resource that could be adjusted to suit their needs, provided up-to-date information, and allowed for easy content sharing with others, such as by exporting information as a PDF. Participatory design methods offer new knowledge for developing and refining existing and future digital health technologies that are appropriate and useful for the target audience. Specifically, the older adult participants were motivated to access a user-friendly web-based nutrition resource provided it was able to be personalised to their health and nutrition needs, offered practical solutions such as adaptations to portion size or in relation to cost, and was easily shareable with others. Given the limited availability of online, self-directed and evidence-based nutrition education resources for older adults, these findings provide valuable insights to shape digital health resources that cater to the needs and preferences of this population and have the potential to support healthy eating habits and contribute to reducing diet-related chronic disease burden.

Field Experts’ Evaluation of a Web-based Academic Vocabulary Learning Resource for ESL Pre-university Learners

Evaluating web-based learning resources during the development process before implementation with target learners is essential to ensure their efficacy. This study examines field experts’ perceptions of a web-based academic vocabulary learning resource developed by the authors for ESL pre-university learners. The main aim is to evaluate the resource’s technical, design, content, and pedagogy aspects, following Kartal and Uzun’s (2010) criteria for good language learning websites. A questionnaire survey was distributed to six field experts from various Malaysian tertiary education institutions specializing in vocabulary learning and e-learning. The quantitative data collected were analyzed descriptively using SPSS. The results indicate that the experts highly evaluated the web resource, suggesting it meets the essential criteria for a well-designed English language learning website. With the recommended improvements, the web resource has the potential to enhance academic vocabulary learning for ESL pre-university learners significantly. This study contributes valuable insights for developing and implementing effective web-based learning resources in ESL classrooms.

Parents' User Experience Accessing and Using a Web-Based Map of COVID-19 Recommendations for Health Decision-Making: Qualitative Descriptive Study.

The eCOVID19 Recommendations Map & Gateway to Contextualization (RecMap) website was developed to identify all COVID-19 guidelines, assess the credibility and trustworthiness of the guidelines, and make recommendations understandable to various stakeholder groups. To date, little has been done to understand and explore parents' experiences when accessing and using the RecMap website for COVID-19 health decision-making. To explore (1) where parents look for COVID-19 health information and why, (2) parents' user experience when accessing and using the RecMap website to make health decisions, and (3) what knowledge mobilization activities are needed to increase parents' awareness, use, and engagement with the RecMap website. We conducted a qualitative descriptive study using semistructured interviews and a think-aloud activity with parents of children aged 18 years or younger living in Canada. Participants were asked to provide feedback on the RecMap website and to "think aloud" as they navigated the website to find relevant COVID-19 health recommendations. Demographic information was collected using a web-based questionnaire. A hybrid deductive and inductive thematic approach guided analysis and data synthesis. A total of 21 participants (13/21, 62% mothers) were interviewed and participated in a think-aloud activity. The data were categorized into four sections, representative of key elements that deductively and inductively emerged from the data: (1) parent information seeking behaviors and preferences for COVID-19, (2) RecMap website usability, (3) perceived usefulness of the RecMap website, and (4) knowledge mobilization strategies to increase awareness, use, and engagement of the RecMap website. Parents primarily used the internet to find COVID-19 information and focused on sources that they determined to be credible, trustworthy, simple, and engaging. As the pandemic evolved, participants' information-seeking behaviors changed, specifically their topics of interest and search frequency. Most parents were not aware of the RecMap website before this study but found satisfaction with its concept and layout and expressed intentions to use and share it with others. Parents experienced some barriers to using the RecMap website and suggested key areas for improvement to facilitate its usability and perceived usefulness. Recommendations included a more user-friendly home page for lay audiences (separate public-facing user interface), improving the search and filter options, quicker navigation, clearer titles, more family-friendly graphics, and improving mobile-friendly access. Several strategies to disseminate the RecMap website were also expressed, including a mix of traditional and nontraditional methods (handouts and social media) in credible and high-traffic locations that parents frequent often. Overall, parents liked the concept of the RecMap website but had some suggestions to improve its usability (language, navigation, and website interface). These findings can be used to improve the RecMap website for parents and offer insight for the development and dissemination of effective web-based health information tools and resources for the general public.

Visual communication design of web-based learning resources in the digital era

Since the dawn of the digital web era, web-based learning resources have become more and more significant in the field of education. To a certain extent, the visual communication design of these resources influences how well students learn. In view of this, the study proposes a deep learning-based approach to visual communication design. Convolutional neural networks are introduced to automatically construct the visual communication interface, a recommendation algorithm is used to develop the system’s recommendation function, and machine translation is used to translate the language description text. The study method’s efficacy was evaluated. According to the experimental results, the research method’s runtime in a color environment was only about 37.7 seconds at 4k resolution; in a non-color environment, the method’s F1 value was 0.87 at a recommended list length of 35, which was higher than that of other methods; and when it came to the interface solutions in real terms, the research method produced 526 at 30 buttons. The aforementioned findings demonstrate that the suggested approach can successfully increase the visual communication’s design speed and performance in online learning materials and offer a suitable answer to the needs of real-world applications.

Learning Phonology with Data in the Classroom: Engaging Students in the Creolistic Research Process

Phonology is a linguistic discipline that is naturally computational. However, as many researchers are not familiar with the use of digital methods, most of the computation required is still performed by humans. This article presents a training experiment of master’s students of the phonology seminar at the University of Porto, bringing the research process directly to the classroom. The experiment was designed to raise students’ awareness of the potentialities of combining human and machine computation in phonology. The Centre for Digital Culture and Innovation (CODA) readily embraced this project to showcase the application of digital humanities as humanities in both research and training activities. During this experiment, students were trained to collect and process phonological data using various open-source and free web-based resources. By combining a strict protocol with some individual research freedom, the students were able to make valuable contributions towards Creolistic Studies, while enriching their individual skills. Finally, the interdisciplinary nature of the approach has demonstrated its potential within and beyond the humanities and social sciences fields (e.g., linguistics, archaeology, history, geography, ethnology, sociology, and genetics), by also introducing the students to basic concepts and practices of Open Science and FAIR principles, including Linked Open Data.

Legal Protection of Copyright as a Complaint Offense From a Criminal Law Perspective

Currently in Indonesia there are many cases of criminal acts against copyright. This number is quite fantastic when you look at the fact that from what is known the number is already quite high, not to mention small cases that do not receive special attention by the government. Of course, if left unchecked, this could cause losses, not only for the creator of the work, but also have an impact on the country's social aspects and even the country's economic aspects. This research uses a normative juridical type of research, what is meant by normative juridical research is legal research. literature because normative legal research is carried out by examining library materials or secondary data only. The legal materials referred to will also be used as interesting literature reviews and books, and web-based resources. The occurrence of copyright crimes can harm the creators and thus legal action must be taken against copyright holders during this process. Criminal law against copyright criminals will be implemented. gradually investigation, investigation, prosecution and investigation in court. The concept of the criminal act of complaint offense (klacht delict), from the meaning of the word klacht or complaint, means a criminal act that can only be prosecuted after a report contains a request for prosecution in relation to a particular person or persons. As a country that has ratified TRIPs (Trade Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights), this means that Indonesia has a strong enough legal basis to protect the owners or holders of Intellectual Property Rights (IPR), which include Copyright. Copyright Law Number 28 of 2014 has adapted to the agreement agreed in TRIPs. Based on the description above, it can be concluded that the offense of complaints in copyright crimes is not appropriate for the use of copyright crimes. This is because the substance of ordinary offenses has more relevance to prosecuting copyright crimes. In the description above, the state's responsibility to protect citizens, in this case copyright holders, has been explained. The recommendation regarding this problem is to make or formulate copyright crimes into ordinary offenses. So that law enforcers do not hesitate in carrying out inquiries, inquiries and prosecutions for copyright crimes. So don't wait for complaints from copyright holders. The complaint offense will limit law enforcement

Managing Web-based Information Resources Under Uncertainty: A Probabilistic Approach

“Uncertainty” is related to working with inaccurate data, imprecise and incomplete information, and unreliable results that can lead to irrational decisions. Several approaches to managing uncertain data on the Web have been proposed in the literature to resolve this problem. These approaches have failed to find the solution to this problem with accuracy and performance. Our study aims to propose a new probabilistic approach to manage Web information resources in an uncertain large-scale cloud environment. Our approach is based on three main steps: (1) modelling uncertain Web resources, (2) computing HTTP request model, and (3) interpretation and evaluation of uncertain Web resources in a context of classic hypertext navigation. The experimental study shows that the analysis of the execution time necessary for the composition of the services, by our approach, is negligible, compared to that of the other studied approaches. The algorithm that deals with the impact of the variation in the number of nodes, which we have proposed, has also been evaluated and checks all the possibilities in polynomial time and can adapt to many possibilities of multiplexing of values.

TEACHER EDUCATION STUDENTS' EXPERIENCES IN UNDERGRADUATE ONLINE MATHEMATICS COURSES

Having been shifted from traditional to online learning due to the community quarantine implementation, it is valuable to determine students' views about taking courses online. This research aimed to explore the teacher education mathematics major students' experiences with taking undergraduate mathematics courses online, precisely the benefits and challenges they encountered, and in what way they dealt with these challenges. The design used in this study is qualitative exploratory research by distributing open-ended questions to selected Bachelor of Secondary Education in mathematics students (N = 76) from a state university in the province of Bulacan, Philippines. Data were explored through thematic coding. The results indicated that among the gains of taking mathematics courses online, the students mostly gained from a convenient study time to access applicable web-based references and resources. In spite of unpredictable internet networks, limited teacher and peer interaction, vague learning content and discussions, some distractions, and a lack of satisfactory learning resources, independent and self-paced study paired and fired with enough self-motivation are suggested. Keywords: mathematics courses, online learning, online mathematics, teacher education, thematic coding

CrustyBase v.2.0: new features and enhanced utilities to support open science

BackgroundTranscriptomes present a rich, multi-dimensional subset of genomics data. They provide broad insights into genetic sequence, and more significantly gene expression, across biological samples. This technology is frequently employed for describing the genetic response to experimental conditions and has created vast libraries of datasets which shed light on gene function across different tissues, diseases, diets and developmental stages in many species. However, public accessibility of these data is impeded by a lack of suitable software interfaces and databases with which to locate and analyse them.BodyHere we present an update on the status of CrustyBase.org, an online resource for analysing and sharing crustacean transcriptome datasets. Since its release in October 2020, the resource has provided many thousands of transcriptome sequences and expression profiles to its users and received 19 new dataset imports from researchers across the globe. In this article we discuss user analytics which point towards the utilization of this resource. The architecture of the application has proven robust with over 99.5% uptime and effective reporting of bugs through both user engagement and the error logging mechanism.We also introduce several new features that have been developed as part of a new release of CrustyBase.org. Two significant features are described in detail, which allow users to navigate through transcripts directly by submission of transcript identifiers, and then more broadly by searching for encoded protein domains by keyword. The latter is a novel and experimental feature, and grants users the ability to curate gene families from any dataset hosted on CrustyBase in a matter of minutes. We present case studies to demonstrate the utility of these features.ConclusionCommunity engagement with this resource has been very positive, and we hope that improvements to the service will further enable the research of users of the platform. Web-based platforms such as CrustyBase have many potential applications across life science domains, including the health sector, which are yet to be realised. This leads to a wider discussion around the role of web-based resources in facilitating an open and collaborative research community.

Employee Acceptance of Human Resource Management Information System: Integrated UTAUT and TTF Model in a Selected Public Firm in Sri Lanka

Aim: In the modern digital world, many companies are moving towards technology-based applications to perform human resource administration work. Employees nowadays are capable of accessing a web-based Human Resource Management Information System (HRMIS) to obtain critical data from recognized techniques such as System Applications and Products (SAP), PeopleSoft, Bann and Lawson. This study aims to investigating the factors affecting the adopting intention of HRMIS in a selected public firm in Sri Lanka.&#x0D; Design: Acknowledging the vital concepts on accepting or resisting technology, six components (performance expectancy, effort expectancy, social influence, facilitating conditions, task characteristics, and technology characteristics) from the Unified Theory of Acceptance and Use of Technology (UTAUT) model and the Task Technology Fit (TTF) model were contextualized to investigate the drivers influencing HRMIS adoption intentions in a selected public firm in Sri Lanka. Target population was identified as the Executives, Supervisors/Technical Officers, Clerical and Allied employees of the chosen public company in Sri Lanka. A structured online questionnaire, including 30 items, was used to collect data.&#x0D; Findings: Multiple regression analysis results revealed that the factors of Performance Expectation, Task Characteristics, and Technology Characteristics have a positive influence on users’ adoption intention to HRMIS. Effort Expectancy, Social Influence, and Facilitating Conditions had negative influence.&#x0D; Implications: The outcomes highlight the necessity of combining TTF components with technology acceptance theories when evaluating the factors influencing acceptance of HRMIS or other information systems. The study's findings will aid management in making the required organizational changes to encourage employees to use the HRMIS application.

Retracted: Recommendation Algorithm of Web-Based Learning Resources considering Timeliness and Popularity

Retracted: Recommendation Algorithm of Web-Based Learning Resources considering Timeliness and Popularity

Technology-enhanced language and culture teaching in Chile: the perceptions and practices of in-service EFL teachers

PurposeThe professional experiences of teachers of languages and cultures, along with the learning experiences of their students, are embedded in educational contexts, which themselves are informed, and constrained, by national language policies. This study aims to explore 51 English-as-a-foreign-language (EFL) secondary teachers’ perceptions of Web-based technology use to enhance students’ cultural awareness in Chile. Specifically, the study investigated teachers’ use of Web-based resources for cultural awareness, culture content and technology-based tasks, as well as perceived challenges in implementing technology-enhanced language and culture learning.Design/methodology/approachThe study adopted a mixed-method research design combining online questionnaires and interviews as data collection tools. Results were analyzed through the use of descriptive statistics and content analysis.FindingsThe teachers in this study emphasized reflection in their classrooms but did not take a critical approach. Their approach to culture was limited to a “country-specific” view, and technology-enhanced activities accentuated differences rather than promoting meaningful intercultural exchange. Challenges to the successful implementation of technology-enhanced language and culture learning included a somewhat out-of-date theoretical approach to intercultural learning in the national curriculum, a nationwide approach to professional development that lacks a focus on critical reflection and inadequate support for effective use of technologies in schools.Practical implicationsThe study highlights the importance of periodically revising a country’s EFL language policies, communication methods, support mechanisms and implementation factors to ensure classroom integration of language, culture and technology education.Originality/valueThis paper explores the tension between macro-level national policy and teachers’ perspectives on their classroom practice, including the contextualized limitations of implementing national policy at the micro level.