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Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractPoverty Alleviation and Sustainable Development: The Role of Social CapitalAli Asadi, Morteza Akbari, Hossain Shabanali Fami et al.Developing countries are facing dilemmas such as un-sustainability, and poverty, (especially rural poverty). Poor people are often seen as compelled to exploit their surrounding for short-term survival and are assumed to be the ones most exposed to natural resources degradation. In order that at the first; we review the extensive theoretical literature on social capital, poverty and sustainability and demonstrate … …Journal of Social Sciences, Vol. 4, Issue 3 · 30 Sep 2008 · 9,023 accessesView PDF Cite

Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractStress and Job Satisfaction among Air Force Military PilotsKhodabakhsh Ahmadi, Kolivand AlirezaStress induces impairment of performance is a relatively common issue in pilots of military aviation. The present study aimed at gathering preliminary data on the relationship between stress and job satisfaction among military pilots, so determine to what extent military pilots suffering from job satisfaction. This study was cross- sectional in design and used survey methodology. The survey was offered … …Journal of Social Sciences, Vol. 3, Issue 3 · 30 Sep 2007 · 10,957 accessesView PDF Cite

Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractAdults' Demand for the Internet use in the USA: An Empirical ApproachIsmail H. Genc, Hasan Sahin, Robert W. StoneAcademic literature regarding the factors influencing Internet use is presented. Based on this literature, a theoretical model of the demand for the use of the Internet is developed. The estimation of the demand for Internet use in the U.S. is performed using logit and probit. The model includes explanatory variables such as gender, race, income, age, educational level, marital status, … …Journal of Mathematics and Statistics, Vol. 2, Issue 1 · 31 Mar 2006 · 6,853 accessesView PDF Cite

Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractPreparedness for the Introduction of E-learning in Higher Education-The Case of OmanZ. A. Al-Khanjari, N. S. Kutti, A. S.S. DorvloThe use of Web-based instruction (WBI) and with the availability of well-structured Course Management Tools there seems to be a prospectus of improving both the classroom and distance educations using e-Learning principle[1,2]. As the instructor community plays a central role in all education processes we are motivated to study the level of their cooperation with respect to applying WBI through … …Journal of Social Sciences, Vol. 1, Issue 2 · 30 Jun 2005 · 7,368 accessesView PDF Cite

Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractKnowledge of Chemical Hazards and Prevalence of Darkroom Diseases among Darkroom Technicians and Assistants in Southeast, NigeriaMark C. Okeji, Felicitas U. Idigo, AngelMary C. Anakwue, Uloma NwoguDarkroom technicians and assistants are exposed daily to x-ray processing chemicals. These chemicals contain known irritants which can cause some disease symptoms to its handlers. The aim of this study was to assess the knowledge of chemical hazards and prevalence of darkroom diseases among darkroom technicians and assistants in Southeast, Nigeria. The study adopted cross-sectional survey. A total of 105 … …Current Research in Medicine, Vol. 6, Issue 2 · 24 Nov 2015 · 8,126 accessesView PDF Cite

Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractA Review on Factors Impinges Computer Usage in EducationNaresh Kumar, Raduan Che Rose, Jeffrey Lawrence D’SilvaThe growing body of literature associated with educational computer use had examined numerous variables and interrelationships in order to gain a better understanding of computer beliefs and use of computers within education. Teachers' computer acceptance is an important factor to the successful use of computers in education. Thus it is significant to draw attention to the factors affecting teachers' computer … …Journal of Social Sciences, Vol. 4, Issue 2 · 30 Jun 2008 · 8,222 accessesView PDF Cite

Research ArticleOpen accessAll words, across the recordAbstractive Summarization of Long Educational Transcripts in the Era of GenAIDeepa Fernandes, Rupali Sunil WaghThe surge in online video data presents the imperative requirement of summarizing it for information compression, efficient understanding, and to support decision-making. Recent research studies have predominantly utilized structured input data for summarization. This paper explores the current state-of-the-art models in summarizing unstructured, conversational, and long transcript data. We further apply a transfer learning approach using a fine-tuned BART model, … …Journal of Computer Science, Vol. 22, Issue 8 · 7 Sep 2026 · 403 accessesView PDF Cite

Research ArticleOpen accessAll words, across the recordClassifying and Predicting Students’ Performance using Improved Decision Tree C4.5 in Higher Education InstitutesMohammed Hikmat Sadiq, Nawzat Sadiq AhmedStudents’ information in higher education institutions increases yearly. It is hard for them to extract meaningful information from the huge amount of data manually. Such information can support academic staff to stop students from dropping out at the end of courses. This can be done by evaluating the students’ performance for the course and also by predicting their performance in … …Journal of Computer Science, Vol. 15, Issue 9 · 12 Sep 2019 · 9,168 accessesView PDF Cite

Research ArticleOpen accessAll words, across the recordThe New Frontiers of Edutainment: The Development of an Educational and Socio-Cultural Phenomenon Over time of GlobalizationFelice Corona, Francesco Perrotta, Emilia T Polcini, Carla CozzarelliProblem statement: The cultural aspect of the game lies in its extraordinary value as a learning tool, as even traditional model of sports, eventually took on new and expanded features. Motor-sports activities proposed in the form of play, are increasingly seen as a real social need, which involves large and small, young and old, able-bodied and disabled people in perspective … …Journal of Social Sciences, Vol. 7, Issue 3 · 18 Jul 2011 · 8,332 accessesView PDF Cite

Research ArticleOpen accessAll words, across the recordAnalysis of Student Mental Health Dataset Using Mining TechniquesYemima Monica Geasela, Devi Yurisca Bernanda, Johanes Fernandes Andry et al.This study utilizes a decision tree model in RapidMiner to analyze a dataset from Kaggle, comprising 200 student records. Among these, 70 students reported mental health issues, while 130 did not. Strikingly, a significant majority of 58 out of the 70 students with mental health concerns do not seek assistance from professionals. This study underscores the pressing issue of underutilization … …Journal of Computer Science, Vol. 20, Issue 1 · 22 Dec 2023 · 6,963 accessesView PDF Cite