41 articles for “Meta-Analysis”

Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractSignificant Term List Based Metadata Conceptual Mining Model for Effective Text ClusteringJ. Janet, S. Koteeswaran, E. KannanAs the engineering world are growing fast, the usage of data for the day to day activity of the engineering industry also growing rapidly. In order to handle and to find the hidden knowledge from huge data storage, data mining is very helpful right now. Text mining, network mining, multimedia mining, trend analysis are few applications of data mining. In … …Journal of Computer Science, Vol. 8, Issue 10 · 25 Aug 2012 · 7,087 accessesView PDF Cite

Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractEffects of an Educational Scenario Exercise on Participants' Competencies of Systemic ThinkingSimon BurandtProblem statement: Education for sustainable development (ESD) aims to shape key competencies of individuals and therefore needs methods to enable learners to acquire these competencies. Systemic thinking can be regarded as a meta-competency in ESD, because it contains many important aspects found in most key competencies of ESD. Scenario analysis is described as a learning environment that fosters the acquisition … …Journal of Social Sciences, Vol. 7, Issue 1 · 18 Dec 2010 · 8,738 accessesView PDF Cite

Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractA Study of Mashup as a Software Application Development Technique with Examples from an End-User Programming PerspectiveLiu Na, Ahmed Patel, Rodziah Latih et al.The purpose of this study is to present, introduce and explain the principles, concepts and techniques of mashups through an analysis of mashup tools from End-user Development (EuD) software engineering perspectives, since it is a new programming paradigm. Problem statement: Although mashup tools supporting the creation of mashups rely heavily on data integration, they still require users to have reasonable … …Journal of Computer Science, Vol. 6, Issue 12 · 2 Nov 2010 · 8,425 accessesView PDF Cite

Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractPetrography and Sulphur Isotope Studies of Pyrites in the Muteh Gold DepositM. J. Abdollahi, M. H. Karimpour, A. KheradmandProblem statement: The Muteh mining district is located in 70 km northeast of Golpaygan city within the Sanandaj-Sirjan metamorphic belt. There are 2 gold mines, 7 gold occurrences and numerous mineral indices in the Muteh gold district. There are few researches on Muteh gold district, but a detailed model is not clear yet. The aim of this study is to … …American Journal of Applied Sciences, Vol. 6, Issue 6 · 30 Jun 2009 · 7,131 accessesView PDF Cite

Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractA Complete Automation of Unit Testing for JavaScript ProgramsM. AlshraidehProblem statement: Program testing is expensive and labor intensive, often consuming more than half of the total development costs, and yet it is frequently not done well and the results are not always satisfactory. The objective of this paper is to present an automatic test data generation tool that aims to completely automate unit testing of JavaScript functions. The methodology: … …Journal of Computer Science, Vol. 4, Issue 12 · 31 Dec 2008 · 7,289 accessesView PDF Cite

Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractRelationship between Self-Regulated Learning and Academic ProcrastinationYap Li San, Samsilah Bte Roslan, Fatemeh SabouripourThis study aims to investigate the relationship between the components of motivation in self-regulated learning as well as the components of learning strategies in self-regulated learning and academic procrastination. Academic procrastination creates problems for undergraduates such as stress and poor academic performance which should be investigated as a serious issue in the educational context. The participants in this study included … …American Journal of Applied Sciences, Vol. 13, Issue 4 · 2 May 2016 · 12,211 accessesView PDF Cite

Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractSatisfaction with Knowledge and Competencies: A Multi-Country Study of Employers and Business GraduatesAna Azevedo, Doris Gomezelj Omerzel, Jane Andrews et al.Problem statement: This study critically discusses findings from a research project involving four European countries. The project had two main aims. The first was to develop a systematic procedure for assessing the balance between knowledge and competencies acquired in higher, further and vocational education and the specific needs of the labor market. The second aim was to develop and test … …American Journal of Economics and Business Administration, Vol. 4, Issue 1 · 14 Jan 2012 · 15,002 accessesView PDF Cite

Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractSecurity Extensible Access Control Markup Language Policy Integration Based on Role-Based Access Control Model in Healthcare Collaborative EnvironmentsTeo Poh Kuang, Hamidah Ibrahim, Nur Izura Udzir, Fatimah SidiRecently research is focused on security policy integration and conflict reconciliation among various healthcare organizations. Problem statement: However, challenging security and privacy risk issues still arisen during sharing sensitive patient data in different large distributed organizations. Though eXtensible Access Control Markup Language (XACML) has a powerful capacity of expression, it does not support all the elements character of RBAC. Thus, … …American Journal of Economics and Business Administration, Vol. 3, Issue 1 · 26 Jan 2011 · 9,067 accessesView PDF Cite

Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractKnowledge of the Most-at-Risk Populations about Human Immunodeficiency Virus PreventionA. Ebadian, V. Alli, H. Sedghi et al.Problem statement: In this study we tried to assess the knowledge of general population (15-45 years), injecting drug users, female sex workers, MSM and male prisoners about HIV prevention in Iran. Approach: Respondents are asked the following set of prompted questions: (a) Can we reduce the risk of HIV transmission by having sex with only one uninfected partner who has … …American Journal of Applied Sciences, Vol. 6, Issue 11 · 30 Nov 2009 · 6,540 accessesView PDF Cite

Research ArticleOpen accessAll words, across the recordAnchoring Public Health Forecasts: High-Precision Obesity Prevalence Estimation Via Hybrid Geodemographic Ensemble RegressionTrenton Ward, Isaac OsunmakindeObesity remains a major driver of chronic disease and rising healthcare costs in the United States. Yet, most existing predictive models rely on single-model classifiers and rarely incorporate spatial structure or ensemble-based regression, thereby limiting their ability to capture geodemographic variation. This study introduces a hybrid unsupervised–supervised ensemble framework that integrates K-Means spatial profiling with a Stacking Regressor to address … …Journal of Computer Science, Vol. 22, Issue 7 · 31 Jul 2026 · 632 accessesView PDF Cite