Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractText Steganography Based on Font Type in MS-Word DocumentsWesam Bhaya, Abdul Monem Rahma, Dhamyaa AL-NasrawiWith the rapid development of Internet, safe covert communications in the network environment become an essential research direction. Steganography is a significant means that secret information is embedded into cover data imperceptibly for transmission, so that information cannot be easily aware by others. Text Steganography is low in redundancy and related to natural language rules these lead to limit manipulation … …Journal of Computer Science, Vol. 9, Issue 7 · 22 Jun 2013 · 8,487 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractOptimizing Clusters Alignment for Bilingual Malay-English CorporaRayner Alfred, Chan Chen Jie, Ng Zhen Wei et al.Bilingual corpora, containing the same documents in two different languages, are becoming an essential resource for natural language processing. Clustering bilingual corpora provides us with an insight into the differences between languages when term frequency-based Information Retrieval (IR) tools are used. It also allows one to use the Natural Language Processing (NLP) and IR tools in one language to implement … …Journal of Computer Science, Vol. 8, Issue 12 · 26 Nov 2012 · 7,150 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractThe Effect of Learning Styles on Learning Strategy Use by EFL LearnersWeng Pei-ShiProblem statement: Strategies play a significant role in assisting learners with developing language competence. During the past few years, numbers of studies demonstrated the importance of learning strategies in language learning. Approach: Positive relationship between strategy use and reading comprehension was presented and the differences of strategy use between successful and less successful learners were highly discussed in much research. … …Journal of Social Sciences, Vol. 8, Issue 2 · 29 Feb 2012 · 9,737 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractFrom "Foreign" Language Education to Plurilingualism: Challenges for Language Education Policy in a Multilingual JapanTeja OstheiderProblem statement: With a 41% increase in foreign residents over the last 10 years, the long-neglected issue of domestic multiculturalism and multilingualism cannot be ignored anymore in Japan. Nevertheless, there is still a deep gap between common images created by mass media and education regarding “internationalization” or “globalization” and the actual condition of Japan as a migrant country. By discussing … …Journal of Social Sciences, Vol. 8, Issue 1 · 18 Feb 2012 · 8,656 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractTest Anxiety and Foreign Language Reading Anxiety in a Reading-Proficiency TestYa-Chin Tsai, Yi-Chih LiProblem statement: The impact of foreign-language anxiety has been researched with respect to the reading domain; however, how it affects reading proficiency in relation to test anxiety in a test situation is yet to be explored. Approach: This study investigated possible relationships between test anxiety, foreign language reading anxiety and English reading proficiency by using scales published in previous studies. … …Journal of Social Sciences, Vol. 8, Issue 1 · 8 Feb 2012 · 15,192 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractA Vehicle License Plate Detection and Recognition SystemKhalid W. MagladProblem statement: Automatic vehicle license plate detection and recognition is a key technique in most of traffic related applications and is an active research topic in the image processing domain. Different methods, techniques and algorithms have been developed for license plate detection and recognitions. Approach: Due to the varying characteristics of the license plate from country to country like numbering … …Journal of Computer Science, Vol. 8, Issue 3 · 7 Jan 2012 · 9,013 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractArabic to English Machine Translation of Verb Phrases Using Rule-Based ApproachZainab Abd Algani, Nazlia OmarProblem statement: Scientific translation represents an important stream in the current century due to explosion of the information revolution. The translation of scientific text is still limited in accuracy due to the fact that the scientific terms cannot be translated appropriately. Word order rules are very important for the generation of sentences in the target language whereas the word order … …Journal of Computer Science, Vol. 8, Issue 3 · 2 Jan 2012 · 8,393 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractFaculty Members and Students Perceptions of E-Learning in the English Department: A Project EvaluationHamad Al-DosariStatement of the Problem: With the brisk technology developments, e-learning is revolutionalising the educational industry by leaps and bounds, thus becoming a popular method of education for many universities and colleges around the world. In Saudi Arabian universities, there is a tangible presence of Web-based curricular provisions within the traditional university known as blended learning. There is a growing call … …Journal of Social Sciences, Vol. 7, Issue 3 · 18 Jul 2011 · 10,734 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractMultilingual Database Management System: A Performance EvaluationNurul Husna Mohd Saad, Hamidah IbrahimProblem statement: The use of English as well as Arabic language is increasingly evident in the aspects of international business and finance. Therefore, this study explored the management of multilingual data in multilingual system in order to be able to cater two or more different speakers of Internet users. Approach: The proposed method is divided into two ends: The front-end … …Journal of Computer Science, Vol. 7, Issue 7 · 28 Jun 2011 · 7,410 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractQArabPro: A Rule Based Question Answering System for Reading Comprehension Tests in ArabicMohammed Akour, Sameer Abufardeh, Kenneth Magel, Qasem Al-RadaidehProblem statement: Extensive research efforts in the area of Natural Language Processing (NLP) were focused on developing reading comprehension Question Answering systems (QA) for Latin based languages such as, English, French and German. Approach: However, little effort was directed towards the development of such systems for bidirectional languages such as Arabic, Urdu and Farsi. In general, QA systems are more … …American Journal of Applied Sciences, Vol. 8, Issue 6 · 14 Jun 2011 · 7,704 accessesView PDFCite