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Removing the Digital Divide for Senior Web Users
It is hard for the elderly to use the internet to find the resource they want. Usually help is needed for them to complete the task on the technology things. The main reason for this project is to research ideas on encourage senior people to make use of the web to locate helps they want, such as finding volunteers and professional helps. The scope of this project is to develop a new way of web access and content presentation methodologies that let senior people getting help from volunteers and various service providers more easily that incorporates social networking technology e.g. Facebook. By incorporating the social network web site like Facebook into the web application, senior people will be able to find volunteering help or other related service providers through social networking. Volunteers will show up in Google map in search results for senior to easily locate helps. Senior people can also search for self help videos tutorials through the web application search engine. A mobile version of the senior user application will also be developed for easy access on the road. Other features that benefit senior users includes voice input, control / content posting and collaborative social networking where a sponsors would sponsor a help task volunteer undertake
Low cost shop floor DNC system : a dissertation presented in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the postgraduate Masters of Technology in Automation & Control at Massey University
Direct/Distributed Numerical Control (DNC) has a vital role in delivering a successful Computer Integrated Manufacturing (CIM) strategy. DNC is the most popular form of factory automation system in the shop floor environment. Its core function is to enable manufacturing information to flow smoothly and efficiently to and from the shop floor facilities. The current New Zealand small to medium manufacturers are unwilling to make large financial investment in the more expensive packages, and hence, there is a need for a cost effective DNC application software within this sector of the industry. The research conducted for this project focuses on the application of a multiport serial card, and the development of a low cost DNC application software that can be implemented in the small to medium size companies for transferring data and other manufacturing data such as drawing files, and computerised numerical control (CNC) programs. In addition, the research also looks at methods to allow remote access to the system through the World Wide Web (WWW). In order to achieve the objectives mentioned above, a powerful and user-friendly user interface programming tool kit — Borland's Delphi 4 was adopted as the key development tool. Delphi 4 is a Rapid Application Development (RAD) package that is fully compatible to the Multiport's senal programming library, and majority of the Microsoft's remote access technology such as Object Linking and Embedding technology (OLE) or ActiveX
Utilization of Digital Technology in Handling Schizophrenia: A Literature Study
In the modern era, digital technology is widely found and used by people because it is easy to access. The use of digital technology-based interventions on psychosis problems can increase cost-effectiveness because patients do not have to go to hospitals or clinics for treatment. The literature study aimed to identify the use of digital technology in the management of schizophrenia. The research method used the PICO with the keyword using in Indonesian and English "Patients and Families AND Digital Technology AND Control of Psychosis Patients' Symptoms" in the period 2011-2021, Indonesian and English, full-text literature, original research, focused on digital technology schizophrenia and individual and family sample populations. The results of the search for articles in the literature study found 12 articles that were relevant to the main topic. The study results showed that digital technology affects the care process for schizophrenics and is also useful for families as caregivers. Using digital technology, actions that can be done are psychoeducation, behavior change, prevention strategies, and good handling interventions. The implementation of digital technology measures provides comprehensive benefits and easy access through both the web and the application
SigmaCLIPSE = presentation management + NASA CLI PS + SQL
SigmaCLIPSE provides an expert systems and 'intelligent' data base development program for diverse systems integration environments that require support for automated reasoning and expert systems technology, presentation management, and access to 'intelligent' SQL data bases. The SigmaCLIPSE technology and and its integrated ability to access 4th generation application development and decision support tools through a portable SQL interface, comprises a sophisticated software development environment for solving knowledge engineering and expert systems development problems in information intensive commercial environments -- financial services, health care, and distributed process control -- where the expert system must be extendable -- a major architectural advantage of NASA CLIPS. SigmaCLIPSE is a research effort intended to test the viability of merging SQL data bases with expert systems technology
Pengembangan Aplikasi Interactive TV Pada Platform Set-Top Box Tertanam Berbasis Windows Embedded 7
. Interactive TV Application Development on Embedded Set-Top Box Platform Based on Windows Embedded 7. With the novelty of television technology that marked by the boom of DTV, Internet enabled Set-Top Box, and DVR, television users become more aware to interactive and rich experience of multimedia contents viewing on their television that later become the concept of interactive TV.Interactive TV allows viewers to take control of what they want to see something conventional TV can’t afford. In this research, there will be an application developed so that the user could enjoy extended services through their TV set. CETV is a proof of concept of interactive TV concept that enables users to access extended services. CETV is a group of 7 different application module that has their own feature and functionality. CETV delivers extended services and contents that bring interactivity and control to television users
Towards A Comprehensive Framework For Measuring Technology Trust: The Case Of Mobile Banking Adoption In Nigeria
Existing literature has led to a consensus among researchers that the presence of user trust in a specific innovation will result in user's increased willingness to adopt that technology. However, there exists a lack of consensus on the specific factors contributing to users trust in a specific technology innovation. This study addresses this lack of consensus by identifying and empirically evaluating a set of antecedents to Nigerians’ trust mobile banking technology; using an integrative model. Research was conducted using a questionnaire developed and distributed in Nigeria and out of 2256 returned questionnaires, 1725 were deemed to have been completed and hence usable. The data was analysed using confirmatory factor analysis and the results showed that confidentiality, integrity, uthentication, access control, best business practices and non-repudiation significantly influenced technology trust with availability showing unsatisfactory values for consideration. From an academic standpoint, this empirical study provides a validated and consolidated research model can be adopted in future research in related fields of study as well as providing significant information to mobile banking vendors and application developers on the specific aspects of the technology which must be improved to encourage increased adoption of the technology in Nigeria
Detecting Internal Control Problems Based on COSO and Islamic Perspective: Case on SMEs
Objective – The presence of Small Medium Enterprises (SMEs) has been able to be livelihoods sources and absorb more labor, even though it has a relative smaller contribution of additional value compared to the Large-scale Enterprises. The number of economic actors of SMEs spread across area from urban to rural. However, SMEs have faced several serious problems. These problems are caused by the unique characteristics of SMEs itself. First, lack of managerial skills due to limited human resources and lack of monitoring which it is rarely conducted by the manager or the owner. Second, lack of information and technology to carry out operations. Both problems have great impacts in lack of internal controls. Third, SMEs also face problems in developing business scale, limited access to capital to the banks and financial institutions due to the lack of transparency. Therefore, this research aimed to detect to what extent of the problems arising in the application and assessment of internal controls performed by SMEs.Method – The research employs descriptive qualitative research method through direct observation, interview and business documentation owned by the company. Research materials are 29 SMEs consisting of 19 trading SMEs and 10 service SMEs. All SMEs are located in Malang city. Detection of application and assessment of internal controls in this study is based on the COSO framework and the Islamic perspective.Result – Internal control activities indicators apply the five principles of COSO framework which focused on three layers. First layer is self-assessment control area. Second layer is environment control area and the third layer is independent control area. While the Islamic perspective is focused on the internal control of business activities based on the Qur'an and Hadith. The results derive from application and assessment based on COSO framework and Islamic perspectives are complementary in improving the practice of internal control.Conclusion – Internal control problems detected in this study are generally caused by lack of managerial skills due to limited human resources, and lack of monitoring which it rarely done by manager or the owner, lack of technology and information to carry out the operations and moreover the accounting information system has not been well established. The results are expected to assist management in designing and implementing effective internal control system and provide assurance of easy access to capital
Understanding The Drivers of Interest in Fintech Adoption: Examining The Moderating Influence of Religiosity
Fintech is an innovation in financial services with the application of modern technology to introduce practicality, convenience, ease of access, and affordable costs. The purpose of this study was to examine the impact of attitudes, subjective norms, and behavioral control in the theory of planned behavior on interest in utilizing fintech, using religiosity as a moderation variable. This research is a quantitative study with explanatory research method to prove the research hypotheses. Data were gathered through the distribution of questionnaires to 570 respondents who had or were utilizing fintech, and analyzed using partial least squares (PLS). The findings revealed that attitudes, subjective standards, and behavioral control had a substantial impact on interest in utilizing fintech, while religiosity does not moderate the relationship between variables. As a result, fintech service providers are advised to increase positive assessments of the use of fintech services, to make use of social media, and to collaborate with influencers to hype up Indonesians' interest in using fintech. The research findings could be useful for increasing interest in utilizing fintech by engaging in tangible consumer financial and technology education that supports wider adoption of fintech.
Keywords: planned behavior, subjective norm, behavioral control, fintec
Integrating Users in Object-aware Process Management Systems: Issues and Challenges
Despite the increasing maturity of contemporary Workflow
Management Systems (WfMS), there still exist numerous process-aware application systems with more or less hard-coded process logic. This does not only cause high maintenance efforts (e.g. costly code adaptions), but also results in hard-coded rules for controlling the access to business processes, business functions, and business data. In particular, the assignment of users to process activities needs to be compliant with the rights granted for executing business functions and for accessing business data. A major reason for not using WfMS in a broader context is the inflexibility provided by their activity-centered paradigm, which also limits the access control strategies offered by them. This position paper discusses key challenges for a process management technology in which processes, data objects and users are well integrated in order to ensure a sufficient degree of flexibility. We denote such technology as Object-Aware Process Management System and consider related research as fundamental for
the further maturation of process management technology
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