Tasks and User Performance Improvement for UUM Online Payment Using Key Stroke Level Model

Online payment is one of the components in postgraduate website in University Utara Malaysia (UUM). Not a lot of Student prefers to use this task, this research will focus a weakness points in the current payment model interface and strength points in proposed new online payment model by using Keystroke-Level Model (KLM) technique and improve weakness points in the current payment model interface. The study will be guided by a research question which was formulated as Follows. What is the efficiency problem of online payment that effect user to use the system? .How can the recommended online payment Model achieve efficiency of system and user aim? What is the user performance of current online payment Model to achieve the tasks? The population for this study will be the (undergraduate and postgraduate) students and staff in the University Utara Malaysia (UUM). The quantitative research approach was used since the researcher aimed to explore the important of (KLM) technique to enhance the current online payment model, and increases the acceptance level of the system

Tales from the Levant: The Judeo-Arabic Demonic ‘Other’ and John Milton’s Paradise Lost

This thesis revisits Milton’s employment of mythology and the demonic, by shedding a light on a neglected, yet intriguing possible presence of Middle-Eastern mythology – or as identified in this thesis – Judeo-Arabic mythology in Paradise Lost. The mythographic reception of Milton’s work has been rightly discussed within a Greco-Roman frame. However, this thesis offers for a consideration an analysis of the unique role of Judeo-Arabic mythology. By doing so, the thesis not only aims to enrich the dualistic analyses of ‘East-West’, ‘Christian-Muslim’ and ‘Anglo-Ottoman’ relations, when tackling this angle of Early Modern studies, but also to generally demonstrate the way seventeenth-century literature encompassed multifaceted and interchangeable allusions to both Islam and Judaism in Catholic and Protestant writing. The thesis directs its attention towards examining the possible presence of two Judeo-Arabic demonic figures in Paradise Lost: the Islamic devil, Iblis, and his consort in the Jewish tradition, Lilith. The argument demonstrates the way Milton’s deployment of the Judeo-Arabic demonic not only mirrors the Biblical story of the Fall, but also connects with the political and religious upheavals of his age, including the emergence of the first English translation of the Qur’an in 1649. Furthermore, by examining the two Judeo-Arabic demonic figures in Paradise Lost not only the treatment of the demonic in Milton’s work is revisited in a way that allows for a wider scope of literary analysis, but the complex treatment of gender, identity and ‘the Other’ are similarly understood within a more pluralistic context. The thesis then concludes with the first discussion of the contemporary reception of Milton’s Paradise Lost in the writings of Arab women specifically, exploring the way the very same demonic, discussed throughout the thesis, is deployed by these female Arab authors while resisting and redefining the role of gender in religion, society and politics

Vibration of circumferentially stepped-thickness piezoelectric cylindrical shells

In this work, thickness variations are introduced around the circumference of a piezoelectric cylindrical shell. The aim is to investigate the vibration characteristics of the shells and the effect of these step-thickness variations on the mode shape of vibration. These thickness variations require stress distribution analysis as well to avoid failure of the cylindrical shell. To this aim, two configurations of stepped-thickness shells with two and three circumferential thickness variations are investigated using FEA software, ANSYS. The results show that these steps assist in localizing vibration in the thin sections and excite mode shapes having the same circumferential wave number as the number of thickness variations. This can be a suitable approach to control and forcibly excite certain vibration mode shapes, which might be required for some applications

The Impact of Using Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) Systems on organization’s Performance In Jordanian Industry Companies

This study aimed to investigate the effects of using ERP system on organization performance in Jordanian industrial companies. To achieve the objectives of the study, (100) questionnaires were distributed among employees at all managerial levels (upper, middle and lower) at Jordanian industrial companies, operating in Amman. The number of returned and valid questionnaires for the purposes of the analysis was (72). The results of the study showed that there was a high level of using ERP system Jordanian industrial companies, and existence of a high level of organization’s performance, and Existence of a statistically significant impact of using ERP system on organization’s performance at Jordanian industrial companies from employees’ perspective. In light of these results, the study recommended to promote using ERP system at Jordanian industrial companies, and establishment of a permanent training courses for employees to inform them  of the modern information systems in the world and how to apply. Key words: Enterprise Resource Planning system, organization’s performance, Jordanian industrial companies

Loading Effect of W-band Resonant Tunneling Diode Oscillator by Using Load-Pull Measurement

Resonant tunneling diode (RTD) is the fastest solid-state electronic device with the highest reported frequency at 1.92 THz [1]. RTD-based THz sources have many promising applications such as ultrafast wireless communications, THz imaging, etc. To date, the main limitation of RTD technology is the low output power. Many efforts had been made to increase the power level by such as optimizing the layer structure [2], employing more devices in an array [3], matching impedance by displacing the device in circuit [3], etc. Here we report the loading effect by using E/H impedance tuner. We found that the maximum power is over 20dB higher than the worst impedance matching and the frequency shift is within 14% range of the central frequency. The load-pull measurement provides a convenient way to investigate the power/frequency variation versus the impedance change. Further work will benefit from the measurement results to design corresponding impedance matching network. The power level of RTD oscillator will be increased

Comparing Supervised Machine Learning Strategies and Linguistic Features to Search for Very Negative Opinions

In this paper, we examine the performance of several classifiers in the process of searching for very negative opinions. More precisely, we do an empirical study that analyzes the influence of three types of linguistic features (n-grams, word embeddings, and polarity lexicons) and their combinations when they are used to feed different supervised machine learning classifiers: Naive Bayes (NB), Decision Tree (DT), and Support Vector Machine (SVM). The experiments we have carried out show that SVM clearly outperforms NB and DT in all datasets by taking into account all features individually as well as their combinationsThis research was funded by project TelePares (MINECO, ref:FFI2014-51978-C2-1-R), and the Consellería de Cultura, Educación e Ordenación Universitaria (accreditation 2016-2019, ED431G/08) and the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF)S

A lexicon based method to search for extreme opinions

Studies in sentiment analysis and opinion mining have been focused on many aspects related to opinions, namely polarity classification by making use of positive, negative or neutral values. However, most studies have overlooked the identification of extreme opinions (most negative and most positive opinions) in spite of their vast significance in many applications. We use an unsupervised approach to search for extreme opinions, which is based on the automatic construction of a new lexicon containing the most negative and most positive wordsS

Towards Practical Model of Public Private Partnership (PPP) Implementation in E-Government in Jordan: Field Assessment*

Purpose: The main aim of this study is to evaluate the adoption of Public Private Partnership (PPP) approach in E-Government programs in Jordan which is considered a developing country, by evaluating the second stage of the three-stage model of PPP developed by (Al-Shqairat, 2009).  Design/methodology/approach: A mixed quantitative and qualitative research approach was adopted. Qualitative data was collected using semi structured interviews with eleven IT managers working in public organizations. Quantitative data, on the other hand, was collected using a questionnaire designed and validated for the current study. A total of 109 questionnaires were distributed to participant working in 13 different public entities. These participants were also directly involved in Public Private Partnership projects in these entities. The response rate of 56.88% percent was adequate for accuracy and the results were useful and representative of the target population. The questionnaire data was analyzed using parametric statistics including mean analysis.Findings: The main findings of this study shows significant support for the proposed implementation stage. Furthermore, the survey and the interview analysis highlighted that the benefits and obstacles are more important than any other aspect of the implementation stage. Originality/ value: This study is one of the few studies that attempted to propose and validate an empirical model of PPP Implementation in E-Government projects that could be adopted by governments while planning for a successful PPP approach in implementing E-Government initiatives in specific or an ICT related projects. Keywords: Public Private Partnership (PPP) implementation; E-Government; Jordan; Public Sector, Private Sector, PPP forms, PPP mechanisms

Implementasi dan Analisis Protokol Komunikasi IoT untuk Crowdsensing pada Bidang Kesehatan

Perkembangan teknologi informasi dan komunikasi telah menandai berlangsungnya era revolusi industri 4.0. Kemudahan pertukaran data antar perangkat yang bergerak menjadikan paradigma baru pada pengumpulan data terpusat yang disebut crowdsensing. Pada bidang kesehatan, crowdsensing tidak lagi mengandalkan telepon bergerak sebagai perangkat pengumpul informasi karena keterbatasan sensor tertanam pada telepon. Berbagai penelitian menggunakan crowdsensing telah mengandalkan kemampuan dari perangkat Internet of Things (IoT). Crowdsensing pada sektor kesehatan dapat membantu mengumpulkan sumber data yang substansial tentang kondisi kesehatan masyarakat secara umum. Namun, kebanyakan teknik crowdsensing hanya mengandalkan satu protokol komunikasi. Metode ini dapat menyebabkan masalah jika perangkat IoT menggunakan protokol komunikasi yang beragam. Oleh sebab itu, kami mengusulkan arsitektur gateway protokol multi-komunikasi untuk crowdsensing. Ketiga protokol komunikasi yang dijalankan pada gateway adalah MQTT, HTTP dan CoAP. Gateway ini berfungsi untuk menangkap data dari crowdsensor dan mengubah ketiga protokol ke dalam protokol yang sama dengan back-end server di cloud. Hasil pengujian menunjukkan bahwa gateway mampu menerima data dengan baik meskipun ketiga protokol dijalankan secara bersamaan. Protokol CoAP memiliki kinerja yang lebih baik daripada kedua protokol dalam pengujian throughput. Protokol MQTT memiliki performa terbaik pada pengukuran delay

The Impact of the Organizational Justice on the Development of the Organizational Citizenship Behavior in Jordanian Press Organizations

This study aimed to explore the impact of the organizational justice on the development of organizational citizenship behavior in the Jordanian press organizations. The population for the present study consists of all workers in Jordanian press organizations. This population includes 1835 employees. They are working across four press organizations, which are Jordan Press Foundation, the company of Jordan Press and Publishing, the Arab Printers Company, and the company of Jordan United Press and Publishing. 204 questionnaires were distributed to collect the necessary data and to test hypotheses of this study. The empirical results revealed that there was a significant statistical impact of the organizational justice (equity of distributions, fairness of procedures and fairness of transactions) on the organizational citizenship. The study recommended that the development of organizational citizenship strongly depended on the deploying of the organizational justice through: (a)the fairness of tasks and duties distribution through across organization, (b) commensurate these tasks and duties with employees’ abilities, (c) distribution of incentives depending on the merits of employees, (d) participation in decision making process supported the organizational citizenship and developed justice practices, (e) transparency through providing sufficient information and discussing work-related decisions found for the organizational justice and then deployed the organizational citizenship. Key words: organizational justice, organizational citizenship behavior, Jordan Press Organizations