7 research outputs found

    Influence of sports facilities and programs on sports participation at Saudi Universities

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    Participation in physical activity without doubt has many benefits especially to students at all levels. It is however worrisome to note that this participation by a number of factors including availability of sport facilities and sport programs. Hence, the purpose of this study was to investigate the role or influence of sport facilities and programme on the participation in physical activity among the students in Saudi Arabia. In order to do this, the study adopted a descriptive approach with data collected with the aid of an adapted questionnaire administered on 643 undergraduate students who were randomly selected from 25 universities in Saudi Arabia. The data collected were analysed using Smart PLS software. It was revealed that there were inadequate sport facilities in the universities and this greatly affected students’ sports participation at Saudi Arabia universities. In addition, findings revealed that (non)availability of sports programs had effects on the students’ sports participation at Saudi Arabia universities. Therefore, these results showed that sports facilities provided by the universities could positively encourage students to use these facilities and participate in sports activities and that the sports programs provided by the universities had significant effect on students’ participation. The study thus concluded that in order to increase the participation level of students, universities should offer them different types of programs, workshops and training, which enable them to discover their skills and participate in the sports that they believe they can enjoy the most with their colleagues. There should also be adequate provision of sport facilities for the use of the students. It is believed that through these, the students and the country will drive the maximum benefits of sports and sport participation

    CIPM: Common identification process model for database forensics field

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    Database Forensics (DBF) domain is a branch of digital forensics, concerned with the identification, collection, reconstruction, analysis, and documentation of database crimes. Different researchers have introduced several identification models to handle database crimes. Majority of proposed models are not specific and are redundant, which makes these models a problem because of the multidimensional nature and high diversity of database systems. Accordingly, using the metamodeling approach, the current study is aimed at proposing a unified identification model applicable to the database forensic field. The model integrates and harmonizes all exiting identification processes into a single abstract model, called Common Identification Process Model (CIPM). The model comprises six phases: 1) notifying an incident, 2) responding to the incident, 3) identification of the incident source, 4) verification of the incident, 5) isolation of the database server and 6) provision of an investigation environment. CIMP was found capable of helping the practitioners and newcomers to the forensics domain to control database crimes

    Comparative analysis of network forensic tools and network forensics processes

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    Network Forensics (NFs) is a branch of digital forensics which used to detect and capture potential digital crimes over computer networked environments crime. Network Forensic Tools (NFTs) and Network Forensic Processes (NFPs) have abilities to examine networks, collect all normal and abnormal traffic/data, help in network incident analysis, and assist in creating an appropriate incident detection and reaction and also create a forensic hypothesis that can be used in a court of law. Also, it assists in examining the internal incidents and exploitation of assets, attack goals, executes threat evaluation, also by evaluating network performance. According to existing literature, there exist quite a number of NFTs and NTPs that are used for identification, collection, reconstruction, and analysing the chain of incidents that happen on networks. However, they were vary and differ in their roles and functionalities. The main objective of this paper, therefore, is to assess and see the distinction that exist between Network Forensic Tools (NFTs) and Network Forensic Processes (NFPs). Precisely, this paper focuses on comparing among four famous NFTs: Xplico, OmniPeek, NetDetector, and NetIetercept. The outputs of this paper show that the Xplico tool has abilities to identify, collect, reconstruct, and analyse the chain of incidents that happen on networks than other NF tools

    Automated User Experience (UX) Testing for Mobile Application: Strengths and Limitations

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    User Experience (UX) evaluation has a significant importance for any interactive application. Mobile device applications have additional limitations to convey good user experiences (UX) due to the usage and features of mobile devices in ubiquitous computing contexts. There are a lot of automated tools available for evaluating, such applications particularly developed for Android and iOS. Automated UX evaluation provides a number of strengths which are able to overcome the limitations of non-automated (moderated) counterparts. Automated UX evaluation is regarded as unexplored field, especially when it is adopted for the UX evaluation of complex mobile application. Despite these, automated UX evaluation tools are unexplored and should only be used in coupling with traditional UX evaluation techniques. Hence, this study aims to discuss the literature in automated UX evaluation and to highlight the UX measurements that merit further investigation. This paper presents the most frequently used automated UX evaluation tools for mobile applications. Therefore, the study analyzes existing automated UX tools and frameworks and identifies which UX attributes and measurements of automated UX evaluation are likely to be of use in future research. Moreover, we discuss the strengths and limitations of automated UX evaluation methods for mobile applications. Finally, the paper provides an overview of automated UX evaluation techniques and tools. It also presents the strengths and limitations for comparing various evaluation methods

    Research Challenges and Opportunities in Drone Forensics Models

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    The emergence of unmanned aerial vehicles (also referred to as drones) has transformed the digital landscape of surveillance and supply chain logistics, especially in terrains where such was previously deemed unattainable. Moreover, the adoption of drones has further led to the proliferation of diverse drone types and drone-related criminality, which has introduced a myriad of security and forensics-related concerns. As a step towards understanding the state-of-the-art research into these challenges and potential approaches to mitigation, this study provides a detailed review of existing digital forensic models using the Design Science Research method. The outcome of this study generated in-depth knowledge of the research challenges and opportunities through which an effective investigation can be carried out on drone-related incidents. Furthermore, a potential generic investigation model has been proposed. The findings presented in this study are essentially relevant to forensic researchers and practitioners towards a guided methodology for drone-related event investigation. Ultimately, it is important to mention that this study presents a background for the development of international standardization for drone forensics.Validerad;2021;Nivå 2;2021-06-28 (alebob)</p

    Digital forensics domain and metamodeling development approaches

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    Metamodeling is used as a general technique for integrating and defining models from different domains. This technique can be used in diverse application domains, especially for purposes of standardization. Also, this process mainly has a focus on the identification of general concepts that exist in various problem domain and their relations and to solve complexity, interoperability, and heterogeneity aspects of different domains. Several diverse metamodeling development approaches have been proposed in the literature to develop metamodels. Each metamodeling development process has some advantages and disadvantages too. Therefore, the objective of this paper is to provide a comprehensive review of existing metamodeling development approaches and conduct a comparative study among them-eventually selecting the best approach for metamodel development in the perspective of digital forensics

    A preliminary study of the factors influencing sports participation in Saudi universities

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    Objectives: The university has a fundamental role to play by providing a conducive environment through Physical Education departments with an experienced head to realize the expected dream for sport in KSA universities. An effective Physical Education department with experienced staff in a university is a good starting point towards the realization of regular sports participation for undergraduate students. The aim of this study to evaluate the sports activities in Saudi Arabia universities from the students perspective also, to investigate the obstacles influencing sports activities in Saudi universities. Methods: This study is used the descriptive approach to study 114 respondents were randomly selected from in some Saudi university. The questionnaire was used study comprises five questions. An online questionnaire was designed by Google forms and was distributed by email and WhatsApp. Results: The study revealed some obstacles that hinder the success of sports activities in Saudi Arabia universities for males are: Sports injuries, Lack of facilities, Lack of tools, Non updated programs, admission conditions are not clear, Lack of student interest to do sport, Lack of time in university time table to do sport, There is no scheduled for the sports activities in Saudi universities, lack of fund and lack of human recourse. Conclusion: Can see the importance to investigate the most important factors to enhance sports activities. As well most of the university's students agree with the important need to enhance the sports activities. In addition, all of the obstacles consider by the student are easy to solve if universities implement important factors
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