An Empirical Study Towards an Automatic Phishing Attack Detection Using Ensemble Stacking Model

Phishing attacks have become one of the most attacks facing internet users, especially after the COVID-19 pandemic, as most organizations have transferred part or most of their work and communication to become online using well-known tools, like email, Zoom, WebEx, etc. Therefore, cyber phishing attacks have become progressively recent, directly and frankly reflecting the designated website, allowing the attacker to observe everything while the victim is exploring Webpages. Hence, utilizing Artificial Intelligence (AI) techniques has become a necessary approach that could be used to detect such attacks automatically. In this paper, we introduce an empirical analysis for automatic phishing detection using several well-known machine learning classification algorithms compared with an ensemble learning model for detecting phishing sites based on the uniform resource locator (URL) using two preprocessed datasets. In this empirical study, we concluded that the ensemble model grants accuracy 97.49% for dataset 1 and 98.69% for dataset 2, which gives higher accuracy than using a single machine learning classification algorithm such as Naive Bayes (NB), Decision Trees (DTs), Random Forest (RF), K-Nearest Neighbors (KNN), Linear Discriminant Analysis (LDA) and Quadratic Discriminant Analysis (QDA). We also compared the proposed ensemble model with one of the most recent similar model

Integrating Environmental Control and Architectural Design: A Coordinated Teaching Framework that uses multiple Strategies to enhance student skills

This paper aimed at formulating a teaching framework for environmental control to develop students\u27 skills. It emphasizes the importance of multiple strategies into architectural education and proposes a coordinated approach between three courses’: environmental control, Islamic architecture history, and architectural design. It reviews pedagogical approaches in architectural education to design a framework to environmental control. That framework achieves the course outcomes for the higher education ministry syllabus and goes in line with both Egyptian and American quality standards. The framework involves several activities, including lectures that introduce the theoretical background, construction of physical models, teamwork presentations, use of simulation software, usage of laboratory equipment, and visits to distinctive buildings. The framework was implemented on second-year architecture students in two different Egyptian schools: the Architecture Department at Nile Higher Institute, Mansoura, and the Architecture Department at Higher Technological Institute, 10th of Ramadan City.The framework evaluation implementation was carried in several ways: direct assessment through the analysis of student learning outcomes assessment scores, and indirect assessment through a student questionnaire. Closed-ended answers were analyzed quantitively, and open-ended answers were analyzed qualitatively. Feedback was taken from instructors. The results were discussed twice. Once the department council meeting, the second was with a board consisting of industry representatives, students, and alumnus. The results were used to adjust the new framework. The findings provide insights for educators. It suggests that the framework could be adapted in other education settings, and further research could investigate the long-term impact on students\u27 professional practice

Integrating Environmental Control and Architectural Design: A Coordinated Teaching Framework that uses multiple Strategies to enhance student skills

This paper aimed at formulating a teaching framework for environmental control to develop students\u27 skills. It emphasizes the importance of multiple strategies into architectural education and proposes a coordinated approach between three courses’: environmental control, Islamic architecture history, and architectural design. It reviews pedagogical approaches in architectural education to design a framework to environmental control. That framework achieves the course outcomes for the higher education ministry syllabus and goes in line with both Egyptian and American quality standards. The framework involves several activities, including lectures that introduce the theoretical background, construction of physical models, teamwork presentations, use of simulation software, usage of laboratory equipment, and visits to distinctive buildings. The framework was implemented on second-year architecture students in two different Egyptian schools: the Architecture Department at Nile Higher Institute, Mansoura, and the Architecture Department at Higher Technological Institute, 10th of Ramadan City.The framework evaluation implementation was carried in several ways: direct assessment through the analysis of student learning outcomes assessment scores, and indirect assessment through a student questionnaire. Closed-ended answers were analyzed quantitively, and open-ended answers were analyzed qualitatively. Feedback was taken from instructors. The results were discussed twice. Once the department council meeting, the second was with a board consisting of industry representatives, students, and alumnus. The results were used to adjust the new framework. The findings provide insights for educators. It suggests that the framework could be adapted in other education settings, and further research could investigate the long-term impact on students\u27 professional practice

Teachers\u27 views about the effectiveness of short visits on their instructional performances

Supervisors from the Central science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) Unit conduct unannounced classroom observations to ameliorate the quality of teaching and learning inside public STEM schools. After conducting several classroom visits, supervisors posited that teachers integrate instructional methodologies that reinforce low-order thinking skills and rote memorization of facts (World Bank, 2017). Thus, the aim of this quantitative study is to describe teachers’ views about the effectiveness of short visits on their instructional performances. Sixty-four teachers were conveniently selected from three public Egyptian STEM schools, located in Giza, Cairo, and Qalyubia governorates and were requested to complete a 5-point Likert survey, involving twenty statements, adapted from Kubicek’s Classroom Walkthrough Observation Process Model (2015). As a result, the data obtained from the research participants suggested that the short visits’ model has a positive effect on teachers’ instructional performances at one of the three schools. However, the short visits’ model has been perceived by STEM teachers at two schools to have a minimal impact on their instructional performances, since it lacks improvement plans, follow-ups, and resources. Last, recommendations for future research and implications for teachers were developed based on the study’s results

STEP-based Conceptual Framework for Measurement Planning Integration

AbstractMeasurement aims to check the product conformance or to control the manufacturing processes’ parameters. It needs to be planned in an integrated and interoperable manner with other manufacturing activities. Integration of measurement planning is based on the information provided by the design phase. This paper aims to assist the interoperability of the measurement plans through introducing the resource-independent measurement specifications (RIMS) concept. The paper presents a conceptual framework for representing a STEP-based measurement features from the coordinate metrology perspective. The proposed framework supports the direct formulation of the measurement process specifications in an operation-based manner and the realization the process control functionality of the measurement processes

Extent of Implementing the Total Quality Management Principles by Academic Departments Heads at Najran University from Faculty Members’ Perspectives

This study aimed to identify the implementing degree of Total Quality Management (TQM) principals by Academic Departmental Heads (ADH) at the Najran University from faculty members’ perspectives. It also aimed to determine significant differences between the average estimate of sample section of faculty members about the implementing degree of TQM principles by ADH attributable to the study variables (gender, faculty, and academic rank and experience years). The study sample consists of 200 faculty members. A questionnaire divided into six domains (44 items): (effective leadership, Make decisions based on facts, strategic planning, participation and teamwork, focus on the satisfaction of the beneficiary, and the continuous improvement and excellence). The most significant outcome revealed from this study, that the implementing degree of TQM principles was average (68.4%). Results also have shown statistically significant differences at the level (α = 0.05) in the responses of faculty members about assessing the implementing degree of Total Quality Management (TQM) principals by Academic Departmental Heads (ADH) at Najran University according to the study variables (gender, academic rank and experience years). In light of these findings, the study has recommended several recommendations such as Finding a clear functional description for the job of the academic ADH which can explain the tasks and specializations at Najran University. Keywords: academic departments, academic leaderships, quality of Higher education

Injury of the Synchondrosis of the Dens. Case Report

Background Data: Injuries of the synchondrosis of the dens are very rare and are commonly unstable injuries. Purpose: To report a case of fracture of the synchondrosis of the dens. Study Design: Case report. Patients and Methods: The parents of a 1.5 years old boy reported pain and limitation of neck movements of their child following a minor fall. Imaging studies revealed displaced fracture of the synchondrosis of the base of the dens. The fracture was not amenable to closed reduction. Reduction of the fracture was only possible through direct transoral reduction. Internal fixation was done using one screw using Bohler technique. Results: Healing of the fracture was evident three months following surgical interference. Conclusion: Transoral digtal pressure of the displaced dens is an effective method in reduction of the injured synchondrosis. Fixation with a single screw was effective until healing of the fractured synchondrosis. (2012ESJ021