The Adoption and Use of Moodle in Online Learning: A Systematic Review

The rapid evolution of ICT has enabled several institutions to adopt Moodle as their preferred e-learning platform. Moodle is increasingly being used for interactive, personalised, and collaborative learning and improving online assessments. Despite Moodles increasing popularity, there are limited reviews on the empirical evidence of its efficacy among students. The study aimed to provide an overview of the scientific literature on the studies that investigated the behavioural intention and actual usage of Moodle. This review shows that Moodle is mainly used in universities and effectively improves student performance, attitude, and satisfaction. Most studies that applied a theoretical ground applied the Technology Acceptance Model (TAM). Meanwhile, performance expectancy, effort expectancy, facilitating condition, perceived usefulness of professors, perceived ease of use, and subjective norms are essential drivers for online learning systems acceptance or actual usage. These findings serve as evidence and reference for educational institutions in developing online learning policies and strategies. Further studies need to incorporate behavioural and motivational theories when designing Moodle courses

SPESIES PRIMATA DI KAWASAN TAMAN HUTAN RAYA POCUT MEURAH INTAN (TAHURA PMI) PROVINSI ACEH, INDONESIA

Primata merupakan salah satu ordo dari kelas Mammalia yang memiliki lebih dari 350 spesies di dunia. Kehadiran primata semakin berkurang akibat kondisi habitat yang mengalami penyusutan di kawasan aslinya. Keberadaan Primata sangat penting bagi keseimbangan ekosistem. Taman Hutan Raya Pocut Meurah Intan (Tahura PMI) Provinsi Aceh adalah salah satu habitat yang didiami oleh primata. Penelitian yang bertujuan untuk mengetahui spesies dari Primata ini dilakukan pada bulan September - Oktober 2018 di Kawasan Tahura PMI. Metode penelitian dilakukan secara survei eksploratif. Data dianalisis secara deskriptif. Hasil penelitian diketahui terdapat lima spesies dari ordo Primata yaitu Simphalangus syndactylus (Siamang), Trachypithecus cristatus (Lutung), Presbytis thomasi (Kedih), Macaca fascicularis (Monyet Ekor Panjang), dan Macaca nemestrina (Beruk)

Review on Malware and Malware Detection ‎Using Data Mining Techniques

البرمجيات الخبيثة هي اي نوع من البرمجيات او شفرات برمجية التي هدفها سرقة بعض المعلومات الخاصة او بيانات من نظام الكمبيوتر او عمليات الكمبيوتر او(و) فقط ببساطة لعمل المبتغيات غير المشروعة لصانع البرامجيات الخبيثة على نظام الكمبيوتر، وبدون الرخصة من مستخدمي الكمبيوتر. البرامجيات الخبيثة للمختصر القصير تعرف كملور. ومع ذلك، اكتشاف البرامجبات الخبيثة اصبحت واحدة من اهم المشاكل في مجال امن الكمبيوتر وذلك لان بنية الاتصال الحالية غير حصينه للاختراق من قبل عدة انواع من استراتيجيات الاصابات والهجومات للبرامجيات الخبيثة. فضلا على ذلك، البرامجيات الخبيثة متنوعة ومختلفة في المقدار والنوعيات وهذا يبطل بصورة تامة فعالية طرق الحماية القديمة والتقليدية مثل طريقة التواقيع والتي تكون غير قادرة على اكتشاف البرامجيات الخبيثة الجديدة. من ناحية أخرى، هذا الضعف سوف يودي الى نجاح اختراق (والهجوم) نظام الكمبيوتر بالإضافة الى نجاح هجومات أكثر تطوراً مثل هجوم منع الخدمة الموزع. طرق تنقيب البيانات يمكن ان تستخدم لتغلب على القصور في طريقة التواقيع لاكتشاف البرامجيات الخبيثة غير المعروفة. هذا البحث يقدم نظره عامة عن البرامجيات الخبيثة وانظمة اكتشاف البرامجيات الخبيثة باستخدام التقنيات الحديثة مثل تقنيات طريقة تعدين البيانات لاكتشاف عينات البرامجيات الخبيثة المعروفة وغير المعروفة.Malicious software is any type of software or codes which hooks some: private information, data from the computer system, computer operations or(and) merely just to do malicious goals of the author on the computer system, without permission of the computer users. (The short abbreviation of malicious software is Malware). However, the detection of malware has become one of biggest issues in the computer security field because of the current communication infrastructures are vulnerable to penetration from many types of malware infection strategies and attacks.  Moreover, malwares are variant and diverse in volume and types and that strictly explode the effectiveness of traditional defense methods like signature approach, which is unable to detect a new malware. However, this vulnerability will lead to a successful computer system penetration (and attack) as well as success of more advanced attacks like distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack. Data mining methods can be used to overcome limitation of signature-based techniques to detect the zero-day malware. This paper provides an overview of malware and malware detection system using modern techniques such as techniques of data mining approach to detect known and unknown malware samples

Flexural Behavior of RC One-Way Slabs Strengthened with Fiber Reinforcement Cementations Matrix, FRCM.

المحاكاة العددية التي أجريت في هذا البحث للتحقيق في سلوك الانحناء للسقوف الخرسانية احادية الاتجاه والمقواة بعجينة اسمنتية مسلحة بالالياف المركبة. تم إجراء تحليل العناصر المحددة ثلاثية الأبعاد باستخدام ANSYS (17.2). تتمثل القضايا الرئيسية التي يركز عليها هذا البحث في: (1) تأثير نوع الالياف المستخدمة في العجينة الاسمنتية على سلوك الانثناء للسقوف الخرسانية من ناحية الحمل الاقصى والهطول، (2) تأثير قيم مختلفة لمقاومة الانضغاط لخرسانة السقف و (3) تاثير عدد طبقات الالياف في العجينة الاسمنية. بينت النتائج ان نوع الالياف له تاثير واضح على سلوك الانثناء للسقوف المقواة. كما أظهرت الدراسة العديدية أن قوة الانثناء تزداد بزيادة مقاومة انضغاط الخرسانة عندما يكون الفشل محكومًا بسحق الخرسانة. بالإضافة إلى ذلك، كان زيادة عدد طبقات الالياف المركبة تأثير واضح على سلوك السقف الخرساني، ولكن الى عدد محدد لان بعد ذلك يكون الفشل محكوم بتصرف الخرسانة في منطقة الانضغاط.Numerical simulation performed in this paper to explore the flexural behavior of RC one way slab strengthened with fiber reinforcement cementations matrix (FRCM). Three dimensional finite element analysis was performed by using ANSYS (17.2). The main issues focused in this paper are (1) the effect of FRCM fabric types on the flexural behavior of strengthened RC slab in terms of both ultimate capacity and deflection, (2) effect of variables compressive strength value of the concrete slab and (3) number of fabric layers for composite material effect. The results showed that the fabric type had a clear effect on the flexural behavior of the strengthened slab. The parametric study also revealed that the flexural strength increases with increasing the compressive strength of concrete when the failure is represented by crushing of the concrete strut. In addition to, the number of fabric layers for composite material had a clear effect on the behavior of RC slab, but to a specified number because then the failure is determined by the action of the concrete in the compression zone

Image security system using hybrid cryptosystem

This work presents and describes a novel method to hide messages in images in a hybrid manner, as steganography is combined with quantum cryptography. Through stimulating and implementing this hybrid approach, the least significant bit (LSB) substitution is employed for hiding secret messages within cover images that consist of three bands (Red, Green and Blue), after which the output is encrypted using quantum one-time pad encryption. The models are illustrated explicitly and tested. In addition, the test analysis uses a steganalysis tool called StegExpose to detect LSB steganography in images. The experimental results proved that the image hiding is reliably secure and undetectable, and hence the proposed new hybrid model provides a sufficient security level as well as we have tested the proposed system using robust state-of- the-art steganalysis techniques and found the low payload threshold maintained in the proposed system produces a high margin of communication security safety. No payload files were detected (0% detections), despite each file containing the entire content of the information as embedded text

Heavy metal accumulation in Artemisia and foliaceous lichen species from the Azerbaijan flora

Artemisia plants and foliaceous lichens are known to be capable of accumulating heavy metals (HM) from soil and air. These plant species are widespread on polluted sites of Azerbaijan. However, so far their capacity to accumulate HM in their shoots and roots has not been tested. Three Artemisia and two lichen species were collected from different contaminated sites of Azerbaijan. Plant and surface soil samples were measured for Cd, Cu, Pb, Ni and Zn concentrations by ICP-AES.The results indicated that among the Artemisia species A. scoparia showed the best HM accumulation properties. Lichen species were also distinguished by very high amounts of HM in their biomass, while in surrounding soil samples HM concentrations had higher contents than the soils occupied only with Artemisia species.The results indicate that on contaminated sites Artemisia and lichens accumulated metals in their biomass without toxicity symptoms. Taking large biomass and high adaptation ability into account, A. scoparia represents a good tool for a phytoremediation approach on polluted soils

Effects of different fruit juices used as carbon source on cucumber seedling under in-vitro cultures

In this study, the effect of various commercial fruit juices (used as plant carbon source) was assessed on cucumber (Cucumis sativus L.) cv. Liza at seedling stage under aseptic conditions. Seeds were germinated on ½MS medium (within 2-days) under dark conditions. They were sub-cultured on MS0 (MS basal salts) medium and its derivatives [MS, supplemented with fruit juices in place of sucrose (3%) such as, MS1 (orange), MS2 (apple), MS3 (red grapes) and MS4 (strawberry)] for six weeks. Maximum seedling growth was observed in MS1 and MS3 cultures (p > 0.05). Significant increase in proline and reducing sugars was measured in MS2 and MS4 in comparison to MS0 (control) culture. Abundance of chlorophyll contents (Chl a, b and ab) and total carotenoids including its precursor (lycopene) was also found in MS1 medium. Both orange and grapes supplied cultures were most effective in relation to all growth related parameters.Key words: Cucumis sativus L., seedling growth, proline contents, total carotenoids, lycopenes

Differentiation of frog fats from vegetable and marine oils by Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy and chemometric analysis

The agro-based production and consumption of frogs coupled with world-wide trading have been increased in the recent years giving rise to the risk of frog fat adulteration in expensive vegetable and marine oils. For the first time, we profiled here frog fats using Fourier Transform Infrared (FTIR) Spectroscopy coupled with multivariate principal component analysis (PCA). The comparison of the FTIR spectral absorbance intensities demonstrated linkage of frog fats to other edible fats and oils. Three commercially available marine oils and three vegetables oils were studied with frog fats and clear pattern of clusters with distinctive identifiable features were obtained through PCA modeling. PCA analysis identified 2922.21 cm-1, 2852.88 cm-1, 1745.45 cm-1, 1158.29 cm-1 and 721.51 cm-1 FTIR-frequencies as the most discriminating variables influencing the group separation into different clusters. This fundamental study has clear implications in the identification of frog fat from its marine and vegetable counterparts for the potential detection of frog fat adulteration in various fat and oils

A novel method to determine new potent angiotensin inhibitor, azilsartan, in human plasma via micelle-enhanced spectrofluorimetry using cremophor RH 40

Purpose: To develop a micelle-enhanced spectrofluorimetric method for the assay of azilsartan (AZL) in bulk form and spiked human plasma without the need for derivatization procedure.Method: The proposed method was based on studying the fluorescence behavior of AZL in Cremophor RH 40 (Cr RH 40) micellar system. The fluorescence intensity was measured at 371 nm after excitation at 264 nm. The proposed procedure was validated according to International Council on Harmonization (ICH) guidelines.Results: In aqueous solution, the fluorescence intensity of AZL was greatly enhanced by more than 3- fold in the presence of Cr RH 40. The fluorescence –concentration plot was linear over the range of 10 – 500 ng.mL-1, with a limit of detection of 3.287 ngmL-1. The proposed method was successfully applied to the determination of AZL in pure powder form and spiked human plasma. The mean recovery of AZL in spiked human plasma using the proposed method was 90.54 ± 1.17 %.Conclusion: The suggested method is highly sensitive and simple, and can easily be applied for the quantification of AZL in pure powder form as well as in biological fluids such as plasmaKeywords: Azilsartan, Spectrofluorimetry, Spiked human plasma, Micellar syste