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Previous research has found that first-years in college is challenging due to changes in academic demands and the adaptation process. In addition to this, research on career development has found that barriers and supports may influence career interest, motivation to continue and student retention. This study explores the influence of specific supports and barriers among…

Optical sensors exist in various forms and one of them is fiber bragg gratings (FBG). Performance evaluation was simulated for FBG sensing. The simulation involves different grating profiles tested with complete optical sensing system. The system involves a broadband light source, FBG of various profiles and optical spectrum analyser for data interpretation. Different profile of…

Academic certifications are achievements desired by people, because they have a direct impact, positively, on their social lives. Such an important document, still widely issued in paper format, may be subject to forgery or impossibility of verification due to the unavailability of the issuing entity. This work consists of identifying, analyzing and testing some of…

Connected and self-driving cars have emerged over the last decade as a leading example of cyber-physical systems, which seek to considerably enhance traffic safety, reduce emissions, decrease costs, and improve efficiency. Google, TESLA, Uber ATG are becoming pioneers in the autonomous vehicles industry. Autonomous vehicles can have a large codebase and with a large volume…

Advances in optimizing optical fiber communications have been on the rise these recent years due to the increasing demand for larger data bandwidths and overall better efficiency. Coherent optics have focused on many kinds of research due to its ability to transport greater amounts of information, have better flexibility in network implementations, and support different…

This paper presents an adaptive step-size and variable leaky least mean square algorithm based on nonlinear adaptive filter with the adaptive lookup table using spline interpolation. An adaptive step-size approach is proposed with the energy of squared previous and present errors to boost up the convergence rate. A modified variable leaky mechanism is proposed with…

Introduction: Burnout is a real malaise that affects the mental health of teachers. The objective is to determine the prevalence of burnout among primary school teachers in the Wazzane region and to look for associated risk factors. Methods: Descriptive cross-sectional study conducted in 2017- 2018 with a sample of 330 teachers. Socio-demographic and work-related data…

Interpreting data for solving information needs demands an understanding of the semantics of row data. In this paper, an ontology-driven management of data of the presence of radon gas in soil is presented. The main contribution of this research relies on the formal definition of the semantic of the presence of radon in the dimensions…

This document proposes a new methodology for lifestyle analysis and disease diagnosis for young academics using a strategic planning and disruptive innovation approach. Its objective is to consider and study a new form of treatment to improve the quality of life and health of students in parallel with their development, this through a quantitative methodology…

Fault-tolerant applications are created by replicating the software or hardware component in a distributed system. Communications are normally carried out over an Ethernet network to interact with the distributed/replicated system, ensuring atomic multicast properties. However, there are situations in which it is not possible to guarantee that the replicas process the same data set in…

The fight against poverty in the Peruvian Andes is a complex task in which various professionals, such as engineers, economists, anthropologists, among others, participate. The uncertainty of the decisions taken today, no matter how appropriate they may seem, such as million-dollar investments in irrigation infrastructure, can result in over-production and, therefore, in economic recessions. For…

In this study, an adaptive nonlinear sensorless controller for doubly fed induction generator (DFIG) driven by a wind turbine is proposed. The aim is to maximize the extracted power by tracking the wind turbine optimal torque-speed characteristic without the need for rotor speed measurement. This controller ensures a satisfactory tracking of both stator flux and…

Teaching tax-related regulations have always been a challenge due to the inclusion of external variables that hinder the learning process, such as the high complexity of tax systems and legislation variability. Universities have sought different alternatives to support the teaching process both outside and inside the classroom, ranging from recreational activities to active learning. This…

Ultra-high resolution broadcasting such as 4K and 8K are becoming more popular for at-home use. The position of the viewer’s mean gaze point when they are looking at a larger display depends on the video clip, viewing position, and viewing distance. The International Telecommunication Union provided the document BT-2022; as the standard viewing conditions for…

A grid is a system that can manage and organize services and resources that spread amongst different control domains, employ interfaces and protocols, and offer a high quality of services. The integration of Multi-Agent Systems (MAS) with a grid environment significantly affects grid performance. MAS is considered a suitable solution for open systems that modify…

Currently, increasing penetration of the Wind Energy Conversion System (WECs) in Power generation systems has influenced the supply of electrical power reliability for the consumer in comparison with other traditional sources. In this paper, the performance and efficiency of a new optimization approach referred to as the “Differential Evolution Optimization Algorithm” (DEOA) to measure the…

Mobile wallet is an application that allows users to make online payments using their mobile phones. In the context of an outbreak of COVID-19 epidemic in Vietnam and the world, mobile wallets are considered having many opportunities to change people’s cash spending habits. The current study assesses the factors impact on the intention to use…

This paper is an extension of work originally presented in PM2.5 Prediction-based Weather Forecast Information and Missingness Challenges: A Case Study Industrial and Metropolis Areas, which focused on imputation algorithm to solve missingness challenge and demonstrated a basic prediction system to prove the proposed algorithm, II-MPA. Distributed and decentralized systems, recently, have been proven for…

Learning styles studies have been discussed widely in academic field. It can be considered as a factor that contributes to the achievement of the students in their learning because everyone has a unique learning style when learning. In this paper, we aimed to examine the association of learning styles and attitude towards academic achievement. By…

This research sought to measure some socio-political indicators using millions of opinionated messages from social network sourced big data. Thus, and using an enhanced mixed method for sentiment analysis and a fusion model algorithm to infer topics from short text, this study attempted to demonstrate the value of computational approaches in measuring some phenomena in…

Finger skills are achieved through the training process. This training process will be more straightforward if a training system is used. A novel finger motoric training system is introduced in this paper. This system is to facilitate a beginner piano player to learn the basic piano skill. The system is comprised of a tracking finger…

Technology is advancing faster today than ever before with evidence of its impact in all facets of our lives. With the spread of the novel COVID-19 pandemic across the world, schools were closed as part of lockdown measures to contain the virus thereby disrupting academic curricula. Academic institutions leveraged ICTs to virtually engage students and…

The paper is aimed as a concise and relatively self-contained description of the educational environment TOST, used in teaching and learning Operating Systems basics such as Processes, Multiprogramming, Timesharing, Scheduling strategies, and Memory management. TOST also aids education in some important IT concepts such as Deadlock, Mutual exclusion, and Concurrent processes synchronization. The presented integrated…

This article presents a literature review on how the COVID-19 pandemic changed the way of managing risks in the supply chains of Mexican SMEs. Research was carried out in the most important scientific research databases. The spread of the pandemic in 2020 has affected public health and the world´s companies, including micro, small and medium…

In this paper we are demonstrating the importance of building and achieving a renewable electrical power system that works in synchronization with the grid. The average of consumption, generation and the negative environmental effect of generating power were analyzed. This paper is divided into three parts, one was analyzed with Green Building Studio software and…