The measurement of information technology literacy: A case of Thai graduates
Tutorials/exercises - 6 pages - Computer science
The main objectives of this research are to develop a measurement tool for determining information technology literacy (ITL) and to assess the ITL of Thai graduates. ITL in this study is categorized into three components: fundamental knowledge, skills, and applications. The study consists of two...
Online electronic version on physical book purchase: An analysis on resale and welfare impact
Thesis - 7 pages - Computer science
Amazon recently began a new service: providing an electronic version of books to its consumers after they purchase the physical books. This business practice provides consumers with an opportunity to reseller brand new books, which will influence publisher, retailers and consumers. Using a...
Evolutionary algorithm for PCB scheduling problem
Tutorials/exercises - 9 pages - Mathematics
This study focuses on PCB scheduling problem with sequence-dependent setup times on a single machine and feeder capacity constraint. The objective of the scheduling problem is to minimize the total weighted tardiness. The evolutionary algorithms to solve this PCB scheduling problem is an...
An effective knowledge delivery for understanding hypothesis testing: Adding a step zero
Thesis - 5 pages - Mathematics
Knowledge on statistics is increasingly important for professionals in modern business. For example, hypothesis testing is especially one of the critical topics for quality managers and team workers in Six-Sigma training programs. Delivering the knowledge of hypothesis testing sometimes is an...
A study on search system for e-learning products
Essay - 5 pages - Computer science
In this paper, we propose the E-learning product search system (ELSS) which can provides high quality information fitted to the learners' demands. ELSS can also provide the accurate information that doesn't contain unnecessary information in mass e-learning products on the internet. Through...
Task-technology fit and adoption behaviors of mobile business systems
Essay - 8 pages - Computer science
In this paper, a combined task-technology fit (TTF) and UTAUT model is proposed to explore the adoption of mobile technologies in the real estate and insurance industry. The research results indicate: (1) five constructs: data quality, authorization, timeliness, reliability, and relationship with...
Variance estimation for adaptive cluster sampling with a single primary unit
Thesis - 8 pages - Mathematics
In this paper, an initial sample of the adaptive cluster sampling design is considered in terms of primary and secondary units. The primary unit contains units that are called secondary units and all these secondary units are arranged in systematic order. Although in some situations in field work...
Enterprise user interface and technology comparison
Tutorials/exercises - 19 pages - Computer science
The Enterprise User Interface (EUI) is a lightweight user interface for next generation of Web applications. It would extend the capabilities of the current Web browsers by incorporating the key strengths of the thick/full client environment while maintaining a lightweight user interface. EUI...
Simulation of coal bed methane flow characteristics in coal seams
Essay - 4 pages - Physics
The efficiency of methane released from a coal bed depends on various physical and structural factors of the coal bed. Methane is a gas that is absorbed on the internal surface of coal. The amount of gas that can be produced from a given coal bed depends on various factors such as seam thickness,...
Intelligent agent-assisted decision support for personalized virtual learning environment
Thesis - 7 pages - Computer science
In the delivery of online learning, Virtual Learning Environments (VLEs) have been growing quickly and research on intelligent agent supported eLearning systems has developed rapidly in the last decade. However, some online learning programs have not been successful, and one of the main reasons...
Using a meta-modeling knowledge management layer: A new approach to designing the enterprise information architecture
Thesis - 10 pages - Computer science
As organizations continue to evolve with Inter/Intranet -based applications in this fast moving era of electronic commerce, organizations should adopt an Information technology architecture that conserves knowledge and enables decision-makers to use information systems at an even higher level of...
The effects of controlled release and congestion in a flow shop with prohibited early shipments
Thesis - 10 pages - Physics
Experiments were conducted with a simulation model of a flow shop with prohibited early shipments under a wide variety of conditions including congestion, which was modeled separately as “blocking” and as “material handling cost (MHC).” Congestion was found to significantly...
Comparison of power of three tests of equality of means of Pareto populations
Thesis - 7 pages - Mathematics
To test the equality of means of non-normal data, both parametric test and non-parametric test may be applied. In this paper, the analysis of variance (ANOVA) test, the likelihood ratio test and the Kruskal-Wallis test are investigated in order to test the means of several Pareto distributions....
Fault tolerance in object tracking sensor network
Thesis - 5 pages - Physics
Sensor network is a system of nodes where each node is equipped with a battery which is used to supply power, a certain amount of computation, communication, a device for sensing and with some storage media. The reliability of wireless sensor networks is affected by faults that may occur due to...
Gesture recognition using divine proportion
Thesis - 5 pages - Computer science
In recent years, gesture recognition has become essential in many vision based systems related to wireless interfacing between human and machines. The rising interest in this research is in conjunction with the immense attentions of employing real time application to improve human - machine...
JPEG image compression using MATLAB
Thesis - 5 pages - Computer science
The paper deals with studying techniques for reducing the storage required saving an image, or the bandwidth required transmitting it. Image compression addresses the problem of reducing the amount of data required to represent a digital image. The underlying basis of the reduction process is the...
Human face detection using localized feature extraction
Thesis - 5 pages - Physics
Human face detection aims to detect the presence and subsequently the position of face or faces in an image is an important task in automated facial image analysis. Humans are able to detect and identify faces in a scene with little or no effort. Our brain analyses, performs segmentation ,...
Integrated system for speech recognition & voice recognition using DSP and neural networks
Thesis - 3 pages - Physics
Neural Networks find great application in the field of signal processing. Here in this paper too we have proposed a simple algorithm to achieve better efficiency in speech recognition and also capable of distinguishing between male and female voices. Speech recognition is the process of...
A simulation model for implementing collision detection & avoidance in InVANETs
Thesis - 4 pages - Computer science
Vehicular ad-hoc networks (VANETs) are an emerging new technology which is the focus of lot of ongoing research and projects.[12],[13] It aims at providing ubiquitous connectivity to mobile users and effective communication between vehicles on dynamic mobility. VANETs have various applications...
Route optimization in mobile adhoc networks
Thesis - 8 pages - Computer science
With the increase of portable devices as well as progress in wireless communications, ad hoc networking is gaining importance with the increasing number of widespread applications. Ad hoc networking can be applied in places where there is little or no communication infrastructure or existing...
Do online information retrieval systems pose a security threat?
Thesis - 4 pages - Computer science
The search engine's deceptive role of information mining from the crawled web servers has been gravely misunderstood. The general perception of search engine being an information locator is a universal truth. The 24x7 availability of the updated information makes it a potential information search...
Cascaded encryption through recursive key rotation and bitwise operation on blocks (CRKRBOB) of a session key
Thesis - 5 pages - Computer science
The technique considers a message as binary string on which a Cascaded Recursive Key Rotation and Bitwise Operation (CRKRBOB) is applied. A block of n bits is taken as an input stream, where n varies from 8 to 256, from a continuous stream of bits and the technique operates on it to generate the...
A framework for detection of distributed denial of service attacks
Thesis - 6 pages - Computer science
The increasing popularity of web-based applications has led to several critical services being provided over the Internet. This has made it imperative to monitor the network traffic so as to prevent malicious attackers from depleting the resources of the network and denying services to legitimate...
Architecture for providing knowledge as a service (KaaS), a new paradigm on academic cloud
Thesis - 4 pages - Computer science
Knowledge plays vital role in every stage of learning and research. The academic clouds providing educational services to students, teachers and researchers can further be equipped to provide knowledge as a service to the users for their knowledge enhancement and problem solutions. This is...
Methamphetamine laboratories: A challenging hazardous chemical cleanup situation
Thesis - 4 pages - Physics
For several months, Greg Sweeney operated a makeshift methamphetamine (meth) lab in the basement of his flower shop in Clendenin, West Virginia. He then used the floral delivery truck to deliver the meth and hide dumping of the hazardous wastes such as toluene that had been left over after...
The moral issues of gene therapy and genetic engineering
Thesis - 5 pages - Medical studies
The purpose of this essay is to thoroughly discuss the principles as well as the advantages versus the moral issues of gene therapy and genetic engineering. Multiple aspects of biotechnology centered on the topic of gene therapy will be analyzed and elaborated on. Particularly, gene therapy...
Role of changes in wavelength and light intensity on the rate of photosynthesis in the chloroplast of spinach leaves
Thesis - 4 pages - Biology
Photosynthesis is the conversion of solar energy into chemical energy in order to synthesize organic compounds necessary for plant life. The light reactions occur in the thylakoids of chloroplasts in spinach leaves. Inside the thylakoids are pigment molecules that capture and absorb light,...
Assessment of evolution in a population of University of Florida's students according to Hardy-Weinberg's equilibrium
Thesis - 3 pages - Biology
TPA-25 is an Alu element which is inserted within an intron of the tissue plasminogen activator (TPA) gene. An individual may be homozygous for the presence or absence of TPA-25, or heterozygous for it. Evolution occurs in a population if the frequency of alleles changes from one generation to...
vCJD/Mad cow disease
Thesis - 2 pages - Medical studies
vCJD stands for variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease. It is the disease humans get when they consume beef from cows with bovine spongiform encephalopathy (mad cow disease). vCJD is a separate disease from regular CJD, which, though it is a prion disease that causes similar symptoms, cannot be...
Inhibitory brainstem circuits and changes in hearing loss
Thesis - 7 pages - Medical studies
The goal of this proposal is to make a detailed and ultra-structural analysis of olivocochlear and intra-cochlear circuits in the auditory system of the CBA/J, DBA/2J. CBA/J mice represent a model for normal hearing; DBA/2J mice exhibit early onset, progressive hearing loss that is a model for...
