v En pleine crise du covid-19, l'Assemblᅵe change les rᅵgles des CDD et prᅵcarise un peu plus les salariᅵs By www.politique.net Published On :: Wed, 20 May 2020 12:32:23 GMT L'information est ᅵ lire sur le site de Mediapart : le 15 mai, alors que l'Assemblᅵe est en train de voter la poursuite de l'ᅵtat d'urgence sanitaire, les dᅵputᅵs de la Rᅵpublique en... Full Article
v En renonᅵant aux dividendes, l'Etat va perdre 2,4 milliards d'euros By www.politique.net Published On :: Wed, 20 May 2020 19:16:48 GMT Pas de dividendes en pᅵriode de crise. En annonᅵant qu'il n'accorderait aucune aide (comme des reports de cotisation) aux entreprises qui verseraient des dividendes ᅵ leurs actionnaires, le gouvernement a tentᅵ... Full Article
v La France a dᅵtruit des stocks de masques pendant l'ᅵpidᅵmie du coronavirus By www.politique.net Published On :: Wed, 20 May 2020 19:46:26 GMT C'est surrᅵaliste. Les services de Matignon ont dᅵcouvert fin mars que des stocks de masques pᅵrimᅵs continuaient ᅵ ᅵtre brᅵlᅵs pendant l'ᅵpidᅵmie alors que certains... Full Article
v La Semaine politique : la France a dᅵtruit ses masques, un ex-collaborateur de Vᅵran a cherchᅵ ᅵ en vendre (et quelques autres infos) By www.politique.net Published On :: Mon, 25 May 2020 12:30:18 GMT Vous n'avez pas eu le temps de lire Le Canard enchaᅵnᅵ, Mediapart, Le Monde, Arrᅵt sur images et tous les autres titres de presse ? On s'en charge pour vous. Full Article
v Journᅵes parlementaires, campus rᅵgionaux : La Rᅵpublique en marche va dᅵpenser prᅵs d'un million d'euros pour sa rentrᅵe By www.politique.net Published On :: Thu, 03 Sep 2020 07:02:22 GMT C'est la rentrᅵe politique. Et qui dit rentrᅵe, dit universitᅵ d'ᅵtᅵ. Cette annᅵe, la Rᅵpublique en marche a vu les choses en grand en organisant ᅵ la fois des journᅵes... Full Article
v Titres de sᅵjour : pour ᅵviter les files d'attente, les prᅵfectures ont inventᅵ l'inscription en ligne (qui ne fonctionne quasiment jamais) By www.politique.net Published On :: Tue, 06 Apr 2021 19:00:30 GMT Des files d'attente, la nuit, devant les prᅵfectures, pour tenter d'obtenir un rendez-vous afin de demander ou de renouveler un titre de sᅵjour. C'ᅵtait la rᅵalitᅵ au dᅵbut des annᅵes... Full Article
v 0 800 : le numï¿œro vert sur le covid rapporte gros et informe peu (certains tï¿œlï¿œopï¿œrateurs sont des intï¿œrimaires formï¿œs en 30 minutes) By www.politique.net Published On :: Tue, 06 Apr 2021 19:24:42 GMT Inquiet par le coronavirus ? Vous pouvez appeler le numï¿œro vert 0 800 130 000. C'est Emmanuel Macron lui-mï¿œme qui en a fait la promotion dans un tweet en avril 2020, en plein confinement. Ce 0 800 fait partie de la longue liste... Full Article
v Selon Le Canard enchaᅵnᅵ, le gouvernement Castex est le plus coᅵteux de l'histoire de la Ve Rᅵpublique (185 millions d'euros par an) By www.politique.net Published On :: Tue, 06 Apr 2021 19:45:04 GMT L'information est passᅵe inaperᅵue mais elle ne manque pas de sel. Alors que la gestion de la crise du covid-19 par le gouvernement est trᅵs contestᅵe (au retard dans la livraison de masques s'ajoute... Full Article
v Le ministre de la justice, Eric Dupont-Moretti, a oubliᅵ de dᅵclarer 300 000 euros de revenus au fisc By www.politique.net Published On :: Wed, 07 Jul 2021 18:27:41 GMT Voilᅵ un "petit oubli" bien embᅵtant. Selon Mediapart, "le garde des Sceaux, Eric Dupont-Moretti, a oubliᅵ de dᅵclarer au fisc et ᅵ la Haute Autoritᅵ pour la transparence de la vie publique... Full Article
v Crᅵation de 3000 postes de "gendarmes verts" : la fausse promesse de Darmanin By www.politique.net Published On :: Wed, 24 Aug 2022 19:11:50 GMT A chaque jour, une nouvelle annonce. Cet ᅵtᅵ, le ministre de l'Intᅵrieur, Gᅵrald Darmanin, a multipliᅵ les dᅵplacements sur le terrain et les annonces. Pour lutter contre les pyromanes ᅵ... Full Article
v Risk evaluation method of electronic bank investment based on random forest By www.inderscience.com Published On :: 2024-10-02T23:20:50-05:00 Aiming at the problems of high error rate, low evaluation accuracy and low investment return in traditional methods, a random forest-based e-bank investment risk evaluation method is proposed. First, establish a scientific e-bank investment risk evaluation index system. Then, G1-COWA combined weighting method is used to calculate the weights of each index. Finally, the e-bank investment risk evaluation index data is taken as the input vector, and the e-bank investment risk evaluation result is taken as the output vector. The random forest model is established and the result of e-banking investment risk evaluation is obtained. The experimental results show that the maximum relative error rate of this method is 4.32%, the evaluation accuracy range is 94.5~98.1%, and the maximum return rate of e-banking investment is 8.32%. It shows that this method can accurately evaluate the investment risk of electronic banking. Full Article
v Study on operational risks and preventive measures of supply chain finance By www.inderscience.com Published On :: 2024-10-02T23:20:50-05:00 The operation of supply chain finance faces various risks, therefore, studying the operational risks of supply chain finance and corresponding preventive measures is of great significance. Firstly, classify the types of operational risks in supply chain finance. Secondly, based on the risk classification results, the decision tree method is used to evaluate the operational risks of supply chain finance. Finally, based on the risk assessment results, targeted risk prevention measures for supply chain finance operations are proposed, such as strengthening supplier management, optimising logistics and warehouse management, risk analysis and monitoring, and strengthening information security and data protection. The case analysis results show that the accuracy of the evaluation results of this method is higher, and the risk coefficient has been significantly reduced after applying this method, indicating that it can effectively reduce supply chain risk. Full Article
v Research on Weibo marketing advertising push method based on social network data mining By www.inderscience.com Published On :: 2024-10-02T23:20:50-05:00 The current advertising push methods have low accuracy and poor advertising conversion effects. Therefore, a Weibo marketing advertising push method based on social network data mining is studied. Firstly, establish a social network graph and use graph clustering algorithm to mine the association relationships of users in the network. Secondly, through sparsisation processing, the association between nodes in the social network graph is excavated. Then, evaluate the tightness between user preferences and other nodes in the social network, and use the TF-IDF algorithm to extract user interest features. Finally, an attention mechanism is introduced to improve the deep learning model, which matches user interests with advertising domain features and outputs push results. The experimental results show that the push accuracy of this method is higher than 95%, with a maximum advertising click through rate of 82.7% and a maximum advertising conversion rate of 60.7%. Full Article
v An effectiveness analysis of enterprise financial risk management for cost control By www.inderscience.com Published On :: 2024-10-02T23:20:50-05:00 This paper aims to analyse the effectiveness of cost control oriented enterprise financial risk management. Firstly, it analyses the importance of enterprise financial risk management. Secondly, the position of cost control in enterprise financial risk management was analysed. Cost control can be used to reduce the operating costs of enterprises, improve their profitability, and thus reduce the financial risks they face. Finally, a corporate financial risk management strategy is constructed from several aspects: establishing a sound risk management system, predicting and responding to various risks, optimising fund operation management, strengthening internal control, and enhancing employee risk awareness. The results show that after applying the proposed management strategy, the enterprise performs well in cost control oriented enterprise financial risk management, with a cost accounting accuracy of 95% and an audit system completeness of 90%. It can also help the enterprise develop emergency plans and provide comprehensive risk management strategy coverage. Full Article
v E-commerce growth prediction model based on grey Markov chain By www.inderscience.com Published On :: 2024-10-02T23:20:50-05:00 In order to solve the problems of long prediction consumption time and many prediction iterations existing in traditional prediction models, an e-commerce growth prediction model based on grey Markov chain is proposed. The Scrapy crawler framework is used to collect a variety of e-commerce data from e-commerce websites, and the feedforward neural network model is used to clean the collected data. With the cleaned e-commerce data as the input vector and the e-commerce growth prediction results as the output vector, an e-commerce growth prediction model based on the grey Markov chain is built. The prediction model is improved by using the background value optimisation method. After training the model through the improved particle swarm optimisation algorithm, accurate e-commerce growth prediction results are obtained. The experimental results show that the maximum time consumption of e-commerce growth prediction of this model is only 0.032, and the number of iterations is small. Full Article
v Studentsâ Perceptions of Using Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) in Higher Learning Institutions By ijedict.dec.uwi.edu Published On :: Sat, 31 Aug 2024 09:44:41 -0400 Full Article Refereed Articles
v Exploring the impact of TPACK on Education 5.0 during the times of COVID-19: a case of Zimbabwean universities By ijedict.dec.uwi.edu Published On :: Sat, 31 Aug 2024 09:44:41 -0400 Full Article Refereed Articles
v The Impact of Physics Open Educational Resources (OER) on the Professional Development of Bhutanese Secondary School Physics Teachers By ijedict.dec.uwi.edu Published On :: Sat, 31 Aug 2024 09:44:41 -0400 Full Article Refereed Articles
v A vin nouveau, outres neuves ? By www.koztoujours.fr Published On :: Wed, 21 Aug 2024 17:47:32 +0000 (Chronique d'avant-plage) Emmanuel Macron a écrit aux Français pour louer le parlementarisme et la stabilité institutionnelle. Il a pourtant contourné le Parlement pendant 7 ans et méprisé les Présidents des deux chambres en se contentant de les informer de la dissolution. Alors, avec un tel garant, que fait-on ? Full Article Société Macron top
v Juste une trêve By www.koztoujours.fr Published On :: Wed, 21 Aug 2024 18:01:19 +0000 Plus de débats législatifs. Presque plus de gouvernement. Plus de projet de loi sur l’euthanasie. Plus d’invectives. Plus de bruit. Plus de métro. Plus de Twitter. Même plus de chronique (à bientôt). Silence. Le calme, olympien. La trêve, olympique. On voudrait y croire, on veut en rêver. Full Article Société Jeux Olympiques top Trêve
v Le Vatican savait By www.koztoujours.fr Published On :: Wed, 25 Sep 2024 14:30:25 +0000 Le pape François a reconnu que « le Vatican savait ». Cette révélation suscite des questions : que savait-il et depuis quand ? L’Église, les médias et Emmaüs semblent avoir fermé les yeux sur la vérité. Face aux souffrances des victimes, l'Église doit maintenant agir, les soutenir activement, ou trahir ses propres fondations morales. Full Article Société Eglise top
v La revanche des darons By www.koztoujours.fr Published On :: Wed, 23 Oct 2024 14:08:02 +0000 La nomination de Gabriel Attal était l’apothéose macroniste, l’acmé juvénile. La consécration des jeunes executives en costumes slim. Las, nos virtuoses de la finance laissent le pays dans un sale état et, pour tenter de réparer les dégâts, c'est au panache blanc du vieux Barnier qu'il a fallu faire appel... Dans le marasme actuel, le renversement est au moins savoureux. Full Article Société âgisme dette macronisme top
v L’épreuve de vérités By www.koztoujours.fr Published On :: Wed, 06 Nov 2024 11:10:07 +0000 On ne peut se contenter de soutenir Israël ou la Palestine : le Proche-Orient exige une lecture nuancée, où coexistent des vérités concurrentes et conflictuelles. Même la singularité locale qu'est démocratie israélienne ne l’absout pas de ses choix politiques extrêmes. Taire les souffrances civiles palestiniennes décrédibilise les Droits de l'Homme, trahissant les valeurs occidentales essentielles à notre propre sécurité. Full Article Société Gaza Palestine top
v Feature-aware task offloading and scheduling mechanism in vehicle edge computing environment By www.inderscience.com Published On :: 2024-10-07T23:20:50-05:00 With the rapid development and application of driverless technology, the number and location of vehicles, the channel and bandwidth of wireless network are time-varying, which leads to the increase of offloading delay and energy consumption of existing algorithms. To solve this problem, the vehicle terminal task offloading decision problem is modelled as a Markov decision process, and a task offloading algorithm based on DDQN is proposed. In order to guide agents to quickly select optimal strategies, this paper proposes an offloading mechanism based on task feature. In order to solve the problem that the processing delay of some edge server tasks exceeds the upper limit of their delay, a task scheduling mechanism based on buffer delay is proposed. Simulation results show that the proposed method has greater performance advantages in reducing delay and energy consumption compared with existing algorithms. Full Article
v Risk-based operation of plug-in electric vehicles in a microgrid using downside risk constraints method By www.inderscience.com Published On :: 2024-10-07T23:20:50-05:00 To achieve the benefits as much as possible, it is required to identify the available PEV capacity and prepare scheduling plans based on that. The analysis revealed that the risk-based scheduling of the microgrid could reduce the financial risk completely from $9.89 to $0.00 and increases the expected operation cost by 24% from $91.38 to $112.94, in turn. This implies that the risk-averse decision-maker tends to spend more money to reduce the expected risk-in-cost by using the proposed downside risk management technique. At the end, by the help of fuzzy satisfying method, the suitable risk-averse strategy is determined for the studied case. Full Article
v Research on multi-objective optimisation for shared bicycle dispatching By www.inderscience.com Published On :: 2024-10-07T23:20:50-05:00 The problem of dispatching is key to management of shared bicycles. Considering the number of borrowing and returning events during the dispatching period, optimisation plans of shared bicycles dispatching are studied in this paper. Firstly, the dispatching model of shared bicycles is built, which regards the dispatching cost and lost demand as optimised objectives. Secondly, the solution algorithm is designed based on non-dominated Genetic Algorithm. Finally, a case is given to illustrate the application of the method. The research results show that the method proposed in the paper can get optimised dispatching plans, and the model considering borrowing and returning during dispatching period has better effects with a 39.3% decrease in lost demand. Full Article
v Enabling smart city technologies: impact of smart city-ICTs on e-Govt. services and society welfare using UTAUT model By www.inderscience.com Published On :: 2024-10-07T23:20:50-05:00 Smart cities research is growing all over the world seeking to understand the effect of smart cities from different angles, domains and countries. The aim of this study is to analyse how the smart city ICTs (e.g., big data analytics, AI, IoT, cloud computing, smart grids, wireless communication, intelligent transportation system, smart building, e-governance, smart health, smart education and cyber security) are related to government. services and society welfare from the perspective of China. This research confirmed a positive correlation of smart city ICTs to e-Govt. Services (e-GS). On the other hand, the research showed a positive influence of smart city ICTs on society's welfare. These findings about smart cities and ICTs inform us how the thought paradigm to smart technologies can cause the improvement of e-GS through economic development, job creation and social welfare. The study offers different applications of the theoretical perspectives and the management perspective which are significant to building a society during recent technologised era. Full Article
v Adaptive terminal sliding mode control of a non-holonomic wheeled mobile robot By www.inderscience.com Published On :: 2024-10-07T23:20:50-05:00 In this paper, a second-order sliding mode adaptive controller with finite time stability is proposed for trajectory tracking of robotic systems. In order to reduce the chattering phenomenon in the response of the variable structure resistant controller, two dependent sliding surfaces are used. In the outer loop, a kinematic controller is used to compensate the geometric uncertainty of the robot, and in the inner loop, the proposed resistive control is used as the main loop. On the other hand, considering the dynamic uncertainty and disturbance of the robot, an adaptive strategy has been used to estimate the uncertainty limit during the control process in order to eliminate the need for basic knowledge to determine the uncertainty limit in the resistant structure. The proposed control method demonstrates significant enhancements in performance, with the linear velocity error improving by approximately 80%, leading to a more accurate and responsive system. Full Article
v International Journal of Vehicle Information and Communication Systems By www.inderscience.com Published On :: Full Article
v Data dissemination and policy enforcement in multi-level secure multi-domain environments By www.inderscience.com Published On :: 2024-09-26T23:20:50-05:00 Several challenges exist in disseminating multi-level secure (MLS) data in multi-domain environments. First, the security domains participating in data dissemination generally use different MLS labels and lattice structures. Second, when MLS data objects are transferred across multiple domains, there is a need for an agreed security policy that must be properly applied, and correctly enforced for the data objects. Moreover, the data sender may not be able to predetermine the data recipients located beyond its trust boundary. To address these challenges, we propose a new framework that enables secure dissemination and access of the data as intended by the owner. Our novel framework leverages simple public key infrastructure and active bundle, and allows domains to securely disseminate data without the need to repackage it for each domain. Full Article
v Machine learning and deep learning techniques for detecting and mitigating cyber threats in IoT-enabled smart grids: a comprehensive review By www.inderscience.com Published On :: 2024-09-26T23:20:50-05:00 The confluence of the internet of things (IoT) with smart grids has ushered in a paradigm shift in energy management, promising unparalleled efficiency, economic robustness and unwavering reliability. However, this integrative evolution has concurrently amplified the grid's susceptibility to cyber intrusions, casting shadows on its foundational security and structural integrity. Machine learning (ML) and deep learning (DL) emerge as beacons in this landscape, offering robust methodologies to navigate the intricate cybersecurity labyrinth of IoT-infused smart grids. While ML excels at sifting through voluminous data to identify and classify looming threats, DL delves deeper, crafting sophisticated models equipped to counteract avant-garde cyber offensives. Both of these techniques are united in their objective of leveraging intricate data patterns to provide real-time, actionable security intelligence. Yet, despite the revolutionary potential of ML and DL, the battle against the ceaselessly morphing cyber threat landscape is relentless. The pursuit of an impervious smart grid continues to be a collective odyssey. In this review, we embark on a scholarly exploration of ML and DL's indispensable contributions to enhancing cybersecurity in IoT-centric smart grids. We meticulously dissect predominant cyber threats, critically assess extant security paradigms, and spotlight research frontiers yearning for deeper inquiry and innovation. Full Article
v Robust and secure file transmission through video streaming using steganography and blockchain By www.inderscience.com Published On :: 2024-09-26T23:20:50-05:00 File transfer is always handled by a separate service, sometimes it is a third-party service in videoconferencing. When sending files during a video session, file data flow and video stream are independent of each other. Encryption is a mature method to ensure file security. However, it still has the chance to leave footprints on the intermediate forwarding machines. These footprints can indicate that a file once passed through, some protocol-related logs give clues to the hackers' later investigation. This work proposes a file-sending scheme through the video stream using blockchain and steganography. Blockchain is used as a file slicing and linkage mechanism. Steganography is applied to embed file pieces into video frames that are continuously generated during the session. The scheme merges files into the video stream with no file transfer protocol use and no extra bandwidth consumed by the file to provide trackless file transmission during the video communication. Full Article
v Secure digital academic certificate verification system using blockchain By www.inderscience.com Published On :: 2024-09-26T23:20:50-05:00 At present, there is a need for an authentic and fast approach to certificate verification. Which verifies and authenticates the certificates to reduce the extent of duplicity and time. An academic certificate is significant for students, the government, universities, and employers. Academic credentials play a vital role in the career of students. A few people manipulate academic documents for their benefit. There are cases identified where people produced fake academic certificates for jobs or higher education admission. Various research works are developing a secure model to verify genuine academic credentials. This research article proposed a new security model which contains several security algorithms such as timestamps, hash function, digital signature, steganography, and blockchain. The proposed model issues secure digital academic certificates. It enhanced security measures and automated educational certificate verification using blockchain technology. The advantages of the proposed model are automated, cost-effective, secured, traceable, accurate, and time-saving. Full Article
v Robust watermarking of medical images using SVM and hybrid DWT-SVD By www.inderscience.com Published On :: 2024-09-26T23:20:50-05:00 In the present scenario, the security of medical images is an important aspect in the field of image processing. Support vector machines (SVMs) are a supervised machine learning technique used in image classification. The roots of SVM are from statistical learning theory. It has gained excellent significance because of its robust, accurate, and very effective algorithm, even though it was applied to a small set of training samples. SVM can classify data into binary classification or multiple classifications according to the application's needs. Discrete wavelet transform (DWT) and singular value decomposition (SVD) transform techniques are utilised to enhance the image's security. In this paper, the image is first classified using SVM into ROI and RONI, and thereafter, to enhance the images diagnostic capabilities, the DWT-SVD-based hybrid watermarking technique is utilised to embed the watermark in the RONI region. Overall, our work makes a significant contribution to the field of medical image security by presenting a novel and effective solution. The results are evaluated using both perceptual and imperceptibility testing using PSNR and SSIM parameters. Different attacks were introduced to the watermarked image, which shows the efficacy and robustness of the proposed algorithm. Full Article
v Undertaking a bibliometric analysis to investigate the framework and dynamics of slow fashion in the context of sustainability By www.inderscience.com Published On :: 2024-09-05T23:20:50-05:00 The current study has outlined slow fashion (SF) research trends and created a future research agenda for this field. It is a thorough analysis of the literature on slow fashion. Numerous bibliometric features of slow fashion have been discussed in the paper. This study comprises 182 research articles from the Scopus database. The database was utilised for bibliometric analysis. To identify certain trends in the area of slow fashion, a bibliometric study is done. For bibliometric analysis, the study employed R-software (the Biblioshiny package). Here, VOSviewer software is used to determine the co-occurrence of authors, countries, sources, etc. The study has outlined the gap that still exists in the field of slow fashion. Here, the research outcome strengthens the domain of slow fashion for sustainable consumption. The study findings will be useful for policymakers, industry professionals, and researchers. Full Article
v Form 10-K filing lags during COVID-19 pandemic By www.inderscience.com Published On :: 2024-09-05T23:20:50-05:00 This study examines Form 10-K filing lags of US firms during the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020-2021. The findings suggest that filing lags relate negatively to firm size, profitability, hiring Big4 auditors, and filing status, but positively to ineffective internal control, ineffective disclosure control, and going concern opinion. Large accelerated and accelerated filers had shorter filing lags, and non-accelerated filers had longer filing lags in 2020-2021 than 2018-2019. Further analysis provides mild evidence that Big4 auditors contributed to the filing lag reduction in 2020-2021, echoing the view that adopting advanced audit technologies allows Big4 auditors to respond better to the external shocks brought by the pandemic. Full Article
v Trends and development of workplace mindfulness for two decades: a bibliometric analysis By www.inderscience.com Published On :: 2024-09-05T23:20:50-05:00 This systematic literature study employed bibliometric analysis to identify workplace mindfulness-related methods and practices in literature published from 2000 to 2020 by leading nations, institutions, journals, authors, and keywords. We also assessed the impact of workplace mindfulness research papers. Scopus analysis tools provided a literature report for 638 Scopus articles used in the study. Using VOSviewer, leading nations, institutions, articles, authors, journals, and keyword co-occurrence network maps were constructed. PRISMA was used to identify 56 publications to recognise workplace mindfulness literature's significant achievements. The research's main contribution is a deep review of neurological mindfulness and psychological measuring tools as workplace mindfulness tool categories. The study is the first to use the PRISMA technique to capture the essential contributions of workplace mindfulness papers from 2000 to 2020. Full Article
v International Journal of Services and Standards By www.inderscience.com Published On :: Full Article
v What we know and do not know about video games as marketers: a review and synthesis of the literature By www.inderscience.com Published On :: 2024-10-02T23:20:50-05:00 The video game industry (VGI) has evolved considerably, transitioning from a niche market to a substantial sector. The VGI's magnitude and the societal implications tied to video game consumption have naturally piqued the interest of scholars in marketing and consumer behaviour. This research serves a dual purpose: firstly, it consolidates existing VG literature by evaluating articles, concepts, and methodologies, systematically tracing their evolution; secondly, it outlines potential directions and implications for forthcoming research. Within this literature, a predominant focus lies on articles investigating purchase decisions concerning VGs, followed by those exploring the integration of video game consumption into broader social contexts. Notably, a limited number of articles delve into player-game interactions and experiences within gaming worlds. This imbalance can be attributed to the fact that such inquiries are often suited to psychology and multidisciplinary journals, while the marketing discipline has predominantly addressed the VGI from a marketing management standpoint. Full Article
v Nexus between artificial intelligence and marketing: a systematic review and bibliometric analysis By www.inderscience.com Published On :: 2024-10-02T23:20:50-05:00 Although artificial intelligence provides a new method to gather, process, analyse data, generate insights, and offer customised solutions, such methods could change how marketers deal with customers, and there is a lack of literature to portray the application of artificial intelligence in marketing. This study aims to recognise and portray the use of artificial intelligence from a marketing standpoint, as well as to provide a conceptual framework for the application of artificial intelligence in marketing. This study uses a systematic literature review analysis as a research method to achieve the aims. Data from 142 articles were extracted from the Scopus database using relevant search terms for artificial intelligence and marketing. The systematic review identified significant usage of artificial intelligence in conversational artificial intelligence, content creation, audience segmentation, predictive analytics, personalisation, paid ads, sales forecasting, dynamic pricing, and recommendation engines and the bibliometric analysis produced the trend in co-authorship, citation, bibliographic coupling, and co-citation analysis. Practitioners and academics may use this study to decide on the marketing area in which artificial intelligence can be invested and used. Full Article
v What drives mobile game stickiness and in-game purchase intention? Based on the uses and gratifications theory By www.inderscience.com Published On :: 2024-10-02T23:20:50-05:00 Despite the considerable growth potential predicted for mobile games, little research explored what motivates users to be sticky and make purchases in the mobile game context. Drawing on uses and gratifications theory (UGT), this study evaluates the influencing effects of players' characteristics (i.e., individual gratification and individual situation) and the mobile game structure (i.e., presence and governance) on players' mobile game behaviour (i.e., stickiness and purchase intention). Specifically, the model was extended with factors of the individual situation and governance. After surveying 439 samples, the research model was examined using the Partial least squares structural equation modelling (PLS-SEM) approach. The results indicate that stickiness is a crucial antecedent for users' in-game purchase intention. The individual situation plays an essential role in influencing user gratification, and individual gratification is the most vital criterion affecting stickiness. Finally, except for incentives, presence, and integration positively affect stickiness. This study provides further insights into both mobile game design and governance strategies. Full Article
v Factors affecting the intention to continue to visit the virtual world metaverse By www.inderscience.com Published On :: 2024-10-02T23:20:50-05:00 A metaverse is a virtual shared space connected to the real world, an alternative reality that enables economic activities, exchanges, and transactions as well as formation of relationships between user avatars and non-player characters (NPCs). Initial experiences of the metaverse were not very satisfactory; new virtual world metaverses may or may not survive as information services or platforms. The purpose of this empirical study is to identify the characteristics of a virtual world metaverse and their effects on intention to continue usage of the platform. Considering the metaverse as a new type of user experience and a powerful mode of communication, we examine the mediating role of these characteristics according to Pine and Gilmore's (1998) experience economy theory, which enriches our understanding of the factors affecting the success of a metaverse. In addition, since social interaction is important in metaverses, we extend Pine and Gilmore's experience economy model by including Schmitt's (2011) relate experience for better understanding. Full Article
v Learning the usage intention of robo-advisors in fin-tech services: implications for customer education By www.inderscience.com Published On :: 2024-10-02T23:20:50-05:00 Drawing on the MOA framework, this study establishes a research model that explains the usage intention of robo-advisors. In the model, three predictors that consist of technology relative advantage, technology herding, and technology familiarity influence usage intention of robo-advisors directly and indirectly via the partial mediation of trust. At the same time, the effects of the three predictors on trust are hypothetically moderated by learning goal orientation and perceived performance risk respectively. Statistical analyses are provided using the data of working professionals from the insurance industry in Taiwan. Based on its empirical findings, this study discusses important theoretical and practical implications. Full Article
v A constant temperature control system for indoor environments in buildings using internet of things By www.inderscience.com Published On :: 2024-07-01T23:20:50-05:00 The performance of a building's internal environment, which includes the air temperature, lighting and acoustics, is what determines the quality of the environment inside the building. We present a thermal model for achieving thermal comfort in buildings that makes use of a multimodal analytic framework as a solution to this challenge. In this study, a multimodal combination is used to evaluate several temperature and humidity sensors as well as an area image. Additionally, a CNN and LSTM combination is used to process the image and sensor data. The results show that heating setback and interior set point temperatures, as well as mechanical ventilation based on real people's presence and CO<SUB align=right>2 levels, are all consistently reduced when ICT-driven intelligent solutions are used. The CNN-LSTM model has a goodness of fit that is 0.7258 on average, which is much higher than both the CNN (0.5291) and LSTM (0.5949) models. Full Article
v SVC-MST BWQLB multicast over software-defined networking By www.inderscience.com Published On :: 2024-07-01T23:20:50-05:00 This paper presents a Scalable Video Coding (SVC) system over multicast Software-Defined Networking (SDN), which focuses on, transmission management for the sender-receiver model. Our approach reduces bandwidth usage by allowing the receiver to select various video resolutions in a multicast group, which helps avoid a video freezing issue during bandwidth congestion. Moreover, the SVC Multiple Sessions Transmission Bandwidth thresholds Quantised Level Balance (SVC-MST BWQLB) routes different layers of the SVC stream using distinct paths and reduces storage space and bandwidth congestion problems in different video resolutions. The experimental results show that the proposed model provides better display quality than the traditional Open Shortest Path First (OSPF) routing technique. Furthermore, it reduced transmission delays by up to 66.64% for grouped resolutions compared to SVC-Single Session Transmission (SVC-SST). Additionally, the modified Real-time Transport Protocol (RTP) header and the sorting buffer for SVC-MST are proposed to deal with the defragmentation problem. Full Article
v An effective differential privacy protection method of location data based on perturbation loss constraint By www.inderscience.com Published On :: 2024-07-01T23:20:50-05:00 Differential privacy is usually applied to location privacy protection scenarios, which confuses real data by adding interference noise to location points to achieve the purpose of protecting privacy. However, this method can result in a significant amount of redundant noisy data and impact the accuracy of the location. Considering the security and practicability of location data, an effective differential privacy protection method of location data based on perturbation loss constraint is proposed. After applying the Laplace mechanism under the condition of differential privacy to perturb the location data, the Savitzky-Golay filtering technology is used to correct the data with noise, and the data with large deviation and low availability is optimised. The introduction of Savitzky-Golay filtering mechanism in differential privacy can reduce the error caused by noise data while protecting user privacy. The experiments results indicate that the scheme improves the practicability of location data and is feasible. Full Article
v Emotion recognition method for multimedia teaching classroom based on convolutional neural network By www.inderscience.com Published On :: 2024-10-07T23:20:50-05:00 In order to further improve the teaching quality of multimedia teaching in school daily teaching, a classroom facial expression emotion recognition model is proposed based on convolutional neural network. VGGNet and CliqueNet are used as the basic expression emotion recognition methods, and the two recognition models are fused while the attention module CBAM is added. Simulation results show that the designed classroom face expression emotion recognition model based on V-CNet has high recognition accuracy, and the recognition accuracy on the test set reaches 93.11%, which can be applied to actual teaching scenarios and improve the quality of classroom teaching. Full Article
v Multi-agent Q-learning algorithm-based relay and jammer selection for physical layer security improvement By www.inderscience.com Published On :: 2024-10-07T23:20:50-05:00 Physical Layer Security (PLS) and relay technology have emerged as viable methods for enhancing the security of wireless networks. Relay technology adoption enhances the extent of coverage and enhances dependability. Moreover, it can improve the PLS. Choosing relay and jammer nodes from the group of intermediate nodes effectively mitigates the presence of powerful eavesdroppers. Current methods for Joint Relay and Jammer Selection (JRJS) address the optimisation problem of achieving near-optimal secrecy. However, most of these techniques are not scalable for large networks due to their computational cost. Secrecy will decrease if eavesdroppers are aware of the relay and jammer intermediary nodes because beamforming can be used to counter the jammer. Consequently, this study introduces a multi-agent Q-learning-based PLS-enhanced secured joint relay and jammer in dual-hop wireless cooperative networks, considering the existence of several eavesdroppers. The performance of the suggested algorithm is evaluated in comparison to the current algorithms for secure node selection. The simulation results verified the superiority of the proposed algorithm. Full Article
v QoS-based handover approach for 5G mobile communication system By www.inderscience.com Published On :: 2024-10-07T23:20:50-05:00 5G mobile communication systems are an in-depth fusion of multi-radio access technologies characterised with frequent handover between cells. Handover management is a particularly challenging issue for 5G networks development. In this article, a novel optimised handover framework is proposed to find the optimal network to connect with a good quality of service in accordance with the user's preferences. This framework is based on an extension of IEEE 802.21 standard with new components and new service primitives for seamless handover. Moreover, the proposed vertical handover process is based on an adaptive heuristic model aimed at achieving an optimised network during the decision-making stage. Simulation results demonstrate that, compared to other existing works, the proposed framework is capable of selecting the best network candidate accurately based on the quality-of-service requirements of the application, network conditions, mobile terminal conditions and user preferences. It significantly reduces the handover delay, handover blocking probability and packet loss rate. Full Article
v Business intelligence in human management strategies during COVID-19 By www.inderscience.com Published On :: 2024-10-01T23:20:50-05:00 The spread of COVID-19 results in disruption, uncertainty, complexity, and ambiguity in all businesses. Employees help companies achieve their aims. To manage human resources sustainably, analyse organisational strategy. This thorough research study attempts to find previously unidentified challenges, cutting-edge techniques, and surprising decisions in human resource management outside of healthcare organisations during the COVID-19 pandemic. The narrative review examined corporate human resource management measures to mitigate COVID-19. Fifteen publications were selected for the study after removing duplicates and applying the inclusion and exclusion criteria. This article examines HR's COVID-19 response. Human resource management's response to economic and financial crises has been extensively studied, but the COVID-19 pandemic has not. This paper reviewed the literature to reach its goal. The results followed the AMO framework for human resource policies and procedures and the HR management system. This document suggests COVID-19 pandemic-related changes to human resource management system architecture, policies, and practises. The study created a COVID-19 pandemic human resource management framework based on the literature. The COVID-19 pandemic had several negative effects, including social and behavioural changes, economic shock, and organisational disruption. Full Article