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Series: Advances in Physics Research
Proceedings Article
Leveraging Machine Learning for Enhanced Hospitality Services in Selected Hotels in Ondo State, Nigeria
Elizabeth Akintade, Shafiu Halidu, Patience Meduna
This research seeks to establish how machine learning (ML) can be used to improve hospitality services in the selected hotels in Ondo State, Nigeria. As quantitative research, the study adopts a systematic method of data collection and analysis with the hotel staff and guests. The application of customer...
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Linguistic Landscape and Multilingualism in the Tourism Industry of West Anyer Coast: Language Strategies for Promotion and Global Competitiveness
Linda Sari Wulandari, Sri Munawarah
Linguistic landscapes mirror the multilingual character of a society and play a significant role in shaping cultural identity and enhancing the appeal of tourism. This study investigates the forms of linguistic landscapes found in the multilingual communities of Javanese, Sundanese, and Lampung in Anyer,...
Research Article
A Generalized System Dynamics Model for Managing Transition-Phases in Healthcare Environments
Javier Calvo-Amodio, Patrick E. Patterson, Milton L. Smith, James R. Burns
Pages: 13 - 30
Process change is often difficult to manage, let alone to predict. In this paper, adaptation function theory is used to illustrate how a system dynamics-based model can be used to anticipate the effects that process change policies and strategies will have on change execution. The adaptation function...
Research Article
Impact of Knowledge Management on Employee Work Performance: Evidence from Saudi Arabia
Bader Alyoubi, Md. Rakibul Hoque, Ibraheem Alharbi, Adel Alyoubi, Najah Almazmomi
Pages: 13 - 24
Knowledge Management (KM) has become critical in today’s highly competitive, uncertain, and rapidly changing business environment. The objective of this study is to measure the effects of knowledge management processes (knowledge acquisition, knowledge sharing, knowledge creation and knowledge retention)...
Proceedings Article
Study on How to Enhance the Teaching Efficiency of World Outlook and Outlook on Life
Qiu Lin
To improve the efficiency of teaching world outlook and outlook on life, This paper concluded by the experience summary, investigation method and literature method. Firstly, the educators should reinforce their own education of world outlook and outlook on life; secondly, improve the communications between...
Proceedings Article
Study on Development Trend of Maker Space
Gang Lu
This paper defines the concept of the two kinds of development paths of the maker space, which are the "Unipolar" mode and "Bipolar" mode. And then based on the comparison of the advantages and shortcomings between them, the conclusion is made that the maker space should take the "Bipolar" development...
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Specific Features and Language Components of English Used by EFL Learners in Sundanese Cultural Context: A Case in a Paper Presentation Class
Erlina Zulkifli MAHMUD, Taufik AMPERA
What had happened to EFL learners now in our country needs to be reviewed and evaluated far back to the first learning process in their Elementary School or Junior High School. The language skills given in this level are focused more to Reading and Writing with Grammar as the core. EFL learners in Indonesia...
Proceedings Article
Angklung Inspired Engineering Design Course
Estiyanti Ekawati, Eko Mursito Budi, Ardhana Putra, Manik Mahachandra, Augie Widyotriatmo
Angklung is a traditional musical instrument of Indonesia that has been existed since the Hindu era. The whole parts of this instrument is made from bamboo and tied by rattan cord. For centuries, artisans have perfecting the craftsmanship of angklung based on inherited wisdom. Since 1968, angklung has...
Proceedings Article
Homestay Management Programmes in the Area of New Tourism Destination in Petak Village, Pacet
Amalia Mustika, Fachrul Husain Habibie
Many villages in Indonesia are visited by both local and foreign tourists, one of which is the village Petak, Pacet. This is a challenge for the local community, government officials and even the intellectuals. The use of the term "homestay" might be different in different countries. In attracting tourists,...
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Use of Social Media In The Development of Halal Tourism In Madura
Farida Arief, Zulaikha, R. Hartopo Eko Putro
The people of Madurese are well aware of the rituals of prayers offered on the tombs of leaders, both religious leaders and personalities considered as elders of the community. The pilgrimage to the tomb then became a familiar activity conducted by the community. Not only are certain days considered...
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On Family Tree of Transition Elements
Zhifu Wu, Liyun Hu, Qinglin Han
With the extensive applying of long periodic table, the definition of historical transition elements has become styles nowadays from narrow to wide .How ever there are three methods to define transition elements and several sorts of classifying items .It is very important to unify its definition and...
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E-Musrenbang As A Means In Increasing Community Participation In Development Planning In Indonesia: Its Challenges And Obstacles
Teguh Kurniawan
The advancement of information and communication technology through the internet has offered a new form of participation and interaction between government and society so that in the end it can push the higher level of understanding and acceptance of society to government action. The condition achieved...
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Analysis on Semantic Relations of English Nominal Anaphora
Yuqing Xu
Anaphora plays an indispensable role in discourse cohesion since it tells us how discourse is constructed and arranged. The present paper aims to analyze anaphora from a semantic angle. In this paper, definition and types of anaphora are presented firstly, and then moves to focus on nominal anaphora....
Proceedings Article
An Argument against Registration of Religions
Jeremy Patrick
The paper examines how is the perspective of freedom of religion and human rights, the official registration and recognition of religious groups is inevitably problematic in democratic societies. Several arguments against the practice follow, but many share a common theme: scepticism of government power....
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The Effect of Using English Videos on Vocabulary Achievement at the Fifth Grade of Elementary School 10 Poasia
Ni Nyoman Ayu Novayanti, Meilan Nirmala Shinta, Mr Mursalim, Amir Jaya
Vocabulary is often regarded as the foundation of four main skills of English; listening, speaking, reading, and writing. It is important to look for the ways how teaching vocabulary can be effective and integrated into those skills. This study aims at finding out the effect of using English videos on...
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The Construction of University's Smart Library
Haibo Zhang, Peifa Lin, Xiaoyan Li
Due to the limitation of objective conditions, some university libraries can hardly change their “physical conditions” such as library buildings. In order to improve service quality, it is an effective method to use information technology to build “virtual conditions” of libraries. As an important content...
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Implications of Regional Autonomy for National and Local Coal Mining Development Companies: Case Study of The closure of PT. BA-UPO in Sawah Lunto, West Sumatra
Ade Saptomo
This paper aims to analyze the relationship between the implementation of regional autonomy policy with the National Coal Mining Company and the emergence of the Local Coal Mining Company in Indonesia with a particular case study on the case of coal for mentioned Coal located in Sawah Lunto, West Sumatra....
Proceedings Article
Professional Legal Ethic in Australia
Reid Mortensen
This paper is a short account of the deep moral structures of Australian legal professions. In attempting to understand how the ethics of any legal profession compare with those of other countries’ professions, the social, political and historical foundations of the profession help to explain the moral...
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3. Filtering and Fact-checking as the Antidote to ‘Fake News’
Eric Loo
In this modern era, journalist also plays an important role as the one who will decide how an information will be delivered to public. Especially with the development of technology recently, people tend to use the easiest online news platform (whether it is reliable one or not) as their sources and unreliable...
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Second Language Reading Strategies in Multimedia Environment for Zhuang Ethnic College Students in China
Shanshan Wu, Baoguo Shan
Since 1960s, the importance of environmental protection has come into world’s vision. The application of environmental regulation in international trade has got more and more along of the deepening of globalization. The prevailing view suggests that when some country carry out more stringent environmental...
Proceedings Article
The Effectiveness of Modern Hair Bun Styling Handout to Improve the Learning Outcome of Students in Hair Beauty Department of a Vocational High School
Marwiyah, Trisnani Widowati, Delta Apriyani, Nadia Ika Maharani
The handout gives students guidance on how to learn something. However, SMK Negeri 1 Salatiga, particularly from the Department of Beauty, does not provide the handout for the students. The researchers arranged the handout for modern hair bun styling to ease the students for independent learning. This...
Proceedings Article
The Implementation of Blended Learning as the Alternative of Learning Process in Pragmatics Class at English Department Universitas Andalas
Ike Revita, Dhiant Asri
Blended-learning is a learning strategy in which the class activities are carried out by combining technology-based learning and information that is done online with classroom-based or face-to-face learning. Traditionally, the learning process is done in the classroom, even in the era of 4.0 where every...
Proceedings Article
The Challenges That Indonesian Students Faced in Academic Writing: A Cross-Disciplinary Study of Academic Literacies
Muflihun, Citra Prasiska Puspita Tohamba
This study primarily aimed at investigating academic writing challenges that Indonesian postgraduate students faced at The Queen’s University of Belfast enrolling at academic year 2017/2018 across disciplines. Further, designed under descriptive qualitative study, twice narrative interviews conducted...
Proceedings Article
Flashbacks of Guidance and Counseling Services in Indonesia
Mellyn Yulia Ine Adesti, Nur Hidayah, Diniy Hidayatur Rahman
In this study aims to: (1) find out what the history of guidance counseling; (2) know how the history of counseling guidance; (3) find out how the development of counseling guidance in Indonesia; and (4) know the problems that exist in counseling guidance in Indonesia. This research uses the literacy...
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Good Public Communications Are Key to the Success of Disaster Mitigation
Increasing Community Literation of Disaster Mitigation by Government Public Agency in Padang City
Rahmadhona Fitri Helmi, Nila Wahyuni, Yuliarti
Padang city is located in a disaster-prone area. The earthquake that hit the city of Padang on September 30, 2009, recorded 383 people who died due to the quake. Since then, the local government strives to reduce the death rate during a disaster by providing disaster information to the public. This study...
Proceedings Article
New Stage of Cooperative Development of the Semiconductor Industry Between Guangdong and Taiwan
Zuzheng Zhan
This paper analyzes characteristics of the semiconductor industry of Guangdong and Taiwan, respectively, and the degree of cooperation between the two sides since China’s adoption of the reform and opening-up policy. Following that, this paper points out that the semiconductor industry of Guangdong and...
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Identifying the Issues of Digital Literacy Skills of Undergraduate Students in Universitas Negeri Padang in Applying Internet as Online Learning Resource
Dedi Supendra, Septriyan Anugrah, Fitri Maiziani
Engaging with online learning materials and resources have been common activities undertaken by undergraduate students in discovering knowledge and in particular situation, assisting them doing their assignments. However, there are some problems emerged during this process so that it cannot reach the...
Proceedings Article
Research on the Development of Community Elderly Care Centers with Government Support in the Context of Internet Big Data
Liyang Chen, Jun Liu, Xiaoning Zhu
The aging problem facing China is increasing, and with it comes the serious problem of elderly care. As an important way to solve the urban aging problem, community elderly care centers have become a model of elderly care vigorously implemented in many cities, and the government plays a crucial role...
Proceedings Article
Impact of JD-R Model on Psychological Well-Being of Gig Workers
Lee Siew Woon, Cheah Chew Sze, Cheah Yeh Ying, Afandi Yusof
In the digital era, the gig economy has recently emerged as a key theme independent review of current work patterns. There is a variety of jobs in Malaysia’s gig economy and the number of gig workers keeps increasing. Gig workers are facing many challenges. However, there is only a little research on...
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Economic Literacy and Pocket Money Predict Students’ Interest to Make an Investment
Titik Ulfatun, Bambang Dwi Atmojo
Along with the development of economics, it can be seen that the young generation has a big interest in investing, including students in universities. This study aims to examine how well economic literacy as reported by students and their pocket money predicts students’ interest to invest. A quantitative...
Proceedings Article
Online Visual Merchandising Cues Impacting Consumer Pleasure and Arousal: An Empirical Study
Arunkumar Sivakumar, Sudarsan Jayasingh, Ernest Johnson
The visual merchandising is a crucial aspect of physical and online retail establishments, as it significantly impacts consumer behavior. In an online retail setting, visual merchandising takes the form of online visual merchandising cues (OVMC), such as product images, videos, product descriptions,...
Proceedings Article
Research on the Solutions to Cold-Start Problems
Yuehan Qin, Wuji Chang, Songtao Zhang, Yihuan Yan
The recommender system has seeped into each corner of the earth, but any recommender system has to experience the process of lacking data at the beginning. So, how to recommend things well in that condition becomes a cold start problem. The recommendation system cold start problem has always been a big...
Proceedings Article
The AI Healthcare Revolution: Worldwide Trends, India’s Leap, and the Challenge of Undefined Laws
Shaily Solankee, Prasad Mali
Artificial Intelligence (AI) has become a part of our daily lives, but tomorrow it may operate on us just like a doctor. It might sound intriguing, but there are a lot of things that are to be kept in mind, such as the liability part – who shall be responsible if there is an error committed by the AI...
Series: Advances in Engineering Research
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Application of Machine Learning in Analysis of the Effects of Co/SiO2 Catalyst Surface Area on CO Conversion during Fischer Tropsch Synthesis
N. Jim, J. Gorimbo, L. L. Jewell, Y. Yao, X. Liu, L. L. Mguni
Cobalt is one of the most common catalysts used in the Fischer-Tropsch (FT) process and the primary catalyst investigated in this study. Machine learning (ML) was used to analyze the variables that affect the FT process. This study investigates how surface area impacts CO adsorption and hydrocarbon product...
Proceedings Article
How Synergistic Network Influence “Standards + Certification” Regional Quality Brand: A Spatial Spillover Effect Perspective
Chenyuan Lu, Yueyi Zhang, Taiyi Chen, Jing Hu
The “Standards + Certification” regional quality brand has become a significant practice in China’s high-quality development in recent years. Stakeholders involved in standards and certification form complex network relationships. However, few studies have explored the crucial role of synergistic network...
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Impact of Altruistic Preferences on Decision-making in Low-Carbon Shipping Supply Chains with Sales Efforts
Jiaqi Zheng, Man Yang
To address the growing issue of environmental pollution, shipping companies must invest in emission-reduction technologies to mitigate the environmental impact of maritime transportation. Additionally, the fluctuations in the shipping market demand require freight forwarders to enhance their marketing...
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Dual-Affect Mechanisms: How Time Scarcity and Quantity Scarcity Elicit Impulse Buying for Probabilistic Products Through Concurrent Mediation of Anticipated Surprise and Regret
Anqi Lin, Xinran Yu, Geshuo Cao
With the rapid expansion of probabilistic products in the consumer market, their unique decision uncertainty and emotionally stimulating properties provide new application scenarios for scarcity marketing strategies. However, existing research has yet to fully clarify the underlying psychological mechanisms...
Proceedings Article
Existentially Resilient Religion
Daryl R. Tongeren
The current chapter examines the role of religion in providing meaning and managing existential concerns amid suffering. From the lens of Positive Psychology 2.0, I introduce the concept of existentially resilient religion, and offer a framework for understanding how religion can help individuals metabolize...
Proceedings Article
Investigating the Impact of Mother Tongue Pronunciation on Mandarin Chinese Pronunciation: A Case Study of International University Students in Xuzhou, China
Wenqian Yang
This essay explores how international students’ mother tongue affects their pronunciation of Mandarin. It primarily focuses on the challenges that students face while learning the language, the variables that impact on their ability to learn the language and the solutions that students believe can overcome...
Proceedings Article
Seaweed Tourism Destination Potential: The Importance of Subjective Knowledge, Destination Image, and Self-Congruity in Attracting Younger Generation Tourists
Ni Wayan Merry Nirmala Yani, Ni Putu Lianda Ayu Puspita, Putu Tika Virginiya
The purpose of this study was to examine how subjective knowledge, destination image, and self-congruity affect the intention of the younger generation on seaweed educational tourism in Nusa Penida Subdistrict, how subjective knowledge and self-congruity affect the destination image of the younger generation...
Proceedings Article
Making News Facts More Warm and Powerful - My Discussion on Storytelling in News
Leixiaoai Liang
With the changing media environment, news storytelling has become an important means of news reporting. This article analyzes the connotation, advantages, practical paths, and challenges faced by news storytelling, aiming to emphasize the positive role of news storytelling in improving the effectiveness...
Proceedings Article
Video as a Learning Media Saxophone Alto Basic Levels
Agung Prabowo, Rita Milyartini, Diah Latifah
Multimedia learning is essential in the world of modern education, with the development of learning technology it can be done anytime and anywhere. The trend of learning using audio video media is the most common choice in this modern world. Students do independent learning, so they have flexible time...
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From the Perspective of the Theory of Charismatic Leadership to See How to Cultivate the Charisma of Class Tutors in the University
Jun Hou
the institution for class tutor of undergraduates is the combination of head teacher system of the class and the tutor system, the main purpose is to guide the students to know more about their majors, and to be better adapted and involved into the campus life. As one special organization, the class...
Proceedings Article
Brief Discussion on Middle School Class Teacher Education Management Method
Jingsheng Sun, Cheng Li, Guanglie Wang
Middle school is critical period of student growth. During this period, the class teacher plays multiple roles, which includes a good class organizer, education administrators and psychological growth guide. How to find the right entry point, and promote the psychological development of middle school...
Proceedings Article
Environmental Assessment of E-media Solutions: Challenges Experienced in Case Studies of Alma Media Newspapers
Yevgeniya Arushanyan, Åsa Moberg, Minna Nors, Catharina Hohenthal, Hanna Pihkola
The rapid and continuous development of information and communication technology (ICT) in society today is providing new means for various societal activities. To facilitate that new ICT solutions reduce environmental impacts and bring social improvements the potential impacts of those new solutions...
Proceedings Article
A Study on Students’ Integrative Motivation for College English Learning in Chinese Universities
Dongmei Wang
In foreign language learning and teaching, learner's motivation is a focus and discussed by many researchers from various perspectives. College students' English learning motivation is one of those many research subjects. It has great influence on the frequency of using learning strategies, the acceptance...
Proceedings Article
Improved Particle Optimization Algorithm Solving Hadoop Task Scheduling Problem
Jun Xu, Yong Tang
Abstract—Cloud computing to provide service for the user group is huge, so the number of cloud computer’s tasks is enormous, the system handle large tasks all the time so that task scheduling is the key and difficult points in the cloud. This article make research on how to make full use of cloud resources...
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The Use of Mapping Knowledge Domains in Analyzing Subject's Research Overview and Hot Spots*
Yan Liu, Yingjuan Tang
This paper uses scientometrics method of knowledge mapping domains, on the basis of CAJD database, summarizes and analyses the discipline structure of "Teaching Chinese as a Second Language (TCSL)". It introduces the method of knowledge mapping analysis to the research area of Teaching Chinese as a Second...
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Identity, Language and Social Cohesion: Car Plate Number Preference Among Indonesian Diaspora
Ahmad Bukhori Muslim
Social identification and cohesion are deemed important, particularly among group-oriented ethnic minorities like Indonesians overseas. This identification can be, in some other ways, expressed by car license numbers, to show their social belonging and affiliation. This qualitative study explores how...
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Feminism Analysis on Dewi Ria Utari’s “Topeng Nalar” Short Story
Andhika Dyah Puspitasari, Else Liliani
This research aims to describe the text dimension, discourse practice, and sociocultural practice in Dewi Ria Utari’s short story “Topeng Nalar”. Feminism theory is applied along with qualitative descriptive method with Fairclough’s model. The results show that: (1) text dimension, the short story “Topeng...