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Social presence in synchronous video conferencing: a case study at the Lebanese University Faculty of Education/ Pedagogy
Get PDFThe Lebanese University was forced to adopt online learning after the Covid-19 pandemic, and the need has emerged to examine social presence in synchronous teaching. Adopting a collective case study design, the study examined online social presence in 18 videos of 9 instructors from the Lebanese university, Faculty of Education/ Pedagogy (Spring 2020). Specifically, it examined to what extent instructors could maintain affection, interaction and cohesion. A 23 item customized and validated checklist based on social presence categories of was used to analyse three social presence categories: Affective Response (represented through emotional expressions, use of humor, …), Interactive Response (statements to continue discussion thread, quoting from others’ messages, ), and Cohesive Response (such as expressions that address participants by name, addressing group using inclusive pronouns …). Results have shown that instructors managed to establish high social presence, manifested in their ability to maintain affection as seen in their facial expressions and sensed in their voice tone and sympathy. It was also shown that cohesion was highly present as teachers shared their tangible experience with students and humoured with them, for example. However, interaction was seen to be relatively low as some students did not participate unless they were called upon
Rapid Palatal Expansion and Airway – Controversy, Consensus, and The Role Of 3D Imaging
Get PDFThe aim of this article is to evaluate the effect of expansion appliance on airway by analyzing the studies that used cone beam computed tomography (CBCT). CBCT can help to analyze the effects of orthodontic treatment such as expansion appliances on nasal cavity, oral and pharyngeal airway volume. Rapid maxillary expansion can be used with conventional design (RME) or with the contemporary design with mini screws (MARPE). The effect of the different designs of expansion appliances will be covered in this article. This article will also cover the effects of the different protocols on evaluating the airway dimensions on CBCT
Impact of using the Customer Relationship Management (CRM) Information System in local banks ,Riyadh city: a descriptive study
Get PDFThis study aimed to knowing the current strategies and procedures of the customer relationship management (CRM) system in local banks from the point of view of the bank employees; clarifying the challenges of using the system for employees surveying the extent of practice Dimensions (trust, commitment, satisfaction); and identifying the most influential dimensions. To achieve these goals, the descriptive-survey methodology was employed, and two questionnaires were distributed among clients and employees of local banks in Riyadh. The study population consisted of clients and employees of local banks in Riyadh. The study sample were (244) clients and (400) employees. The findings of the study are as Follows: the sample of study strongly agree with the administration’s interest in using information technology. The results also showed that the bank’s website provides a safe environment for customers’ transactions. The administration also realizes the importance of using data and information technologies in customer service. - The results revealed that the study sample agree that there is an effect of using the (CRM) system, leads to increased customer satisfaction, and responding to many customer requirements electronically. - The results showed that the great majority of the study sample believed that it is not possible to view the bank's digital information Also that there is an encryption system or a password access the information. - The results indicated that (82.5%) of the total study sample agrees system retain and record the procedures taken by the system user. Therefore, any change in the information can be monitored. - the risks to the system are mostly from within the bank. - the current system in the bank needs to be developed., provides accurate and reliable information. - the system increases the quality and speed of banking operations.and agreeing that the availability of information increases the level of performance. In the light of these results, the study recommended the following (the information system must be suitable for the bank needs; suggestions from the bank’s employees must be taken into consideration before designing the information system; improving the system, programs and banks strategies continuously in accordance with the most recent technolog
Knowledge Management and Achieving Competitive Advantage A Qualitative Review of Research Literature and Research Trends
Get PDFThe study aims at identifying the importance and objectives of knowledge management and competitive advantage in business organizations and the employment of knowledge management processes in business management organizations. As well, it seeks to highlight the role that knowledge management processes play in achieving competitive advantage in business organizations. The researchers used the documentary method by revising the previous studies production. Thus, after reviewing this research literature, the researchers ended up, through their findings and conclusions, a set of recommendations that help achieving competitive advantage through knowledge management. Namely, the researchers stressed the need to provide knowledge management processes in public and private sectors because of their vital role in the competitive advantage in the world of knowledge and informatics. As well, it is necessary to enhance the capabilities of employees and allow them to be creative, innovative and free to act on the issues they face during the exercise of their tasks. Finally, there is a need to work on developing strategic plans to employ the knowledge possessed by business management organizations in order to improve their practical capabilities
The Impact of Organizational Conflict Management Methods on Organizational Performance: An applied study in King Faisal Hospital in Makkah City
Get PDFThe aim of current study is to study the impact of organizational conflict management methods such as accommodating, collaborating, compromising, competing, and avoiding on organizational performance. To achieve the aims of the study, the researchers used the descriptive analytical approach and the questionnaire to collect data. The study was applied to a sample of King Faisal Hospital in Makkah City amounted to (302) employees. Among the most important results of the study: there is a correlation between organizational conflict management methods and organizational performance, and the most methods affecting by correlation coefficient are accommodating method with a correlation coefficient (0.679), collaborating method (0.671), compromising method (0.662) avoiding method (0.655), and competing method (0.2 27) respectively, Recommendations include the following: managers are keen to encourage their subordinates to rely on themselves in solving their problems without interference from management. Promoting the method of cooperation as it is a method that everyone benefits from using it, by involving all hospital employees in setting goals and plans and dealing with them with all transparency and clarity
The Impact of Applying Artificial Intelligence on the Quality of Enterprises Decision-Making
Get PDFArtificial Intelligence (AI) is becoming more heavily utilised in enterprise decision-making process, and it is being speculated that AI is on course to becoming capable of fully supporting autonomous decision-making. However, there are significant, non-replicable, human elements in a decision-making process, which are inherently absent in AI systems. This raises the question of the extent to which AI is able to support decision-making in its current form. AI has been heavily researched in the literature, but its role in enterprise decision making have only been very recently realised. It is important to realise where AI assisted decision-making process stands today. Most of the research conducted on AI decision-support systems have focused on the possibilities, opportunities, and challenges of being integrated into an enterprise decision-making process. What is lacking in the literature is an aggregate of the findings so that future research directions and investment opportunities can be better explored. In order to fill this gap, this research qualitatively analyses the very recent existing literature on AI’s contribution to enterprise decision-making process. The methodology applied is secondary data analysis in the form of a literature review conducted using the PRISMA method. Seminal research papers have been reviewed, and their findings analysed and aggregated. The findings indicate that AI is most utilised in data processing as this requires little input from humans other than feeding large, fast-paced, real-time data. The findings further show that beyond the decision-making process, AI is used in market prediction, and in healthcare enterprises for making medical oriented decisions. Finally, the most common AI algorithms that are utilised to help in enterprise decision-making process are artificial neural networks and swarm intelligence. Based on the findings, this research also suggests future research implications for academics
Advantages of Searching Computerized Files in Different Organizations: Survey Study
Get PDFThe researcher prepared the paper entitled "Advantages of Research in Computerized Files in Various Fields" with the aim of investigating the growth of organizations and companies by applying to a selected sample of fields by clarifying the features that could contribute to the development of research in computerized files and working to summarize them as much as possible, and I hope that It is a reference for sectors that aspire to improve search systems in their computerized files. The paper aimed to identify the advantages of searching in computerized files. The researcher used the critical evaluation method, and among the most prominent results of the paper: The advantages of research in computerized files were classified into three areas, represented in the financial field. Educational and electronic, in order to learn about the advantages of searching in computerized files in the different fields that studies have gathered on and its prominent role in various fields. The paper recommended the following: Evaluating search systems in computerized files in different organizations to enable the development of systems in a way that increases their efficiency and doubles their productivity, conducting studies aimed at identifying ways to support current systems and the need to develop search systems in computerized files to suit the various requirements of different fields.  
The Contents of Electronic Archive Files and their Protection Measures: A Critical Review Study
Get PDFIn view of the large and increasing risks to information security, privacy and copyright, it was necessary to find and develop technical and legislative solutions that guarantee the security of documents and digital files, whether circulated, published or archived. In the past few years, several solutions have been developed to provide the maximum possible level of protection for data, files and digital repositories. Each of these solutions had qualitative, competitive and specialized advantages, but on the other hand some of them had some drawbacks, whether in terms of efficiency or the possibility of wide application or their impact on the quality and effectiveness of scientific participation, publishing transparency and property rights. We are well aware of the impact of fear of the dangers of privacy, theft, plagiarism, quotation and disruptive piracy on the level of scientific participation and the scientific research movement in general. This leads researchers around the world to try to develop solutions that combine cybersecurity with the effectiveness of publishing and sharing. This research paper aims to study and analyze some of the currently used methods in the protection and security of digital files and documents, discuss the feasibility, effectiveness and flexibility of each of them, and come up with the best methods, tools and practices that guarantee the security of digital files. And this is through the critical scientific method of some studies that have dealt with these methods, especially recent studies, because progress in this field is very fast. Hardly a few months pass without us finding new systems and tools that have been developed in the field of information security and have canceled or modified what preceded them. We have reached some important results, which we will detail at the end of this paper, but it is worth noting here the most important of these results. Such as the seriousness of the threats facing stored and circulating documents, to the national security of each country, to the scientific research movement, as well as to the confidentiality and privacy of data. Several aspects as well as comprehensive solutions for securing digital documents.  
The impact of social media as a source of health information: Measure the degree of reliability
Get PDFThe aim of this study is to measure the degree of confidence in the role played by social media websites as a source of health information, to identify the most important of these websites, and to detect the positive and negative effects resulting from the use of them. In order to achieve these objectives, the study is based on the social survey method. The survey questionnaires were used to collect data. The research was applied in King Abdul Aziz University on a sample of 345 postgraduate students in the Faculty of Arts and Humanities in 2018. Those holding a university qualification represent the stratified random sampling. The study reached a number of results, the most important of which is that 81% of the participants reported that using social media websites to gain awareness and to ensure the reliability of mutual health information was effective. It was also found that all the effects of participants' reliance on social media as a source of health information under study were of interest to participants; for the most health, topics that drew the interest of the participants on the social media websites were "first aid" followed by "a specific type of diseases or diseases in general". The results of the test showed that males deal with health issues such as serious diseases, non-serious seasonal diseases, diseases that scientists have discovered more recently than females; while females focus more on issues of reproduction, women's and children's health, as well as mental and psychological health more than males. It was also found that the relationship between health issues that are talked about more than others in social media websites, and years of practical experience revealed the existence of differences between the different categories of years of practical experience for serious diseases. It turned out that people with more than 15 years of experience are dealing with the subject of serious diseases more than those with less than five years of practical experience. The study has revealed that the first source to rely on when seeking health information was "doctors and pharmacists" followed by "the Internet". The use of these websites has many positive effects; the most important of which are the intellectual openness, the exchange of knowledge, and the dissemination of health awareness. However, the increase of fears and concerns are among the most negative effects. The study is concluded with a set of recommendations; for instance: To organize awareness sessions for postgraduate students about how to use social media websites in the health fieldTo employ modern communication technology in the process of spreading health awarenessTo conduct similar studies on different communities, including: faculty staff-members, university undergraduate students, and students at basic school level
The reality of big data and its importance in decision-making at the Ministry of Education: Case study 2020
Get PDFThe study mainly aimed to investigate the reality of big data and its importance in decision-making at the Ministry of Education. Therefore, a number of questions were raised to explore the challenges facing the officials in analyzing big data, and investigate the level of its benefit in addition to the extent to which the employees are aware of the significant role of big data analysis. The researcher used the descriptive analytical approach to present the theoretical part based on the literature review, and analyzing the data collected from the field study using SPSS. The questionnaire and the checklist were distributed after being implemented on the study sample consisting of the heads of the departments and the employees of the administration of digital transformation in the Ministry of Education, who are (83) managers and employees. The results of the study revealed that the decisions based on the results of big data analysis improved the performance of the Ministry of education and enhanced the level of benefiting from them in decision making. It was also concluded that the employees are aware enough of the importance of big data analysis although they find some difficulties in dealing with the amount of data despite its availability in the Ministry. The study finally recommended that it is important to increase the skills of the individuals, bring specialists and experts of data analysis. It was also recommended to expand the use of big data analysis and make more efforts to keep up with the modern technological advances