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AI/ML-Driven Service Assurance: 2024 Breakthroughs Transforming Telecom Operations
No full textThis article explores the transformative impact of artificial intelligence and machine learning technologies on telecommunications service assurance. The industry is experiencing a paradigm shift from reactive to predictive and prescriptive approaches to network management, enabled by three key technological breakthroughs: generative AI, causal inference, and federated learning. Major telecommunications providers are implementing Large Language Models to automate incident resolution processes, reducing resolution times and improving remediation quality. Simultaneously, causal AI is advancing proactive service assurance by establishing cause-and-effect relationships between network events, enabling operators to prevent service disruptions before they occur. Federated learning implementations are solving multi-domain assurance challenges by enabling cross-operator insights while maintaining data sovereignty. Together, these technologies are not merely enhancing existing processes but fundamentally reimagining telecommunications service assurance. The convergence of these approaches promises to deliver self-diagnosing, self-optimizing networks that can anticipate and address potential issues before they impact customer experience, representing a revolutionary advancement in how service quality and reliability are managed in increasingly complex network environments
Securing Generative AI: Navigating Data Security Challenges in the AI Era
No full textThis article examines the evolving security landscape for Generative Artificial Intelligence (GenAI) systems as they become increasingly integrated across critical sectors including healthcare, finance, and transportation. The proliferation of these technologies creates both transformative opportunities and significant security challenges that require specialized approaches. It explores key security vulnerabilities unique to GenAI implementations, including data protection vulnerabilities, access control complexities, data anonymization gaps, model integrity risks, monitoring challenges, intellectual property concerns, and regulatory compliance issues. Building upon current research, the article presents a comprehensive security framework encompassing data protection strategies, access control mechanisms, model security approaches, network security architectures, monitoring frameworks, compliance guidelines, incident response methodologies, and zero trust principles. Organizations implementing these strategies demonstrate substantially improved security outcomes, including faster threat detection, reduced breach incidents, and enhanced resilience against emerging attack vectors. It underscores the necessity for purpose-built security approaches that address the unique characteristics of GenAI systems, requiring close collaboration between industry stakeholders, policymakers, and security practitioners to establish robust defensive frameworks while enabling continued innovation
Cloud Security in Financial Services: Implementing Scalable and Compliant Multi-Cloud Architectures
No full textFinancial institutions are rapidly transforming their operations through cloud adoption while facing intensified cybersecurity challenges and regulatory requirements. The migration to cloud infrastructure demands sophisticated architectural patterns and robust security controls to maintain compliance and operational efficiency. Multi-cloud architectures incorporating shared services models, centralized identity management, and automated compliance mechanisms have emerged as essential frameworks for secure cloud operations. Organizations implementing comprehensive security strategies demonstrate improved threat detection, reduced incident response times, and enhanced compliance capabilities while maintaining business agility
Investigating the Effect of a Flipped Grammar Classroom Model On Moroccan EFL Secondary School Students: Students’ Grammar Performance, Perceptions and Student-Related Challenges 2024
No full textThis study investigates the effect of a flipped classroom model on EFL secondary school students’ performance in grammar. The study also sought to measure students’ perceptions of this flipped classroom and student-related challenges faced in this new learning environment. For the purpose of the study, a pretest-posttest quasi-experimental design was carried out. The experiment lasted for three weeks in which two intact classes (grade 12) from Al Mansour Dahbi upper secondary school in Sidi Kacem were selected for the study. The first class was assigned to the experimental group (n=34) while the second class was assigned to the control group (n=34). The experimental group students were taught through the flipped classroom model and the control group students were taught using the traditional classroom model. A pre-post grammar test was administered to measure students’ performance in the four grammar topics which were selected from the student textbook “Gateway 2 To English”. After the experiment, a 5-point Likert scale questionnaire was used to investigate the experimental group students’ perceptions of the flipped classroom videos and, the in-class activities, and student-related challenges. The findings of the pre-post grammar test indicated that experimental group students significantly outperformed the control group students. Regarding experimental group students’ perceptions and the challenges they faced in the flipped classroom, it was found that most students developed a strong positive attitude towards the flipped approach
Unravelling the Effect of Project-Based Learning on Students’ Engagement and Interest in EFL Classes: An Exploratory Case Study
No full textIt goes without saying that students’ interest and engagement in the learning process lead to better academic achievement. One of the proposed methods and approaches to boost students’ engagement and interest is Project-Based Learning (PjBL). The latter is a student-centered instruction which responds to the rapid changes of the current era, making students at the core of the knowledge construction process. The current qualitative case study seeks to explore the effects of PjBL on students’ engagement and interest in EFL classes. The sample of this study consists of common core students who were taught through PjBL and was selected through convenience sampling. Data was collected through semi-structured interviews after the implementation of PjBL. The findings of this piece of research confirm that Project-ased learning is effective in facilitating and raising students’ engagement and interest in EFL classes to a great extent. This is thanks to the structured stages of PjBL which push learners to go from developing and planning projects, designing tasks, collecting and organizing data, to producing a final artifact. Having to go through all these phases increases students’ engagement and interest in learning. Such a method of teaching merits more attention and consideration from curriculum designers for the benefits it offers
The Impact of the Student Portfolio on Learning Outcomes in Moroccan Middle Schools
No full textIn recent years, there has been a growing focus on implementing portfolios as an alternative assessment instrument that accurately reflects classroom performance. Portfolios are believed to enhance learning and to measure students’ academic ability. The primary aim of this study is to thoroughly examine the significance of the student portfolio as a portfolio-based learning method within the context of teaching English as a foreign language in Moroccan middle schools. Through an in-depth analysis, the study aims to investigate the impact of student portfolios on student learning and to elucidate the factors that influence their use in the Moroccan context. This research offers valuable insights into the potential effects and challenges of integrating the student portfolio into the instruction of English as a foreign language in Moroccan middle schools. The study employed the questionnaire as a research instrument to collect data, which was analysed using the SPSS method. The study findings indicated that portfolios are essential in EFL instruction, significantly enhancing student learning and providing considerable educational advantages. Nonetheless, various elements influence the execution of the student portfolio within the Moroccan context
Tracing the Journey of Writing: From Ancient Pictograms to Modern Alphabets
No full textThis paper explores the evolution of writing systems from ancient pictograms to modern alphabets, highlighting the transformative journey of human communication. The study primarily employs a two-dimensional framework. In one framework, various definitions of writing systems are analyzed in a historical manner, and another dimension looks into the various types of the development of writing systems. In order to communicate information, early civilizations used pictographic representations, which are straightforward drawings that represent real objects. As time goes forward, these evolved into ideographic systems, where symbols represented abstract ideas, and subsequently into logographic systems, with characters denoting entire words. The development of syllabic scripts marked a shift towards phonetic representation, assigning symbols to syllables. The beginning of alphabetic systems, notably the Phoenician alphabet, introduced symbols representing individual phonemes, streamlining writing and enhancing accessibility. The Greek adaptation, incorporating vowels, laid the groundwork for many contemporary alphabets, including Latin and Cyrillic. This progression from concrete imagery to abstract phonetic representation underscores humanity\u27s quest for efficient and precise written communication
College English Teaching Design Based on Bloom’s Taxonomy and TPACK Framework: A Case Study
No full textThis paper discusses the combination of TPACK framework and Bloom\u27s taxonomy of educational objectives to construct an innovative teaching model to meet the educational needs of the intelligent age. Taking college English courses as an example, this study verified the effectiveness of the novel model in promoting the development of students\u27 cognitive capabilities through case analysis and empirical research. The results reveal that the model can meet the needs of students with different cognitive levels, especially in the enhancement of higher cognitive ability. The study also points out that teachers need to constantly update TPACK knowledge to accommodate changes in educational technology. Although the research has achieved some results, the universality of the conclusions is limited by the restrictions of sample size and variable control, and the application of this model in different disciplines and education stages needs to be further explored in the future
Foreignization as A Cultural Expectation in the Context of Globalization: A Case Study of Chinese President Xi Jinping’s 2025 New Year Message
No full textWith China’s deepening opening-up, its publicity translation has become increasingly important. Official English translations are essential for conveying China’s policies to the world. This paper emphasizes foreignization in publicity translation, following Lawrence Venuti’s foreignization and domestication theory. Foreignization helps preserve cultural uniqueness, especially in the context of globalization, where authentic cultural expression is valued. Using Chinese president Xi Jinping’s 2025 New Year message as a case study, the paper examines the role of foreignization and domestication in translation, arguing that foreignization strengthens China’s cultural influence
Bringing up a Child by Hand: An Examination of Mrs. Joe Gargery’s Ways in Charles Dickens’s Great Expectations
No full textThis article examines Mrs. Joe Gargery’s ways of bringing up her younger brother in Charles Dickens’s novel. Mrs. Joe Gargery’s ways of bringing up Little Pip in Dickens’s Great Expectations, are not indeed those which could be expected from a woman, even less from an elder sister. In fact, her conduct, habits, or attitudes towards either her brother or her husband led the Victorian novelist to the use of the phrase ‘by hand’ which appears seventeen times throughout the novel, fourteen of which are related to her character traits in raising her brother. These traits of hers are mostly negative and place her side by side with such other characters as Shakespeare’s Queen Margaret in Henry VI and Dickens’s Miss Sally Brass in The Old Curiosity Shop to quote only these two. For this study, since it examines Mrs. Joe Gargery’s ways, there is recourse to the formalistic approach, especially the figures of speech used by the author, as all the interpretations it seeks to bring are supported by evidence found in the text.