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Effect of Artificial Intelligence Features on Users’ Adoption Intentions of Mobile Banking Applications: Evidence from Egyptian Private Banks.
Full text linkThe main aim of this research is to advance understanding of the artificial intelligence features and its effects on adoption intention in the Egyptian private banks and minor aim examining if functional and psychological levels of evaluation have a mediating effect on the relation between artificial intelligence features and the adoption intention. The objectives of this research are: to examine the relationship between artificial intelligence features and the adoption intention , to test the relationship between artificial intelligence features and functional level of evaluation , to investigate the relationship between artificial intelligence features and psychological level of evaluation , to examine the relationship between functional level of evaluation and the adoption intention, to investigate the relationship between psychological level of evaluation and adoption intention , to examine the mediation role of functional level of evaluation between artificial intelligence features and adoption intention. Finally, to investigate the mediation role of psychological level of evaluation between artificial intelligence features and adoption intention. Data in this study came from a survey questionnaire of 445 acceptable responses. The results were analysed employing by Structural Equation Modeling technique (SEM) using Analysis Moment of Structures (AMOS) software. The main conclusions drawn from this study are: the direct effect between artificial intelligent features and adoption intention is statistically significant, the direct effect between artificial intelligent features and functional level of evaluation is statistically significant, the direct effect between artificial intelligent features and psychological level of Evaluation is statistically significant, the direct effect between functional level of evaluation and adoption intention is statistically significant, the direct effect between psychological level of evaluation and adoption intention is statistically significant. Moreover, the results of the mediation effect indicate that there is partial mediation effect of both functional and psychological levels of evaluation in the relationship between artificial intelligent features and adoption intention
INTERNATIONAL FOCUS ON IMAGE DESCRIPTION
Full text linkIn recent years, the task of automatically generating image description has attracted a lot of attention in the field of artificial intelligence. Benefitting from the development of Convolutional Neural Networks (CNNs) and Recurrent Neural Networks (RNNs), many approaches based on the CNN-RNN framework have been proposed to solve this task and achieved remarkable process. However, there remain two problems to be tackled in that most of existing methods only use imagelevel representation. One problem is object missing that there may miss some important objects when generating the image description and the other is misprediction that it may recognize one object to a wrong category. In this paper, to address the two problems, we propose a new method called global-local attention (GLA) for generating image description. The proposed GLA model utilizes attention mechanism to integrate objectlevel features with image- level feature. Through this manner, our model can selectively pay attention to objects and context information concurrently. Therefore, our proposed GLA method can generate more relevant image description sentences, and achieves the state-of-the-art performance on the well- known Microsoft COCO caption dataset with several popular evaluation metrics — CIDEr, METEOR, ROUGE-L and BLEU-1,2,3,4
Empirical Study on the Determinants of Unemployment Rate in Algeria
Full text linkThe purpose of this empirical study is to analyze the impact of specific variables on Algeria’s unemployment rate between 1995 and 2021. To achieve this, we utilized the Vector Auto Regressive (VAR) model. The variables considered in our analysis encompass the unemployment rate, economic growth rate, entrepreneurial activity, Human Development Index, and the number of internet users.
This paper is structured into two principal sections. The first section provides a literature review concerning the factors influencing the unemployment rate. In the second section, we present our empiricalstudy to establish the relationship between the unemployment rate andthe other variables.
The main results of this study demonstrate that economic growth rate, entrepreneurial activity, and the Human Development Index contributeto a reduction in Algeria’s unemployment rate. However, the variable related to internet usage intensity was not included in the final equationof the VAR3 model. Even in Granger causality tests, its impact was found to be statistically insignificant
The Reality of Economic Diversification and Its Role in Promoting Algerian Foreign Trade During the Period 2010-2016
Full text linkThe study aimed to analyze and highlight the impact of economic diversification on foreign trade at the theoretical level and then attempt to apply this to the reality of economic diversification in Algeria during the period (2010-2016).
Given that Algeria's economy is heavily reliant on oil wealth, which is considered a finite resource threatened by depletion, the Algerian government deemed it necessary to transition from a rentier economy to a diversified one. This transition was achieved through a series of measures that aimed to bolster various economic sectors and encourage their penetration of international markets. The primary goal was to promote and diversify non-oil exports and eliminate export dependency on oil.
However, it was concluded that economic diversification did not bring any significant value or change to Algerian foreign trade due to the continued reliance on oil exports by the government
The use of Financial Indicators in Evaluating the Financial Performance of the SAIDAL Company
Full text linkFinancial indicators are essential tools for investors and lenders to assess a company'sfinancial performance and ability to meet its financial obligations. This study aims to investigatehow financial indicators can be used to evaluate the financial performance of SAIDAL, a publiclytraded company in Algeria. The study uses data from SAIDAL's financial statements for the period2018- 2020 to assess the company's level of financial performance and its ability to use financialindicators to make sound decisions. The study finds that SAIDAL achieved long-term financialstability throughout the study period, as evidenced by its working capital results
EXCHANGE RATE VOLATILITY IN INDIAN MARKETS USING GARCH MODELS
Full text linkThe present study focuses on the time series behaviour of select currencies using GARCH Models. Monthly returns of currency prices exhibit aggressiveness and high degree of interdependence. In particular, generalized autoregressive conditional heteroscedastic GARCH (1, 1) processes fit to data very satisfactorily. Various out-of-sample forecasts of monthly return variances are generated and compared statistically. Forecasts based on the GARCH model are found to be superior. The common assumptions of this model is interdependence and linearity. This paper aims to model the volatility of INR exchange rates against USD for the period from January 2000 to 5 January 2023 using the Generalized Autoregressive Conditional Heteroscedasticity (GARCH) models. Both symmetric and asymmetric models have been applied to measure factors that are related to the exchange rate returns such as leverage effect and volatility clustering. Based on the results, the static forecast of GJR-GARCH (1, 1) is the best model in predicting the future pattern for both INR and USD
Evaluation of investment decisions in the health sector A case study at Amir Al-Momineen Specialized Hospital
Full text linkThe importance of research in studying investment decisions in the health sector highlights the importance of this sector, and as one of the main and important pillars upon which infrastructure development depends, and the importance of using investment decision evaluation methods. To extract the highest value from its use and reduce the economic and environmental costs of the health sector, therefore there is the problem of the research (Is the health sector dependent on methods for evaluating investment decisions), and the research was applied in the Amir Al- Momineen Specialist Hospital .
The researcher reached the conclusion, the most important of which is that there is a close relationship between the feasibility study and investment decisions. The more the proposed investment projects are evaluated to choose the optimal project, the more the investment decision will be in the right direction, and in light of the conclusion, the researcher recommends that companies and institutions should give a study of the investment project great attention because it is considered one of the most difficult tasks
A Study on the impact of E-Education on Employment Opportunities
Full text linkThe advancement of technology has revolutionized the traditional education system, leading to the rise of E-education. E-education is defined as the delivery of education and training through the use of electronic media, such as the internet, computers, mobile devices, and other digital tools. The purpose of this paper is to explore the impact of E-education on employment opportunities. The study includes a thorough review of the existing literature on the topic, along with empirical evidence from recent research studies. The findings indicate that E-education has a positive impact on employment opportunities, as it offers flexible learning options, facilitates skill development, and improves employability. However, the success of E-education in enhancing employment opportunities depends on several factors, including the quality of education, the credibility of the E- education provider, the relevance of the course to the job market, and the learner's motivation and self-discipline. The study concludes that E-education has the potential to bridge the gap between education and employment, particularly in the context of the digital age, where technology has become an integral part of the workforce
Bibliometric Analysis on Women’s Leadership Aspiration (2001:2021)
Full text linkThe persistent underrepresentation of women in leadership positions is a widely acknowledged concern. This study employs bibliometric analysis to critically examine the existing corpus of literature on women's aspirations for career advancement and their drive towards leadership roles, sourced from the comprehensive Scopus database. A systematic review of the literature was conducted using the PRISMA standards. Data from 2001-2021 sourced from the Scopus database was used in the study. A total of 45 publications were identified and evaluated based on their titles, abstracts and keywords resulting in a final sample of 42 articles that underwent data mining and qualitative analysis through the use of Biblioshiny and VOS viewer tools. The findings highlight the most influential literature in the field, the publishing trends, and further areas for research that will help build a conceptual framework for future behavioural research. Recognizing the factors that impact women's career advancement and creating a supportive environment is crucial to promoting gender equality. The outcomes of this study have both theoretical and practical implications and align with the objective of achieving gender equality under the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals agenda. The study provides a foundation for the attainment of this goal by shedding light on the issue
The Role of Women Leadership in India's Politics and Government: A Factual and Fictional Analysis of ‘The Last Queen’ by Chitra Banerjee
Full text linkIn the modern time, women in India were given freedom of expression and equality as well as right to be educated. They were enjoying the 'Ladies first' facility in different fields as they were holding numerous prestigious positions during this era. A strong woman is not born down by adversity, she knows how to turn her pain into her greatest strength woman makes a stupendous personal sacrifices, woman is a Icon of Liberation. A woman is a pearl of great prize. The book of “last Queen” is the tale of woman told by a woman enlivens the vastly unknown story of Jindan by intriguingly blending fact and fiction into an unputdownable novel. The last Queen portrays a simple village girls and her transition to the last queen of Maharaja Ranjit Singh. It is a timeless tale of a lady, which excites the reader with a spirit of patriotism and bravery. Divakaruni blends in Jindan the attributes of a girl-next-door and an magnanimous queen who is rooted, intelligent, who bows to no external force, but have passionate love for Punjab