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DATABASE MANAGEMENT AND INFORMATIONSECURITY MANAGEMENT SKILLS POSSESSED BYOTM EDUCATORSIN SOUTH-SOUTH NIGERIAN UNIVERSITIES: A PREREQUISITE FOR ENHANCED JOB DELIVERY
Full text linkThe study was carried out to determine the Database management and informationsecurity Management skills possessed by OfficeInformationand Management Educators forenhanced job delivery in Universitiesin South-South Nigeria. Two research questions wereraised and answered while two hypotheses were formulated and testedat 0.05 level ofsignificance.The study employed the descriptive survey design. The population for the studyconsisted of 147 Office Information and Management Educators in Universities in South-SouthNigeria. There was no sampling as the population was of manageable size. A 56-item, 5-pointLikert rating scale questionnaire titled “Database management and information securitymanagement skills possessed by Office Technology Management Educators for Enhanced JobDelivery. Questionnaire in Universities in South-South Nigeria” (DCMCPOIMQ) was used toobtain data from the respondents. The instrument was validated by two experts from Delta stateUniversity of Science and Technology, Ozoro. To determine the validity of the instrument, alphastatistic was applied and a reliability coefficient of 0.86 was obtained. Mean and StandardDeviation were used to analyse all the research questions, while the hypotheses were tested witht-test of independent samples. The findings of the study revealed that Office Information andManagement educators in Universities in South-South Nigeria possessed database ManagementSkills for enhanced job delivery. The study found that there was a significant difference betweenmale and female Office Information and Management educators’ responses with regards to theDatabase management and information security management Skills possessed by OfficeInformation and Management educators. The study also found that there was a significantdifference between the Database management and information security Management ofexperienced and less experienced Office Information and Management educators in Universitiesin South-South Nigeria. The study concluded that Office Information and Managementeducators in Universities in South-South Nigeria have high competency levels in Databasemanagement and low competency levels in information security. It was therefore recommendedamong others that, Senate and School boards in various Universities should as a matter ofresponsibility mobilise the Office Information and Management educators in their institutionsfor skill development and update in ICT especially in the area of information securitymanagement
PERCEPTION AND READINESS OF NIGERIAN BUSINESS EDUCATORS TOWARDS ADOPTION OF AI-BASED LEARNING TOOLS
No full textThis study investigated perception and readiness of Nigerian business educators towards adoption of AI-Based learning tools. The population of the study included business educators from various educational institutions in Nigeria and a sample size of 250 participants was used. The study utilized two research questions to explore the perceptions and readiness of Nigerian business educators towards AI-based learning tools. The researchers employed a survey instrument to collect data, which was tested for reliability using Cronbach\u27s alpha method. The results showed a high level of readiness and positive attitudes among the Nigerian business educators towards the adoption of AI-based tools, such as personalized learning platforms, automated grading systems, and virtual tutors. The findings highlighted the business educators\u27 recognition of the potential benefits of AI in addressing educational challenges, as well as their confidence in integrating AI-driven automated grading systems into their teaching practices. However, the study also identified perceived barriers, including inadequate infrastructure, insufficient training, and ethical concerns, which need to be addressed to ensure successful AI integration. One of the key recommendations from the study is to implement comprehensive training and professional development programs for Nigerian business educators, focusing on the practical implementation of AI-based learning tools. This will enhance their confidence, competence and ability to effectively integrate these technologies into their teaching practices
Going Beyond Counting First Authors in Author Co-citation Analysis
Full text linkThe present study examines one of the fundamental aspects of author co-citation analysis (ACA) - the way co-citation
counts are defined. Co-citation counting provides the data on which all subsequent statistical analyses and mappings
are based, and we compare ACA results based on two different types of co-citation counting - the traditional type that
only counts the first one among a cited work's authors on the one hand and a non-traditional type that takes into
account the first 5 authors of a cited work on the other hand. Results indicate that the picture produced through this non-traditional author co-citation counting contains more coherent author groups and is therefore considerably clearer. However, this picture represents fewer specialties in the research field being studied than that produced through the traditional first-author co-citation counting when the same number of top-ranked authors is selected and analyzed. Reasons for these effects are discussed
Variations on the Author
Full text link“Variations on the Author” discusses two of Eduardo Coutinho’s recent films (Um Dia na Vida, from 2010, and Últimas Conversas, posthumously released in 2015) and their contribution to the general question of documentary authorship. The director’s filmography is characterized by a consistent yet self-effacing form of authorial self-inscription: Coutinho often features as an interviewer that rather than express opinions propels discourses; an interviewer that is good at listening. This mode of self-inscription characterizes him as an author who is not expressive but who is nonetheless markedly present on the screen. In Um Dia na Vida, however, Coutinho is completely absent form the image, while Últimas Conversas, on the contrary, includes a confessional prologue that moves the director from the margins to the center of his films. This article examines the ways in which these works stand out in the filmography of a director who offers new insights into the notion of cinematic authorship
Appropriate Similarity Measures for Author Cocitation Analysis
Full text linkWe provide a number of new insights into the methodological discussion about author cocitation analysis. We first argue that the use of the Pearson correlation for measuring the similarity between authors’ cocitation profiles is not very satisfactory. We then discuss what kind of similarity measures may be used as an alternative to the Pearson correlation. We consider three similarity measures in particular. One is the well-known cosine. The other two similarity measures have not been used before in the bibliometric literature. Finally, we show by means of an example that our findings have a high practical relevance.information science;Pearson correlation;cosine;similarity measure;author cocitation analysis
Dispelling the Myths Behind First-author Citation Counts
Full text linkWe conducted a full-scale evaluative citation analysis study of scholars in the XML research field to explore just how different from each other author rankings resulting from different citation counting methods actually are, and to demonstrate the capability of emerging data and tools on the Web in supporting more realistic citation counting methods. Our results contest some common arguments for the continued
use of first-author citation counts in the evaluation of scholars, such as high correlations between author rankings by first-author citation counts and other citation
counting methods, and high costs of using more realistic citation counting methods that are not well-supported by the ISI databases. It is argued that increasingly available digital full text research papers make it possible for citation analysis studies to go beyond what the ISI databases have directly supported and to employ more
sophisticated methods
koamabayili/VECTRON-author-checklist: VECTRON author checklist
No full textWe have done our best to complete the author checklist relating to the use of animals in the hut study. Note that the objective for the hut study was to evaluate the IRS treatment applications for residual efficacy against Anopheles mosquitoes, including the local An. coluzzii mosquito population. Cows were only used to attract mosquitoes into the huts and no tests were carried out directly on the cows. The author checklist is intended for use with studies where experiments are carried out on animals, which is why we have had such difficulty in completing this for the hut study, as many of the questions do not relate to how the cows were used
Author-wise bibliometric analysis based on entropy.
No full textAuthor-wise bibliometric analysis based on entropy.</p
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