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Students' Perspectives (Stream-Wise) of Parameters Affecting Education Quality in an Affiliated Undergraduate Engineering Institution

  • Kumari, Neeraj
    • Asian Journal of Business Environment
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    • v.4 no.3
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    • pp.13-18
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    • 2014
  • Purpose - This study examines students' perspectives (stream-wise) of parameters affecting education quality in an affiliated undergraduate engineering institution in NCR, Haryana. Research design, data, and methodology - This study involves descriptive research and data collection using a structured questionnaire based on the Likert scale. The sample comprises 500 student respondents. For data analysis, an f-test was performed using high quality SPSS software. Results - For "Selection" and "Personality Development & Industry Exposure," the analysis of variance revealed a statistical difference between the mean values of the groups. Whereas, for "Academic Excellence," "Infrastructure," "Placements," and "Management & Administration," the analysis of variance revealed no statistical difference between the mean values of the groups. Conclusions - Students' perceptions about the "Selection" and "Personality Development & Industry Exposure" change according to the various specializations they opt for in their undergraduate engineering education in Haryana. Whereas, for "Academic Excellence," "Infrastructure," "Placements," and "Management & Administration," the perceptions of the students do not vary because of the different specializations they have opted for in their undergraduate engineering education.

On a New Index for Research Assessment

  • Farid, Farid O.
    • Journal of Information Science Theory and Practice
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    • v.9 no.3
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    • pp.56-75
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    • 2021
  • We introduce a new research assessment measure, called the research excellence index. The measure, which we denote by RE-index, accurately assesses the research performance of a researcher. The methodology used in deriving the RE-index tackles many of the flaws of popular research performance indicators such as publication counts, citation counts, and the h and g indices. A dataset is introduced, which takes advantage of the wide coverage of Scopus and the Library of Congress, and, at the same time, deals with the Scopus database depth problem. For an academic publication x, a prestige-type and length scores are assigned, and if x is published in an academic periodical publication J, the stature of J is identified through a quartile score. The three scores are used to assign a value score to every academic publication, and cited academic publications are given citation scores that encompass both cases of including and excluding self-citations. The foregoing scores are used to derive another set of scores measuring the combined qualitative and quantitative aspects of the creative work, citations of creative work, informative work and citations of informative work of a researcher. The scores take into consideration co-authorship. From these scores, two versions of the RE-index for a researcher are derived, covering the cases of including and excluding self-citations. The new measure is calculated for two mathematicians.

Academic Value and Outcome of the Journal of Korean Academy of Nursing Administration (간호행정학회지 게재논문의 학문적 가치와 성과)

  • SeoMun, Gyeong-Ae;Koh, Myung-Suk
    • Journal of Korean Academy of Nursing Administration
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    • v.13 no.4
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    • pp.546-552
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    • 2007
  • Purpose: This study was performed to identify current characteristics(Academic Value and Outcome) of the Journal of Korean Academy of Nursing Administration. Method: This 57 papers analyzed the Journal of Korean Academy of Nursing Administration(2006) and comparisons were made with similar studies in Health and Social Science(2006). Results: The analysis of the contents for the papers were suggested according to research purposes: research compatibility, research creativity, research excellence. Conclusion: It is suggested that in depth research be made on nursing management based on evidence practice, nursing informatics, legal and ethical issues. It is developmental direction for academic value and outcome of the Journal of Korean Academy of Nursing Administration.

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Integrative Security Model Design for Academic Affairs Database (대학 학사 데이터베이스 통합 보안 모델 설계)

  • Jeong, Yoon-Su;Shin, Seung-Soo
    • Journal of Digital Convergence
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    • v.10 no.4
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    • pp.235-241
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    • 2012
  • To improve educational excellence and quality, academies carry forward integrative security model related to academic affairs including personal information. This paper proposes an integrative security model for academic affairs database, which guarantees DBMS access control, confidentiality, integrity, and security inspection. This proposed model considered that most academies can't make good use of data security product and suggests a detailed measure to realize the confidentiality based on the function of DBMS.

A Study on the Academic Value and Development Strategy of Journal of Korea Port Economic Association (한국항만경제학회지의 학술적 가치와 발전전략)

  • Seo, Mun-Sung;Kim, Seung-Chul;Ahn, Tae-Kun;Kim, Dong-Yoon
    • Journal of Korea Port Economic Association
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    • v.37 no.1
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    • pp.87-101
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    • 2021
  • The Korea Port Economics Association was established in 1985 and has been operated for academic research on port economics and research on port logistics. Marking the 35th anniversary of its establishment, it is necessary to establish a new development strategy for academic societies and academic journals. This study analyzed the current status of publication of the Journal of Korea Port Economic Association, from the first issue of 2017 to the December issue of 2019, the utilization and systematic nature of this journal, and the efforts implemented to improve the quality of the journal. The recognition, utilization, and subject inconsistencies were analyzed to determine the academic value of the journal. The findings suggested the journal's academic excellence, as evidenced by its highest ranking by Journal Impact Factor among agro-oceanography journals (among 77 journals) and marine transport journals (among four journals). Further, the direction of development for this academic journal was presented with reference to research characteristics and specialization efforts.

A Study on the effect of the academic performance on flight aptitude (학생조종사의 학업성취도가 비행적성에 미치는 영향에 관한 연구)

  • Noh, Yo-Sup
    • Journal of the Korean Society for Aviation and Aeronautics
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    • v.17 no.3
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    • pp.1-6
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    • 2009
  • Since the success of the first flight, vast advancements have been made to the aircrafts with recent developments incorporating highly complex mechanisms, placing greater emphasis on the competence of the pilot. Studies are currently being undertaken to effectively source the trainee pilots with the most ideal level of aptitude for aviation with an aim to optimise the selection process with focus on economy and time, while research into identifying the optimal human characteristics for aviation is being done. As part of the selection process, number of tests is arranged with focus on the individual competence, suitability for flight, health status, aptitude and intelligence with the results of the tests used as reference materials during the selection procedure. This study has investigated the effect the academic competence has on the aptitude for aviation amongst many other abilities of human beings and the findings show that higher levels of aptitude have been demonstrated by the students who have displayed academic excellence across all the courses with statistics pointing to a positive correlation between the two subjects. This supports the theory that students who are academically superior have higher probability of being found to possess greater level of flight aptitude. The outcome of the study iterates the fact that academic competence of the students should not be regarded lightly in the selection process. Based on the current study, it is believed that a research into determining the relationship between the SAT results, average yearly grade and flight aptitude will help identify the key factors in possessing high level of flight aptitude with greater certainty.

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Mentoring Experience of Nursing Students Participating in a Health Promotion Program for Elementary School Students (간호대학생의 초등학생 대상 심신 건강증진 프로그램의 멘토링 경험)

  • Kim, Sungjae;Bang, Kyung-Sook;Kang, Kyungim;Song, Minkyung
    • The Journal of Korean Academic Society of Nursing Education
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    • v.24 no.2
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    • pp.137-148
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    • 2018
  • Purpose: The purpose of this study was to explore the monitoring experience of nursing students and to suggest considerations when developing mentoring programs. Methods: This qualitative study was conducted by online surveys and individual interviews with 7 nursing students who participated in the health promotion program as mentors. Data were analyzed using qualitative content analysis to identify motives for participating in mentoring and to explore their changes through mentoring. Results: The results were as follows: Motives for participating were 'inquisitiveness about children', 'interest in mentoring activities' and 'curiosity about research'. Recognition of mentor roles were 'actively involved guide', 'exemplary role model' and 'empathetic emotional supporter'. Changes through mentoring experiences were revealed by 'understanding the characteristics of children', 'improvement of interaction ability with children', 'understanding self and changes' and 'recognition of excellence in forest activities'. Conclusion: Nursing students had opportunities to learn the characteristics of general children and to understand themselves through natural interaction. Participation in mentoring has the potential to be a creative educational method of field learning as a form of service learning.

Microsurgery Training for the Twenty-First Century

  • Myers, Simon Richard;Froschauer, Stefan;Akelina, Yelena;Tos, Pierluigi;Kim, Jeong Tae;Ghanem, Ali M.
    • Archives of Plastic Surgery
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    • v.40 no.4
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    • pp.302-303
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    • 2013
  • Current educational interventions and training courses in microsurgery are often predicated on theories of skill acquisition and development that follow a 'practice makes perfect' model. Given the changing landscape of surgical training and advances in educational theories related to skill development, research is needed to assess current training tools in microsurgery education and devise alternative methods that would enhance training. Simulation is an increasingly important tool for educators because, whilst facilitating improved technical proficiency, it provides a way to reduce risks to both trainees and patients. The International Microsurgery Simulation Society has been founded in 2012 in order to consolidate the global effort in promoting excellence in microsurgical training. The society's aim to achieve standarisation of microsurgical training worldwide could be realised through the development of evidence based educational interventions and sharing best practices.

A model for enhancing the academic excellence of adult college students (성인대학생의 학업수월성 강화를 위한 모형)

  • Kim, Eun Young;Kim, Jin Sook
    • The Journal of the Convergence on Culture Technology
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    • v.5 no.2
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    • pp.195-200
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    • 2019
  • The purpose of this study is to present a model for enhancing the academic excellence of adult college students. For this purpose, 408 adult college students attending 2-year and 4-year colleges in Busan, Daegu, and Gyeongbuk were surveyed and analyzed. The components of the model are curriculum, educational methods, evaluation of education, educational administration, educational environment, and institutional support and the results are as follows. First, the curriculum preferred by adult college students was to acquire diverse academic knowledge for a degree, to acquire knowledge and skills to develop skills for the workplace, and to acquire new information and knowledge regarding issues in society as a whole. Second, the professors' qualification among the educational methods preferred by adult college students was professional competence of the professors based on their theoretical and practical skills. The preferred teaching methods were lecture, discussion, action learning, and the project learning method in that order and video and PowerPoint were preferred as effective teaching mediums. Third, the preferred course for adult college students is operated on weekends, and three years was preferred to get a bachelor's degree. The possible hours of learning per day is 3~6 hours, indicating the necessity of e-learning, B-learning, and prior learning experience recognition systems. Fourth, the education evaluation method preferred by adult college students was a compromise method which is a mixture of absolute evaluation and relative evaluation, and it also showed the need for Pass or Non Pass evaluation method. Fifth, the internal factors of college selection preferred by adult college students were the acquisition of new knowledge and skills, and the external factors were desire to receive many opportunities related to employment and job improvement. The classroom, which provides an effective environment, was a fixed seat classroom and an indoor classroom environment was emphasized for desired educational environment. Sixth, institutional support preferred by adult college students was computer-related programs and learning club support services.

System Architecture of Atopic Dermatitis Adjuvant for Children Using Wireless Sensor

  • Balitana, Maricel O.;Kim, Seok-Soo
    • International Journal of Contents
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    • v.4 no.2
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    • pp.1-6
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    • 2008
  • Pre schools with state of the art facilities that would provide not just academic excellence but also ensure the safety and provide efficient healthcare to their pupils relative to Atopic Dermatitis with Asthma is the main objective of this research One of the most promising applications of sensor networks is for human healthcare monitoring. Due to recent technological advances in sensor, low power microelectronics and miniaturization, and wireless networking enable the design and proliferation of this wireless sensor networks capable of autonomously monitoring and controlling environments. Thus, this research presents the utilization of such microelectronic sensor and plots the hardware and software architecture of a wireless sensor network system with real-time pupil monitoring that integrates vital sign sensors, location sensor and allergen sensor. This proposed architecture for wearable sensors can be used as active tags which can track pupil's location within the school's premises, identify possible atopic dermatitis with asthma allergens, it would monitor and generate a health status report of the pupil.