Adebayo Tolulope Adedugba, O. Ogunnaike, K. Adeyemo, Busola E. Kehinde, Daniel Inegbedion
{"title":"The Degree of Material Distribution on Environmental Outcomes in Selected Large-Scale Fabrics Manufacturing Firms in Lagos State, Nigeria","authors":"Adebayo Tolulope Adedugba, O. Ogunnaike, K. Adeyemo, Busola E. Kehinde, Daniel Inegbedion","doi":"10.4018/jta.304070","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4018/jta.304070","url":null,"abstract":"The research was conducted within the selected large-scale fabrics manufacturing firms in Lagos State, with the goal of examining the degree of material distribution on environmental outcome. The study was done utilizing an outlined questionnaire through purposive sampling and total enumeration approach. The information was examined utilizing partial least square(PLS) that showed the opinion of participants in the transportation, warehousing, purchasing, inventory, and production section. The result of the study uncovered that material distribution does not have a marginal impact on environmental outcome. Nonetheless, the discoveries also show an inverse connection between material distribution and environmental outcome. This carefully suggests that an increment in material distribution philosophy will impact the environmental outcome of textile firms and otherwise.","PeriodicalId":152153,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Technological Advancements","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"131394906","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Capacity Performance Analysis of 73 GHz Frequency Band for 5G Technology","authors":"Addis Goshe, S. Routray","doi":"10.4018/jta.309320","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4018/jta.309320","url":null,"abstract":"Small cells, millimeter waves (mmW), and massive multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) deployments have emerged as key technologies for mobile systems in the fifth generation (5G). However, a very few studies have been done on combining these three technologies into the cellular systems. In this paper, the authors provide an in-depth capacity analysis for the integrated small cells of mmW systems. Small cells are deployed for enhancing the capacity. It turns out that mmW signals are responsive to blockages, leading the line of sight (LOS) and non-line of sight (NLOS) conditions to have very different path loss rules. They divide power research into low signal-to-noise (SNR) and high SNR regimes based on signal-to-interference plus noise ratio. In the noise-dominated (low-SNR regime), the capacity analysis is derived by the simplest assumptions of the Shannon-Hartley theorem. The results of this study show that under NLOS and LOS scenarios, mmW frequency and distance between the user equipment and base station decrease logarithmically for system capacity.","PeriodicalId":152153,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Technological Advancements","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129536018","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The Value of Economic Information in the Digital Society","authors":"J. Rascão","doi":"10.4018/JTA.20210101.OA3","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4018/JTA.20210101.OA3","url":null,"abstract":"In the contemporary organizational context, the sharing and transfer of information and knowledge plays a significant role. What can be facilitated with the emerging interdisciplinary approach, which crosses the fieldsof InformationSciences, Business Sciences and other sciences. The problem is that, in addition to being a new construct and still little studied, conceptual divergences are fed by the amplitude of the possible dimensions of analysis. In this context, the objective of this study arises in identifying the conceptualization of the construct of the value of economic information proposed in the scientific literature to support its better understanding and prospect of future investigations. A theoretical research was carried out through a systematic literature review, followed by an analysis of the most relevant publications on the subject. The discussion on the relevant construct is considered in the context of contemporary organizations, however, it signals the importance of future studies of empirical and theoretical order, to foster discussions, on the subject today.","PeriodicalId":152153,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Technological Advancements","volume":"66 Supplementum 1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"123988453","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Spark Performance Optimization Analysis With Multi-Layer Parameter Using Shuffling and Scheduling With Data Serialization in Different Data Caching Options","authors":"Mesay Deleli, Ayall Tewodros Alemu","doi":"10.4018/jta.290326","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4018/jta.290326","url":null,"abstract":"As social networking services and e-commerce are growing rapidly, the number of online users also dynamically growing that facilitate contribution of huge contents to digital world. In such dynamic environment, meeting the demand of computing is very challenging special with existing computing model. Although Spark is recently introduced to alleviate the problems with concept of in-memory computing for big data analytic with many parameters configuration that allow to configure and improve its performance, still it has performance bottleneck which require to investigate performance improvement mechanism by focus on the combinations of Scheduling and Shuffle Manager with data serialization with intermediate data caching options. Standalone cluster computing model was selected as experimental methodology with submit command line for data submission. Three Spark application such as WorkCount, TeraSort and PageRank were selected and developed for experiment. As a result, 2.45% and 8.01% performance improvement are achieved in OFFHEAP and Memory Only Ser data caching option, respectively.","PeriodicalId":152153,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Technological Advancements","volume":"19 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130313829","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
H. El-Gohary, Aksaya Thayaseelan, Simeon Babatunde, Salma El-Gohary
{"title":"An Exploratory Study on the Effect of Artificial Intelligence-Enabled Technology on Customer Experiences in the Banking Sector","authors":"H. El-Gohary, Aksaya Thayaseelan, Simeon Babatunde, Salma El-Gohary","doi":"10.4018/JTA.20210101.OA1","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4018/JTA.20210101.OA1","url":null,"abstract":"This study investigates how artificial intelligent technology in the banking sector has affected consumers’ overall experience. It focuses on how consumers’ personal digital transformation has affected digital banking development and how this further affects consumer’s expectations and experience. It assesses how banks use Artificial Intelligent Virtual Agents such as Chatbots to transform how consumers use their banking facilities. Lastly, this study investigates the scope of neobanks in the banking sector. The study found that digital transformations have led to an increase in consumers’ expectations from their banks. Whilst banks revolutionise their customer service offerings through virtual agents, customers are not engaging with these at an expected rate. Findings revealed that Neobanks are not operating at their expected traction due to consumer knowledge gaps, occasioned by a lack of advertised information to customers from their banks.","PeriodicalId":152153,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Technological Advancements","volume":"8 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"114424567","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Optimal Kernel Selection Based on GPR for Adaptive Learning of Mean Throughput Rates in LTE Networks","authors":"J. Isabona, A. Imoize","doi":"10.4018/jta.290350","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4018/jta.290350","url":null,"abstract":"Machine learning models and algorithms have been employed in various applications, from prognostic scrutinizing, learning and revealing patterns in data, knowledge extracting, and knowledge deducing. One promising computationally efficient and adaptive machine learning method is the Gaussian Process Regression (GPR). An essential ingredient for tuning the GPR performance is the kernel (covariance) function. The GPR models have been widely employed in diverse regression and functional approximation purposes. However, knowing the right GPR training to examine the impacts of the kernel functions on performance during implementation remains. In order to address this problem, a stepwise approach for optimal kernel selection is presented for adaptive optimal prognostic regression learning of throughput data acquired over 4G LTE networks. The resultant learning accuracy was statistically quantified using four evaluation indexes. Results indicate that the GPR training with the mertern52 kernel function achieved the best user throughput data learning among the ten contending Kernel functions.","PeriodicalId":152153,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Technological Advancements","volume":"49 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"122790684","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"An Action Research on a French Law Firm","authors":"Min Feng, Driss Bourazzouq","doi":"10.4018/jta.20210101.oa5","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4018/jta.20210101.oa5","url":null,"abstract":"This study qualitatively analyzes interactional coping strategies used to managed technostress in the post-adoption stage of information technology implementation at a French legal firm. The nine strategies are participatory, collaborative, conflict resolution, bureaucratic coping (adaptation), perceived contribution to exchange, loyalty, affect, professional respect, and mutual trust. A critical perspective was applied to a longitudinal study of the intervention process. First, a problem with task distribution at the individual level affected the efficacy of perceived contribution strategies to exchange and professional enhancement. Second, a lack of creative interaction between group level colleagues undermined strategies of collaboration, mutual aid and assistance, participatory adaptation, and mutual trust. Third, a lack of digitalization commitment at the organizational level negatively affected conflict resolution and bureaucratic adjustment. Finally, an absence of loyalty and affect strategies was evident.","PeriodicalId":152153,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Technological Advancements","volume":"34 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"128916100","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The Evolution of Women Entrepreneurs","authors":"Jovanna Nathalie Cervantes-Guzmán","doi":"10.4018/jta.291516","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4018/jta.291516","url":null,"abstract":"Purpose. The chapter is in illusion of the utility of neuroeconomics in decision making and behavior. Scientific knowledge will be advanced in the need for the application of neuroeconomics focused on one of the services of the information and communication technologies (ICT) of companies that is e-commerce of exponential artisanal SMEs of women entrepreneurs, by developing a proposal for a business model to increase the possibility of growth of their companies at the level national and international level. Methodological approach. The methodology used was deductive, exploratory, descriptive, correlational and documentary. Findings. Neuroeconomics have the potential to explain the phenomena that are considered as a deviation from the prediction or behavioral bias of decision-making models in economic theory. Practical implications. The study up to this point is quantitative using primary and secondary sources for research. Keywords. Neuroeconomics, decision making, behavioral economics, e-commerce.","PeriodicalId":152153,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Technological Advancements","volume":"45 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"126826053","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
A. I. Ochalibe, Miriam Sewese Apeverga, Ejiofor Emmanuel Omeje
{"title":"Dynamic Impact of Government Expenditure and Debt Policy Instruments on Agricultural Growth in Nigeria","authors":"A. I. Ochalibe, Miriam Sewese Apeverga, Ejiofor Emmanuel Omeje","doi":"10.4018/jta.285571","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4018/jta.285571","url":null,"abstract":"This research examined the impact of government expenditure and debt policy instruments on agricultural growth in Nigeria for the period 1980-2018. Findings revealed that, for every billion rise in aggregate government expenditure, agricultural growth significantly increased by 1.66%. Additionally, per capital income and inflation were significant determinants of agricultural growth. However, the response of agricultural growth to increased debt was inelastic with a coefficient of -0.3152. Thus, macroeconomic policy instruments dynamics impacted agricultural growth. It recommended increased government expenditure to agricultural sector, education, investing in human capital development through budgetary allocations and intervention funds for increased growth while policy makers should desist from increasing the debt profile as it gave less than proportionate effect on agricultural growth with negative consequences on the Nigerian economy.","PeriodicalId":152153,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Technological Advancements","volume":"17 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116085137","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"An Empirical Study of Artificial Participants - A Factor Affecting Game Length in Chess","authors":"William Bart","doi":"10.4018/jta.20210101oa03","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4018/jta.20210101oa03","url":null,"abstract":"This study is an investigation of artificial participants operating in their appropriate environment. The artificial participants in this study are artificial chess players and their appropriate environment is a chess game. This study is an empirical investigation testing the hypothesis that the length of a chess game is inversely related to the difference in the chess skill levels of the artificial chess players. Five series of chess games of 18 games in each series were instituted between five pairings of web-based chess engines. The chess engine, chess.com Level 10, was a player in each series and won all 18 games in each series. The opposing players came from the Play Magnus app at five different levels of chess skill. This study provided an investigation of 90 chess games involving artificial chess players. The hypothesis for the study was confirmed. Game length was significantly inversely related to the disparity in chess proficiency between artificial chess players. This is one of the first scientific studies of artificial participants.","PeriodicalId":152153,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Technological Advancements","volume":"47 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"122123042","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}