{"title":"Automatic identification of Dong Son antique glass artifacts using evolving learning","authors":"Anh-Khoi Ngo-Ho, Hoang-Bac Bui, Van-Trieu Pham","doi":"10.22144/ctujoisd.2023.031","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.22144/ctujoisd.2023.031","url":null,"abstract":"Regarding the Dong Son culture, given the diverse range of artifacts discovered, we propose the utilization of an artificial intelligence system for the automated and comprehensive identification of Dong Son glass jewelry through SEM gemological analysis. This approach, which has gained prominence in the field of archaeology worldwide over the past five years, aims to integrate advanced technology into Vietnamese archaeology. Our research is motivated by the unique conditions present in archaeology, where we seek to employ evolving learning algorithms to archaeological databases, comparing and selecting the most suitable model that aligns with the archeological dataset's performance. We have developed the Recognition Automatic System for Dong Son Antique Glasses (RAS-DSA), capable of accurately distinguishing between Dong Son and non-Dong Son glass ornaments, and is freely distributed to experts and archaeologists. This collaborative research involves Nam Can Tho University, Hanoi University of Mining and Geology, the Vietnamese Institute of Archaeology, and the UNESCO Center for Research and Conservation of Vietnamese Antiquities.","PeriodicalId":310835,"journal":{"name":"CTU Journal of Innovation and Sustainable Development","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-10-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"136183871","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}
Hung Ho Dac, Len Van Vo, The Bao Nguyen, Cao Hoai Phuong Nguyen, Van Huu Tran
{"title":"A practical blockchain-based framework for anti-counterfeiting and traceability","authors":"Hung Ho Dac, Len Van Vo, The Bao Nguyen, Cao Hoai Phuong Nguyen, Van Huu Tran","doi":"10.22144/ctujoisd.2023.043","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.22144/ctujoisd.2023.043","url":null,"abstract":"Blockchain has features that help systems overcome the inherent limitations of traditional centralized approaches. Integrating blockchain technologies into systems to improve security, privacy, and transparency is a prominent trend. Currently, consumers are very concerned about the origin and the legitimacy of the products, so it is necessary to strengthen anti-counterfeiting and traceability in product management. Many theoretical approaches have been proposed recently. In this study, we propose a practical framework based on blockchain that supports anti-counterfeiting and traceability. Based on the proposed practical framework, we implemented a pattern as a proof-of-concept of the approach. We conduct experiments at Thu Dau Mot University, a pioneer in the production and transfer of biotechnology. The results show feasibility and good results regarding the proposed practical framework. Moreover, we also published our code base to GitHub with an open license.","PeriodicalId":310835,"journal":{"name":"CTU Journal of Innovation and Sustainable Development","volume":"5 2-3 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-10-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"136183426","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":"Tertiary students’ preferences on extracurricular activities for English learning: Voices from the field of Advanced Program in Biotechnology","authors":"Xu Le, Thi Bich Phuong Ly, T. Le","doi":"10.22144/ctu.jen.2023.023","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.22144/ctu.jen.2023.023","url":null,"abstract":"In Vietnam, where English plays a vital role in the country’s development, extracurricular activities for English learning are considered an effective reform for enhancing citizens’ English proficiency. Previous studies have showed the positive impact of extracurricular activities on language learners’ outcomes. Yet, almost none of them has investigated students’ voices about what, how, when, and where they want these activities to be organized. This current study was employed to fill that gap in the field of biotechnology (advanced program). A 77-item questionnaire was sent to 148 students who learned biotechnology in an advanced program at a tertiary institution in the Mekong Delta of Vietnam. The results indicated the students preferred mental activities (M=4.00) to others. Moreover, they would like to travel to experience cultures from English-speaking countries (M=4.11). Further extracurricular activities were encouraged to be organized on their university campus (M=3.63). The students also preferred short-term activities at weekends to those that were organized over a long period. The study proposed a model for further extracurricular activities at the end of this writing.","PeriodicalId":310835,"journal":{"name":"CTU Journal of Innovation and Sustainable Development","volume":"37 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-07-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"124508608","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":"Rural peoples’ perception, attitude, and engagement on invasive alien plants in Mount Manunggal, Cebu Island, Philippines","authors":"J. Garces","doi":"10.22144/ctu.jen.2023.015","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.22144/ctu.jen.2023.015","url":null,"abstract":"This research examines the perceptions of rural residents of Mount. Manunggal, Cebu Island, Philippines, on the impact of unintentionally introduced invasive alien plants, such as Mikania micrantha, Lantana camara, and Chromolaena odorata, on their livelihoods. Results suggest that their perception of the impact of each species on their livelihood varies based on criteria such as: (1) the length of time invasive alien plants have been established in the forest, and (2) the kind of household. In addition, a household study revealed that forest-adjacent homes have reacted to invasive alien plants as both victims and beneficiaries. Most of the surveyed 77 families are likely to adapt to the invaded environment because they have a history of interacting with invasive alien plants and regard them as wonderful sources of necessities if appropriately involved. In addition, the data demonstrated rural residents are eager to invest in the control and management of invasive alien plants provided the government provides standardized and adequate technical methods and skills. Without government and stakeholder assistance, decreasing the invasion is seen as impossible, and the acceptance of invasive alien plants as part of the rural ecology is foreseen as a predictable result.","PeriodicalId":310835,"journal":{"name":"CTU Journal of Innovation and Sustainable Development","volume":"35 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-07-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"128602922","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":"Effects of Titanium Dioxide nanoparticles on salinity tolerance of rice (Oryza sativa L.) at the seedling stage","authors":"T. Pham, Bao Ngoc Danh, Tan Khang Do","doi":"10.22144/ctu.jen.2023.021","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.22144/ctu.jen.2023.021","url":null,"abstract":"This study aimed to evaluate the effects of titanium dioxide nanoparticles on the salinity tolerance of rice. The effects of five nano titanium dioxide concentrations (0 mg/L, 25 mg/L, 50 mg/L, 75 mg/L, and 100 mg/L) on the physiological and biochemical parameters of rice were evaluated. The results showed that among three rice varieties (ST24, ST25, OM18), only ST25 grew in a better manner with the application of TiO2 nanoparticles and the optimal concentration of TiO2 nanoparticles was 50 mg/mL. It increased the shoot height by 20.07% and the survival rate of rice compared to the control. These growth-promoting effects were simultaneous with increased levels of chlorophyll, carotenoid and proline. The activities of antioxidant enzymes were improved. While activities of enzymes catalase and peroxidase increased significantly, no change in the activities of ascorbate peroxidase was observed. Finding of this study showed that titanium dioxide nanoparticles increased the salinity tolerance of rice by promoting the photosynthetic and anti-oxidative processes in rice seedlings.","PeriodicalId":310835,"journal":{"name":"CTU Journal of Innovation and Sustainable Development","volume":"179 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-07-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"128168947","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":"Identify and predict incorrect prices by Machine Learning Model","authors":"Thanh Toan Lam, Xuan Ha Giang Nguyen, T. Nguyen","doi":"10.22144/ctu.jen.2023.018","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.22144/ctu.jen.2023.018","url":null,"abstract":"Electronic commerce (e-commerce) brings huge advantages to businesses for selling products through multiple online shops. However, companies have difficulties in supervising the prices of products set by different retail shops on e-commerce platforms. Addressing these difficulties, we suggest a method to identify and predict products that sell at incorrect prices using a machine learning model combined price analysis. The study uses four machine learning models: K-nearest Neighbor (KNN), Random Forest (RF), Support Vector Machine (SVM), and Multinomial Naive Bayes (MNB) and two text-based information extraction methods: BoW and TF-IDF to find to the best method. The research results show that the RF model and text-based information extraction method by the BoW provide more average accuracy than other specific models, when experimenting on the filter dataset the average accuracy after 10 runs are RF: 98.06%, SVM: 83.92%, MNB: 92.21%, KNN: 94.06%. Experimental results on the product dataset have an accuracy of RF: 83.02%, SVM: 55%, MNB: 79.33%, KNN: 79.36%.","PeriodicalId":310835,"journal":{"name":"CTU Journal of Innovation and Sustainable Development","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-07-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"124324541","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":"Design of a smart doorbell for a leader’s office with availability status notification and visitor recognition features","authors":"Khac-Nguyen Nguyen, Chanh-Nghiem Nguyen, Huu-Danh Bui, Minh-Tuong Tran, Chanh-Nghia Lam, Q. Truong, H. Nguyen, Chi-Ngon Nguyen","doi":"10.22144/ctu.jen.2023.017","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.22144/ctu.jen.2023.017","url":null,"abstract":"Smart doorbells have become a critical component of smart homes and modern offices. However, a smart doorbell, particularly designed for a leader’s office, has not been introduced. In this study, a smart doorbell is developed for a leader’s office. The system includes an application that allows availability status notification on the doorbell module and voice communication with the visitor from inside the office based on a private Wi-Fi network without an Internet connection to prevent the leader from potential privacy and security issues. It also features a live video capture of the visitor with face recognition by implementing a MobileNet model. In training and testing this model, 1,549 free face images of 125 people were augmented to generate training, validation, and testing datasets of 9,185, 2,500, and 5,000 face images, respectively. An additional authentication testing dataset of 1,068 AI-generated face images was also used to evaluate the system’s False Acceptance Rate (FAR). A high confidence level of 0.945 was selected for the developed MobileNet model to obtain zero FAR and high accuracy, recall, and F-score values of 0.960, 0.960, and 0.978, respectively. Therefore, the proposed doorbell could be used for an office leader, showing potential use for biometric authentication.","PeriodicalId":310835,"journal":{"name":"CTU Journal of Innovation and Sustainable Development","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-07-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130845686","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 impact of the free cash flow and the firm’s life cycle on dividend policy: Evidence from Vietnam’s listed firms","authors":"Anh Vu Chau","doi":"10.22144/ctu.jen.2023.026","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.22144/ctu.jen.2023.026","url":null,"abstract":"The decision on dividend policy is one of the most important decisions in the financial sector which still has inconsistent results leading to various debates among researchers. This study aims to examine the impact of the factor of the free cash flow (FCF) and the firm’s life cycle (RE/TE) on the dividend payout ratio. A panel data of 110 listed firms from the period 2014 - 2020 on Ho Chi Minh stock exchange (HOSE) are used to test the hypothesis. The estimators used to analyze the data are fixed effect model (FEM), random effect model (REM), and then generalized method of moments (GMM) applied to remedy the common errors of panel data. The finding shows that firms in the growth stage will use the free cash flow to invest in a profitable project instead of paying dividends to shareholders. In the meantime, other firm characteristics such as firm size, return on assets, and debt have a positive impact on the dividend payout ratio.","PeriodicalId":310835,"journal":{"name":"CTU Journal of Innovation and Sustainable Development","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-07-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130600558","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":"Learning Management System usage: Unwrapping its potentials and drawbacks","authors":"Dyanika P. Nolasco, Danisse Mae P. Hernandez","doi":"10.22144/ctu.jen.2023.024","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.22144/ctu.jen.2023.024","url":null,"abstract":"The pandemic has made the role that technology-based instruction, such as the use of Learning Management Systems (LMS), must play even more important. But now that face-to-face classes are resumed, it can assist instruction and the provision of distance learning. This study was founded on the idea that LMS improvement may be made by carefully examining the problems and struggles that students face. A validated and pilot-tested survey instrument and social media interviews were used to collect data for the quantitative and qualitative parts of the study, which involved 1,372 and 10 randomly chosen students, respectively. The Quirino State University’s Excellent, Accessible, Resilient, Adaptive Learning Space (QSU e-ARAL) has considerable value in terms of system, information, interaction, instructional quality, and learning quality, according to the findings, as it offers tools, features, contents, and other components that assist students' efficient and productive learning. Holistic learning has numerous advantages, but its full guarantee cannot be provided by using solely the LMS because of the technical, technological, financial, and engagement problems that students encounter when using it. With this, it is expected that the LMS will be enhanced based on user feedback in order to realize its full potential as a tool for instruction and remote learning.","PeriodicalId":310835,"journal":{"name":"CTU Journal of Innovation and Sustainable Development","volume":"127 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-07-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"121336818","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 impact of personality traits on the ethical leadership, job performance and job satisfaction of public servants – A case study of the Northern public sector of Vietnam","authors":"Danh Nam Nguyen, P. Le","doi":"10.22144/ctu.jen.2023.025","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.22144/ctu.jen.2023.025","url":null,"abstract":"The study aims to explore the impact of personality traits on ethical leadership, job performance and job satisfaction of public servants working in the Northern public sector of Vietnam. A quantitative approach was employed to evaluate the impact of personality traits on ethical leadership, job performance, and job satisfaction. A structured questionnaire was administered to obtain information from public servants. The SPSS 26 was used to conduct the demographic information of public servants and the SmartPLS 3.0 version was used to process the SEM. The research results showed Big Five personality traits have a positive impact on ethical leadership, job performance, and job satisfaction. Additionally, ethical leadership and job performance have a positive correlation with the job satisfaction of public servants. The research results were used to recommend leaders of State Administrative agencies in the Red River Delta to understand the personality traits of public servants to increase job satisfaction and achieve greater job performance.","PeriodicalId":310835,"journal":{"name":"CTU Journal of Innovation and Sustainable Development","volume":"14 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-07-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129245120","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}