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Asian Transactions on Science & Technology

Volume: 01, Issue: 05, November 2011
ISSN 2221-4283

Title: Evaluating Saudi Municipal Portal Sophistication
Authors: Arwa Y. Al-Aama
Digital Object Identifier: ATST-20128053
Pages: 1-13
Abstract: Portals today serve as the key source of information and are gateways which customers conduct their businesses with organizations through anytime from anywhere. Several evaluation tools exist to describe and evaluate e-government portal maturity. This paper introduces the term portal ‘sophistication’, in which lower levels of sophistication imply that a portal provides static information and higher ends imply that the portal not only enables clients to conduct all their businesses through it, but they can even use it to participate in the organization’s strategic planning and to transform the way it operates. A 5-level sophistication evaluation scheme is proposed. The scheme is an evolvement of existing models, where citizen participation and transformation enablement were added as the highest level of sophistication. The scheme is then used to evaluate Saudi municipal portals and to provide insight as to what needs to be done to take them to higher levels of sophistication.

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Title: LESSON LEARNT FROM VERNACULAR HOUSES OF RURUKAN AND TONSEALAMA AT MINAHASA TO COPE THE EARTHQUAKE
Authors: Sugeng Triyadi, Andi Harapan
Digital Object Identifier: ATST-60130057
Pages: 14-21
Abstract: Vernacular houses are specific houses, which customarily built to meet the specific needs, values and ways of living of the local people, within a specific environmental context and resources. They are unique compared to other kind of housings currently in use by the society because they are non-engineered construction and transferred by the ancient tradition so that it could withstand its physical environment and easily accepted by the local people. The uniqueness is called indigenous knowledge or local wisdom. Indonesia is a country which consists of traditional-vernacular houses in various places. Rurukan and Tonselama are two village which located in Minahasa at North Sulawesi. Its two villages are located at endangered area (earthquake attached). Nevertheles, they keep stand with it. This paper will elaborate one of the vernacular houses in Indonesia, which are vernacular houses in Rurukan and Tonselama in Minahasa. The purposes are to elaborate and documentation the indigenous knowledge of the vernacular houses in Minahasa to apply for construction today. These paper based on research which is purely field research and semi-structured interview with various stakeholders of the vernacular houses and local community in its two villages. Field research and semi-structured interview focus on two aspects of observations, which are: 1) vernacular building, and 2) skill & local resource use. Observation to vernacularbuilding include: 1) house form & design, 2) structure system, 3) material used, 4) joinery & other details. Observation to skills and local resource use include: 1) building skill, and 2) culture (such as solidarity).

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Title: Barriers to the Effective Use of Technology in Education: Case Study of UAE University
Authors: Hebatalla El Semary
Digital Object Identifier: ATST-50127056
Pages: 22-32
Abstract: While the number of computers in the classroom continues to increase and tremendous support for technology integration exists in academia, a major discrepancy exists between the level of technology use expected of educators and the actual use and integration of technology in the classroom. This article examines barriers that impede the effective use of technology in education.

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Title: Performance of Hidden Markov Model structure on Deoxyribo Nucleic Acid Coding Sequence of Plasmodium falciparum
Authors: Suhartati Agoes, Alfred Pakpahan, and Binti Solihah
Digital Object Identifier: ATST-60132057
Pages: 33-36
Abstract: The Hidden Markov Model (HMM) structure application on coding sequence (CDS) used for exon controlling of DNA Plasmodium falciparum. HMM performance parameters are Correlation Coefficient (CC), Sensitivity (Sn), Specificity (Sp) and Approximate Correlation (AC). A CDS of DNA Plasmodium falciparum contains exon in many regions at least two exon regions. The properties of HMM such as Markov chain, transition state, emission state, HMM training and HMM testing algorithms. Random values of transition state used for HMM training makes many differences in the performance of the model. Furthermore, the transition state value is very important to find the optimum performance of the models. The improvement of the models of HMM structure is using the increasing number of states on CDS with HMM method. The simulation result predicted that the performance parameters values are depends on the value of transition state and the number of states on the model.

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