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Federated Learning And Applications In Cybersecurity, Ani Sreekumar

Cybersecurity Undergraduate Research Showcase

Machine learning is a subfield of artificial intelligence that focuses on making predictions about some outcome based on information from a dataset. In cybersecurity, machine learning is often used to improve intrusion detection systems and identify trends in data that could indicate an oncoming cyber attack. Data privacy is an extremely important aspect of cybersecurity, and there are many industries that have more demanding laws to ensure the security of user data. Due to these regulations, machine learning algorithms can not be widely utilized in these industries to improve outcomes and accuracy of predictions. However, federated learning is a recent …

2022 December 15 - Tennessee Weekly Drought Summary, Tennessee Climate Office, East Tennessee State University

Tennessee Climate Office Weekly Drought Summaries

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Availability Of Reflective Thinking Skills And Their Relationship To Academic Achievement Among Fourth-Grade Literary Students In The Subject Of Literature And Texts, Eskandar Ahmed Mohamed

Alustath Journal for Human and Social Sciences

The study aims to identify the availability of reflective thinking skills and their relationship to the academic achievement of fourth-grade literary students in the subject of literature and texts from the students' point of view.The questionnaire consists of (34) items about the availability of reflective thinking skills and their use by fourth-grade literary students and their relationship to academic achievement in the subject of literature and texts.The researcher relied on the triple scale to answer the paragraphs (strongly agree, agree, disagree). The research sample consisted of (70) male and female students in the literary fourth grade, of (35) male students …

The Role Of Kindergarten Institutions In Developing Social Responsibility Among Children From The Point Of View Of Educators In Hama Governorate, Asmaa Adnan Alhasan, Khalid Hamed

Alustath Journal for Human and Social Sciences

The aim of the current research is to know the role of kindergarten institutions in developing social responsibility among children from the point of view of educators in Hama Governorate and to know the differences in their responses according to several variables. The sample consisted of (300) educators and a questionnaire consisting of (42) items was prepared. The results showed that the role of kindergarten institutions in the development of social responsibility among children from the point of view of educators was high on the questionnaire as a whole and in all its dimensions. There is a statistically significant difference …

The Degree Of School Principals’ Practice Of Situational Leadership According To Hersey And Blanchard’S Theory In Al Buraimi Governorate, Ahmed Bin Mohammed Al Hinai, Radhiya Al Habsi

Alustath Journal for Human and Social Sciences

The study aimed to reveal the degree to which school principals practice situational leadership according to the theory of Hersey and Blanchard in the Buraimi Governorate in the Sultanate of Oman. The study population consisted of (1461) male and female teachers in Al Buraimi Governorate during the academic year 2021/2022 AD, and the questionnaire was applied to a random sample of (238) male and female teachers. The study reached a set of results, most notably: the practice of school principals of situational leadership according to the theory of Hersey and Blanchard in Al Buraimi Governorate came very high, the training …

The Degree Of Faculty Use Of Authentic Assessment Strategies At A'Sharqiyah University, Sharif Abdelrahman Alsoudi, Amjad Ezat, Mueen Salman Al Nsraween

Alustath Journal for Human and Social Sciences

The study aimed to identify the degree of faculty use of authentic assessment strategies at A'Sharqiyah University (Oman). The study sample consisted of (59) faculty at A'Sharqiyah University, the results indicated that the degree of use of authentic evaluation strategies was at the average level in general, with an average of (3.26) percentage (66%). The results also showed the statistically significant differences in the degree of use of authentic assessment strategies attributable to the variable of receiving training in favor of faculty’s who received prior training on authentic assessment strategies. As well as significant differences attributed to years of academic …

Plagiarism From The Point Of View Of Sharif Al-Murtada, Shahryar Hemmati, Cubraa Becky

Alustath Journal for Human and Social Sciences

The issue of plagiarism is considered one of the most important topics of criticism. Critics paid a lot of attention to it, but this attention was often unfair. Emotions and feelings entered into it and were used to lower the status of poets or for the critic to show their ability to find similar poems. This issue has been discussed in Arabic literature since the pre-Islamic era and has been one of the most important issues since the beginning of the 3 AH century. As a famous poet and theologian, Sharif al-Murtada (436-355) sought to show his status as a …

Geographical Analysis Of Diseases And Epidemics In The World 1918 - 2018, Majdah Gassim Hussain, Flaih Hassa

Alustath Journal for Human and Social Sciences

The geographical study of diseases and epidemics and their spread in the world from 1918 - 2018 is one of the important studies. These diseases and epidemics are the totals of types of influenza and according to the chronological order, the Spanish flu (1918-1920), the Asian flu (1957-1958), the Hong Kong flu (1968) -1970), swine flu (2009-2010), as well as another epidemic that spread in most countries of the African continent, namely the Ebola virus (1976-2020). The indicators of these diseases and epidemics have been applied, and the degree of their spread and impact has been applied, and the study …

Nicaea, The First Capital Of The Roman Seljuks (Ah 471-490 /1078-1097 Ad), Abbas Abdul Sattar Abdul Qadir

Alustath Journal for Human and Social Sciences

The study addresses the period in which the Byzantine city of Nicaea became the first capital of the Roman Saljuks at the era of the reign Qutalmish dynasty, the cousin of the Seljuki Sultan Tughril of Anatolia. It was a period full of events, and we do not exaggerate if we say that the control of the Seljuks over Nicaea was the first motivator for the Byzantine Emperor Alexius Comnenus to write to Pope Urban II, who in turn declared the Crusades against the Islamic world. The study will focus on several axes, including the city location and its religious …

The History Of The Leather Industry In Baghdad Until 1964, Mohammed Lutf Allah Essa

Alustath Journal for Human and Social Sciences

This research is about leather industry in Iraq in general and Baghdad in particular. Leather industry is one of the most important industries in its modern history, which had its modern beginnings based on mechanical machines after the middle of the nineteenth century, with the individual efforts of some governors in Baghdad, such as Wali Namiq Pasha and Midhat Pasha. Leather industry was set with the aim of promoting the local industry, as this industry has gone through important developments especially after the establishment of the national government, and the policy of successive governments that encouraged industries with the aim …

Social Support And Its Relationship With Achievement Motivation Amongst Widowed Female Students In The Palestinian Universities, Basel M. El-Khodary, Tawfeeq M., Hanan O. Olwan

Alustath Journal for Human and Social Sciences

The current study aimed to identify the relationship between social support and achievement motivation amongst widowed female students in Palestinian universities. Descriptive analytical design was used as it is suitable for the current study. The researcher prepared the social support scale and achievement motivation scale. The sample consists of (169) widowed female students affiliated to the University College of Applied Sciences and the Islamic University of Gaza. The results showed that: The level of social support among widowed students was (77%) and the level of achievement motivation was (82%). There is a statistically significant positive correlation between social support and …

Comparative Study In The Significance Of The Character Of Christ In The Poetry Of Mahmoud Darwish And Ahmed Shamlou, Seyed Adnan Ashkouri, Zahra Naomi, Saghri Fallahi, Muhammad Ali Mudali

Alustath Journal for Human and Social Sciences

Mahmoud Darwish and Ahmed Shamlou are considered among the modern poets in the Arab and Iranian world. The presence of different cultures in their poems is one of the common characteristics between them, which led to the worldwide fame of their poems. Christian thoughts and Christian culture were among the common origins of their poems. Therefore, the presence of Jesus Christ and his stories were noticeable in the poems of both Darwish and Shamlou. By employing this great character in their poems, these two poets were able to give their poetry more depth dimensions on the one hand, and on …

The Structure Of The Arrangement In The Poetry Of Ali Kanaan Poem "Storm" From Divan "Question For Storms", Abdulaziz Hamady, Rasoul Balavi, Ali Khezri, Mohammad Javad Pourabed

Alustath Journal for Human and Social Sciences

This research aims to clarify the poem as a necessary tool for constructing and composing the poetic text, and an essential element for establishing the link between the tools of artistic foundation, structures and poetic concepts, as it is the means through which form and the idea and their semantic overlap are paved, because it is an essential component of the formal and formal construction of the poem. Ali Kanaan gripped the modern poem with great strength and skill, and mastered all the poetic techniques and modern literary arts, including clarifying the poem. In the present research, we will follow …

The Japanese Response Toward China's Assertive Policy In The East China Sea In Light Of Uncertainty, Omar Osamah Al-Jumaili, Fadi Khalil

Alustath Journal for Human and Social Sciences

The study aims to shed light on the important changes witnessed by Japan’s security and defense policy because of the regional impacts in East Asia after the end of the Cold War, represented by China's rise and its regional hegemonic ambition, through extending its maritime influence in the South and East China Seas. AS well as the continuation of the PLA modernization process, besides the ongoing maritime dispute in the East China Sea over the Senkaku\Diaoyu Islands, who claimed by China and controlled by Japan.

The study concluded that the maritime dispute between Japan and China in the East China …

Achievement Goals Orientations Among A Sample Of University Students According To Some Variables, Bushra O. Ahmed

Alustath Journal for Human and Social Sciences

The aim of the present study is to identify the achievement goal orientations among students of Baghdad University according to gender and study specialization variables. A random sample of (176) University students was selected (92 males and 84 females), and (108 science, 68 humanities) as far as specialization of study is concerned. Achievement Goal Questionnaire by Elliot and Murayama (2008) was adopted, translated to Arabic, and used in the study. The questionnaire consists of four-subscales: mastery–avoidance, performance–avoidance, mastery–approach, performance–approach, and it have 12 items with 3 items for each subscale. The questionnaire is a 5-likert scale ranging from "strongly agree" …

Socialism Of Linguistic Phenomenon: Its Concept And Implications (Readings In Positivist Social Thought And The Implications Of Its Application On Language), Ali Abdel Rahman Ibrahim Taha

Alustath Journal for Human and Social Sciences

Language is a human phenomenon with multiple aspects. On the one hand, it is a psychological phenomenon and on the other hand it is a social phenomenon. Therefore, I found interest from scholars in various fields, and at the beginning of the twentieth century, and with the influence of the pioneer of sociology, Emil Dor Chayem, language was classified as a social phenomenon by the linguist de Saussure, and this classification resulted in the application of the principles of the positivism approach as defined by Dor Chayem on language. This study aims to identify the positivism approach in its social …

Commandments Verses In Surat Al-An'am Statistical Grammar Study, Mayassa Waleed Taha

Alustath Journal for Human and Social Sciences

The semantic equation that combines the two sections of grammar and statistics requires us to find the semantic dimension revealed by the Qur’anic contexts on the one hand, and confirms the objective interpretation of the verses of the commandments on the other hand. The study aims to show the importance of the commandments from the grammatical and statistical sides, as the research monitored the names contained in the verses of the commandments, leaning on their statistics with their distribution according to their grammatical chapters in terms of nominative, accusative, and ablative. This type of research is as close as possible …

The Effect Of The Emotional Literature In Developing The Emotional Intelligence For The Female Students In Arabic Department In College Of Education For Women, Zeina Salem Mohie

Alustath Journal for Human and Social Sciences

The Emotional intelligence is considered one of the modern concepts of purposeful rational thinking and effective dealing with the environment that surrounds the learner to succeed in the educational process and to allow students to express and enhance themselves and take the initiative to encourage them and to overcome crises with optimism, positivity and action. Emotional Literature has a lot of poetic pictures which include the emotional and flirting ones; the learner should perceive and feel them. Therefore, the current research aims to build a program that contains the components of emotional literature, as well as to know the impact …

Difficulties Of Employing Instructional Technology In The Preparatory Stage From The Point Of View Of Geography Teachers, Fadhil Musaed Aged

Alustath Journal for Human and Social Sciences

The research aims to identify the difficulties of employing Instructional Technology in the preparatory stage from the point of view of teachers. The research population consists of (63) teachers (male s and females) from the schools of Baghdad, the directorate of education-Rusafa 3, and an exploratory sample consists of (25) teachers out of the research population. The researcher used the analytical descriptive method. The research tool is a questionnaire to the geography teachers consists of (34)items distributed on four fields ( difficulties related to the teacher, difficulties related to the student, difficulties related to the curriculum, and difficulties related to …

Al-Munawun In The Holy Qur’An: A Pragmatic Linguistic Approach (Salsabil) As A Mode, Wathiq Galib Hashim

Alustath Journal for Human and Social Sciences

The multiplicity of facets and possibilities in the analysis of a specific linguistic issue, or a specific grammatical issue, is a familiar matter that is common in the study of Arabic, indicating the occurrence of disagreement in opinions at the level of a single issue, as occurred in the name Al-Manun (Salsabil) mentioned in the Almighty’s saying: “An eye in it is called Salsabil.” ( [Al-Insan: 18] who was chosen by the research as his field, he saw in it what is sufficient to reveal this phenomenon in the sayings of the people of Arabic and the commentators, and the …

The Use Of Psychometric Scale Theory In Formulating Gilliam Scale Gars-3 For Diagnosing Autism Spectrum Disorder, Abbas Fadhil Abdulwahid, Muhammad Anwar, Khalid Jamal Jasim

Alustath Journal for Human and Social Sciences

The present paper aims to formulate Gilliam Scale GARS-3 for diagnosing autism spectrum disorder (ADS) according to the use of psychometric scale theory. In order to achieve the aim of the paper, the researchers have followed the scientific steps in formulating the scale and verifying the credibility of the translation via checking the accuracy and subjectivity in transferring all the thoughts of the scale. Then, an expert in Arabic language has checked the scale which consists of (58) items of six dimensions. The scale was applied to (500) students inside the governmental and the private centers and on a sample …

Nikki Giovanni: The Poet Laureate Of The Black Community, Jinan Abdulla Shafiq

Alustath Journal for Human and Social Sciences

Black women have a long history and practise of activism that can be traced to pre-colonial Africa. Women writers of African descents have challenged the status quo of the cultural, political, and spiritual realms of their communities by using their skills to present women who challenge traditional roles and resist attacks of oppression. The paper deals with the suffering of women in general and black women specifically. The aim of the study is to give a voice to black women through Nikki Giovanni’s poetry, whom is considered the poets’ laureate. Her poems are like weapons against the oppressors. Using a …

The Theme Of The Quest Of Fatherhood In Charles Dickens's Novel Great Expectations, Ali Mohammed Segar

Alustath Journal for Human and Social Sciences

This research depends on the critical analysis method for the main events and characters in the novel. It assumes that the novelist Charles Dickens, in Great Expectations, like in his other novels, keeps on his attack on some specific abuses and injustices in the social system in England during the 19^th century. From the early beginning to the end of the novel, there is a parallel and simultaneous quest. The central character, Pip is an orphan boy who needs and unconsciously searches for a father, and the convict Ebel Magwitch who has lost his daughter, is looking for …

Investigating Strategies Developed By University Students In Learning English Vocabulary, Sundus Aj. Kamil

Alustath Journal for Human and Social Sciences

Vocabulary knowledge is an integral aspect in learning a foreign language since the connotations of new vocabularies are widely highlighted, whether by language teachers or syllabus designers themselves. Vocabulary learning is the core of language learning and teaching due to the bouncing role vocabulary plays in supporting learner’s repertoire of language. The present term-paper is intended to shed the light on the importance of learning new vocabularies and the strategies developed by learners in learning more vocabularies. The research is based on an experiment that a sample of (30)students of 2nd -year students in English Department at the College of …

Covid-19 Prediction Using Machine Learning, Parashuram Singaraveni

Masters Projects

All around the globe, humankind faces a disastrous situation that witnessed COVID-19 outbreak. The COVID-19 pandemic caused severe loss of human life across the world. Most of the countries had been socially and economically weakened. The health sector faced lots of challenges in diagnosing the COVID patients, vaccinating the people, identifying the people who are infected by the virus. At the earlier stage, it has been difficult to identify the symptoms in infected person that is caused by the virus. Months later, symptoms were identified and, disease detecting machines were invented. But still, time taking for the results from the …

Curriculum Development In Technical Education For Boys And Girls Club, Damanpreet Singh

Masters Projects

Technical education has been and will continue to be more and more important to succeed in the future. The Boys and Girls Club, founded in 1860, is a national organization of local chapters which provide voluntary after-school programs for young individuals. The Boys and Girls Club have life-changing programs that prepare the young individuals in the club for their future whether it’s for college, career, or life. The perfect way to prepare best prepare these kids for the future is to develop their technical education. Unfortunately, the boys and girls club of Muskegon has a lack of educational resources for …

College Job Portal, Harikrishna Gonuguntla

Masters Projects

Through this project, I am producing a portal called "College Job Portal" that will make life easier for students, colleges, and the companies who hire the students by handling the hiring process. On-campus job placements are a crucial component in contemporary educational institutions. By entering information about their educational history, grades, technological abilities, and CV, students would register with the portal. Like students, companies would sign up with the site by supplying basic details like their address and contact information for human resources. The college would be the portal's administrator. Companies can advertise job openings using this site by including …

Malware Detection And Analysis, Namratha Suraneni

Masters Projects

Malicious software poses a serious threat to the cybersecurity of network infrastructures and is a global pandemic in the form of computer viruses, Trojan horses, and Internet worms. Studies imply that the effects of malware are deteriorating. The main defense against malware is malware detectors. The methods that such a detector employ define its level of quality. Therefore, it is crucial that we research malware detection methods and comprehend their advantages and disadvantages. Attackers are creating malware that is polymorphic and metamorphic and has the capacity to modify their source code as they spread. Furthermore, existing defenses, which often utilize …

Full-Text Search Using Elasticsearch, Akash Shrestha

Masters Projects

Search engines have changed the way we use the internet. They can search or filter out relevant and valuable content of interest to the users. But many of the applications we use today lack search or are just poor. So how can we leverage the same power of search engines in our applications? This project aims to look at “Full-Text Search” which allows us to do a text-based search in text-intensive data. The search will be performed by matching any, or all words of the query exactly or with some relevancy against the indexes created by the searching tool. The …

Docker Container Image – Vulnerability Scanning, Joseph U. Ohaeche

Masters Projects

The technology landscape for container adoption has greatly evolved over the years from the first known Unix U7 container concept introduced in 1979 to the most utilized docker container concept which emerged in 2013. Docker container image is essentially a lightweight, standalone executable software package with capabilities to run an application. It is important to know that container images become containers when deployed, and simultaneously docker container images become docker containers when deployed on Docker Engine. This project paper aims, evaluates, and presents a methodology useful in vulnerability scanning of docker container images and suggests possible fixes based on OWASP …