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Journal of Theoretical and Applied Information Technology
June 2016 | Vol. 88 No.2

Title:	INTEGRATING HEALTH BEHAVIOURAL CHANGE THEORIES IN THE DESIGN OF PREDIABETES SELF-CARE APPLICATIONS: A SYSTEMATIC LITERATURE REVIEW
Author:	SUTHASHINI SUBRAMANIAM, JASPALJEET SINGH DHILLON, MOHD. SHARIFUDDIN AHMAD, CAMERON TEOH, LEONG JOYCE WS
Abstract:	Type 2 diabetes is a lifelong metabolic disorder caused by high levels of glucose in the blood which can result in serious health conditions such as neuro-, nephro-, retino- and cardio-pathy. Enormous on-going research efforts and interventions are focussed on diabetes management but less on prediabetes which is associated with the prevention of or progression to Type 2 diabetes. Health behavioural change theories are important contributors to the effectiveness of interventions. However, they are rarely integrated systematically in the design of self-care applications for empowerment. In this paper, a Systematic Literature Review (SLR) is presented to evaluate the effectiveness of existing health behavioural change theories in managing prediabetes and to determine the effectiveness of self-care applications that incorporates these theories in their design. A total of four hundred and thirty-six papers were found in this regard. After careful study and the removal of duplicate papers and studies exclusion, 14 papers which met the inclusion criteria were selected for the review. On the whole, the review shows favorable impact of the integration of health behavioural change theories on prediabetics to better manage their prediabetes in changing behaviours, reducing blood glucose level, promoting healthier lifestyle habits, better body weight management and adoption of self-care behaviours. The commonly used theories were then identified to be incorporated into novel web and mobile self-care applications. This review will help application developers to integrate health behavioural change theories in designing impactful prediabetes self-care interventions. The results of this SLR show two clear gaps in this research field: 1) a lack of studies focussing on the integration of health behavioural change theories in prediabetes management and 2) a lack of studies contributing to the design of self-care applications for prediabetes. On a broader perspective, the review reveals that prediabetes self-care applications designed using health behavioural change theories have great potential in enabling prediabetics to take control of their health in preventing Type 2 diabetes.
Keywords:	Prediabetes, Health Behavioural Change Theories, Effectiveness, Self-care Applications, Self-care, Diabetes Prevention
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Title:	INFORMATION SECURITY CULTURE IN HEALTHCARE INFORMATICS: A PRELIMINARY INVESTIGATION
Author:	NOOR HAFIZAH HASSAN, ZURAINI ISMAIL
Abstract:	Information security culture becomes an enabler towards an effective security practice. Human factors are recognised as one of the factors in addressing the issue of information security in healthcare informatics. Inculcating information security culture among healthcare practitioners is identified to be one of the solutions for a better security practice. Thus, identifying the issues and factors that influence information security culture are important. A preliminary investigation involving six healthcare professionals and academics have been carried out for better understanding on the critical factors that may influence the information security culture. In-depth interview method is chosen in this study. Thematic coding was conducted to characterise the themes and asses the factor that found to be influential. Results from the in-depth interviews with healthcare expertise showed that four main themes may influence the degree to which information security may be cultivated. Security behaviour, security value, security awareness, and enforcement of security policy are the themes addressed by the key informants as the influential factors inculcating information security culture. This study also found that various level of healthcare professional exhibited different outcomes in information security culture. Findings from this study may provide guidance to the healthcare organisation to ensure their employee inculcate information security culture in holistic manner.
Keywords:	Information Security Culture, Healthcare Informatics, Organizational Culture, Information Security, Healthcare
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Title:	COMPARATIVE STUDY OF SEARCH ENGINES IN CONTEXT OF FEATURES AND SEMANTICS
Author:	SANJIB KUMAR SAHU , D.P.MAHAPATRA , R.C.BALABANTARAY
Abstract:	Web surfing for various purposes has become a habit of humans. Fact states that, after email, surfing/searching is the most popular act now days. Information quality linked through these searches is quite irregular. There are fair chances that these retrieved results can be irreverent and belongs to an unreliable source. Widely used search engines like Google, Yahoo, Bing and Ask are the most famous ones. Even though their job is the same i.e. to act as search engines and have Features related to searching, but the ways of execution is different. Semantic based search engines work on the semantics of the query. The WWW (World Wide Web) is the live proof of all the changes it has gone through within its short span of time, it has seen that search engines in past were recognized were either keyword based or dependent on traditional database. Researchers have been already working on various algorithms to provide better results. This paper concludes that semantic based search engines have more advantages over keyword based search engines in terms of accuracy of getting result. This paper also compares the retrieval effectiveness in terms of accuracy in searching of Google, Bing, Yahoo and Ask search engines for evaluating effectiveness of all four search engines. This paper contains survey work, which discusses a comparative study of different types of search engines in context of semantic web surfing. The present study compares the entire four search Engines mentioned above with respect to some recent queries and their results to show that how the search engines are evolving day by day.
Keywords:	Information Retrieval (IR), Search Engine, Precision, Search Engine Evaluation, Semantic Network.
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Title:	IT GOVERNANCE FROM PRACTITIONERS’ PERSPECTIVE: SHARING THE EXPERIENCE OF A MALAYSIAN UNIVERSITY
Author:	BINYAMIN. A. AJAYI AND HUSNAYATI HUSSIN
Abstract:	The pervasive use of technology has led to organisations becoming more dependent on IT, hence the need for IT governance (ITG). ITG is viewed as IT behaviour deliberately designed and adopted by enterprises to enable them to achieve continuous organisation performance. Studies on how organisations achieve performance from ITG are relatively evolving. Thus frameworks on how universities govern their IT, if they exist, are scarce. This study attempts to explore how HEIs in Malaysia govern their IT to achieve performance based on empirical investigation of practitioners of a public university. Semi-structured interviews were conducted on three key university informants, namely, the Chief Information Officer; the IT Director and a management user, a Dean of functional unit. Interview's data were transcribed and thematic process of coding and theme generation was applied for analysis purposes. Based on this qualitative approach. The themes so generated were categorised under three capabilities of structure, process, and relations. Viewed from absorptive capacity of organisational learning theory, the findings show that when structures and processes are in place, the relationship between the IT and functional unit side of an organisation reflects the desired behaviour. The essence of such relationship is to attain effective IT governance, which will eventually lead to better organisation’s performance.
Keywords:	IT Governance, ITG and university, Absorptive Capacity, ITG in Malaysia
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Title:	PROTOTYPE DESIGN USING INTERNET OF THINGS FOR MOTION DETECTION IN SECURITY ROOMS
Author:	J.L.DIVYA SHIVANI, RANJAN K.SENAPATI
Abstract:	Surveillancetechnique provides the capability of collecting exact and meaningful data and choosing appropriate decisions to optimize safety and security. In present surveillance technique, videos or images from any portable cameras or CCTV cameras are sent to a control centre, where actually all these huge amount of data is saved in database servers. Operators have to maintain and monitor these images or videos [1]. Mobile image surveillance represents a new paradigm that encompasses video acquisition on one side, and on the other side, especially at the same time image viewing and addresses both computer-based and mobile-based surveillance. [3] It is based on JPEG 2000 still image compression format. It is attractive because it supports flexible and progressive access to each individual image of the pre-stored content. It supports still image creation on the basis of motion detection technique which enables efficient utilization of resources.[3]It provides the software motion which enables the Pi’s camera to detect motion and save the image as well as view live streaming from the camera. A python script, then directs the Pi to send email notifications every time when motion is detected. With these components, we designed a cost effective and efficient security camera system. The paper is concluded with concise summary and the future of surveillance systems for public safety.
Keywords:	Raspberry Pi B+, Motion Detecting, Email, Notifications, Gsm, Python.
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Title:	PARTIAL GRAPH HEURISTIC WITH HILL CLIMBING FOR EXAMINATION TIMETABLING PROBLEM
Author:	ASHIS KUMAR MANDAL, M N M KAHAR
Abstract:	Generating an examination timetable for an institution is a challenging and time-consuming task due to its inherent complexity and lots of constraints associated with scheduling the exams. In fact, it is a combinatorial optimization problem that requires heuristic searches to converge the solution into an optimized area. This paper presents combining the partial graph heuristic with hill climbing search (PGH-HC) to solve the examination timetabling problem. The approach first orders the exams using graph heuristics, and partially selected exams, which are generated based on predefined constant called exam assignment value (EAV), are assigned to timeslots and / or rooms. Next, the hill climbing search is employed to improve the partially scheduled exams. The above process continues until all exams have been scheduled. The overall aim here is to devise a straightforward approach which employs tuning of fewer parameters in solving the exam timetabling problem. Two benchmark examination timetabling datasets, Toronto un-capacitated datasets and ITC2007 capacitated datasets are considered for measuring the efficiency of the proposed method. We analyse the PGH-HC with different EAV, graph heuristics and termination criteria on these benchmark datasets. Experimental results reveal that, in general, PGH-HC with relatively a smaller EAV and a higher number of iterations (i.e. longer termination durations) is found to produce better quality solutions for all problem instances. Besides, the proposed approach is able to generate better quality solutions for all problem instances compared to traditional graph heuristic with hill climbing search (TGH-HC) and produce competitive results while comparing with the state-of-the-art approaches.
Keywords:	Combinatorial optimization problem, graph heuristics, hill climbing, scheduling, Timetabling
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Title:	ROBUST STABILITY OF SPACECRAFT TRAFFIC CONTROL SYSTEM USING LYAPUNOV FUNCTIONS
Author:	BEISENBI MAMYRBEK, SHUKIROVA ALIYA, USKENBAYEVA GULZHAN, YERMEKBAYEVA JANAR
Abstract:	A new approach to the construction of Lyapunov functions as vector functions is developed based on a geometrical interpretation of the second method of Lyapunov. The negative of the gradient is determined from the components of the time derivative of the state vector (i.e., the right-hand side of the state equation). The region of stability of a closed-loop linear, stationary system with uncertain parameters is governed by inequalities in the matrix elements of the closed-loop system.
Keywords:	Control systems, Robust stability, Spacecraft, Traffic control, Lyapunov’s direct method, Modelling.
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Title:	PAGING VS. SCROLLING: NAVIGATION STYLES FOR SELF-TRIAGE OF EPIDEMIC DISEASES
Author:	NATRAH ABDULLAH, MUTHUKKARUPPAN ANNAMALAI, MUHAMMAD KHAIRUL AMRY ABD RANI
Abstract:	The use of mobile devices is intriguing a study about paging presentation for an application of self-triage of epidemic diseases. It is important in order to develop a mobile application without sacrificing user experiences on the application. Thus, an experiment is conducted in order to identify navigation style that mostly prefer for self-triage mobile application. All participants completed similar tasks using the prototype that has been developed. They are required to complete four consecutive sessions where each of the sessions used different types of questions with two navigation styles, paging and scrolling. There are three types of questions used in this prototype, which were identified from the analysis of self-triage guidelines of epidemic diseases for signs and symptoms. The result of this study concluded that majority of the participants preferred paging instead of scrolling. Besides, the results also shows more than half of the total participants preferred paging instead of scrolling for questions Type I, II and combination of Type I, II and III questions while majority of them preferred scrolling style for question Type III. However, the finding on task completion time shows that participants spent more time on paging for questions Type I and II while scrolling for questions Type III and combination. In conclusion, for self-triage mobile application, both paging and scrolling could be applied depending on the types of questions which have been identified from the existing guidelines for epidemic diseases. The limitation of this study is the number of participants was quite small, where involved only 30 peoples. Besides, sampling method used is not a proper sampling method for experiment, which is convenient sampling. Other than that, the developed prototype only implements the basic user interface design features. Lastly, the results obtained from this study could not reflect the whole population.
Keywords:	Navigation Styles, Self-Triage, Experimental Study, Epidemic Diseases, Mobile Application
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Title:	SECURITY, PRIVACY, ACCESSIBILITY AND AVAILABILITY ISSUES ADDRESSED WHEN DEVELOPING WEBSTIES IN THE GCC
Author:	DIMITRIOS XANTHIDIS, GEORGE VIOLETTAS
Abstract:	This study on the evaluation of the Web sites of companies in the GCC (Gulf Council Countries) and attempts to answer the question of whether security and privacy but, also, accessibility and availability issues are addressed by the developers locally. A total number of 129 web sites from companies in Bahrain, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Qatar and United Arab Emirates were evaluated based on the WSEI (Web Site Evaluation Index) were applied during the evaluation. The results of the evaluation are not encouraging at all showing that security and privacy issues are not a priority when developing the web sites and accessibility and availability are not among their serious concern either.
Keywords:	Websites, Evaluation, Security, Privacy, Accessibility, Availability, GCC
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Title:	DESINING BIMATRIX GAME THOERY BASED NASH EQUILIBRIUM FOR INFORMATION SECURITY BASED ON RISK ANALYSIS IN CLOUD
Author:	V.VISWANATHAN, Dr.S.P.SHANTHARAJAH, Dr.P.NAVANEETHAM
Abstract:	With the mushroom growth of Cloud Service Providers (CSPs) offering services of similar functionality, makes a challenge for cloud users to choose an appropriate service provider from cloud marketplace. This unique paradigm brings about new risk related issues in Cloud Computing (CC) environment. This is because it is indispensable from a customer’s aspect to establish trust with a CSP with high risk of outsourced data to be misused. Though trustworthiness and competence to estimate risk of interaction and risk for customer’s privacy were addressed in many research works, the way through which the risk of outsourced data/ file can be minimized in the presence of malicious service providers pose challenging issues. The challenging issue of handling risk in cloud environment is addressed in this work through Risk Evaluation using Nash Equilibrium-based Bi-Matrix Decision (RE-NEBMD) model. RE-NEBMD model studies the problem of ensuring security where the possible risk of outsourced data is brought to an absolute minimum in Cloud Computing in the presence of malicious CSPs. Nash Equilibrium-based Trust Evaluation model performs trust evaluation model on CSPs for outsourced data based on strategy and utility function. Next, risk evaluation is measured using Bi-Matrix Decision model on the evaluated trust and risk is measured accordingly. Extensive analytical and experimental results are presented which show minimized cost during risk analysis, computation overhead and improving true positive rate or detected threats of our proposed model.
Keywords:	Cloud Service Providers, Cloud Computing, Nash Equilibrium, Bi-Matrix, Decision Model.
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Title:	POWER CONSUMPTION OPTIMIZATION ANALYSIS BASED ON BERKELEY-MAC PROTOCOL USING TAGUCHI AND ANOVA METHODS FOR WSN
Author:	ALAA KAMAL, M.N. MOHD. WARIP, MOHAMED ELSHAIKH, R.BADLISHAH
Abstract:	Wireless sensor network (WSN) consists of sensor nodes is used to gather information about a physical object or process. On WSN, the sensor nodes deploy in a large region with the harsh environment and limited capacity power. Due to the adhered reason, the energy consumption it is a main critical factor affecting the operational lifetime of individual nodes and the entire network. The energy consumption in medium access control (MAC) for wireless sensor network (WSN) affected by many reasons collision, overhearing, Idle Listening, Control Overhead. The optimizing power consumption is a challenge to prolong lifetime network. In the literature, there are many efforts paid to design and improve the protocols for MAC layer to conserve power consumption. However, few efforts are paid for optimizing the existing protocols. This paper focus in Berkeley – MAC protocol optimizing power consumption and network performance by Taguchi method. Taguchi method is a statistical method to optimize the process and improve the quality. Moreover, Taguchi methods used to optimize the energy consumption for B-MAC. Simulation experiments are carried out on the discrete event simulator OMNET++ for the purposes of this research paper. The obtained results show the effect of the B-MAC parameters protocols toward the energy consumption.
Keywords:	Berkeley MAC Protocol, Optimization, Power Consumption, Taguchi Method, WSN
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Title:	A BRIEF ON BIG DATA: LESSONS FROM 10 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE
Author:	DIMITRIOS XANTHIDIS, PAVLOS NIKOLAIDIS, OURANIA KOUTZAMPASOPOULOU
Abstract:	In this review study, one of the most important technological trend, i.e. big data, is explained together with some of the main terminology relative to the field emerging from it. Some of the challenges and opportunities that it brings along are described and a list of new research sub-fields is also suggested as well as recommendations for the universities to embrace the new technologies and incorporate them in their curriculum in an effort to properly train the experts of the new big data era.
Keywords:	Big Data, 6 Vs, Sources of Data, Data needs, Challenges, Opportunities, New fields in IT
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Title:	ACTION BASED FEATURES OF HUMAN ACTIVITY RECOGNITION SYSTEM
Author:	AHMED KAWTHER HUSSEIN, PUTEH SAAD, RUZELITA NGADIRAN, YAZAN ALJEROUDI, MUHAMMAD SAMER SALLAM
Abstract:	Human actions are uncountable and diverse in nature; each action has its own characteristics and nature. Moreover, actions are sometimes different and sometimes very similar. Thus, it is rather challenging to implement a system that is capable of recognizing all human actions. However, the problem of recognition can be made simpler if the system of recognition is built gradually. Firstly, a set of required actions must be selected and then each action must be studied and analyzed to determine the most distinctive features that remain similar if different subjects perform the same action. The concept of action-based features is proposed and validated in this article. The system still has the ability to be extended to recognize more actions, simply by including contextual features of any added action. Experimental results have shown an outperforming performance with 100% accuracy based on the evaluation of UTKinect Action Data Set.
Keywords:	Pattern recognition, Feature extraction, Elm, Neural network
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Title:	RAPID IDENTIFICATION OF OUTSTANDING REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT TRUSTS WITH OUTLIER DETECTION ALGORITHMS
Author:	KENG-HOONG NG, KOK-CHIN KHOR
Abstract:	Finding outstanding stocks is always the primary goal of an investor. This is because outstanding stocks tend to outperform others in investment return. However, uncover this type of stocks from a stock pool requires extensive financial knowledge and consistent efforts in analyzing the abundant amount of financial data. Thus, it is impractical for an amateur investor. The objective of this study is to rapidly identify outstanding stocks from the Real Estate Investment Trust (REIT) sector. We adopted two outlier detection algorithms, i.e. Interquartile Range (IQR) and Local Outlier Factor (LOF) to trace REIT stocks that were deviated from the average performers. Subsequently, the outstanding REIT stocks can be identified from the small amount of outliers. The entire process is speedy and can be done on the fly. The identified outstanding stocks were assessed based on their 1-year average total return as compared with the non-outlier stocks. The preliminary result showed that their average total return is better than its non-outlier peers.
Keywords:	Outlier Stocks, Local Outlier Factor, Interquartile Range, Real Estate Investment Trusts, Financial Ratio
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Title:	MATHEMATICAL MODELING OF VERTICAL MOVEMENT OF THE UPPER SHAFT IN CANE MILLS
Author:	MARIO JAVIER CABELLO ULLOA. JUAN JOSÉ CABELLO ERAS
Abstract:	This study introduces a mathematical model to describe the floating effects of the top roll in sugarcane mills. The model is developed from experimental data measured during the operation of a sugarcane mill. The measured data is fitted using the top shaft rotation period of the mill and dividing on intervals to individually fit each interval obtaining a function defined by parts. The resulting model shows a correlation coefficient of R2 ≥ 0.97. This allow including the floating effect in the study and design of other elements of sugarcane mills.
Keywords:	Sugarcane Mill, Instant Floating, Dynamic Loads.
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Title:	AN INTEGRATIVE FRAMEWORK TO UNDERSTAND THE INFLUENCE OF MORALITY ON GREEN IS ADOPTION: A THEORETICAL PERSPECTIVE
Author:	MOHAMMAD DALVI-ESFAHANI, AZIZAH ABDUL RAHMAN
Abstract:	The prevailing gap in the Green information systems (IS) research literature is the absence of a theoretical framework to understand the influence of environmental beliefs and attitudes on the adoption of Green IS initiatives. The purpose of this study is to fill this gap by developing an integrated framework by identifying and examining the factors that influence the proenvironmental behaviors (PEBs) of managers to adopt Green IS initiatives. The framework is firmly grounded using three theoretical frameworks: (1) upper echelon theory, (2) refined theory of basic individual values, and (3) norm activation model. The theoretical lenses of these three frameworks are utilized to assess the influence of moral behavior on practicing of Green IS initiatives by the managers of organizations. Theoretical and practical implications of the study for the benefit of IS researchers and managers are discussed. Furthermore, the empirical evaluation and assessment plan of propositions, together with the future extensions of the study are presented.
Keywords:	Green IS, Upper echelon theory, Norm activation theory, proenvironmental, Sustainability
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Title:	3D QUANTITATIVE PREDICTION OF DINGJIASHAN DEPOSIT BASED ON MORPHOLOGICAL ANALYSIS OF GEOLOGICAL INTERFACES
Author:	PAN YONG, PENG ZHENGLIN
Abstract:	Based on the studies of geological features and ore-controlling factors of Dingjiashan lead-zinc deposit in Fujian, this study creates 3D modeling for primary geological interfaces and geological body. A 3D morphological extraction computer program is further developed based on 3D TIN data models of geological interfaces, which allows us to analyze 3D morphological analyses regarding stratigraphic interface of unconformity surface and extract corresponding 3D morphological parameters. Through studying quantitative relations between mineralized indexes of 3D space and 3D morphological parameters, we are able to build linear regression prediction models for 3D unit grades and metal content. Our model predicts 123917 tons of unit lead content and 520334 tons of zinc. According to spatial distributive characteristics of predicted results, two 3D prospecting targets are determined, providing important decision-making information for further prospecting.
Keywords:	TIN, Geological Interfaces, 3D Morphological Analysis, Quantitative Prediction, Dingjiashan Deposit.
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Title:	THE IMPACT OF INTERNAL CONTROL EFFECTIVENESS TO THE QUALITY OF MANAGEMENT ACCOUNTING INFORMATION SYSTEM : THE SURVEY ON STATE-OWNED ENTERPRISES (SOEs)
Author:	ILHAM HIDAYAH NAPITUPULU, SRI MAHYUNI, JOJOR LISBET SIBARANI
Abstract:	This study aims to examine the influence of internal control effectiveness to the quality of management accounting information system (MAIS). The quality of management accounting information system should consider the basic nature of the information that is suitable to a particular organization. The methods used for the transmission are data and information. To run well, a MAIS needs the effective internal controls. This study was conducted in the State Owned Enterprises (SOEs), the hypothesis testing used the Structural Equation Model (SEM) approach with Partial Least Square (PLS) analysis tool. The study research found that the internal controls effectiveness significantly influenced the quality of MAIS. The study also found the results of applications control, especially in controlling the process of becoming the most powerful dimension in shaping the internal control in state-owned enterprises (SOEs). In the quality of MAIS, MAIS flexibility dimension becomes the strongest part that shaped and MAIS flexibility will facilitate the work completion.
Keywords:	Internal Control Effectiveness, Information Systems Management, the Quality of Management Accounting Information Systems and Integration
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Title:	VARIATIONAL ITERATION METHOD (VIM) FOR SOLVING PARTIAL INTEGRO-DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS
Author:	AMINA KASSIM HUSSAIN, FADHEL SUBHI FADHEL, ZAINOR RIDZUAN YAHYA, NURSALASAWATI RUSLI
Abstract:	In this paper, two objectives will be achieved, the first one is to state and prove the existence of a unique solution of nonlinear partial integro-differential equations by using Banach fixed point theorem. The second objective is to apply He’s variational iteration method for solving nonlinear partial integro-differential equations. This method is a very powerful method for solving a large amount of problems. It provides a sequence of iterated solutions which is converge to the exact solution of the problem. Also, in this work the derivation of the iteration formula using He’s method have been presented and then prove the converge of the obtained sequence of iterated approximate solutions to the exact solution of the partial integro-differential equation. Finally, illustrative examples were presented to show the efficient of the new method and the proposed technique was programmed using Mathcade 15.0.
Keywords:	Variational Iteration Method, Nonlinear Partial integro-Differential Equation, Banach Fixed Point Theorem, Contraction Mapping Principle.
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Title:	PRIORITIZING IMPLEMENTATION FACTORS OF ELECTRONIC DOCUMENT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM (EDMS) USING TOPSIS METHOD: A CASE STUDY IN IRAQI GOVERNMENT ORGANIZATIONS
Author:	HAIDER ABDULKADHIM, MAHADI BAHARI, HASLINA HASHIM, ARYATI BAKRI, WAIDAH ISMAIL
Abstract:	Taking into consideration a complexity of EDMS implementation process which involves a combination of technological, organizational and users factors, this study explores how EDMS implementation factors can be ranked through these dimensions. This paper begins with an examination of the literature on EDMS implementation studies where a conceptual framework has been derived. The study then adopts the TOPSIS method as the analytical tool that tackles the issue in prioritizing the most desirable factors influencing EDMS implementation project. From the results, the top management support, budgetary, strategic planning, staff training, awareness, resistance to change, IT implementation team, ICT infrastructure, security and privacy/trust, and collaboration are the top-ten important factors for Iraqi government organizations to implement EDMS applications. This paper draws on the research results for implications of IT managerial practice, and then suggests some empirical tactics in order to enhance in managing the EDMS implementation process in government.
Keywords:	Electronic Document Management System (EDMS), EDMS Implementation, Implementation Process, TOPSIS
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