A Sentiment Analysis Based Model for Recruitment by Higher Institutions

The traditional roles of a university are teaching and research with the aim of developing society and contributing positively to the national economic development by producing skilled and well-tutored graduates. However, recruitments by these higher institutions are too reliant on the eligibility provided by Resumes of candidates, while neglecting their suitability drawn from their research activity and publications online. This study identifies insights in recruitment trends in higher institutions of learning and uses Artificial Intelligence to produce a more rounded and balanced decision-making process that caters for both eligibility and suitability. The methodology employs the machine learning process using the Multinomial Naïve Bayes for training the model as well as the Vader sentiment analyzer for accuracy and testing. The datasets used contained Resume instances as well as author publication information. The results show a score of 83.9% for the model as well as a sentiment analysis score of 1, indicating an overall positive score. The results show that sentiment analysis can help educational institutions in improving their recruitment models and attracting more suitable candidates for such roles.

超高能宇宙线大气簇射平均纵向发展曲线的测量(英文)

利用HiRes宇宙线实验的观测数据,通过扣除测量信号中的切仑科夫光成份,测量了广延大气簇射的纵向发展曲线。把所有的纵向发展曲线归一并且平均,获得平均纵向发展曲线。根据所得曲线,检验了3个簇射模型,它们都能较好地描述纵向发展曲线。如果利用高斯函数来描述簇射的纵向发展曲线,发现纵向发展曲线的宽度(σ)与簇射发展最大的深度有一定的关联,而且该参量从1017eV到1020 eV能量范围内几乎保持不变。另外还对平均纵向发展曲线的不确定性进行了讨论。

光纤像切分器特性分析

选取40/45μm、50/55μm、60/65μm和70/75μm高-OH纤芯薄包层光纤构成光纤像切分器,计算了LAMOST高分辨率光谱仪H iRES采用光纤像切分器前后的光效率,分析了位置误差对光纤像切分器光效率的影响,结果显示,光纤像切分器能够有效提高高分辨率光谱仪光效率,具有无离焦、结构简单、易制造和易安装的优点。

The Perceptions of Chinese ELT Stakeholders on the Employment of Foreign English Language Teachers

This article reports on part of the findings of an investigation into the perceptions of Chinese English as a foreign language(EFL)education stakeholders on native-speakerism.Data were collected via semi-structured interviews with 26 students,14 teachers and eight EFL program administrators from six Chinese universities.The analysis of data reveals that the three groups of participants as an entirety expected their universities to hire native English speaker teachers(NESTs),particularly those from Britain and/or America and a certain proportion of them expressed preference for white native English speaker(NES)teachers.The vast majority of the students and teachers were also found to be unaware of workplace inequalities between NNESTs and local Chinese EFL teachers,contending that NESTs deserve better treatment.Although many administrators displayed critical awareness on this issue,they argued that the inequalities need tolerating for the well-being of their EFL programs.All these findings are indicative of the persistence of native-speakerism among Chinese ELT stakeholders and by extension the tenacity of this chauvinistic ideology across the terrain of EFL education in China.

Hiring of Forces and Security in the Arab Gulf: The Case of Private Security Companies in Qatar

Although literature abounds on the activities of private security companies(PSCs)in the Arab Gulf,how the PSCs hire their forces and the security threat it poses to the region have not been given the needed academic attention.In the Gulf sub-region where the PSCs rely solely on migrants to man their field operations,we ask how the forces are hired and its ramifications to the security of the state.In so doing,this article examines the operations of PSCs in the Gulf State of Qatar.It starts by highlighting the trends and trajectory of policing in Qatar and explains the reasons for the proliferation of PSCs in the conservative energy rich state.Second,it describes the procedures and processes used by the PSCs in hiring their forces.Third,it discusses the existing legal frameworks regulating the activities of the PSCs.The article concludes that the current situation where hiring of the field forces is undertaken by profit-oriented private institutions with little state supervision poses a threat to the peace and stability of the state in the long run.

Looking Into the Hiring Bias-Is Fertility Desire an Important Cause of Gender Discrimination in Chinese Labor Market?

Hiring bias has always been a popular topic.Especially in recent years,it has aroused great concerns from all walks of the society as the development of economy and culture.It is undeniable that women still somewhat suffer from discrimination in the employment.In China,some of the younger generation even choose to voluntarily state that they have no plans to have children in the next few years to ensure that they can avoid hiring discrimination as much as possible and thus get hired.From this phenomenon,we generate the idea to design an experiment to explore the influencing factors in hiring bias under the context of Chinese labour market.In this work,we develop a preliminary hypothesis that becoming pregnant and taking maternity leave is a significant factor of hiring bias,and try to use filed study to conduct the experiment.Basically,we propose to send resumes to real job openings of entry-level positions in real estate industry during the season of campus recruiting and measure the call-back rates.This work is a 2×2 design with male and female resumes and either with or without an additional statement saying that the applicant does not plan to have children.The predicted result is that male has a higher call-back rate than female in general,while call-back rate of female-with-statement is higher than female-without-statement,which is the same in male group.But the difference between call-back rates of with-statement and without-statement is lower than female’s.As a conclusion,gender discrimination exists during the hiring process while becoming pregnant and taking maternity leave is a significant factor.And potential gender bias does exist in employment which has already turned into discrimination against women and fertility.Through this study,we expect to gain a deeper understanding of hiring bias and find out the significant influencing factor,so that we can better improve the current situation of gender discrimination in Chinese labor market.

Examination of Countermeasures in a Ward: Novice Nurses’ Perception of Issues Relating to Senior Nurses

Purpose: In Japan, demand for nursing is high. However, some novice nurses are unable to adapt to the workplace, and subsequently quit. This study aimed at clarifying relationship issues between novice and senior nurses and examining measures that could be enforced in wards for novice nurses based on the results. Methods: An inductive analysis was conducted on qualitative data from semi-structured interviews with 11 newly hired nurses who had recently graduated from nursing school. The study period was from November 2016 to March 2017. Results: The analysis generated the following three themes related to potential workplace maladaptation: 1) Adaptation to the workplace: difficulty in forming relationships with senior nurses and adapting, 2) Workplace education system: education by preceptors and senior nurses, 3) Professional stance: qualities as a nurse. Conclusion: The results indicated that novice nurses had difficulties in adapting to the workplace as well as its education system in wards. Hence, it was necessary to create habits that would not overly burden others, but instead, spread the rules of the organization, help novice nurses to understand their responsibilities, and assist them in overcoming challenges.

Government Underpinning： Failure to Abolish Consumer Slavery

This paper will assess the way in which consumerism is used to manipulate individuals within marginalized groups, specifically those based on race and gender. Following a Marxist framework, this paper will illustrate a symbiotic relationship between the laborer and the capitalist, a hierarchal relationship where mutual dependence encourages unrelenting exploitation. Further focus will center on how these social hierarchies perpetuate a continuous enslavement of individuals politically defined as black and politically defined as woman. These identities are outlined within the framework of two active dichotomies： black/white and man/woman. Both gender and race are key factors in determining an individual＇s identity. Because the hegemonic gender is man, while the hegemonic race is white, any person who does not fit into those two categories simultaneously is underprivileged. Hence the reason why black and woman, both of which have been historically deemed subordinate to white and man, is automatically a part of the underprivileged working class. Since the hierarchal laborer-capitalist relationship is greatly validated by socializations, it cannot be voided by taking legal action alone. However, policy changes addressing education gaps, gender wage gaps, and hiring discrepancies, can assist in decoupling the social constructs of race and gender from class therefore minimizing racial and gender privileges.

NESTs Versus NNESTs Politics:From the Perspective of English-major Students in China

This article reports on the findings of a study that explores the mentality of Chinese English-major students on the politics of native English speaker teachers(NESTs)versus nonnative English speaker teachers(NNESTs)through a questionnaire survey of 95 undergraduate English majoring in English at a Chinese university.Data analysis reveals that the vast majority of the participants viewed Inner Circle NESTs as being linguistically more competent in English than Outer Circle English teachers and local Chinese English teachers(LCETs),deemed it natural to prioritize Inner Circle NESTs in the hiring of foreign English teachers and considered it reasonable to offer higher payment to NESTs.Although Inner Circle NESTs are also deemed pedagogically more capable than the other two categories of English teachers,this positioning is less salient than that concerning the linguistic competence that NESTs and NNESTs are assumed to possess.All these findings suggests the continuity of native speakerism in China.Nevertheless,that many students maintained a neutral stance on the superiority of NESTs over LCETs in adopting diverse teaching methods and learner-centered principle as well on the intelligibility of Inner Circle NESTs versus Outer Circle English teachers deserves further exploration.

Analysis of the impacts of socioeconomic factors on hiring an external labor force in tilapia farming in Southern Togo

This study analyzed the financial profitability and the impacts of socioeconomic factors on hiring an external labor force in tilapia farming in Southern Togo.We obtained the primary data from 75 randomly selected tilapia farmers for socioeconomic analysis by a structured questionnaire.Logit regression and return on investment(ROI)were performed to analyze the influence of socioeconomic factors on the decision of tilapia farmers to hire an external labor force and financial profitability of tilapia farming in the study area,respectively.The results indicate that tilapia farming contributes to employment opportunities in the study area.However,the key variables such as economic diversification,farming experience and educational attainment significantly affect the farmers’decision to hire an external labor force in their farms.Furthermore,tilapia farming is a profitable activity based on the positive mean gross margin and mean net farm income.The ROI was 0.31,which implies that a return of USD 0.31 was obtained for the investment of every single dollar.The government must pay more attention by organizing training or re-training workshops for tilapia farmers,which would improve their socio-economic status.

Formally Analyzing Expected Time Complexity of Algorithms Using Theorem Proving

Probabilistic techniques are widely used in the analysis of algorithms to estimate the computational complexity of algorithms or a computational problem.Traditionally,such analyses are performed using paper-and-pencil proofs and the results are sometimes validated using simulation techniques.These techniques are informal and thus may result in an inaccurate analysis.In this paper,we propose a formal technique for analyzing the expected time complexity of algorithms using higher-order-logic theorem proving.The approach calls for mathematically modeling the algorithm along with its inputs,using indicator random variables,in higher-order logic.This model is then used to formally reason about the expected time complexity of the underlying algorithm in a theorem prover.The paper includes the higher-order-logic formalization of indicator random variables,which are fundamental to the proposed infrastructure.In order to illustrate the practical effiectiveness and utilization of the proposed infrastructure,the paper also includes the analysis of algorithms for three well-known problems,i.e.,the hat-check problem,the birthday paradox and the hiring problem.