The use of Edmodo-based blended learning in reading comprehension at Surabaya Merchant Marine Polytechnic. This study used both online and offline lectures. Edmodo was by students lecturers Students discussed the topics they have seen studied homes. model is preferred students. three instruments: participant observation, in-depth interview, questionnaire. study's subjects were Polytechnic Surab...

the term xenophobia describes a social phenomenon rooted in fear and hatred of foreigners from different ethnic groups. this phenomenon is understandably reflected in five shakespearean plays: the merchant of venice, othello, the tempest, titus andronicus, and anthony and cleopatra; among which, the merchant of venice has more importance in addressing foreign characters and groups (i.e. shylock...

Fingerprinting schemes enable a merchant to identify the buyer of an illegally distributed digital good by providing each buyer with a slightly different version. Asymmetric fingerprinting schemes further prevent the merchant from framing a buyer by making the fingerprinted version known to the buyer only. In addition, an anonymous fingerprinting scheme allows the buyer to purchase goods withou...

This mixed-method research aimed to assess student readiness on the use of blended learning modalities at Philippine Merchant Marine Academy. It examined level towards self-directed learning, online engagement, and satisfaction among midshipmen effectiveness these lesson delivery blends.
 1CL, 3CL, 4CL officially enrolled in 1st Semester School Year 2022-2023 were surveyed establish their ...

This paper describes a Finnish project on developing a blended learning approach to training the merchant marine On Board Training Officers. Maritime Education and Training is regulated by the International Maritime Organization's Code on Seafarer’s Training, Certification and Watchkeeping. On Board Training comprises one third of the Deck Officer and Engineer studies. There have been problems ...

Product ratings have become an integral element of online businesses especially for experience goods, yet seem to be prone to biases that shift most of the distribution towards the extreme points of the scales. Response biases due to inherent traits (such as acquiescence or extreme response style) are widely investigated in survey design and marketing research, yet little is known about how the...

We study the effect of government encouraged or mandated interchange fee ceilings on consumer and merchant adoption and usage of payment cards in an economy where card acceptance is far from complete. If the pre-regulatory interchange fee was optimal, any change in the interchange fee would result in lower aggregate welfare for consumers, merchants, and banks. Merchant acceptance of debit and c...

Previous work has shown that activities and places of interest can be extracted from GPS traces of human movements using behavioral models based on conditional random fields (CRFs) [3]. In this paper, we adapt and extend this work in two ways. First, we apply the framework to analysis of a vehicle-tracking maritime environment, analyzing GPS data from a 5 day surveillance of merchant marine shi...

This paper attempts to evaluate a teaching textbook used in the Greek Merchant Marine Center of Further Education: School Mechanics. The evaluation considers adult learners’ needs and practices prescribed this institution. has been for long time and, though it includes proper ESP knowledge, is considered need embellishment satisfy growing needs, especially as concerns engineering vocabulary. re...