Optimizing Pharmacotherapy Exam Items and Assessing Student Proficiency: A Comparative Analysis between Item Response Theory and Classical Test Theory

This paper primarily employs Item Response Theory (IRT) to estimate item characteristics and the proficiency levels of students as reflected in the exam results. The process includes the application of algorithms for item characteristic parameter estimation and the utilization of statistical techniques for item selection from an item pool....

The impact of nudging and self-control on food preferences

Maintaining a healthy eating behavior can be challenging, especially under stressful situations. Self-control plays a pivotal role in this struggle, since it allows one to resist immediate desires in pursuit of higher-level goals. The level of self-control can differ among individuals, with varying degrees of “strength”. This strength can be...

An Exploration of Automatic Personality Classification Using Different Speech Styles

The field of speech-based Personality Computing classifies personality traits using speech data. There are two labelling methods for this: Automatic Personality Recognition (APR), using self-assessed personality scores, and Automatic Personality Perception (APP), using externally rated personality scores. Another aspect is whether the data is...

Metadata, the undiscovered treasure box for book recommender systems for children: What traits can be inferred from book’s descriptive and structural metadata which could support the designers of books recommender systems for children?

This study examines traits that may be derived from book metadata and identifies statistically signifi- cant patterns and trends in order to assist recom- mender system designers for children’s books in selecting the most important traits to take into ac- count. This research focuses on descriptive such as publish year and structural metadata...

Exploring the Relationships of Generalized Anxiety Disorders, Depression, Written Texts and Personal Traits Among Chinese University Students

Nowadays, mental illnesses are universal around the globe. However, compared with developed countries, the health budget assigned to mental health is much lower in low-income or developing countries (Mnookin et al., 2016). Even in China, a country with a large population, the epidemiological data on mental health (anxiety and depression) are too...

How Fear of External Threats Plays Roles: An Examination of Supervisors’ Trait Anger, Abusive Supervision, Subordinate Burnout and CCB

In times of uncertainty, such as during COVID-19, many organizations experience profit decline, and employees develop a fear of external threats, such as organizational layoffs. However, most of the literature focuses on how people’s fear influences their well-being. Less is known about how employees’ fear of external threats influences their...

The geomorphology of an ebb-tidal-delta linked to benthic species distribution and functionality

As a response to climate change and sea-level rise, new nourishment strategies for low-lying sandy coasts are developed. These interventions affect the habitat quality of coastal ecosystems for benthic communities. Unraveling the relationship between benthic fauna and their environment facilitates the design of sustainable management...

An exploratory study examining the role of personality traits on individual ambidexterity

The study aims to add to the existing knowledge base on individual ambidexterity by adopting a trait-based approach. As this area of individual ambidexterity is still comparatively new, limited study has been undertaken on the internal factors that determine individual ambidexterity. Further the study addresses the degree to which personality...

Neighbourhood deprivation and the Big Five personality traits: associations with adolescent problem behaviour and educational attainment

We studied the relation between cumulative exposure to neighbourhood deprivation and adolescents’ Big Five personality traits, and the moderating role of personality in the relation between neighbourhood deprivation and the development of problem behaviour and educational attainment. We studied 5365 British adolescents from ages 10 to 16,...

Does personality affect responses to auditory take-over requests? Validating a simulator experiment setup through a N=1-study

Automated vehicles with conditional driving automation (SAE level 3 (SAE, 2018)) will request the human driver to intervene when reaching its system boundaries by issuing a take-over request (TOR). This study is investigating whether a speech-based auditory take-over request is influencing the time it takes from automated to manual driving,...

The Onboard Portal as a gateway to new customer experience

WIFI is everywhere, from cafes to bus stops, trains to airports, it’s a service that people consider as necessity. Ten years ago, air space was the only WiFi-wasteland. Nowadays, it’s safe to say that WiFi on planes is very common now. AirFrance-KLM also implements the WIFI service on the plane. It creates a new customer touchpoint within the...

Exploring deep personlisation in pre-flight experience: Differentiation of personalised services based on personality traits to enhance customer intimacy

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Effects of Individual Traits on Diversity-aware Music Recommender User Interfaces

When recommendations become increasingly personalized, users are often presented with a narrower range of content. To mitigate this issue, diversity-enhanced user interfaces for recommender systems have in the past found to be effective in increasing overall user satisfaction with recommendations. However, users may have different requirements...

The MatchNMingle dataset: A novel multi-sensor resource for the analysis of social interactions and group dynamics in-the-wild during free-standing conversations and speed dates

We present MatchNMingle, a novel multimodal/multisensor dataset for the analysis of free-standing conversational groups and speed-dates in-the-wild. MatchNMingle leverages the use of wearable devices and overhead cameras to record social interactions of 92 people during real-life speed-dates, followed by a cocktail party. To our knowledge,...

On the influences of personality traits on employees engagement with gamified enterprise tools

Gamification techniques are used in enterprises to support employees' engagement with computer-mediated business processes. The potential effectiveness of the incentives brought by gamification techniques are, however, not equally appealing to individuals. To better understand when gamification can be an effective engagement aid, it is important...

Public opinion on automated driving: Results of an international questionnaire among 5000 respondents

This study investigated user acceptance, concerns, and willingness to buy partially, highly, and fully automated vehicles. By means of a 63-question Internet-based survey, we collected 5000 responses from 109 countries (40 countries with at least 25 respondents). We determined cross-national differences, and assessed correlations with personal...