Asia Pacific University of Technology & Innovation

A closed-loop authentication-detection security framework for edge computing environments integrating trusted computing and distilled pre-trained language models

Edge computing environments hosting tens of thousands of nodes face concurrent threats including node spoofing, data tampering, and distributed denial-of-service attacks, yet existing security solutions address authentication, intrusion detection, and resource scheduling in isola...

From gamification to work performance: a two-wave, two-study examination of psychological needs and meaningful work of employees in China and Singapore

Purpose Organisations are increasingly adopting gamification as a strategy to enhance employee motivation, engagement, and performance. While prior research has primarily examined gamification as an organisational tool, this study shifts the focus to how employees experience gami...

Guns, governance and green futures in West Africa: empirical evidence from fixed effects and quantile models

This paper investigates the impact of institutions, militarisation, and economic growth on environmental pressures in West Africa between 1996 and 2024 with fixed effects and Driscoll-Kraay standard errors and methods-of-moments quantile regression. The study employs CO2 emission...

A systematic review of generative AI in higher education learning analytics and decision support

The rapid advancement of generative artificial intelligence (GenAI), particularly large language models (LLMs), has introduced transformative possibilities for learning analytics (LA) in higher education. Despite growing empirical work, no prior review appears to provide an integ...