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The increasing development in smart and mobile technologies supports transformation of learning environment into a smart learning environment to meet diverse learners' needs. Learning in an online environment requires motivation and skills to succeed. Self-regulated learning has been identified as one of the strategies for supporting students in an online learning environment. However, despite these innovations, there is a scarcity of well exploratory works to understand if students have skills, experiences, and technology resources for implementing a self-regulated smart learning environment. This study attempts to fill the gaps by investigating these experiences and technology resources. The study used mixed-method to investigate the readiness of 157 undergraduate students. The quantitative data used an online self-regulated learning questionnaire (OSLQ), and the qualitative data used focus group discussions. The quantitative data were analyzed using descriptive statistics and correlations, and the qualitative data used a thematic method to understand students' experiences. The investigations show that students understood the self-regulated learning process and its' role in their academic success. Moreover, they have access to mobile internet services and smart devices, mostly an android operating system. More so, goal setting, time management, and self-evaluation are among the top-level skills readiness, and there is a relationship between previous online learning experiences and these skills. Future research could investigate facilitators' readiness to develop a self-regulated smart learning environment for engaging online learning experiences and skills development.

The increasing development in smart and mobile technologies transforms a learning environment into a smart learning environment that can support diverse learning styles and skills development. An online learner needs to be supported for an engaging and active learning experience. Previously, this progressive research developed and implemented a self-regulated smart learning environment (mobile app) among final-year undergraduate students to support online learning experiences. To understand students' experiences, there is a need to evaluate the mobile app. However, there is a lack of a well-documented study investigating students' experiences in terms of usability, challenges, and factors influencing satisfaction to inform a decision regarding future implementation. This study attempts to fill these gaps by exploring these experiences for sustainable future implementation. The study used cyclical mixed-method evaluations to explore the experiences of 85 final-year undergraduate students. The quantitative data were collected using a survey on the constructs of the research model previously developed to evaluate factors influencing students' satisfaction, and the qualitative used focus group discussions to explore usability experiences and challenges of implementations. The quantitative data were analyzed using SPSS 25 to confirm the structural equation model's relationship. The qualitative data were analyzed using a thematic process to understand students' experiences. The findings from the first mixed-method evaluation show that students were able to follow the learning process, and the application supported their online learning experiences. However, a student expressed the need to improve user functionalities to motivate and engage them in the learning process. The suggestions were incorporated into the mobile app development for the second evaluation. The findings from the second evaluation revealed similar support. However, students suggested a web-based version to support different operating systems and improve interactions. Furthermore, the information system qualities and moderating factors investigated supported students' satisfaction. Future research could explore facilitators' experiences in the mobile app for sustainable development and implementation for engaging online learning experiences and skills development.

Entrepreneurship is considered as a solution to unemployment. It is believed that Entrepreneurial Self-Efficacy (ESE) is imperative for a person to be an entrepreneur. This study aims to examine the determinants of ESE among university students in Pakistan. This is one of the fundamental constructs in the psychology of entrepreneurship research and often integrated in entrepreneurial intentions models to explain why some persons are more likely than others to become entrepreneurs. Entrepreneurial Self-Efficacy Scale prepared by Chen, Greene, and Crick (1998) was used in this study for collecting data. Total 800 questionnaires were distributed among conveniently selected students out of which 742 completely filled questionnaires were returned with a response rate of 92.75%. The results revealed a significant difference between bachelor and master class students in terms of ESE. The model R-squared indicated that 5.7 percent of the variation in the ESE is explained by the personal characteristics. The paper concludes by pointing out some limitations of the study and discussing the possible effect of personal characteristics on ESE.

Research and development (R&D) charts out a framework through which professionals can establish useful linkage with information and research resources to put knowledge into practice. Whilst, the research and development (R&D) centers play a core role in productive management by developing collaborations among higher education institutions, modern research centers and industry. The present study aimed to analyze how much the research and development (R&D) centers are active in managing research and development practices to thrive research culture at public sector universities in Pakistan. The study was descriptive in nature and a questionnaire was used as a research tool which was finalized after its pilot testing. After validation of questionnaire, researchers personally visited and involved some learned people to collect data from 23 selected universities of Pakistan. Thirty respondents from each university were randomly selected as a sample. Keeping the views of majority of the respondents in mind, it may be concluded that research and development (R&D) centers are showing low efficiency while endorsing product management at public sector universities of Pakistan. The big and basic reason behind this poor product management of research and development (R&D) centers is the lack of industrial setup and modern research centers.

Background: Conflicts and disasters often result in large-scale population displacement due to destruction of properties, means of livelihood and the environment. Internal displacement has a significant effect on the mental health of affected populations. Depression and Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) increase from 10% in the general population to 15%-20% in the crisis-affected population. Aim: To determine the Prevalence depression and PTSD symptomatology and factors that predispose to symptomatic depression and PTSD. Methods: A descriptive cross-sectional study of 450 internally displaced persons (IDPs) was conducted, using a multistage sampling technique. The Hopkins symptom checklist was used to screen participants for symptoms of depression, and the Harvard trauma questionnaire was used to diagnose PTSD. Result: The mean age of the IDPs was 35± 15years.With 55.1% being females. About 94.2% met the criteria for symptoms of PTSD while 98.4% met the criteria for symptomatic depression. Some factors that predispose to both depression and PTSD were female gender and having symptoms of depression while having non-overcrowded accommodation has a protective effect. However only having symptoms of depression remained statistically significant. Conclusion: The study revealed that, PTSD and depression symptomatology were highly prevalent among the internally displaced persons. It is recommended that, Yobe State Government through Emergency Management Agency should develop psychosocial intervention program aimed to reach out to those IDPs for rehabilitation to avoid complications such as suicidal attempts.