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Koskosas, Ioannis. "Communicating information systems goals: A case in internet banking security." Computer Science and Information Systems 6, no. 1 (2009): 71–92. http://dx.doi.org/10.2298/csis0901071k.
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A large part of information systems (IS) security approaches is technical in nature with less consideration on people and organizational issues. The research presented in this paper adopts a broader perspective and presents an understanding of IS security in terms of a social and organizational perspective. In doing so, it uses the communication of risk messages among the members of IT groups in setting Internet banking goals in order to identify any weaknesses in security management procedures. The novel approach of this investigation is that explores and presents the issues of risk communication and goal setting in Internet banking security through indepth interviews within three case studies. That said, it promotes an interdisciplinary and inter-organizational theory which fosters a new dialog that transcends security industry specific contexts as opposed to other studies. Interview results suggest how an effective setting of Internet banking security goals can be achieved through specific considerations for improving the communication of security messages. The research contributes to interpretive information systems with the study of risk communication and goal setting in an Internet banking security context.
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Browning, Ella R., and Lauren E. Cagle. "Teaching a “Critical Accessibility Case Study”." Journal of Technical Writing and Communication 47, no. 4 (May 12, 2016): 440–63. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0047281616646750.
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As technical communication (TC) instructors, it is vital that we continue reimagining our curricula as the field itself is continually reimagined in light of new technologies, genres, workplace practices, and theories—theories such as those from disability studies scholarship. Here, the authors offer an approach to including disability studies in TC curricula through the inclusion of a “critical accessibility case study” (CACS). In explicating the theoretical and practical foundations that support teaching a CACS in TC courses, the authors provide an overview of how TC scholars have productively engaged with disability studies and case studies to question both our curricular content and classroom practices. They offer as an example their “New York City Evacuation CACS,” developed for and taught in TC for Health Sciences courses, which demonstrates that critical disability theory can help us better teach distribution and design of technical information and user-based approaches to TC. The conceptual framework of the CACS functions as a strategy for TC instructors to integrate disability studies and attention to disability and accessibility into TC curricula, meeting both ethical calls to do so as well as practical pedagogical goals.
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Dymkova, Svetlana, and Oleg Varlamov. "INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE “ENGINEERING MANAGEMENT OF COMMUNICATION AND TECHNOLOGY” (EMCTECH). FINAL INFORMATION AND STATISTICS." SYNCHROINFO JOURNAL 7, no. 6 (2021): 36–39. http://dx.doi.org/10.36724/2664-066x-2021-7-6-36-39.
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International conference “ENGINEERING MANAGEMENT OF COMMUNICATION AND TECHNOLOGY” (EMCTECH) was held on October 20-22, 2021 in Vienna (Austria). On EMCTECH-2021 was invited researchers, educators, managers, and students, which research activity, case studies or best practices, shedding light on the theory or practice of engineering, technology, innovation management, or development of personal skills, business and entrepreneurship. On EMCTECH-2021 IEEE in cooperation with Institute of Radio and Information Systems (IRIS) provide various opportunities for publishing results of research, based on international scientific and technical cooperation of researchers, PhD students and students in the field of radio and information systems.
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Makarenko, S. I. "INFORMATION CONFLICT BETWEEN A COMMUNICATION SYSTEM AND A SYSTEM OF DESTABILIZING INFLUENCES Part III CONTROLLING OF A COMMUNICATION SYSTEM IN CONFLICT SITUATION." RADIO COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY, no. 48 (June 16, 2021): 103–16. http://dx.doi.org/10.33286/2075-8693-2021-48-103-116.
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In the paper is presented formalization of the controlling and connecting processes for in the conflict condition with the system of destabilizing influences. The quality of control in the organizational and technical system is matched to the stability of its communication system. It is showed match to reduce of the relevance and com-pleteness of the transmitted information in the control system with decrease of the reliability, timeliness and volume of information transmitted through the communi-cation system in condition a information conflict. A new indicator "information damage" is proposed in paper and it is shown that this indicator can estimate of the reduction of the quality of information support for controlling processes. Brief analysis of other studies that are aimed at developing generalized models of infor-mation conflict is carried out. Directions for further research are outlined.
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Loboda, Svitlana M., and Svitlana M. Denisenko. "ВИКОРИСТАННЯ ІНФОРМАЦІЙНО-КОМУНІКАЦІЙНИХ ІНТЕРАКТИВНИХ ТЕХНОЛОГІЙ У ПРОФЕСІЙНІЙ ПІДГОТОВЦІ ФАХІВЦІВ ВИДАВНИЦТВА І ПОЛІГРАФІЇ." Information Technologies and Learning Tools 62, no. 6 (December 30, 2017): 58. http://dx.doi.org/10.33407/itlt.v62i6.1939.
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In the article it is substantiated the importance of using modern information and communication, in particular interactive technologies, in the process of professional training in higher education, as well as described in detail the specifics of such interactive educational technology as case-study. The authors have determined the educational objectives of case technology, outlined skills, the development of which it contributes, presented the types of cases and their features; described the structure and foundations of case creation. The peculiarities of case-study realization in the basis of information and communication technologies and using in the process of professional training of future specialists of publishing and polygraphy at a higher educational institution during the teaching of the discipline «Fundamentals of technical aesthetics and design» are determined, as well as described the author's electronic resource with methodical instructions on the use of case-situations. Also, the authors describe the peculiarities of the training of case studies, based on the specifics of the discipline.
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Mirel, Barbara. "Designing Field Research in Technical Communication: Usability Testing for In-House User Documentation." Journal of Technical Writing and Communication 17, no. 4 (October 1987): 347–54. http://dx.doi.org/10.2190/3g4g-c1n7-75yk-7a6n.
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A current assumption is that “one best system” can be devised to develop and test user documentation. In-house documentation, however, demands approaches that do not fit into a generic system. Specifically, an in-house manual needs a special type of usability testing, one that measures if and how a manual is used to meet the goals of its organization. Along with quality testing, in-house writers must also run studies on how their manuals actually function in the workplace. This article describes a three-pronged design for actual use testing: user logs; observations; and surveys. In my case study, this testing revealed that users did not use their manuals for reasons other than quality — for instance, reliance on social interactions for acquiring information. My findings show that writing an effective manual requires more than composing skills; it demands writers' involvement in the organizational dynamics that motivate workers to use or not use their manuals.
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Roy, Debopriyo. "An Assembly Line Approach to Technical Communication Pedagogy with Intelligent Content Design and Delivery." International Journal of Information and Education Technology 12, no. 9 (2022): 934–39. http://dx.doi.org/10.18178/ijiet.2022.12.9.1703.
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Topic-based intelligent content design with a better understanding of semantic web schemas could be the new focus for technical communication (TC) pedagogy in academia - a major shift away from designing standalone static documents. A new such TC course focused on the basics of how XML, RDFS, and OWL schema contribute to the semantic web for CCMS and CDP, including the basics of how faceted search works and ontology creation happens for simple e-commerce based, tourism, healthcare, and consumer product information design. The course also attempted to expose students to a basic understanding of iiRDS – the standard that enables dynamic information request and delivery in the era of the Internet of Things and Industry 4.0; and how Microsoft HoloLens - a mixed reality platform caters to intelligent information processing in Toyota and smart city contexts, as case studies. This was an introductory course with conceptual development being the focus, and not programming skills. With this course, we wanted to introduce students to the new industry documentation standards and initiate a process in pedagogy that will ultimately lead to bridging the extreme shortage of qualified job applicants in the industry coming from content strategy as a new field of practice. This paper focused on a pilot study initiating an exercise to explore the extent to which such a course helps teach information management in an English as Foreign Language (EFL) context for computer science majors, within the scope of content language integrated learning (CLIL) and project-based language learning (PBLL).
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Jonnergård, Karin, Lena Petersson, and Gudbjörg Erlingsdóttir. "Communicating the Implementation of Open Notes to Health Care Professionals: Mixed Methods Study." JMIR Medical Informatics 9, no. 8 (August 16, 2021): e22391. http://dx.doi.org/10.2196/22391.
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Background The literature on how to communicate reform in organizations has mainly focused on levels of hierarchy and has largely ignored the variety of professions that may be found within an organization. In this study, we focus on the relationship between media type and professional responses. Objective The objective of this study was to investigate whether and how belonging to a profession influences the choice of communication media and the perception of information when a technical innovation is implemented in a health care setting. Methods This study followed a mixed methods design based on observations and participant studies, as well as a survey of professionals in psychiatric health care in Sweden. The χ2 test was used to detect differences in perceptions between professional groups. Results The use of available communication media differed among professions. These differences seem to be related to the status attached to each profession. The sense-making of the information appears to be similar among the professions, but is based on their traditional professional norms rather than on reflection on the reform at hand. Conclusions When communicating about the implementation of a new technology, the choice of media and the message need to be attuned to the employees in both hierarchical and professional terms. This also applies to situations where professional employees are only indirectly affected by the implementation. A differentiated communication strategy is preferred over a downward cascade of information.
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Bhanu Prakash, Kolla. "Information extraction in current Indian web documents." International Journal of Engineering & Technology 7, no. 2.8 (March 19, 2018): 68. http://dx.doi.org/10.14419/ijet.v7i2.8.10332.
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Communication and Internet are two major resources in today’s technical, social and scientific disciplines offering a wide range of possibilities in bringing in new approaches and variations in current ones. Web documents are increasingly growing in size, volume and time, bringing in the need to access and process them off and online over the Internet with a PC or a smart phone. When viewed in Indian context, web documents pose different kinds of challenge and the present study addresses some of them taking into account the vagaries in the Indian languages. This has become very relevant in Indian education scenario, where bilingual and multi-lingual communication and web documents through on-line courses, are being generated. When regional native dialect comes into picture, another dimension of complexity is added. After presenting the different kinds of web pages in the Indian perspective, the case for the development of a generic approach id highlighted so that it can blend with current tools of data mining and at the same time cater to vagaries in Indian texts. The approach based on a pixel level addressing of data-which is of large size-, is later modified and reduced to numerical equivalents using matrix manipulations so that they form inputs to some classification approaches, like statistical, pattern matching and neural models. Some typical case studies on text letters and words are presented to highlight the generality of approach and its flexibility to fit into different tools.
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Wang, Ye, Srichakradhar Reddy Nagireddy, Charan Tej Thota, Duy H. Ho, and Yugyung Lee. "Community-in-the-loop: Creating Artificial Process Intelligence for Co-production of City Service." Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction 6, CSCW2 (November 7, 2022): 1–21. http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/3555176.
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Communities have first-hand knowledge about community issues. This study aims to improve the efficiency of social-technical problem-solving by proposing the concept of "artificial process intelligence," based on the theories of socio-technical decision-making. The technical challenges addressed were channeling the communication between the internal-facing and external-facing 311 categorizations. Accordingly, deep learning models were trained on data from Kansas City's 311 system: (1) Bidirectional Encoder Representations from Transformers (BERT) based classification models that can predict the internal-facing 311 service categories and the city departments that handle the issue; (2) the Balanced Latent Dirichlet Allocation (LDA) and BERT clustering (BLBC) model that inductively summarizes residents' complaints and maps the main themes to the internal-facing 311 service categories; (3) a regression time series model that can predict response and completion time. Our case study demonstrated that these models could provide the information needed for reciprocal communication, city service planning, and community envisioning. Future studies should explore interface design like a chatbot and conduct more research on the acceptance and diffusion of AI-assisted 311 systems.
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Pitard, F. "Case studies using Visman and Ingamells sampling approaches." TOS Forum 2022, no. 11 (May 27, 2022): 339. http://dx.doi.org/10.1255/tosf.162.
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It is an undeniable fact that Visman and Ingamells’s works provide valuable additions to the Theory of Sampling. This paper shows real cases where their approaches gave valuable information to better understand the complex heterogeneity of low content constituents that led to better sampling and subsampling protocols. These case studies are: Cobalt assays in a lateritic ore led to the conclusion that some areas were very low in cobalt content. A closer look at the data using Ingamells’s approach proved that conclusion completely wrong. The estimation of low content iron in high purity ammonium paratungstate using 1-gram subsamples for the analytical method proved to be affected by a severe Poisson Process giving the illusion of a product being within specification when in fact it was a very bad product. It should be emphasized that there are probably thousands of similar cases in many industries, as the result of economists not communicating enough with knowledgeable technical staff.
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Kiianovska, Nataliia, Natalia Rashevska, and Natalia Kharadzjan. "ANALYSIS OF TEACHING METHODS WITH THE USE OF INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES IN THE STUDY OF HIGHER MATHEMATICS BY TECHNICAL STUDENTS." Academic Notes Series Pedagogical Science 1, no. 194 (June 2021): 129–34. http://dx.doi.org/10.36550/2415-7988-2021-1-194-129-134.
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The researchers of methodological tools for differentiation of training higher mathematics at technical universities are chosen different methods approach to teaching mathematics, which provides the organization of mastering the content of professionally directed training of mathematics preparation students through the introduction of a teaching productive learning method. To identify methodological features of using productive learning methods of training higher mathematics engineer students at technical universities. We can’t underestimate the important role of mathematical training in the professional development of personality of the students in technical universities. Objectives of higher technical education is to produce creative person, able to work in a rapidly changing environment. Therefore, the use of productive learning methods of training higher mathematics engineer students at technical universities such as project method, multilevel studies, case-method, method teaching in groups, training in cooperation, the method portfolio, the method of problem-based learning, heuristic method, research training and so contributes to personal development, able to quickly make the right decisions. The author analyzed, examined the particular use of productive learning methods as multi-level learning, method of teaching in groups, training in cooperation, heuristic method, problem-based learning. The features of these methods use the example parts of Mathematics «Indefinite and definite integrals». Of the proposed methods of teaching higher mathematics promotes students' cognitive activity, ability to work independently with new information, the ability to analyze data subcritical. These methods can be used in the process of learning about blended learning model both individually and in combination with each other. Are the same methods the teacher can use in different ways, directing the activities of students or to reproduce previously acquired knowledge (reproductive activities) or meet new independent learning tasks (creative activity).
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Murnane, Richard, Alanna Simpson, and Brenden Jongman. "Understanding risk: what makes a risk assessment successful?" International Journal of Disaster Resilience in the Built Environment 7, no. 2 (April 11, 2016): 186–200. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/ijdrbe-06-2015-0033.
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Purpose Understanding risk is more than just modeling risk; it requires an understanding of the development and social processes that underlie and drive the generation of disaster risk. Here, in addition to a review of more technical factors, this paper aims to discuss a variety of institutional, social and political considerations that must be managed for the results of a risk assessment to influence actions that lead to reductions in natural hazard risk. Design/methodology/approach The technical approaches and the institutional, social and political considerations covered in this paper are based on a wide range of experiences gleaned from case studies that touch on a variety of activities related to assessing the risks and impacts of natural hazards, and from the activities of the World Bank’s Global Facility for Disaster Reduction and Recovery. Findings Risk information provides a critical foundation for managing disaster risk across a wide range of sectors. Appropriate communication of robust risk information at the right time can raise awareness and trigger action to reduce risk. Communicating this information in a way that triggers action requires an understanding of the developments and social processes that underlie and drive the generation of risk, as well as of the wider Disaster Risk Management (DRM) decision-making context. Practical implications Prior to the initiation of a quantitative risk assessment one should clearly define why an assessment is needed and wanted, the information gaps that currently prevent effective DRM actions and the end-users of the risk information. This requires developing trust through communication among the scientists and engineers performing the risk assessment and the decision-makers, authorities, communities and other intended users of the information developed through the assessment. Originality/value This paper summarizes the technical components of a risk assessment as well as the institutional, social and political considerations that should be considered to maximize the probability of successfully reducing the risk defined by a risk assessment.
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Hafkin, Nancy J. "“Whatsupoch” on the Net: The Role of Information and Communication Technology in the Shaping of Transnational Ethiopian Identity." Diaspora: A Journal of Transnational Studies 15, no. 2-3 (March 2011): 221–45. http://dx.doi.org/10.3138/diaspora.15.2-3.221.
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The Ethiopian diaspora is using the Internet increasingly to reflect on its identity, to forge new communities, and to promote cultural innovation. This essay tracks the close association of information and communication technologies (ICTs) with the emergence of the Ethiopian diaspora since 1980, setting forth a series of brief case studies illustrating the role of ICTs among different Ethiopian ethnic communities. It documents the manner in which ICTs shape socialization and address questions of return to homeland; it also explores the way in which Ethiopians have exploited new media and their technical innovations. The essay concludes with an account of ways in which freedom of expression and access to technology enable diaspora Ethiopians to have public discussions and circulate critiques of Ethiopian politics and culture that could not have taken place in Ethiopia, which is not only at the bottom of the digital divide but has exercised censorship over a number of homeland Ethiopian Web sites and blogs. (16 January 2009)
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Shrestha, Govinda M., and H. Dean Sutphin. "Program Delivery via Satellite in the Information Age: Extension Educators' Perspectives on Teaching Techniques, Communication Channels, and Participation." Journal of Educational Technology Systems 24, no. 2 (December 1995): 135–44. http://dx.doi.org/10.2190/6j52-ah5w-f3pj-7hb4.
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Interest in the educational satellite technology in Cooperative Extension is increasing rapidly. This study describes program delivery through the Cornell Cooperative Extension Satellite Network (CCESN) as a new educational initiative in the information age. The description is focused on examining extension educators' perspectives on teaching techniques, communication channels, and factors related to participation in the program. The study found that traditional educational techniques such as multiple speakers, interviewing, case studies, team teaching, and panel discussions were seen as only somewhat effective, and communication channels such as face-to-face contact, small group meetings, interactions with local county extension staff, and personal contact by telephone more effective than satellites and computers. Factors encouraging participation include economy of scale, access to information and other resources, professionalization of programming, and interactivity, and those that discouraged participation include lack of interactivity, programming costs, lack of depth in content, and technical support. Further study is needed to probe satellite technology as a single educational delivery or one needing combination with other technologies.
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Caran, Gustavo Miranda, Rose Marie Santini, and Jorge Calmon de Almeida Biolchini. "Use of social network to support visually impaired people: A Facebook case study." Transinformação 28, no. 2 (August 2016): 173–80. http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/2318-08892016000200004.
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The use of Information and Communication Technologies can be seen as an important factor for social inclusion in its different aspects - economic, social, relational and informational, among others. Inclusion potentiality is even more relevant for groups of people who face limiting life conditions which determine social barriers. This study investigated the social support offered to people with disabilities based on the social network analysis method. The research objective was to make the online support dynamics for low vision people, friends and relatives evident, having as case study the Facebook Low Vision group. The social network modelling and quantitative analysis were performed from user data collection, posts, comments and likes. Contents were classified according to the type of support (Emotional or Instrumental) and according to its intention (Offered or Requested), represented in graphs as indicators for analysis. Results pointed towards a larger use rate of Instrumental and Offered support although a more intense and comprehensive exchange of Emotional and Requested support was found. Data collection limitations indicate the need for more empirical studies on the social use of socio-technical networks for different types of social support. This theme points to a research agenda about the role of information and communication technologies as a possible condition for inclusion, life quality and well-being of people with disabilities.
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Salamh, Fahad E. "A Forensic Analysis of Home Automation Devices (FAHAD) Model: Kasa Smart Light Bulb and Eufy Floodlight Camera as Case Studies." International Journal of Cyber Forensics and Advanced Threat Investigations 1, no. 1-3 (February 15, 2021): 18–26. http://dx.doi.org/10.46386/ijcfati.v1i1-3.16.
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The adoption of Internet of Things (IoT) devices is rapidly increasing with the advancement of network technology, these devices carry sensitive data that require adherence to minimum security practices. The adoption of smart devices to migrate homeowners from traditional homes to smart homes has been noticeable. These smart devices share value with and are of potential interest to digital forensic investigators, as well. Therefore, in this paper, we conduct comprehensive security and forensic analysis to contribute to both fields—targeting a security enhancement of the selected IoT devices and assisting the current IoT forensics approaches. Our work follows several techniques such as forensic analysis of identifiable information, including connected devices and sensor data. Furthermore, we perform security assessment exploring insecure communication protocols, plain text credentials, and sensitive information. This will include reverse engineering some binary files and manual analysis techniques. The analysis includes a data-set of home automation devices provided by the VTO labs: (1) the eufy floodlight camera, and (2) the Kasa smart light bulb. The main goal of the technical experiment in this research is to support the proposed model.
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Marsh, Oliver. ""People seem to really enjoy the mix of humour and intelligence": science humour in online settings." Journal of Science Communication 15, no. 02 (March 17, 2016): C03. http://dx.doi.org/10.22323/2.15020303.
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This commentary considers the topics of humour and online settings. Both have received increasing attention amongst researchers and practitioners of science communication, and both raise numerous questions around the role of informality and enjoyment in the spread of information. However, online settings also provide a great range of data with which to address these questions. Here I suggest that close consideration of technical infrastructure plays an important role in this data collection. I shall do so using case studies drawn from two popular participatory websites, reddit and Facebook, which display contrasting attitudes towards using humour. I argue that these attitudes are partly products of the different tools provided by the pages for users to show appreciation, which affect the appearance of content on the websites. I also suggest that these tools allow users to appreciate jokes in multiple ways, and by extension might provide researchers with methods for assessing different forms of engagement.
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Fischer, Stefan, Barbara Taborsky, Rebecca Burlaud, Ahana Aurora Fernandez, Sybille Hess, Evelyne Oberhummer, and Joachim G. Frommen. "Animated images as a tool to study visual communication: a case study in a cooperatively breeding cichlid." Behaviour 151, no. 12-13 (2014): 1921–42. http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/1568539x-00003223.
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Investigating the role of visual information in animal communication often involves the experimental presentation of live stimuli, mirrors, dummies, still images, video recordings or computer animations. In recent years computer animations have received increased attention, as this technology allows the presentation of moving stimuli that exhibit a fully standardized behaviour. However, whether simple animated 2D-still images of conspecific and heterospecific stimulus animals can elicit detailed behavioural responses in test animals is unclear thus far. In this study we validate a simple method to generate animated still images using PowerPoint presentations as an experimental tool. We studied context-specific behaviour directed towards conspecifics and heterospecifics, using the cooperatively breeding cichlid Neolamprologus pulcher as model species. N. pulcher did not only differentiate between images of conspecifics, predators and herbivorous fish, but they also showed adequate behavioural responses towards the respective stimulus images as well as towards stimulus individuals of different sizes. Our results indicate that even simple animated still images, which can be produced with minimal technical effort at very low costs, can be used to study detailed behavioural responses towards social and predatory challenges. Thus, this technique opens up intriguing possibilities to manipulate single or multiple visual features of the presented animals by simple digital image-editing and to study their relative importance to the observing fish. We hope to encourage further studies to use animated images as a powerful research tool in behavioural and evolutionary studies.
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Almujamed, Hesham I., Suzanne G. M. Fifield, and David M. Power. "Share Valuation Methods And Data Source-Based Accounting In An Emerging Stock Market: The Case Of The Kuwaiti Stock Market." International Business & Economics Research Journal (IBER) 11, no. 7 (July 5, 2012): 713. http://dx.doi.org/10.19030/iber.v11i7.7059.
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This paper uses a questionnaire survey to investigate share valuation methods and the sources of information employed by Kuwaiti investors; it compares the appraisal techniques and the sources of information employed by Kuwaiti investors to those used in other developed and emerging stock markets. The findings suggest that Kuwaiti investors behave like their counterparts in other stock markets; fundamental analysis is the main appraisal technique used by investors; technical analysis and risk analysis are ranked second and third, respectively. However, the usage of technical and risk analysis is much higher in Kuwait. Further, quarterly and annual corporate reports as well as newspapers, the Kuwait Stock Exchange (KSE) website, and charts are commonly studied by investors when valuing Kuwaiti shares. By contrast, communication with company management is not common since executives are usually unwilling to discuss their firm's performance with investors.
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Prokopchuk, О. T. "Communications in insurance management." Collected Works of Uman National University of Horticulture 2, no. 99 (December 22, 2021): 211–22. http://dx.doi.org/10.31395/2415-8240-2021-99-2-211-222.
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Communications are a connecting element of the management process. Management activities are inextricably linked with the need for constant exchange of information (communicative activities) to coordinate the work of units of the organization and individuals, aimed at achieving common goals. The article is devoted to the consideration of communication issues in modern insurance organizations with an emphasis on their essence, key elements and main stages of the communication process. The essence of communications in the categorical section is clarified and scientific approaches to the formation of the definition of this category are generalized. Thus, it is determined that communication is a process of exchanging ideas and information, which ultimately leads to mutual understanding. This interpretation of the concept of communication is shared by most domestic researchers who have studied the outlined issues. The types, kinds and classes of communications of the insurance company are investigated. The range of communication tasks is outlined and the set of functions of the latter in the management process is determined. The study allowed to form four key tasks of communications in the management process: a combination of all elements of the management process; assistance in making management decisions; providing information on the entire management process; ensuring interpersonal relationships in the team. According to the results of the study, the key functions of communications in the management process include: managerial, informative, emotional, control and factual. The key stages of the communication process are considered, of which according to the results of the research four are singled out: the first – formulation of the idea and selection of information; the second – coding and channel selection; the third is transmission and the fourth is decoding. It is established that communication as an exchange of information between people (or groups of people) has three aspects that are most important for assessing the content of management activities, each of which is considered from the normative-organizational and individual-psychological positions. In the first case, communication is determined by its objective organizational forms, the requirements for the effective implementation of a rational communicative process. The second aspect of communication is based on the psychological characteristics of communication partners and explains a number of important features of interaction, including those that hinder the effective development of communication. According to the results of the study, it is determined that communication is a semantic aspect of social interaction, one of the most common characteristics of any activity, including management. It is a modern form of political, scientific, organizational and technical force in society, through which the organization is included in the external environment, the exchange of views or information to ensure mutual understanding.
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Samsa, Gregory P. "A Day in the Professional Life of a Collaborative Biostatistician Deconstructed: Implications for Curriculum Design." Journal of Curriculum and Teaching 7, no. 1 (January 17, 2018): 20. http://dx.doi.org/10.5430/jct.v7n1p20.
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Collaborative biostatistics is the creative application of statistical tools to biomedical problems. The relativelymodest literature about the traits of effective collaborative biostatisticians focuses on four core competencies: (a)technical and analytical; (b) substance-matter knowledge; (c) communication; and (d) problem solving and problemframing. Most statistical education concentrates on the technical and analytical competency; here, we focus on theremaining ones. Case studies describing consultations about study design and data analysis are presented, and thetask is to deconstruct the knowledge used by an experienced collaborative biostatistician into components which aremore explicit (and, ultimately, teachable). These components include specific and concrete information aboutstatistical procedures; substance-matter knowledge about biology and medicine; general knowledge about biomedicalstudies, especially study design; insights about the process of effective collaboration; and high-level synthesis.Implications for curriculum design are discussed. To follow up on these qualitative and provisional efforts, the nextstep in scholarly research about to teach communication, problem framing and problem solving within the context ofcollaborative biostatistics should focus on a finer-grained and evidence-based description of what these competenciesactually entail.
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Kim, N. D., and S. A. Khashimova. "TO THE ISSUE OF DEVELOPMENT OF ORIENTAL STUDIES IN UZBEKISTAN (THE CASE OF THE FACULTY OF SINOLOGY OF TASHKENT STATE INSTITUTE OF ORIENTAL STUDIES)." Bulletin of Udmurt University. Series History and Philology 30, no. 3 (July 15, 2020): 551–60. http://dx.doi.org/10.35634/2412-9534-2020-30-3-551-560.
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This article provides an overview of the activities of the Faculty of Sinology and teaching strategies in the areas of “Philology and language teaching (Oriental languages)”. The provision of modern technical means, a language laboratory, a special audience and technical means for simultaneous translation, interactive subjects for teaching the Oriental language, in particular, the Chinese language, new textbooks, teaching aids makes it possible to improve the quality and level of teaching. Recently, the dynamic interaction of Uzbekistan with other countries, cooperation in various sectors of the economy require the training of highly qualified personnel. These professionals must be competitive. The training of good specialists depends on innovative approaches, especially in the higher education system. Dramatic changes help introduce advanced technologies in teaching the Chinese language. Strengthening the Uzbek-Chinese relations requires systematic support of knowledge and research in various fields. It is necessary to conduct seminars and trainings to improve the qualifications of journalists in China. In addition, it is necessary to monitor materials about China in the media of the Republic of Uzbekistan. Strengthening contacts of the Tashkent State Institute of Oriental Studies with the State Committee for Communications, Information and Telecommunication Technologies, the Press and Information Agency, and the National Television and Radio Company of the Republic of Uzbekistan can play a big positive role in this. The role of cooperation with Chinese publications and media organizations is important.
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Brenes-Monge, Melania María, María del Mar Fernández-Martínez, María Dolores Pérez-Esteban, and José Juan Carrión-Martínez. "Teacher and Context Factors Associated with the Educational Use of ICT: A Costa Rican Case Study." Sustainability 12, no. 23 (December 6, 2020): 10170. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su122310170.
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This paper studies the factors that influence the progress of teachers in Costa Rica with regards to their educational use of information and communication technologies (ICTs) in teaching and learning processes with their students. It addresses both the analysis of factors related to the figure of the teacher, their professional profile, and other factors that are external to them and are related to the context in which they practice. A qualitative method involving a case study of seven teachers was selected according to relevant and maximum variation sampling based on expert criteria. The information was collected utilizing in-depth interviews and systematic observation. The analysis of the information was based on the qualitative data analysis software program ATLAS.ti. The results highlight two categories of factors, those of the teacher, such as vocation, beliefs, teaching model, desire for personal fulfillment, or personal issues, and those of context, such as technical support and support of the management structure of the school, with more significant influence on the processes of appropriation and use of ICT in teaching practices of those factors linked to the teachers themselves.
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Allen, Anna A., and Howard C. Shane. "The Evaluation of Children with an Autism Spectrum Disorder: Adaptations to Accommodate a Telepractice Model of Clinical Care." Perspectives on Telepractice 4, no. 2 (September 2014): 42–51. http://dx.doi.org/10.1044/teles4.2.42.
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Telepractice is increasingly applied to assessment and intervention for persons with autism spectrum disorders (ASD), and the use of telepractice for delivering augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) services is expanding. To date, no studies have focused on the assessment of communication in children with ASD who are minimally verbal. This case exploration represents a first attempt to apply the clinical assessment approach (also known as Visual Immersion System) developed in the Autism Language Program in the Center for Communication Enhancement (CCE) at Boston Children's Hospital (BCH) through a telepractice service delivery model. In this paper we detail an on-site evaluation, and then describe the application of the various evaluation components to telepractice delivery. Our findings provide preliminary evidence that communication assessment information can be successfully obtained for this population via telepractice. The results demonstrated that the telepractice evaluation took greater time to complete than the on-site evaluation, likely due to both technical and cultural factors. Further study is warranted particularly in the delivery of family instruction materials prior to the evaluation and to quality assurance measures.
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KERIMBAYEVA, B. T., Y. R. KERIMBEKOV, and D. D. SAPARGALIYEVA. "THE IMPORTANCE OF DEVELOPING A NETWORK COMMUNICATIVE CULTURE OF THE FUTURE TEACHER." Iasaýı ýnıversıtetіnіń habarshysy 126, no. 4 (December 15, 2022): 281–93. http://dx.doi.org/10.47526/2022-4/2664-0686.24.
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The article defines the meaning of the concept of transformation in accordance with the characteristics of various fields of science, clarifies the features of digital transformation for educational organizations. The levels of replacement, improvement, change and transformation of changes in pedagogical practice are determined, which are a clear manifestation of digital transformation in education. In addition, the role of communicative revolutions in the history of mankind is determined. The value of communicative culture is determined in the case of interaction between communication and culture. The communicative qualities of the individual, which form the basis of pedagogical relations, are studied. The meaning of the concepts communicative culture of the teacher, pedagogical communication, and intercultural communication is determined. The role of the components of the teacher's communicative culture in professional pedagogical activity is considered. The communicative culture of a teacher is defined as a set of cultural norms, knowledge and values, knowledge and skills used in the course of his personal and pedagogical communication, contributing to its effectiveness. As components of a communicative culture, it is based on the ability for interpersonal relationships, acceptance and respect for opinions, differentiation and presentation of arguments, discussion of problems, readiness to communicate harmoniously and politely with strangers. As a result of the rapid development of information and communication technologies, the Internet has had a positive impact on increasing access to information for education and teachers. The network communication direction of traditional communication theory is often discussed today in the focus of attention of researchers and scientists. The content of the ethical principles of communication on the Internet is specified through psychological, emotional, technical, decorative and administrative categories. In the article, pedagogical communication in the electronic environment is considered as a developing pedagogical scientific direction that studies the effective interaction of participants in the educational process in the electronic educational environment. The actual communication skills of the teacher in the context of digitalization of educational processes are systematized. The effective factors of using network communications in the educational space of higher education organizations are revealed. The effectiveness of the use of training technology in the development of a communicative online culture of future teachers is substantiated.
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Tunde Oladokun, Timothy. "Corporate site selection and acquisition in a Nigerian GSM communication company." Journal of Corporate Real Estate 13, no. 4 (November 22, 2011): 247–60. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/14630011111214446.
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PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to document the corporate site selection and acquisition process in a Nigerian global system for mobile (GSM) communication company, using a case study approach.Design/methodology/approachThe study integrates a literature review and a case study. The researcher made use of semi‐structured interviews to obtain information about the process of site selection and acquisition from the personnel of the property management department (property managers/SAQ managers) of the studied organisation. Beside the interviews, there was a series of follow‐ups for further clarification through telephone conversation and e‐mail. On average, the interview took about 45 minutes with each respondent, aside from prior occasional discussions undertaken to obtain some data.FindingsData obtained indicated that the process of site acquisition follows the global trend of outsourcing of non‐core services by organizations to consultants who have the technical ability to handle such assignments. The case study also revealed an arrangement of successful collaboration between multinational companies and local/indigenous firms.Research limitations/implicationsThe approach is subject to data distortion as there is no yardstick for comparison in the industry.Practical implicationsThe study has major implications for real estate practice in Nigeria. Real estate practitioners need to acquire the technical ability to meet real estate/site acquisition service requirements of multinational companies. The profession also needs qualified and competent members who can compete favourably with their foreign counterparts, who have hitherto been providing site acquisition services for the foreign companies in their overseas branches.Social implicationsThe method of outsourcing breeds competitiveness for site acquisition service provision and enhances efficient service delivery. It helps indigenous contractors to favourably compete for jobs of international standard.Originality/valueThe study explores the case study approach to provide a guide for foreign investors towards meeting their real estate needs.
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Dragomir, Claudiu Sorin, and Daniela Dobre. "From Seismic Instrumentation Towards Disaster Prevention and Mitigation." IOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering 1203, no. 3 (November 1, 2021): 032090. http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1757-899x/1203/3/032090.
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Abstract The present paper describes the current technical achievements in seismic instrumentation and monitoring within a national network and the role of this developed concept in disaster prevention and mitigation, in particular case of Romanian seismicity. Many studies are being conducted in the field of structural health monitoring, for seismically instrumented/monitored buildings, based on existed sensor technology, seismic data acquisition systems, data communication and information flow, computer hardware/software engineering, new solutions for seismic data transfer etc. Seismic records in free-field and on buildings are capitalised in anti-seismic design, development of technical and technological solutions in construction, seismic evaluation and rehabilitation of buildings, as well as in the process of education and earthquake preparedness. It aimed also to create a virtual seismic network (through Internet, WAN property networks, public analogue telephone network). It is a national priority creating a preventive culture in order to mitigate the seismic risk, starting with the strengthening of buildings, upgrading of the code for seismic design, seismic instrumentation as a usual practice and continuing with public communication and information actions, empowering communities and decision-makers related to the risks, prevention measures, what behaviour to be adopted. The efforts of last years show that Romania has taken important steps in preparing a response according to the challenges induced by the existing seismic sources from the entire territory of the country.
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Edwards, April, MaryLyn Sullivan, Ezrah Itkowsky, and Dana Weinberg. "TextQ—A User Friendly Tool for Exploratory Text Analysis." Information 12, no. 12 (December 7, 2021): 508. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/info12120508.
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As the amount of textual data available on the Internet grows substantially each year, there is a need for tools to assist with exploratory data analysis. Furthermore, to democratize the process of text analytics, tools must be usable for those with a non-technical background and those who do not have the financial resources to outsource their data analysis needs. To that end, we developed TextQ, which provides a simple, intuitive interface for exploratory analysis of textual data. We also tested the efficacy of TextQ using two case studies performed by subject matter experts—one related to a project on the detection of cyberbullying communication and another related to the user of Twitter for influence operations. TextQ was able to efficiently process over a million social media messages and provide valuable insights that directly assisted in our research efforts on these topics. TextQ is built using an open access platform and object-oriented architecture for ease of use and installation. Additional features will continue to be added to TextQ, based on the needs and interests of the installed base.
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Mazzoglio, Paola, Stefano Macchia, Enrico Gallo, Julia Winter, and Pierluigi Claps. "Disaster Tales as Communication Tool for Increasing Risk Resilience." International Journal of Disaster Risk Science 12, no. 3 (April 2, 2021): 341–54. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s13753-021-00341-x.
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AbstractAgencies in charge of flood management use disaster reports (DRs) as the preferred source of information on past flooding events. A systematic survey of DRs prepared by Italian agencies suggests that DRs could be widely enhanced in view of targeting more effective communication to citizens, reinforcing the communication pillar in civil protection planning and management, and improving the resilience of the population to extreme events. Without loss of the rigor and details required for all the usual technical uses of DRs, we suggest recompiling them in the form of “disaster tales” (DTs), as tools that offer wider knowledge of the events to improve people’s preparedness and self-protection behavior. Recent major flooding events have demonstrated the communication potential that videos and pictures taken by citizens have for risk perception and disaster preparedness. By watching and listening to what has happened the communication recipient can better understand the feelings of the people experiencing an emergency. The structure of the improved reports, we suggest, will finally integrate data, graphs, and maps with interactive tools and be able to present handier multimedia views of the events. Application to three case studies of flooding in Italy illustrates how to concretely implement the suggested disaster reports to create more readily accessible disaster tales.
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Chen, LieHuo, Qiang Liu, and XiaoGuang Sun. "PTBL." International Journal of Information Systems in the Service Sector 5, no. 3 (July 2013): 63–84. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/jisss.2013070105.
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With software projects are becoming increasingly complicated, soft skills such as collaboration, effective communication, rhetoric, socio-cultural, accountabilities and collision resolution in real-life software projects, as well as computer programming are badly required for team members to cooperate and finish the strenuous projects. Therefore it is fundamental for software engineering students to improve such skills, if they want to accelerate the success of teamwork. Nowadays, the ability of effective cooperation and communication is much more important than raw programming talent. Teams with average programmers who communicate well are more likely to success than those with superstars but not good at communication. At the same time, these soft skills are just difficult to teach and learn which require true collaboration and communication between students. The traditional learning activities for training soft skills are insufficient based on the facts that teachers and mentors pay too much attention on professional and technical abilities instead of soft skills. In this paper, a novel learning model called Problem and Task Based Learning is proposed which includes Problem-Based Learning, Task-Based Learning, and Web3D technologies. This new model could elevate the teamwork skills in software engineering and overcome the common limitations of the traditional course. This paper also presents two courses using this learning model-a Task-game course and a virtual 3D meeting, as well as some experimental results obtained from the students and the teachers who have participated in the two case studies. Both students and teachers are from Software Engineering Department of Tsinghua University.
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Tobin, Annette, Amir Ali Khan, Haseen Khan, Len Moores, and Jim Taylor. "Forestry Water Quality Index – A planning tool for the assessment and communication of the impacts of forestry activities on water quality." Forestry Chronicle 83, no. 2 (April 1, 2007): 207–14. http://dx.doi.org/10.5558/tfc83207-2.
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The assessment of the impacts of forestry activities on water quality is a critical component of forestry management and planning, especially when watersheds are being used for different water uses by different stakeholders. Traditional methodologies for assessing these impacts, while accurate, often do not take into account the intended use of water. Water quality data are inherently technical and are not conducive to communication to all stakeholders—especially the public. There is a need for a communications-based assessment tool that assesses the impact of forestry activities on water quality from the perspective of different water uses. This paper describes the development and application of such a tool, the Forestry Water Quality Index (FWQI). The FWQI has been developed specifically to capture, evaluate and communicate the impact of forestry activities on water quality to multiple stakeholders. Initially based on the Canadian Council of Ministers of the Environment's Water Quality Index, the FWQI was specifically adapted for applications in forestry management. Details of this adaptation and its methodology are outlined. Case studies from Newfoundland and Labrador illustrate the use of the FWQI for communication, performance evaluation, and planning and technical data analysis. The FWQI tool has the ability to compare pre- and post-forestry water quality data (communication), determine the effectiveness of best management practices (performance evaluation), predict water quality after forestry activities (planning) and evaluate seasonal variations in water quality (data analysis). These components provide useful information for the evaluation of the effects of forestry activities on water quality and to ensure sustainable forest management. It can be utilized by both forestry and water resources management to ensure sustainable development of the forestry sector. Key words: FWQI, sustainable forest management, water quality, Newfoundland and Labrador
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Carter, Daniel. "Infrastructure and the experience of documents." Journal of Documentation 72, no. 1 (January 11, 2016): 65–80. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/jd-12-2014-0169.
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Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to contribute to understandings of how documents are experienced by looking to work in reception studies for methodological examples. Based on a review of research from literary studies, communication studies and museum studies, it identifies existing approaches and challenges. Specifically, it draws attention to problems cited in relation to small-scale user studies and suggests an alternative approach that focusses on how infrastructures influence experience. Design/methodology/approach – This paper presents data collected from over a year of ethnographic work at a cultural archive and exhibition space and analyses the implications of infrastructural features such as institutional organization, database structures and the organization of physical space for making available certain modes of reception. Findings – This research suggests that infrastructure provides a useful perspective on how experiences of documents are influenced by larger systems. Research limitations/implications – This research was conducted to explore the implications of an alternative research methodology. Based on the ethnographic study presented, it suggests that this approach produces results that warrant further work. However, as it is intended only to be a test case, its scope is limited, and future research following the approach discussed here should more fully engage with specific findings in relation to the experience of documents. Originality/value – This paper presents an alternative approach to studying the experience of documents that responds to limitations in previous work. The research presented suggests that infrastructures can reveal ways that the experience is shared across contexts, shifting discussions from individuals and objects to technical systems, institutions and social structures.
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Eftekhari, Navid Ahmadi, Saba Mani, Javad Bakhshi, Larissa Statsenko, and Leila Moslemi Naeni. "Socio-Technical and Political Complexities: Findings from Two Case Studies of Large IT Project-Based Organizations." Systems 10, no. 6 (December 3, 2022): 244. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/systems10060244.
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Information technology (IT) projects are becoming more complex due to technological advancements, increased sociopolitical demand, and competition. In recent years, the project complexity field has attracted increasing attention with diverse strategies and methods proposed to identify, evaluate, and respond to various complexities. This study aims to identify and prioritize factors contributing to complexity in IT projects by reporting two case studies conducted on large IT organizations. The literature on project complexity informed and guided this exploratory research. The data were collected through 21 semi-structured interviews and analyzed by applying open and axial coding content analysis. Underpinned by complexity theories, 19 factors contributing to the complexity of IT projects were identified, and their importance was highlighted using the Friedman test. The top five factors contributing to IT project complexity were identified as follows: the diversity of stakeholders; technological newness of the project; conflicting goals of stakeholders; variety of product sub-systems and components; and uncertainty of project objectives. This study’s findings contribute to the project management literature and inform practitioners about how to achieve more effective management of complex IT projects.
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Landgren, Mathilde, Signe Skovmand Jakobsen, Birthe Wohlenberg, and Lotte Bjerregaard Jensen. "Informing sustainable building design." Archnet-IJAR: International Journal of Architectural Research 13, no. 1 (March 18, 2019): 194–203. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/arch-12-2018-0025.
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Purpose In recent decades there has been a focus on reducing the overall emissions from the built environment, which increases the complexity of the building design process. More specialized knowledge, a greater common understanding and more cooperation between the stakeholders are required. Interdisciplinary design teams need simple and intuitive means of communication. Architects and engineers are starting to increase their focus on improving interdisciplinary communication, but it is often unclear how to do so. The purpose of this paper is to define the impact of visually communicating engineering knowledge to architects in an interdisciplinary design team and to define how quantifying architectural design decisions have an impact during the early phases of sustainable building design. Design/methodology/approach This work is based on a study of extensive project materials consisting of presentations, reports, simulation results and case studies. The material is made available by one of the largest European Engineering Consultancies and by a large architectural office in the field of sustainable architecture in Denmark. The project material is used for mapping communication concepts from practice. Findings It is demonstrated that visual communication by engineers increases the level of technical knowledge in the design decisions made by architects. This is essential in order to reach the goal of designing buildings with low environmental impact. Conversely, quantification of architectural quality improved the engineer’s acceptance of the architects’ proposals. Originality/value This paper produces new knowledge through the case study processes performed. The main points are presented as clearly as possible; however, it should be stressed that it is only the top of the iceberg. In all, 17 extensive case studies design processes were performed with various design teams by the 3 authors of the paper Mathilde, Birthe and Signe. The companies that provided the framework for the cases are leading in Europe within sustainability in the built environment, and in the case of Sweco also in regards to size (number of employees). Data are thus first hand and developed by the researchers and authors of this paper, with explicit consent from the industry partners involved as well as assoc. Professor Lotte B. Jensen Technical University of Denmark (DTU). This material is in the DTU servers and is in the PhD dissertation by Mathilde Landgren (successful defence was in January 2019). The observations and reflection is presented in selected significant case examples. The methods are descriped in detail, and if further information on method is required a more in depth description is found in Mathilde Landgrens PhD Dissertation. There is a lack in existing literature of the effect of visualisation in interdisciplinary design teams and though the literature (e.g. guidelines) of integrated design is extensive, there is not much published on this essential part of an integrated design process.
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Llamas-Rodriguez, Juan. "The Datalogical Drug Mule." Feminist Media Histories 3, no. 3 (2017): 9–29. http://dx.doi.org/10.1525/fmh.2017.3.3.9.
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Borders and bodies are increasingly regulated by data-capturing mechanisms spread across the world through information and communication technologies. This article traces the features and implications of such a border-body datalogical entanglement through the figure of the drug mule. It analyzes government documents and recorded case studies to argue that this figure emerges from an assemblage of cultural narratives, legal structures, human labor, technical practices, and biological processes. The datalogical drug mule is already implicated in a struggle over what, and how, data is meaningful and actionable. Investigating this figure allows us to begin disentangling the data-driven mechanisms that constitute modern borders and bodies while at the same time accounting for analog continuities in contemporary practices of border security.
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Knyazheva, Yelena, and Tatyana Borovkova. "The Translation Brief as a Tool of Communication among the Participants of the Translation Process." Nizhny Novgorod Linguistics University Bulletin, no. 53 (March 31, 2021): 23–40. http://dx.doi.org/10.47388/2072-3490/lunn2021-53-1-23-40.
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The present research focuses on theoretical and practical aspects of the translation brief viewed as a tool of communication among the participants of the translation process. A review of literature on the subject, which includes theoretical papers and normative documents regulating the sphere of translation and interpreting services, demonstrates a number of differences in understanding of the terms translation process and translation brief. In translation theory, translation process refers to either individual intellectual operations of a translator in making translation decisions or to stages of translation performance. The concept of the translation brief, developed within the functionalist theory of translation, is currently interpreted by functionalist scholars as a set of instructions which help translators to produce a target text in full compliance with clients’ needs and expectations. Therefore, a translation brief should provide a translator with the information about the target text addressees, the prospective time and place of text reception, the medium over which the text will be transmitted, and, sometimes, the intended purpose of the translation. In this country, the problem of the translation brief is mostly studied in the context of technical translation and is termed as the requirement description or technical specifications. According to normative documents regulating the sphere of translation services, clarification of the requirement description or technical specifications is seen as an integral component of organizing any translation services or translation projects. The practical aspect of this research is connected with the study of the status and the content of the translation brief as it now stands and functions in the translation industry. The analysis of information presented on websites of large translation agencies about the organization of the translation process as well as of available samples of technical specifications has shown that the content of a translator’s instructions may include very diverse material, from extended sections on translation norms taken from translation theory to references to the rules of translation specified in corresponding national quality standards. The results of our case study show that the basic components of technical specifications typically include the source text, terms of payment, and the deadline, while a translator’s instructions are normally associated with specific style guides provided by the client.
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Sparud-Lundin, Carina, Ulrika Josefsson, Marie Berg, Anna-Lena Hellstrom, Ingalill Koinberg, Margaretha Jenholt Nolbris, Agneta Ranerup, and Ingela Skarsater. "Use of participatory design in the development of person-centred web-based support for persons with long-term illness." European Journal for Person Centered Healthcare 1, no. 2 (November 18, 2013): 369. http://dx.doi.org/10.5750/ejpch.v1i2.672.
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Background: E-health solutions are increasingly being developed to meet patients’ preferences and promote their participation in healthcare. Few studies have explored the participatory design process from the perspective of person-centeredness, including how it becomes materialized in technology. This paper explores how applied participatory approaches and the design of 4 web-based interventions directed towards long-term illness correspond to key areas of person-centeredness. Methods: Data were collected during 2009 to 2012, from 4 Swedish research projects. The analysis followed an inductive approach involving a step-wise cross-case analysis. The purpose was to create shared knowledge and understanding of each separate case and to generate relevant categories.Results: A number of question areas describe the dialogue with the case participants. Results of the dialogue are categorized into 4 support areas: psychological/emotional, personal, information and technical. Person-centeredness becomes visible in the participatory design process as the approach promotes the development of a holistic view of the person and the illness and a partnership between patients and carers. The use of communication technology exemplifies concrete materialization of person-centeredness in the design of the web-based supports. The purpose of the web supports and the shaping of the actual use of the functionalities are more abstract forms of materialization.Conclusions: Our results contribute to a central development area within eHealth involving increased opportunities for patients to contribute actively in real time, obtaining access to information and sometimes interacting with carers. However, neither participatory approaches nor technology for online information and communication, can guarantee person-centeredness in isolation.
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Crowe, Bernard, and David Hailey. "Cardiac picture archiving and communication systems and telecardiology-technologies awaiting adoption." Journal of Telemedicine and Telecare 8, no. 3_suppl (December 2002): 9–11. http://dx.doi.org/10.1258/13576330260440691.
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summary Diagnostic and therapeutic procedures associated with cardiology are heavily supported by diagnostic imaging technology. The management of such images, including radiographs, echocardiography examinations and cardiac angiography studies, requires a suitable means of handling the data. A number of manufacturers are now offering picture archiving and communication systems (PACS) and telecardiology options. These could greatly improve the efficiency of data management for cardiac examinations, including linkage to radiology and hospital information systems and electronic patient records. A barrier to the implementation of cardiac PACS has been the relatively high capital cost. There have also been technical difficulties in implementing a suitable interface. Historical problems have included ‘turf wars’ between different specialist groups and a reluctance to shift from well established practice patterns. Early cooperative work between radiologists and cardiologists in the development of coronary arteriography has been replaced by contention between cardiologists, radiologists and vascular surgeons, often driven by economic considerations rather than the needs of the patient. At this stage, cardiac PACS and telecardiology have great potential for improving the coordinated care of cardiac patients in Australia.
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Musa, Suria, Amanda Marshall-Ponting, Syairah Aimi Shahron, and FaizatulAkmar Abdul Nifa. "Building Information Modeling (BIM) Benefits and Challenges: Malaysian Construction Organization Experience." Journal of Computational and Theoretical Nanoscience 16, no. 12 (December 1, 2019): 4914–24. http://dx.doi.org/10.1166/jctn.2019.8542.
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Building Information Modeling is an innovative technology coupled with process and human interactions. BIM has been used by the Architecture, Engineering, and Construction (AEC) industry in developed and developing countries including Malaysia. This paper aims to explore the BIM implementation in Malaysian Construction Industry. This paper begins with a literature review and then reports on the findings of case studies of selected Malaysian construction organizations, carried out with the aim to explore on existing BIM implementation establishing on the BIM applications, BIM benefits, and BIM future challenges. The review highlights on several BIM benefits regarding financial, better information, communication and coordination, respond to complexity, improved visual, improved sustainability, improved safety and also create service’s or business’s opportunities. Case study findings indicate that the BIM implementation in projects are still limited and requires more efforts to be made if the construction industry wants to gain BIM benefits. The results also indicate that although BIM implementation is considered low in the Malaysian construction industry, the participants are in a consensus of the benefits from BIM implementation, similar to those found in the literature. These benefits agreed by the participants that BIM implementation is a positive way to enhance the task efficiency in project delivery and also contribute to the higher visibility of the project, together with time and cost optimization. Furthermore, in the meantime, the organization that has the knowledge and skills in implementing BIM could benefit the opportunity in getting the new job or projects as well as being hired as the service provider in the construction industry. Nevertheless, implementing BIM is not without challenges. The data analysis had identified several challenges in regards to the implementation of BIM, which are non-technical (human and organizational culture) challenges and technical (technology) challenges. Thus, based on many future challenges for BIM, the Malaysian government and construction industry players need to collaborate and play their roles in supporting BIM development in Malaysia.
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Turovets, Yulia. "Intangible assets and the efficiency of manufacturing firms in the age of digitalisation: the Russian case." Engineering Management in Production and Services 13, no. 1 (March 1, 2021): 7–26. http://dx.doi.org/10.2478/emj-2021-0001.
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Abstract A wide consensus exists on the role of intangible assets in both developed and developing economies, especially now, with the new generation of information and communication technologies. Emerging economies generally demonstrate lower endowment with intangibles (Dutz et al., 2012), but follow the same positive patterns for long-run development. In Russia, the contribution of intangibles to growth is still modest, and its capacity to foster productivity has not been achieved. As previous studies showed, efficiency represents one of the main channels of total factor productivity growth. This paper studies the effects of intangibles on the efficiency of Russian manufacturing firms in 2009–2018. Considering the heterogeneity of sectors and firms, the stochastic frontier model is applied. In general, the impact of intangibles is positive but small and influenced by external shocks and structural features. The paper provides evidence on different contributions of intangibles to efficiency for high-tech and low-tech firms and its change over time. It contributes to the strand of literature regarding the technical efficiency measurement on the microlevel. On the practical side, the paper suggests an analytical framework for differentiated policy mechanisms to drive investments in intangibles, which are essential for current digital transformation.
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Fuchs, Kevin. "Evaluating the Technology-Enhanced Flipped Classroom Through the Students’ Eye: A Case Study." Journal of e-learning Research 1, no. 2 (December 20, 2021): 13–21. http://dx.doi.org/10.33422/jelr.v1i2.54.
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Emergency remote teaching (ERT) during the unprecedented global pandemic, COVID-19, identified the pressing need for innovative teaching methods that support and foster technology-enhanced active learning through the distance education paradigm. Distance education is not a new phenomenon, while the flipped classroom concept is also a well-researched method. However, there have been rather few studies about the flipped classroom (FC) approach in higher education with the support of technology. This study contributes by critically exploring how full-time distance students perceived the usefulness of the Technology-enhanced Flipped Classroom (TEFC) approach to support their graduate studies. A series of semi-structured interviews (n=7) collected the empirical data for this qualitative method of inquiry. Moreover, teaching materials were used for the data collection, while the interviews were preceded by a preliminary observational study in a TEFC in a STEM graduate-level course. Through thematic analysis, three major themes were identified that offered a broader insight into the students' perspectives concerning the benefits and challenges of the TEFC concept. The themes were sentimental involvement, technical FC design, and peer-communication. The primary finding revealed that the students perceived the discussion-based sessions in the TEFC to have enabled them to foster their knowledge transfer. It was also perceived as particularly positive in its ability to contribute to and influence the discussion flow. These validated earlier claims concerning a positive perception of the TEFC concept in the formal learning process. This research discovered that TEFC is a viable tool to support learning in a pandemic situation by empowering students and facilitating active learning through information and communication technologies (ICT).
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Gunawan, Gede Arista. "Penyesuaian Metode Penanganan Proyek dan Desain Arsitektur pada Masa Pandemi." SMART: Seminar on Architecture Research and Technology 5, no. 1 (July 26, 2021): 13–22. http://dx.doi.org/10.21460/smart.v5i1.143.
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Title: Adjustments of Project Handling and Architecture Design Method at Pandemic Time:
Case Studies: Painter House and Villa Nabu Projects by Bale Design
Architects have methods in project handling and architecture design. Physical interaction is an important part of the method, between architect and his client or his design or construction team. The pandemic has changed the design and construction process, because of the limitation of physical interaction between parties on a project. Physical interaction has been replaced with online interaction. The writer doing case studies to project handling of ongoing works, Painter House in Bali and Villa Nabu in Lombok. The architect has adjusted the method of the design process and design approach. Architect feels benefits from online interactions, like some technical practicalities in communication to many parties on the project. But architect also feels the downside of online interaction like the decreasing of psychological quality in communication, especially in convincing people because of the decreasing persuasive personal approaches which usually built from analyzing facial and body gestures in the physical interaction. The architect profession is much related to services, which needs to convinced many parties on the project. Architect has tried to improve the lack of psychological quality in online communication by increasing the number of online interactions, while also limiting the content of the communication and allowing enough time lags for other parties to be able to absorb the given information properly before responding back to it. Other factors also have increased the complexity of communication, like the position of the clients in foreign countries, the location of the project on a different island from the architect, the location of the developer on a different island from the architect, and the early phase of the projects where architect need to work in collaboration with a foreign architect on another country.
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Michalak, Suzanne M., John D. Rolston, and Michael T. Lawton. "Prospective, multidisciplinary recording of perioperative errors in cerebrovascular surgery: is error in the eye of the beholder?" Journal of Neurosurgery 124, no. 6 (June 2016): 1794–804. http://dx.doi.org/10.3171/2015.5.jns142458.
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OBJECT Surgery requires careful coordination of multiple team members, each playing a vital role in mitigating errors. Previous studies have focused on eliciting errors from only the attending surgeon, likely missing events observed by other team members. METHODS Surveys were administered to the attending surgeon, resident surgeon, anesthesiologist, and nursing staff immediately following each of 31 cerebrovascular surgeries; participants were instructed to record any deviation from optimal course (DOC). DOCs were categorized and sorted by reporter and perioperative timing, then correlated with delays and outcome measures. RESULTS Errors were recorded in 93.5% of the 31 cases surveyed. The number of errors recorded per case ranged from 0 to 8, with an average of 3.1 ± 2.1 errors (± SD). Overall, technical errors were most common (24.5%), followed by communication (22.4%), management/judgment (16.0%), and equipment (11.7%). The resident surgeon reported the most errors (52.1%), followed by the circulating nurse (31.9%), the attending surgeon (26.6%), and the anesthesiologist (14.9%). The attending and resident surgeons were most likely to report technical errors (52% and 30.6%, respectively), while anesthesiologists and circulating nurses mostly reported anesthesia errors (36%) and communication errors (50%), respectively. The overlap in reported errors was 20.3%. If this study had used only the surveys completed by the attending surgeon, as in prior studies, 72% of equipment errors, 90% of anesthesia and communication errors, and 100% of nursing errors would have been missed. In addition, it would have been concluded that errors occurred in only 45.2% of cases (rather than 93.5%) and that errors resulting in a delay occurred in 3.2% of cases instead of the 74.2% calculated using data from 4 team members. Compiled results from all team members yielded significant correlations between technical DOCs and prolonged hospital stays and reported and actual delays (p = 0.001 and p = 0.028, respectively). CONCLUSIONS This study is the only of its kind to elicit error reporting from multiple members of the operating team, and it demonstrates error is truly in the eye of the beholder—the types and timing of perioperative errors vary based on whom you ask. The authors estimate that previous studies surveying only the attending physician missed up to 75% of perioperative errors. By finding significant correlations between technical DOCs and prolonged hospital stays and reported and actual delays, this study shows that these surveys provide relevant and useful information for improving clinical practice. Overall, the results of this study emphasize that research on medical error must include input from all members of the operating team; it is only by understanding every perspective that surgical staff can begin to efficiently prevent errors, improve patient care and safety, and decrease delays.
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Hickman, Mark, Sam Tabibnia, and Theodore Day. "Evaluating Interface Standards for the Public Transit Industry." Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board 1618, no. 1 (January 1998): 172–79. http://dx.doi.org/10.3141/1618-21.
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The rationale behind the current research and development of interface standards for the public transit industry is explored. Recent efforts to define an information systems architecture for public transit have not sufficiently discussed the underlying need for information system standards and what impacts these standards might have on the transit industry as well as on vendors. Both advantages and disadvantages to the development of these standards are identified. For public transit agencies, there appears to be a well-reasoned yet unsupported belief that interface standards will be beneficial for systems integration. To explore the impacts for vendors, a survey was developed and fielded to learn about the characteristics of products and vendor attitudes toward interface standards. The results, though not conclusive, suggest that vendors are willing to consider standards; however, needed product customization and more comprehensive systems are important factors weighing against open interface standards. Also reported are three case studies of recent technology applications in the San Francisco Bay Area in which experiences with technical system design and systems integration are described. These case studies strongly suggest that key factors such as market timing, vendor-agency communication, and “learning by doing” affect the development of interface requirements and standards for the transit industry.
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Izzo, Filomena. "Social Network Theory and Management of the Sub-supply Network in Complex Sectors." International Business Research 10, no. 7 (June 12, 2017): 46. http://dx.doi.org/10.5539/ibr.v10n7p46.
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Studies on complex product development have seen different improvement approaches to achieve shorter product development lead times and higher return on investment. Complex product development still lack on the ‘better, faster and cheaper’ paradigm for efficient communication and information exchange flow process. This paper aims at understanding how the critical interdependent techniques are managed in the sub-supply network of a complex sector such as Business Aviation Industry. Thus, the aim is to envisage the best practice approach for technical communication networks among these systems-design teams and also how the bottlenecks existing could be effectively and efficiently addressed to enhance collaborative industrial supply-chain management network competitive advantage.This paper employing social network theory propose information flow process toward enhancing an industrial sustainable competitive advantage. From a methodological point of view, the research is based on a single case study, a questionnaire was used to collect data for the level of communication network from Business Aviation supply chain network.The outcome of the research highlights how communication in the sub-supply network significantly influences the attention the teams pay to the organization of the critical interdependent techniques. Moreover this research identifies an effective and efficient communication is sees as the driver for effective organization management, which need enhancement for industrial competitive advantage. Finally, the research carried-out undoubtedly gives a considerable contribution in understanding critical and complex issues in the relationships in sub-supplying in Business Aviation Industry.The outcome could be further developed by extending the interviews to the businesses involved in the sub-supply chain.
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LIU, YANG, and YONGJIANG SHI. "UNDERSTANDING INTERNATIONAL PRODUCT STRATEGY IN MULTINATIONAL CORPORATIONS THROUGH NEW PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT APPROACHES AND EVOLUTION." International Journal of Innovation Management 21, no. 07 (September 19, 2017): 1750057. http://dx.doi.org/10.1142/s1363919617500578.
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International product strategy regarding global standardisation and local adaptation is one of the challenges faced by multinational corporations (MNCs). Studies in this area have tested the antecedents and consequences of standardisation/adaptation, but lack a new product development (NPD) perspective. In this study, we explore how product standardisation/adaptation is determined in the NPD context. Through a qualitative case study of four MNCs, we found three NPD approaches: multi-local, adaptation-based and platform-based. We analysed the advantages and challenges of each approach. In addition, we reveal how the factors (development of information and communication technology, competition pressure, brand awareness and technical capability) could influence the choice of a certain NPD approach. We draw implications on the paths to ensuring full leveraging of the benefits of a platform-based approach.
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Simon, Jean Paul, Pierre Jean Benghozi, and Elisa Salvador. "The new middlemen of the digital age: the case of cinema." info 17, no. 6 (September 14, 2015): 97–115. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/info-04-2015-0023.
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Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to enquire into various forms of innovation and observable configurations in films are observable and document the specific technological fields in cinema, and innovations brought by young IT and digital companies. Design/methodology/approach – The paper is based on desk research, a review of literature, review of the technical journals, analysis of annual reports and meeting with experts and industry participants. Findings – It identifies in most cases the presence of information and communication technologies (ICT) companies, new middlemen of the digital age, that integrate in one or another way the core activity of the cinema industry. These companies (“specialized technological companies” with edge R & D) are playing the rather recent role of “new middlemen” liaising between the different layers of a transformed industrial environment described as the “new ICT ecosystem”. Research limitations/implications – The size of the sample (case studies) as the paper relies on some emblematic cases which come with some limits for any generalisation. Besides, most of the information is derived from company websites, complemented by trade press which clearly comes with some constraints in terms of accuracy. Social implications – The paper concludes delineating some potential policy interventions, and identifies the challenges ahead with a focus on the EU. Originality/value – Innovation is not so frequently dealt with in the studies of the cultural sectors. One very important issue is neglected both in the scientific literature and in the committed reports: the characteristic and the management of R & D in the creative industries, especially in the cultural sector. The paper shed some light on this issue.
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Wittenberg, Janina, Maria Gernert, Hamid El Bilali, and Carola Strassner. "Towards Sustainable Urban Food Systems: Potentials, Impacts and Challenges of Grassroots Initiatives in the Foodshed of Muenster, Germany." Sustainability 14, no. 20 (October 20, 2022): 13595. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su142013595.
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Solving fundamental sustainability challenges in our food systems requires political, institutional and socio-technical transformations. Indeed, sustainability transitions are needed. In this paper, we explore the role of civil society in the form of bottom–up grassroots initiatives in the transition towards a sustainable urban food system and examine their potentials, impacts and challenges in the foodshed of Münster in Germany. To this end, relevant initiatives in Münster have been researched and mapped according to explicit criteria, and case studies have been compiled for two of them using questionnaires, interviews and desk research: a community-supported agriculture (CSA) farm Entrup 119 and an urban gardening initiative GrüneBeete e.V. The results indicate that many initiatives in Münster focus on education and information, i.e., raising awareness, rather than offering material alternatives. Six initiatives were studied in more depth using desk research and a questionnaire. Key leverage points identified by the initiatives are in policy, education, networks and communication. Two of these were studied as cases. We see these transition pioneers as paradigmatic role models, providing room for experimentation, social learning and empowerment.
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Oliveira, Rui A. F., Jorge P. Lopes, and Maria Isabel Abreu. "Sustainability Perspective to Support Decision Making in Structural Retrofitting of Buildings: A Case Study." Systems 9, no. 4 (October 29, 2021): 78. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/systems9040078.
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The reuse of existing materials in buildings can give a contribution to sustainable practices such as a balance in embodied energy, water, and emission reduction. However, it is not always possible to maintain the existing structural materials because some different technical variables could hamper their usability, namely seismic reinforcement needs, fire safety protection, conservation state, and new legal requirements. The paper follows a case study approach for assessing the technical and environmental performances of structural options for old building retrofitting works. All structural options were analyzed through the results of several categories of environmental impact. Some parameters of a retrofitting management system were also used to frame in a comprehensive way the technical constraints pertaining to building retrofitting works. The structural option choice was taken by the owner with the contribution of the design team and the construction manager of the construction project as well as the results of interviews with other construction professionals, considering the variables related to technical suitability and environmental impact. The results of the study show that the steel structure is the solution that best addresses the technical constraints of the building retrofit works and minimizes environmental impact. The results of the study also suggest that the consideration of other variables other than the technical ones can contribute to the effective functioning of the renovation subsegment of the building market. Some suggestions for further studies to enhance the results of this work are put forward.