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Marino, Vittoria, and Raffaella Montera. "Online Communication and Luxury Heritage Brand towards the E-HBC Matrix." International Journal of Business and Management 14, no. 3 (February 19, 2019): 15. http://dx.doi.org/10.5539/ijbm.v14n3p15.
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Communicating the luxury heritage brand is a new frontier of online communication. This paper intends to evaluate the online communication of the heritage brand in terms of identity traits and management aspects of a corporate group operating in luxury goods, to help fill some gaps in the literature. Using a case study on the LVMH Group, one of the most iconic luxury conglomerates, we selected 35 historic brands, in order to highlight those ambits of heritage that function well and those areas that require improvements on a communication level. Our objective is to identify the types of online communication and relative possibilities of development using the new model of the e-Heritage Brand Communication Matrix. The data is collected by a team of web marketing experts for luxury goods. The results are discussed from an intra- and inter-sectorial perspective.
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Ferrari, Cynthia Mello. "The communication strategic process of e-learning in the Brazilian touristic corporation." Revista Ibero-Americana de Estratégia 5, no. 2 (December 27, 2007): 55–62. http://dx.doi.org/10.5585/ijsm.v5i2.129.
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In this article, it is searched to reflect on the Education in the distance, more specifically in relation to one of these modalities of education: the e-learning, come back toward the tourism. For this, it was looked through a bibliographical revision, to approach relevant aspects, to iden-tify existing gaps that not only justified the relevance of the subject, but also propitiated interest for the opening of ways that will be conducting wires for future quarrels. The questionings considered in this article evidence the necessity of making a deep research on this subject, not only for understanding, but, mainly, for making possible the analysis of the characteristics of the or-ganizational communication process of e-learning applied in the Tourism, besides comparing them with other forms of communication, more used in the traditional corporative qualification of the sector.
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Njeri, Jane Njeri. "Use of E-Government Technologies in Kenyan Foreign Affairs Diplomacy. A Critical Literature Review." Journal of International Relations and Policy 1, no. 1 (November 4, 2022): 24–32. http://dx.doi.org/10.47941/jirp.1107.
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Purpose: Among the communication methods significant to diplomacy is signaling. Signaling in diplomacy is characterized by ambiguity that is deemed creative as well as constructive. The overall objective of this study was to examine use of E-government technologies in Kenyan foreign affairs diplomacy.
Methodology: The paper used a desk study review methodology where relevant empirical literature was reviewed to identify main themes and to extract knowledge gaps.
Findings: This study concluded that that there are several studies that have explored the concept of digital diplomacy at various levels of analysis especially in the developed countries. Nonetheless, there were several gaps identified when it came to examining the concept of digital diplomacy in developing countries particularly those in the African continent. Diplomatic communication was noted to have transitioned as communication did. Some of the notable communication technologies that have influenced diplomatic communication included the telegraph, air mail, radio, television, telephone and modern-day information communication technologies.
Unique Contribution to Theory, Policy and Practice: This study recommended that in addition to the efforts of further equipping the ministry with high tech digital equipment’s, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Trade needs to consider that digital resources toolkits should be matched with the needs of digital diplomacy. This is because certain pieces of technology are best suited in pursuant of identified foreign policy objectives. Moreover, procuring of digital resources should be matched with extensive training of the staff on how they can utilize them to achieve maximum benefits.
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Andersen, Kim Normann, Jeppe Agger Nielsen, and Soonhee Kim. "Use, cost, and digital divide in online public health care: lessons from Denmark." Transforming Government: People, Process and Policy 13, no. 2 (May 20, 2019): 197–211. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/tg-06-2018-0041.
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Purpose The purpose of this paper is to enhance the knowledge about the use of online communication between patients and health-care professionals in public health care. The study explores digital divide gaps and the impacts of online communication on the overall costs of health care. Design/methodology/approach This study focuses on online health care in Denmark. The authors rely on population data from 3,500 e-visits (e-mail consultations) between patients and general practitioners (GPs) from 2009 to 2015. Additionally, they include survey data on the use of the internet to search for health-related information. Findings The analysis of the Danish data reveals a rapid uptake in the use of the internet to search for health-related information and a three-fold increase in e-visits from 2009 to 2015. The results show that the digital divide gaps exist also in the online health-care communication. Further, the study findings suggest that enforced supply of online communication between GPs and patients does not alleviate the costs. Rather, the number of visits to GPs has not been decreased significantly and health-care costs showing a marginal increase. Research limitations/implications Further data should be collected and analyzed to explore the impacts of other institutional factors and population cohort on the digital divide and healthcare costs. Also, it is difficult to estimate whether the increased use of online health care in the long run lead to lowering overall health-care costs. While the internal validity of the study is high due to the use of population data, the external validity is lower as the study results are based on the data collected in Denmark only. Practical implications The study offers important input for practice. First, leaders in government might reconsider how they can control the health-care costs when opening online channels for communication between patients and doctors. Second, concerns about digital divide issues remains, but the study suggests that the uptake of e-visits does not widen the socio-economic, gender or age gaps. For health policy concern, this is encouraging news to lead to an increasing push of online communication. Social implications The dynamics of online health-care communication may lead to mixed results and unexpected impacts on overall health-care costs. Originality/value The paper offers new insights in the impacts of mandatory supply of digital services. The Danish push-strategy has led to an enforced supply of e-visits and a rapid growing use of the online health care without widening digital divide but at the risk of potential increasing the overall costs.
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Amritesh, Subhas C. Misra, and Jayanta Chatterjee. "Applying Gap Model for Bringing Effectiveness to e-Government Services." International Journal of Electronic Government Research 9, no. 3 (July 2013): 43–57. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/jegr.2013070103.
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Taking the means-ends approach to e-governance service quality the authors adopt the Parasuraman’s ‘Gap Model’ to evaluate the antecedents of service performance in an Indian context of government-to-citizen (G2C) service deployment under the national e-governance plan (NeGP) of India. This e-governance initiative in India has been implemented at multiple tiers of the government that integrates administration and service processes at different levels that includes center, state, district, block, and further to the lowest level of governance unit (Panchayat). The authors acknowledge five levels of potential service discrepancies across the service delivery chain, from designing the service policy to achieving citizen satisfaction. These are service conceptualization, service design, service capacity, service offering, and service consumption. Corresponding to these discrepancies, the authors explain six types of potential gaps in e-governance G2C service context: Assessment Gap, Design Gap, Capacity Gap, External Communication Gap, Delivery Gap, and Service Gap. Preliminary strategies to close these gaps are also proposed.
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Bilyk, Viktoriia, Iryna Shcherbak, Tamara Otroshko, Roksolyana Shvay, and Svitlana Heiko. "Information and communication technologies used at HEI during training of teachers of institutions of professional education." Laplage em Revista 6, Extra-B (December 24, 2020): 12–24. http://dx.doi.org/10.24115/s2446-622020206extra-b585p.12-24.
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This research aimed to identify the basic problems and gaps in the process of introducing information and communication systems and technologies in institutions of higher professional education and to outline the possibilities of their later use as the main component of e-education. Research methods: systematization, generalization, comparative analysis, systems analysis, logical approach, synthesis. Results. Based on the analysis of the results of the introduction of information and communication technologies during the organization of training in higher professional education establishments, the urgency of using information technology training technologies was proven; the advantages and disadvantages of e-learning and distance (distance) education platforms were considered; it was distinguished which technical means of information communication systems and technologies were most effective under the condition of a rational combination of the most recent and traditionally existing means of teaching.
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Wei, Gao, Wang Lin, Wu Yanxiong, Yan Jingdong, and Sadik Yusuf Musse. "The Relationship of Sustainability Communication on Social Media with Banking Consumers’ Loyalty through e-WOM." Sustainability 13, no. 7 (March 31, 2021): 3832. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su13073832.
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Prior literature has largely addressed corporate social responsibility (CSR) from outcomes related to organizational themes. However, its importance for achieving consumer-related outcomes is something that has been largely ignored by contemporary researchers. Likewise, how CSR communication through social media can create positive emotions on the part of consumers has to date been under-explored. Hence, the present study aims to fill these gaps by investigating the impact of CSR communication of an organization through social media on consumer loyalty. The study also proposes electronic word of mouth (e-WOM) as a potential mediator between this relationship. The proposed model of the present study was tested in the banking sector of a developing country. The data were collected from a self-administered questionnaire and analyzed through the structural equation modeling technique (SEM). The results of the present study validated that CSR communication of a bank through social media directly and indirectly, through e-WOM, influences consumer loyalty in a positive manner. The results of the present study will be helpful for policymakers to better understand how well-planned CSR communication of an organization on social media can lead towards better consumer-related outcomes such as consumer loyalty and e-WOM.
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M. Baeuo, Mustafa Omar, Nor Zairah Binti Ab. Rahim, and Asma Ali Mosa Alaraibi. "Technology Aspects of E-Government Readiness in Developing Countries: A Review of the Literature." Computer and Information Science 9, no. 4 (September 22, 2016): 1. http://dx.doi.org/10.5539/cis.v9n4p1.
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The rapid global growth of the Internet and information technology has inspired many governments to transform their traditional services into electronic ones. Many governments are now developing, implementing and improving their strategies to transform government services using information and communication technologies (ICTs). E-Government, as it is known, has become a popular focus of government efforts in many developed countries and, more recently, in several developing countries. Further, e-government services have become a significant and active means for interaction among government, citizens and businesses. E-government comprises several dimensions, one of the main ones being e-government readiness. To put technology to effective use, a government must be “ready”. E-government readiness helps a government to measure its stages of readiness, identify its gaps, and then redesign its government strategy. One of the aspects of e- government readiness is that of technological readiness, which plays an important role in implementing an effective and efficient e- government project. This paper explores the gaps in current knowledge relating to the technological aspects of e-government readiness through the conduct of a literature review. In particular, the review focuses on the models and frameworks that have been developed to assess e-government readiness.
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Umar, Umara, Sanam Nayab, Rabia Irfan, Muazzam A. Khan, and Amna Umer. "E-Cardiac Care: A Comprehensive Systematic Literature Review." Sensors 22, no. 20 (October 21, 2022): 8073. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/s22208073.
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The Internet of Things (IoT) is a complete ecosystem encompassing various communication technologies, sensors, hardware, and software. IoT cutting-edge technologies and Artificial Intelligence (AI) have enhanced the traditional healthcare system considerably. The conventional healthcare system faces many challenges, including avoidable long wait times, high costs, a conventional method of payment, unnecessary long travel to medical centers, and mandatory periodic doctor visits. A Smart healthcare system, Internet of Things (IoT), and AI are arguably the best-suited tailor-made solutions for all the flaws related to traditional healthcare systems. The primary goal of this study is to determine the impact of IoT, AI, various communication technologies, sensor networks, and disease detection/diagnosis in Cardiac healthcare through a systematic analysis of scholarly articles. Hence, a total of 104 fundamental studies are analyzed for the research questions purposefully defined for this systematic study. The review results show that deep learning emerges as a promising technology along with the combination of IoT in the domain of E-Cardiac care with enhanced accuracy and real-time clinical monitoring. This study also pins down the key benefits and significant challenges for E-Cardiology in the domains of IoT and AI. It further identifies the gaps and future research directions related to E-Cardiology, monitoring various Cardiac parameters, and diagnosis patterns.
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Godoy, Sergio, Claudia Labarca, Nicolás Somma, Myrna Gálvez, and Marcos Sepúlveda. "Circumventing Communication Blindspots and Trust Gaps in Technologically-Mediated Corporate Relationships: The Case of Chilean Business-to-Consumer E-Commerce." Journal of theoretical and applied electronic commerce research 10, no. 2 (May 2015): 19–32. http://dx.doi.org/10.4067/s0718-18762015000200003.
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Mavroeidakos, Theodoros, Nikolaos Peter Tsolis, Dimitrios D. Vergados, and Stavros Kotsopoulos. "Attack-Tree Based Risk Assessment on Cloud-Oriented Wireless Body Area Network." International Journal of Interdisciplinary Telecommunications and Networking 11, no. 4 (October 2019): 63–79. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/ijitn.2019100105.
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Machine-to-machine (M2M) communication is an emerging technology with unrivaled benefits in the fields of e Health and m-Health. The wireless body area networks (WBANs) consist of a major subdomain of M2M communications. The WBANs coupled with the Cloud Computing (CC) paradigm introduce a supreme infrastructure in terms of performance and Quality of Services (QoS) for the development of eHealth applications. In this article, a risk assessment aiming to disclose potential threats and highlight exploitation of health care services, is introduced. The proposed assessment is based upon the implementation of a series of steps. Initially, the health care WBAN-CC infrastructure is scrutinized; then, its threats' taxonomy is identified. Then, a risk assessment is carried out based on an attack-tree consisting of the most hazardous threats against Personally Identifiable Information (PII) disclosure. Thus, the implementation of several countermeasures is realized as a means to mitigate gaps.
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Woodward, T. L., M. A. Sia, O. W. Blaschuk, J. D. Turner, and D. W. Laird. "Deficient epithelial-fibroblast heterocellular gap junction communication can be overcome by co-culture with an intermediate cell type but not by E-cadherin transgene expression." Journal of Cell Science 111, no. 23 (December 1, 1998): 3529–39. http://dx.doi.org/10.1242/jcs.111.23.3529.
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Epithelial, fibroblast and intermediate cell lines were employed to examine the mechanism(s) essential for heterocellular gap junction intercellular communication in vitro. These cell lines were characterized extensively for cell type based on morphology, intermediate cytoskeletal proteins, cell adhesion molecules and their associated proteins, tight junction proteins as well as functional differentiation. All cell types expressed connexin43 and were dye-coupled in homocellular culture. Epithelial and intermediate cells or fibroblasts and intermediate cells readily assembled heterocellular connexin43-positive gap junction plaques when co-cultured, while gap junction plaques in mixed cultures of epithelial cells and fibroblasts were rare. Dye microinjection studies were used to show that there was little gap junction intercellular communication between epithelial cells and fibroblasts. However, intermediate cells were able to communicate with epithelial cells and, to a lesser extent, fibroblasts and could transfer dye to both epithelial cells and fibroblasts when all three cell types were cultured together. Fibroblasts that were stably transfected with a cDNA encoding E-cadherin had a greater tendency to aggregate and exhibited a more epithelial-like phenotype but heterocellular gap junction intercellular communication with epithelial cells, which endogenously express E-cadherin, was not enhanced. These results suggest that mutual expression of E-cadherin is insufficient to stimulate gap junction formation between epithelial cells and fibroblasts. Moreover, our results also demonstrate that communication gaps between epithelial cells and fibroblasts can be bridged by intermediate cells, a process that may be important in mammary gland development, growth, differentiation and cancer.
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Labanieh, Mohamad Fateh, Mohammad Azam Hussain, and Nazli Mahdzir. "THE LEGAL CAPACITY OF INTERNATIONAL CONVENTIONS AND LAWS TO LEGALISE E-ARBITRATION." Journal of International Studies 17 (December 30, 2021): 211–37. http://dx.doi.org/10.32890/jis2021.17.9.
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Traditional arbitration is not seen as exhaustive anymore and faces several shortcomings in dealing with international commercial disputes. Therefore, the need for a more effective arbitration method to complement the existing traditional method of arbitration in handling domestic and international commercial disputes becomes a pressing necessity. Electronic arbitration (hereinafter referred to as “e-arbitration”) might be the initial step to accomplish this aspired goal. However, e-arbitration has not been regulated yet at the international level. By using doctrinal legal research methodology, this contribution endeavours to examine the legal capacity of international conventions and laws to legalise e-arbitration. Both primary and secondary data are analytically and critically evaluated using content analysis method. It is discovered that the New York Convention 1958 is not legally sufficient to recognise e-arbitration because it was enacted before the emergence of current modern technologies and communication. However, the UNCITRAL Model Laws, such as Electronic Commerce 1996, Electronic Signatures 2001, Model Law on International Commercial Arbitration 1985, and the United Nations Convention on the Use of Electronic Communications in International Contracts 2005, may play a considerable role in recognising e-arbitration in the context of New York Convention 1958. To summarise, several legal gaps need to be addressed; therefore, the study recommends that the international arbitration communities, such as UNCITRAL, should develop an international legal framework to directly and precisely regulate e-arbitration to enhance legal validity of e-arbitration and to provide international harmonisation and uniformity.
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Lappi, Teemu Mikael, Kirsi Aaltonen, and Jaakko Kujala. "Project governance and portfolio management in government digitalization." Transforming Government: People, Process and Policy 13, no. 2 (May 20, 2019): 159–96. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/tg-11-2018-0068.
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Purpose This paper aims to increase the current understanding of the connection between operational level information and communication technology (ICT) projects and national level digital transformation by researching how project governance structures and practices are applied in an e-government context. Design/methodology/approach An elaborative qualitative study through public documentary analysis and empirical multi-case research on Finnish central government is used. Findings The study constructs a multi-level governance structure with three main functions and applies this in an empirical setting. The results also describe how different governance practices and processes, focusing on project portfolio management, are applied vertically across different organizational levels to connect the ICT projects with the national digitalization strategy. Originality/value This study integrates project governance and portfolio management knowledge into public sector digitalization, thus contributing to project management, e-government and ICT research streams by improving the current understanding on the governance of ICT projects as part of a larger-scale digitalization. This study also highlights perceived gaps between current governance practices and provides implications to managers and practitioners working in the field to address these gaps.
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Alfalah, Adel. "Visualization of E-Gov Adoption Models in a Developing Region." International Journal of Electronic Government Research 17, no. 4 (October 2021): 103–21. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/ijegr.2021100106.
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Advancements of information and communication technologies (ICT) have made it possible for governments to shift a vast majority of their services online, creating what is known as electronic government (e-gov). Many researchers have been studying the factors influencing users' behavioural intentions to use such services. This study methodically examines and visualizes the various relationships between variables and their overall performance by reviewing the findings of 51 publications in the context of the Arab gulf countries (known as GCC countries). The study provides a holistic diagrammatic representation of the synthesized models depicting the various types and directions of relationships between variables, followed by a weight analysis of the frequently used relationships in order to determine their overall cumulative performance. The outcomes of this review contribute to theory and practice by identifying e-gov adoption research patterns and gaps and by providing recommendations to policymakers and officials involved in developing and implementing e-gov systems.
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Mwangi, Alfred. "ADVANTAGE OF ADOPTION OF OPEN DISTANCE AND E-LEARNING TO INCREASE ACCESS TO FEMALE HIGHER EDUCATION." Journal of Online and Distance Learning 1, no. 1 (August 3, 2021): 1–13. http://dx.doi.org/10.47941/jodl.634.
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Purpose: A highly educated woman is viewed as rude, uncooperative and unable to manage house work. These perceptions are said to discourage some female and their parents from pursuing higher education in marginal areas. The general objective of the study was to establish advantage of adoption of Open Distance and e-Learning to increase access to female in higher education.
Methodology: The paper used a desk study review methodology where relevant empirical literature was reviewed to identify main themes and to extract knowledge gaps.
Findings: The study recommends that is a need for pursuing policies and programs to develop Information and Communication Technology as well as Open and Distance Education to wide access to quality educational opportunities. There is general recognition of the potential for Open Distance and e-Learning to meet the needs of some groups of women. This study proposes the development of Information and Communication Technology and Open Distance and e-Learning policies to exploit the advantages of the mass media while at the same time putting in place the development of supportive electronic networks. Also, a strong national framework is required to support a national quality assurance network in order to guide student assessment systems at all levels of Open Distance and e-Learning.
Recommendations: The study recommends that is a need for pursuing policies and programmes to develop Information and Communication Technology as well as Open and Distance Education to wide access to quality educational opportunities. There is general recognition of the potential for Open Distance and e-Learning to meet the needs of some groups of women. This study proposes the development of Information and Communication Technology and Open Distance and e-Learning policies to exploit the advantages of the mass media while at the same time putting in place the development of supportive electronic networks. Also, a strong national framework is required to support a national quality assurance network in order to guide student assessment systems at all levels of Open Distance and e-Learning
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Ellis, Lorie, Brad Davidson, Matthew DiChiara, and Mekre Senbetta. "Balancing efficacy with tolerability: The conversational mechanics of shared decision making in metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC)." Journal of Clinical Oncology 30, no. 5_suppl (February 10, 2012): 229. http://dx.doi.org/10.1200/jco.2012.30.5_suppl.229.
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229 Background: Discussions of therapeutic risk or benefit have a different tone in patients facing metastatic cancer. The literature predicts misalignment on therapy selection and communication gaps between patients and physicians. Gaps in assumed reasons for therapy selection may hinder the mCRPC patient’s ability to make fully informed decisions. (Fine, E. et al; J. Palliative Med, 2010, 13(5); 595-603.) Methods: This IRB-approved, observational, linguistic study describes naturally occurring conversations between mCRPC patients (n=42; 69% African American) and their treating urologist (n=7) or oncologist (n=7) during a normal clinic visit in Summer 2011. Clinic interactions were videotaped without 3rd party observers present. Patients and physicians were interviewed again separately after the clinic visit. All conversations were transcribed and analyzed using standard techniques from anthropology and discourse analysis fields. Results: At both a lexical and goal-oriented level, several disparities were observed. When discussing treatment options and goals for mCRPC, lexically, words used by physicians differed from those used by patients. This difference was found in physicians’ use of technical language and in language describing goals and results of therapy. Of interest, physicians consistently used vague language to describe therapeutic effect (e.g. “working”), and frequently presented treatment options without presenting treatment risks (e.g. “maybe go to another treatment altogether”). Patients and physicians also differed in the way they framed goals of therapy. Conclusions: The current research highlights communication gaps between clinicians and mCRPC patients about treatment options and risks. These results suggest that patient decision making may be hindered by a lack of clear understanding of treatment choice implications and poorly defined treatment goals. Treatments with an optimum balance of efficacy and tolerability may present an opportunity to improve this dialogue.
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Karim, Muhammad Abdul. "Technology and Improved Service Delivery: Learning Points from the Malaysian Experience." International Review of Administrative Sciences 69, no. 2 (June 2003): 191–204. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0020852303069002005.
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There is a rising tide of `digital' citizens now clamouring for more and better government services and these expectations have profound implications on the delivery of services. Many governments have thus undertaken major transformation processes that maximize the utilization of information and communication technologies through e-government initiatives aimed at facilitating a collaborative and efficient administrative environment and enhance delivery of government services. Challenges facing e-government are varied and multi-faceted and require innovative uses of technologies to ensure that services can be provided to citizens in a seamless fashion. The article also describes the Malaysian experience in implementing e-government by highlighting several of the key programmes undertaken and the lessons learned. It is also imperative for governments to actively and continuously monitor and measure e-government outcomes against targeted key performance indicators as well as to leverage on international benchmarking to assess their position globally in order to identify and address major gaps.
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LAACHIR, ABDELOUAHED. "The use of e-learning in foreign language learning: A Case Study of Undergraduate EFL Students." International Journal of Language and Literary Studies 1, no. 3 (December 21, 2019): 30–42. http://dx.doi.org/10.36892/ijlls.v1i3.79.
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This research paper is intended to shed light on the use of e-learning in learning and more particularly in foreign language learning by EFL students in higher education either to support the process of their traditional learning or for any other independent learning purposes. The aim is to identify how e-learning is used, the various existing e-learning strategies that students prefer to learn with and the extent to which EFL students are satisfied with the support offered by e-learning to assist the process of EFL learning. To answer these queries, a quantitative method is adopted for the collection of data using online tools in the creation and the administration of the questionnaire to the respondents. The findings of the study demonstrate that students usually use e-learning as it helps them to develop many language skills including communication skills, problem solving skills besides the four language skills. It has been shown also that students are highly satisfied with the use of e-learning which is usually used by traditional learning students to fulfill the missing gaps.
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Kang, Hee-Jin, Suna Kim, Gunyoung Lee, Ho Soo Lim, Sang Soon Yun, and Jeong-Weon Kim. "Perception Gaps on Food Additives among Various Groups in Korea: Food Experts, Teachers, Nutrition Teachers, Nongovernmental Organization Members, and General Consumers." Journal of Food Protection 80, no. 6 (May 15, 2017): 1015–21. http://dx.doi.org/10.4315/0362-028x.jfp-16-340.
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ABSTRACT The purpose of this study was to determine the perceptions and information needs of food experts, teachers, nutrition teachers, members of nongovernmental organizations, and general consumers concerning food additives. Questions in a survey format included perceptions, information needs, and preferred communication channels. The survey was conducted both off-line and on-line via e-mail and Google Drive in March 2015. The results indicated that most Korean consumers are concerned about the safety of using food additives in processed foods and do not recognize these additives as safe and useful materials as part of a modern diet. We also identified perception gaps among different groups regarding food additives. Nutrition teachers and members of nongovernmental organizations in Korea appeared to have a biased perception of food additives, which may cause general consumers to have a negative perception of food additives. The group of food experts did not have this bias. Governmental institutions must overcome the low confidence levels of various groups as an information provider about food additives. Based on the findings in this study, it will be possible to develop a strategy for risk communication about food additives for each group.
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Kumar, R. Nagarjuna, C. A. Rama Rao, B. M. K. Raju, Josily Samuel, G. Nirmala, and B. Sailaja. "Monitoring and evaluation using digital tools." INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES 17, no. 2 (June 15, 2021): 765–74. http://dx.doi.org/10.15740/has/ijas/17.2/765-774.
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Data collection and monitoring and evaluation (M and E) efforts will take a remarkable deal of time and methodical planning and implementation. In the past, these were finished with paper and pen, which made them susceptible to error, difficult to conduct on a big scale, and immoderate in transaction charges. Information and communication era (ICT) tools, which includes hardware like mobile phones and tablets, applications with the functionality to create digital surveys and software programme application that allows clients to upload the data to storage facilities have reduced the conventional annoying conditions associated with far off data collection and M and E. New knowledge base does not or takes too long time to reach to the farmers, and the needs of practical farming are not communicated sufficiently to the research community. Thus, new collaborative strategies and ICT may be crucial tools to remedy some of the gaps with the useful resource of the use of improving get right of entry to to consequences, know-how trade and communication further to upkeep and schooling. This paper summarizes how digital tools can play major role in extension for monitoring and evaluation and the key troubles, annoying conditions and experiences derived from literature and different case studies.
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D’Adamo, Idiano, Rocío González-Sánchez, Maria Sonia Medina-Salgado, and Davide Settembre-Blundo. "Methodological Perspective for Assessing European Consumers’ Awareness of Cybersecurity and Sustainability in E-Commerce." Sustainability 13, no. 20 (October 14, 2021): 11343. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su132011343.
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The increasing European consumer awareness of cybersecurity and sustainability issues in e-commerce is raising key methodological concerns. In a field like this, still unexplored by scholars, it is crucial to identify reliable data as well as to choose the modalities of combining primary and secondary data. As the robustness of the outcome of a study on a complex issue is highly sensitive to the quality of the data used, this paper is a communication that aims to complement and support previously published empirical research. This communication describes the methodological path to collect, integrate, and process data from different sources to interpret European consumers’ attitudes towards cybersecurity and sustainability during e-commerce. In fact, COVID-19 has driven many users to shop online, raising concerns especially about the security of digital transactions. Scientific studies analyzing these effects are still lacking in the literature and therefore this paper aims to fill this gap. The limits of a rigid dataset such as Eurostat’s are overcome by integrating the results of European citizens’ behavior during online purchases, with a survey that involved some experts appropriately selected by the research team. The combination of primary and secondary sources of data and the application of a hybrid methodological approach using MCDA (multi-criteria decision analysis) and a Likert scale allowed new information that fills some gaps in the literature to be extracted from the data. How European citizens correlate e-commerce with cybersecurity and sustainability emerged, thus providing important insights for decision-makers.
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Rozi, M. Fatkhur. "PENERAPAN ELECTRONIC WORD OF MOUTH (eWOM) DAN PRINSIP KOMUNIKASI DALAM ISLAM." IQTISHODUNA 13, no. 1 (November 13, 2017): 11–21. http://dx.doi.org/10.18860/iq.v13i1.4480.
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Abstract: This paper attempts to construct eWOM concepts based on input-process-output perspectivesthat produce a framework based on the identification of academic literature. This is based on the developmentof the internet world, e-commerce, and electronic word of mouth (eWOM) that is able to influence consumerbehavior. The approach of this paper uses the literature review method of several journals relevant to thetheme and study of communication principles in Islamic perspective and then discuss the data. The findingsin this paper suggest that eWOM is relatively new. This is considered to be quite representative in theliterature review regarding eWOM. The results of the review also get some research showing the theory thatexplains about eWOM phenomenon. The discussion not only aims to meet the gap in eWOM research butalso produces an overview in analyzing eWOM communication. It can present a structured approach inresearching various literatures and identify existing trends and gaps, aiming to find an overview in research oneWOM. The results can integrate the classification framework that can present the concept framework inother studies.
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Mehmood, Muhammad Awais, Qaiser Janjua, Muhammad Akram, Syed Harris Laeeque, and Faisal Aftab. "Factors Influencing HEIs to Adopt Social Media as a Marketing Communication Tool." Journal of Marketing Strategies 3, no. 3 (October 5, 2021): 132–54. http://dx.doi.org/10.52633/jms.v3i3.124.
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This research aims to identify the factors influencing Higher Education Institutes (HEIs) to adopt Social Media (SM) for marketing communication. The research was conducted through a qualitative study by interviewing SM managers of selected Pakistani HEIs. Data was analyzed using NVivo 11 to identify emerging themes. The findings revealed several internal and external factors encouraging HEIs to adopt SM marketing. Internal factors reflected the internal dynamics or beliefs within the HEIs that encouraged them to use SM for their marketing communication, whereas external factors were environmental changes, not in direct control of HEIs, but believed to contribute towards their decision to use SM. The internal factors included the belief of applicants, increased interest of senior management towards SM, perception of cost-effective promotional tool, induction of young staff, perception of SM as a modern communication tool and move towards paperless communication. The external factors included SM preference as a mode of communication, declining value of traditional marketing communication tools, E-Life inclination, presence of competitors & unofficial SM accounts of HEIs and their self-driven nature. This study draws focus towards the underlying intentions of HEIs for their SM presence and compares these motivations with other organizations. This has enabled filling in the gaps in the literature regarding the roots of SM marketing in the context of HEIs. From a practical perspective, the findings of this study will enable HEIs to compare their SM motives with other industries. A major difference found was the absence of motivation on the part of HEIs to use SM. This is in contradiction to other industries that put relationship building with customers as one of the primary motives to use SM.
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Yeung, Matthew W. L., and Janny H. C. Leung. "“You have to teach the judge what to do”: Semiotic gaps between unrepresented litigants and the common law." Semiotica 2017, no. 216 (May 24, 2017): 363–81. http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/sem-2015-0070.
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AbstractThe courtroom can be seen as a semiotic space where the practice of signs is institutionalized. There are specific ways to perform signs in court, be they verbal (e. g., turn-taking) or nonverbal (e. g., attire). Legal signs communicate and signify differently than their non-legal counterparts. Laypeople may not be aware of such differences, and may encounter a gap between their expectation and the actual practice of legal signs. This is precisely the case for unrepresented litigants, laypeople who go to court without legal counsel, whose understanding and practice of signs usually differ from legal ones given their limited exposure to legal knowledge and culture. This paper examines unrepresented litigants’ lay practice of signs in Hong Kong courtrooms, and analyses how it clashes with that used by legal professionals. Our data consist of courtroom observations of 54 Cantonese case managements and 13 Cantonese trials in district courts in Hong Kong, 10 interviews with unrepresented litigants and 6 relevant judgments. The paper shows that the differences in the use of semiotics often place laypeople as out-group members of the law and may limit their access to justice. Our analysis will contribute to an understanding of laypeople’s behavior in the courtroom, which in turn bridges the communication gap between laypeople and legal professionals in common law jurisdictions.
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Zandi, Faramak, and Madjid Tavana. "A Strategic Benchmarking Process for Identifying the Best Practice Collaborative Electronic Government Architecture." International Journal of Information Systems in the Service Sector 3, no. 2 (April 2011): 32–56. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/jisss.2011040103.
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The rapid growth of the Internet has given rise to electronic government (e-government) which enhances communication, coordination, and collaboration between government, business partners, and citizens. An increasing number of national, state, and local government agencies are realizing the benefits of e-government. The transformation of policies, procedures, and people, which is the essence of e-government, cannot happen by accident. An e-government architecture is needed to structure the system, its functions, its processes, and the environment within which it will live. When confronted by the range of e-government architectures, government agencies struggle to identify the one most appropriate to their needs. This paper proposes a novel strategic benchmarking process utilizing the simple additive weighting method (SAW), real options analysis (ROA), and fuzzy sets to benchmark the best practice collaborative e-government architectures based on three perspectives: Government-to-Citizen (G2C), Government-to-Business (G2B), and Government-to-Government (G2G). The contribution of the proposed method is fourfold: (1) it addresses the gaps in the e-government literature on the effective and efficient assessment of the e-government architectures; (2) it provides a comprehensive and systematic framework that combines ROA with SAW; (3) it considers fuzzy logic and fuzzy sets to represent ambiguous, uncertain or imprecise information; and (4) it is applicable to international, national, Regional, state/provincial, and local e-government levels.
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İmer, Gülriz, and Mustafa Kaya. "Literature Review on Digital Citizenship in Turkey." International Education Studies 13, no. 8 (July 23, 2020): 6. http://dx.doi.org/10.5539/ies.v13n8p6.
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With as of the start of the 2000s, technology and internet have become almost indispensable in the lives of individuals. Rapid development of technology has increased the interest and dependence of people on the internet and made it compulsory to use the internet. Increased use of the internet has led to the development invention of mobile devices, cloud technologies, and information and communication technologies. Besides facilitating and accelerating their lives, this situation has caused individuals to encounter some risks. Individuals can exchange information in an online environment, share their feelings and thoughts in a comfortable way, easily benefit from public services and be aware of the events that take place in various parts of the world. In addition, they have started to perform some transactions in electronic media such as e-shopping, e-government, e-book, e-library, e-pulse, e-banking. This brought about the concept of digital life. Digital life has changed a large part of our habits as the Internet began to enter our lives. Most of these changes are in the fields of communication and life perception. This phenomenon led researchers to work more intensively on the concept of digital citizenship. While researching the effects of digital citizenship on the one hand, studies were carried out to determine what to do at school and at teachers’ level. The aim of this study is to address the trends and gaps observed in the research studies about on digital citizenship and to focus on which their subject areas in Turkey. As a result of literature review: (1) Most of the researches studies that are conducted as a result of literature review are focused on students and teachers, (2) In these studies many different scales have been developed to determine the levels of digital citizenship according to the focal point and different factors.
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Widła, Halina. "Implementation of IT Tools as a Method of Improving Language and Communication Skills of Bi- and Trilingual Students." International Journal of Research in E-learning 5, no. 2 (February 1, 2019): 33–48. http://dx.doi.org/10.31261/ijrel.2019.5.2.03.
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This article gives some examples of students’ systematic semi-autonomous work in the multimedia master’s seminar, which enhances their language competencies as well as strictly technical skills. The theoretical background, based on the results of research carried out by the author in 2005–2019, demonstrates how knowledge of learners’ first and second languages is advantageous during the acquisition of a third language. Seeing that this process is individual (every learner has his or her different “linguistic biography”), it is difficult take this fact into account in the coursebooks. E-learning courses, which allow students to work in semi-autonomy, become helpful in this situation. Accommodating the needs of biand trilingual students, prospective foreign-language teachers and translators create their own multimedia resources that fill gaps in the didactic offerings. Moreover, the unusual forms of learning by teaching (LdL – from the German phrase Lernen durch Lehren) improve the quality of the learning process, helping students achieve the desired language and communication skills.
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Caicedo, Juan Carlos, Sonia Villamizar, and Giampaolo Orlandoni. "The use of synthetic agonists of quorum sensing N- acyl homoserine lactone pathway improves the bioleaching ability in Acidithiobacillus and Pseudomonas bacteria." PeerJ 10 (August 9, 2022): e13801. http://dx.doi.org/10.7717/peerj.13801.
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Metal solubilization from discarded electrical material and electronic devices (e-waste) using the bioleaching capabilities of bacterial cells is highly effective. However, gaps in understanding about the microbiological processes involved in the bioleaching reaction leads to less efficient metal solubilization in large-scale e-waste processing. In this study, bacterial species belonging to the genera Acidithiobacillus and Pseudomonas were used to leach copper and gold from discarded printed circuit boards (PCB). Through modulation of the cell-to-cell communication system in these bacteria, phenotypic traits directly involved in the bioleaching reaction were regulated in order to improve the metal solubilization. Addition of the long chain synthetic autoinducer molecule N-acyl homoserine lactone (AHL) of the quorum sensing pathway to the bioleaching reaction resulted in a significant enhancement of metal extraction from PCB. Factors such as: cell attachment to PCB, biofilm formation and hydrogen cyanide (HCN) production were regulated by the quorum sensing system and could be directly related to the improvement of metal bioleaching. Bioleaching reactions using bacterial quorum sensing modulation could represent a valuable tool in overcoming limitations at the industrial level imposed by microbiological traits that lead to inefficient metal bioleaching from e-waste.
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Kołodziejczak, Barbara, and Magdalena Roszak. "ICT Competencies for Academic E-Learning. Preparing Students for Distance Education - Authors’ Proposal." International Journal of Information and Communication Technologies in Education 6, no. 3 (November 27, 2017): 14–25. http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/ijicte-2017-0012.
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ABSTRACT Deployment of distance education (especially e-learning) at universities requires university teachers and students to have adequate ICT (Information and Communication Technologies) competencies. Schools usually provide training for their staff in operating e-learning portals and creating courses, which is the necessary minimum for conducting distance education. On the other hand, schools do not offer any courses for students to improve their competencies necessary for e-learning, as they assume that the students’ ICT competencies acquired during the three levels of schooling (elementary, lower secondary and upper secondary) are sufficient. The authors’ observations demonstrate that this assumption is not necessarily true, particularly for students at faculties related to humanities and other specializations not of technical nature, such as medicine. The article presents an overview of ICT competencies necessary for e-learning study, comparing them with competencies of a secondary school graduate. On the basis of a research project conducted at three medical universities in Poland, the authors present the level of knowledge and practical skills in the field of ICT among students who participated in e-learning or blended learning. As a result of the project, a proposal has been presented for modifying ICT education contents for students, as well as a draft course carried on the university’s LCMS (Learning Content Management System) portal to bridge the ICT competence gaps for effective distance education.
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Saif, Syed Mohsin, Syed Immamul Ansarullah, Mohamed Tahar Ben Ben Othman, Sami Alshmrany, Muhammad Shafiq, and Habib Hamam. "Impact of ICT in Modernizing the Global Education Industry to Yield Better Academic Outreach." Sustainability 14, no. 11 (June 5, 2022): 6884. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su14116884.
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The advancements made by information technology have redefined the concept, scope, and significance of communication. The barriers in the communication process have been wiped out by the recent advances in information and communication technology (ICT) backed by high-speed data connectivity. People are free to communicate without bothering about physical borders distancing them from one another. Information and communication technology has diversified its dynamism by creating an e-environment, where people exploit the power of technology and communication to deliver many services. This research used the conceptual framework for ICT-enabled learning management systems and described their dimensions and scope in ICT-enabled education. The ubiquity of ICT has revamped the education industry worldwide by introducing new approaches, tools, and techniques to modernize education. The widespread popularity of ICT has forced educational establishments to endorse this to update the academia to leverage its bounders and enhance productivity to yield productive outcomes at different levels of education. This paper describes different ICT approaches and investigates the importance, influence, and impact of ICT-enabled technologies on various educational practices to achieve productive educational outcomes. This research investigates the role of ICT in teaching and learning at different levels of education, explores various modulates and their influence on the overall development of educational activities, and identifies the research gaps that are bridged to achieve the primary aim of ICT and education. This research extended its ICT projections and scope to overcome the challenges emerging from pandemic circumstances and design and develop an online platform in proper consultation with market demand to make students more job-oriented or skill-oriented. This paper describes different ICT approaches adopted by various educational institutions across the globe to modernize student-teacher interaction. This paper further investigates the influence and impact of ICT-enabled technologies on various educational practices that are prerequisites for achieving productive educational outcomes.
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Marinelli, Nicoletta. "Procesos comunicacionales en la gobernanza de un área natural protegida del Distrito Metropolitano de Quito/ Communication processes in the governance of a Protected Natural Area of the Metropolitan District of Quito." Letras Verdes. Revista Latinoamericana de Estudios Socioambientales, no. 24 (September 21, 2018): 161–80. http://dx.doi.org/10.17141/letrasverdes.24.2018.3153.
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¿Existe la posibilidad de que los problemas de gobernanza de las áreas naturales protegidas se resuelvan a través del fortalecimiento de las redes de interacción social y comunicación? En el diálogo que genera la gobernanza ambiental en Ecuador, los mecanismos formales e informales de comunicación posibilitan manejar conflictos, fortalecer redes de interacción social, intercambiar conocimientos entre distintos actores, así como concertar objetivos comunes. Es con esta consideración que, bajo el enfoque de la gobernanza interactiva, este artículo analiza cómo funcionan las redes de comunicación del Área de Conservación y Uso Sustentable Mashpi-Guaycuyacu-Sahuangal, recientemente conformada en el Distrito Metropolitano de Quito. El estudio revela que las racionalidades ambientales heterogéneas que permean los grupos de interés en la zona no encuentran aún su engranaje, al existir vacíos en los procesos de comunicación, lo cual hace que la participación pierda legitimidad y eficacia.
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Is there a possibility that the governance problems of natural protected areas will be resolved through the strengthening of networks of social interaction and communication? In the dialogue generated by environmental governance in Ecuador, formal and informal communication mechanisms allow opportunities for conflict management, the strengthening of networks of social interaction, the exchange of knowledge among different actors, as well as to agree on common objectives. Under the interactive governance approach, this article analyzes the communication networks of the Mashpi-Guaycuyacu-Sahuangal Conservation and Sustainable Use Area, recently created in the Metropolitan District of Quito. The study shows that the heterogeneous environmental rationalities among the interest groups in the area do not yet find their gear, due to gaps in communication processes, which weaken the participation processes, its legitimacy and effectiveness.
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Mansy, Mohammad. "Cultural Pitfalls in Islamic Subtitling." International Journal of Linguistics and Translation Studies 2, no. 1 (January 24, 2021): 76–90. http://dx.doi.org/10.36892/ijlts.v2i1.110.
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This research explores the challenges of translating cultural references in Islamic TV programs from Arabic into English. Subtitling is a constrained type of translation due to the space and time limitations on the screen. Apart from this challenge, the subtitler has to deal with cultural pitfalls that cannot be separated from a stormy global background that includes political and ideological tensions between the Muslim World and the West. This study investigates these difficulties, attempts to suggest solutions to them and identify the basic qualifications of competent subtitlers of this kind of programs. The ultimate purpose is to help establish healthy communication between Muslim and Western countries through translation which is an act of cultural mediation. To achieve this, three real-life examples and their subtitles have been selected from Iqraa TV programs and analyzed using Christiane Nord’s functional model. Results show three types of cultural pitfalls typical of Islamic TV programs, i. e., Qur’anic allusions, Sunnah allusions and politicized issues. Instrumental translation has been found to be effective in overcoming these cultural pitfalls, while documentary translation proved to be ineffective due to the space limitations and its lack of clarity. Creativity, flexibility, and cultural sensitivity are indispensable for the subtitler to bridge the communication gaps between the source and target cultures.
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Likarchuk, D. "Communicative technologies in the formation of political mediariality during conflicts." National Technical University of Ukraine Journal. Political science. Sociology. Law, no. 4(52) (December 21, 2021): 47–53. http://dx.doi.org/10.20535/2308-5053.2021.4(52).248136.
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In the modern political world, information and technological principles are important, which form the media space – factors of manipulation, fake news, support for political actors. The media, in the XXI century, not only manipulate society and create confrontational moments, but also in their activities mix politics, commercial advertising, criminal aspects. The modern product of media culture is media reality, which forms new boundaries of the socio-cultural space of each state. Media reality is one of the elements of communication technologies that influence society, but also individual state institutions. Focusing on important political problems and issues in the modern world is reduced to public (mass) attention, coverage of incorrect (fake) information about the opponent – and so is the process of manipulation of citizens and the creation of conflicts in society. All this is accompanied by an imbalance of communication interaction and information noise, which leads to distortion of the information space of the state, new hybrid wars, information disputes, fake news. In Ukraine, there are difficulties in maintaining the media space in the international arena, because we have a number of open and latent conflicts. Accordingly, the media space – connections and interaction, as well as gaps and opposition between agents in the political arena. Ukraine should understand that it is necessary to develop and integrate into new communication technologies. This will give an opportunity not only to orient oneself politically and to understand the advantages and disadvantages of one or another political force, but also to form one’s own integral and effective state interest and values. The rapid process of information and communication technologies in all spheres of society has caused global transformations, opened new opportunities for the information space. A popular model of integrated political technologies in Europe is social management in a real communication network. For example, Estonia has a progressive model of e-government in Europe, which means that communication technologies and a minimized level of conflict factors function accordingly in the country.
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Safonova, Victoria V. "Developing Russian Phd Students’ Academic Culture in EAP Courses for International Communication and Co-Operation." European Journal of Interdisciplinary Studies 4, no. 2 (July 24, 2018): 103. http://dx.doi.org/10.26417/ejis.v4i2.p103-114.
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The paper gives a didactic insight into the concept of “intercultural academic communication” /IAC/ analyzing its types, forms, structure and bilingual input for the purposes of improving Russian advanced students’ communication skills as intercultural speakers and writers in English-speaking academic settings. On the basis of the 2015-2017 cross-cultural analysis of Russian Master’s Degree - PhD Students’ experiences of intercultural communication it provides a didactically-oriented and competency-based classification of communicative barriers to effective cross-cultural academic communication, describing such of them as linguistic, pragmatic, sociocultural, cognitive and visual communication barriers. The paper argues that the theoretical framework for designing tasks aiming at improving PhD students’ bilingual pluricultural competence to use English as a lingua franca in intercultural academic settings is to be based on L. Vygotsky’s cultural historical theory, A.N Leontiev’s activity theory, A.A. Leontiev’s psychological theory of communication, S. Hall’s theory of cultural factors and contexts and culturally-oriented FLT approaches to developing students’ bilingual academic competences on a multidisciplinary basis. The paper concludes with some recommendations on creating a hierarchical set of multidisciplinary problem-solving tasks and activities specifically designed to help PhD students meet new 21st century challenges of intercultural communication - co-operation, avoiding culture-bound academic pitfalls in today’s extremely complicated world. Among these tasks are those that involve PhD students’ into: a) observing and generalizing the similarities and differences of communicative and/or cognitive academic schemata in Russian and in English; b) classifying communicative barriers between intercultural speakers or writers (incl. English native - non-native speakers); c) interpreting the appropriacy of academic products in a FL from a global intercultural perspective; d) making suggestions for necessary pluricultural academic self-education in order to be able to foresee and/or identify communication barriers and find effective communicative tools to bridge intercultural academic gaps; e) doing thought-provoking case-studies in IAC; f) transforming interculturally inappropriate academic products in a FL into appropriate ones; g) group role-playing of IAC schema modes involving different academic roles that are typical of English-speaking international science co-operation settings; h) doing “Study - Innovate” projects.
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Virkar, Shefali. "Wired for Change?" International Journal of Organizational and Collective Intelligence 4, no. 1 (January 2014): 1–23. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/ijoci.2014010101.
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The recent global diffusion of Information and Communications Technologies (ICTs) has raised expectations for technological change to support socio-economic progress and political reform in the developing as well as the developed world. Much as been written about e-government within a growing stream of literature on ICT for development, generating countervailing perspectives where optimistic, technocratic approaches are countered by far more sceptical standpoints on technological innovation. In seeking to bridge existing gaps in the literature, this article critically examines the role of Information and Communication Technologies in governmental reform processes for development through the presentation of a case study based in the Indian State of Karnataka. The study focuses on a collaboration between the state government of Karnataka and the eGovernments Foundation (a non-profit private sector organisation) between 2002 and 2011, designed to reform existing methods of property tax collection through the establishment of a networked online tax collection system across the municipalities of 56 towns and cities within the state. Through a combination of both qualitative and quantitative data, this paper analyses the interactions between new technologies and changing information flows within the complexities of public administration reform of the given context and, in doing so, examines the interplay of local and external factors and relationships and their role in shaping the implementation of the project at hand.
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Folostina, Ruxandra, Cristina Dumitru, Claudia Iuliana Iacob, and Christine K. Syriopoulou-Delli. "Mapping Knowledge and Training Needs in Teachers Working with Students with Autism Spectrum Disorder: A Comparative Cross-Sectional Investigation." Sustainability 14, no. 5 (March 3, 2022): 2986. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su14052986.
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Countries seek to implement sustainable policies for supporting professionals working with students with an autism spectrum disorder. These policies can advance more slowly in developing states like Romania and Greece. As such, this study aimed to investigate the reported knowledge and training needs of professionals working with ASD students to inform policymakers. Using a cross-sectional design, 475 Romanian and 211 Greek specialists completed an online questionnaire on the following dimensions: diagnosis and assessment of ASD, management of behavioural problems in ASD students, communication skills, technology, teaching, and e-learning platforms. The results showed that Greek professionals have higher levels of ASD knowledge compared to Romanian respondents (MGreece = 15.2, SDGreece = 4.22; MRomania = 13.7, SDRomania = 3.88; U = 39703, p < 0.001). There is also a significant need for training on all the investigated dimensions in both countries, with greater training needs in Romania than in Greece (MGreece = 26, SDGreece = 2.98; MRomania = 27.2, SDRomania = 1.84; U = 35556, p < 0.001). Both countries reported the lowest level of knowledge in innovative teaching technologies and high training needs using an e-learning platform. The results emphasise important gaps in the educational programmes for ASD professionals.
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Alcalá, Héctor E., and Sandhya V. Shimoga. "It Is About Trust: Trust in Sources of Tobacco Health Information, Perceptions of Harm, and Use of E-Cigarettes." Nicotine & Tobacco Research 22, no. 5 (January 26, 2019): 822–26. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ntr/ntz004.
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Abstract Introduction Recent research has highlighted disparities in people who perceive as trustworthy sources of e-cigarette health information. Research has yet to examine if trusting a particular source of information is associated with use of e-cigarettes or perceptions of e-cigarette harm. We use a nationally representative survey of American adults to address these gaps in knowledge. Methods This study used data from the Health Information National Trends Survey (N = 3738). Logistic regression models were used to calculate odds of ever using e-cigarettes and perceived health harm of e-cigarettes. Trust in seven different sources of e-cigarette health information served as the independent variables. Models accounted for confounders. Results Trusting religious organizations “a lot” as sources of e-cigarette health information was associated with lower odds of ever using e-cigarettes and with lower odds of perceiving e-cigarettes as less harmful than conventional cigarettes. Trusting e-cigarette companies “a lot” as sources of e-cigarette health information was associated with lower odds of viewing e-cigarettes as harmful to health. Conclusion Trusting health information about e-cigarettes from sources in the medical or public health field was not associated with lower use of e-cigarettes or viewing e-cigarettes as more harmful. Trusting health information from e-cigarette companies yielded perceptions of e-cigarette harm that are consistent with messaging provided by these companies. Implications As use of e-cigarettes continues to climb, leveraging different modes of health communication will be critical to both discourage e-cigarette use among never-smokers and, potentially, to encourage use of e-cigarettes as an option to achieve smoking cessation or reduce the harm of tobacco products. Our findings suggest that religious organizations may be helpful in communicating anti-e-cigarette messages.
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Butt, Ghazala, Mahwash Rana, and Muhammad Uzair. "Challenges and impact of COVID-19 on teledermatology practice in providing continued care to patients in a time of disarray." Our Dermatology Online 12, no. 4 (October 19, 2021): 387–90. http://dx.doi.org/10.7241/ourd.20214.7.
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Background: The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has significantly affected all areas of life in most countries. Telehealth has gained importance during this era of social distancing, including teledermatology (TD). The purpose of this survey was to determine the challenges and impact of COVID-19 on TD practice in providing continued care to patients by dermatologists in Pakistan. Methods: A questionnaire comprised of fifteen questions was created with Google Forms and distributed to dermatologists practicing in various cities of Pakistan via WhatsApp or e-mail, then the data was collected. Results: A total of 81 dermatologists from various cities of Pakistan responded to the survey, among whom about two thirds reported a positive experience with TD, yet some had issues in communication gaps and breaches of confidentiality, and the majority considered it unequal to in-person visits. Conclusion: TD plays an important role during the COVID-19 pandemic as a simple, time-saving procedure allowing social distancing with good patient satisfaction.
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Rosa, Ade Tutty R. "The Effect of Communication Technology Development on the Intelligence of Children through Educational Value System Management." International Journal of Emerging Issues in Early Childhood Education 1, no. 1 (May 29, 2019): 1–15. http://dx.doi.org/10.31098/ijeiece.v1i1.14.
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The development of IT in the digital era 4.0 currently provides a considerable and different influence on each user, including children. In general, the problems in the world of education include the quality and quantity of education related to quality and equality in obtaining access to education without any gaps and exceptions. The solution that can be developed is the optimization of the role of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) in the world of education. One of the roles of ICT in education is realized by the development of online learning (e-learning) or the direct use of ICTs for children. Many changes - changes in different new values can have a positive impact on children's growth, especially on intellectual intelligence, intelligence emotional, spiritual, and social intelligence. ICTs have a good influence on children's intellectual, emotional, spiritual and social intelligence; IT brings a bad influence on children's intellectual intelligence; IT has a pretty good influence on children's emotional intelligence; IT has a pretty good influence on children's spiritual intelligence, IT has a good influence on children's social intelligence. Importance of Parents has a role to be able to know the changes that occur during child development.
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Rosa, Ade Tutty R. "The Effect of Communication Technology Development on the Intelligence of Children through Educational Value System Management." International Journal of Emerging Issues in Early Childhood Education 1, no. 1 (January 21, 2020): 1–15. http://dx.doi.org/10.31098/ijeiece.v1i1.40.
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The development of IT in the digital era 4.0 currently provides a considerable and different influence on each user, including children. In general, the problems in the world of education include the quality and quantity of education related to quality and equality in obtaining access to education without any gaps and exceptions. The solution that can be developed is the optimization of the role of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) in the world of education. One of the roles of ICT in education is realized by the development of online learning (e-learning) or the direct use of ICTs for children. Many changes - changes in different new values can have a positive impact on children's growth, especially on intellectual intelligence, intelligence emotional, spiritual, and social intelligence. ICTs have a good influence on children's intellectual, emotional, spiritual and social intelligence; IT brings a bad influence on children's intellectual intelligence; IT has a pretty good influence on children's emotional intelligence; IT has a pretty good influence on children's spiritual intelligence, IT has a good influence on children's social intelligence. Importance of Parents has a role to be able to know the changes that occur during child development.
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Alvi, Irum. "Effect of Communication Strategies for Implementation of IT-based Educational Innovation During COVID-19 Pandemic on Students’ Motivation, Attitude, and Intent." IIMS Journal of Management Science 13, no. 1 (February 2022): 55–73. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0976030x211051096.
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The COVID-19 pandemic made the world come to a halt, but the number and pace of innovation responses became faster than ever. However, there is a paucity of studies concentrating on the management/implementation of innovation in educational institutes. Moreover, no in-depth study has been conducted on the effect of communication strategies adopted for educational innovation implementation on the students’ motivation, attitude, and intent to use, particularly in India, to the best of the writer’s information. Accordingly, the present study aims to address the research gaps by measuring the effect of select communication strategies used for implementing IT-based educational innovations. Grounded on prior research, the study scrutinizes the effect of rational persuasive strategy (utilizing legitimate contentions), assertive strategy (utilizing intimidation), and consulting strategy (engaging in the act of giving expert advice), and inspirational (evoking feelings of appreciation) strategy. To address the hypotheses framed, the data for the cross-sectional quantitative study was collected from engineering students using an e-questionnaire from Rajasthan, India. The sample comprised 305 (84.3% male and 15.7% female) students, with a mean age of 18.16 years. The findings of PLS-SEM using SmartPLS 3.2.9 confirmed that all strategies except assertive strategy had a positive and significant effect on motivation, attitude, and intent, thereby confirming the role of communication strategies. The study adds to the extant studies on communication strategies, innovation implementation, and adoption of Information Technology for education. The managerial implications include assisting institutes, faculty, and administration in providing insight into appropriate tactics to encourage the implementation of educational innovations among students. The study will also be useful for the administrators/policymakers, for better comprehension of issues and finding solutions for innovation implementation.
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Petrellis, Nikos, Michael Birbas, and Fotios Gioulekas. "On the Design of Low-Cost IoT Sensor Node for e-Health Environments." Electronics 8, no. 2 (February 2, 2019): 178. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/electronics8020178.
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The proliferation of Internet of Things (IoT) devices for patient monitoring has gained much attention in clinical care performance, proficient chronic disease management, and home caregiving. This work presents the design of efficient medical IoT sensor nodes (SNs) in terms of low-cost, low power-consumption, and increased data accuracy based on open-source platforms. The method utilizes a Sensor Controller (SC) within the IoT SN, which is capable of performing medical checks supporting a broad coverage of medical uses. A communication protocol has been developed for data and command exchange among SC, local gateways, and physicians’ or patients’ mobile devices (tablets, smart phones). The SC supports moving average window (MAW) and principle component analysis (PCA) filtering algorithms to capture data from the attached low-cost body sensors of different sampling profiles. Significant extensions in SN’s portability is achieved through energy consumption minimization based on the idle time gaps between sensors’ activations. SN’s components are either deactivated or set to low activity operation during these idle intervals. A medical case study is presented and the evaluated results show that the proposed SN can be incorporated into e-health platforms since it achieves comparable accuracy to its certified and high-cost commercial counterparts.
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Sentia, Tri, Mustafia Mustafia, and Eva Zuraidah. "Analisa Kualitas Layanan Pada E-learning di Sekolah Menggunakan Metode Servqual." Journal of Informatics Management and Information Technology 2, no. 3 (July 31, 2022): 100–108. http://dx.doi.org/10.47065/jimat.v2i3.167.
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Service quality is the main thing that users of e-learning applications always hope to receive, and these virtues are used to meet the expectations of users. The problem that occurs is that the quality of service is still lacking in the service order, causing the e-learning application to be unable to be reopened. Students who are late in submitting assignments must enter manually and the answers cannot be tracked. The purpose of this study was to measure the quality of service that affects the level of user satisfaction with the servqual method. Measurement of satisfaction for users in measuring the level of satisfaction with 5 dimensions of service quality, namely Tangible, Reliability, Responsiviness, Assurance, and Empathy. The result of the gap between perceptions and expectations of users is -0.08. The gaps are grouped based on attributes using an IPA (Importance Performance Analysis) diagram with the Tangible dimension, the value of the gap is -0.09, the attributes of e-learning application services must be maintained by users who always wear clear student ID cards so that they can be known. Reliability with a gap of -0.07, covering website context related to school e-learning, and guidebooks according to website content. Responsiveness with a gap value of -0.10, namely the attendance menu on the website is functioning properly, notifications appear when there is new information. Assurance with a gap of -0.10, guaranteed website security, and easy to file a complaint if there are website problems. And Empathy with a gap value of -0.08 for convenience in using the website, easy contact, and good communication with supervisors.
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Buccieri, Kristy, Abram Oudshoorn, Tyler Frederick, Rebecca Schiff, Alex Abramovich, Stephen Gaetz, and Cheryl Forchuk. "Hospital discharge planning for Canadians experiencing homelessness." Housing, Care and Support 22, no. 1 (November 1, 2018): 4–14. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/hcs-07-2018-0015.
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Purpose People experiencing homelessness are high-users of hospital care in Canada. To better understand the scope of the issue, and how these patients are discharged from hospital, a national survey of key stakeholders was conducted in 2017. The paper aims to discuss this issue. Design/methodology/approach The Canadian Observatory on Homelessness distributed an online survey to their network of members through e-mail and social media. A sample of 660 stakeholders completed the mixed-methods survey, including those in health care, non-profit, government, law enforcement and academia. Findings Results indicate that hospitals and homelessness sector agencies often struggle to coordinate care. The result is that these patients are usually discharged to the streets or shelters and not into housing or housing with supports. The health care and homelessness sectors in Canada are currently structured in a way that hinders collaborative transfers of patient care. The three primary and inter-related gaps raised by survey participants were: communication, privacy and systems pressures. Research limitations/implications The findings are limited to those who voluntarily completed the survey and may indicate self-selection bias. Results are limited to professional stakeholders and do not reflect patient views. Practical implications Identifying systems gaps from the perspective of those who work within health care and homelessness sectors is important for supporting system reforms. Originality/value This survey was the first to collect nationwide stakeholder data on homelessness and hospital discharge in Canada. The findings help inform policy recommendations for more effective systems alignment within Canada and internationally.
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Madala, Praveen, and Senthilnathan Subramaniam. "Screening of COVID-19 suspect cases in a Cargo Ship: A rare field experience." Indian Journal of Community Health 32, no. 2 (Supp) (April 20, 2020): 281–87. http://dx.doi.org/10.47203/ijch.2020.v32i02supp.022.
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Background: World Health Organization (WHO), China Country Office informed cases of pneumonia of unknown aetiology detected in Wuhan City, Hubei Province of China. On 7th January 2020, Chinese authorities identified a new strain of Coronavirus as the causative agent for the disease. By 1st April 2020, the disease since its first detection in China has spread to over 200 countries/territories leading to a total of 823626 confirmed cases and 40598 deaths. WHO declared the novel Coronavirus outbreak as a Pandemic on 11 March 2020 and named the 2019 novel Coronavirus as COVID-19. As the screening of these suspects in ships is a challenging and novel one, the present study was aimed at identifying the proper and systematic way of screening of these suspects. Screening if done systematically aids in early diagnosis of the COVID-19 suspects and if coupled with pre-arrival preparedness through e-mail follow up helps in proper planning. Proper risk communication can help in alleviating the fears of the stakeholders and public. Aims & Objectives: The primary objective of this study was to screen the COVID-19 suspect cases systematically in the vessels and the secondary objectives were to identify any gaps in the process of collection, transport and receipt of results of samples of COVID-19 Suspect cases, know the process of risk communication & to share the experience to other seaports for duplication. Materials & Methods: Screening was done for all the crew by the Investigators with proper Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) on the Bridge (Navigation Deck) of the vessel mainly for recording the temperature and eliciting other signs & symptoms of COVID -19. It was then followed by sending the samples of the two COVID-19 suspects for testing to the Government approved laboratory in a systematic way. Risk communication was also done to all the stakeholders and media in a well-coordinated manner at the earliest to update them on the facts and to prevent false communication. Results: Pre-arrival preparedness through screening of pre-arrival documents and systematic approach adopted for screening of the COVID-19 suspects led to early diagnosis of the suspects. Samples were collected as per protocol and sent for testing to the laboratory and reports of the same were obtained without any much constraints through proper liaison with Tamilnadu State Health team. Risk communication to the stakeholders and media prevented panic among the public and stakeholders. Conclusions: Pre-arrival e-mail follow-up and arrangements like coordination meeting with the stakeholders led to proper planning. Systematic screening and proper liaison with State Health team helped in the early diagnosis of the suspects. Proper and early risk communication to the stakeholders and media prevents panic, facilitates good support and prevents communication of maleficious information to the public.
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Itzigsohn, José, and Karida Brown. "SOCIOLOGY AND THE THEORY OF DOUBLE CONSCIOUSNESS." Du Bois Review: Social Science Research on Race 12, no. 2 (2015): 231–48. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s1742058x15000107.
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AbstractIn this paper we emphasize W. E. B. Du Bois’s relevance as a sociological theorist, an aspect of his work that has not received the attention it deserves. We focus specifically on the significance of Du Bois’s theory of Double Consciousness. This theory argues that in a racialized society there is no true communication or recognition between the racializing and the racialized. Furthermore, Du Bois’s theory of Double Consciousness puts racialization at the center of the analysis of self-formation, linking the macro structure of the racialized world with the lived experiences of racialized subjects. We develop our argument in two stages: The first section locates the theory of Double Consciousness within the field of classical sociological theories of the self. We show how the theory addresses gaps in the theorizing of self-formation of James, Mead, and Cooley. The second section presents an analysis of how Du Bois deploys this theory in his phenomenological analysis of the African American experience. The conclusions point out how the theory of Double Consciousness is relevant to contemporary debates in sociological theory.
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Leite, Natália Celião, Josilene De Melo Buriti Vasconcelos, and Wilma Dias de Fontes. "Communication in the process of humanization of the assistance at intensive care unit: experience of relatives and cares." Revista de Enfermagem UFPE on line 4, no. 4 (October 9, 2010): 1587. http://dx.doi.org/10.5205/reuol.957-9534-1-le.0404201002.
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ABSTRACTObjectives: to report the experience of the nursing team and family members of ICU patients as regards communication; to learn the meaning they attribute to the communication process. Methodology: a quantitative and qualitative exploratory study carried out at the Intensive Care Unit of the school hospital. Consisting of 15 family members and 15 nursing professionals who happened to be available there during the data collection, the sample resulted from semi-structured interview guidance. The data were analyzed by means of descriptive statistics, taking into account the absolute and percentage numbers, and the technique of the Collective Subject Discourse, with presentation throughout graph, table and charts. Results: the data showed gaps in the communication, which are inherent to some professionals who neither practice nor value the communication process with the family, mainly as regards the need to prepare them for the ICU environment and the real conditions of their family members. Conclusion: the need to adopt an efficient system of communication with relatives of ICU patients is widely known. Thus, the nurse will be adopting new ways of caring, which include valuing the family members as integrating part of the nursing care, with view to humanizing the assistance. Descriptors: communication; humanization of the assistance; intensive care unit. RESUMOObjetivos: relatar a experiência da equipe de enfermagem e de familiares de pacientes internados em uma UTI, na perspectiva da comunicação; apreender o significado por eles atribuído ao processo de comunicação. Métodologia: estudo exploratório, quantiqualitativo, realizado na Unidade de Terapia Intensiva de hospital escola. A amostra foi formada por 15 familiares e 15 profissionais de enfermagem que se encontravam no local, por ocasião da coleta de dados, a qual ocorreu por meio de um roteiro de entrevista semi-estruturado. Os dados foram analisados por meio da estatística descritiva, levando-se em conta os números absolutos e percentuais, e da técnica do Discurso do Sujeito Coletivo, com apresentação em gráfico, tabela e quadros. Resultados: os dados mostram lacunas na comunicação, as quais são inerentes a alguns profissionais que não praticam e não valorizam o processo de comunicação com a família, principalmente no que diz respeito à necessidade de prepará-los para compreender o ambiente da UTI e as reais condições de seus familiares. Conclusão: é notória a necessidade de se adotar um sistema eficaz de comunicação com os familiares de pacientes internados na UTI. Assim, o enfermeiro estará adotando novas formas de cuidar, que incluem a valorização dos familiares como parte integrante do cuidado de enfermagem na perspectiva da humanização da assistência. Descritores: comunicação; humanização da assistência; unidade de terapia intensiva.RESUMENObjetivos: relatar la experiencia del equipo de enfermería y parientes de pacientes de UTI, en cuanto a la comunicación; aprender el significado que ellos atribuyen al proceso de comunicación. Metodología: estudio exploratorio, cuantitativo y cualitativo, realizado en la Unidad de Terapia Intensiva del hospital escuela. Formada por 15 parientes y 15 profesionales de enfermería que se encontraban disponibles en el sitio durante el recogimiento de los datos, la muestra resultó de la rutina de una entrevista semi-estructurada. Los datos fueron analizados a través de la estadística descriptiva, llevándose en cuenta los números absolutos y porcentajes, la técnica del Discurso del Sujeto Colectivo, con presentación en gráfico, tabla y cuadros. Resultado: los datos enseñan brechas en la comunicación, las cuales son propias de algunos profesionales que no practican y no valoran el proceso de comunicación con la familia, principalmente en cuanto a la necesidad de les preparar a entender el ambiente de la UTI y las reales condiciones de sus parientes. Conclusión: es notoria la necesidad de adoptarse un sistema de comunicación eficiente con los parientes de pacientes de UTI. Así, el enfermero estará adoptando nuevas maneras de cuidar, las cuales incluyen la valoración de los parientes como parte del cuidado de enfermero, con vista a la humanización de la asistencia. Descriptores: comunicación; humanización de la asistencia; unidad de terapia intensiva.
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Al Shamari, Dalil. "Challenges and barriers to e-learning experienced by trainers and training coordinators in the Ministry of Health in Saudi Arabia during the COVID-19 crisis." PLOS ONE 17, no. 10 (October 17, 2022): e0274816. http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0274816.
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Introduction The sudden shutdown caused by coronavirus disease 2019 has far-reaching effects, including on education and training. For this reason, traditional education and training have shifted to an online learning format. This study explores the challenges of and barriers to e-learning experienced by trainers and training coordinators in the Saudi Ministry of Health during the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic. Methods A cross sectional survey was distributed among participants by email. The sample included 262 trainers and training coordinators currently working for the Saudi Ministry of Health in hospitals, primary health care centers, and training centers (including general directorates of regions and clusters) in all 13 administrative regions of the country. Results Most participants exhibited an intermediate level of experience with e-learning (58.4%) and found the task of adapting to unfamiliar technology to be a challenge (22.1%). Limited social interaction in relation to cheating/plagiarism contexts, frequent technological failures, and a lack of policies or standards for e-learning were significant barriers for participants; these were mentioned by 46.9%, 43.5%, and 40.1% of participants, respectively. Conclusions This study highlights the challenges and barriers encountered in the adoption of e-learning by trainers and training coordinators in the Saudi Ministry of Health. The challenges of and barriers to e-learning included but were not limited to communication, assessment of trainees, adaptation to a lack of policy, and frequent technology failure. Adapting to new technologies is challenging for trainers and training coordinators, which is exacerbated by a lack of adequate policies and standards to eliminate cheating and avoid technological failures. These results could help bridge gaps in the use of e-learning by improving policies, holding workshops and training sessions, and providing continuous information technology support in e-learning.
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Thrasher, Ashley B., Stacy E. Walker, Dorice A. Hankemeier, and William A. Pitney. "Supervising Athletic Trainers' Perceptions of Graduate Assistant Athletic Trainers' Professional Preparation." Athletic Training Education Journal 10, no. 4 (October 1, 2015): 275–86. http://dx.doi.org/10.4085/1004275.
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Context Recent debate has ensued regarding the readiness of newly credentialed athletic trainers (ATs) to function as independent clinicians. Some ATs believe the professional preparation of athletic training students is not adequate. Objective To describe supervisors' perceptions regarding the preparation of college graduate assistants (GAs) to practice as independent practitioners. Design Consensual qualitative research. Setting Individual phone interviews. Patients or Other Participants Twenty-one collegiate ATs who had supervised GAs in the collegiate setting for a minimum of 8 years (16 men, 5 women; years of supervision experience, 14.6 ± 6.6 years). Participants who met the inclusion criteria were recruited via e-mail from the Board of Certification database and through snowball sampling. Interviews were conducted until data saturation occurred. Main Outcome Measure(s) Data were collected via phone interviews, which were recorded and transcribed verbatim. Data were analyzed by a 4-person consensus team, who independently coded the data and compared ideas until consensus was reached and a codebook was created. Trustworthiness was established through member checks and multi-analyst triangulation. Results Three themes emerged: (1) previous preparation, (2) shortcomings in GAs, and (3) suggestions for athletic training program improvement. Supervisors felt GAs were prepared academically, but there were some gaps in preparation, such as their ability to independently practice and their rehabilitation skills. Shortcomings were professional communication, role execution, and personality. Supervisors felt preparation could be improved by increasing time in clinical education, developing communication skills, and having increased experience with psychosocial intervention, rehabilitation, and nonorthopedic conditions. Conclusions Didactic preparation of GAs is the best it has ever been, yet new ATs still need more experience while being mentored by experienced ATs. Professional programs could implement standardized patient experiences to provide opportunities for new ATs to practice in communication or in other areas of weakness.