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Acuña, César J., Mariano Minoli, and Esperanza Marcos. "Integrating Web Portals with Semantic Web Services." International Journal of Enterprise Information Systems 6, no. 1 (January 2010): 57–67. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/jeis.2010120205.
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Several systems integration proposals have been suggested over the years. However these proposals have mainly focused on data integration, not allowing users to take advantage of services offered by Web portals. Most of the mentioned proposals only provide a set of design principles to build integrated systems and lack in suggesting a systematic way of how to develop systems based on the integration architecture they propose. In previous work we have developed PISA (Web Portal Integration Architecture)—a Web portal integration architecture for data and services—and MIDAS-S, a methodological approach for the development of integrated Web portals, built according to PISA. This work shows, by means of a case study, how both proposals fit together integrating Web portals.
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Large, J. A., and Jamshid Beheshti. "Interface Design, Web Portals, and Children." Library Trends 54, no. 2 (2005): 318–42. http://dx.doi.org/10.1353/lib.2006.0017.
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Novohrudska, R. L. "The ontological approach to Internet knowledge portals design." Scientific Notes of Junior Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, no. 2(18) (2020): 33–42. http://dx.doi.org/10.51707/2618-0529-2020-18-04.
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The paper presents the approach to Internet knowledge portals design based on ontologies. Internet knowledge portals provide users with access to heterogeneous loosely coupled data and information resources of various subject domains. Using such portals as a single access point greatly simplifies the work with information presented on the Internet. In the case of Internet portals representing engineering subject domains information their environment concentrate not only information resources and data, but also a large number of computing resources and web-services that are used to perform certain calculation tasks of engineering subject domains. The ontological approach to Internet knowledge portals design allows to represent and integrate heterogeneous information and computing resources in the process of such portals data and knowledge structuring and systematizing. It is proposed to use ontology as portal knowledge representation model. The Internet knowledge portal general ontology is represented by a system of four interconnected components. The structure of such a system is described, the basic elements of its ontologies, as well as the relations between them, are distinguished. The ontology elements are formalized that allows to organize and optimize semantic search through the Internet knowledge portals information space.
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Becker, Jörg, Ralf Knackstedt, Lukasz Lis, Armin Stein, and Matthias Steinhorst. "Research Portals." International Journal of Knowledge Management 8, no. 3 (July 2012): 27–46. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/jkm.2012070102.
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Research portals are a means to present, discuss, and advance scientific findings. They are web-based knowledge management tools for research communities. Research portals foster collaboration among a community of scientists, research funders, and political decision-makers. However, research communities might not possess the knowledge and experience required to design a research portal. The authors support them by analyzing the status quo of existing portals and providing respective improvement perspectives. The authors ask what typical characteristics of such portals are and how these characteristics can be used to evaluate the advancement of individual portals and they seek to distinguish classes of differently advanced research portals and determine their status quo. The authors’ research is based on a systematic web search, during which the authors identify 813 relevant research portals. Following a multi-method approach, they assign each research portal a previously distinguished class of advancement. The authors conclude that research portals generally only offer basic functionality and discuss functionality that is underrepresented in this pool of analyzed research portals and elaborate on improvement perspectives in 11 feature dimensions.
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Fathema, Nafsaniath, Margaret Ross, and Maria Martinez Witte. "Student Acceptance of University Web Portals." International Journal of Web Portals 6, no. 2 (April 2014): 42–58. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/ijwp.2014040104.
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A large number of university web portal's content and design do not meet today's students' expectations and requirements. To address students' expectations, universities spend millions on the redesign and maintenance of their web portals which students say are inadequate and lack basic services. To this end, this study explored the factors that influence students' acceptance of university web portals. It proposed an extension of Davis's (1989) Technology Acceptance Model (TAM) by adding three user related external constructs in it. A total of 429 usable responses were collected from university students through a web survey. Data were analyzed using structural equation modeling. The results of the study revealed that website quality, perceived self-efficacy, and facilitating conditions were significant in explaining students' use of university web portals and therefore, indicated that the extended TAM has sufficient explanatory power to explain students' usage of university web portals. In conclusion, important theoretical and practical implications of the results are presented for both researchers and practitioners.
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Sakulin, Sergey, Alexander Alfimtsev, Yuri Kalgin, and Vladimir Devyatkov. "Commerce Web-Portal Redesigning Based on Usability Evaluation." International Journal of Web Portals 13, no. 2 (July 2021): 1–19. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/ijwp.2021070101.
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Redesigning of the whole portal or some of its webpages does not always lead to a positive result despite the designers' expectations. Nowadays the opinion on how to carry out the redesign of web portals varies. A web portal being in service and in a wide use, a sudden change in its design may result in a drop of the number of clients. The usability evaluation has become important to make a decision on what design of webpages to choose. The paper proposes a method to redesign of commercial web-portals which is based on usability evaluation of some webpages. The evaluation can be undertaken by surveying the staff of the business organization where such a web portal is being developed. The hierarchy made of the Choquet integrals aggregates the results of the questionnaire and allows for the interdependencies between individual metrics of usability. Then, a decision about the redesign of a certain webpage is made on the basis of the aggregated results. The described experiment has shown a great impact of this innovative approach.
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Chard, Kyle, Eli Dart, Ian Foster, David Shifflett, Steven Tuecke, and Jason Williams. "The Modern Research Data Portal: a design pattern for networked, data-intensive science." PeerJ Computer Science 4 (January 15, 2018): e144. http://dx.doi.org/10.7717/peerj-cs.144.
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We describe best practices for providing convenient, high-speed, secure access to large data via research data portals. We capture these best practices in a new design pattern, the Modern Research Data Portal, that disaggregates the traditional monolithic web-based data portal to achieve orders-of-magnitude increases in data transfer performance, support new deployment architectures that decouple control logic from data storage, and reduce development and operations costs. We introduce the design pattern; explain how it leverages high-performance data enclaves and cloud-based data management services; review representative examples at research laboratories and universities, including both experimental facilities and supercomputer sites; describe how to leverage Python APIs for authentication, authorization, data transfer, and data sharing; and use coding examples to demonstrate how these APIs can be used to implement a range of research data portal capabilities. Sample code at a companion web site, https://docs.globus.org/mrdp, provides application skeletons that readers can adapt to realize their own research data portals.
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Kumar, Vinay, B. Sujatha, H. S. Sunitha, and H. B. Vinutha. "Design and Development of LIS Subject Portal using Bluevoda." International Journal of Information Communication Technologies and Human Development 5, no. 4 (October 2013): 62–73. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/ijicthd.2013100107.
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World Wide Web has become an inevitable tool for searching, retrieving and storing the need based data. Students, teachers, researchers, librarians, and even layman all are dependents on the Internet. It has produced so many user friendly tools in order to access the information quickly. Option of the web portal or subject portals is the one. Present paper is about the practical work done in LIS (Library and Information Science) department of the Kuvempu University. It explains the methods and strategies adopted in the creation of LIS subject portal with special reference to the UGC-NET syllabus.
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Sokolenko, Ya Yu. "Social Media Marketing as a tool to promote regional investment web portals in the information environment." Regional Economics: Theory and Practice 18, no. 11 (November 13, 2020): 2167–82. http://dx.doi.org/10.24891/re.18.11.2167.
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Subject. This article focuses on the investment web portal as a necessary communication tool and a way to govern the investment attractiveness of the region. Objectives. The article aims to conduct a comprehensive study of the problem of promoting regional investment web portals in the information environment. Methods. For the study, I used the methods of logical and statistical analyses, induction and deduction, comparison, and generalization. Results. The article describes the advantages of Internet portals of investment projects and the peculiarities of using Social Media Marketing (SMM) within public structures. It highlights the function of social networks in the process of interacting with the audience. Conclusions. Social Media Marketing is an integral tool for engaging with the investment community and one of the most effective ways to promote a regional investment web portal. The presented original methodology can be used by regional investment portals to analyze interaction with the audience and design a development strategy.
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Bouzas‐Lorenzo, Ramón, and Xosé María Mahou‐Lago. "An evaluation of citizen service web portals in Latin America." Academia Revista Latinoamericana de Administración 28, no. 1 (March 2, 2015): 99–114. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/arla-08-2013-0118.
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Purpose The purpose of this paper is to report on the level of government web portal resource development, impediments to progress in electronic government practices, and areas that require improvement in 19 Latin American countries. Design/methodology/approach A comparative study was carried out between March and May of 2012, based on a method combining heuristic usability analysis with an automatic web portal accessibility test. Findings The results suggest that Latin American government web portals do not fully meet international accessibility guidelines and that multidirectional communication and participation mechanisms lack diversity. Only functionalities related to usability presented positive scores, but with shortcomings in terms of security. Originality/value Extensive literature is available on the development of electronic government policies in Latin America. This study falls within that tradition but, in addition, offers a new perspective by examining the features of web portals, which ultimately aids the calibration of the results of policy implementation. The data obtained are useful for web developers, ICT policy designers and the entire community of actors involved in developing electronic government programs.
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Hider, Philip, Lisa M. Given, and Paul Scifleet. "Community information portals: content and design issues for information access." Library Hi Tech 32, no. 3 (September 9, 2014): 435–49. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/lht-02-2014-0013.
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Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to report on the findings of an audit of community information (CI) portals to provide an overview of how CI is being organised and presented on the web by aggregating services, and how CI is being shaped and shared in community networks. It also investigates the role that public libraries play in online CI provision. Design/methodology/approach – The research sampled CI portals online within the Australian web domain (.au). An audit of 88 portals was undertaken to establish the scope, role and usefulness of the portals. The audit included a comprehensive usability analysis of a sub set of 20 portals evaluated for 20 different heuristics based on Nielsen's heuristic model. Findings – The research finds that the challenge facing portals is not a lack of information, it is the need to improve the mediation between the community services and people that CI portals promise useful and usable information for. While public libraries remain integral to the provision of CI in their geographical area, they now form part of a larger online network for CI provision, involving a wide range of organisations. Originality/value – The paper discusses the ways CI portals contribute to the provision of information about community services and identifies areas where improvements are needed. In particular, it discusses how these sites function as part of larger CI networks and where more innovative, and more standardised, design could lead to greater levels of engagement and utility.
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Yin, Rong, Katherine Law, and David Neyens. "Examining How Internet Users Trust and Access Electronic Health Record Patient Portals: Survey Study." JMIR Human Factors 8, no. 3 (September 21, 2021): e28501. http://dx.doi.org/10.2196/28501.
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Background Electronic health record (EHR) patient portals are designed to provide medical health records to patients. Using an EHR portal is expected to contribute to positive health outcomes and facilitate patient-provider communication. Objective Our objective was to examine how portal users report using their portals and the factors associated with obtaining health information from the internet. We also examined the desired portal features, factors impacting users’ trust in portals, and barriers to using portals. Methods An internet-based survey study was conducted using Amazon Mechanical Turk. All the participants were adults in the United States who used patient portals. The survey included questions about how the participants used their portals, what factors acted as barriers to using their portals, and how they used and how much they trusted other web-based health information sources as well as their portals. A logistic regression model was used to examine the factors influencing the participants’ trust in their portals. Additionally, the desired features and design characteristics were identified to support the design of future portals. Results A total of 394 participants completed the survey. Most of the participants were less than 35 years old (212/394, 53.8%), with 36.3% (143/394) aged between 35 and 55 years, and 9.9% (39/394) aged above 55 years. Women accounted for 48.5% (191/394) of the survey participants. More than 78% (307/394) of the participants reported using portals at least monthly. The most common portal features used were viewing lab results, making appointments, and paying bills. Participants reported some barriers to portal use including data security and limited access to the internet. The results of a logistic regression model used to predict the trust in their portals suggest that those comfortable using their portals (odds ratio [OR] 7.97, 95% CI 1.11-57.32) thought that their portals were easy to use (OR 7.4, 95% CI 1.12-48.84), and frequent internet users (OR 43.72, 95% CI 1.83-1046.43) were more likely to trust their portals. Participants reporting that the portals were important in managing their health (OR 28.13, 95% CI 5.31-148.85) and that their portals were a valuable part of their health care (OR 6.75, 95% CI 1.51-30.11) were also more likely to trust their portals. Conclusions There are several factors that impact the trust of EHR patient portal users in their portals. Designing easily usable portals and considering these factors may be the most effective approach to improving trust in patient portals. The desired features and usability of portals are critical factors that contribute to users’ trust in EHR portals.
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Kocsis, Gergely, Péter Ekler, and István Albert. "The Analysis of Portals Considering Mobile Clients." Journal of Advanced Computational Intelligence and Intelligent Informatics 18, no. 3 (May 20, 2014): 306–10. http://dx.doi.org/10.20965/jaciii.2014.p0306.
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Web analytics are used to retrieve anonymous information about users. We focus here on websites that support mobile clients. This information is important from the perspective of business analysis as web analytics help in making appropriate design decisions. Popular web sites may handle several million page views a day, so poor system design – even that related only to collecting statistics on user behavior – may produce performance bottlenecks or even system failures. This paper presents measurements based on a userdata database for a large mobile supported website and a model used when designing such sites.
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Sanmorino, Ahmad, and Ricky Maulana Fajri. "The Design of Notification System on Android Smartphone for Academic Announcement." International Journal of Interactive Mobile Technologies (iJIM) 12, no. 3 (July 20, 2018): 192. http://dx.doi.org/10.3991/ijim.v12i3.8494.
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Through this article, we try to propose the design of notification system that runs on the Android operating system. This notification will be used for the academic announcement in the campus environment. The current announcement system only depends on the web portal, phones, groups in social media or short message system. The use of web portals and phones still has many limitations. Our proposed notification system can meet the needs of academic announcement broadcast quickly and massively. In the end, this will cut the cost that stakeholders need to operate the academic announcement system in the campus environment. The design of smart notification system that we proposed in the future will be integrated with the academic information system.
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Bolton, Jennifer, and Cristina Palacios. "A Pediatric Nutrition Web Application for Health Professionals to Prevent Early Childhood Obesity." Current Developments in Nutrition 4, Supplement_2 (May 29, 2020): 944. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/cdn/nzaa054_016.
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Abstract Objectives To develop a web application for health professionals to easily evaluate infant diets using a validated food frequency questionnaire (FFQ) for infants with the goal of providing customized nutrition counseling during well-child visits to ultimately improve diet and weigh gain in infants. Methods The web application was developed using the model of Analysis, Design, Development, Implementation, and Evaluation (ADDIE). The Analysis stage includes a literature review and online search for available tools to identify the gaps in infant nutrition. The Design stage includes the development of four portals: Infant FFQ, Administrative, Clinician, and Parental. The Developmental stage includes the creation of portals to complete the Infant FFQ, send results to the Administrative, and translate the data into the Clinician and Parental Portals. The Implementation stage includes pilot testing of the web application for feasibility, acceptability, and usability among clinicians and parents. The evaluation includes testing the effects of using the web application on diet and weight gain in infants. Results There are no pediatric nutrition tools available to easily evaluate infant diets. So, in collaboration with the computer science program at Florida International University (FIU), a validated infant FFQ was converted to a web application for parents to complete using a tablet during well-child visits. The results are translated into energy/nutrients and food groups consumed using nutrient/food databases. Then energy/nutrients and food groups consumed below or above the recommended amounts are calculated. This information is shown to health professionals in the Clinician Portal for counseling parents on their infant's diet. The amounts of food and beverages recommended for the infant are shown in the Parental Portal to implement at home. Conclusions The infant FFQ was translated into a web application to be used in the health care system; results are automatically shown to health professionals for appropriate counseling to parents on their infant's diet. This web application could be used to improve infant diet and prevent early childhood obesity. Funding Sources Internal funding at Florida International University.
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Murano, Pietro. "A new user interface for a text proofreading web portal in a digitization and crowdsourcing context." International Journal of Web Information Systems 14, no. 1 (April 16, 2018): 107–22. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/ijwis-05-2017-0042.
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Purpose This paper aims to present a new user interface design for text proofreading portals in a digitization and crowdsourcing context. Several of the current proofreading portals lack usability in their user interfaces. The aim of the new design is to increase user performance and satisfaction. Design/methodology/approach An empirical experiment has been conducted to evaluate the new user interface as a comparison with 18thConnect – TypeWright proofreading portal. Two of the main measures involved times and errors and this approach is considered to be good for these kinds of measures allowing a good degree of control. Nevertheless, personal opinions are also very important and these are elicited by means of a post-experiment questionnaire. Findings The data were statistically analysed and overall the new user interface helped users to perform better in terms of task time. Errors were also better with the new user interface, but the differences were not statistically significant. Furthermore, users were more satisfied with the new user interface. User satisfaction measures were mostly statistically significant. Originality/value As far as has been ascertained, there have been no systematic studies evaluating a new design with an existing design of a proofreading portal. Therefore, this research is considered to be original, and if implemented widely, it would be very valuable to the mass digitization aims.
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Large, Andrew, and Jamshid Beheshti. "Bonded Design: Designing Web Portals for Children in Intergenerational Teams." Design Principles and Practices: An International Journal—Annual Review 5, no. 2 (2011): 165–76. http://dx.doi.org/10.18848/1833-1874/cgp/v05i02/38041.
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Large, Andrew, Jamshid Beheshti, and Tarjin Rahman. "Design criteria for children's Web portals: The users speak out." Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology 53, no. 2 (2002): 79–94. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/asi.10012.
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Nisheva-Pavlova, Maria, Nicolas Spyratos, and Peter Stanchev. "Museum Collections and the Semantic Web." Digital Presentation and Preservation of Cultural and Scientific Heritage 4 (September 30, 2014): 33–39. http://dx.doi.org/10.55630/dipp.2014.4.3.
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The paper discusses some current trends in the area of development and use of semantic portals for accessing heterogeneous museum collections on the Semantic Web. The presentation is focused on some issues concerning metadata standards for museums, museum collections ontologies and semantic search engines. A number of design considerations and recommendations are formulated.
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Pinho, Cláudia, Mário Franco, and Luis Mendes. "Acceptance and use of information technology: context of Portuguese universities." Information and Learning Sciences 121, no. 11/12 (October 22, 2020): 869–87. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/ils-02-2020-0030.
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Purpose Based on the technology acceptance model (TAM), this study aims to determine the influence of personality traits on the acceptance and usage of Web portals in Portuguese universities. Design/methodology/approach To this end, a quantitative study was conducted using structural equation modelling and a structured questionnaire, directed to teaching and non-teaching staff in Portuguese universities. Findings The results obtained from 338 valid responses indicate a positive influence between personality traits and the use of Web portals. Practical implications The study emphasizes the importance of usefulness and ease of use of Portuguese universities’ Web portals. It contributes to developing the literature about the process of information technology (IT) acceptance and use and users’ personality traits. Originality/value This study is innovative by contributing to the theory of personality traits and TAM in the context of Portuguese universities. The results reinforce the literature on TAM and the big five model, and on IT and Web portals in particular, which has been little explored in the academic context.
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Lee, Edmund WJ, Rachel F. McCloud, and Kasisomayajula Viswanath. "Designing Effective eHealth Interventions for Underserved Groups: Five Lessons From a Decade of eHealth Intervention Design and Deployment." Journal of Medical Internet Research 24, no. 1 (January 7, 2022): e25419. http://dx.doi.org/10.2196/25419.
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Despite the proliferation of eHealth interventions, such as web portals, for health information dissemination or the use of mobile apps and wearables for health monitoring, research has shown that underserved groups do not benefit proportionately from these eHealth interventions. This is largely because of usability issues and the lack of attention to the broader structural, physical, and psychosocial barriers to technology adoption and use. The objective of this paper is to draw lessons from a decade of experience in designing different user-centered eHealth interventions (eg, web portals and health apps) to inform future work in leveraging technology to address health disparities. We draw these lessons from a series of interventions from the work we have done over 15 years in the Viswanath laboratory at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Harvard TH Chan School of Public Health, focusing on three projects that used web portals and health apps targeted toward underserved groups. The projects were the following: Click to Connect, which was a community-based eHealth intervention that aimed to improve internet skills and health literacy among underserved groups by providing home access to high-speed internet, computer, and internet training classes, as well as a dedicated health web portal with ongoing technical support; PLANET MassCONECT, which was a knowledge translation project that built capacity among community-based organizations in Boston, Lawrence, and Worcester in Massachusetts to adopt evidence-based health promotion programs; and Smartphone App for Public Health, which was a mobile health research that facilitated both participatory (eg, surveys) and passive data (eg, geolocations and web-browsing behaviors) collection for the purpose of understanding tobacco message exposure in individuals’ built environment. Through our work, we distilled five key principles for researchers aiming to design eHealth interventions for underserved groups. They are as follows: develop a strategic road map to address communication inequalities (ie, a concrete action plan to identify the barriers faced by underserved groups and customize specific solutions to each of them), engage multiple stakeholders from the beginning for the long haul, design with usability—readability and navigability—in mind, build privacy safeguards into eHealth interventions and communicate privacy–utility tradeoffs in simplicity, and strive for an optimal balance between open science aspirations and protection of underserved groups.
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Björk, Bo-Christer. "Journal portals – an important infrastructure for non-commercial scholarly open access publishing." Online Information Review 41, no. 5 (September 11, 2017): 643–54. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/oir-03-2016-0088.
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Purpose The purpose of this paper is to look at third party journal portals, which facilitate the low-cost publishing of open access journals. Portals have become very important enablers for converting journals published by scholarly societies and universities to open access, in particular in the social sciences and humanities. Design/methodology/approach Portals were identified using a combination of methods including a literature search, interviews with experts, a key word web search and by analyzing web addresses and publishers in data from the Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ). Findings In total, 21 portals fitting our definition were identified. Together these published more than 6,000 journals. They contribute around 10 percent of the journals indexed in the DOAJ, and the content is very highly skewed to certain countries, in particular Latin America and Asia. Originality/value While there have been earlier case study reports about individual portals, especially SciElo, this is probably the first systematic study of this phenomenon as a whole.
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Singh, Jaspreet. "Research Essay." International Journal of Web Portals 3, no. 2 (April 2011): 38–52. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/jwp.2011040105.
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Java based Portals have come a long way. The inception of open portlet standards, like JSR168 and the more open JSR286, has led to their wider adoption across verticals and horizontals. Now, Java EE and non-standard MVC frameworks are becoming available for Portlet programming and part of portal applications. The design and development of portal applications is increasingly being done in the light of openness, connectivity, context sharing, and joint presentation. Thus, portals are now finding themselves in a tighter coupling with not just the rest of Java EE but also web 2.0 actors. With this, the challenges faced in portal application development have gone several notches up. A modern day portal tooling has the important tasks of bridging the gap and reducing the learning curve of the Java EE and core java converts, as well as making sure that the MVC frameworks work smoothly and seamlessly on modern day portals. This article examines one such MVC framework JSF and its applicability to portal development over the course of its versions 1.2 and 2.0. The author examines how a popular MVC framework like JSF is changing the way portal applications are being thought of, architected, designed, and implemented. In the same context, a modern day portal tooling in the IBM Rational Application Developer is examined.
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Oakley, Nina S., and Britta Daudert. "Establishing Best Practices to Improve Usefulness and Usability of Web Interfaces Providing Atmospheric Data." Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society 97, no. 2 (February 1, 2016): 263–74. http://dx.doi.org/10.1175/bams-d-14-00121.1.
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Abstract Accessing scientific data and information through an online portal can be a frustrating task, often because of the fact that they were not built with the user’s needs in mind. The concept of making web interfaces easy to use, known as “usability,” has been thoroughly researched in the field of e-commerce but has not been explicitly addressed in the atmospheric and most other sciences. As more observation stations are installed, satellites flown, models run, and field campaigns performed, data are continuously produced. Portals on the Internet have become the favored mechanisms for sharing this information and are ever increasing in number. Portals are often created without being explicitly tested for usability with the target audience though the expenses of testing are low and the returns high. To remain competitive and relevant in the provision of atmospheric information, it is imperative that developers understand design elements of a successful portal to make their product stand out among others. This work informs the audience of the benefits and basic principles of usability that can be applied to web pages presenting atmospheric information. We will also share some of the best practices and recommendations we have formulated from the results of usability testing performed on a data provision site designed for researchers in the Southwest Climate Science Center and hosted by the Western Regional Climate Center.
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Chai-Arayalert, Supaporn, Supattra Puttinaovarat, and Nattaporn Thongsri. "E-service portal for freelance community: case study in photography business." International Journal of Electrical and Computer Engineering (IJECE) 12, no. 2 (April 1, 2022): 1759. http://dx.doi.org/10.11591/ijece.v12i2.pp1759-1767.
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This study revealed the limitations of freelancers’ inability to perform portfolios and biographies, their performance ratings to a large community of customers. The difficulties were evident in searching for reliable, qualified and experienced freelancers from multi-channel information sources. These limitations might impact the ability of freelancers selected by customers to perform the required task to the customers’ satisfaction. This research focused on the case study of the freelance community for photography business in southern of Thailand. This aims to establish an online facility in which freelance photographers can publicize their services and performance to potential customers. The concepts entailed in web portals and e-services were the key elements in the development and ensured that its functions worked efficiently. The study employed qualitative methods were used to assess the current practices of web portal and thus determining the requirements for the e-service web portal for freelance community. The practical contribution is that it can aid the effective design and implementation of an e-service web portal for the freelance community of photography business, and it is a massive step towards promoting the freelance community in Thailand.
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Iosifescu Enescu, Ionuț, Lucia de Espona, Dominik Haas-Artho, Rebecca Kurup Buchholz, David Hanimann, Marius Rüetschi, Dirk Nikolaus Karger, et al. "Cloud Optimized Raster Encoding (CORE): A Web-Native Streamable Format for Large Environmental Time Series." Geomatics 1, no. 3 (August 18, 2021): 369–82. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/geomatics1030021.
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The Environmental Data Portal EnviDat aims to fuse data publication repository functionalities with next-generation web-based environmental geospatial information systems (web-EGIS) and Earth Observation (EO) data cube functionalities. User requirements related to mapping and visualization represent a major challenge for current environmental data portals. The new Cloud Optimized Raster Encoding (CORE) format enables an efficient storage and management of gridded data by applying video encoding algorithms. Inspired by the cloud optimized GeoTIFF (COG) format, the design of CORE is based on the same principles that enable efficient workflows on the cloud, addressing web-EGIS visualization challenges for large environmental time series in geosciences. CORE is a web-native streamable format that can compactly contain raster imagery as a data hypercube. It enables simultaneous exchange, preservation, and fast visualization of time series raster data in environmental repositories. The CORE format specifications are open source and can be used by other platforms to manage and visualize large environmental time series.
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Dodds, Douglas. "Who needs subject gateways, portals or hubs?" Art Libraries Journal 32, no. 3 (2007): 26–31. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0307472200014942.
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Early users of the internet and the World Wide Web soon realised that there was a need to gather together links to sites of interest to art and design researchers. The Art, Design, Architecture and Media (ADAM) information gateway attempted to satisfy this demand, whilst also helping to develop appropriate methodologies and standards. One of ADAM’s successors, Artifact, adopted an expanded role and provided additional services. Artifact subsequently became part of Intute: Arts and Humanities, which covers a broader range of subjects. Surveys, usage figures and social bookmarking sites such as del.icio.us suggest that some – but not all – users and potential users appreciate the services that gateways, portals and hubs can provide.
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Potemkin, Vladimir, Andrey Potemkin, and Maria Grishina. "Internet Resources for Drug Discovery and Design." Current Topics in Medicinal Chemistry 18, no. 22 (January 10, 2019): 1955–75. http://dx.doi.org/10.2174/1568026619666181129142127.
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The review describes online resources used for drug discovery and design. Internet resources can be classified into two classes. The first class of resources accumulates information about drugs, drug candidates, compounds, and bioassays. This information is a starting point in drug discovery and design. It is necessary for a training dataset composition. The data found at this step are needed in the search for the rules predicting a biological activity or recognizing active compounds among other molecules. The following databases can be used: ChEMBL, different databases of US National Institutes of Health, DrugBank, PDBind-CN Database, RCSB Protein Data Bank (PDB), BRENDA, etc. The second class of Internet resources includes web-portals performing online computations for drug discovery and design. The web-portals perform: 1) modelling of molecular structure such as geometry optimization and molecular docking; 2) online computations of various descriptors, physical-chemical and ADMET properties influencing the bioprocesses occurring in a living organism along the road of the drug therapeutic action; 3) quantitative structure-activity relationship (QSAR) and quantitative structure-property relationship (QSPR) studies; 4) prognosis of bioactivities of compounds; 5) design of new drug candidates. These are, for example, ChemAxon, ACD/ I-lab, Mcule, OCHEM, eADMET, ChemoSophia, DockingServer, 1-click Docking, MDWeb, DockingServer, ZDOCK, etc. The role of docking online resources for modeling of “ligand-receptor” complexes, prognosis of bioactivities, and drug design is discussed. The review highlights the possibilities of Internet resources for a study of a drug action at the most important stages. A detailed assessment of the advantages of the reviewed Internet resources is done.
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Sambhanthan, Arunasalam, and Alice Good. "Implications for Improving Accessibility to E-Commerce Websites in Developing Countries." International Journal of Knowledge-Based Organizations 2, no. 2 (April 2012): 1–20. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/ijkbo.2012040101.
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This research explores the accessibility issues with regard to the e-commerce websites in developing countries, through a study of Sri Lankan hotel websites. A web survey and a web content analysis were conducted as the methods to elicit data on web accessibility. Factors preventing accessibility were hypothesized as an initial experiment. Affecting design elements are identified through web content analysis, the results of which are utilized to develop specific implications for improving web accessibility. The hypothesis tests show that there is no significant correlation between accessibility and geographical or economic factors. However, physical impairments of users have a considerable influence on the accessibility of web page user interface if it has been designed without full consideration of the needs of all users. Poor readability and less navigable page designs are two observable issues, which pose threats to accessibility. The lack of conformance to W3C accessibility guidelines and the poor design process are the specific shortcomings which reduce the overall accessibility. Further enhancements are suggested with adherence to principles, user – centered design and developing customizable web portals compatible for connections with differing speeds. Re-ordering search results has been suggested as one of the finest step towards making the web content accessible for users with differing needs.
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HU, JIA, NING ZHONG, and YONG SHI. "DEVELOPING MINING-GRID CENTRIC E-FINANCE PORTALS FOR RISK MANAGEMENT AND DECISION MAKING." International Journal of Pattern Recognition and Artificial Intelligence 21, no. 04 (June 2007): 639–58. http://dx.doi.org/10.1142/s0218001407005594.
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E-finance industry is rapidly transforming and evolving toward more dynamic, flexible and intelligent solutions. This paper describes a model with dynamic multilevel workflows corresponding to a multilayer Grid architecture. The mining-grid is used for multiaspect analysis in building e-finance portals on the Wisdom Web. The application and research demonstrate that mining-grid centric design is effective for developing intelligent risk management and decision making financial systems. This paper concentrates on how to develop a mining-grid centric e-finance portal (MGCFP), not only for supplying effective online financial services for both retail and corporate customers, but also for intelligent credit risk management and decision making for financial enterprises and partners.
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Marthick, Michael, Anna Janssen, Birinder S. Cheema, Jennifer Alison, Tim Shaw, and Haryana Dhillon. "Feasibility of an Interactive Patient Portal for Monitoring Physical Activity, Remote Symptom Reporting, and Patient Education in Oncology: Qualitative Study." JMIR Cancer 5, no. 2 (November 28, 2019): e15539. http://dx.doi.org/10.2196/15539.
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Background Digital health interventions, such as the use of patient portals, have been shown to offer benefits to a range of patients including those with a diagnosis of cancer. Objective This study aimed to explore the participant experience and perception of using an interactive Web-based portal for monitoring physical activity, remote symptom reporting, and delivering educational components. Methods Participants who were currently under treatment or had recently completed intensive treatment for cancer were recruited to three cohorts and invited to join a Web-based portal to enhance their physical activity. Cohort 1 received Web portal access and an activity monitor; cohort 2 had additional summative messaging; and cohort 3 had additional personalized health coaching messaging. Following the 10-week intervention, participants were invited to participate in a semistructured interview. Interview recordings were transcribed and evaluated using qualitative thematic analysis. Results A total of 17 semistructured interviews were carried out. Participants indicated that using the Web portal was feasible. Personalized messaging improved participant perceptions of the value of the intervention. There was a contrast between cohorts and levels of engagement with increasing health professional contact leading to an increase in engagement. Educational material needs to be tailored to the participants’ cancer treatment status, health literacy, and background. Conclusions Participants reported an overall positive experience using the Web portal and that personalized messaging positively impacted on their health behaviors. Future studies should focus more on design of interventions, ensuring appropriate tailoring of information and personalization of behavioral support messaging. International Registered Report Identifier (IRRID) RR2-10.2196/9586
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Lubis, Kenny Badjora, Sirin Fairus, and Aqil Azizi. "Pengembangan Website Yayasan Wangi Bumi Nusantara dalam Diseminasi Informasi Pengelolaan Bank Sampah Kota Depok." Indonesian Journal for Social Responsibility 4, no. 2 (December 1, 2022): 75–86. http://dx.doi.org/10.36782/ijsr.v4i02.121.
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In order to support the empowerment of the Waste Bank, Bakrie University collaborates with the Wangi Bumi Nusantara Foundation as a partner in charge of 11 District Waste Bank Coordinators in Depok. Partners have played a role as a forum for the Waste Bank network, environmental activists, research and development programs, empowering human resources, and innovating environmentally friendly products. Currently, partners face communication problems to support routine activities and community development, such as recording waste bank transactions, coordination, providing recycled product storefronts, data analysis, branding, and product marketing. Therefore, we need a tool that can overcome those problems. The purpose of this activity is to design, create and fill out content on a prototype web portal. The portal is a combination of a website and a web portal. The website serves to convey information about waste banks for community members. This portal also functions as a showcase for waste bank products. The methodology is carried out through preparation stages, surveys of potential development activities, Focus Group Discussions, technology transfer, website prototyping, ecoprint training with ponding techniques, training on using web portals, evaluation, monitoring, and mentoring. Currently, the web portal is active and can be accessed by partner, waste bank managers, and the general public via https://wangibuminusantara.org which is hosting for the next 3 years. Technology transfer and website management assistance have also been carried out to partner and Coordinators of Sub-District Waste Banks. Partners say this web application is very helpful in introducing profiles, program information and product marketing.
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Saravanan, T., and N. Nagadeepa. "An Opinion Survey on User Interface Design of Web Learning System." International Journal of Emerging Research in Management and Technology 6, no. 6 (June 29, 2018): 291. http://dx.doi.org/10.23956/ijermt.v6i6.284.
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The aim of this research paper is to study the user interface design of web learning system. This paper also analyzes the opinion of the users to improve the current web learning system. There are many web learning portals are available to the learners with and without pay and learn option. But the user interface design of the web learning system has no specific standards. There are many possibilities to improve the current system. User generated content is a new area to explore and study. The users of the system can give an opinion and also able to modify some design aspects according to their preferences and likes. In this research paper, we have studied two different web learning systems and its design aspects. Cognitive aspects and the flexibility of the design plays a very important role in learning. Cloud sharing and downloading time play a very vital role in learners’ preferences. Many free course learners withdraw learning modules due to the pure connectivity from the cloud learning environment. Web design principles, color principles, basic design principles and user interface design considerations should be studied and applied to create a well-constructed user-friendly environment.User generated and user participated design plays a very important role in the effectiveness of learning.
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Rantala, Heikki, Ilkka Jokipii, Esko Ikkala, and Eero Hyvönen. "WarVictimSampo 1914–1922: A National War Memorial on the Semantic Web for Digital Humanities Research and Applications." Journal on Computing and Cultural Heritage 15, no. 1 (February 28, 2022): 1–18. http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/3477606.
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This article presents the semantic portal and Linked Open Data service WarVictimSampo 1914–1922 about the war victims, battles, and prisoner camps in the Finnish Civil and other wars in 1914–1922. The system is based on a database of the National Archives of Finland and additional related data created, compiled, and linked during the project. The system contains detailed information about some 40,000 deaths extracted from several data sources and data about over 1,000 battles of the Civil War. A key novelty of WarVictimSampo 1914–1922 is the integration of ready-to-use Digital Humanities visualizations and data analysis tooling with semantic faceted search and data exploration, which allows, e.g., studying data about wider prosopographical groups in addition to individual war victims. The article focuses on demonstrating how the tools of the portal, as well as the underlying SPARQL endpoint openly available on the Web, can be used to explore and analyze war history in flexible and visual ways. WarVictimSampo 1914–1922 is a new member in the series of “Sampo” model-based semantic portals. The portal is in use and has had 23,000 users, including both war historians and the general public seeking information about their deceased relatives.
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Rogers, Michelle L., and Judith Jeanty. "Understanding Patient Web Portal Use: An Exploration of Evaluation and Usability Studies." Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Annual Meeting 61, no. 1 (September 2017): 603. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1541931213601635.
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In times of tightening budgets, hospital systems are looking to health information technology (HIT) to be utilized to contain costs while maintaining or improving health outcomes. When considering health disparities, health IT was looked to for possible solutions to achieve those goals. We conducted a focused review of health services and informatics literature to identify how evaluation and usability were described in patient web portals (PWPs) used by medically underserved communities. We conducted a focused review of health services and informatics literature to identify how evaluation and usability were described in the patient portal work as it refers to use by medically underserved communities. In our search, we restricted our review to patient portals that are “tethered” to existing health care institutions as opposed to those that are consumer facing only (e.g. personal health records). We know that EHR use will continue to increase over time, so this study is timely and appropriate. 430 articles met study criteria which included a search of Web of Science, CINAHL and PubMed databases. Search terms included the phrases (and/or variations): *patient portal*, *patient web portal*, “*tethered electronic health record*”, “*tethered personal health record*”, “*personal health record*”, “*patient electronic health record*”, “*underserved” or “minority”. The resulting articles assessed the impacts of PWPs on clinical, behavioral, or psychosocial outcomes (Table 1). After review by the three authors, 40 articles were selected to describe the landscape of evaluation and usability studies. The majority of the evaluation studies in this review examined the effect of a PWP on clinical outcomes and patient satisfaction. A majority of articles assessing the usability of PWP systems and functions focused on the perspectives of patients and/or health care providers. Both types of studies are valuable in understanding the role PWPs can play in increasing patient engagement, improving outcomes and enhancing patient-provider communication among patients suffering health disparities. What is less clear are methods to mitigate the identified problems and difficulties in the PHR interface design and implementation. There is lack of literature on the differential impacts of organizational structure and support as opposed to individual use and behavior. The attention paid to evaluation and usability offers a unique view into use and usefulness of information technology. Additional approaches are likely to be necessary to understand the underlying cultural and cost concerns. We know that EHR and PWP use will continue to increase over time, so this study is timely and appropriate.
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Raza, Muhammad Taqi, Seung-Wha Yoo, Ki-Hyung Kim, Seong-Soon Joo, and Wun-Cheol Jeong. "Design and Implementation of an Architectural Framework for Web Portals in a Ubiquitous Pervasive Environment." Sensors 9, no. 7 (July 2, 2009): 5201–23. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/s90705201.
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Dreija, Girts, and Egils Ginters. "SYSTEM DYNAMICS USE IN BLOGOSPHERE DEVELOPMENT SIMULATION." Environment. Technology. Resources. Proceedings of the International Scientific and Practical Conference 2 (August 3, 2015): 193. http://dx.doi.org/10.17770/etr2009vol2.1019.
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Today the Latvian blogosphere is a community of almost 200 000 blogs. Blogs have become an important part of news agencies and web portals because they deliver information to the reader faster than traditional media. To forecast the computational resources and necessary funding for community development, it is necessary to design an evolutional model based on the data collected and give an insight into its evolution ways.
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Zhang, Zhan, Daniel Citardi, Aiwen Xing, Xiao Luo, Yu Lu, and Zhe He. "Patient Challenges and Needs in Comprehending Laboratory Test Results: Mixed Methods Study." Journal of Medical Internet Research 22, no. 12 (December 7, 2020): e18725. http://dx.doi.org/10.2196/18725.
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Background Patients are increasingly able to access their laboratory test results via patient portals. However, merely providing access does not guarantee comprehension. Patients could experience confusion when reviewing their test results. Objective The aim of this study is to examine the challenges and needs of patients when comprehending laboratory test results. Methods We conducted a web-based survey with 203 participants and a set of semistructured interviews with 13 participants. We assessed patients’ perceived challenges and needs (both informational and technological needs) when they attempted to comprehend test results, factors associated with patients’ perceptions, and strategies for improving the design of patient portals to communicate laboratory test results more effectively. Descriptive and correlation analysis and thematic analysis were used to analyze the survey and interview data, respectively. Results Patients face a variety of challenges and confusion when reviewing laboratory test results. To better comprehend laboratory results, patients need different types of information, which are grouped into 2 categories—generic information (eg, reference range) and personalized or contextual information (eg, treatment options, prognosis, what to do or ask next). We also found that several intrinsic factors (eg, laboratory result normality, health literacy, and technology proficiency) significantly impact people’s perceptions of using portals to view and interpret laboratory results. The desired enhancements of patient portals include providing timely explanations and educational resources (eg, a health encyclopedia), increasing usability and accessibility, and incorporating artificial intelligence–based technology to provide personalized recommendations. Conclusions Patients face significant challenges in interpreting the meaning of laboratory test results. Designers and developers of patient portals should employ user-centered approaches to improve the design of patient portals to present information in a more meaningful way.
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Al Balushi, Taisira, and Saqib Ali. "Theoretical Approach for Instrument Development in Measuring User-Perceived E-Government Service Quality." International Journal of Electronic Government Research 16, no. 1 (January 2020): 40–58. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/ijegr.2020010103.
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The quality of e-government services plays a vital role in the effective interaction of users/citizens with e-government portals, and it also improves governments' efficiency and responsiveness as per users' expectations. The objective of this study is to develop an instrument to measure perceived e-government service quality by applying a three-steps approach for models validation; conceptualization, design, and normalization; it was validated with Oman e-government service users. In this article, eight main quality dimensions were studied and validated (personalization, usability, performance, web design, security, citizen involvement, satisfaction, and loyalty). The reported results emphasized the varying importance of all eight quality instruments, in addition to the higher impact of web design and security on e-government services in the context of the Oman e-government.
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Jiří, Cajthaml, Janata Tomáš, Krejčí Jiří, and Jílková Petra. "Od tištěného atlasu k webovému mapovému portálu. Úvahy nad přípravou digitálních historiografických map." Česko-slovenská historická ročenka 23, no. 1 (2021): 27–36. http://dx.doi.org/10.5817/cshr.2021.23.1.2.
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The wider Central European region and the Czech lands have, as the proverbial “crossroads of European history”, always been the subject of scholarly research by historians. Český historický atlas. Kapitoly z dějin 20. století [Czech Historical Atlas. Chapters from the History of the 20th Century], published in print in 2019, is yet another Czech historiographic publication in this vein, presenting selected historical events of the Czech lands and the wider related area in the 20th century. It is an important follow-up to the Akademický atlas českých dějin [Academic Atlas of Czech History], published in 2014. The new atlas follows the trend of making full use of the Internet, web services, HTML5 and other digital technologies in cartographic production. It is accompanied by a web map portal, work on which is an extension of the focus of the Czech Academy of Sciences’ Institute of History. The aim of the portal is not to be an exhaustive encyclopaedia of historical events, but to provide a summary of interesting topics discussed within Czech historical research in the last few decades that have not yet been fully captured cartographically, as a number of new themes and especially new perspectives on history have appeared since the end of the communist era. This paper discusses the issue of transferring existing maps prepared for printed atlases into the web environment, including the design of the entire web portal containing map applications and other related content. It describes the basic steps of the transfer process and explores in detail the difficulties arising in it, especially the suitability and compatibility of the selected web technology. It also pays attention to the basic requirements of the electronic portal as such, the need to formalise the structure, and the presentation of historical information through a story, i.e. the need to link maps to other information. Technical solutions and related issues are the subject of the demonstration part of the paper, which also explores the content of the web atlas and its target audience. In general, web map portals seem to provide a trajectory along which historiographic maps are likely to develop in the future.
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Vani, Dr B., and C. Naveen Kumar. "Design and Implementation of Job Recommendation Application ‘Jobs-3600’ for Job Seekers and Employers using Flutter." International Journal of Advanced Engineering, Management and Science 8, no. 6 (2022): 06–13. http://dx.doi.org/10.22161/ijaems.86.2.
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Top companies are recruiting people online and during and after covid, they work from home. Most of the recruiting companies select people by conducting online test and interviews. Likewise, job seekers also choose jobs online through online portals. Job recruitments nowadays become a very important and fundamental process for industries like Information Technology, Government, and private sectors. The web-based applications caused a substantial impact on the recruitment process. The implementation of online recruiting platforms has become a primary recruitment channel in most companies. While companies established job positions on these portals, job-seeker uses them to publish their profiles. Online recruitment platforms accomplished clear advantages for both employers and job-seekers by reducing the recruitment time and advertisement cost. There are certain recommendation systems available on the internet to support the users in searching for their requirements that match their preferences. A wide range of smart phone applications is popular to deal with all sorts of user's requirements. To improve the e-recruiting functionality, many job recommendation systems have been proposed. This paper analyzes and develop a job application process and related issues for building personalized recommendation systems for job-seekers by an application called ‘JOBS-3600.
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Horbinski, Tymoteusz, Beata Medynska-Gulij, and Paweł Cybulski. "Graphic design and placement of map tools in mobile map application." Abstracts of the ICA 1 (July 15, 2019): 1. http://dx.doi.org/10.5194/ica-abs-1-118-2019.
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<p><strong>Abstract.</strong> <strong>Research problem</strong>: The analysis of the user’s preferences concerning the layout and graphic design of mapping tools in the mobile mapping application is the problem touched upon in the research. The authors focused on six public web mapping services (Google Maps, Bing Maps, Here WeGo, ArcGis Maps and the Polish geoportal: geoportal.gov.pl), analyzing them in terms of their graphic variability and the functionality of their mapping tools.</p><p>The <strong>aim</strong> of the research carried out was to test the user’s preferences concerning the number and layout of buttons in the web mapping service. The research also touched upon the issue of variability in graphic web design of mapping tools in mobile cartography. The authors concentrated on the following six mapping tools, also referred to as buttons: Geolocation, Change layers, Search, Default range maps, Measure, Route. Those functions most frequently occurred on selected web mapping services. The authors could learn about their usefulness through subjective choices of respondents.</p><p><strong>Method</strong>: One hundred respondents took part in the research and, by means of the anonymous online questionnaire, they answered some questions and decided upon the number, layout and visual aspect of buttons. The comparison of subjective user’s preferences in the layout of mapping tools to the system of public web mapping services has made the research innovative.</p><p>The <strong>results</strong> obtained allow one to draw the conclusion that the user’s preferences differ from the solutions utilized on mapping portals and have been employed for the comparative analysis of the eight most popular global web mapping services. The study conducted by means of the eye-tracking method demonstrated that objective functionality (time and method of specific task execution) differs from subjective evaluation made by map users on smartphones and large desktop display screens.</p>
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Polgar, Tony. "WSRP, SOA and UDDI." International Journal of Web Portals 2, no. 2 (April 2010): 38–50. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/jwp.2010040104.
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Web Services for Remote Portlets (WSRP) provide solutions for implementation of lightweight Service Oriented Architecture (SOA). UDDI extension for WSRP enables the discovery and access to user facing web services provided by business partners while eliminating the need to design local user facing portlets. Most importantly, the remote portlets can be updated by web service providers from their own servers. Remote portlet consumers are not required to make any changes in their portals to accommodate updated remote portlets. This approach results in easier team development, upgrades, administration, low cost development and usage of shared resources. Furthermore, with the growing interest in SOA, WSRP should cooperate with service bus (ESB).In this paper, the author examines the technical underpinning of the UDDI extensions for WSRP (user facing remote web services) and their role in service sharing among business partners. The author also briefly outlines the architectural view of using WSRP in enterprise integration tasks and the role Enterprise Service Bus (ESB).
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Ahuja, Dheeraj. "Tracking User Interaction with Web and Assisting in Targeted Communication." International Journal for Research in Applied Science and Engineering Technology 9, no. VI (June 14, 2021): 605–11. http://dx.doi.org/10.22214/ijraset.2021.35037.
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Today, we spend most of our time online using some form of digital technology (such as search engines, news portals, or social media sites). Our online presence keeps us involved most of the time and provides a lot of information to Internet customers. The development of the web is excellent because every day about a million pages are added. Due to the massive use of the network, the log files of the network increase at a faster rate and the scope becomes enormous. Web Usage Mining uses mining technology on log data to extract user performance, which is used in different applications such as support design, e-commerce, service modification, prefetch, etc. In this paper, we propose a tool that users can use to collect data on their website, and then use this web log data to track user interactions on your website, which helps in targeted communication.
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kirmani, Mudasir, and Syed Saif. "Website Design of Indian Central Universities: Issues and Challenges." Oriental journal of computer science and technology 10, no. 2 (May 26, 2017): 529–38. http://dx.doi.org/10.13005/ojcst/10.02.39.
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World has shrunk into logically small e-village where everyone can communicate with every other person with great ease via both audio and visual media. The existence of being a global village has only been possible with interconnected communication links connecting users from geographically distant areas. The most predominant media for achieving this is with the help of well developed website. Educational institutions play vital role in reshaping any nation by imbibing quality attributes in culture, civilization and modernization. The information available on websites of educational institutions has become very important for prospective students and at present most of the universities are completing the process of admissions online with websites as mediators. Therefore, the need of the hour is to have updated and informative websites with ease of access. A key feature of the ongoing growth of Worldwide Web over the past decade has seen proliferation of web portals and mobile applications that focus on supporting education. The main aim of this research work is to study websites of central universities established post 2004 to explore their quality parameters and to get an insight into the challenges faced by prospective users. The research work recommends a common design framework for all central universities in order to help prospective users with understanding and usage of central universities websites.
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Rouhani, Saeed, and Seyed Vahid Mirhosseini. "Development and Evaluation of Intelligent Agent- Based Teaching Assistant in e-Learning Portals." International Journal of Web-Based Learning and Teaching Technologies 10, no. 4 (October 2015): 52–62. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/ijwltt.2015100104.
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Today, several educational portals established by organizations to enhance web E-learning. Intelligence agent's usage is necessary to improve the system's quality and cover limitations such as face-to-face relation. In this research, after finding two main approaches in this field that are fundamental use of intelligent agents in systems design and focusing on human-based agents, second method selected and is designed and implemented in a simple way as an educational assistant to answer the students frequently asked questions. Consequently the efficiency of this method is evaluated by Expectancy confirmation-Information technology model. By examining the results of the students interacted with designed agent through the learning management system of Mehralborz institute, and the conceptual model based on e-learning effectiveness, ease of use, user satisfaction, and usefulness variables gained the scores of 55, 58 and 57 percent that represents the overall effectiveness factor is medium. Some applicative suggestions for developing intelligent agents as educational assistants are provided for virtual universities and e-learning portals.
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Naidoo, Rennie. "Exploring the Social Dynamics of Implementing Self-Managed Web-Based Wellness Tools." International Journal of Healthcare Information Systems and Informatics 7, no. 4 (October 2012): 13–31. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/jhisi.2012100102.
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According to proponents of consumer-driven healthcare, the Web continues to offer huge opportunities to empower consumers to take individual ownership over their healthcare. Consequently many healthcare insurance service providers are integrating elements of Wellness into their product and service design and are making these available through Web-based portals. Based on a longitudinal case study of an e-Wellness implementation at a multinational consumer-driven healthcare insurance firm, key concepts from structuration theory are used to explore and analyse the social dynamics involved in the implementation of these contemporary forms of healthcare service encounters. This case study reports that in this particular context, face-to-face consultations continue to prevail over the use of virtual diagnosis and treatment by a computer-meditated virtual stress therapist and dietician practitioner. The author proposes the use of social frameworks to analyse and better understand the intricacies involved in implementing Wellness innovations.
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B Al-Juda, Mefleh Qublan. "Distance Learning Students’ Evaluation of E-Learning System in University of Tabuk, Saudi Arabia." Journal of Education and Learning 6, no. 4 (August 10, 2017): 324. http://dx.doi.org/10.5539/jel.v6n4p324.
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This study evaluates the experiences and perceptions of students regarding e-learning systems and their preparedness for e-learning. It also investigates the overall perceptions of students regarding e-learning and the factors influencing students’ attitudes towards e-learning. The study uses convenience sampling in which students of the Education & Arts and Business Administration colleges were e-mailed the survey. Of the distributed questionnaires, 500 completed were received and analysed. The findings revealed that the majority of the sampled participants used and benefited from the e-learning system. The results also indicated that students underwent an adequate training program provided by the University on the use of e-learning. Furthermore, the results disclosed that participants reasonably received technical support when they used electronic cards on e-learning web portals. In addition, regression analysis found that only recorded lectures help to compensate for the virtual class, manuals, instructions and guidelines published at web portals, and the easiness of e-learning system provided by the University were statistically significant with the positive attitude towards the e-learning system. The findings provided a preliminary framework for future studies on e-learning systems across Saudi universities. The findings also suggest administrators, researchers, decision makers, and policy makers should properly plan, design, implement, and promote e-learning with a clear vision in Saudi Arabia.
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Sataøen, Hogne Lerøy. "Sub-sector branding and nation branding: the case of higher education." Corporate Communications: An International Journal 24, no. 3 (August 5, 2019): 425–38. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/ccij-05-2018-0056.
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Purpose This paper concerns public sub-sector branding within the higher education (HE) system. The purpose of this paper is to investigate how public sub-sector branding within HE is organized and how it is influenced by the use of national values, traits and characteristics. Design/methodology/approach The study relies on two data sources: first, the paper benefits from a data set of one-stop web-portals for HE from the 23 countries listed in Times Higher Education’s top-60 universities ranking. Second, it builds on a sample and brief overview of Norway’s sub-sector branding of its HE sector. Findings Expert authorities within the HE sector are legally and organizationally responsible for sub-sector branding, and they establish coordinated and coherent web-portals. In practice, however, nation-branding concerns are influencing on how the HE sub-sector is branded. The paper concludes with a discussion of democratic implications, and points to paradoxes arising from the use of national clichés and characteristics in this highly international sub-sector of the public realm. Originality/value The paper informs discussions about public sub-sector branding within HE, a phenomenon that thus far has not been systematically studied. The practical applications of such a study are evident, as branding is becoming more important in the public sector in general, and in HE in particular.
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Widowati, Dyah Mustika Nency, Kodrat Iman Satoto, and Kurniawan Teguh Martono. "Pembuatan Portal Kegiatan Perkuliahan Bagi Dosen Sistem Komputer UNDIP." Jurnal Teknologi dan Sistem Komputer 2, no. 2 (April 30, 2014): 157–61. http://dx.doi.org/10.14710/jtsiskom.2.2.2014.157-161.
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In any lectures, the lecturer must fill journal lectures. Journal of the activity is used to determine the subject matter of the lecture material delivered. In addition as an evaluation if there is material that has not been delivered. Each journal lectures will be always monitored by the Head of the Department to meet its obligations if the lecturers in teaching or not. In the process of implementation, all lectures still be entered manually using paper. It made less cumbersome and complicates monitoring of the Head of Department to monitor any lectures . So the need for making the portal lectures to assist monitoring and lectures journal entry. Making these lectures portals using PHP programming language and MySQL database . As well as using the waterfall method and blackbox testing . Waterfall method includes user requirements, analysis, design, implementation and testing. Blackbox testing is used to test the program without the test of functional design specifications and program code. Used also Entity Relationship Diagram, Data Flow Diagram and in the design of the information system. The results of the application design in the form of web-based desktop application, which is easier for professors to fill any lectures that have been done , knowing the schedule of lectures and the material that was presented at each meeting. As well as Head of the Department to facilitate monitoring any existing faculty.