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Journal articles on the topic "And convenient technologies"
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Zhumamuratova, F. "Convenient and Wide Opportunities for Readers." American Journal of Philological Sciences 5, no. 5 (2025): 307–9. https://doi.org/10.37547/ajps/volume05issue05-84.
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The article explores the modernization of information and library services in Uzbekistan, focusing on how libraries are evolving to meet the needs of readers in the digital age. It highlights major government initiatives and legal reforms aimed at improving access to information, preserving cultural heritage, and automating library processes. Special attention is given to the implementation of the Unified Electronic Catalog (Y.E.K.) system, which enhances information sharing between libraries, simplifies book searches, and supports electronic services for users. The article emphasizes the role of digital technologies in creating a more efficient, user-friendly, and culturally significant library system.
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Lu, Fei, and Chong Zhu. "Advanced Wireless Power Transfer Technologies." Energies 15, no. 9 (2022): 3131. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/en15093131.
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Lu, Fei, and Chong Zhu. "Advanced Wireless Power Transfer Technologies." Energies 15, no. 9 (2022): 3131. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/en15093131.
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Lawal-Adebowale, Okanlade Adesokan. "Essentialities of Digital Technology Incorporation in Research Tasks by Agro-Researchers in the Southwest Nigerian Farming Zone." International Journal of ICT Research in Africa and the Middle East 6, no. 2 (2017): 1–13. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/ijictrame.2017070101.
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The study examined the incorporation of digital technologies in the Nigerian agricultural research system and showed that digital technologies such as digital balance, digital pH meter, phone sensors, and the Global Positioning System (GPS) and the Geographic Information System (GIS), among others, had a high rate of incorporation in agro-research activities in the southwest farming zone of Nigeria. Determinants of such incorporation in agro-research activities were accuracy of data collection, enhancement of research task execution, improvement of research quality, usage convenience and portability of the devices, convenience of usage for data storage, and ease of data retrieval. The Spearman rho correlation test showed a significant correlation between the use of digital oven and its ready availability/accessibility (r = 0.168); digital pH meter and convenient of data storage on the device (r = 0.157); Spectrophotometer and convenient of data storage (r = -0.161); phone sensors and ready availability/accessibility of the device (r = 0.156); use of GPS/GIS and convenience of usage of the devices (r = -0.173) at p<0.05 level. It concluded that only a few of the digital technologies were readily incorporated in research activities by the Nigerian agro-researchers. It was also recommended that application of digital devices in agro-research activities should be intensified for agro-research development in the country.
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Bracco, Roberto, Riccardo Seccardini, Michele De Somma, et al. "CONVENIENT – Complete Vehicle Energy Saving Technologies for Heavy Trucks." Transportation Research Procedia 14 (2016): 1041–50. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.trpro.2016.05.174.
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Mikhalyova, Svetlana N. "MODERN EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGIES IN TEACHING A FOREIGN LANGUAGE FOR LAWYERS." Russian Studies in Law and Politics 6, no. 3-4 (2022): 19–31. http://dx.doi.org/10.12731/2576-9634-2022-3-4-19-31.
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In accordance with the Federal State Educational Standard of Higher Education, adopted by the order of the Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation in February 2020, the implementation of various educational programs provides for the use of educational technologies. The article discusses the relevance of the search for modern technologies for teaching English to law students in the context of the implementation of the Federal State Educational Standard (3++). The author analyzes the possibilities of new pedagogical technologies and reveals their advantages. Based on the analysis of tasks for students, the author concluded that modern educational technologies contribute to the formation of foreign language competence in the process of teaching a professionally oriented foreign language course.
 The article discusses modern educational technologies that are convenient to use when teaching a foreign language. Educational technologies include several convenient technological tools, an affordable, free, convenient service for work that can be used when preparing presentations, creating documents, various tables, as it offers a huge number of visual design options. The main results of the study are the scientific substantiation of the effectiveness of educational material.
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Hüppe, Ronja, and Katrin Zander. "Consumer Perspectives on Processing Technologies for Organic Food." Foods 10, no. 6 (2021): 1212. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/foods10061212.
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Over the last years, consumer demand for natural and healthy convenient food has increased, and with it the demand for organic convenience food. With convenience food, the processing level increases, which consumers are sceptical of. This holds especially for organic consumers who prefer natural, healthy, and sustainable food products. In the literature, consumer preferences are investigated for processed conventional food, but rarely for organic products. Therefore, this study investigates consumers’ knowledge, expectations, and attitudes towards selected processing technologies for organic food. Nine focus groups with 84 organic consumers were conducted, discussing preservation technologies of organic milk and orange juice. Results showed that participants had little knowledge about processing technologies but were interested in their benefits. Organic processing technologies should include fewer processing steps, low environmental impact, while keeping the product as natural as possible. Since consumers want to know benefits but not details of processing, asking consumers for their specific preferences when developing new processing technologies remains challenging. This paper shows how consumers’ benefit and risk perception including their want for naturalness, and scepticism for new technologies shape their evaluation of (organic) food processing technologies. Two consumer groups with different attitudes towards processing could be identified: ’organic traditionalists’ and ‘organic pragmatics’.
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R., Santosh Kumar and Sahithi Mudili. "A REVIEW ON TECHNOLOGIES EMPLOYED IN FORMULATION OF MOUTH DISSOLVING TABLETS." INDO AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHARMACEUTICAL SCIENCES 05, no. 02 (2018): 890–902. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.1181454.
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Oral route is the most preferred route for administration of various drugs because it is regarded as safest, most convenient and economical route. Recently researcher developed the mouth dissolving tablets with improved patient compliance and convenience. Upon introduction into the mouth, these tablets dissolve or disintegrate in the mouth in the absence of additional water for easy administration of active pharmaceutical ingredients. Mouth dissolving tablets overcome the disadvantages of conventional dosage form especially dysphagia (difficulty in swallowing) in paediatric and geriatric patients. Mouth dissolving tablets can be formulated by using various technologies like lyophilization, direct compression, spray drying, molding, nanotization, mass extrusion, sublimation, cotton candy and phase transition technology along with various patented technologies like zydis,lyoc, flashtab, frosta, nanocrystal technology, wowtab, durasolv, orasolv advatab and flashdose technology. This review briefly describes about the various technologies which are used for the formulation of mouth dissolving tablets along with advantages and limitations of the technology. Keywords: Mouth dissolving tablets, Patented Technologies, Bioavailability
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ZHENGHUA, CHEN, and ROZAINI BINTI ROSLI. "ENHANCED QUALITY OF LIFE AND IMPROVED CONVENIENCE FOR CONSUMERS RESULT FROM MARKETERS' RIGOROUS AND ONGOING INTEGRATION OF NEW TECHNOLOGIES AND MECHANISMS INTO THEIR PRODUCTS." Cuestiones de Fisioterapia 53, no. 03 (2024): 2952–66. https://doi.org/10.48047/phfhme92.
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This study explores how continuous adoption of new technologies and techniques by marketers intoproducts impacts customers' quality of life and convenience. Technological advancements have drivencontinuous innovation in product design and functionality, transforming customer experience inseveral industries into more efficient, convenient, and accessible goods. The research focuses on theinfluence of marketing methods on the creation of innovations and their immediate link to customersatisfaction and welfare.
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Aparna.P*, Subash Chandran M.P Jaghatha T. John Wesley I. Remya B.S. "A REVIEW ON FAST DISSOLVING TABLETS." INDO AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHARMACEUTICAL SCIENCES 05, no. 04 (2018): 2412–21. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.1218253.
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Oral route is the most preferred route for administration of various drugs because it is regarded as safest, most convenient and economical route. Recently researchers developed the fast dissolving tablet (FDT) with improved patient compliance and convenience. FDTs are solid dosage forms which dissolve rapidly in saliva without chewing and additional water. FDTs overcome the disadvantages of conventional dosage form especially dysphagia (difficulty in swallowing) in pediatric and geriatric patients. This review includes ideal properties, characteristics, challenges in formulation, suitability of drug candidates, various technologies including patented technologies, evaluation methods and various marketed products. Keywords: Fast dissolving tablet, oral route, excipients, direct compression.
Dissertations / Theses on the topic "And convenient technologies"
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Stratakos, Alexandros. "Novel processing technologies to improve the safety and quality of convenience foods." Thesis, Queen's University Belfast, 2015. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.696324.
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Consumers demand food products that are safe, of high quality, nutritious and minimally processed. These demands are difficult to meet through the use of conventional processing technologies. Therefore, the academic and industrial sectors are exploring alternatives. Novel food processing technologies can potentially provide the means to meet consumer demands. The results of this PhD thesis contribute to the need for further information on how novel processing technologies, specifically high pressure processing, cold plasma and microwave heating, can ensure microbiological safety, and retain or improve quality and nutrient content for a very important segment of the food industry, namely, convenience foods.
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Saeid, Bawan, and Elma Macanovic. "Self-Service Technologies : What Influences Customers to Use Them?" Thesis, Linnéuniversitetet, Institutionen för marknadsföring (MF), 2017. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:lnu:diva-65136.
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Background: The society has changed and become increasingly characterized by technology-facilitated interactions. Companies are starting to make use of self-service. technologies (SSTs), instead of interpersonal encounters during service deliveries. Customers’ usage of SSTs has been examined in previous research. However, previous studies have ignored the fact that different types of SSTs have different factors that influence customer's experience and decision to use them, increasing the relevance of examining one specific SST, namely private SST to achieve more accurate results regarding what specific factors that influences customer decision to use this type of SST. The reason for choosing private SSTs is not only because it is the most recent type of SST, it is also the type of SST that develops continuously with the increased use of the Internet and the World Wide Web. Purpose: The purpose of this research is to identify the most important factors influencing customers to use private SST. Research Questions:- What value judgement influences customers to use private SSTs the most? - What factors influences customers’ value judgements? Methodology: This research takes on a quantitative approach with an explanatory research design. The chosen data collection method is performed through one independent survey. Conclusion: Hedonic and utilitarian value judgements have a positive relationship towards customer's decision to use private SSTs. The utilitarian value judgements have a greater impact on customer's decision to make use of private SSTs, in comparison to the hedonic value judgements. However, hedonic value judgements can still be considered as an important factor in influencing customer's decision to use private SSTs, as the hedonic value judgements still have a relatively strong impact on customer's decision to use private SSTs.
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Szanto, Imola, and Oxing Lucas Nawrin. "Delegering av flaggstatsskyldigheter : Hur påverkas sjösäkerheten av flaggstatens delegering av skyldigheter till klassificeringssällskap?" Thesis, Linnéuniversitetet, Sjöfartshögskolan (SJÖ), 2020. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:lnu:diva-94163.
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Arbetet har syftat till att undersöka och problematisera flaggstatens och klassificeringssällskapens roller såsom kontrollfunktion avseende sjösäkerhet. Frågor har ställts angående vilka skyldigheter flaggstater å ena sidan, och klassificeringssällskap å andra sidan, har vad gäller fartygskonstruktion och fartygssäkerhet. Vidare har arbetet även behandlat frågan vilka sjösäkerhetsrelaterade effekter som kan uppkomma av att flaggstaten delegerar skyldigheter avseende konstruktion till klassificeringssällskap. För att besvara frågorna har en kvalitativ dokumentstudie gjorts, med vissa inslag av rättsdogmatik i de delar som avsett finna gällande rätt på området. Materialet för dokumentstudiens del har till stor del valts ut genom en bred sökning i litteratur och avhandlingar på området. På så vis har det använda materialet redan genomgått en urvalsprocess och därmed ansetts vara relevant för arbetet. Resultatet visar att det finns en viss överlappning i kontrollfunktionsrollen för både flaggstaten och klassificeringssällskapen. Att delegering av skyldigheter sker från flaggstaten till klassificeringssällskapen är inte nödvändigtvis problematiskt. Dock kan en delegering få negativa effekter på sjösäkerheten i de fall klassificeringssällskapen inte är i paritet med flaggstaten eller båda parter saknar en effektiv kontrollfunktion med högt ställda krav. Skulle delegering ske till ett klassificeringssällskap som har en god kontrollfunktion med höga krav kan brister som finns inom flaggstaten, såsom bristande resurser och kompetens, avhjälpas. Trots att systemet till stor del verkar fungera tillfredsställande finns anledning att fortsätta forska inom området för att undersöka hur de problem som belysts i detta arbete kan åtgärdas eller förhindras i framtiden.<br>The aim of this paper has been to investigate and problematize the roles of the flag state and the classification societies in regard to their maritime safety control function. Questions have been raised regarding what obligations flag states on one hand, and classification societies on the other hand, have regarding ship construction and ship safety. Furthermore, the paper has also addressed the question of what maritime safety-related effects may arise from the flag state delegating their duties to classification societies. To answer the questions, a qualitative document study has been conducted, with some elements of legal dogmatics in certain parts in order to find the current legal situation. The material for the document study has been selected by thorough research into literature and dissertations in the area. Therefore, the chosen material has been previously reviewed and gone through a selection process and was thus considered relevant for this paper. The result has shown that there is some overlap in the control function for both the flag state and the classification societies. Delegating obligations from the flag state to the classification societies is not necessarily problematic. However, delegation of the said duties can have negative effects on maritime safety in cases where the classification societies are not on par with the flag state or both parties lack an effective control apparatus to enforce high standards. Should delegation occur to a classification society that has a good control apparatus with high requirements, possible shortcomings that exist within the flag state, such as lack of resources and skills, can be remedied by the high standard performance of the classification society. Even though the system might seem satisfactorily at first glance, there is room for further research in the area in order to investigate how the existing problems can be managed and prevented in the future.
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Wang, Ya-Hui, and 王雅惠. "Impact on Business Competitive Advantage of Using Information and Communication Technologies Strategy in Convenience Stores：An Example from 7-Eleven." Thesis, 2002. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/62608792475158027355.
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碩士<br>國立交通大學<br>管理科學系<br>90<br>Owing to whole business environments change, the retail industry faces violent competition and customers’ requirement variation, for the reason, retailers want to make use of Information and communication technologies strategy to catch competitive advantage.
This study adopts exploratory research to investigate into the leader in convenience stores---7-Eleven.The major purposes of this study are as follow：
1. Understanding characteristic and market trend of chain convenience store industry, pass through gathering materials.
2. Understanding chain convenience stores make use of Information and communication technologies related strategy and the condition in executing, pass through deep interview.
3. Influence factors and relation of Information and communication technologies between strategy drawn from probing into interview contents and materials；they show in propositions.
This study can provide the management level different Information and communication technologies thinking strategy and consider how to utilize in the decision making process.
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Wang, Li-Hsin, and 王麗欣. "The Exploration of Employee’s Attitude toward Self-Service Technologies – An Example of Life-ET at Hi-Life Convenience Stores." Thesis, 2007. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/38968862447303046842.
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碩士<br>國立高雄第一科技大學<br>行銷與流通管理所<br>95<br>In last two decades, Convenience Store (CVS) are well developed in Taiwan. Especially, the number of stores is dramatically increased in recent years and the number of customers and profit per store reduced greatly. Therefore, managers of each chained CVS are trying to incorporate information technology develop innovative customer oriented business model for increasing competitive advantages. However, a success promotion of new innovative services needs the support of employees to improve customers’ usage. Especially, it is important for technology-based services. Thus, the well understanding of employee’s attitude toward Self-Service Technologies (SSTs) is the key factor of promoting innovative service.
The purpose of the current study is to explore employee’s attitude toward Self-Service Technologies (SSTs) in chained CVS. The research is based on Dabholkar’s Technology Acceptance Model(TAM) (Dabholkar, 1994) and moderating factors proposed by (Dabholkar and Bagozzi, 2002). The result reveals that ease of use, enjoyment and performance have important influence on attitude and further affect intention as well as behavior. Meanwhile, The influence of moderating factors (Self-Efficacy、Inherent Novelty Seeking、Need for Interaction 、Self-Consciousness) on intention and behavior are explored. Managers of CVS should evaluate their business property to adopt proper strategy of promoting innovative service for gaining competitive advantage.
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Chang, Shih-Hsun, and 張世勳. "An Empirical Study of Consumer Acceptance of Self-service Technologies-A Case of Multi-Media Kiosk in Taiwan Convenience Store-." Thesis, 2009. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/05365274606220449076.
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碩士<br>國立成功大學<br>企業管理學系碩博士班<br>97<br>The lifespan of convenience store in Taiwan has entered in the maturity stage, which forms the pattern of oligopoly industry. After the intense competition and merger events, the survivors turn out to be 7-ELEVEN, FamilyMart, Hi-Life and OK, which four systems dominant the industry and share the market size about NT$200 billion each year.The density of convenience store in Taiwan has reached a higher level in the world relatively, that lowers the expanding rate and brings the need of differentiation strategies to tell them apart from each other. At this moment, the introduction of multi-media kiosk implies the opportunity to provide more goods and innovative services in a tiny space. The multi-media kiosk is regarded as an integrated platform of information services, and thought to bring about another server marketing competition.
The concept of this research bases on the technology acceptance model, (Davis et. al,1989) and assumes that perceived price and quality act as the external variables. The purpose of this research is to construct a general framework about the factors contribute to the behavior intention toward the multi-media kiosk. Besides, studying the interaction between these factors and the individual differences such as perceived risk and technology readiness is another cutting-point to understand the customer needs and wants toward using the multi-media kiosk in convenience store. The conclusions of this
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Books on the topic "And convenient technologies"
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Martishin, Sergey, Vladimir Simonov, and Marina Hrapchenko. Databases: Design and development of information systems using MySQL DBMS and Go language. INFRA-M Academic Publishing LLC., 2023. http://dx.doi.org/10.12737/1830834.
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The tutorial is intended for studying and creating databases and information systems and applications using the MySQL database management system and the Go programming language. The book consistently introduces students to the installation and development of the MySQL Workbench workspace for working with MySQL DBMS; the basics of MySQL server administration; designing ER models in MySQL Workbench. The basics of the Go language are given. The creation of a project in the Go language is being considered. For the convenience of working with the textbook, program codes are placed in the cloud storage of the electronic library system of the publishing house "Znanium".
 Meets the requirements of the federal state educational standards of higher education of the latest generation and professional standards.
 For students, bachelors, undergraduates, postgraduates and specialists studying in the specialties and areas of training: "Computer Science and Computer Engineering", "Information systems and technologies", "Software Engineering", "Applied Mathematics and Computer Science", "Management in technical systems", "Business Informatics", "Pedagogical education", as well as for all persons engaged in the design of modern databases, information systems, the creation of mobile and Internet applications based on the MySQL database management system and the Go programming language.
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Villadsen, Kaspar. Foucault's Technologies. Oxford University PressOxford, 2024. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780198819400.001.0001.
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Abstract Michel Foucault is rarely viewed as a philosopher of technology, yet academics and students routinely refer to his terms ‘technologies of power’, ‘governmental technologies’, and ‘technologies of the self’. This book is a response to the contradiction between the paucity of research into Foucault’s technological thought and the abundance of technological vocabulary and metaphors in his own writings as well as in the commentary literature. It aims to provide the most extensive examination so far of the role of technology in Foucault’s work. The book argues that technology serves neither as the object of Foucault’s analysis nor as a convenient metaphor for making arguments, but rather as integral to his thinking and writing. As the book’s title Foucault’s Technologies indicates, it explores not Foucault and modern technology, defined as technical devices like television, smartphones, or industrial machines, but rather Foucault’s approach to the theme of technology and his use of technological terms. The book proceeds through Foucault’s thought, reconstructing his mature concept of technology, the dispositif. The reader also travels a route paved with discussions of how Foucault’s work intersects with that of other key thinkers, particularly Heidegger, Althusser, Nietzsche, and Deleuze. While presenting efforts in intellectual history, the book ultimately focuses on the analytical implications for ‘users’, showing how researchers can benefit from Foucault’s technological approach. As such, the book offers an analytical framework effective for the study of problems in present-day welfare states and the emergent world of data-capitalism.
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Siddiqui, Mohammed Wasim, and Mohammad Shafiur Rahman. Minimally Processed Foods: Technologies for Safety, Quality, and Convenience. Springer, 2014.
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Siddiqui, Mohammed Wasim, and Mohammad Shafiur Rahman. Minimally Processed Foods: Technologies for Safety, Quality, and Convenience. Springer, 2016.
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Siddiqui, Mohammed Wasim, and Mohammad Shafiur Rahman. Minimally Processed Foods: Technologies for Safety, Quality, and Convenience. Springer, 2014.
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Shove, Elizabeth. Comfort, Cleanliness and Convenience: The Social Organization of Normality (New Technologies/New Cultures). Berg Publishers, 2004.
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Callison, Candis, and Mary Lynn Young. Reckoning. Oxford University Press, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780190067076.001.0001.
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The book is about how journalists know what they know, who gets to decide what good journalism is, and how we know when it’s done right. Until a couple decades ago, these questions were rarely asked by journalists. When journalists were questioned by malcontented publics and critics about how they were doing journalism, these questions were easily ignored. Now, if you’re on social media, you’re likely to see multiple critiques of journalism on a daily basis. It seems not only convenient but pragmatic to give most of the credit to digital technologies and/or market failure for how relationships between journalists and diverse audiences have changed. This book rests on a different assumption, however. We contend that technologies offer a diagnostic to understand much deeper, persistent, and structural problems confronting journalism. Counter to much of the recent journalism scholarship, we argue that you can’t talk about the role journalists and journalism organizations could, should, and have played in society without talking about gender, race, other intersectional concerns—and settler-colonialism. Drawing on mixed methods and ethnography as well as interdisciplinary scholarship, this book examines the reckoning under way between journalists, their methods and their audiences in sites as diverse as social media, legacy newsrooms, journalism startups, novel forms of journalism memoir, and among indigenous journalists. The book explores journalism’s long-standing harms alongside repair, reform, and transformation. It suggests that a turn to strong objectivity and systems journalism provides a path forward.
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Kislev, Elyakim. Relationships 5.0. Oxford University Press, 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780197588253.001.0001.
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No longer confined to the sidelines, new interactive technologies like AI therapists, avatar friends, and robot assistants are ready to transform technology’s role from basic tools of convenience to intimate elements of our social and emotional lives. This turn towards human-like technology signals the beginning of a new epoch in human history, a change already facing both excitement and resistance. Blending science, sociology, history, and psychology, this book asks how recent technological developments cause humans to think differently about family lives, love affairs, and emotional needs. It argues that humans are currently living through a technological paradigm shift similar in magnitude to the preceding agricultural, industrial, and informational revolutions in human history. Thanks to the convergence of the cognitive revolution (AI), the sensorial revolution (VR and AR), and the physical revolution (robots), technology can fulfill emotional, intellectual, and physical needs that have until now been met by other humans. The book then exposes the fundamental questions behind such essentials as companionship, trust, and love, and offers fascinating and revealing ideas about what the coming years will look like.
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Tsyrulnik, A. G. YULDASHBAYEV YUSUPZHAN ARTYKOVICH : bio - bibliographic index. Publishing house of the Russian state agrarian University UN-TA im. K. A. Timiryazeva, 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.26897/978-5-9675-1929-1-2022.
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This bio–bibliographic index continues a series of publications dedicated to outstanding scientists – graduates and professors of the Russian State Agricultural Academy – the K.A. Timiryazev Agricultural Academy. Yu.A. Yuldashbayev - Professor, Doctor of Agricultural Sciences, Academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences, made a huge contribution to the development of domestic animal science, the creation of new breeding achievements, the development of innovative technologies for the production and processing of sheep products and goat breeding. This publication fully reflects the multifaceted and successful activities of Yu.A. Yuldashbayev and includes a description of his works grouped in chronological order. For the convenience of using the materials presented in the publication, the compilers have prepared an alphabetical index of works. The index is intended for all students and teachers of the Academy who are interested in the scientific and pedagogical activities of Professor Yu.A. Yuldashbayev, whose works have received recognition among scientists and production workers in our country and
Book chapters on the topic "And convenient technologies"
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Singh, Parminder, Guohua Chen, and Wade Worsham. "MicroCor® Transdermal Delivery System: A Safe, Efficient, and Convenient Transdermal System for Vaccine Administration." In Novel Immune Potentiators and Delivery Technologies for Next Generation Vaccines. Springer US, 2012. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-5380-2_11.
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Romá, Llorenç, and Bernard Tellenbach. "Secure Operating System." In Trends in Data Protection and Encryption Technologies. Springer Nature Switzerland, 2023. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-33386-6_21.
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AbstractThe operating system is the backbone of every modern computer system, managing the system’s resources and executing applications. Therefore, it is essential to improve operating system security to ensure data integrity, confidentiality, and availability. When discussing secure operating systems, we generally refer to security-focused operating systems and security-evaluated operating systems. In critical environments, such as governments and military systems, that typically have higher security restrictions, security-evaluated operating systems are a convenient option used in other countries, ensuring those systems fulfill a set of security requirements. In addition, a trend toward more hardware security components, especially for separating cryptographic functions and implementing critical operations, has emerged. Although using secure operating systems is not a definitive solution to protect against all the dangers of current cyberspace, it is clear that it can reduce the impact of individual vulnerable applications or modules being exploited on the whole system.
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Wu, Jianjun, Jian Li, Yuanzheng Zhao, and Yu Zhang. "Introduction." In Numerical Simulation of Pulsed Plasma Thruster. Springer Nature Singapore, 2024. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-981-97-7958-1_1.
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AbstractThe advantages of pulsed plasma thrusters (PPTs), the first type of electric propulsion system for space applications, include their low-power consumption, fast response, simple structure, easy integration, convenient control, and precise and controllable thrust, making them especially suitable for tasks such as microsatellite attitude control, position keeping, orbit raising, and formation flying. In recent years, with the increase in microsatellite applications, the demand for advanced on-orbit propulsion technologies for use in microsatellites has increased. Therefore, PPT research and applications have received widespread attention, becoming a hot topic and an important research direction in microsatellite propulsion technologies (Yang et al. in J Rocket Propul 32:32–36, 2006).
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Zhou, Jun, Lihe Tang, Songyuhao Shi, Wei Li, Pan Hu, and Feng Wang. "Research on Visualization of Power Grid Big Data." In Proceeding of 2021 International Conference on Wireless Communications, Networking and Applications. Springer Nature Singapore, 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-2456-9_52.
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AbstractWith the constant improvement of power grid planning and management requirements and the gradual advancement of the urbanization process, the problems that need to be taken into account in the planning process are increasing, especially the demand for big data visualization of the power grid has increased sharply. About 80% of the information that humans obtain from the external environment comes from the visual system. A picture is worth a thousand words. A good visualization platform can monitor the overall operation of the power grid, which is convenient for analyzing and monitoring the operation of power supply companies to provide customers with high-quality services. The platform can complete the interactive simulation of different services, and can display the monitoring and analysis of the power grid through a rich visual interface, which is convenient for people to understand the real-time status of the power grid. This paper uses various advanced visualization technologies and data module algorithms at home and abroad to cooperate with the monitoring network to realize the visualization platform of power grid big data, promote the further development of power grid big data applications, and form a big data standard system for power big data technology research, product research and development, and pilot construction.
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Uvarova, Tetiana, Alina Borysova, Zhanna Nurzhanova, Viacheslav Kudriavtsev, and Oksana Kudriavtseva. "Modern technologies for using educational internet resources in the process of language training of foreign students." In IMPLEMENTATION OF MODERN TECHNOLOGIES IN LANGUAGE LEARNING AS A BASIS FOR THE FORMATION OF COMMUNICATIVE COMPETENCES. TECHNOLOGY CENTER PC, 2025. https://doi.org/10.15587/978-617-8360-15-3.ch8.
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In today's conditions of globalization and digital transformation of society, the latest information technologies are increasingly integrated into various aspects of our lives, including the educational process. One of the key priorities for the development of higher education is the active implementation of modern information and communication technologies, which contribute to increasing the efficiency of learning, accessibility of knowledge and individualization of approaches to students. These technologies are of particular importance in the context of studying the Ukrainian language as a foreign one. Higher education institutions of Ukraine and language schools focus their efforts on improving methods based on the use of information resources and Internet capabilities. Such methods make learning more interactive, dynamic and responsive to the needs of a modern student who is often looking for flexible and convenient forms of learning. The use of digital platforms, educational applications, online simulators and multimedia materials contributes to the formation of language competences, in particular the development of reading, writing, listening and speaking skills. Thus, the development of methods for using Internet resources in the process of studying Ukrainian as a foreign language is not only relevant, but also necessary for teaching foreign students.
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Gayeski, Diane M. "Mobile Learning Technologies." In Mobile Computing. IGI Global, 2009. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/978-1-60566-054-7.ch066.
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While educational and corporate training environments have made large investments in getting wired to high-speed Internet connections, our work and social environments are rapidly becoming more mobile and flexible. The Internet and organizationally based intranets are powerful learning and performance tools, as long as users have a high-speed connection and up-to-date computing equipment. Online learning and information is not nearly as convenient or reliable when learners need to access sites from their homes, hotel rooms, client locations, or while on the road. In corporate settings, large numbers of critical employees such as factory engineers, health care professionals, builders, and maintenance workers often do not even have offices in which to use a computer.
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Lowry, Paul Benjamin, Akshay Grover, Chris Madsen, Jeff Larkin, and William Robins. "Making Money with Open-Source Business Initiatives." In Multimedia Technologies. IGI Global, 2008. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/978-1-59904-953-3.ch096.
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Open-source software (OSS) is software that can be used freely in the public domain but is often copyrighted by the original authors under an open-source license such as the GNU General Public License (GPL). Given its free nature, one might believe that OSS is inherently inferior to proprietary software, yet this often is not the case. Many OSS applications are superior or on par with their proprietary competitors (e.g., MySQL, Apache Server, Linux, and Star Office). OSS is a potentially disruptive technology (Christensen, 1997) because it is often cheaper, more reliable, simpler, and more convenient than proprietary software.
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Mishra, Anupam, Kamal Krishna Shrivastava, Avishekh Kumar Kushwaha, Ananya, Nasir A. Quadir, and Velrajkumar Pitchandi. "Smart Vacuum Cleaner." In Advances in Wireless Technologies and Telecommunication. IGI Global, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/978-1-7998-4775-5.ch014.
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In this chapter, the aim is to provide the design of an automatic vacuum cleaner that will help to make household work convenient and much easier. This vacuum cleaner operates in both autonomous and manual mode, along with additional features such as time scheduling and dirt container with auto-dirt disposal mechanism. They are seen as more convenient to use because they can suck dust on their own. This work can be very useful in improving lifestyle of modern humans. The purpose of this project is to design automatic vacuum cleaners using digital image processing with the help of OpenCv technique. Vacuum cleaner robot is designed to make cleaning process much easier rather than by using manual vacuum.
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Hong, Sun-ha. "Recessive Objects." In Technologies of Speculation. NYU Press, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.18574/nyu/9781479860234.003.0004.
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The Snowden files are recessive objects: things that promise to extend our knowability but, in doing so, catalyze speculation and doubt. Drawing on media phenomenology, this chapter connects this recessivity to the surveillance systems themselves and the war on terror. The effort to predict the “lone wolf” terrorist, from the Boston bomber to the Las Vegas shooter, paradoxically becomes a site for smuggling in old racial prejudices about the monstrous Other. The convenient myth of “pure” data here encounters the far older and troubling project of national, territorial, and racial purity.
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Tomky, Donna. "Diabetes Technologies." In Complete Nurse’s Guide to Diabetes Care, 3rd ed. American Diabetes Association, 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.2337/9781580405690.ch26.
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Technology offers many solutions to improve diabetes care in delivering more precise dosing of insulin and measuring glucose. Nurses are challenged to keep up with the latest technological advances available to individuals with diabetes. This chapter addresses what nurses need to know for safe and effective care of patients with diabetes wearing currently available continuous subcutaneous insulin infusion (CSII) pumps and continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) systems. Few health-care providers (HCP) will have practical knowledge of the operation of all the devices available in the rapidly changing field of diabetes technologies. HCPs will need to rely on the individual with diabetes, their caregivers, and diabetes technology experts and the manufactures for up-to-date operational information for each device. Insulin pumps have been in use for >35 years for insulin replacement therapy. Estimated use in patients with type 1 diabetes (T1D) is near 20–30% and <1% in insulin-treated type 2 diabetes (T2D). According to Tucker, “When used correctly, insulin pumps can provide more convenient insulin delivery for patients and may improve blood glucose control.” CGM systems have been in use just over 10 years. CGM devices are designed to augment self–blood glucose monitoring for individuals with diabetes. CGM devices measure interstitial glucose. Nurses need to understand basic information about these devices to safely and effectively care for patients in all health-care settings.
Conference papers on the topic "And convenient technologies"
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Munoz-Briones, Paola A., Aurora del C. Mungu�a-L�pez, Kevin L. S�nchez-Rivera, Victor M. Zavala, George W. Huber, and Styliani Avraamidou. "Optimal Design of Food Packaging Considering Waste Management Technologies to Achieve Circular Economy." In Foundations of Computer-Aided Process Design. PSE Press, 2024. http://dx.doi.org/10.69997/sct.154335.
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Plastic packaging plays a fundamental role in the food industry, avoiding food waste and facilitating food access. The increasing plastic production and the lack of appropriate plastic waste management technologies represent a threat to the environmental and human welfare. Therefore, there is an urgent need to identify sustainable packaging solutions. Circular economy (CE) promotes reducing waste and increasing recycling practices to achieve sustainability. In this work, we propose a CE framework based on multi-objective optimization, considering both economic and environmental impacts, to identify optimal packaging designs and waste management technologies. Using mixed-integer linear programming (MILP), techno-economic analysis (TEA), and life cycle assessment (LCA), this work aims to build the first steps in packaging design, informing about the best packaging alternatives and the optimal technology or technologies to process packaging waste. For the economic analysis, we consider the minimum increase in price (MIP) when adding recycling to the cost of each packaging solution, while for the environmental analysis, the greenhouse gas emissions impact was considered. A case study on ground coffee packaging is used to illustrate the proposed framework. The results demonstrate that the multilayer bag option is the most convenient when considering both the chosen economic and environmental impacts.
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Liu, Pan, Jianfeng Gao, Xinyan Jiang, Hongya Qu, and Jianzhong Li. "Shaking table studies of a hybrid seismic isolation bearing system." In IABSE Symposium, Tokyo 2025: Environmentally Friendly Technologies and Structures: Focusing on Sustainable Approaches. International Association for Bridge and Structural Engineering (IABSE), 2025. https://doi.org/10.2749/tokyo.2025.0535.
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<p>The hybrid seismic isolation bearing system (HSIBS) is composed of sliding friction bearings and elastomeric bearings, which fulfils the separation of vertical and horizontal force transmission mechanisms. Compared to conventional seismic isolation bearings, such a convenient design of the HSIBS is able to take on higher vertical loading capacity, and is flexible in post-yield stiffness selection. To evaluate the seismic performance of the bearing system, a 1/3.5-scaled bridge model was designed and subjected to a shaking table test. The experimental results demonstrate that the HSIBS exhibits excellent seismic performance. Specifically, the maximum deformation of the HSIBS is limited to a small degree (49 mm), and the bridge columns stay within an elastic state under the earthquake input with a peak ground acceleration of 0.6 g. In addition, the maximum residual displacement of the HSIBS is negligible (2.85 mm).</p>
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Oleksenko, Roman, Valentyna Voronkova, Vitalina Nikitenko, Iryna Silina, and Roman Afonov. "CHATBOTS AS A KEY ENGINE OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE: TRENDS AND PROSPECTS FOR DEVELOPMENT." In 11th SWS International Scientific Conferences on SOCIAL SCIENCES - ISCSS 2024. SGEM WORLD SCIENCE, 2024. https://doi.org/10.35603/sws.iscss.2024/s16/90.
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Chatbot research, a pertinent and crucial domain within artificial intelligence and information technology, aims to showcase chatbots as pivotal catalysts for advanced artificial intelligence. With the evolution of technology and the burgeoning volume of information, users increasingly seek efficient means of interaction for convenient access to information, thereby facilitating communication. Chatbots, being instrumental in this endeavor, not only serve as key drivers of artificial intelligence but also play a pivotal role in various sectors, particularly in education. The integration of chatbots in education is gaining popularity as they enhance the learning process by providing interactive and engaging experiences. In this context, chatbots can employ game elements and challenges to stimulate active learning among students, offering support for learners, customers, and employees alike. This aligns with the broader trend of artificial intelligence technologies impacting various aspects of life. In education, the practical significance of chatbot research becomes evident as it significantly improves the quality of education, fosters individualization, and enhances convenience for students while optimizing the workflow for teachers. The research contributes substantially to the development of artificial intelligence and enhances the interaction between individuals and technology. Overall, the rapid technological changes, heightened demand for intelligent interaction systems, and the growing interest in communication automation drive the continuous improvement of chatbot functionality and efficiency across diverse domains of human activity.
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Wojtuszewski, Radoslaw, Aleksander Banas, and Mateusz Oliwa. "Additive Manufacturing of Titanium Alloys." In Vertical Flight Society 74th Annual Forum & Technology Display. The Vertical Flight Society, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.4050/f-0074-2018-12819.
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The most common additive manufacturing technologies are Electron Beam Melting and Selective Laser Sintering. It can be used with various materials including Titanium. Titanium alloys are also widely used in aircraft production. It is strong and stiff material however its processing using ordinary technology is generally complicated, time consuming and expensive. Oppositely for additive manufacturing, titanium is one of the most convenient to process. This opens new possibilities in aircraft production. This paper compares EBM and SLM technologies with the use of two titanium alloys (6-4 and 5-5-5-1). Titanium 6-4 is popular both in AM and conventional technics of production however its compression to 5-5-5-1 (which is not common in AM industry) broaden the range of AM available materials in terms of aircraft manufacturing. First part of the paper covers fundamental knowledge about AM industry, technology basics and general description, second covers list of materials which can be used in additive production, property comparison, potential application and printing possibilities. The latter part of the paper shows a few examples of demonstration part manufactured using AM technologies with general description.
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Wojtuszewski, Radoslaw, Aleksander Banas, and Mateusz Oliwa. "Additive Manufacturing of Titanium Alloys." In Vertical Flight Society 74th Annual Forum & Technology Display. The Vertical Flight Society, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.4050/f-0074-2018-12812.
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The most common additive manufacturing technologies are Electron Beam Melting and Selective Laser Sintering. It can be used with various materials including Titanium. Titanium alloys are also widely used in aircraft production. It is strong and stiff material however its processing using ordinary technology is generally complicated, time consuming and expensive. Oppositely for additive manufacturing, titanium is one of the most convenient to process. This opens new possibilities in aircraft production. This paper compares EBM and SLM technologies with the use of two titanium alloys (6-4 and 5-5-5-1). Titanium 6-4 is popular both in AM and conventional technics of production however its compression to 5-5-5-1 (which is not common in AM industry) broaden the range of AM available materials in terms of aircraft manufacturing. First part of the paper covers fundamental knowledge about AM industry, technology basics and general description, second covers list of materials which can be used in additive production, property comparison, potential application and printing possibilities. The latter part of the paper shows a few examples of demonstration part manufactured using AM technologies with general description.
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Belinskiy, A. S. "ANALYZING TECHNOLOGIES FOR CREATING MOBILE APPLICATIONS." In Intelligent transport systems. Russian University of Transport, 2024. http://dx.doi.org/10.30932/9785002446094-2024-520-530.
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Mobile devices are becoming one of the most important components of our daily life, mobile application development plays a key role in obtaining information, convenience and availability of services. This paper will make recommendations on choosing the most convenient tools for development, based on the analysis of a number of the most popular technologies for creating a mobile application.
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Mastenbroek, Fabian, Georgios Andreadis, Soufiane Jounaid, et al. "OpenDC 2.0: Convenient Modeling and Simulation of Emerging Technologies in Cloud Datacenters." In 2021 IEEE/ACM 21st International Symposium on Cluster, Cloud and Internet Computing (CCGrid). IEEE, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/ccgrid51090.2021.00055.
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Godehardt, Eicke, Victoria Chaikovska, Yasemin Er, Hendrik Pfaff, and Thomas Gabel. "Thunderbird Add-On “SmartMail” for More Convenient E-Mail Writing." In 2020 4th International Symposium on Multidisciplinary Studies and Innovative Technologies (ISMSIT). IEEE, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/ismsit50672.2020.9255398.
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Soni, Preeti, Arup Kumar Pal, and Kumari Khushboo. "A User Convenient Secure Authentication Scheme for Accessing e-Governance Services." In 2019 10th International Conference on Computing, Communication and Networking Technologies (ICCCNT). IEEE, 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/icccnt45670.2019.8944393.
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Jelemenska, Katarina. "Making digital systems design more convenient to students by means of visualization." In 2013 IEEE 11th International Conference on Emerging eLearning Technologies and Applications (ICETA). IEEE, 2013. http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/iceta.2013.6674426.
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Vakaliuk, Tetiana A., and Svitlana I. Pochtoviuk. Analysis of tools for the development of augmented reality technologies. [б. в.], 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.31812/123456789/4625.
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The article considers cross-platform products that should be used to develop augmented reality technolo- gies: Unreal Development, Kit, Unity, Godot, Engine, Cocos2D, MonoGame, Unreal Engine, Marmalade, and others. Also, the possibilities of known SDKs for the development of augmented reality applications (Wikitude, Vuforia, Kudan, Maxst, Xzimg, NyARToolkit, Metaio SDK) are given. It is established that for the development of augmented reality technologies can be used not only cross-platform engines but also sets of development tools. Such kits allow you to speed up and simplify the process of developing any program with elements of augmented reality. These advantages and disadvantages will help beginners to choose the most convenient tool for developing augmented reality technologies. In addition, the article attempts to identify criteria and indicators for the selection of such environments, as well as their expert evaluation.
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Weltman, Trevor, Angelo Sciacca, Yeong-Hyeon Hwang, and Steven Schipani. Smart Tourism Ecosystem Development Readiness in Southeast Asia. Asian Development Bank, 2024. http://dx.doi.org/10.22617/brf240230-2.
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This brief tracks how Southeast Asian countries are using smart technologies to make their tourism sectors more competitive, inclusive, and sustainable, and outlines the complex financing and infrastructure challenges they face. The brief shows how integrated technology can be harnessed by the tourism sector for uses from e-visas to smart waste management and cashless payments, benefiting businesses, consumers, and destinations alike. With Thailand topping its smart tourism readiness table, the brief explains how countries should look to narrow the digital divide, tweak policies, and pull in private sector financing to provide tourists the convenient digital solutions they increasingly expect.
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Priadko, Andrii O., Kateryna P. Osadcha, Vladyslav S. Kruhlyk, and Volodymyr A. Rakovych. Development of a chatbot for informing students of the schedule. [б. в.], 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.31812/123456789/3744.
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The article describes the process of developing a chatbot to provide students with information about schedules using the Telegram mobile messenger. During the research, the following tasks have been performed: the analysis of notification systems for their use in the educational process, identification of problems of notifying students about the schedule (dynamic environment, traditional presentation of information, lack of round-the-clock access), substantiation of the choice of mobile technologies and Telegram messenger, determination of the requirements to the software, generalization of the chatbot functioning features, description of the structure, functionality of the program to get information about the schedule using a chatbot. The following tasks have been programmatically implemented: obtaining data from several pages of a spreadsheet (faculty / institute, red / green week, group number, day of the week, period number, discipline name, information about the teacher); presentation of data in a convenient form for the messenger (XML); implementation of the mechanism of convenient presentation of data in the messenger (chatbot). Using Python and the Telegram API, the software has been designed to increase students; immediacy in getting the information about the schedules, minimizing the time spent, and optimizing of planning of student activities and higher education institution functioning.
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Kharchenko, Yuliya V., Olena M. Babenko, and Arnold E. Kiv. Using Blippar to create augmented reality in chemistry education. CEUR Workshop Proceedings, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.31812/123456789/4630.
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This paper presents an analysis of the possibilities and advantages of augmented reality technologies and their implementation in training of future Chemistry and Biology teachers. The study revealed that the use of augmented reality technologies in education creates a number of advantages, such as: visualization of educational material; interesting and attractive learning process; increasing student motivation to study and others. Several augmented reality applications were analyzed. The Blippar app has been determined to have great benefits: it’s free; the interface is simple and user-friendly; the possibility of using different file types; the possibility of combining a large amount of information and logically structuring it; loading different types of information: video, images, 3D models, links to sites, etc. Thus, convenient interactive projects were developed using the Blippar application, which were called study guide with AR elements, and implemented in teaching chemical disciplines such as Laboratory Chemical Practice and Organic Chemistry. Using such study guide with AR elements during classes in a real chemical laboratory is safe and does not require expensive glassware. The student interviews revealed that the use of the Blippar application facilitated new material understanding, saved time needed to learn material, and was an effective addition to real-life learning.
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Harriss, Lydia, and Khalil Davis. Biometric Technologies. Parliamentary Office of Science and Technology, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.58248/pn578.
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Biometric technologies identify individuals based on their distinguishing physical and behavioural attributes, such as fingerprints, face, and voice. Unlike passwords or traditional identity documents, biometric attributes are inherently linked to a person and cannot usually be lost or forgotten, potentially providing greater security and convenience. This briefing focuses on how these technologies work, their applications, and the policy challenges raised by their use.
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Yoozbashizadeh, Mahdi, and Forouzan Golshani. Robotic Parking Technology for Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality Control Around Park & Rides. Mineta Transportation Institute, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.31979/mti.2021.1936.
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A lack or limited availability for parking may have multiple consequences, not the least of which is driver frustration, congestion, and air pollution. However, there is a greater problem that is not widely recognized by the public, namely the negative effect on the use of transit systems due to insufficient parking spaces close to key transit stations. Automated parking management systems, which have been successfully deployed in several European and Japanese cities, can manage parking needs at transit stations more effectively than other alternatives. Numerous studies have confirmed that quick and convenient automobile access to park-and-ride lots can be essential to making public transit competitive with the automobile in suburban areas. Automated parking systems use a robotic platform that carries each vehicle to one of the locations in a custom designed structure. Each location is designed compactly so that considerably more vehicles can be parked in the automated garages than the traditional parking lots. Central to the design of these systems are three key technologies, namely: 1. Mechanical design and the operation of vehicle transfer, i.e., the robotic platform 2. Structural and architectural requirements to meet safety and earthquake standards, among other design imperatives, 3. Automation and intelligent control issues as related to the overall operation and system engineering. This article concerns the first technology, and more specifically the design of the robotic platform for vehicle transfers. We will outline the overall design of the robot and the shuttle, followed by a description of the prototype that was developed in our laboratories. Subsequently, performance related issues and scalability of the current design will be analyzed.
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Faith, Becky, Tony Roberts, and 'Gbenga Sesan. ‘Those with big phones have the upper hand’: Political, Gender and Digital Exclusions in Cash and Voucher Assistance in North East Nigeria. Institute of Development Studies, 2024. http://dx.doi.org/10.19088/basic.2024.007.
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The most vulnerable people living in contexts of protracted crises risk experiencing political, gender and digital exclusion which can result in them not receiving social assistance. Throughout this paper our aim is to show the complex issues faced in delivering cash and voucher assistance (CVA) at scale using digital tools in challenging contexts, the different drivers of digitisation from the perspective of humanitarian and government actors, and the obstacles these actors face in delivering programmes in an inclusive and accountable way. Through interviews and focus group discussions with aid recipients in North East Nigeria and key informant interviews with professionals working in humanitarian and government cash assistance, this working paper aims to answer the research question: how does digitisation affect recipients’ experiences of inclusion and exclusion in social assistance systems? Our research found a range of benefits to digitisation for governments, development agencies and recipients for whom digital systems were experienced as a convenient means to obtain information about entitlements as well as an improved platform on which to receive them. However, our data showed that intersecting political, gender and digital exclusions may result in the most marginalised people not receiving aid, and being excluded from accessing information about entitlements. Drawing on existing literature and our findings, we present a framework of intersecting – and compounding – political, gender and digital exclusions. Although previous literature on the digitisation of social assistance has drawn attention to the risks of digital exclusion, this framework offers a new perspective to show how each axis of exclusion risks compounding the other. The aim of this report is to improve understanding of the risks and benefits of the use of digital technologies to support programming from the perspective of recipients. Furthermore it highlights how the risks and benefits are very different for recipients, for governments and for humanitarian agencies. While the findings from the interviews are specifically of interest to those working in contexts of protracted crises, the broader issue of compounding exclusions in digital delivery will be of interest to the wider social protection community.
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Verduyn, Philippe, ed. SEM Policy Brief Collection: Digitalisation. Maastricht University Press, 2025. https://doi.org/10.26481/mup.rep.sem.2501.
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Digitalisation has reshaped society, offering convenience and connectivity and raising concerns about misinformation, privacy violations, online safety, and AI governance. With the Digital Services Act (DSA) now in full effect in the EU, how can regulation protect democracy, fundamental rights, and well-being in the digital age? The Policy Brief Collection on Digitalisation, featuring insights from UM experts from various disciplines, offers insights on the impact of the DSA on online platforms, AI technologies, and citizens. This collection brings together critical reflections on the opportunities and challenges of digitalisation, providing key policy recommendations for a fair and safe digital future.
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Yimam, Seid, Kebede Lidetu, and Tihtina Belete. E-tax System Adoption and Tax Compliance in Ethiopia: Large and Medium Taxpayers’ Experience. Institute of Development Studies, 2024. http://dx.doi.org/10.19088/ictd.2024.067.
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This study assesses the trend in adopting e-filing by medium and large taxpayers, and the role of e-filing in improving tax compliance in Ethiopia. As they increase convenience and flexibility for taxpayers and reduce their compliance costs, e-filing and e-payment technologies were introduced in the tax administration to improve tax compliance and boost revenue collection. Specifically, it is widely believed that the innovations could save taxpayers time preparing and returning taxes and paying liabilities. They also could reduce errors and opportunities for corruption. However, there is no evidence of how effectively taxpayers use the technologies. Our study fills this gap by examining the trend adoption rate of e-filing and the correlation between e-filing adoption and tax compliance of large and medium taxpayers. More broadly, we briefly examine and summarise the current state of e-payment practices in Ethiopia. Summary of ICTD Working Paper 180.
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Yimam, Seid, Kebede Lidetu, and Tihtina Belete. E-tax System Adoption and Tax Compliance in Ethiopia: Large and Medium Taxpayers’ Experience. Institute of Development Studies, 2023. http://dx.doi.org/10.19088/ictd.2024.003.
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In the last decade, tax administrations in developing countries have been introducing technological innovations such as e-filing and e-payment platforms. The main aim of introducing these technologies is to improve tax compliance and boost revenue collection by increasing convenience and flexibility for taxpayers and reducing their compliance costs. E-filing and e-payment could save taxpayers time preparing and returning taxes and reduce errors and opportunities for corruption. However, the adoption of these technologies and their effectiveness in improving tax compliance could be undermined by several factors. Using tax administrative records, we examined the adoption rate trend of the e-filing system and the correlation between e-filing adoption and tax compliance of large and medium taxpayers in Ethiopia. The timeliness of value-added tax (VAT) and corporate income tax (CIT) return filing and the amount of tax declared are the two main compliance indicators used in this study. Furthermore, we explored the existing challenges and the way forward to improve the adoption of the e-tax system using focus group discussions (FGDs).