Journal articles: 'Socio-informatics'

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Beshenkov, Sergey A., Margarita I. Shutikova, and Natalia I. Ryzhova. "The formation of course content of computer science in the context of ensuring personal information security." RUDN Journal of Informatization in Education 16, no. 2 (2019): 128–37. http://dx.doi.org/10.22363/2312-8631-2019-16-2-128-137.

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Problem and goal. The article considers the possible ways of development of the general course of informatics: with technological or socio-cultural dominant. The aim of the study is to identify the main factors (significant circumstances) that make it possible to develop the content of the training of this course in a socio-cultural way. This, in turn, allows us to adequately formulate information threats to the human person, characteristic of the digital society and develop a strategy to protect against these threats. Methodology. The study is based on the analysis of the main challenges of the digital society and the internal logic of the development of general education course of informatics: from computer literacy to the subject of the general education cycle, and from it - to metasubject. Results. The study highlights the main factors that allow to develop the content of the general education course of informatics in the socio-cultural key, which allows to formulate the main strategic directions of protection of the human person from the information threats of the digital society. These factors can be described as consistency, socialization, technologization. These factors will lead to the actual development of the general course of informatics, if within the informatics will be prerequisites for their implementation. The development of the subject area of informatics creates such prerequisites, since the most important concept of the modern course of informatics is the concept of information, symbolic model with a significant social context. At the same time, symbolic modeling is one of the main types of universal educational activities. Conclusion. It is shown that in order to ensure the information security of the individual, it is necessary, first of all, to develop a system of representations and information-cognitive tools that allow the student to adequately interact with the surrounding world. The development of this tool can take over computer science.

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Moore, Philip, and Hai Van Pham. "Informatics and the Challenge of Determinism." Sci 2, no. 3 (2020): 59. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/sci2030059.

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Motivation: There is a paradox at the heart of informatics where practical implementation generally fails to understand the socio-technical impact of novel technologies and disruptive innovation when adopted in ‘real-world’ systems. This phenomenon, termed technological determinism, is manifested in a time-lag between the adoption of novel technologies and an understanding of the underlying theory which develops following research into their adoption. Methods: We consider informatics theory as it relates to: social informatics and how humans’ function in society, the relationship between society and technology, information systems, information systems design, and human–computer interactions. The challenges posed by novel technologies and disruptive innovation are considered as they relate to information systems and information systems design. Open research questions with directions for future research are discussed with an introduction to and our proposed approach to socio-technical information system design. Significance: We conclude that the adoption of disruptive innovation presents both opportunities and threats for all stakeholders in computerised systems. However, determinism is a topic requiring research to generate a suitable level of understanding and technological determinism remains a significant challenge.

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Scott, Philip. "STAT-HI: A Socio-Technical Assessment Tool for Health Informatics Implementations." Open Medical Informatics Journal 4, no. 1 (2010): 214–20. http://dx.doi.org/10.2174/1874325001004010214.

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Seelos, H. J. "Indivisibility and Variety of Medical Informatics." Methods of Information in Medicine 27, no. 04 (1988): 191–93. http://dx.doi.org/10.1055/s-0038-1635536.

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SummaryIn recent editorials it has been pointed out that medical informatics, seen as comprehensive health care informatics, should be understood as the science of information processing and engineering of automated information systems within the health care system.Since the health care system as a whole is the object system of medical informatics, its object of cognition will have to be seen in computerized medical information systems or information systems as components of socio-technical and biological object systems. Because of that and especially in view of the rapidly growing possibilities of data processing technology, the question arises how our discipline can cope with the variety in research and education. This is the subject of this opinion paper.

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Masamura, Toshiyuki. "The formation of the modern governance and problems of the socio-informatics." International Journal of Human Culture Studies 2016, no. 26 (2016): 173–89. http://dx.doi.org/10.9748/hcs.2016.173.

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Talmon, J., J. S. Ash, D. W. Bates, et al. "Impact of CPOE on Mortality Rates – Contradictory Findings, Important Messages." Methods of Information in Medicine 45, no. 06 (2006): 586–94. http://dx.doi.org/10.1055/s-0038-1634123.

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Summary Objective: To analyze the seemingly contradictory results of the Han study (Pediatrics 2005) and the Del Beccaro study (Pediatrics 2006), both analyzing the effect of CPOE systems on mortality rates in pediatric intensive care settings. Methods: Seven CPOE system experts from the United States and Europe comment on these papers. Results: The two studies are not contradictory, but almost non-comparable due to differences in design and implementation. They demonstrate the range of outcomes that can be obtained from introducing informatics applications in complex health care settings. Implementing informatics applications is a socio-technical activity, which often depends more on the organizational context than on a specific technology. As health informaticians, we must not only learn from failures, but also avoid both uncritical scepticism that may arise from drawing overly general conclusions from one negative trial, as much as uncritical optimism from limited successful ones. Conclusion: The commentaries emphasize the need to promote systematic studies for assessing the socio-technical factors that influence the introduction of increasingly sophisticated informatics applications within complex organizations. The emergence of evidence-based health informatics will be based both on evaluation guidelines and implementation guidelines, both of which increase the chances of successful implementation. In addition, well-educated health informaticians are needed to manage and guide the implementation processes.

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Mihalas, George, and Lacramioara Stoicu-Tivadar. "History of Romanian Medical Informatics: Learning from the Past to Reshape the Future." Yearbook of Medical Informatics 27, no. 01 (2018): 243–51. http://dx.doi.org/10.1055/s-0038-1641203.

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Objectives: The paper presents a review of the history of medical informatics in Romania, starting from the pioneering works, relating the present, and foreseeing the future. Methods: Major milestones of the development of this field have not been simply enumerated, but described within the specific socio-political frame, grasping the entire context over the last four decades in Romania. Two main perspectives have been traced: education and training in medical informatics and implementations in healthcare. Results: Four distinctive historical periods are identified and the major events of each period are described in a critical manner. The history of the Romanian Society of Medical Informatics is presented in a separate chapter. The last section is dedicated to the present state of the field in Romania. Conclusion: The history of Romanian Medical Informatics spans many years and is rich in content. The Romanian Society of Medical Informatics is mainly the result of the efforts undertaken by an enthusiastic and sound professional community, trying to continue the tradition, to achieve new goals, and to work as an active member of the international biomedical/health informatics community.

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Lodatko, Ye A. "Definition of a didactically expedient continuum in informatics for future primary school teachers." Informatics in school, no. 2 (April 27, 2021): 5–8. http://dx.doi.org/10.32517/2221-1993-2021-20-2-5-8.

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The article analyzes modern preconditions that determine specific features of a future primary school teacher's Informatics training, which is necessary for teaching Informatics to younger students. An approach to determining the content of a future primary school teacher's Informatics training, focused on understanding the socio-cultural significance of modern digital technologies for sustainable development of society and sufficient for the assimilation of Informatics concepts and procedures that are directly related to the content of the school Informatics course and its methodological support is substantiates in the article. The necessity of focusing the attention of future primary school teachers on information technologies that are widespread in everyday life and significantly simplify the achievement of program learning outcomes. The necessity of mastering by teachers the skills of handling algorithmic procedures, the use of block diagrams for the visual presentation of algorithmic procedures, the use of simple categorical syllogisms and inference rules in the construction of inferences, reference to evaluative procedures and legal norms of information interaction is argued.

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Massoudi, B. L., and K. G. Chester. "Public Health, Population Health, and Epidemiology Informatics: Recent Research and Trends in the United States." Yearbook of Medical Informatics 26, no. 01 (2017): 241–47. http://dx.doi.org/10.15265/iy-2017-035.

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Summary Objectives: To survey advances in public and population health and epidemiology informatics over the past 18 months. Methods: We conducted a review of English-language research works conducted in the domain of public and population health informatics and published in MEDLINE or Web of Science between January 2015 and June 2016 where information technology or informatics was a primary subject or main component of the study methodology. Selected articles were presented using a thematic analysis based on the 2011 American Medical Informatics Association (AMIA) Public Health Informatics Agenda tracks as a typology. Results: Results are given within the context developed by Dixon et al., (2015) and key themes from the 2011 AMIA Public Health Informatics Agenda. Advances are presented within a socio-technical infrastructure undergirded by a trained, competent public health workforce, systems development to meet the business needs of the practice field, and research that evaluates whether those needs are adequately met. The ability to support and grow the infrastructure depends on financial sustainability. Conclusions: The fields of public health and population health informatics continue to grow, with the most notable developments focused on surveillance, workforce development, and linking to or providing clinical services, which encompassed population health informatics advances. Very few advances addressed the need to improve communication, coordination, and consistency with the field of informatics itself, as identified in the AMIA agenda. This will likely result in the persistence of the silos of public health information systems that currently exist. Future research activities need to aim toward a holistic approach of informatics across the enterprise.

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Massoudi, B. L., and K. G. Chester. "Public Health, Population Health, and Epidemiology Informatics: Recent Research and Trends in the United States." Yearbook of Medical Informatics 26, no. 01 (2017): 241–47. http://dx.doi.org/10.1055/s-0037-1606510.

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Summary Objectives: To survey advances in public and population health and epidemiology informatics over the past 18 months. Methods: We conducted a review of English-language research works conducted in the domain of public and population health informatics and published in MEDLINE or Web of Science between January 2015 and June 2016 where information technology or informatics was a primary subject or main component of the study methodology. Selected articles were presented using a thematic analysis based on the 2011 American Medical Informatics Association (AMIA) Public Health Informatics Agenda tracks as a typology. Results: Results are given within the context developed by Dixon et al., (2015) and key themes from the 2011 AMIA Public Health Informatics Agenda. Advances are presented within a socio-technical infrastructure undergirded by a trained, competent public health workforce, systems development to meet the business needs of the practice field, and research that evaluates whether those needs are adequately met. The ability to support and grow the infrastructure depends on financial sustainability. Conclusions: The fields of public health and population health informatics continue to grow, with the most notable developments focused on surveillance, workforce development, and linking to or providing clinical services, which encompassed population health informatics advances. Very few advances addressed the need to improve communication, coordination, and consistency with the field of informatics itself, as identified in the AMIA agenda. This will likely result in the persistence of the silos of public health information systems that currently exist. Future research activities need to aim toward a holistic approach of informatics across the enterprise.

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Katsko, Stanislav Yu, and Irina P. Kokorina. "FORMATION OF STUDENT MOTIVATION TO OBTAINING SKILLS BY PERFORMING CREATIVE TASKS." Actual Problems of Education 1 (January 30, 2020): 151–54. http://dx.doi.org/10.33764/2618-8031-2020-1-151-154.

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The article presents the experience of developing the creativity of students within the educational process in the disciplines of “Informatics”, “Geography”, “Physiography” and “Socio-economic Geography”. Examples of creative tasks proposed for implementation in the framework of independent work of students are given.

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Borycki, E. M., and A. W. Kushniruk. "Towards an Integrative Cognitive-Socio-Technical Approach in Health Informatics: Analyzing Technology-Induced Error Involving Health Information Systems to Improve Patient Safety." Open Medical Informatics Journal 4, no. 1 (2010): 181–87. http://dx.doi.org/10.2174/1874431101004010181.

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The purpose of this paper is to argue for an integration of cognitive and socio-technical approaches to assessing the impact of health information systems. Historically, health informatics research has examined the cognitive and socio-technical aspects of health information systems separately. In this paper we argue that evaluations of health information systems should consider aspects related to cognition as well as socio-technical aspects including impact on workflow (i.e. an integrated view). Using examples from the study of technology-induced error in healthcare, we argue for the use of simulations to evaluate the cognitive-socio-technical impacts of health information technology [36]. Implications of clinical simulations and analysis of cognitive-social-technical impacts are discussed within the context of the system development life cycle to improve health information system design, implementation and evaluation.

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Yee, Kwang Chien. "Challenges of the “Omics” Future and Pathology Informatics Systems: Are We—Pathologists, Clinicians, and Consumers—Ready?" Archives of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine 133, no. 6 (2009): 938–41. http://dx.doi.org/10.5858/133.6.938.

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Abstract The health care system is extremely complex and it is currently undergoing a massive transformation with rapid advances in technology. Pathology services have been leading the technology adaptation process and will continue to evolve rapidly with the introduction of “omics” technology. Future pathology informatics systems (PIS) will need to meet the needs of pathologists, clinicians, organizations, community services as well as the expectations of patients, especially given the complexity of “omics” technology. Technology advances, however, often progress at a pace faster than socio-cultural adaptation. A major question therefore arises, “Are we ready?” This article explores the socio-cultural-technical issues and provides a conceptual framework for future discussion about socio-cultural integration in the use of technology to provide a seamless delivery of patient-centered care. It discusses system requirements of future PIS in the context of rapid evolution of medical care. Finally, this article proposes some strategies for the design and implementation of future PIS to achieve socio-cultural-technical harmony in the “omics” era.

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Gamache, Roland, Hadi Kharrazi, and Jonathan Weiner. "Public and Population Health Informatics: The Bridging of Big Data to Benefit Communities." Yearbook of Medical Informatics 27, no. 01 (2018): 199–206. http://dx.doi.org/10.1055/s-0038-1667081.

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Objective: To summarize the recent public and population health informatics literature with a focus on the synergistic “bridging” of electronic data to benefit communities and other populations. Methods: The review was primarily driven by a search of the literature from July 1, 2016 to September 30, 2017. The search included articles indexed in PubMed using subject headings with (MeSH) keywords “public health informatics” and “social determinants of health”. The “social determinants of health” search was refined to include articles that contained the keywords “public health”, “population health” or “surveillance”. Results: Several categories were observed in the review focusing on public health's socio-technical infrastructure: evaluation of surveillance practices, surveillance methods, interoperable health information infrastructure, mobile health, social media, and population health. Common trends discussing socio-technical infrastructure included big data platforms, social determinants of health, geographical information systems, novel data sources, and new visualization techniques. A common thread connected these categories of workforce, governance, and sustainability: using clinical resources and data to bridge public and population health. Conclusions: Both medical care providers and public health agencies are increasingly using informatics and big data tools to create and share digital information. The intent of this “bridging” is to proactively identify, monitor, and improve a range of medical, environmental, and social factors relevant to the health of communities. These efforts show a significant growth in a range of population health-centric information exchange and analytics activities.

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Joia, Luiz Antonio. "Assessment of a Socio-constructivist Model for Teacher Training." education policy analysis archives 10 (October 18, 2002): 44. http://dx.doi.org/10.14507/epaa.v10n44.2002.

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This article assesses a socio-constructivist model for training K-12 teachers in Brazil, in the use of Informatics in education. The method applied combines both face-to-face exchanges and a WEB-based distance approach made possible by Internet technology. The characteristics of such training and its main objectives are analyzed according to the collected data presented. A descriptive single case study research methodology is applied. The main conclusions reached by this researchbased on the use of a systemic frameworkare presented, mainly those addressing the importance of care and coherence for knowledge creation in a socio-constructivist training model developed with the help of the Internet. Comparisons between this model and the traditional one are also presented.

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Duquenoy, Penny, Carlisle George, and Anthony Solomonides. "Considering something ‘ELSE’: Ethical, legal and socio-economic factors in medical imaging and medical informatics." Computer Methods and Programs in Biomedicine 92, no. 3 (2008): 227–37. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cmpb.2008.06.001.

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Marty, Paul F. "Museum informatics and collaborative technologies: The emerging socio-technological dimension of information science in museum environments." Journal of the American Society for Information Science 50, no. 12 (1999): 1083–91. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/(sici)1097-4571(1999)50:12<1083::aid-asi7>3.0.co;2-b.

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Dixon, B. E., H. Kharrazi, and H. P. Lehmann. "Public Health and Epidemiology Informatics: Recent Research and Trends in the United States." Yearbook of Medical Informatics 24, no. 01 (2015): 199–206. http://dx.doi.org/10.15265/iy-2015-012.

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Summary Objectives: To survey advances in public health and epidemiology informatics over the past three years. Methods: We conducted a review of English-language research works conducted in the domain of public health informatics (PHI), and published in MEDLINE between January 2012 and December 2014, where information and communication technology (ICT) was a primary subject, or a main component of the study methodology. Selected articles were synthesized using a thematic analysis using the Essential Services of Public Health as a typology. Results: Based on themes that emerged, we organized the advances into a model where applications that support the Essential Services are, in turn, supported by a socio-technical infrastructure that relies on government policies and ethical principles. That infrastructure, in turn, depends upon education and training of the public health workforce, development that creates novel or adapts existing infrastructure, and research that evaluates the success of the infrastructure. Finally, the persistence and growth of infrastructure depends on financial sustainability. Conclusions: Public health informatics is a field that is growing in breadth, depth, and complexity. Several Essential Services have benefited from informatics, notably, “Monitor Health,” “Diagnose & Investigate,” and “Evaluate.” Yet many Essential Services still have not yet benefited from advances such as maturing electronic health record systems, interoperability amongst health information systems, analytics for population health management, use of social media among consumers, and educational certification in clinical informatics. There is much work to be done to further advance the science of PHI as well as its impact on public health practice.

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Gibbons, M. C. "Personal Health and Consumer Informatics." Yearbook of Medical Informatics 22, no. 01 (2013): 159–61. http://dx.doi.org/10.1055/s-0038-1638848.

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Summary Objectives: The rapid evolution in the world-wide use of Social Media tools suggests the emergence of a global phenomenon that may have implications in the Personal Health and Consumer Health Informatics domains. However the impact of these tools on health outcomes is not known. The goal of this research was to review the randomized controlled trial (RCT) evidence of the impact of health oriented Social Media informatics tools on health outcomes. Methods: Evaluations of Social Media consumer health tools were systematically reviewed. Research was limited to studies published in the English language, published in Medline, published in the calendar year 2012 and limited to studies that utilized a RCT methodological design. Results and Conclusions: Two high quality Randomized Controlled Trials among over 600 articles published in Medline were identified. These studies indicate that Social Media interventions may be able to significantly improve pain control among patients with chronic pain and enhance weight loss maintenance among individuals attempting to lose weight. Significantly more research needs to be done to confirm these early findings, evaluate additional health outcomes and further evaluate emerging health oriented Social Media interventions. Chronic pain and weight control have both socially oriented determinants. These studies suggest that understanding the social component of a disease may ultimately provide novel therapeutic targets and socio-clinical interventional strategies.

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Thilakasiri, Pasan. "IMPLEMENTATION OF HEALTH INFORMATICS IN DEVELOPING ECONOMIES: A LITERATURE REVIEW OF ORGANISATIONAL, SOCIO-CULTURAL AND ECONOMIC ASPECTS." International Journal of Advanced Research 7, no. 5 (2019): 1233–37. http://dx.doi.org/10.21474/ijar01/9156.

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Kuzminskyi, Anatoliy I., Оleksandr V. Kuchai та Olena A. Bida. "ВИКОРИСТАННЯ ПОЛЬСЬКОГО ДОСВІДУ ПІДГОТОВКИ ФАХІВЦІВ З ІНФОРМАТИКИ В СИСТЕМІ ПЕДАГОГІЧНОЇ ОСВІТИ УКРАЇНИ". Information Technologies and Learning Tools 68, № 6 (2018): 206. http://dx.doi.org/10.33407/itlt.v68i6.2636.

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The authors of the article have determined the content basis of specialist in computer science vocational training which was grounded on the functional approach in the research process. In particular, the content of relevant curricula and programs has been analyzed. The curricula of Poland and Ukraine provide a set of disciplines that ensure the formation of the professional competence of a specialist in computer science. Based on the state standard of a specialist in computer science, we have identified the following teacher of informatics competences: information system, operative-informatics, computer networks, competence in the field of programming. We considered their formation through the prism of the disciplines that they form. The curricula for the training of computer science specialists from Poland and Ukraine have been analyzed. We note that the group of disciplines in the humanities and socio-economic training cycle to a lesser degree, as well as the cycle of educational disciplines of professional and practical training, to a greater extent serve as a fundamental basis for the formation of the professional competence of a specialist in informatics. As for the disciplines of the group of professional and practical training, we note that among the disciplines that contribute to the formation and development of teacher of informatics competence, there are subjects that are characteristic for all higher educational institutions, such as: programming (including systemic, object- oriented, WEB-programming), database design, computer network administration, computer architecture, computer networks, computer graphics, operating systems. Therefore, in higher education institutions which train specialists in computer science, the curriculum provides a large number of disciplines, the content of which is aimed at forming the computer science specialists professional competence. On the basis of the comparative analysis of the training of the future computer science specialists in Poland and Ukraine, the authors have made the conclusion that advanced ideas of the Polish experience of training future specialists of informatics could be used in the Ukrainian system of pedagogical education.

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Pevec, Dario, Jurica Babic, and Vedran Podobnik. "Electric Vehicles: A Data Science Perspective Review." Electronics 8, no. 10 (2019): 1190. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/electronics8101190.

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Current trends are showing that the popularity of electric vehicles (EVs) has significantly increased over the last few years, causing changes not only in the transportation industry but generally in business and society. This paper covers one possible angle to the (r)evolution instigated by EVs, i.e., it provides the data science perspective review of the interdisciplinary area at the intersection of green transportation, energy informatics, and economics. Namely, the review summarizes data-driven research in EVs by identifying two main research streams: (i) socio–economic, and (ii) socio–technical. The socio–economic stream includes research in: (i) acceptance of green transportation in countries and among different populations, (ii) current trends in the EV market, and (iii) forecasting future sales for the green transportation. The socio–technical stream includes research in: (i) electric vehicle battery price and capacity and (ii) charging station management. This kind of study is especially important now when the question is no longer whether the transition from internal-combustion engine vehicles to clean-fuel vehicles is going to happen but how fast it will happen and what are going to be implications for society, governmental policies, and industry. Based on the presented literature review, the paper also outlines the most significant open questions and challenges that are yet to be solved: (i) scarcity of trustworthy (open) data, and (ii) designing a generalized methodology for charging station deployment.

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Markovich, Olga S., and Alexey N. Sergeev. "Evaluation of the effectiveness of the use of case-technology in teaching computer modeling of future teachers of informatics." RUDN Journal of Informatization in Education 16, no. 4 (2019): 351–64. http://dx.doi.org/10.22363/2312-8631-2019-16-4-351-364.

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Problem and goal. The article describes the problem of using case-technology in teaching computer modeling to future teachers of informatics. The relevance of solving this problem is determined by the need to find new approaches to combining the fundamental and applied training of future teachers in order to form a holistic competency that provides a solution to professional pedagogical problems. The purpose of this study was to design a model of training future teachers of informatics in the field of computer modeling using case-technology, as well as testing this model during a pedagogical experiment. Methodology. The basis of the developed methodological approach was the use of subject-oriented cases in teaching computer modeling to future teachers of informatics. This type of cases is considered as a set, which includes: 1) situational problem; 2) tasks, the implementation of which leads to the solution of the problem; 3) materials needed to complete tasks; 4) software tools for solving the problem. The model of training of future teachers of informatics using case-technology is considered as a set of target (formation of competence of the teacher of informatics in the field of computer modeling), content (the content of the course “Computer Modeling”) and process components (three stages of design, development and direct application of the subject-oriented case of computer modeling in the classroom). To assess the effectiveness of the case-technology application, a pedagogical experiment was conducted, involving the implementation of training in experimental and control groups. Results. The article presents the results of an experiment conducted at the Volgograd State Socio-Pedagogical University. During the experiment in the control and experimental groups, a course of computer modeling was implemented with the preservation of the content, but with the use of case-technology in the experimental group. Criterion evaluation of the effectiveness of the formation of competence of the teacher of informatics in the field of computer modeling was carried out in the subject and research aspects. The results of the experiment showed that in the experimental groups increased the number of students represented at high, as well as medium and high levels of formation of both the subject and research component of the competence. Conclusions. The study showed that the proposed approach to the use of case-technology provides high results. The obtained and statistically confi data of the experiment allow us to speak about the effectiveness of the use of case-technology as a means of teaching computer modeling to future teachers of informatics.

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Twum-Darko, Michael. "Sustainable Local Economic Development: The Role of Informatics in Determining Municipal Revenue Management." Journal of Economics and Behavioral Studies 6, no. 6 (2014): 466–76. http://dx.doi.org/10.22610/jebs.v6i6.508.

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This paper discusses the challenges undermining the ability of smaller municipalities in South Africa (SA) to raise revenue to sustain local economic development (SLED). The concept of enactment of technology-in-practice (ETiP) of Structuration Theory (ST) was adopted as a lens to understand and interpret the factors hindering the implementation of relevant legislation e.g., the municipal property rates Act of 2004 (MPRA) for SLED. The purpose of the study was to determine the role informatics can play in the implementation of MPRA to institutionalise its provisions to improve revenue collection. An extensive investigation in twenty-five (25) smaller municipalities across SA indicated a number of factors suggested by ETiP have impacted on the implementation of MPRA and property rates collection. The view is that implementation of legislation e.g., MPRA is similar to the deployment of ICT solutions in governments. Thus, in the world of social theory, legislation implementation is a socio-technical phenomenon with significant political, economic and social components. The findings of the study is a general framework as a lens through which factors influencing SLED can be understood and interpreted to provide a richer understanding of the complexity associated with the role of informatics in government revenue management to support SLED.

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Biró, Tamás S., and Zoltán Néda. "Gintropy: Gini Index Based Generalization of Entropy." Entropy 22, no. 8 (2020): 879. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/e22080879.

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Entropy is being used in physics, mathematics, informatics and in related areas to describe equilibration, dissipation, maximal probability states and optimal compression of information. The Gini index, on the other hand, is an established measure for social and economical inequalities in a society. In this paper, we explore the mathematical similarities and connections in these two quantities and introduce a new measure that is capable of connecting these two at an interesting analogy level. This supports the idea that a generalization of the Gibbs–Boltzmann–Shannon entropy, based on a transformation of the Lorenz curve, can properly serve in quantifying different aspects of complexity in socio- and econo-physics.

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Scott, Philip. "STAT-HI: A Socio-Technical Assessment Tool for Health Informatics Implementations~!2009-11-28~!2010-01-22~!2010-09-14~!" Open Medical Informatics Journal 4, no. 4 (2010): 214–20. http://dx.doi.org/10.2174/1874431101004040214.

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Whetton, Sue. "Conceptual Challenges for Advancing the Socio-Technical Underpinnings of Health Informatics~!2010-04-08~!2010-04-11~!2010-09-14~!" Open Medical Informatics Journal 4, no. 4 (2010): 221–24. http://dx.doi.org/10.2174/1874431101004040221.

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Wickramasinghe, Nilmini. "Essential Considerations for Successful Consumer Health Informatics Solutions." Yearbook of Medical Informatics 28, no. 01 (2019): 158–64. http://dx.doi.org/10.1055/s-0039-1677909.

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Objectives: To present the breadth and depth of Consumer Health Informatics (CHI) initiatives and in particular, identify areas to further enhance such solutions with the incorporation of advances in artificial intelligence (AI). Methods: A literature review was conducted. Inclusion criteria focused on barriers and facilitators as well as key milestones for CHI over the last 10 years. In addition, significant international initiatives in regions and /or countries and opportunities to incorporate the advances of AI also made up the inclusion criteria. Exclusion criteria included factors that made reach/range of solutions to individuals or groups of individuals less than 50 people. Journals in Medline were accessed as well as the grey literature. Results: 200 papers were identified but this was narrowed to 25 due to repetitions and similarities of the types of solutions presented. From this, it was possible to identify key barriers and facilitators including: socio-political factors, financial factors, infrastructure, as well as levels of health literacy. Conclusions: The relatively nascent domain of CHI has developed and is growing. Full benefits will only be realized when more precision solutions that incorporate AI advances will be designed. The example of RxPredict is provided as a case vignette to illustrate.

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Berg, M., J. Aarts, and J. van der Lei. "ICT in Health Care: Sociotechnical Approaches." Methods of Information in Medicine 42, no. 04 (2003): 297–301. http://dx.doi.org/10.1055/s-0038-1634221.

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SummaryThe importance of the social sciences for medical informatics is increasingly recognized. As ICT requires interaction with people and thereby inevitably affects them, understanding ICT requires a focus on the interrelation between technology and its social environment. Socio-technical approaches increase our understanding of how ICT applications are developed, introduced and become a part of social practices. Sociotechnical approaches share several starting points: 1) they see health care work as a social, ‘real life’ phenomenon, which may seem ‘messy’ at first, but which is guided by a practical rationality that can only be overlooked at a high price (i.e. failed systems). 2) They see technological innovation as a social process, in which organizations are deeply affected. 3) Through in-depth, formative evaluation, they can help improve system design and implementation.

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Borycki, E. "Towards an Integrative Cognitive-Socio-Technical Approach in Health Informatics: Analyzing Technology-Induced Error Involving Health Information Systems to Improve Patient Safety." Open Medical Informatics Journal 4, no. 1 (2010): 181–94. http://dx.doi.org/10.2174/1876396001004010181.

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Kulikowski, Casimir A. "Pandemics: Historically Slow “Learning Curve” Leading to Biomedical Informatics and Vaccine Breakthroughs." Yearbook of Medical Informatics 30, no. 01 (2021): 290–301. http://dx.doi.org/10.1055/s-0041-1726482.

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Background: The worldwide tragedy of the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) pandemic vividly demonstrates just how inadequate mitigation and control of the spread of infectious diseases can be when faced with a new microorganism with unknown pathogenic effects. Responses by governments in charge of public health, and all other involved organizations, have proved largely wanting. Data infrastructure and the information and communication systems needed to deal with the pandemic have likewise not been up to the task. Nevertheless, after a year of the worldwide outbreak, hope arises from this being the first major pandemic event in history where genomic and related biosciences – relying on biomedical informatics – have been essential in decoding the viral sequence data and producing the mRNA and other biotechnologies that unexpectedly rapidly have led to investigation, design, development, and testing of useful vaccines. Medical informatics may also help support public health actions and clinical interventions - but scalability and impact will depend on overcoming ingrained human shortcomings to deal with complex socio-economic, political, and technological disruptions together with the many ethical challenges presented by pandemics. Objectives: The principal goal is to review the history of biomedical information and healthcare practices related to past pandemics in order to illustrate just how exceptional and dependent on biomedical informatics are the recent scientific insights into human immune responses to viral infection, which are enabling rapid antiviral vaccine development and clinical management of severe cases – despite the many societal challenges ahead. Methods: This paper briefly reviews some of the key historical antecedents leading up to modern insights into epidemic and pandemic processes with their biomedical and healthcare information intended to guide practitioners, agencies, and the lay public in today’s ongoing pandemic events. Conclusions: Poor scientific understanding and excessively slow learning about infectious disease processes and mitigating behaviors have stymied effective treatment until the present time. Advances in insights about immune systems, genomes, proteomes, and all the other -omes, became a reality thanks to the key sequencing technologies and biomedical informatics that enabled the Human Genome Project, and only now, 20 years later, are having an impact in ameliorating devastating zoonotic infectious pandemics, including the present SARS-CoV-2 event through unprecedently rapid vaccine development. In the future these advances will hopefully also enable more targeted prevention and treatment of disease. However, past and present shortcomings of most of the COVID-19 pandemic responses illustrate just how difficult it is to persuade enough people – and especially political leaders – to adopt societally beneficial risk-avoidance behaviors and policies, even as these become better understood.

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Gataullin, R. F. "PROJECTS IN THE SYSTEM OF BALANCED SOCIO-ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OF TERRITORIAL SYSTEMS." Bulletin of Udmurt University. Series Economics and Law 31, no. 3 (2021): 351–56. http://dx.doi.org/10.35634/2412-9593-2021-31-3-351-356.

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The article analyzes the structure and types of investment growth in the regions of the Volga Federal District of the Russian Federation. The unevenness of their dynamics was revealed, which is due to the focus of investments on solving various problems. The paper also examines the essence of projects as a tool for balanced socio-ecological and economic development of territorial systems. For this, from the entire set of projects, those are selected that are aimed at solving the corresponding target tasks. In terms of the degree of impact on the quality of the socio-economic space, the authors singled out system-forming projects that supplement and serve the territorial development. Their qualification features are shown: sequence and contribution to the development of the territory. It is proposed to establish the priority in the implementation of individual projects based on the degree of cost recovery, the impact on the leveling of existing imbalances, the creation of the necessary conditions for the development of specialization industries. The requirements for backbone projects are substantiated, taking into account their industry affiliation. The work proposes three types of backbone projects: increasing the potential of existing backbone enterprises, ensuring import substitution and providing for the production of fundamentally new types of goods and services. Taking into account the scientific potential of the Republic of Bashkortostan, one should expect the emergence of new backbone projects in the field of biotechnology, informatics, pharmacy, the production of herbicides and pesticides, the production of engines, vehicles and agricultural machines.

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Prokosch, H. U., T. Ganslandt, and J. Šuc. "Applicability of Lewin´s Change Management Model in a Hospital Setting." Methods of Information in Medicine 48, no. 05 (2009): 419–28. http://dx.doi.org/10.3414/me9235.

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Summary Objectives: Today’s socio-economic developments in the healthcare area require continued optimization of processes and cost structures at hospitals, often associated with process changes for different occupational groups in the hospital. Formal methods for managing change have been established in other industries. The goal of this study was to assess the applicability of Kurt Lewin’s change management method to a health informatics-related project at a German university hospital. Methods: A project at the University Hospital Erlangen introducing changed requirements in the documentation of costly material in the surgical area was conducted following the concept of Lewin’s approach based on field theory, group dynamics, action research and the three steps of change. A data warehouse contributed information to several steps in the change process. Results: The model was successfully applied to the change project. Socio-dynamic forces relevant to the project goals were identified and considered in the design of the new documentation concept. The achieved documentation level met the new requirements and in some areas even exceeded them. Conclusions: Based on the project experiences, we consider Kurt Lewin’s approach applicable to change management projects in the hospital sector without a requirement for substantial additional resources, however, specific hospital characteristics need to be taken into account. The data warehouse played an important role by providing essential contributions throughout the entire change process.

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Suri, Venkata Ratnadeep. "The assimilation and use of GIS by historians: a sociotechnical interaction networks (STIN) analysis." International Journal of Humanities and Arts Computing 5, no. 2 (2011): 159–88. http://dx.doi.org/10.3366/ijhac.2011.0030.

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One strategic way to understand the impact of digital technologies on a domain of research is to identify how these technologies factor into scholars’ realm of everyday academic practice. I present an evaluative strategy grounded in the field of social informatics referred to as socio-technical interaction networks (STIN) approach. The central tenet of this analytical approach is that it models the context of humanities scholars’ routine engagement with digital technologies as a sociotechnical network-a web of relationships of technological and social elements. Using qualitative data collected from multiple sources I demonstrate the value of STIN as an analytical approach by analysing the assimilation and use of Geographical Information systems (GIS) by researchers studying historical topics. I conclude by identifying some of the core issues emerging from this study and how these issues can be useful to think about policy and strategy aspects related to digital humanities.

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Whiddett, Dick, Inga Hunter, Phoebe Elers, Caroline A. Lockhart, Hans W. Guesgen, and Amardeep Singh. "New and Emerging Issues for Technologies to Support Older Adults to Age in Place." International Journal of Applied Research on Public Health Management 6, no. 1 (2021): 1–13. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/ijarphm.2021010101.

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There is increasing interest in using emerging technologies, such as social media, digital devices, and smart home technologies, to distribute information throughout an older person's formal and informal support networks to assist them to live independently in their own home (to age in place). An open research workshop was conducted as part of a health informatics conference, 24 self-selected participants were organised into sub-groups to discuss four generic questions relating to the collection and distribution of an older person's health information. Thematic analysis of the discussions identified three major themes relating to roles and responsibilities of stakeholders, information collection and interpretation, system management and control. The findings emphasise the importance of taking a socio-technical perspective to understand the requirements of all stakeholder groups. A number of new and emerging research issues are identified, particularly in relating to the long-term management and adaptation of personal support networks and technologies.

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Fernandez-Luque, L., and P. Staccini. "Health Social Media and Patient-Centered Care: Buzz or Evidence?" Yearbook of Medical Informatics 24, no. 01 (2015): 160–63. http://dx.doi.org/10.15265/iy-2015-032.

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Summary Objective: To summarize the 2014 state of the art in the areas related to consumer health informatics and social media. Methods: We conducted a systematic review of articles published in 2014 in PubMed with a predefined set of queries. We identified 439 articles relevant for the review. The two section editors independently screened those papers taking into account their relevance to the topics covered by the section. In a second step, they jointly selected the 20 most representative papers as candidate best papers. Candidate best papers were then submitted for full review and scoring by external reviewers. Based on the scoring, section editors together with the IMIA Yearbook editorial board selected the four best papers published in 2014 in consumer health informatics. Results: Helping patients acquire a healthier lifestyle is a crucial part of patient empowerment. In this line of work, new studies are exploring the efficacy of online health interventions for patient behavioral change. The special case of smoking cessation for consumers with low socio-economic status is particularly noticeable. Another study has explored how an online intervention can reduce the anxiety of women who experience an abnormal mammography. The team of PatientsLikeMe has studied how online support groups could play a role in the quality of life of organ transplant recipients. The patient perspective of online forums’ users is also analyzed in the domain of anticoagulation therapy. Conclusions: Online health interventions, many of them using social media, have confirmed their potential to impact consumer behavioral change. However, there are still many methodological issues that need to be addressed in order to prove cost-effectiveness.

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Kulikowski, C. A., G. Mihalas, R. A. Greenes, V. Yacubsohn, and H. A. Park. "The IMIA History Working Group: Inception through the IMIA History Taskforce, and Major Events Leading Up to the 50th Anniversary of IMIA." Yearbook of Medical Informatics 26, no. 01 (2017): 263–68. http://dx.doi.org/10.15265/iy-2017-002.

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Summary Background: The 50th Anniversary of IMIA will be celebrated in 2017 at the World Congress of Medical Informatics in China. This takes place 50 years after the International Federation of Information Processing (IFIP) Societies approved the formation of a new Technical Committee (TC) 4 on Medical Information Processing, which was the predecessor of IMIA, under the leadership of Dr. Francois Grémy. The IMIA History Working Group (WG) was approved in 2014 to document and write about the history of the field and its organizations. Objectives: The goals of this paper are to describe how the IMIA History WG arose and developed, including its meetings and projects, leading to the forthcoming 50th Anniversary of IMIA. Methods: We give a chronology of major developments leading up to the current work of the IMIA History WG and how it has stimulated writing on the international history of biomedical and health informatics, sponsoring the systematic compilation and writing of articles and stories from pioneers and leaders in the field, and the organization of workshops and panels over the past six years, leading towards the publication of the contributed volume on the 50th IMIA Anniversary History as an eBook by IOS Press. Conclusions: This article leads up to the IMIA History eBook which will contain original autobiographical retrospectives by pioneers and leaders in the field, together with professional organizational histories of the national and regional societies and working groups of IMIA, with commentary on the main themes and topics which have evolved as scientific and clinical practices have changed under the influence of new insights, technologies, and the changing socio-economic, cultural and professional circumstances around the globe over the past 50 years.

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Kulikowski, C. A., G. Mihalas, R. A. Greenes, V. Yacubsohn, and H. A. Park. "The IMIA History Working Group: Inception through the IMIA History Taskforce, and Major Events Leading Up to the 50th Anniversary of IMIA." Yearbook of Medical Informatics 26, no. 01 (2017): 263–68. http://dx.doi.org/10.1055/s-0037-1606532.

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Summary Background: The 50th Anniversary of IMIA will be celebrated in 2017 at the World Congress of Medical Informatics in China. This takes place 50 years after the International Federation of Information Processing (IFIP) Societies approved the formation of a new Technical Committee (TC) 4 on Medical Information Processing, which was the predecessor of IMIA, under the leadership of Dr. Francois Grémy. The IMIA History Working Group (WG) was approved in 2014 to document and write about the history of the field and its organizations. Objectives: The goals of this paper are to describe how the IMIA History WG arose and developed, including its meetings and projects, leading to the forthcoming 50th Anniversary of IMIA. Methods: We give a chronology of major developments leading up to the current work of the IMIA History WG and how it has stimulated writing on the international history of biomedical and health informatics, sponsoring the systematic compilation and writing of articles and stories from pioneers and leaders in the field, and the organization of workshops and panels over the past six years, leading towards the publication of the contributed volume on the 50th IMIA Anniversary History as an eBook by IOS Press. Conclusions: This article leads up to the IMIA History eBook which will contain original autobiographical retrospectives by pioneers and leaders in the field, together with professional organizational histories of the national and regional societies and working groups of IMIA, with commentary on the main themes and topics which have evolved as scientific and clinical practices have changed under the influence of new insights, technologies, and the changing socio-economic, cultural and professional circumstances around the globe over the past 50 years.

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Hasanagas, Nicolas D. "Assessing susceptibility to corruption in environmental and rural policy making using quantitative network analysis: socio-informatics in the service of the judiciary and policy consulting." Interdisciplinary Environmental Review 5, no. 2 (2003): 180. http://dx.doi.org/10.1504/ier.2003.053907.

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Panovski-Nikoljski, Elena, Aleksandar Petanovski, and Ivo Spiroski. "Analysis of the methods for projection of spaces for good manufacturing practice." South East European Journal of Architecture and Design 2019 (December 29, 2019): 1–6. http://dx.doi.org/10.3889/seejad.2019.10042.

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BACKGROUND: In this Paper we will present the evolution of the best practice for biobanks, the technical and medical standards for collecting, processing and storing, as well as the socio-economic standards for biobank management. AIM: The aim of this Thesis is to analyse and to present the methods for projection of spaces for good manufacturing practice. METHODS: The European Union has adopted guidelines for good manufacturing practice which define the requirements for manufacturing of sterile products. In the following text we will describe the details for determining microbiological cleanliness and cleanliness of the particles in the air, on the surfaces, etc. RESULTS: The length of time between the collecting of blood or tissues could affect the final result. The preparation of sterile products requires special conditions, in order the risk of microbiological contamination and certain pyrogenic contaminations to be minimized. We make difference between four levels of guidelines for good manufacturing practice, which in this Paper are taken from the practice of the European Union. Level A is local zone with high-risk procedures, e.g. filling, closing of bottles, opening of ampoules and bottles and making septic connections. Level B is aseptic preparation and filling of the samples. Level C and D are the clean spaces for less critical procedures for preparation of sterile products. CONCLUSION: Technical standards, medical standards, socio-economic standards for biobank management, informatics practices for biobanks, economic recommendations for biobanks have been established, as well as a quality of biobanks has been provided.

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Poszytek, Paweł. "The Landscape of Scientific Discussions on the Competencies 4.0 Concept in the Context of the 4th Industrial Revolution—A Bibliometric Review." Sustainability 13, no. 12 (2021): 6709. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su13126709.

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The concept of Competencies 4.0 stems from a broader term of the 4th Industrial Revolution, also named Industry 4.0, which dates back to 2011, when the German Federal Government announced its high-tech strategy and policy towards increasing the competitiveness of the German economy during the Hannover Fair. These terms and concepts have been thoroughly and extensively discussed, analysed, and researched by experts within various scientific disciplines such as management, economy, psychology, education, human resources, informatics and systemics ever since. Due to the relevance of the Industry 4.0 concept in relation to current socio-economic challenges worldwide, the growing interest on the part of researchers and the proliferation of the above-mentioned terms in the literature, a network of patterns and relations has formed constituting a scientific landscape of the whole phenomenon. Accordingly, the aim of the analysis in this article is to map the landscape of scientific discussions on Competencies 4.0 in the context of the 4th Industrial Revolution. So far, some of the aspects of this landscape have been researched with the use of various databases, search engines and software in order to process and visualise retrieved data. All of these tools have their advantages but also their shortcomings. This research uses the Scopus database and the author’s own algorithm to process the data. The results of the analysis provide a point of reference for scholars, practitioners, managers, policy and decision makers from various fields who search for sources which define Competencies corresponding to current and future socio-economic challenges in the context of the 4th Industrial Revolution.

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Sukmawati, Nur Najibah, and Sukma Septian Nasution. "ARGUMENTATIVE POWER: A Critical Discourse Analysis to Selected Texts for Academic Purpose." EDUVELOP 3, no. 1 (2019): 45–55. http://dx.doi.org/10.31605/eduvelop.v3i1.399.

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A text deserves comprehensive analyses on its textual structure as well as socio-cultural context to meet readersâ€™ comprehension. This paper aims at (1) finding out linguistic styles of the texts and (2) identifying power struggle behind an argumentative text entitled Computer for Children: Advantages or Drawbacks? used to the third students of Informatics Engineering Department at a private university in South Tangerang, Indonesia as a material in learning argumentative text. This is a critical discourse analysis by using Faircloughâ€™s model which consists of description, interpretation, and explanation. In analyzing the text, systemic functional linguistics is used to find out the textsâ€™ power as well as to determine whether the texts are adoptable for the students to learn argumentative texts. The analysis concludes that (1) formal, complex, verbal, repetitive, multi-perspective, evident-based, metaphorical, and over-wording dictions underpinned in an institutionalized social activity and unspecialized semantic domain dominate the texts which conclude that (2) its power to the readers is all equal that the author provoked rather than provided, evident-based and analytical arguments of the issue.

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Statnicke, Gita, Asta Savaneviciene, and Ignas Sakys. "Career engagement of different generations: A case study in the information and communication technology (ICT) sector in Lithuania." New Trends and Issues Proceedings on Humanities and Social Sciences 6, no. 3 (2019): 37–49. http://dx.doi.org/10.18844/prosoc.v6i3.4334.

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The aim of this article is to analyse career engagement of different generations in the Information and Communication Technology (ICT) sector in Lithuania. The research is based on the Kaleidoscope Career Model and Career Engagement Scale. The research included 571 representatives of Generation X and Generation Y living in Lithuania, EU, and those working in the ICT sector and/or studying in the area of Informatics. The Pearson correlation analysis and Independent Samples t Test were used for data analysis. The research revealed that career engagement of Generation X in the ICT sector is higher than that of Generation Y and is influenced by a variety of socio-demographic and other factors. The dimensions of the Kaleidoscope Career Model—Authenticity, Balance and Challenge—and their need are more vividly expressed in Generation X than in Generation Y. Statistically significant differences were identified in career engagement of generations X and Y and Balance and Challenge dimensions of the Kaleidoscope Career Model. Keywords: Career engagement, different generations, Generation X, Generation Y information and communication technology (ICT) sector.

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Karimaa, E., and P. Nykänen. "Success and Failure Factors in the Regional Health Information System Design Process." Methods of Information in Medicine 45, no. 01 (2006): 85–89. http://dx.doi.org/10.1055/s-0038-1634042.

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Summary Objectives: To identify success and failure factors in the design process of a regional health information system. Methods: A constructive evaluation study including interviews, observations, usability study and document analysis. Results: Modelling was found to be a key element for the successful implementation of a health information system. The developed service chain model helped to define use cases and to implement seamless service chains. User participation in the design process was a success factor resulting in good user acceptance and signs of positive impacts on work practices. Evaluation study also helped system developers to guide the system’s further development. An important failure factor identified was the lack of semantic interoperability of the system components. Conclusions: The results emphasize the socio-technical nature of health information systems. The starting point for development should be thorough insight into the health care work practices where the information systems are to be used. Successful system design should start from modelling of work processes, data and information flows and definition of concepts and their relations. Health informatics as a scientific discipline provides theories and models for the design and development process.

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