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Tushar, Ranjan Sahoo, Kumar Sahoo Saroj, and Satpathy Biswajit. "A Subjective Consideration of Agricultural Future Productivity: The Study by a Proposed Model." Asian Journal of Economics, Business and Accounting 3, no. 3 (2017): 1–9. https://doi.org/10.9734/AJEBA/2017/34261.
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Agriculture is the backbone of Indian economy. Agriculture is not only important in economic point of view but also has subconscious influence on social, political and cultural life. So many researchers have accomplished their study related to the price determinants of agricultural product, but rare researcher worked on ‘consumption pattern’ as moderated ‘price determinants’ and ‘perception toward future productivity’. By the informal discussion with farmers’ it has been judge that there is a great role of farmers’ and firm owners’ psychology on the future productivity. So, these research issues are addressed in current study that are from the aim of study as follows- <strong>Aim: </strong>Aim of study is to find out the relationship between ‘price of agriculture product’ and its determinants, influence of ‘price determination’ on ‘perception towards future productivity’ and the moderation effect of ‘consumption pattern’ on the relationship between ‘price determination’ and ‘perception towards future productivity’ of agricultural products. <strong>Study Design: </strong>Descriptive research design applied to study. The relevant literature laid down relation between price determinant of agricultural product and future perception of agricultural product. <strong>Methodology: </strong>The study based on logical relationships developed through a proposed model. The model refers to moderated mediation effect on the relationship between determinants of price and perception towards future productivity through consumption pattern and price determination of agricultural products. The model has proposed purely based on available literature and the determinants of price are identified from past research works and studies. <strong>Results: </strong>Perception towards future productivity is a logical consequence of price determination process, which is influence by various controllable and uncontrollable factors. The consumption pattern acts as moderator between production-perception and price determination process of agriculture products. <strong>Conclusion: </strong>Estimating the future production of agricultural products by determinant of price and with the traditional methods is not sufficient in today’s dynamic market scenario; the psychological aspect of the future production is a must requirement to estimate the future production, which ultimately becomes the input for planning and strategy.
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Ulfa, Amelia, Burhanuddin Burhanuddin, and Joko Purwono. "The Intention of Using Biofertilizer Among Shallot Farmers in Nganjuk Regency, East Java Province, Indonesia." Agro Bali : Agricultural Journal 7, no. 1 (2024): 17–23. http://dx.doi.org/10.37637/ab.v7i1.1506.
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The excessive use of chemical fertilizer leads to a critical contribution to the environment, such as the decline of soil fertility and shallot productivity in the future. Whereas biofertilizer is one of the alternative ways to diminish the usage of chemical fertilizer to support sustainable agriculture. However, the majority of shallot’s farmers have a lack of knowledge towards biofertilizer. This study aims to analyze the influence of attitude, subjective norms, and perception toward the intention of using biofertilizers. This research was conducted in September 2022 – November 2022 in Gondang and Rejoso District, Nganjuk Regency, East Java, Indonesia. The respondents are considered by census method, and it is distributed to 140 shallot farmers who consist of biofertilizer users. The data was analyzed by using Partial Least Square (PLS) in order to examine the influence of attitude, subjective norms, and perception towards the intention of using biofertilizer. Overall, it is illustrated that attitude, subjective norms and perception have a positive and significant influence towards the intention of using biofertilizer among shallot farmers.
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Noor, Farheen, and Ashish S. Noel. "Perception of Farmers with Reference to Drones for Pesticides Spray at Kurukshetra District of Haryana, India." Asian Journal of Advances in Agricultural Research 22, no. 3 (2023): 9–15. http://dx.doi.org/10.9734/ajaar/2023/v22i3440.
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Agricultural productivity and farmer perceptions plays crucial roles in shaping the future of sustainable farming practices. This research paper presents a comprehensive analysis of the impact of drone technology on paddy productivity, specifically focusing on pesticide spraying and explore the perception and attitude of farmers towards the usage of drones in agriculture. Multistage sampling technique was used to select 90 farmers. A mixed-method approach was taken to collect data through well-structured questionnaire, interview, field experiments and survey. Data was analyzed using garret ranking, correlation coefficient and Likert scale. The result shows that farmers find labor factors to be most crucial for adopting drones and problem of water scarcity could be easily overcome. As 60% of farming is depended on rainwater and since drones consume a mere 5-6liters of water, whereas conventional methods require over 100 liters of waters. Yield has increased to 6.25% and quality by 2.25%. Result shows moderate correlation coefficient of 0.6 between the factor influencing productivity of paddy before and after usage of drones.
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Saaidin, Husna, Suriati Saidan, Wan Nadhra Ixora Wan Kamarulbaharin, and Shaheela Abu Bakar. "The Perception of Malaysian Youth Towards Indonesia Modest Fashion." Idealogy Journal 7, no. 1 (2022): 8–14. http://dx.doi.org/10.24191/idealogy.v7i1.329.
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The Malaysian modest fashion industry is a lucrative product category that is worth to look out for since 61.3% of its population are Muslims. Thus, it is imperative that the preferences of the Muslims youth in fashion design are determined. This could invariably give fashion designers the direction forward in creativity and productivity. The preferences of modest fashion in this study were determined by comparing modest clothing of well-known designers from Indonesia and Malaysia. The characteristics of modest fashion designs done by selected fashion designers from both countries were observed and various main features were categorized. A quantitative method of surveys was then done to gauge the perceptions of 50 Malaysian youth towards their preferred modest fashion design by comparing the characteristics of Indonesia and Malaysian modest fashion. Further qualitative method was also done by giving the respondents an open question. It was found that the respondents preferred minimalist designs and perceived that Malaysian modest fashion designs are more sharia compliant compared to the Indonesian modest fashion design. Malaysian youth would like to see more creative and innovative designs in the future. It is recommended that Malaysian designers to use a bolder approach and more creativity in their designs. The instrument used could be enhanced by giving more clothing examples that could identify more characteristics of the modest fashion designs that meet consumers demands.
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Imran, Muhammad, Muhammad Kaleem, and Zhaoor Ul Haq. "Evaluation of Students Perception Regarding Educational Environment and Future Prospects: A Comparative Study of Bacha Khan University and Abdul Wali Khan University." sjesr 2, no. 2 (2019): 81–99. http://dx.doi.org/10.36902/sjesr-vol2-iss2-2019(81-99).
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 Amid increasingly regional economic competition, accelerating productivity adhere special importance, whereas boosting the quality over quantity of human-capital comprises an important component of productivity and growth. This research tries to identify the two sister universities: Bacha Khan University at Charsadda (BKUC) and Abdul Wali Khan University at Mardan (AWKUM), students’ perception regarding educational environment. Structured questionnaire method being followed to quantify both universities’ students perception regarding educational, administrative and their response towards job searching. Responses of the students at BKUC were more varied than students at AWKUM. But at structural level, due to the lack of space availability, lack of proper training, number of permanent faculty members, and curriculum design and delivery, students at BKUC are more interested to have libraries, sufficient number of classrooms, permanent faculty members to ease supervisor availability for the purpose to conduct smoothly their academic activities. Whereas, after graduation most of the students hunt for government jobs as compared to other selected areas of work. But due to the development differences of Mardan and Charsadda regions, students at AWKUM prefers to establish their own businesses as compared to BKUC.
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Hafeez, Bushra. "ANXIETY HAMPERS THE PRODUCTIVITY AMONG STUDENTS." NORTHWEST JOURNAL OF MEDICAL SCIENCES 2, no. 3 (2023): 1. http://dx.doi.org/10.69723/njms.02.03.0350.
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Anxiety is defined as fear or worry to a perceived, imminent challenge or threat either in the present or the future. The experience would be an exaggeration in the perception of situational threats. This may cause muscular tension and guarded behaviors. The prevalence of anxiety among adults in Pakistan is 34% (range 29-66% for women and 10-33% for men).1 There is a high prevalence of anxiety in adolescents more in male gender, 22.5% 2, and an estimate of 65% in the shelter homes and 51% in the community samples of children.3 Variation in anxiety is attributable to the difference in perception and symptoms related to a threatening situation. For example, Generalized Anxiety is characterized by excessive worry about numerous things. In Social Anxiety the individual is fearful or avoidant of social interaction and situations that involve the possibility of being scrutinized. Separation Anxiety refers to fear of separation from an attachment figure. Stage Fright is characterized by a consistent failure to speak at public occasions. Among students it is common to experience Exam or Performance Anxiety, which falls under the umbrella of generalized anxiety disorder. Performance anxiety presents with worries about failure in regards to accomplishing something specific or a fear of failing to perform effectively in similar situations. It is generally noted that anxious students perform poorly and are less motivated in highly evaluated exam situations as compared to a relaxed student.4 Multiple factors can lead to the development of anxiety among students negatively impacting their performance that include; self-doubt, insufficient preparation, fear of scrutiny, and facing failure.5 Anxiety is curable and at the same time treatable. Anxiety gets worse when not attended to by engaging with appropriate services. Among students, clarity in their study goals and a stepwise approach towards their future goals can help ease the burden and the tension (anxiety) about it. A good routine and healthy eating habits have always been noted with mental well-being. Conducting a self-evaluation to determine one’s strengths and areas for improvement and adopting a clear, feasible study plan coupled with consistency has been proven very effective.
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Mundle, Malay, Subhranil Saha, Munmun Koley, et al. "A survey exploring research perception of homeopathic undergraduate students in West Bengal, India." International Journal of High Dilution Research - ISSN 1982-6206 13, no. 46 (2021): 28–44. http://dx.doi.org/10.51910/ijhdr.v13i46.688.
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Background: Prioritizing undergraduate research is emphasized to develop critical analytical skills and thinking, independent writing, future clinical practice, enhanced employability, and improved research productivity. Despite far reaching consequences, research perception of homeopathic undergraduate students has barely been investigated to date. Poor participation of homeopathic undergraduates in research is reflected by a single MEDLINE indexed publication with adequate students’ contribution in the last decade. We aimed to assess their knowledge and attitude towards research and to identify barriers towards successful conduct of research. Methods: Institutional cross-sectional survey was carried out during August-September, 2013 in the four Government undergraduate homeopathic schools in West Bengal, India involving 902 participants. A semi-structured questionnaire was developed for the purpose depending on earlier studies on medical undergraduates. 364 completed responses were analyzed in the end. Results: Study sample mostly spanned 18-25 years of age group (94%), belonged to urban families (44.8%), with no gender differences (almost 1:1) and no physicians in family (73.1%). Maximum complete responses were obtained from 3rd year students (61.5%) and students of Calcutta Homeopathic Medical College and Hospital (51.2%). In spite of willingness to participate and keeping a positive attitude towards research, current involvement, training, knowledge and awareness remained quite unsatisfactory. Lack of infrastructure was identified as the chief barrier towards research. Conclusion: Undergraduates had a positive attitude towards homeopathic research, but need a realistic understanding of the research process. Opportunities for research skill development are underdeveloped.
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Qiao, Yongliang, He Kong, Cameron Clark, et al. "Intelligent Perception-Based Cattle Lameness Detection and Behaviour Recognition: A Review." Animals 11, no. 11 (2021): 3033. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ani11113033.
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The growing world population has increased the demand for animal-sourced protein. However, animal farming productivity is faced with challenges from traditional farming practices, socioeconomic status, and climate change. In recent years, smart sensors, big data, and deep learning have been applied to animal welfare measurement and livestock farming applications, including behaviour recognition and health monitoring. In order to facilitate research in this area, this review summarises and analyses some main techniques used in smart livestock farming, focusing on those related to cattle lameness detection and behaviour recognition. In this study, more than 100 relevant papers on cattle lameness detection and behaviour recognition have been evaluated and discussed. Based on a review and a comparison of recent technologies and methods, we anticipate that intelligent perception for cattle behaviour and welfare monitoring will develop towards standardisation, a larger scale, and intelligence, combined with Internet of things (IoT) and deep learning technologies. In addition, the key challenges and opportunities of future research are also highlighted and discussed.
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Et. al., A. Naga Bhushan. "Farm Technology Adoption In Farming:An Application Oftam Model." Turkish Journal of Computer and Mathematics Education (TURCOMAT) 12, no. 3 (2021): 5479–85. http://dx.doi.org/10.17762/turcomat.v12i3.2207.
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In the present study we analyze the farmers’ perception towards adoption of technology such as technology adoption for better productivity in farming. The considered constructs are adopted from Technology adoption model (TAM). A total sample of 165seasonal farmers who grow millets from the Guntur district are considered through simple random technique and out of which survey respondents irregular responses are eliminated finally 150 samples are determined for statistical analysis. Factor analysis was performed to determine the latent factors and their dependent association with intention for adoption was observed with regression analysis. Results are reported and discussions are made as per the results and in correlation between results and previous literature and finally, suggestions and future indication for extension of the study are proposed.
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Al Mamun, Abdullah, Naeem Hayat, Chinnasamy Agamudai Nambhi Malarvizhi, and Noor Raihani Binti Zainol. "Economic and Environmental Sustainability through Green Composting: A Study among Low-Income Households." Sustainability 12, no. 16 (2020): 6488. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su12166488.
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Climate change hinders economic growth across the globe, whereas green products and/or the adoption of green practices can effectively mitigate the deteriorating conditions of climate. A large proportion of the world population is living in remote areas with low income, and they should be included in the mitigation efforts to reduce the damaging effects of climate change. Therefore, this study intends to examine the intentions and behaviors towards green composting among low-income rural households to generate income, improve agricultural productivity, and reduce dependency on chemical fertilizers. This study adopted a cross-sectional research design and used structured interviews to collect quantitative data from 420 low-income households living in rural areas in Peninsular Malaysia. This study adopted the Theory of Planned Behavior (TPB) and extended the TPB by embedding the constructs of perceived benefits and eco-literacy into the attitude towards the environment, normative beliefs by extending the subjective norms, and perception of startup resources by extending the perceived behavioral control. The study outcomes revealed that eco-literacy and perceived benefits had a significantly positive effect on attitude towards the environment; normative belief on subjective norms; perception of startup resources on perceived behavioral control; attitude towards the environment on subjective norms; perceived behavioral control on intention towards green composting; and intention towards green composting on green composting adoption behavior. The findings may serve as a guideline to policymakers for the adoption of composting, which can mitigate environmental issues in addition to generating economic activities for low-income residents in Peninsular Malaysia. The study’s limitations and future research opportunities are reported as well.
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Kristensen, Erik Kaergaard. "Systemic barriers to a future transformation of the building industry from a buyer controlled to a seller driven industry : an analysis of key systemic variables in the building industry, such as 'procurement model', 'buyer perception', 'production mode' and 'leadership and management', principally in a Danish development context and seen from the perspective of the architect." Thesis, Robert Gordon University, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/10059/699.
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It has always been a ‘mystery’, why the Danish building industry stagnated after the industrial breakthrough, and never was able to adapt the industrial production, business culture, buyer perception, and leadership and management, used in nearly all other Danish industries. This study offers a new approach to understanding the problem - by analysing systemic barriers to the industry’s transformation to a seller driven industry, in the context of a widespread neglect of the need for industrialisation (a problem addressed by relatively little literature) with the building remaining a manual, craft based industry, based on the old building process and its associated business model. Industrialisation has instead taken place in the building materials industry, which in a Danish context is a separate and highly industrialised industry. To analyse the barriers for transformation in the building industry a multidimensional approach is applied: First the building industry and modern industries are compared. Two archetype models are created using the above mentioned variables; one model for the building industry and its “Buyer Controlled Procurement Model” and one for modern industries and their “Seller Driven Marketing Model” with interrelated production and sale, enabling them to sell to unknown customers. Next the statistical productivity trends and other secondary data are examined to analyse, if the Seller Driven Marketing Model is performing better. Finally a Delphi Panel Consultation is conducted to discuss future development scenarios. Michel Foucault’s principles of historical analysis and his ‘episteme’ concept are used to analyse the outcome of the Delphi Panel Consultation.
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Duric, Sumejja, Hanin Talal, and Hjördis Harzdorf. "E-Voting Systems : Swedish Citizens Perception Towards A Future Implementation." Thesis, 2019. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hb:diva-25556.
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Today’s digitalized society sees constant change and development. Revolutionary and otherwise controversial inventions are now considered conventional. Sweden is one of the most technologically developed countries in the world, with the exception of our voting system. The biggest change seen during the decades is the inclusion of voters. The current voting system in Sweden is neither effective nor accurate. There have been talks about an electronic voting system but Sweden has seen no effect of this. Other countries have already implemented electronic voting with successful results. Projects in other countries have also been shut down with the reason being users that are not aware of how the system actually works, even though citizens were positive towards the systems. No investments have been made in making sure that users know how the system works. It is therefore important to include the end-user in the design and development of a system. This inclusion ensures satisfaction from both parties. If an ultimate solution is to occur, both from a developer and user perspective, involvement needs to happen. Through this study, swedish citizens perspective regarding e-voting will be analyzed to enhance an e-voting system in case of a future implementation in Sweden.
Książki na temat "Perception towards future productivity"
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The Brazil of the Future: Towards Productivity, Inclusion, and Sustainability. Washington, DC: World Bank, 2023. http://dx.doi.org/10.1596/40602.
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Deliso, Christopher. Migration, Terrorism, and the Future of a Divided Europe. ABC-CLIO, LLC, 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.5040/9798400685507.
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The November 13, 2015 Paris terrorist attacks marked the definitive moment when the migration crisis became associated with terrorism, stoking an increasingly heated debate over the perceived dangers of migration, Islam, and extremist politics in Europe. The sudden emergence of migration as the mobilizing factor for European security, political discourse, and socio-economic realities has profoundly affected Europe's contrasting perceptions of its own identity and values, precipitating an increasingly global response to tackling migration challenges in Europe and worldwide. Migration, Terrorism, and the Future of a Divided Europe: A Continent Transformed chronicles the turbulent events of the 2015-2016 migration crisis, creating a context in which future political, economic, social, and security trends in Europe can be understood. The study also examines in detail the deep history of the ideological origins and histories of treaties and policies that have defined the European Union and its guidance of the crisis. Readers will gain insight into the origins, factual realities, and projected ramifications for the continent's future security, politics, and socio-economic identity; the impact of media coverage on public perception; the differing policies and rhetoric of rival right- and left-wing parties in Europe; and the new security threats arising from a widened terrorist threat matrix that will comprise new targets, methods, and logistics. Finally, the book outlines the larger policy actions and trends expected, on the global level, towards handling future migration crises, and explains how this will have an impact on Europe. This important new work is the cumulative result of author Chris Deliso's extensive academic background in European history and thought; his on-the-ground presence in the target region before, during, and after the crisis; and his interviews with security officials, diplomatic figures, and practitioners directly involved with shaping the policies that were visible during the crisis. Offering a broad historical context, the text portrays the current crisis within the context of a much longer institutional and ideological divide that has existed in Europe and shaped policies for almost a century.
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BAHADUR TIWARI, BHUPENDRA, E. ESWARA REDDY, and SAM X. KINGSLEY JOSHUA. INNOVATIVE HUMAN RESOURCE PRACTICES AND EMPLOYEE ENGAGEMENT WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO IT SECTOR. Jupiter Publications Consortium, 2023. http://dx.doi.org/10.47715/jpc.b.978-93-91303-79-2.
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The industry of information technology in India includes the following services namely IT and software services, IT enabled services, hardware (engineering) services, and e-businesses/e-governance associated with government services. IT services are outsourcing of software support/installation, processing services, systems integration, exports of products and services, and training/education of the information technology science. The significant improvements in the industry have brought about a vital need for systematic process of managing the majority of employees in the IT industry. There was also a need created for technology in the subject matter of managing the employees and other aspects that came into picture. Hence, Innovative Human Resource practices came into existence for upgrading the skills and building the employees to work towards the goal of the organization. This gave birth to HR technology, Employee Engagement, ERP and so on. The study focuses on identifying various applications of Innovative Human resource practices in IT industry, the role of demographics and the factors influencing employee engagement and productivity. The study also analyzes the impact of innovative human resource practices on employee engagement and productivity and finally examines the mediating role of employee engagement upon the relationship between innovative human resource practices and employee productivity. To support the study, review of the relevant literature (Books, Research thesis and research papers) available in the innovative human resource practices space (both Global and Indian) was done. The research gap was identified in 4 categories i.e. empirical gap, evidence gap, methodological gap and population gap. The conceptual framework for the study was also designed. The literature review was categorized into national and international, theoretical and empirical to keep the study relevant according to the current global standards. Based on the research gap and the conceptual framework, the questionnaire was framed and according to the hypothesis the plan of analysis was structured to further the study. The data collection was completed through offline and online method, based on sample design. The analysis included Structural Equation Model, ANOVA, Independent t test and Mediation analysis – Andrew Hayes, Model 4 using SPSS and AMOS software. The study found out that HR Technology, HR Analytics, Collaboration Tools, AI in HR and Employee Pulse survey, are contributors to Innovative Human resource practices but there is no significant impact of demographic variables on perception of IHRM. Also, Employee retention, Reward and recognition, Personality development and Performance appraisal are factors influencing Employee engagement and Innovative work system, Employee contribution, Vigour, Dedication, Psychological factors, Motivational factors, Experience Factors and Individual capacity are factors influencing Employee Productivity. IHRM has significant impact on employee engagement and the employee productivity. Employee engagement mediates the relationship between IHRM and employee productivity. To conclude, this study provides insights into how employees are affected by innovative HR practices and provides practical solutions for organizations looking to encourage staff. By using motivational strategies that are directly tied to employees’ immediate interests and that are intended to affect their views and attitudes, innovative HR practices can assist firms in projecting a sense of employee engagement. Employees are further encouraged to be selfless and altruistic by the degrees of perceived satisfaction with the creative HR methods. As a result, they become more open to doing tasks that aren’t directly relevant to their professions but nevertheless helpful to their businesses. This would increase the efficiency of enterprises in managing their human resources, particularly those businesses that are team-based. Keywords: Innovative Human Resource Practices, Employee Engagement, Employee Productivity, IT Sector, Bengaluru, Human Resource Technology, Trends of IHRM, Innovative Human Resource Technology tools, IHRM Strategies, Information Technology.
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Harling, Phil. The State. Edited by David Brown, Gordon Pentland, and Robert Crowcroft. Oxford University Press, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780198714897.013.8.
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This chapter highlights several prominent themes in both the evolution of the modern British state across the nineteenth and twentieth centuries and the literature surrounding it. A focus on questions and concerns such as the perception of the proper role, and limits, of the state, and on the interaction of the state with a developing civil society, frames an analysis of the scope and meaning of the state in modern Britain. The chapter ends by exploring opportunities for future research: how government and ‘governmentality’ might be brought into more fruitful scholarly conversation with one another; how we conceptualize the relationships between central and local government; and how historians might assess Britons’ shifting attitudes towards the state.
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Dudek, Piotr. Vision. Oxford University Press, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780199674923.003.0014.
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Vision is a sensory modality of primary importance to many animal species. The efficient implementation of visual perception is also one of the main challenges in the design of intelligent robotic systems. This chapter reviews the principles of operation and key features of the early stages of biological vision systems. Following the observation that visual information processing starts in the eye, it reviews several approaches to constructing biomimetic artificial vision systems. It presents devices inspired by the morphology of the insects’ compound eyes, and devices tightly integrating image sensing and processing circuitry. These include silicon integrated circuits mimicking the operation of vertebrate retinas, and bio-inspired systems oriented towards machine vision applications, such as dynamic vision sensors and vision chips with pixel-parallel cellular processor arrays. It elucidates the advantages of the near-sensor processing of the visual information, and potential for future developments of neuromorphic vision sensors.
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Sternagel, Jörg. Ethics of Alterity. The Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group, 2023. https://doi.org/10.5040/9798881813314.
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Providing a solid media-philosophical groundwork, the book contributes to the theory of alterity in Performance Philosophy, while stimulating and inspiring future inquiries where studies in media, art, and literature intersect with philosophy. It collects a selective as well as productive diversity of philosophical, literary, and artistic figures of thought, attaining an exacting framework as a result of a clearly elaborated ethics of alterity, innovatively opened up by way of an aisthetics of existence: Touching upon the Aristotelian concept of aisthesis, the material, perceptual and sensory dimensions of everyday bodily existence are highlighted to move beyond what aesthetics in Modern Philosophy just specializes in, namely art and the beautiful. The notion of existence is therefore borrowed from Maurice Merleau-Ponty, who understands it as something concrete and richly interrelated, so as to avoid the dualisms both of psychological processes of consciousness and of physiological mechanisms. It is thus made explicit such that the unity of body and soul is not any arbitrarily arranged connection between “subject” and “object” but, rather, that it is enacted at every instant in the movement of existence. Imaginatively then, the book puts into writing how alterity not only can be treated theoretically but can be also made accessible through writing as well as rendered relatable through reading. That is why it deals with exemplary interpersonal encounters in the lifeworld, in the arts, and in the media, which are initially thematized as intercorporeal experiences, so as to enable an approach for an ethics of alterity by way of, in particular, sites located within a phenomenology of perception oriented towards the lived body.
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Bwalya, Martin, Saidi Mkomwa, Reynolds Shula, Simon Lugandu, and Amir Kassam. "The future: towards agenda 2063." In Conservation agriculture in Africa: climate smart agricultural development. CABI, 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.1079/9781789245745.0030.
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Abstract This chapter discusses the foreseeable future of agriculture in Africa, which has a major contribution to make in terms of food security, and also in terms of economic, social and environmental development. The changing climate in Africa already calls for the adoption of the best alternative agricultural production strategy that can deliver both productivity and ecosystem services. This chapter also highlights important findings from the book such as the new expertise and experience in Conservation Agriculture (CA) that has been gained, especially during the last decade. Research, training, farmer innovation and the increasing agricultural investments in institution building mean that CA now holds greater promise of serving as a sustainable pillar in the implementation of Agenda 2063. Also included in this chapter is a transcription of the speech of the Director General of the Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (DAFF), Mr Mzamo Michael Mlenganaduring during the official opening of the Congress, wherein he called for a greater contribution by CA and the multi-stakeholder CA community of practice towards Agenda 2063.
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Dias, Ricardo, Guilherme Zanghelini, Edivan Cherubini, Jorge Delgado, and Yuki Kabe. "Society’s Perception-Based Characterization Factors for Mismanaged Polymers at End of Life." In Towards a Sustainable Future - Life Cycle Management. Springer International Publishing, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-77127-0_25.
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AbstractSociety’s perception of an environmental impact often turns it into the drive to measure, remediate and ultimately solve the perceived problem. In some cases, this situation is noticeable even before scientists can properly establish the cause-effect pathway, for example, plastic debris effect on the oceans. This work strives to understand how public opinion deals with this transitory gap of knowledge and how to measure society’s viewpoint through marine litter. A Life Cycle Assessment was addressed comparing reusable and single-use drinking straws, from which a “society’s perception based” characterization factor for mismanaged polymers at end of life was proposed. Results showed that the factor may reach up to 1 order of magnitude higher than the characterization factors of producing the polymer and may indicate that decisions with no data to support can lead to rebound effects.
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Mohamed, Abdul Razak, and Sai Sesidhar Vullapu. "People's Perception Towards Adaptation of Electric Vehicles as a Smart Mobility Planning: A Case of Vijayawada." In Future is Urban. Routledge, 2024. http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9781003487890-19.
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Heuven, Vincent J. van. "5 Perception of Checked Vowels by Early and Late Dutch/English Bilinguals – Towards a New Measure of Language Dominance." In Future Research Directions for Applied Linguistics, edited by Simone E. Pfenninger and Judit Navracsics. Multilingual Matters, 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.21832/9781783097135-006.
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Elmehdi, Hussein M., and Al-Mehdi Ibrahem. "Online Summative Assessment and Its Impact on Students’ Academic Performance, Perception and Attitude Towards Online Exams: University of Sharjah Study Case." In Creative Business and Social Innovations for a Sustainable Future. Springer International Publishing, 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-01662-3_24.
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Mathis, Lesley-Ann, Harald Widlroither, and Nico Traub. "Towards Future Interior Concepts: User Perception and Requirements for the Use Case Working in the Autonomous Car." In Advances in Human Aspects of Transportation. Springer International Publishing, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-80012-3_37.
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da Silva, Suzana Tavares, and António Gomes Martins. "Renewable Energies, Sustainability and Law." In Sustainable Development Goals Series. Springer International Publishing, 2023. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-24888-7_12.
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AbstractRenewable energies are considered by many the driving force of the economy of our future society. However, there is a difference between reality and the perception of the situation by governments, economic players, and communities. We need more transparency, simplification, and data communication skills towards a committed involvement of all stakeholders.Geopolitics and technological development are two drivers of a common issue. They are, though, not necessarily aligned with energy and climate political goals. Globally, we find different problems and solutions in the two hemispheres. In the EU, problems and solutions are common throughout the Union, but some political hesitation prevails.We need innovative solutions for a smooth transition to a market organization that includes renewables and accurate risk management in investment programmes.
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Hepenstal, Sam. "Towards Socio-Technical Evaluation for Artificial Intelligence in Policing." In Lecture Notes in Computer Science. Springer Nature Switzerland, 2025. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-93412-4_20.
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Abstract It is widely recognised that Artificial Intelligence (AI) technologies present a considerable opportunity to increase efficiency, productivity, and outputs across a broad range of tasks and activities. These technologies can allow decisions to be made much faster, with less human involvement - in certain cases removing the need for a human at all. As a result, AI has been cited by policing leaders as having the potential to deliver a ‘step change’ in policing efficiency. It is also recognised, however, that there are challenges when using such technologies in domains that involve high risk and high consequence decisions - where evidence, accountability, and human oversight are paramount. The National Police Chief’s Council (NPCC) in the UK has taken an important step to mitigate risks, by developing an AI Covenant that includes key principles to consider when using AI in policing, for example, the need for AI systems to be explainable, accountable, and robust. These principles provide useful guidance, however, they are intangible and context dependent. The notion of “explainability”, for example, is inherently human-centered and involves interpretation on behalf of a human to determine whether an output is “explainable” in a given context, including the intended audience and the role of the explanation. Typical AI evaluation centres around technical benchmarks and academic scenarios, however, we cannot assess whether human-centered principles are delivered by focusing on technical evaluations of the AI systems themselves. Furthermore, in policing the users of technologies are experts in their domain, such as experienced analysts or investigators, and their interpretations of outputs from AI systems will be informed by their expertise. We cannot assess whether human-centered principles are delivered for a policing context without involving humans who are experts in that context, together with realistic decisions for them to make. This can be defined as a socio-technical approach to system evaluation which considers people, machines and context in combination. This paper explores a practical case study involving AI decision support for a policing context, which looked to evaluate the impact of AI transparency and explainability. The case study drew upon cognitive engineering principles, firstly to understand and define the decision making context, then design a supporting AI system that delivered transparency, and finally to evaluate the impact of system transparency upon expert decision making. The evaluation utilised a bespoke environment, serving as a platform for human-centered research of a socio-technical system. This paper presents some initial lessons on the value of delivering socio-technical evaluation, and core building blocks that enable such evaluations to be performed, including: A realistic context for decision making, including a recognisable narrative supported by synthetic data and real world experts. A physical or virtual environment to host aspects of the socio-technical system under evaluation, for example, expert users interacting with AI systems under observation. A multidisciplinary research team who can formulate and address research questions, drawing upon different perspectives. These components form a replicable foundation, called the Human-Centered Experimentation Platform (HEP), that can be scaled to address various human-centered research questions and different types of AI systems. Future work will look to expand and validate the method and components with other case studies, across different types of system and use cases.
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Ntanos, Stamatios, Dimitrios Drosos, Eleni C. Gkika, Antonios Kargas, and Faidon Komisopoulos. "Evaluation of University Students’ Satisfaction from e-Learning During the COVID Pandemic: A Multi-criteria Approach." In Strategic Innovative Marketing and Tourism. Springer Nature Switzerland, 2024. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-51038-0_55.
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AbstractElectronic educational technology for learning is an essential tool towards a knowledge-based society. As technology continuously evolves, our focus will be on the perception of satisfaction from the educational process, which was challenged to quickly switch to distance education in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic. Specifically, this paper examines university business students’ satisfaction from e-learning concerning various factors, such as platform reliability, functionality, efficiency, usability and trust. Data were collected by applying a structured questionnaire on a final sample of 368 students from September to October 2021. The results are based on the Multi-criteria Satisfaction Analysis (MUSA) method. The analysis highlighted the vital role of reliability and trust in the applied e-learning platform. Those aspects should be further improved in the future to increase the comfort of using distance learning tools and increase participants’ perceived satisfaction in the process.
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Chakraborty, Mandakranta, G. D. Sharma, Sandeep Manuja, R. S. Godara, Supriya Debnath, and Garima Chauhan. "DIGITAL AGRICULTURE: FUTURE TOWARDS SUSTAINABILITY." In Futuristic Trends in Agriculture Engineering & Food Sciences Volume 3 Book 24. Iterative International Publishers, Selfypage Developers Pvt Ltd, 2024. http://dx.doi.org/10.58532/v3bcag24ch12.
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Escalating global population and their demands for food, water and energy is exploiting the available resources. The intensive agricultural practices results into higher greenhouse gas emissions, deforestation and land degradation. This demand for reformation in traditional agricultural systems and “Digital Agriculture” could be a possible solution. Agriculture 4.0 has revolutionary potential of growing more food on lesser land, feed numerous people and improve farmers’ livelihood. This not only meets the growing demand but also help mitigate the adversities of climate change. Artificial intelligence, Internet of Things, drones, robots, machine and deep learning algorithms, sensors, etc., generate a hyper connected network of farms, machines and factories that optimizes both food production and consumption. It ensures need based, precise application of inputs and aids in adoption of best management strategies, thereby, making agriculture environment friendly, profitable and sustainable in the long run. Thus, this chapter presents the potential of digital agriculture in enhancing crop health and productivity for a sustainable future
Streszczenia konferencji na temat "Perception towards future productivity"
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R, Shalini, Lourden Selvamani, Manjari, Sabita Rani Lal, and G. Divya Lakshmi. "Assessing Students' Perception Towards Metaverse Technology: A Study on the Social Sustainability of Immersive Virtual Technologies in Higher Educational Institutions." In 2025 International Conference on Computing for Sustainability and Intelligent Future (COMP-SIF). IEEE, 2025. https://doi.org/10.1109/comp-sif65618.2025.10969949.
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Line, Antra, Anita Lasmane, and Liga Jankova. "PERCEPTIONS OF LATVIAN UNIVERSITIES MANAGEMENT STUDENTS ON CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY AND ITS IMPLEMENTATION IN LATVIAN ENTERPRISES." In 11th SWS International Scientific Conferences on SOCIAL SCIENCES - ISCSS 2024. SGEM WORLD SCIENCE, 2024. https://doi.org/10.35603/sws.iscss.2024/s08/31.
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In the European Union, corporate social responsibility is no longer a novel concept in contemporary enterprises. In various enterprises, corporate social responsibility has reached different levels, and Latvia is also pursuing its development path in this area. Within this framework, enterprises are encouraged to pay greater attention to responsibility not only towards employees but also towards the environment and society, thus implementing a sustainable approach to corporate management. Several researchers have emphasised that the interest and understanding of managers play a crucial role in ensuring corporate social responsibility within enterprises. Their values, and their desire to implement sustainable corporate policies, thereby also caring for future generations. Therefore, the question of the understanding, knowledge, and motivation of future leaders in addressing corporate social responsibility issues becomes relevant already now. Hence, the issue of understanding, knowledge, and motivation of future managers in addressing corporate social responsibility matters becomes pertinent already. The aim of the study is to elucidate the perception and attitudes of management students on corporate social responsibility and its implementation in Latvian enterprises. The objectives of the study are to develop the theoretical framework of the research by evaluating the situation in Latvia regarding the implementation of corporate social responsibility, as well as the experience of other countries concerning management students� attitudes towards corporate social responsibility and opportunities for improving the study process; and to empirically obtain results for the development of guidelines to enhance the content and methods of study courses. The research methods applied in this research include theoretical research methods, such as content analysis of management science literature, as well as empirical research method: a questionnaire survey of management students from several Latvian universities. Within the scope of the study, a questionnaire survey was conducted among management students from several Latvian universities. The survey aimed to ascertain students� awareness of corporate social responsibility, its significance, and implementation in Latvian enterprises. Additionally, it examined the role of study courses in enhancing understanding and readiness to promote social corporate responsibility. The study also explored the statistical significance of students� socio-demographic characteristics with perception and attitudes towards corporate social responsibility. The research results will be used to enhance the content and methods of study courses in terms of promoting corporate social responsibility.
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Arsenijević, Jasmina, Nikola Halai, and Angela Mesaroš Živkov. "ATTITUDES TOWARDS ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE: PERSPECTIVES AND IMPLICATIONS FOR THE PRESENT AND FUTURE WORKFORCE." In 1st International Scientific Conference Education and Artificial Intelligence. University of Niš, Pedagogical Faculty, Vranje, 2025. https://doi.org/10.46793/edai24.235a.
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Artificial intelligence (AI) is increasingly shaping various aspects of contemporary society. This paper investigates the perceptions of AI within the academic community in Serbia, with the goal of understanding these attitudes to support improved application and integration of AI technologies. Understanding such attitudes is essential for exploring new opportunities for AI implementation across society and economy. The study, conducted in 2024, surveyed 194 participants across Serbian cities, including younger and employed students from both humanities and technical-technological fields. Results reveal a generally positive attitude on AI, with its potential to contribute to social development being rated the highest. Concerns regarding ethical use and potential risks are present, yet less pronounced. Younger respondents and those from the field of engineering and technology display significantly more positive attitudes toward AI compared to older respondents or those from the field of social sciences and humanities, as confirmed by a t- test analysis. These findings highlight the importance of targeted education and training to increase understanding and acceptance of AI, which is crucial for its successful integration into Serbia’s social and economic systems. Furthermore, these results suggest that a positively inclined present and future workforce, particularly from technical fields, could foster a more favorable climate for AI-driven innovations in the Serbian economy. Embracing AI in workforce development could thus enhance productivity, attract investment, and support economic growth, underscoring the strategic value of AI literacy across educational domains for Serbia’s economic advancement.
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Pourahmad, Zahra, and Hasan Ko¸c. "Analyzing the Influence of Technostress on Students: A Systematic Literature Review." In 3rd International Conference on Cryptography and Blockchain. Academy & Industry Research Collaboration Center, 2023. http://dx.doi.org/10.5121/csit.2023.132106.
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Technostress is the stress experienced by individuals due to the use of technology. In today’s digital age, students are increasingly exposed to technology, which, with many benefits, can also lead to technostress. This can harm students’ overall well-being and academic performance. We thus argue that the impact of technology use on students should be better understood, and perform a systematic literature review (SLR), following the guidelines outlined in Okoli’s 8-step procedure. Reviewing the articles addressing technostress among students, the findings indicate that technostress can lead to decreased focus and concentration, impaired sleep patterns, social isolation, and a decline in mental health. It can also contribute to a negative attitude towards technology, hindering students’ ability to effectively leverage its potential for learning and productivity. The findings also suggest that the experience of stress is influenced by an individual’s perception of a stressful situation. Different individuals may perceive the same situation as stressful or non-stressful, depending on various factors such as time, place, and personal interpretation. This SLR provides a comprehensive and dependable resource for researchers, identifies existing research gaps, and proposes directions for future investigations.
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Bucovetchi, Olga maria cristina. "STUDENTS' PERCEPTION TOWARDS THE PRESENT AND FUTURE OF MOOCS." In eLSE 2018. Carol I National Defence University Publishing House, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.12753/2066-026x-18-254.
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Since 2012 - "the year of MOOC (Massive Online Open Classes)" as stated an article in New York Times, most top universities started to offer some sort of MOOC. Class-center.com declared that "more than 700 universities around the world have launched free online courses and that by the end of 2016, around 58 million students had signed up for at least one MOOC". Moreover, Coursera, the most famous MOOC provider launched specialization tracks that allow subscribers to earn ECTS (European Credit Transfer and Accumulation System) to prestigious universities. As a consequence, the author tried to analyze students perception towards MOOC phenomenon. The students that participated into the demarche were both Romanian and Erasmus students attending classes to University "Politehnica" of Bucharest, the largest technical university in Romania. Only the students of the 4th year have been considered eligible to take part in the survey, as they are targeted as MOOCs potential students - "89% of Coursera learners are over the age of 22”, as stated Coursera CEO. The main objective of the present paper consists in identifying the benefits of using MOOCs and also the challenges students have to face when accessing them. Moreover, the research identifies the limitations of MOOCs towards students perception and proposes several "possible futures" for educational platforms. The tool used within the research was the questionnaire that lead to conclusions related to the perceptive boundaries of MOOC within the respondents. The results complete the state of knowledge of the Romanian higher education system and also could complement the methods of improving the quality of higher education services by including the suggestions received from the beneficiaries of educational services - the students.
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Naayagi, R. T. "Gender Inequality: Women Perception Towards Engineering and Technology for Sustainable Future." In 2016 Global Conference on Teaching and Learning with Technology (CTLT 2016). WORLD SCIENTIFIC, 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.1142/9789813148826_0027.
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Liu, Jiayi, Wenjun Xu, Jiaqiang Zhang, Zude Zhou, and Duc Truong Pham. "Industrial Cloud Robotics Towards Sustainable Manufacturing." In ASME 2016 11th International Manufacturing Science and Engineering Conference. American Society of Mechanical Engineers, 2016. http://dx.doi.org/10.1115/msec2016-8733.
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Cloud Robotics (CR) is the combination of Cloud Computing and Robotics, which encapsulate resources related with robots as services and is also the robotics’ next stage of development. Under this background, due to the characteristics of convenient access, resource sharing and lower costs, industrial cloud robotics (ICR) is proposed to integrate the industrial robots resources in the worldwide to provide ICR services in worldwide. ICR also plays an important role in improving the productivity of manufacturing. In the manufacturing field, Cloud Manufacturing (CM) and Sustainable Manufacturing (SM) is the developing orientation of future manufacturing industry. The energy consumption optimization of ICR is the crucial issue for manufacturing sustainability. However, currently, ICR systems are not programmed efficiently, which leads to the increase of production costs and pollutant emissions. Thus, it is an actual problem to optimize the energy consumption of ICR. In this paper, in order to achieve the goal of energy consumption optimization in worldwide range, the framework of ICR towards sustainable manufacturing is presented, as well as its enabling methodologies, and it is used to support energy consumption optimization services of ICR in the Cloud environment. This framework can be used to support energy-efficient services related with ICR to realize sustainable manufacturing in the worldwide range.
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Adebayo, Oredola, Pavan Kumar, Apurva Patel, and Joshua D. Summers. "Perception of Automation, AI, and Collaboration in Manufacturing." In ASME 2024 International Design Engineering Technical Conferences and Computers and Information in Engineering Conference. American Society of Mechanical Engineers, 2024. http://dx.doi.org/10.1115/detc2024-143183.
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Abstract This research investigates the perceptions and attitudes towards artificial intelligence (AI) and automation in manufacturing settings. A multimodal data collection approach is used to gather participant responses using surveys, focus group discussions, and interviews. Qualitative and quantitative data collected from six manufacturing companies are analyzed to explore the multifaceted dynamics influencing the adoption and acceptance of AI and automation technologies. The study investigates specific views, concerns, and expectations regarding the implementation of these technologies, shedding light on the nuanced perspectives of participants across different organizational contexts. By examining factors such as personal strategies, sentiment analysis, relevance to roles, and technology acceptance, the research offers insights into the complex interaction between technological advancement, organizational culture, and individual attitudes. Varying levels of understanding regarding technological relevance to roles are observed, alongside concerns about job displacement and decision-making transparency. Participants differ in their belief in AI and automation’s potential to address concerns, highlighting the need for tailored integration strategies. Unique observations, such as machine personalization and cultural influences, are uncovered. Conclusions stress the importance of addressing these complexities in adoption efforts, while future work aims to expand datasets and explore new data collection methods to inform integration strategies. Future work includes analysis of the focus group and interview transcripts for confirmation of these findings.
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Song, Z., and L. Florez-Perez. "End-to-end GRU model for construction crew management." In The 29th EG-ICE International Workshop on Intelligent Computing in Engineering. EG-ICE, 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.7146/aul.455.c210.
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Crew management is critical towards improving construction task productivity. Traditional methods for crew management on-site are heavily dependent on the experience of site managers. This paper proposes an end-to-end Gated Recurrent Units (GRU) based framework which provides site managers a more reliable and robust method for managing crews and improving productivity. The proposed framework predicts task productivity of all possible crew combinations, within a given size, from the pool of available workers using an advanced GRU model. The model has been trained with an existing database of masonry work and was found to outperform other machine learning models. The results of the framework suggest which crew combinations have the highest predicted productivity and can be used by superintendents and project managers to improve construction task productivity and better plan future projects.
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Pokrivcakova, Silvia. "PERCEPTION OF ONLINE MACHINE TRANSLATORS BY NON-NATIVE STUDENTS OF ENGLISH PHILOLOGY AND FUTURE TEACHERS OF ENGLISH." In International Conference on Education and New Developments. inScience Press, 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.36315/2022v2end013.
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"For centuries, print dictionaries were the primary assisting tool for those who needed to find the meaning of an unknown word or translate something from or to a target language. These days, various technological solutions are available, many of them online and free of charge. Online machine translators (OMTs) are used as dictionaries to look up individual words or translate texts of various lengths. OMTs have changed the situation in foreign language education, too. The paper aims to discover how OMTs are perceived and used by non-native speaking university students of English in teacher-training and philology programmes and identify possible differences. First, the paper summarizes the main directions in the ever-growing research on perceiving OMTs in foreign language education. Second, it presents partial results of the online survey conducted among future teachers of English and students of English philology (English language and culture). The results proved that both groups of respondents use a wide range of OMTs, with Google Translate being the most popular. In general, respondents showed positive attitudes towards OMTs and were satisfied with their outcomes; however, teacher trainees were more critical when the quality of translations was considered and they were more aware of the need for post-editing. Future teachers of English also showed more reserve for using OMTs as means of FL learning (learning new vocabulary, pronunciation, grammar, reading, writing, translating). Only a tiny part of respondents (all future teachers) saw OMTs as a threat to effective foreign language learning. The results proved a more “conservative” perception of OMTs by future teachers of English (which may explain why some practising teachers ban using OMTs in their classrooms, fearing that their students could become dependent on them). Students of English philology (English language and culture) manifested less critical attitudes towards OMT in all observed categories. They focused more on speed and comfort than the quality of translation. This result points to the need to instruct students on using OMTs properly (including post-editing) to get the best possible translating and learning outcomes. The paper presents partial results of the research project KEGA 019TTU-04/2021 Integrating new digital tools into philological research and education sponsored by the Slovak Ministry of Education, Science, Research, and Sport."
Raporty organizacyjne na temat "Perception towards future productivity"
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Patel, Komal. Assessment of Knowledge, Attitude, Perception of Pharmacy Students Towards Telepharmacy. University of Tennessee Health Science Center, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.21007/chp.hiim.0072.
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Telemedicine is one of the fastest growing area in health care technology and COVID-19 pandemic has changed the way of practicing Telemedicine. Telepharmacy is a part of telemedicine where pharmacy use this technology to provide patient care services. Success of any technology depends on users’ willingness to learn and attitude towards technology. Early assessment of students’ attitude during pharmacy school is important to know in order to assess how receptive students are to accept Telepharmacy in their work setting currently or in future. That will also help to determine success of Telepharmacy implementation. This study will focus on assessing knowledge, attitude and perceptions of student pharmacists towards Telepharmacy.
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Radford, Kate, and Rudolph Ampofo. Working Towards Education Success Using Data: A review of Ghana's journey towards improved learning outcomes using data. EdTech Hub, 2024. http://dx.doi.org/10.53832/edtechhub.1059.
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The sub-Saharan Africa region is trapped in a learning crisis with devastating implications for children. The Covid-19 pandemic further exacerbated the situation, with children losing an estimated equivalent of an additional year’s learning. Not addressing the regional learning crisis will have a detrimental impact on economic development and well-being and risks restricting future national and regional economic growth and productivity and fuelling social unrest. Education research has shown that good quality education system data, when judiciously used, can support improved learning outcomes among a host of other positive impacts on national education systems. This case study is the first in a series documenting the journey of Ghana’s Ministry of Education towards the effective use of data to guide its decision-making for policy and practice. Keywords: data for decision making; data governance; data management; Ghana; education data systems; evidence-based policy An output of the EdTech Hub, https://edtechhub.org/
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Morkun, Volodymyr, Sergey Semerikov, Svitlana Hryshchenko, Snizhana Zelinska, and Serhii Zelinskyi. Environmental Competence of the Future Mining Engineer in the Process of the Training. Medwell Publishing, 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.31812/0564/1523.
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A holistic solution to the problem of formation of ecological competence of the future engineer requires the definition of its content, structure, place in the system of professional competences, levels of forming and criteria of measurement the rationale for the select on and development of a technique of use of information, communication and learning technologies that promote formation of ecological competence. The study is of interest to environmental competence of future mining engineer as personal education, characterized by acquired in the process of professional preparation professionally oriented environmental knowledge (cognitive criterion), learned the ways of securing environmentally safe mining works (praxiological criterion) in the interests of sustainable development (axiological criterion) and is formed by the qualities of socially responsible environmental behavior (social-behavioral criterion) and consists of the following components: understanding and perception of ethical norms of behaviour towards other people and towards nature (the principles of bioethics); ecological literacy; possession of basic information on the ecology necessary for usage in professional activity the ability to use scientific laws and methods in evaluating the environment to participate in environmental works to cany out ecological analysis of activities in the area industrial activities to develop action plans for the reduction of the anthropogenic impact on the environment; ability to ensure environmentally balanced activities, possession of methods of rational and integrated development georesource potential of the subsoil.
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Grumet, Rebecca, Rafael Perl-Treves, and Jack Staub. Ethylene Mediated Regulation of Cucumis Reproduction - from Sex Expression to Fruit Set. United States Department of Agriculture, 2010. http://dx.doi.org/10.32747/2010.7696533.bard.
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Reproductive development is a critical determinant of agricultural yield. For species with unisexual flowers, floral secualdifferentation adds additional complexity, that can influenec productivity. The hormone ethylene has long, been known to play a primary role in sex determination in the Cucumis species cucumber (C. sativus) and melon (C. melo). Our objectives were to: (1) Determine critical sites of ethylene production and perception for sex determination; (2) Identify additional ethylene related genes associated with sex expression; and (3) Examine the role of environment ami prior fruit set on sex expression, pistillate flower maturation, and fruit set. We made progress in each of these areas. (1) Transgenic melon produced with the Arabidopsis dominant negative ethylene perception mutant gene, etrl-1, under the control of floral primordia targeted promoters [AP3 (petal and stamen) and CRC (carpel and nectary)], showed that ethylene perception by the stamen primordia, rather than carpel primordia, is critical for carpel development at the time of sex determination. Transgenic melons also were produced with the ethylene production enzyme gene. ACS, encoding l-aminocyclopropane-lcarboylate synthase, fused to the AP3 or CRC promoters. Consistent with the etr1-1 results, CRC::ACS did not increase femaleness; however, AP3::ACS reduced or eliminated male flower production. The effects of AP3:ACS were stronger than those of 35S::ACS plants, demonstratin g the importance of targeted expression, while avoiding disadvantages of constitutive ethylene production. (2) Linkage analysis coupled with SNP discovery was per formed on ethylene and floral development genes in cucumber populations segregating for the three major sex genes. A break-through towards cloning the cucumber M gene occurred when the melon andromonoecious gene (a), an ACS gene, was cloned in 2008. Both cucumber M and melon a suppress stamen development in pistillate flowers. We hypothesized that cucumber M could be orthologous to melon a, and found that mutations in CsACS2 co-segregated perfectly with the M gene. We also sought to identify miRNA molecules associated with sex determination. miRNA159, whose target in Arabidopsis is GAMYB[a transcription factor gene mediating response to10 gibberellin (GA)], was more highly expressed in young female buds than male. Since GA promotes maleness in cucumber, a micro RNA that counteracts GAMYB could promote femaleness. miRNA157, which in other plants targets transcription factors involved in flower development , was expressed in young male buds and mature flower anthers. (3) Gene expression profiling showed that ethylene-, senescence-, stress- and ubiquitin-related genes were up-regulated in senescing and inhibited fruits, while those undergoing successful fruit set up-regulated photosynthesis, respiration and metabolic genes. Melon plants can change sex expression in response to environmental conditions, leading to changes in yield potential. Unique melon lines with varying sex expression were developed and evaluated in the field in Hancock, Wisconsin . Environmental changes during the growing season influenced sex expression in highly inbred melon lines. Collectively these results are of significance for understanding regulation of sex expression. The fact that both cucumber sex loci identified so far (F and M) encode isoforms of the same ethylene synthesis enzyme, underscores the importance of ethylene as the main sex determining hormone in cucumber. The targeting studies give insight into developmental switch points and suggest a means to develop lines with earlier carpel-bearing flower production and fruit set. These results are of significance for understanding regulation of sex expression to facilitate shorter growing seasons and earlier time to market. Field results provide information for development of management strategies for commercial production of melon cultivars with different sex expression characteristics during fruit production.
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Twining, Benjamin S., Mak A. Saito, Alyson E. Santoro, Adrian Marchetti, and Naomi M. Levine. US National BioGeoSCAPES Workshop Report. Woods Hole Oceangraphic Institution, 2023. http://dx.doi.org/10.1575/1912/29604.
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BioGeoSCAPES (BGS) is an international program being developed to understand controls on ocean productivity and metabolism by integrating systems biology (‘omics) and biogeochemistry (Figure 1). To ensure global input into the design of the BGS Program, countries interested in participating were tasked with holding an organizing meeting to discuss the country-specific research priorities. A United States BGS planning meeting, sponsored by the Ocean Carbon & Biogeochemistry (OCB) Project Office, was convened virtually November 10-12, 2021. The objectives of the meeting were to communicate the planning underway by international partners, engage the US community to explore possible national contributions to such a program, and build understanding, support, and momentum for US efforts towards BGS. The meeting was well-attended, with 154 participants and many fruitful discussions that are summarized in this document. Key outcomes from the meeting were the identification of additional programs and partners for BGS, a prioritization of measurements requiring intercalibration, and the development of a consensus around key considerations to be addressed in a science plan. Looking forward, the hope is that this workshop will serve as the foundation for future US and international discussions and planning for a BGS program, enabled by NSF funding for an AccelNet project (AccelNet - Implementation: Development of an International Network for the Study of Ocean Metabolism and Nutrient Cycles on a Changing Planet (BioGeoSCAPES)), beginning in 2022.
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Tcha, MoonJoong. From Potato Chips to Computer Chips: Features of Korea's Economic Development: Knowledge Sharing Forum on Development Experiences: Comparative Experiences of Korea and Latin America and the Caribbean. Inter-American Development Bank, 2015. http://dx.doi.org/10.18235/0007002.
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When considering countries of phenomenal economic development and growth, Korea is among the top tiers. While there are other economies with similar economic growth, including those of Singapore, Hong Kong, and Taiwan, the economic growth of Korea is exceptional considering that the country lacked basic economic foundation in the past. R. Lucas Jr. (1993), a Nobel Laureate in economics and also a renowned scholar of the respective field, praised the country's economic success, by stating that "I do not think it is in any way an exaggeration to refer to this continuing transformation of Korean society as a miracle". As an evidence for his argument, he asserted "Never before have the lives of so many people undergone so rapid an improvement over so long a period, nor is there any sign that this progress is near its end". Yet, the history of Korea is more than just its outcome; it is the history of continuous national ordeal, a series of challenges and crisis that required people to toil night and day to overcome the situation. If it were not for today's splendid economic success, it would have been more appropriate to describe the history of Korea as that of wretchedness and misery. The fact that South Korea became one of the leading nations in the world is nothing less than a miracle, considering that it underwent many hardships after its independence such as fratricidal Korean War, a long period of dictatorship, 4.19 revolution as a reactionary to the dictatorship, 5.16 military coup, the engagement in the Vietnam War, two oil crises, another military coup afterwards, civil revolutions, a foreign exchange crisis, and the global economic crisis. Economic growth means value-added increase in a certain period of time. To boost this value-added increase, the elements of production such as labor, capital, and land must be both accumulated and invested. Furthermore, it requires the effective use of these elements by combining them when necessary, so that the best value can be drawn out. In other words, the vital factor in economic growth is raising productivity. Then, given similar situations, how come some countries show different performance in factor accumulation or productivity improvement? The accumulation of resources and increase of productivity depend on economic incentive. Proper institution in an economy that provides incentives for economic agents enables factors to flow and to be accumulated where productivity is high. It also gives motivation for innovation and improvement of productivity. Competition in product markets and acquisition of resources and raw materials with low cost through an open-door policy can induce the accumulation of elements and improvement of technology, where in a broader perspective, open-door policy can also be considered as a part of institution.The growth of the Korean economy is unique since only a few economies could demonstrate compatibly high growth rates for a long period. However, at the same time, Korea's case is never unique as its success story is based on factor accumulation, productivity enhancement and, most of all, a fundamental called institution. Its growth was possible due to the fact that there was a proper functioning of market backed by the establishment of proper institutions. The Korean government indeed worked favorably towards the establishment of institution and running of economy in a market-friendly manner. Some features of its growth pattern are worthwhile to be illustrated as there are still a large number of developing countries and high income countries with unstable institutions worldwide, which could gain from a part of Korea's story, at least, and collect substantial knowledge for their future growth.
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Porciello, Jaron, Volha Skidan, Ramya Ambikapathi, et al. The State of the Field for Research on AgrifoodSystems. Juno Reports. CABI, 2024. http://dx.doi.org/10.1079/junoreports.2024.0001.
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Science is called upon in times of significant change and uncertainty to respond to global challenges and opportunities. Novel approaches are needed to connect science with policy targets so that we can dedicate some of the scientific knowledge that we’ve accumulated over the course of human history on being able to save the world—while we still have a world left to save. Converging crises of hunger, climate, and political unrest remind us there is no time to waste. The impacts of climate change are increasingly evident worldwide, particularly affecting farmers and rural communities in regions that already struggle with poverty, hunger, and access and affordability of nutritious diets. Governments, funders, and public and private sectors are investing significant energy and resources to promote and identify evidence-based solutions across agrifood systems. A proliferation of research published over the past 15 years encourages agrifood systems to contribute towards a broader set of outcomes beyond productivity, and embrace nutrition, women’s empowerment, environmental sustainability, resilience, and inclusion. There is a profound sense of urgency for all actors, and especially global institutions, to innovate and adapt in response to an ambitious set of targets while paying attention to potential trade-offs and unintended consequences that come with integrating multiple objectives simultaneously. ‘The State of the Field for Research on Agrifood Systems’ uses artificial intelligence (AI) to analyse global research distribution from the past 13 years. This report provides a macro-level review of more than six million summaries of scientific papers and reports. It offers a snapshot across agrifood systems research, highlighting where progress has occurred, and where significant gaps remain. The findings of the report are presented in separate sections to facilitate navigation, but we encourage readers to explore the connections more holistically. Artificial intelligence offers a powerful set of innovative technologies, including generative AI. Generative AI optimizes knowledge and data to identify patterns and, where appropriate, combines data from diverse sources to generate new insights. In an increasingly interconnected science and policy landscape, it is crucial to have a comprehensive understanding of how past and future research contributes to broader goals.
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Taucher, Jan, and Markus Schartau. Report on parameterizing seasonal response patterns in primary- and net community production to ocean alkalinization. OceanNETs, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.3289/oceannets_d5.2.
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We applied a 1-D plankton ecosystem-biogeochemical model to assess the impacts of ocean alkalinity enhancement (OAE) on seasonal changes in biogeochemistry and plankton dynamics. Depending on deployment scenarios, OAE should theoretically have variable effects on pH and seawater pCO2, which might in turn affect (a) plankton growth conditions and (b) the efficiency of carbon dioxide removal (CDR) via OAE. Thus, a major focus of our work is how different magnitudes and temporal frequencies of OAE might affect seasonal response patterns of net primary productivity (NPP), ecosystem functioning and biogeochemical cycling. With our study we aimed at identifying a parameterization of how magnitude and frequency of OAE affect net growth rates, so that these effects could be employed for Earth System Modell applications. So far we learned that a meaningful response parameterization has to resolve positive and negative anomalies that covary with temporal shifts. As to the intricacy of the response patterns, the derivation of such parameterization is work in progress. However, our study readily provides valuable insights to how OAE can alter plankton dynamics and biogeochemistry. Our modelling study first focuses at a local site where time series data are available (European Station for Time series in the Ocean Canary Islands ESTOC), including measurements of pH, concentrations of total alkalinity, dissolved inorganic carbon (DIC), chlorophyll-a and dissolved inorganic nitrogen (DIN). These observational data were made available by Andres Cianca (personal communication, PLOCAN, Spain), Melchor Gonzalez and Magdalena Santana Casiano (personal communication, Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria). The choice of this location was underpinned by the fact that the first OAE mesocosm experiment was conducted on the Canary Island Gran Canaria, which will facilitate synthesizing our modelling approach with experimental findings. For our simulations at the ESTOC site in the Subtropical North Atlantic we found distinct, non-linear responses of NPP to different temporal modes of alkalinity deployment. In particular, phytoplankton bloom patterns displayed pronounced temporal phase shifts and changes in their amplitude. Notably, our simulations suggest that OAE can have a slightly stimulating effect on NPP, which is however variable, depending on the magnitude of OAE and the temporal mode of alkalinity addition. Furthermore, we find that increasing alkalinity perturbations can lead to a shift in phytoplankton community composition (towards coccolithophores), which even persists after OAE has stopped. In terms of CDR, we found that a decrease in efficiency with increasing magnitude of alkalinity addition, as well as substantial differences related to the timing of addition. Altogether, our results suggest that annual OAE during the right season (i.e. physical and biological conditions), could be a reasonable compromise in terms of logistical feasibility, efficiency of CDR and side-effects on marine biota. With respect to transferability to global models, the complex, non-linear responses of biological processes to OAE identified in our simulations do not allow for simple parameterizations that can easily adapted. Dedicated future work is required to transfer the observed responses at small spatiotemporal scales to the coarser resolution of global models.
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Taucher, Jan, and Markus Schartau. Report on parameterizing seasonal response patterns in primary- and net community production to ocean alkalinization. OceanNETs, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.3289/oceannets_d5.3.
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We applied a 1-D plankton ecosystem-biogeochemical model to assess the impacts of ocean alkalinity enhancement (OAE) on seasonal changes in biogeochemistry and plankton dynamics. Depending on deployment scenarios, OAE should theoretically have variable effects on pH and seawater pCO2, which might in turn affect (a) plankton growth conditions and (b) the efficiency of carbon dioxide removal (CDR) via OAE. Thus, a major focus of our work is how different magnitudes and temporal frequencies of OAE might affect seasonal response patterns of net primary productivity (NPP), ecosystem functioning and biogeochemical cycling. With our study we aimed at identifying a parameterization of how magnitude and frequency of OAE affect net growth rates, so that these effects could be employed for Earth System Modell applications. So far we learned that a meaningful response parameterization has to resolve positive and negative anomalies that covary with temporal shifts. As to the intricacy of the response patterns, the derivation of such parameterization is work in progress. However, our study readily provides valuable insights to how OAE can alter plankton dynamics and biogeochemistry. Our modelling study first focuses at a local site where time series data are available (European Station for Time series in the Ocean Canary Islands ESTOC), including measurements of pH, concentrations of total alkalinity, dissolved inorganic carbon (DIC), chlorophyll-a and dissolved inorganic nitrogen (DIN). These observational data were made available by Andres Cianca (personal communication, PLOCAN, Spain), Melchor Gonzalez and Magdalena Santana Casiano (personal communication, Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria). The choice of this location was underpinned by the fact that the first OAE mesocosm experiment was conducted on the Canary Island Gran Canaria, which will facilitate synthesizing our modelling approach with experimental findings. For our simulations at the ESTOC site in the Subtropical North Atlantic we found distinct, non-linear responses of NPP to different temporal modes of alkalinity deployment. In particular, phytoplankton bloom patterns displayed pronounced temporal phase shifts and changes in their amplitude. Notably, our simulations suggest that OAE can have a slightly stimulating effect on NPP, which is however variable, depending on the magnitude of OAE and the temporal mode of alkalinity addition. Furthermore, we find that increasing alkalinity perturbations can lead to a shift in phytoplankton community composition (towards coccolithophores), which even persists after OAE has stopped. In terms of CDR, we found that a decrease in efficiency with increasing magnitude of alkalinity addition, as well as substantial differences related to the timing of addition. Altogether, our results suggest that annual OAE during the right season (i.e. physical and biological conditions), could be a reasonable compromise in terms of logistical feasibility, efficiency of CDR and side-effects on marine biota. With respect to transferability to global models, the complex, non-linear responses of biological processes to OAE identified in our simulations do not allow for simple parameterizations that can easily adapted. Dedicated future work is required to transfer the observed responses at small spatiotemporal scales to the coarser resolution of global models.
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Wolf, Shmuel, and William J. Lucas. Involvement of the TMV-MP in the Control of Carbon Metabolism and Partitioning in Transgenic Plants. United States Department of Agriculture, 1999. http://dx.doi.org/10.32747/1999.7570560.bard.
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The function of the 30-kilodalton movement protein (MP) of tobacco mosaic virus (TMV) is to facilitate cell-to-cell movement of viral progeny in infected plants. Our earlier findings have indicated that this protein has a direct effect on plasmodesmal function. In addition, these studies demonstrated that constitutive expression of the TMV MP gene (under the control of the CaMV 35S promoter) in transgenic tobacco plants significantly affects carbon metabolism in source leaves and alters the biomass distribution between the various plant organs. The long-term goal of the proposed research was to better understand the factors controlling carbon translocation in plants. The specific objectives were: A) To introduce into tobacco and potato plants a virally-encoded (TMV-MP) gene that affects plasmodesmal functioning and photosynthate partitioning under tissue-specific promoters. B) To introduce into tobacco and potato plants the TMV-MP gene under the control of promoters which are tightly repressed by the Tn10-encoded Tet repressor, to enable the expression of the protein by external application of tetracycline. C) To explore the mechanism by which the TMV-MP interacts with the endogenous control o~ carbon allocation. Data obtained in our previous project together with the results of this current study established that the TMV-MP has pleiotropic effects when expressed in transgenic tobacco plants. In addition to its ability to increase the plasmodesmal size exclusion limit, it alters carbohydrate metabolism in source leaves and dry matter partitioning between the various plant organs, Expression of the TMV-MP in various tissues of transgenic potato plants indicated that sugars and starch levels in source leaves are reduced below those of control plants when the TMV-MP is expressed in green tissue only. However, when the TMV-MP was expressed predominantly in PP and CC, sugar and starch levels were raised above those of control plants. Perhaps the most significant result obtained from experiments performed on transgenic potato plants was the discovery that the influence of the TMV-MP on carbohydrate allocation within source leaves was under developmental control and was exerted only during tuber development. The complexity of the mode by which the TMV-MP exerts its effect on the process of carbohydrate allocation was further demonstrated when transgenic tobacco plants were subjected to environmental stresses such as drought stress and nutrients deficiencies, Collectively, these studies indicated that the influence of the TMV-MP on carbon allocation L the result of protein-protein interaction within the source tissue. Based on these results, together with the findings that plasmodesmata potentiate the cell-to-cell trafficking of viral and endogenous proteins and nucleoproteins complexes, we developed the theme that at the whole plant level, the phloem serves as an information superhighway. Such a long-distance communication system may utilize a new class of signaling molecules (proteins and/or RNA) to co-ordinate photosynthesis and carbon/nitrogen metabolism in source leaves with the complex growth requirements of the plant under the prevailing environmental conditions. The discovery that expression of viral MP in plants can induce precise changes in carbon metabolism and photoassimilate allocation, now provide a conceptual foundation for future studies aimed at elucidating the communication network responsible for integrating photosynthetic productivity with resource allocation at the whole-plant level. Such information will surely provide an understanding of how plants coordinate the essential physiological functions performed by distantly-separated organs. Identification of the proteins involved in mediating and controlling cell-to-cell transport, especially at the companion cell-sieve element boundary, will provide an important first step towards achieving this goal.