bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Nenhuma bacia é apenas uma bacia!
Authors: Rio Gisela Pires do , Egler Claudio , Carvalho Otamar , Mattos Margarida
Published: July 2016

Propõe-se este trabalho esboçar um retrato sobre a gestão de águas na região semiárida do Brasil. Partimos de projeto de pesquisa que contou com apoio do Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico-CNPq. O trabalho de campo constituiu na base deste artigo para problematizar as várias questões vinculadas a espaços vulneráveis como o semiárido nordestino. A Bacia do Rio do Peixe e adjacências, no estado da Paraíba, constituem a área de estudo. Utilizamos entrevistas abertas com atores previamente selecionados, segundo critérios de inserção institucional e trajetória singular no envolvimento com a gestão de águas. O argumento central deste trabalho reside no fato de considerar que nenhuma bacia é apenas uma bacia implica em muitas outras possibilidades de articular os espaços para gestão sustentável de águas.
Carências e vulnerabilidades em metrópoles periféricas: análise comparativa entre Curitiba, Brasil e San Miguel de Tucumán, Argentina
Authors: Polidoro Maurício , Czytajlo Natalia , Casares Marta
Published: July 2016

Com a consolidação de uma América Latina urbana e o avanço da metropolização, o debate sobre as implicações destes processos é imperativo na agenda urbana do continente. Assim, compreender as dinâmicas, atores e configurações espaciais das desigualdades de forma multiescalar e comparada se constitui como um importante avanço do ponto de vista teórico e metodológico. Neste sentido, o artigo busca propor, à luz dos processos de urbanização e metropolização do Brasil e da Argentina, dois indicadores para Curitiba e São Miguel de Tucumán. O primeiro, pauta-se na mensuração da oferta dos serviços de saneamento e, o segundo, nos aspectos demográficos e de educação. Por fim, espera-se contribuir metodologicamente na leitura de padrões espaciais entre cidades latino-americanas de forma comparada utilizando dados censitários.
A cidade de São Paulo e seus rios: uma história repleta de paradoxos
Authors: Gouveia Isabel Cristina Moroz-Caccia
Published: July 2016

O presente artigo consiste em um breve relato histórico da relação da cidade de São Paulo com seus rios, córregos e riachos em quatro momentos distintos: da fundação da Villa de São Paulo dos Campos de Piratininga em 1554 até o terceiro quartel do século XIX; do final do século XIX até 1930 (Metrópole do Café); de 1930 até 1950 (Metrópole Industrial) e, de 1950 quando se inicia o processo de conurbação que dá origem à Região Metropolitana de São Paulo, até os dias atuais (A Megalópole). A pesquisa, apoiada na historiografia e na iconografia, aponta a importância da rica rede fluvial para a fundação e estabelecimento da cidade e demonstra como, ao longo do tempo e à medida que a cidade cresceu, esses recursos hídricos foram sendo deteriorados e passaram a ser vistos como obstáculos ao crescimento urbano, tornando-se alvo de intervenções e transformações. Tais intervenções implicaram na supressão dos rios da paisagem urbana da cidade de São Paulo.
Mato Grosso: expressão aguda da questão agrária brasileira
Authors: Girardi Eduardo Paulon
Published: July 2016

Este trabalho é a continuidade do artigo “Uma leitura da questão agrária em Mato Grosso” publicado no número 25 da Revista Confins no ano de 2015 (GIRARDI, 2015). Naquela publicação definimos a questão agrária, realizamos um resgate histórico da questão agrária no estado de Mato Grosso e a contextualizamos no conjunto de problemas do campo brasileiro. Na continuação da análise do tema no estado de Mato Grosso, a partir de uma abordagem regional, nosso objetivo neste artigo é focar em algumas dimensões do agrário mato-grossense e analisá-las no conjunto da questão agrária brasileira e de suas interações com a fronteira agropecuária.
Viver (d)o mar. Narrativa visual da pesca tradicional em São Miguel do Gostoso – RN.
Authors: Zanirato Silvia Helena
Published: July 2016

Neste ensaio visual é enfocada a atividade de uma comunidade pesqueira tradicional no município de São Miguel do Gostoso, Rio Grande do Norte. São apresentadas, em correlação texto, imagem, fotografias coletadas em campo que são dispostas numa narrativa visual, com o objetivo de entender e explicar o processo de trabalho dos pescadores em sua relação com o mar.
Les concentrations hivernales : une pratique touristique originale des motocyclistes européens à la recherche du froid et de la neige
Authors: Scol Jean
Published: July 2016

La concentration est une forme de tourisme très développée dans le monde de la moto. Parmi les presque 3 500 concentrations de moto organisées chaque année en Europe environ dix pour-cent le sont au cœur de l'hiver. Ces concentrations dites hivernales répondent à des critères tout à fait spécifiques. Leur réussite et réputation dépendent pour une grande part de conditions météorologiques paradoxalement peu adaptées à la moto! Elles sont donc de préférence organisées dans des régions qui promettent des conditions hivernales les plus rudes : (très) loin vers le nord ou vers l'est du continent ou bien à des altitudes parfois très élevées. Des localisations à l'origine d'une véritable hiérarchie établie entre les hivernales elles-mêmes mais aussi entre les motocyclistes qui y participent.
A cartografia do fenômeno urbano e econômico no Paraná: uma leitura com auxílio da semiótica
Authors: Monteiro Ricardo Rodrigues
Published: July 2016

Este trabalho apresenta uma narrativa do fenômeno urbano paranaense de 1872 a 2010 com auxílio da cartografia e da semiótica de Peirce. Utilizou-se dados históricos do IBGE para ilustrar onze momentos que apontam as principais dinâmicas populacionais: espalhamento da ocupação, crescimento populacional, adensamento nas aglomerações urbanas e esvaziamento em praticamente metade dos municípios. Elaborou-se seis mapas dos Censos demográficos 1960 a 2010 para estudar as transformações quantitativas das populações cadastradas como urbana e rural. Acrescentou-se mapas com dados do Regic 2007, PIB, ocupados nos principais setores da economia, variação populacional 1991-2010, mesorregiões, desmembramentos dos municípios, analfabetismo, razão de dependência, coeficiente de Gini, pobreza, entre outros, para auxiliar a análise do fenômeno urbano. Experimentou-se cinco fundos de mapas, incluindo quatro anamorfoses (Pop. 2010, PIB 2012, anticartograma e equivalência visual), para apresentar signos cartográficos mais evoluídos, ou seja, signos que representam seus territórios com maior conformidade à realidade. . Ao todo foram elaborados 37 mapas que revelam aspectos significativos para o estudo dos fenômenos associados ao fenômeno urbano.
« Murs-murs » des pépinières de Trianon
Authors: Lamy Gabriela
Published: July 2016

La promenade conduit quelquefois le visiteur dans le vallon de Châteauneuf entre les jardins du Grand et du Petit Trianon, le long d’une enceinte close de murs. Si d’aventure il réussit à pousser l’un des quatre portails de cet enclos, il découvre toute une série de jardins de production où s’activent depuis plus de deux cent soixante ans les jardiniers de Trianon. Les murs nécessaires à la protection de ces cultures vivrières, florales et ornementales peuvent dévoiler à la consultation de nombreux manuscrits et plans1 les usages tant publics que particuliers de ceux-ci, usages qui perdurent de nos jours.
Le roi, les lettres, les étrangers : remarques sur quelques représentations textuelles (1600-1630)
Authors: Petey-Girard Bruno
Published: July 2016

Les figures étrangères, principalement italiennes, jouent un rôle important dans l’élaboration de la représentation du roi de France en protecteur des lettres. Avec l’avènement des Bourbons et l’arrivée dans le royaume d’une reine étrangère, Marie de Médicis, cette représentation connaît un nouveau départ. Dans un premier temps et face à un Henri IV qui ne paraît pas porter aux lettres la même attention que les Valois, l’apport médicéen est célébré. Si la reine n’est finalement pas celle en qui se cristallise la protection royale, sa généalogie incite poètes et lettrés à lui offrir des traductions ou adaptations où le parallèle entre lettres françaises et italiennes peut se déployer. Avec l’arrivée sur le trône de Louis XIII, quelques lettrés français et italiens tracent un portrait du prince, mécène des hommes des lettres français autant qu’étrangers. Cet intérêt royal en vient à être présenté comme une tradition monarchique – et non dynastique – française. Dans un tel contexte, la valeur des œuvres est distinguée de la langue de leurs auteurs ; la perception du monde des lettres par elles-mêmes ne tient pas compte de la nationalité mais privilégie la qualité des œuvres, seul critère de distinction possible d’un monde qui ne connaîtrait pas de frontières sous les yeux d’un roi protecteur européen sinon universel des lettres.
Étrangetés éducatives : figures de l’altérité dans l’institution des princes Bourbons au Grand Siècle
Authors: Teyssandier Bernard
Published: July 2016

D’Héroard à Fénelon, du futur Louis XIII au duc de Bourgogne, l’article se propose d’interroger la présence réelle ou fantasmée de l’étranger et de l’étrangeté dans l’institution des princes Bourbons en France au xviie siècle. Si, en période d’absolutisme, la figure paternelle et royale se constitue plus que jamais en modèle de savoir et de pouvoir en matière d’éducation, cette figure emblématique et tutélaire s’articule parfois difficilement avec la dimension d’altérité propre à la relation pédagogique reliant le maître au disciple.
« Mars women » et « gossip girls » : les ambivalences des héroïnes de séries adolescentes contemporaines
Authors: Toulza Pierre-Olivier
Published: July 2016

Le genre de la série adolescente, qui a aujourd’hui atteint une forme de stabilité, comble un manque en matière de représentation d’enjeux identitaires qui sont rarement abordés avec une telle complexité par les fictions sérielles contemporaines. La formule générique du teen drama s’inspire beaucoup de celle du soap opera, tout en opérant de fréquentes alliances avec le fantastique et la science fiction. Le public visé par ces séries comprend les adolescents, mais aussi les enfants et les jeunes adultes, et plusieurs stratégies narratives peuvent être repérées dans ces séries pour attirer l’attention de ces spectateurs spécifiques. En outre, parce que ces séries tentent de séduire un public de jeunes filles et de jeunes femmes, elles mettent en scène des personnages féminins forts, dans la lignée des séries de la vague girlie des années 1990. Toutefois, à la différence des fictions des décennies antérieures comme Buffy contre les vampires, par exemple, les séries adolescentes contemporaines mettent en scène de façon récurrente l’intersection des problématiques de genre, d’ethnicité, de classe sociale et de sexualité.
Subversive suburbia : L’effondrement du mythe de la banlieue résidentielle dans les séries américaines
Authors: Billard Gérald , Brennetot Arnaud , Pleven Bertrand , Prié Amandine , Spalding Andréolle Donna
Published: July 2016

Ce texte s’appuie sur les propos échangés lors de la table ronde animée par les cinq auteurs dans le cadre de la soirée Grand Public du colloque » Les séries télévisées dans le monde » (Le Havre, 15 juin 2011). Les nouvelles séries télévisées américaines offrent une vision de plus en plus dévalorisante des banlieues résidentielles, traduisant une inversion du regard collectif porté sur ce lieu emblématique de l’American Way of Life. Ce renversement est visible à travers les multiples conflits, tensions et dérives auxquels les personnages de séries qui habitent les banlieues sembleraient aujourd’hui confrontés. À l’image de Wisteria Lane, où les rangées de maisons pimpantes, les allées coquettes et les pelouses impeccables dissimulent mal l’accumulation de trahisons et de meurtres en tous genres, la banlieue résidentielle se transforme désormais en théâtre des illusions, habitée par des êtres au destin tourmenté ou à la personnalité pervertie : de l’enseignant de chimie contraint de fabriquer des amphétamines pour payer sa chimiothérapie (Breaking Bad, AMC, 2008-) à la mère de famille trafiquante de marijuana (Weeds, Showtime, 2005-2012) ou encore aux Hells Angels ballotés entre le trafic d’armes et la vie de famille (Sons of Anarchy, FX, 2008-), du lotissement polygame (Big Love, HBO, 2006-2011) à la prison dorée pour mère au foyer délaissée (Mad Men, AMC, 2007-), l’image paisible et idyllique de la suburb semble plus que jamais s’effriter, laissant transparaître la faillite morale d’une société égarée dans la glorification d’une normalité pavillonnaire aussi factice qu’illusoire.
Dystopian Villages: Surveillance and Re-mediation in The Prisoner
Authors: Lefait Sébastien
Published: July 2016

The 2009 Prisoner is an adaptation rather than a remake, as many changes from the original may be noticed. One of the most important adjustments is related to the use of surveillance in the creation of a dystopic society. The original series’ space, which was entirely submitted to Number 2’s gaze, could be defined as panoptic, an aspect of the show designed to expose the upcoming or possible evils of what would later be called the surveillance society. The 1967 Prisoner, however, mainly showed surveillance to be an instrument of power, even if the watchers’ gaze was sometimes equated with the spectators’, thereby proving TV to bring a different form of power, based on showing as much as on watching. An iconic change in the new version is that the 2009 Prisoner resigned from a New York-based surveillance company called Summakor, whereas his 1967 counterpart was a British government agent. This seemingly incidental relocation gives new meaning to the TV series as a whole, as surveillance, which was one of the prominent themes of the original programme, becomes a keystone of the whole plot in the 2009 Prisoner. The new series goes much further in investigating the media-related aspects of the surveillance society as well as the social and ideological changes prompted by the creation of new forms of surveillance technology (which have made panopticism a concept to be reassessed or even renewed). The aim of this paper is to show that the 2009 Prisoner manages to adapt the dimension of social criticism of the 1967 Village – the gilded cage the prisoner is sent to – by turning it into another form of dystopia, which takes into account the heightened importance of surveillance in contemporary society, as well as the major changes in the meaning and purposes of surveillance brought about by new technology.
Crossing the Pond: Adapting The Office to an American Audience
Authors: Wells-Lassagne Shannon
Published: July 2016

The success of the BBC’s The Office is undeniable: it is available in hundreds of countries and has been called the best sitcom in recent history, and singlehandedly launched the careers of Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant, its creators. Interestingly enough, though the vast majority of its fame is entirely due to the original series, it has also been adapted. One of the first and undoubtedly the most successful of these adaptations is the American version of The Office on NBC, now beginning its eighth season as the network’s flagship series. The question one must ask, however, is why this adaptation was necessary at all: given that the series was already in English, and that its references were for the most part international (or even American), why did the American network feel the need to “translate”? Through a close analysis of the respective pilot episodes, I hope to better understand the impetus behind this choice.
Entre ombres et lumières : les figures de policiers en eaux troubles, symboles d’une Amérique en perte de repères (The Wire, The Shield, Dexter)
Authors: Achemchame Julien
Published: July 2016

Depuis l’apparition des séries télévisées dans les années 1950, notamment aux États-Unis, le policier demeure un personnage central des fictions, témoin privilégié des mutations d’une société. Nous nous intéressons aux représentations du policier dans quelques fictions télévisées contemporaines américaines en mettant d’abord en évidence l’émergence d’une nouvelle figure de policier, complexe et trouble, apparu dans les années 90 avec l’officier Andy Sipowicz dans NYPD Blue, et bien loin des séries policières pionnières américaines telles Les Incorruptibles et Dragnet, qui mettent en avant des modèles de morale. Nous voyons ensuite, à travers cette figure nouvelle, le regard dubitatif que le pays pose sur sa propre société, de plus en plus violente. A travers les exemples de séries contemporaines majeures, The Shield, The Wire et Dexter, issues de trois réseaux câblés distincts (FX, HBO et Showtime), nous analysons les différentes figures nouvelles du policier, incarnation troublée de l’ordre et de la loi.
Transforming the traditional sitcom: Abed in Community
Authors: Wells-Lassagne Shannon
Published: July 2016

At first glance, NBC’s freshman comedy Community appears to be the perfect example of a high-concept sitcom: the main character Jeff Winger is a lawyer who has been disbarred for fake diplomas, and who therefore has to go back to school at a community college in order to regain his job. He is surrounded by fellow students, the stereotypical misfits that people sitcoms: the matronly single black mother, the uptight overachiever, the dumb and arrogant jock, the attractive hippy (and love interest), and the retiree going back to school, whose cluelessness is butt of the majority of the jokes. However, a final character, Abed, seems almost extraneous to the proceedings: he is a half Polish, half Palestinian film student, who suffers from Asperger’s and therefore has a difficult time understanding the relationships around him. Like Pierce, Abed would seem to be the odd man out, the source of much of the humor for the series; but in fact he serves an entirely different purpose. As a film student who was “raised by television”, Abed is constantly comparing events in the episodes to films and television series, thus immediately identifying the group as “The Breakfast Club” in the pilot episode, or proving capable of flirting with the opposite sex only when channeling Don Draper of Mad Men fame. This could be seen as a simple nod to the formulaic nature of the sitcom, an ironic wink to the viewer, but as the series progresses, Abed and his pop culture references take on increasing importance. His knowledge of genre rules becomes an almost divinatory power: once he begins taking film classes, his shorts about the group of friends actually predicts the future of the series, foregrounding the predictable nature of the sitcom action and taking it to task. Abed’s love of popular culture slowly becomes the raison d’être of the series, as each episode seems to become one of his renditions of film genres. In so doing, the character points out the artifices of the sitcom genre, while at the same time transforming the mundane into the spectacular, insisting on the elements of fiction that appear in our everyday lives: through Abed, Community both reifies sitcom conventions and links them back to the spectator’s own lives - making it one of the most original series in recent memory.
An Individualized Approach to Student Transition
Authors: Ralston Nicole Caridad , Hoffshire Michael
Published: July 2016

This chapter discusses the creation of a Success Coaching program at a midsized, urban research institution in the South. The purpose of this chapter is to offer a review of current literature, discuss the implementation, successes, and challenges of establishing a coaching program at a mid-sized institution in the South, review assessment data, and finally, conclude with implications and thoughts for moving forward. It is the authors' hope that you find this chapter to be beneficial to establishing your own success coaching model on your respective campus.
The Management and Performance of Social Media Initial Public Offerings (IPOs)
Authors: Wisniewski Piotr
Published: July 2016

Social media companies have increasingly used global stock exchanges to raise fresh capital needed to expand and commercialise their business models. Despite the soaring proliferation of social media interactions and improving economic fundamentals, many of the high-profile IPOs have underperformed on debut and in secondary trading. This chapter seeks to identify success and failure factors of social media stock market flotations from the operational, industrial and financial perspectives. The research features flagship social media IPOs comprised by the most representative social media Exchange Traded Fund (ETF), the Global X Social Media Index ETF (SOCL), which replicates the price and return performance of the globally recognised Solactive Social Media Total Return Index. The analysis sums up the early evidence of IPO organisation with regard to social media issuers and posits three decisive factors in this process related to: flotation timing, pricing and pre-IPO business integration. The research offers some practical recommendations for future social media IPOs as well as directions for further academic studies at the interface of social media industrial, economic and capital market activity. The following takeaways concerning social media IPOs emerge from the study: 1) Staging and timing: social media companies should mull flotations when a clear-cut path toward cash generation and accrual profits is observable (chronically cash deficient and unprofitable social media tend to underperform on debut and in post-IPO trading) and amid protracted bull markets so as to raise the odds of a propitious IPO climate; 2) Organisation and management: the success of social media going public decisions is a function of seamless IPO organisation (including conservative pricing, share dilution tied to envisaged liquidity and capital expenditure as well as trading and clearing system reliability); 3) Issuer characteristics: social media IPOs are facilitated by businesses commanding a dominant position on the home market, having a diversified core business (including exposure to non-media operations), coming on the stock market either as industry trendsetters or in the wake of successfully executed IPO benchmarks; 4) Factor coalescence: no isolated factor discussed in this chapter can fully explain the performance of a social media IPO – it is rather their combination and interconnectivity that can comprehensively attest to the success or failure of a going public strategy employed by a social media company. From the investment standpoint, the case study analysis demonstrates that a case-by-case (rather than sectoral) approach needs to be adopted for investors seeking to derive gains from social media IPOs, as passive exposure to the entire industry (e.g. via index tracking) is not per se a guarantor of market competitive investment performance.
Can the Use of Social Media be Useful in Universities' Career Services?
Authors: Gravili Ginevra
Published: July 2016

Social media tools are becoming an important presence in recruitment processes, transforming them. They allow an instant sharing of ideas, opinions, knowledge and experiences, creating a new “space-time” dimension that could be translated in a new way (additional) to “recruit” workers. Although there are many benefits and promises from social media, however several risks are associated with their use. The ambiguity related to legal and ethical issues of social media, at the same time, contains the enthusiasm related to the potentialities that social media offer. In particular, this chapter aims at analysing the perceived risks and benefits of social media by students to understand if it can be useful for University Career Services (referred to UCS) to use these tools in job placement. The analysis is conducted in five countries: Netherlands, Sweden, Lithuania, Bulgaria and Croatia. It can be useful for managers of universities and firms to understand whether the presence of Universities on social media by students and firms is positive or not.
Key Success Factors of Using Social Media as a Learning Tool
Authors: Kofinas Alexander K. , Al-Shawakbeh Abdallah , Lim Andriew S.
Published: July 2016

Students are dedicated and innovative users of Social Media; in the context of Higher Education they use such media in a pragmatic fashion to enhance their learning. Higher Education institutions are thus in a position to facilitate their students' learning by embedding Social Media in their teaching and learning pedagogy. This chapter will discuss the Key Success Factors of using Social Media as a coordinating, managing, and learning tool to enhance students' education in the context of Higher Education. The Key Success Factors are mapped along the communication and activity flows of the student's study enterprise as viewed from an Actor-Network Theory lenses.
Finding Information Faster by Tracing My Colleagues' Trails
Authors: Winter Patrick , Schulz Michael , Engler Tobias H.
Published: July 2016

Knowledge workers are confronted with the challenge of efficient information retrieval in enterprises, which is one of the most important barriers to knowledge reuse. This problem has been intensified in recent years by several organizational developments such as increasing data volume and number of data sources. In this chapter, a reference algorithm for enterprise search is developed that integrates aspects from personalized, social, collaborative, and dynamic search to consider the different natures and requirements of enterprise and web search. Because of the modular structure of the algorithm, it can easily be adapted by enterprises to their specificities by concretization. The components that can be configured during the adaptation process are discussed. Furthermore, the performance of a typical instance of the algorithm is investigated through a laboratory experiment. This instance is found to outperform rather traditional approaches to enterprise search.
Business Intelligence and Analytics Research
Authors: Richards Gregory S.
Published: July 2016

The tremendous growth of data of all forms has led to an increase in research on the uses and outcomes of Business Intelligence and Analytics (BI&A). Much of the current research however, focuses on the technological aspects. The process of decision making with data is treated more or less like the proverbial black box. If one is to better understand how BI&A can help managers make informed decisions, then more effort is needed to explore the decision making process. This paper argues that decision-making in organizations is enacted by a sociotechnical system in which human information processing forms the key constraint. By considering the stages of cognition and the use of rules-based versus heuristic-based decision making, the paper identifies a number of core questions related to the contribution of a BI&A system to the decision making process in organizations.
Exploiting Business Intelligence for Strategic Knowledge Management
Authors: Wynn Martin George , Brinkmann Daniel
Published: July 2016

In the German healthcare industry, Business Intelligence systems play a crucial role. For one major health insurance company (discussed here as an alias - AK Healthcare), the deployment of Business Intelligence applications has supported sustained growth in turnover and market share in the past five years. In this article, these tools are classified within an appropriate conceptual framework which encompasses the organisation's information infrastructure and associated processes. Different components of the framework are identified and examples are given - systems infrastructure, data provision/access control, the BI tools and technologies themselves, report generation, and information users. The use and integration of Business Intelligence tools in the strategy development process is then analyzed. Finally, the key functions and features of these tools for strategic knowledge management are discussed. Research findings encompass system access, report characteristics, and end-users profiles and capabilities.
A Success Assessment Model for BI Tools Implementation
Authors: Rouhani Saeed , Savoji Sogol Rabiee
Published: July 2016

In today's rapidly-changing business environment, the need for useful business analytics is vital for organizations, not only to succeed, but also to survive. Traditional enterprise systems have disabilities to meet the expectations of organizational decision makers in the competitive area. In this regard, it is necessary to evaluate the success of BI tools in organizations, and there is a need to provide a model for this assessment. Hence, in this study, a model for assessing the success of business intelligence is presented by identifying and introducing the most important and effective factors in evaluating the success of BI tools. This study is an applied study in terms of purpose and a survey-descriptive, empirical study in terms of methodology. According to statistical methods, importance of the success factors was evaluated and the results show that 24 factors were identified consequential in research model based on four areas such as organizational memory, information integration, knowledge creation, and presentation.
The Influence of National Factors on Transferring and Adopting Telemedicine Technology
Authors: Latifi Fariba , Alizadeh Somayeh
Published: July 2016

Telemedicine has drawn increasing attention as a beneficial healthcare delivery medium, especially in developing countries that struggle with physician and health professional shortages, through providing health services in remote areas. This paper presents the findings of a survey conducted to investigate the national factors influencing the adoption of telemedicine technology in Iran, as a less developed country. Designing a self-administered questionnaire the data were collected from the Chief Information Officers (CIOs) of Iranian healthcare system. The findings indicate that political factors such as Information and Communication Technology (ICT) policies, national data security policies, national e-health policies, national ICT infrastructures and rational decision-making, along with organizational factors such as organizational readiness and implementation effectiveness, are positively associated with telemedicine capability in Iran. However, no evidence was found to support the direct impact of cultural factors on transferring telemedicine technology in the country.
Exploring BYOD Usage in the Classroom and Policies
Authors: Santos Ieda M. , Bocheco Otávio
Published: July 2016

This paper presents results of an exploratory study that investigated instructor and student perceptions of in-class use of personal mobile devices and policies for appropriate practices. The study is based on an undergraduate course offered at a higher education institution in the United Arab Emirates. Eighteen students and one instructor participated in the study. A mix methods approach was adopted. Data collection consisted of a survey, focus group and individual interviews. Quantitative results suggested an overall tendency to use the devices rarely for content and non-content related activities. Qualitative results, however, indicated more usage of the devices, but not to the extent to cause disruptions in class. The study furthers the discussion on a bring your own device (BYOD) policy development. When developing BYOD policies for appropriate practices in the classroom, educational institutions should take into account students' context, culture and main stakeholders' opinion. Policy implementation should be complemented with training to support effective BYOD integration in the classroom.
Impact of Social CRM Capabilities on Firm Performance
Authors: Kamboj Shampy , Yadav Mayank , Rahman Zillur , Goyal Praveen
Published: July 2016

The emergence of social media technologies have drastically changed the face of customer relationship management (CRM), hence firms are incorporating social media technologies in their existing CRM systems which has led to the evolution of social CRM. This article extends capability-based perspective of traditional CRM by integrating it with social media technologies and to assess empirically their significant impact on firm performance. It also examines the mediating role of co-created customer experience. The developed hypothesis and proposed model were tested through structural equation modeling (SEM). The results show that co-created customer experiences play a role of mediator between social CRM capabilities and performance outcomes. Sales/marketing centric technology resources significantly influence four dimensions and customer centric technology resources influence two dimensions of relational information processing capability. The findings also depict that there is an influence of Sales/marketing and customer centric technology resources on customer linking, market sensing and social CRM capabilities.
Energy Efficient Cognitive M2M Communications
Authors: Alabadi S. , Rapajic Predrag , Arshad K. , Rostami Soheil
Published: July 2016

The number of Machine-to-Machine (M2M) devices has increased massively in the last few years and will continue to increase in the years to come. Spectrum utilisation efficiency and energy efficiency are the main challenges and design goals for M2M networks. Cognitive radio (CR) is a promising technology that can address these challenges. In this paper, the authors have proposed and developed an energy efficient mechanism to reduce energy consumption in Cognitive M2M (CM2M) networks. Their solution guarantees the throughput and reliability constraints for CM2M Devices (CM2MDs). The proposed mechanism can reduce energy consumption in CM2M networks by exploiting efficient sensing and accessing schemes for CM2MDs. The authors further develop sleep-mode/switching and accessing techniques to work efficiently with the proposed mechanism. The simulation results show that the proposed mechanism guarantees a desirable throughput and reduces overall energy consumption in the network.
Repetition Coding and Equal Power Allocation Scheme for JPEG Image Transmission over MIMO Systems
Authors: Ahmed Mujeeb
Published: July 2016

Multiple transmit and receive antenna systems have improved the reliability as well as data rate in a wireless communication system. Such advanced wireless architectures have empowered smart devices to fulfill the demand of multimedia content. Image is a major user generated content in wide range of applications, hence reliable transmission of image is an important research problem. New transmission and coding schemes that explore advantages of multiple antenna systems matched with source statistics have been developed. Based on a similar idea, an equal power allocation scheme for transmission of compressed images over multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) systems employing partial repetition coding is proposed. The JPEG compression algorithm divides image into different quality layers. The proposed system repeats transmission of high quality data from more than one antenna as compared to the lower quality data which is transmitted using one antenna at most, in a particular time slot. A heuristic spatial multiplexing scheme is also proposed to optimally divide the bit stream chunks for transmission. Extensive simulations have shown that equal power allocation and repetition coding scheme is better as compared to reference schemes.
Dynamic Resource Management in High Throughput Satellite with Multi Port Amplifier (MPA)
Authors: Panthi Sunil , Eltawil Ahmed M.
Published: July 2016

The demand for data capacity has been growing, especially in the aviation and maritime industries and is expected to continue to grow in the foreseeable future. The satellite industry is moving to High Throughput Satellite (HTS) that are characterized by large numbers of small spot beams, frequency reuse, higher Equivalent Isotropically Radiated Power (EIRP) and higher Gain to Noise Temperature (G/T) to meet growing capacity demand. Multi-Port Amplifiers (MPA) increase the flexibility of HTS systems by allowing capacity to be allocated dynamically based on changing demand. This will allow capacity requirements to be planned based on the sum of the requirements across all beams rather than the peaks in each HTS beam. The authors propose a ground based solution that will maximize resource utilization of an HTS with an MPA and deliver the capacity dynamically based on demand. Maritime, commercial aviation, satellite based cellular backhaul, and disaster recovery services are the main applications that can benefit from the solution they propose. The authors' results show significant reduction in the overall capacity requirements because of the more efficient utilization of the satellite resources.
Secure Deployment with Optimal Connectivity in Wireless Sensor Networks
Authors: Sangwan Anju , Singh Rishipal
Published: July 2016

In the hostile areas, deployment of the sensor nodes in wireless sensor networks is one of the basic issue to be addressed. The node deployment method has great impact on the performance metrics like connectivity, security and resilience. In this paper, a technique based on strong keying mechanism is proposed which will enhance the security of a non-homogeneous network using the random deployment of the nodes. For this, the q-composite key pre-distribution technique is presented with new flavor that will enhance the network size as well as the security level in comparison to the existing techniques. The technique ensures the k-connectivity among the nodes with a redundant method to provide backup for failed nodes. In the simulation section, the performance of the proposed scheme is evaluated using NS-2 based upon the real model MICAz. A discussion based on various obtained results is also given in the paper.
Brand Loyalty and Online Brand Communities
Authors: Barnet Katherine , Ferris Sharmila Pixy
Published: July 2016

This research explores the use of the online social media network Pinterest in brand-to-consumer engagement and brand loyalty. The basis of the study was formed upon previous research on brand loyalty, online brand communities, brand experiences, and emotional connections to brands. Brand loyalty is defined in this study as pins, likes, or comments on a post by one of three food brands: Cooking Light, Food Network, and Kraft Foods. Content analyses were conducted over a two-week period to observe the number and types of posts by the three brands and the interaction with their Pinterest followers. It was found that consumers who engage with brands on social networks sites, such as Pinterest, do have positive brand experiences, which has been previously linked to increased brand loyalty.
A Synthesised Stage Model for Collaborative Public Service Platforms
Authors: Zulfa Aulia , Klievink Bram , de Reuver Mark , Janssen Marijn
Published: July 2016

Collaboration between government, the private sector and citizens is deemed critical to further improve the quality and effectiveness of public services. However, the stage models describing and guiding the development of e-government do not or only rarely cover external collaboration for improving public services. The authors argue that this gap can be filled by including insights from literature on the evolution of platforms, which can serve as a medium for collaboration between public and private parties. This paper aims to synthesise e-government maturity models and platform development models to act as a guide to move from government-centred public service improvement to collaborative innovations by government, businesses and citizens. The result is a platform development model with five stages. To see how the model holds in practice, three cases are investigated. The authors find that their model shows promise but also requires further evaluation and refinement.
Mobility and Service Innovation
Authors: Roy Jeffrey
Published: July 2016

This article examines the Canadian public sector's efforts to devise mobile service capacities predicated upon efficiency, engagement, and innovation, and how such capacities are intertwined with both the advent of Gov 2.0 and the inertia of traditional public administration. The author's primary focus is on the federal government (Government of Canada), with some additional consideration of provincial governments and inter-governmental dynamics as appropriate. Through three typologies of public sector governance (traditional public administration, new public management, and public value management), the author seeks to better understand these aforementioned tensions – and formulate fresh insights into how governments can pursue the leveraging of mobility as a basis for not only more efficient service delivery but also wider opportunities for public engagement and service innovation.
Exploring Variables that Affect Moral Development of Working Professionals
Authors: Armenta Barbara J.A.M.G. , Hargiss Kathleen M. , Howard Caroline
Published: July 2016

The increase of unethical behavior in the workplace has encouraged contemporary researchers to focus their research efforts on exploring moral development of employees in the business sector. It is thought that moral development may be a crucial driver of ethical decision making, while morality may be affected by a range of variables. In this study, the impact of higher education, ethical education, and work experience on moral development of licensed real-estate agents is examined. Moreover, the impact of higher education on an individual's moral development to a higher level of Kohlberg's theory of moral development is evaluated. The results of the study suggest that the variables of higher education, ethical education, and work experience showed no significant impact or increase of moral development of real-estate agents. The findings imply that the level of moral reasoning of real-estate agents service their occupations ethical requirements.
BSC-SI, A Framework for Integrating Strategic Intelligence in Corporate Strategic Management
Authors: Alnoukari Mouhib , Razouk Rakan , Hanano Abdullatif
Published: July 2016

Integration of Strategic Intelligence with corporate strategic management is becoming of vital importance for modern and flexible organizations in the last few years. The main achievement of this integration is to help decision makers to systemically implement their corporate strategies, adapt easily to changes in the environment, and gain competitive advantages. This manuscript per the authors will extend the studies in this domain, and clarify the relationships between Business Intelligence, Competitive Intelligence with Strategic Intelligence. It will also explain the impact of Business Intelligence on Corporate Performance Management, Operational Business Process, Competitive Intelligence, and Strategic Intelligence. Finally, it will explain the new proposed framework BSC-SI that can facilitate the integration of Strategic Intelligence with Balanced Scorecard methodology.
Social Networking Sites (SNSs)
Authors: Jalonen Harri
Published: July 2016

The paper argues that social networking sites (SNS) can be exploited as smart platforms for fostering public service innovation. Exploring and discussing SNSs in public service innovation through the complexity lens, the paper shows that SNSs enable new opportunities and pose new threats, depending on the perspective. The paper speaks for open and democratising innovation, which accentuates that not all ideas and knowledge critical to innovation reside within an organisation, but are dispersed in the organisation's external environment.
The Hierarchy of an Online Gaming Community
Authors: Mabry Gregory C. , Frank Christopher Y.
Published: July 2016

Extensive research was conducted amongst a First Person Shooter (FPS) online video game community called Syndicate Gamers. The research focused on their effective use of an organizational structure and managerial hierarchy; implemented and executed via the Internet. The research included studying Syndicate Gamers' managerial hierarchy as well as the roles and responsibilities of those occupying positions of importance within the online gaming community. From January 2014 – May 2014, the researchers utilized the participant-observer model to gather information about the staff positions of Syndicate Gamers. The results of the study showed clear delineation of roles and responsibilities within the staff structure, which allowed efficient execution of duties and tasks. In the event a staff member was unable to perform a task due to absence, the tasks and responsibilities were temporarily transferred, to an organizational superior, peer, or subordinate until the primary staff member could resume his or her responsibilities full-time.
Spiritual gifts for biblical church growth
Authors: DeVries Brian A.
Published: July 2016

This article examines the use of spiritual gifts for church growth, particularly in relation to the sovereign work of the Holy Spirit. The article begins with a definition of spiritual gifts and by highlighting their purpose for growing the church. This is followed by two practical considerations: How should Christian believers use spiritual gifts for church growth, and how should church leaders motivate gift use for this purpose? Since the Holy Spirit works though believers to build up the body of Christ, advocates of biblical church growth should seek to employ his means to motivate spiritual giftedness in the church.
Perception-based analysis of climate change effect on forest-based livelihood: The case of Vhembe District in South Africa
Authors: Ofoegbu Chidiebere , Chirwa Paxie W. , Francis Joseph , Babalola Folarannmi D.
Published: July 2016

Forests are vulnerable to climate change and are also major sources of livelihood for many rural households in Africa. This study examines rural people’s perceptions of climate change impacts on forest-based livelihoods using rural communities of Vhembe District in South Africa as a case study. The study was based on the principles of perceived impact-based assessment, and sustainable livelihoods framework. Using the stratified proportionate random sampling procedure in combination with weighted Enumeration Area for the selected communities, 366 households were chosen and interviewed. Data analysis involved computing frequencies and conducting the Chi-square, binomial tests and binary logistic regression analysis. The respondents identified erratic rainfall, extreme temperature, extreme drought and flooding as key climatic events in their community. But not all identified key climatic events were perceived to constitute risk to forest products and forest-based livelihood. Only extreme drought was indicated to constitute risk to availability of forest products. In addition, the binary logistic regression showed a significant difference (p < 0.05) in the perceived risk of climate change to the availability of essential forest products across the three municipalities. Hence the need for forest development initiatives that target vulnerable forest products per community as a means of enhancing resilience of forest-based livelihood to climate change impacts in rural community development in South Africa.
Crossing the “Theory-practice Divide”: Learning to Be(come) a Teacher
Authors: Gravett Sarah
Published: July 2016

A common view of theory and practice as domains is that it is difficult, if not impossible, to traverse the epistemological chasm between them. After all, theories are ways of organising our world abstractly in ideas and concepts. Practice is the world that we inhabit empirically. It is a tangible world that we can see, feel, act on, act in, and so on. So, how can one even begin to argue that these apparently disparate worlds can be unified or that they are in the first instance not separate at all? My stance on this is that we, the educators of teachers, are party to the separation. In fact, we teach students that they should ‘apply’ theory to practice. Working with our own struggle at the university where I am based, I will argue that there may be ways of opening the borders between what is, on the one hand a philosophical question, and on the other, a purely empirical question. How do we teach and how do we teach the doing of teaching? My argument explores one way we might begin to restore; to whatever extent this is possible, the unity of theory and practice in teacher education.