bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Public interest in the digital transformation accelerated by the COVID-19 pandemic and perception of its future impact
Authors: Park Joo-Young , Lee Kangsun , Chung Doo Ryeon
Published: September 2022

Background/Aims: The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has accelerated digital transformation (DT). We investigated the trend of the public interest in technologies regarding the DT and Koreans’ experiences and their perceptions of the future impact of these technologies.Methods: Using Google Trends, the relative search volume (RSV) for topics including “coronavirus,” “artificial intelligence,” “cloud,” “big data,” and “metaverse” were retrieved for the period from January 2020 to January 2022. A survey was conducted to assess the population’s knowledge, experience, and perceptions regarding the DT.Results: The RSV for “metaverse” showed an increasing trend, in contrast to those for “cloud,” “big data,” and “coronavirus.” The RSVs for DT-related keywords had a negative correlation with the number of new weekly COVID-19 cases. In our survey, 78.1% responded that the positive impact of the DT on future lives would outweigh the negative impact. The predictors for this positive perception included experiences with the metaverse (4.0-fold) and virtual reality (VR)/augmented reality (AR) education (3.8-fold). Respondents predicted that the biggest change would occur in the healthcare sector after transportation/ communication.Conclusions: Koreans’ search interest for “metaverse” showed an increasing trend during the COVID-19 pandemic. Koreans believe that DT will bring about big changes in the healthcare sector. Most of the survey respondents have a positive outlook about the impact of DT on future life, and the predictors for this positive perception include the experiences with the metaverse or VR/AR education. Healthcare professionals need to accelerate the adoption of DT in clinical practice, education and training.
« Former » les décrocheurs de la formation et de l’emploi ?
Authors: Dupont Maÿlis
Published: September 2022

Le Plan d’investissement dans les compétences vise à « édifier une société de compétence » en investissant dans la formation professionnelle et l’accompagnement de deux millions de personnes peu ou pas qualifiées, attaquant de front cette gageure : faire de la formation un droit ouvert à tous, tout au long de la vie, et particulièrement aux actifs cumulant les difficultés. Après avoir rappelé les grandes lignes et les modalités concrètes de déploiement du Plan et explicité les enjeux auxquels il s’attaque, cet article s’arrête sur un programme symptomatique de cette ambition : « 100 % inclusion, la fabrique de la remobilisation ». Ce programme ouvre un champ d’expérimentation inédit, amenant à assumer, dans le cadre de parcours intégrés (« du repérage à l’emploi »), une porosité entre actions d’accompagnement et de formation et à revisiter, par là même, les contours de situations d’apprentissages adaptées aux plus vulnérables.
La petite entreprise apprenante : quelles nouvelles perspectives ?
Authors: Chabbert Emmanuelle
Published: September 2022

Les salariés des petites entreprises accèdent insuffisamment à la formation et à ses financements ; ils constituent à ce titre un public prioritaire de la loi du 5 septembre 2018. Quel que soit leur secteur, des dirigeants et salariés de petites entreprises enquêtés à ce sujet insistent sur les exigences d’adaptation permanente des compétences. La formation interne, le compagnonnage et les pédagogies basées sur l’expérience, l’autoformation en ligne et les échanges entre pairs y contribuent, mais le plus souvent de manière informelle. L’article analyse quatre axes d’enrichissement des politiques de formation en direction des petites entreprises, à partir des avancées de la réforme de 2018/2019.
Former au DPA-PC et participer au renouvellement des pratiques et des savoirs
Authors: Defert Fabienne , Leleu Myriam
Published: September 2022

Cet article interroge l’apport de la formation continue, en particulier la formation au Développement du Pouvoir d’Agir des Personnes et des Collectivités (DPA-PC), au renouvellement des pratiques et des savoirs dans lesquels s’ancrent les fondements du travail social. Idéalement, tout processus formatif soutient une dynamique de transfert et d’échange de savoirs et d’expériences ; il se veut un point d’appui à un perpétuel mouvement d’apprentissage. Les observations menées au travers de 10 années de formation au DPA-PC en Belgique et en France permettent de revenir sur l’apport de l’approche centrée sur le DPA-PC à la (re)découverte d’une posture professionnelle répondant aux enjeux des personnes accompagnées plutôt qu’aux objectifs d’une société procédurale axée sur la règle, soutenant de ce fait un caractère prescriptif – trop souvent paradoxal - au travail social. Il ne s’agit pas tant ici de « faire apprendre » que de participer par la formation à l’évolution des modes d’accompagnement de personnes et de collectivités en partant des expériences de professionnels.
Entre approche et méthode, la formation au DPA-PC, un défi ?
Authors: Porcher Eric
Published: September 2022

Le DPA-PC a pour caractéristique d’être une approche, ce qui détermine la façon de comprendre ses propositions conceptuelles et de mobiliser ses aspects pratiques dans l’accompagnement professionnel. On ne peut donc réduire le DPA-PC à une méthode. En formation, cela pose un double défi : au formateur au niveau pédagogique, à l’apprenant au niveau de son implication. Cet article propose une brève réflexion sur la manière de relever ce défi.
Un pas de côté, une approche pour apprendre à accompagner autrement
Authors: Leroy Hélène , Portal Brigitte
Published: September 2022

Un article à deux voix : celle d’une éducatrice spécialisée au sein d’un service d’Aide Sociale à l’Enfance (ASE), et celle d’une formatrice à l’approche centrée sur le Développement du Pouvoir d’Agir des Personnes et des Collectivités (DPA-PC) – cela afin d’éclairer au mieux la mise en pratique de cette approche en contexte contraint. Il s’agit d’une expérience d’accompagnement avec un mandat judiciaire en protection de l’enfance en mode DPA-PC. Une mère (Mme A.), dont trois enfants sont placés dans le cadre d’une mesure de justice, refuse l’orientation de sa fille (B.) en Section d’enseignement général et professionnel adapté (SEGPA). Avec notre approche, l’objectif n’est pas d’apporter coûte que coûte des solutions en tant qu’intervenant, mais de permettre de les construire ensemble avec la personne accompagnée.
Carnet de voyage de la mise en œuvre de l’approche DPA-PC en Gironde
Authors: Lemonnier Delphine
Published: September 2022

Le pouvoir d’agir, le développement du pouvoir d’agir, la participation sont autant de termes qui font aujourd’hui partie d’un vocabulaire commun. Ces récurrences contribuent à la diffusion de ces concepts mais amènent aussi des confusions voire des instrumentalisations faute de bien comprendre ce qu’ils recouvrent pour les personnes accompagnées. Cet article propose d’illustrer ces concepts par le partage d’une aventure, celle de la mise en œuvre de l’approche centrée sur le Développement du Pouvoir d’Agir des Personnes et des Collectivités (DPA-PC) dans le Département de la Gironde. Si le DPA-PC peut être considéré comme un levier au service des concepts précités, il importe d’en observer les questionnements et les effets. C’est ce que proposent les témoignages recueillis dans cet article qui, par leurs regards croisés, suscitent la réflexivité.
Rendre auteur, rendre potentiellement entrepreneur
Authors: Roelens Camille
Published: September 2022

Cet article de philosophie politique de l’éducation procède d’une saisie de la question de l’éducation à l’esprit d’entreprendre inscrite dans le cadre d’actuels travaux de recherches proposant une approche globale et multiréférentielle de l’individualisme démocratique, de son accompagnement et de son statut de clé heuristique centrale pour saisir la spécificité hypermoderne et les mutations éducatives et formatives de notre temps. Nous posons d’abord la question de l’articulation des conditions de possibilités de l’autonomie individuelle et de l’entreprendre humain avec les mutations anthropologiques résultant, dans l’hypermodernité, de leurs principaux effets transformatifs. Nous suggérerons ensuite que la proposition d’autorité bienveillante que nous avons développée par ailleurs peut faire valoir de bons arguments pour répondre aux besoins d’accompagnement éducatif et formatif que lesdits effets font se développer.
Éduquer à l’esprit d’entreprendre : entre enjeux éducatifs et politique éducative, regard sur la recherche
Authors: Mégret Jean-Michel
Published: September 2022

L’essor des questions liées à l’éducation entrepreneuriale dans les débats publics et les publications scientifiques semble amorcer un changement sociétal. Cet article aborde la question de la formation à l’esprit d’entreprendre dispensée auprès des étudiants dans les universités, les écoles d’ingénieurs ou les écoles de commerce. Par le prisme d’un programme étudiant et de trois études, l’article pose deux regards (politique et scientifique) sur l’éducation à l’esprit d’entreprendre, et fait apparaître des convergences (sur les compétences visées), mais aussi des divergences sur les finalités (politiques d’un côté, éducatives de l’autre). Il ressort de cette analyse l’importance d’encourager l’interdisciplinarité entre les sciences de gestion et les sciences de l’éducation et de la formation dans le but d’offrir aux étudiants ou aux porteurs de projets, non seulement les outils pour développer leur « esprit d’entreprendre », mais aussi les aider à « apprendre à entreprendre ».
Développer l’entrepreneuriat engagé à l’université ou comment faire de la complexité une force
Authors: Lethielleux Laëtitia
Published: September 2022

Cet article propose une réflexion sur la complexité (Morin, 1990) de l’écosystème censé favoriser l’émergence de l’entrepreneuriat engagé chez les étudiants. Les crises successives, que nous traversons (économiques, sociales, politiques, écologiques, sanitaires), ont conduit à une accélération des processus de résilience tant des organisations que des individus (Autissier et al. , 2020) et à une recherche accrue de sens. Ce travail s’inscrit dans ce contexte et vise à étudier le développement de l’entrepreneuriat engagé chez les étudiants. Plus précisément, il s’agit de savoir si la complexité de l’écosystème, et en particulier universitaire, dans lequel ils évoluent, peut devenir une force pour accompagner ce type d’entrepreneuriat et sous quelles conditions. Les données qualitatives étudiées sont de deux ordres : les parcours des entrepreneurs étudiants et deux études de cas de créations d’entreprises soutenues par des chaires ou laboratoires de recherche.
People in the Sun . Illuminez vos données
Authors: Huot Charles
Published: September 2022

Depuis l’avènement des grands moteurs de recherche qui ont démocratisé l’utilisation de l’informatique dans les foyers, l’idée de la possibilité de créer un jumeau numérique complet de la planète et de tous ses constituants s’est fait jour, commençant par la géographie du globe, puis zoomant au niveau d’un pays, d’une ville, d’une maison, d’une pièce et, pourquoi pas, d’un individu. Mais que nous faut-il comme données ( data ) pour modéliser cet individu et quelles sont celles dont nous disposons déjà ? Que savons-nous de ses habitudes, de ses besoins, de sa santé, de ses relations, de son comportement ? Pourrions-nous mettre en place des capteurs qui nous fourniraient ces données ? Disposons-nous des technologies nécessaires à la réalisation de cet objectif ? Un tel projet, s’il était réalisable pourrait-il être rentable ? Et nous pourrions poursuivre ce questionnement à volonté. Mais à l’heure où les ressources se font rares, où la planète court un danger écologique sans précédent, nous nous sommes posé la question de l’utilité pour l’homme d’un tel projet. Où devons-nous poser des barrières ? Comment mettre en place une stratégie positive sur la création et la valorisation des data  ? Nous aborderons de façon très synthétique dans l’article cette question sous les angles technologique, économique, juridique et éthique.
Enjeux épistémologiques de la science des données
Authors: Ganascia Jean-Gabriel
Published: September 2022

Après avoir rappelé ce qui fait la singularité des « masses de données », laquelle ne tient pas uniquement à leur volume, mais aussi à leur évolutivité et à leur variabilité, nous montrerons que tant leur accumulation que leur exploitation se sont révélées nécessaires pour les grands acteurs du Web et que cela tient à trois raisons liées à la spécificité des industries du numérique. Nous amorcerons ensuite une réflexion sur la science des données et sur l’opposition entre, d’un côté, ceux qui affirment que désormais les corrélations suffisent et, de l’autre, ceux qui s’en tiennent toujours à l’emploi de modèles et à la fonction épistémologique clef qu’ils occupent dans la démarche scientifique. Nous conclurons sur l’absence actuelle de cadre théorique mathématique de la science des données, tout en évoquant les théories anciennes, celles qui existaient dans les années 1990, et en ouvrant sur des progrès en ce sens.
Fait religieux et comportements des managers de proximité : étude des facteurs explicatifs. Résultats d’une étude exploratoire dans le contexte français
Authors: Guillet Olivier
Published: September 2022

En présence d’un fait religieux au travail, plusieurs comportements sont possibles – ces derniers étant influencés par divers facteurs contextuels. Cette recherche exploratoire, qui s’appuie sur la théorie du comportement planifié, s’intéresse à ces facteurs contextuels et se propose de prolonger les recherches précédentes. Elle étudie plus particulièrement trois facteurs de contextes : le profil, la religiosité et la perception de la situation par le manager. Elle vise à identifier si ces facteurs contextuels influencent effectivement l’intention de comportements managériaux. Le recueil de données a été réalisé par entretiens semi-directifs (16 entretiens) auprès de managers appartenant à l’ensemble des grandes religiosités. L’analyse de contenu s’appuie sur le logiciel NVivo. Notre recherche montre une influence notable et centrale de la religiosité du manager – cette dernière ayant une possible influence à la fois sur la perception du manager mais aussi sur sa manière d’exercer son métier. A travers cette variable centrale, le rapport à la laïcité et à la religion sont des facteurs à prendre en compte – ce qui revient à questionner le manager sur ses représentations. Cette recherche illustre également l’importance des interactions dans le processus comportemental. Cette recherche vise à produire une grille d’intelligibilité permettant au manager d’élargir l’éventail des options comportementales possibles et mieux en saisir les ressorts. Cette recherche peut contribuer à la formation des managers et au développement de leurs compétences pour faire face à ces problématiques nouvelles pour l’entreprise. Elle peut ainsi contribuer à la mise en place de formation initiale visant à préparer les étudiants à leur futur rôle de manager.
L’influence des contenus à forte charge émotionnelle sur la prise de décision et les comportements déviants : une revue de littérature systématique
Authors: Dugoin-Clément Christine
Published: September 2022

La digitalisation a transformé la société et les modes de communication. Accompagnant cette transformation, les opérations d’influence ont défrayé la chronique. Ces opérations jouent sur les émotions pour influencer la prise de décision. Au-delà de l’aspect politique, cette situation devient un enjeu pour le management et les stratégies des ressources humaines (RH) qui peuvent être confrontées à des comportements déviants. L’impact de la charge émotionnelle des contenus sur la prise de décision fait d’ailleurs l’objet de recherches, mais celles-ci, disséminées dans plusieurs disciplines, sont rarement intégrées en science de gestion. S’appuyant sur une revue de littérature, cet article s’attache à comprendre l’influence des émotions sur les personnes qui reçoivent des contenus à forte charge émotionnelle susceptibles d’altérer leur confiance dans leur entourage, leurs collègues et/ou leur hiérarchie. Il s’intéresse également à l’impact de l’émotion sur la viralité des contenus et, au lien entre viralité et persuasion/influence. In fine , cette analyse débouche sur un cadre intégrateur offrant une base pour la réflexion et l’action.
« Workindness », de l’idéal théorique made in USA à une réalité viable pour onze entreprises lorraines
Authors: Ordener Steve , Persson Sybille
Published: September 2022

La pertinence théorique des comportements organisationnels positifs au travail, principalement forgée aux USA, reste à mettre à l’épreuve au plan empirique en France, notamment par une meilleure prise en compte des ressources culturelles européennes et francophones. Dans le contexte européen, le bien-être au travail semble s’organiser autour d’une relation positive aux collègues et au manager. Par ailleurs, la gentillesse pour autrui, en se positionnant comme un catalyseur de bonheur pour soi-même, constituerait un construit spécifique dans l’espace professionnel entre collègues, appelant davantage de recherches susceptibles d’intégrer le contexte concerné. Dès lors, comment faire d’un idéal théorique, celui de la gentillesse au travail made in USA , une réalité viable pour des entreprises françaises empreintes d’une forte culture industrielle et minière, alors même qu’aucune définition consensuelle de la gentillesse au travail ne semble faire autorité à ce jour ? Cette problématique nous a amenés à conduire une recherche-intervention reposant sur un dispositif d’investigation qualitative, co-construit avec les dirigeants de onze entreprises adhérentes d’un groupement d’employeurs. Se précise alors la notion de « workindness » qui, en tant que concept opératoire, invite à explorer cinq « attitudes posturales » viables et praticables par les dirigeants, les managers et autres contributeurs, mais également à détecter cinq « facteurs d’imposture » susceptibles de pervertir le recours à la notion de gentillesse au travail en tant que bien commun.
Coaching without a Coach: A Lacanian Case Study
Authors: Letiche Hugo , De Loo Ivo
Published: September 2022

L’article interroge la fonction du coach dans le coaching. Lacan insistait sur le fait que la thérapie gagnait à se passer du « discours du maître » du thérapeute, nous nous en inspirons pour explorer l’idée d’un « coaching sans coach ». La réflexion repose sur l’étude de cas du groupe de coaching MM dans lequel les coachés se coachent eux-mêmes sans « coach », en présence toutefois d’un « modérateur » chargé de bloquer certains comportements comme la désignation de boucs émissaires. Une des singularités de Lacan est qu’il envisageait comme contre-productifs le contrôle et de subordination imposés par les thérapeutes au sein de l’« ego-psychology ». Dans une perspective lacanienne (notamment telle qu’interprétée par Žižek), le « coaching sans coach » en est un corollaire naturel. Lacan conceptualise l’identité psychologique avec son modèle I-S-R (Imaginaire-Symbolique-Réel), la littérature dominante sur le coaching utilise la triade Coaché-Coach-Organisation – nous proposons une synthèse avec le Nous-Coaché-Symbolique. Après avoir exploré les caractéristiques d’un tel « coaching sans coach », nous poserons, en discussion et conclusion, un ensemble de questions sur l’éthique et sur la désirabilité du modèle.
Real-Time Detection of Cardiac Arrest Using Deep Learning
Authors: Whig Pawan , Gupta Ketan , Jiwani Nasmin
Published: September 2022

The leading cause of death worldwide is cardiac disease, which kills an estimated 27.9 million people each year and is responsible for 31% of all fatalities. Heart failure is frequently brought on by cardiovascular problems. It can be identified by the heart's inability to deliver enough blood to the body. All of the body's fundamental functions are affected when there is insufficient blood flow. Heart failure is a condition or set of symptoms that weakens the heart. Three important aspects form the foundation of the research study's main results. Given that it essentially measures the efficiency of the heart, this is to be expected. The patient's age is the last factor that is most closely associated. The heart's performance progressively deteriorates with age. The data was modeled using machine learning and ANN with an accuracy of about 80%, showing how effective the framework is at detecting cardiac arrest. Deep learning models' accuracy might rise to 90–95%.
Survey or Review on the Deep Learning Techniques for Retinal Image Segmentation in Predicting/Diagnosing Diabetic Retinopathy
Authors: R. Sowmiya , R. Kalpana
Published: September 2022

Artificial intelligence (AI)-based image segmentation plays an important role in image processing and computer vision. AI can be used in the medical field (e.g., ophthalmology, disease prediction which involves direct visualization and imaging) as a frequent method for diagnosis. Deep learning comes under machine learning and as a part of AI. Deep learning algorithms have yielded considerable results in the medical field. Diabetic retinopathy is one of the most common causes of blindness, which is diagnosed by examining the appearance of the retina. The diabetic retinopathy stages are determined based on the changes seen in retina or retinal image. This chapter gives a detailed survey on different algorithms used for diagnosing diabetic retinopathy and different deep learning techniques used for medical image segmentation.
Functions of Teacher Training Towards the Support of Students With Mental Health
Authors: Jarkiewicz Anna , Leek Joanna
Published: September 2022

The chapter aims to identify planned and attained educational functions and measures taken to address mental health issues in Poland. These will be studied from two perspectives: macro, policy of education in Poland (analysis of educational reports, law on education), and micro, the experiences of young people who have experienced a mental health crisis while in education. By using an interpretative paradigm, first, the authors identified planned functions by analysing the international and national education policy towards mental health issues. Then, they identified to what extent these functions have been successfully attained by analysing 12 autobiographical narrative interviews with people aged between 19 and 25, who experienced mental health problems during their education. The research results will be presented in the form of the school tasks presented in official documents that best illustrate the steps being taken towards prevention in the field of mental health as well as providing support for students with mental health issues.
Preserving Privacy of Social Media Data Using Artificial Intelligence Techniques
Authors: Rajani Dhriti , Menon Sanjana Chelat , Kute Shruti , Tyagi Amit Kumar
Published: September 2022

Social media has a huge volume and variety of big data, which has enabled machine learning (ML) procedures and artificial intelligence (AI) frameworks. A few types of research have featured the dangers of revealing large amounts of information at various stages. The main aim is to connect the exploration and normalisation edge to build the consistency and proficiency of AI framework advancements ensuring user loyalty and moving towards a serious level of reliability. User security insight and the standards of its administrative assurance decide how the tech field works. It also introduces ways to deal with AI while demonstrating distinctions that are a result of comprehension of security, increasing user data privacy concerns and guidelines identified with information protection. The effect of AI systems on the relationship between clients and organisations has been stressed and examined concerning guidelines and client impression of security. With the rise of big data and AI, this issue of privacy of data has become significantly important.
Retrieval of Information Through Botnet Attacks
Authors: Ismail Zahian , Jantan Aman B. , Yusoff Mohd. Najwadi , Kiru Muhammad Ubale
Published: September 2022

Services and applications online involve information transmitted across the network, and therefore, the issue of security during data transmission has become crucial. Botnet is one of the prominent methods used by cybercriminals to retrieve information from internet users because of the massive impact cause by the bot armies. Thus, this chapter provides a study of Botnet and the impact of Botnet attacks especially on the security of information. In order to survive, Botnet implemented various evasion techniques, and one of the notorious ones is by manipulating an encrypted channel to perform their C&C communication. Therefore, the authors also review the state of the art for Botnet detection and focus on machine learning-based Botnet detection systems and look into the capabilities of machine learning approaches to detect this particular Botnet. Eventually, they also outline the limitations of the existing Botnet detection approach and propose an autonomous Botnet detection system.
Quantum-Resistant Authentication for Smart Grid
Authors: Muñoz-Calderón Melesio , Moh Melody
Published: September 2022

We are currently at the beginning of a great technological transformation of our electrical power grids. These new grids will be “smart” as a result of improved communication and control systems but will also have new vulnerabilities. A smart grid will be better able to incorporate new forms of energy generations as well as be self-healing and more reliable. This chapter investigates a threat to wireless communication networks from a fully realized quantum computer and provides a means to avoid this problem in smart grid domains. This chapter examines the security, complexities and performance of device authentication in wireless mesh networks (WMN) using public-key encryption and then using Merkle trees. As a result, the authors argue for the use of Merkle trees as opposed to public-key encryption for authentication of devices in WMN used in smart grid applications.
Understanding Consumer Behavior in the Hyper-Connected Omnichannel Retailing
Authors: Tuğer Ahmet Tuğrul
Published: September 2022

Omni-channel retailing integrates different contact points in social, virtual, and physical realms in customer journey. This chapter provides a framework to understand omni-channel customer behavior, first by focusing on customer journey in omni-channel retailing representing the actual step of multichannel and cross-channel retailing. To contribute to the conceptualization of omni-channel customer journey, some suggestions including customer experience with digital, social, and phygital dimensions are offered. Followingly, the critical antecedents of omni-channel customer experience are reviewed with the main theoretical models applied in the extant literature. To concretize the omni-channel consumption experience, well-structured scales of omni-channel experience are discussed. Lastly, insights for omni-channel customer journey are discussed with future research directions and managerial implications, which emphasize the importance of new approaches to omni-channel customer journey.
Gamification Strategies for Social Media
Authors: Garcia Jorge Esparteiro , Rodrigues Pedro , Simões Jorge , Serra da Fonseca Manuel José
Published: September 2022

With the evolution of technology and all the associated paradigms, the business reality had the need to adapt and incorporate all this evolution. Gamification strategies in social networks are used to optimize the use and involvement of users. Thus, in a business context, these strategies are used to increase user engagement in the company/brand's social networks with the aim of increasing and strengthening trust. This chapter's main objectives are to understand if internet users and social media users know the term gamification and if the associated strategies are perceptible in the social media context. Therefore, to better analyze the users' behavior regarding these strategies and their knowledge about gamification, an online survey was developed and applied. After the survey, it was possible to conclude that 16.3% of the respondents already knew the term gamification. Through the survey it was also possible to conclude that most respondents had already been in contact with gamification strategies, even if 90.6% did not adhere to them frequently.
Smart Cities
Authors: Toste André Alves , Moura Dulcineia Catarina Moura Catarina , Aguiar Lídia
Published: September 2022

The use of technology has been making territories smarter. This fact allows policymakers and stakeholders to develop cities in a smart, sustainable way and provide more quality of life to those who live there. Tourism destinations are beginning to be able to anticipate behaviour and customize their offer, thus becoming intelligent tourist destinations. However, it has been the large cities that have been on this journey. The qualitative methodology was used, and five structured interviews were conducted with stakeholders to understand the ability of a low-density territory, using the municipality of Guarda as the object of study. Through the identification of the essential infrastructures, the importance is given by policymakers to the theme and understanding the perception of those who influence the destination, and a proposal for a model for low-density smart tourism destinations was developed. It is concluded that low-density territories must satisfy all the associated dimensions and conceive a collective thinking that makes this goal possible: intelligent tourism destinations.
What Effect Does Technology Have on a Responsive Leadership Style?
Authors: Awosola Ibidayo
Published: September 2022

All aspects of human life are affected by technology. It has changed the way individuals communicate with one another and conduct their everyday routines and business transactions. The world is undergoing a Fourth Industrial Revolution, which is radically altering the world of leadership. Artificial intelligence, machine learning, robots, and other cutting-edge technologies, in particular, are increasing efficiency and reshaping leadership and operations. Leaders in today's most successful firms must keep up with technology advancements and successfully leverage them to achieve laudable outcomes. The motivating element behind the new leadership style is technology and its ethical use. Literature gaps indicate that there is much more to learn about this issue and that it is critical to address it in order for enterprises to remain competitive.
Analysis of Ethical Development for Public Policies in the Acquisition of AI-Based Systems
Authors: Tabares-Soto Reinel , Bernal-Salcedo Joshua , García-Arias Zergio Nicolás , Ortega-Bolaños Ricardo , Hermosilla María Paz , Arteaga-Arteaga Harold Brayan , Ruz Gonzalo A.
Published: September 2022

The exponential growth of AI and its applications in different areas of society, such as the financial, agricultural, telecommunications, or health sectors, poses new challenges for the government's public sector, mainly in regulating these systems. Governments and entities in general address these challenges by formulating soft laws such as manuals or guidelines. They seek full transparency, privacy, and bias reduction when implementing an AI-based system, including its life cycle and respective data management or governance. These tools and documents aim to develop an ethical AI that addresses or solves the aforementioned ethical implications. The revision of 22 documents within frameworks, guides, articles, toolkits, and manuals proposed by different governments and entities are examined in detail. Analyses include a general summary, the main objective, characteristics to be highlighted, advantages and disadvantages if any, and possible improvements.
Eye Care in the Low Resource Setting
Authors: Hashimoto Robert , Waldman Corey
Published: September 2022

Within ophthalmology, focus is ever increasing on global trends in ocular care and socioeconomic determinants of vision outcomes. Worldwide, uncorrected refractive error and cataract continue to disproportionately affect persons in low-income and middle-income countries. Increasingly, smartphone technology and artificial intelligence are impacting screening and analysis of patients with suspected conditions such as strabismus, diabetic retinopathy, and glaucoma. Building upon large-scale treatment strategies, management of leading infectious ocular conditions worldwide, such as trachoma and onchocerciasis, has yielded remarkable improvements in community health. In terms of pediatric conditions, the world is currently experiencing a “third wave” of retinopathy of prematurity, whereas retinoblastoma continues to demonstrate differences in both vision outcomes and overall survival between patients in low-income and high-income countries. Finally, many conditions which do not threaten vision remain major reasons for patients to seek care in countries of any income status.
The Critical Role of the Pharmacist in the Global COVID-19 Pandemic
Authors: Law Anandi V. , Sanchez David J. , Hata Micah , Hsu Donald
Published: September 2022

The rapid spread of the novel coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) and the COVID-19 infection captured the world unprepared. Struggles with initial containment strategies led to a pandemic designation in March of 2020. As the pandemic progressed, challenges became overwhelming with the paucity, appraisal, and dissemination of data; prevention and treatment strategies; resource management; testing and vaccine development/distribution/administration efforts. Pharmacists, traditionally known for their dispensing roles in the community pharmacy setting, visibly stepped up to meet the fast-changing and dynamic needs of the COVID-19 pandemic. This chapter outlines the contributions of pharmacists during the pandemic with a deeper insight into the spectrum of roles that pharmacists are regularly engaged in within a range of settings. An explanation of the modified and expanded functions that the pandemic necessitated is presented against the background of evolution of the pharmacy profession and pharmacists through the past few decades.
Pressure Effects on the Structural, Elastic Properties and Mechanical Parameters of Al-Doped GaAs
Authors: Okbi Farid , Almi Kenza , Lakel Said
Published: September 2022

The elastic and structural properties of Aluminum-doped Gallium Arsenide at different pressure have been investigated by using the first-principles density functional theory. In order to calculate the exchange correlation potentials, the exchange and correlation potential is determined by the generalized gradient approximation parameterized by Perdew Burke Ernzerhof and local density approximation. The results showed the decrease of the lattice constants with increasing pressure and the bulk modulus increase from increasing pressure of binary Gallium Arsenide and their ternary alloy by both the approximations mentioned above. This results show a good agreement is found between the theoretical and the experimental available data. The elastic constants, Young modulus, Bulk modulus, Shear modulus, Poisson’s ratio and Debye temperatures of Gallium Arsenide binary and their ternary alloy as function of pressure have been calculated for the first time. The results provide a theoretical reference for doping of Gallium Arsenide with Aluminum atom at different pressures.
Estimation of Effect of Cold Forging Deformational Behavior on Al-2024 Alloy Reinforced with Fly-Ash Particulates
Authors: Raju Sivasankara , Srinivas Ch. Lakshmi , Gunji Srinivasa Rao , Srinag T. , Shekhar Meda Chandra , Pandi Timothi
Published: September 2022

This work emphasize on utilization of fly ash in to novel aluminium alloy (Al-2024). The Al-2024 alloy and composites (≈10%flyash) prepared by stir casting technique. The composites is cold forged and identified properties (mechanical, structural and stress distribution in component). Upset tests at room temperature, during the deformation process, provide representative behaviour. The metallographic structure of alloy revelled dendritic and composites shows fine spherical prime segment split and regularly dispersed intermetallic compounds. The stress intensity and distribution of temperature were examined in depth at different input combinations. Compression tests were conducted on Ø 12 mm cylindrical specimens at an H/D ratio of 1.0 and 1.5 for alloy and fly ash composites (2, 6 and 10 wt %). In determining the forging load, the upset ratio defined as the mainly important factor. The strain in composites increased with increasing % of reduction in size and decreased with % of fly ash.
An Easy Way for Ceramic Bricks Elaboration to Carry out Basic Technical Measurements
Authors: Elidrissi Hicham , Borja Wafaa , Daoudi Lahcen , Fagel Nathalie , Hakkou Rachid , Taha Yassine , Tamraoui Youssef
Published: September 2022

Fired bricks have shown tremendous potential as a construction material due to their properties. However, their use required some specifications in terms of quality, resistance, and durability. In developing countries, the lack of tools to make test specimens leads to many defects in these brick specimens responsible for low durability and weak precision during mechanical tests and shrinkage. In this study, a simple and traditional method of making test bricks is presented. This simple method allows the production of bricks with the required properties. This method is especially efficient for semi-soft consistency pastes. The elaborated handmade pastes present a very different particle-size distribution < 2 mm (clay: 18-66%; silt: 12-53%; sand: 5-65%). The pastes do not stick to the walls of the mould like in the case of steel moulds, and it gives specimens with standard shape, smooth surface, and sharp edges. The resulting fired bricks exhibit high mechanical strength (up to 102 MPa for the compressive strength, and up to 28 MPa for the flexural strength) comparable to and even better than those of conventional methods. The elaborated bricks allowed also the measurement of very important parameters such as drying and firing shrinkage, drying, and firing weight loss, and porosity.
Comparative Study on the Biodegradation Behavior of Pure Mg in NaCl Solution and Simulated Body Fluids
Authors: Vardhan Voleti Sri Sai Harsha , Sharma Ambuj , Tiruveedhula Sathish , Buradagunta Ratna Sunil
Published: September 2022

Developing Mg based implants for temporary applications based on their biodegradation in the physiological environment is a potential research area in the biomedical engineering. Assessing the bio-corrosion in simulated conditions helps to reduce the complexity of research studies associated with in-vivo experiments and can be used to assess the true behavior of the Mg implant in artificial solutions. On the other hand, assessing the corrosion behavior by using 3.5% NaCl solution is a standard ASTM protocol widely used in the industries. Hence, in the present work, degradation of pure Mg due to bio-corrosion in two different solutions i.e simulated body fluids (SBF) and 3.5% NaCl solution has been investigated. From the results, the weight loss measurements indicated higher degradation during the initial 24 h in SBF solution. However, with the increased immersion time to 72 h, due to the deposition of mineral phases from SBF as confirmed from the electron microscopy and X-Ray diffraction study, the degradation was observed as decreased in SBF compared with NaCl solution. Hence, the results demonstrate that the evaluation of degradation behavior of Mg based materials in simulated physiological environments is appropriate compared with the standard NaCl environment.
Influence of Magnetized Water on Mechanical Properties and Durability of Recycled Aggregate Concrete
Authors: Youssef Ali Abdallah , Esfahani Mohammad Reza
Published: September 2022

The main objective of this study was to investigate the influence of using magnetized water on the mechanical properties and durability behavior in terms of freeze-thaw resistance of recycled aggregate concrete. In addition to the effect of different numbers of water rounds in the magnetic field, other variables including steel fibers, super-plasticizers and silica-fume were considered in the concrete production in order to achieve the ideal possible performance for recycled aggregate concrete made with 100% coarse aggregates replacements. For this purpose, a total of 11 concrete mixes were prepared and tested. At the first step, the effects of the mentioned variables on the basic properties, including workability, water absorption, compressive strength, splitting tensile strength, flexural strength and freeze-thaw durability test were investigated. Additionally, flexural toughness was evaluated in accordance with the post-crack strength (PCS) method and the microstructure of concrete specimens was also observed by using scanning electron microscope (SEM). The results of most experiments indicated that magnetized water, although highly effective on the mechanical properties of concrete, should not be solely utilized as a compensating factor for the defects caused by recycled coarse aggregates. The optimum toughness and durability results regarding the fiber-reinforced concrete mixes produced with recycled coarse aggregates, were related to samples containing silica-fume and 10-rounds magnetized water. Furthermore, the existence of cement replaced by 10% of silica-fume and 10-rounds magnetized water in the concrete mix MW-SF2, increased the durability of the recycled aggregate concrete by an average of approximately 63%.
Designing Local CFL Textbooks for Sri Lanka: A Conceptual Framework towards Penetrating the Hegemony and Ideology in Global Competition
Authors: Dassanayake D. A. N. S. Y.
Published: September 2022

Despite the dramatic growth in demand for Chinese language in Sri Lanka, fewer efforts have been taken for catering the specific necessities of Sri Lankan CFL learners towards an optimal student friendly learning environment. The hegemonic and ideological approaches of global textbooks have least addressed the socio-linguistic attributes of Sri Lankan learners. The present study examines the shortcomings of global CFL textbooks used by Sri Lankan learners from a student perspective and develops a rudimentary conceptual framework with reference to existing literature. The key informants of the study were (n=35) Chinese language students of Sri Lanka who constitute for a non-probabilistic convenience sample. It was inferred from the analysis that there is a critical requirement of incorporating local languages, their specific vocabulary and local context into CFL textbooks in Sri Lanka. It was further concluded that textbooks best be optimized for supporting translanguaging or partial immersion rather than total immersion or monolingual instructional approaches that would accommodate the socio-linguistic, socio-cultural and meta-cognitive spaces of the learners.
Morphological Awareness and Reading Comprehension: A Cross-linguistic Study
Authors: Samaraweera S. G. S.
Published: September 2022

This study investigated the association between cross-language morphological awareness and reading comprehension among the second language (English) adult learners who speak Sinhala as a first language. Measures of morphological awareness and reading comprehension (sentence-level and passage-level) in both languages were administered to appraise learners’ morphological awareness and reading comprehension. The results of the regression analyses indicated that although Sinhala morphological awareness was associated with sentence-level English reading comprehension, it did not associate with passage-level English reading comprehension. Furthermore, the results demonstrated that English morphological awareness did not associate with sentence-level Sinhala reading comprehension. The results suggested that cross-language associations between morphological awareness and reading comprehension differ depending on the language background and level of reading comprehension: passage-level or sentence-level comprehension.
Radical cystectomy for bladder urothelial carcinoma with aggressive variant histology
Authors: Mehrnoush Vahid , Brennan Logan , Ismail Asmaa , Zakaria Ahmed , Elmansy Hazem , Shahrour Walid , Prowse Owen , Kotb Ahmed
Published: September 2022

Purpose: The aim of this study is to report our experience in managing bladder cancer in patients with variant pathology. Methods: Retrospective data collection for all patients managed by radical cystectomy over the last 3 years for a variant pathol-ogy was completed. We speciﬁcally included micropapillary and nested variants. Results: Ten patients were identiﬁed, with eight having micropapillary carcinoma (MPC) and two having nested vari-ants. Nine patients were male. The median age was 75. The two patients with nested variant were 56 and 62 years old, respec-tively, whereas all patients with MPC were over the age of 70. Upon cystectomy of all micropapillary cases, three patients(37.5%) had positive lymph node invasion and the ﬁnal patholo-gy was T2 (two patients), T3 (two patients), and T4 (four patients). Barring a grade III complication Clavien-Dindo classi-ﬁcation due to wound dehiscence that necessitated secondary surgical closure, there were no speciﬁc perioperative complica-tions. Given the urethral invasion, cystourethrectomy was per-formed on the female patient. Within a median 13-month fol-low-up, three patients developed local recurrence, including two urethral and one new lateral pelvic mass. Conclusions: Considering the muscle invasive nature of micropapillary and nested bladder cancer, aggressive surgical management should not be postponed. Moreover, due to notable prevalence of concurrent and/or recurrent urethral involvement, initial urethrectomy or early and frequent postoperative ure-throscopy should be provided. Patients with variant histology bladder cancer may beneﬁt from early radical cystectomy when compared to bladder sparing protocols and prostate sparing cystectomy treatment options.
Intracranial Myxoid Mesenchymal Tumour with EWSR1-ATF1 Fusion Sans Myxoid Stroma – Report of A Newer Entity with Brief Review of Literature
Authors: Shaikh Salman T , Hajra Debasish , Singh Sashriya , Nagaraju Santhosh , El-Maghraby Hussien
Published: September 2022

Intracranial myxoid mesenchymal tumors (IMMTs) are a relatively new group of tumors, first described in 2017. We report this rare variant in a 27-year-old female which was initially suspected to be a high-grade glial neoplasm. Next-generation sequencing confirmed the presence of fusion between the FET and cAMP response element-binding (CREB) family of genes. This fusion is diagnostic of IMMT, with only 19 such cases reported so far. The authors would like to highlight the need for genomic sequencing for the diagnosis of this tumor, its propensity to recur locally, and its relatively better prognosis as compared to high-grade gliomas.