bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Sustainable Legitimacy: Chinese Government Inspections and Public Approval of Village Leadership
Authors: Xi Jinrui
Published: June 2018

Inspections to villages are an important mechanism for the Chinese government to gain and retain its ruling legitimacy. However, whether inspections have been effectively utilized for that designated purpose of sustainable governance remains less clear. We know very little about how the Chinese government employs inspections to boost its public approval. This study sets out to examine that effect, contending that inspections to Chinese villages significantly boost the public approval of village leaderships by promoting the governing efficacy of village leaders. The consistent practice of inspections results in a sustained level of public support for the Chinese government. This causal relationship between inspections and public approval holds, first, by improving village social welfare and economic development, and second, by securing for village leaders essential political and financial support from higher authorities to better represent villagers’ interests and mediate conflicts among villagers. Using data of 961 randomly selected villages across China, the empirical analysis shows that Chinese government inspections significantly boost villagers’ approval regarding their village leaders.
The Biological Function of Hepatitis B Virus X Protein in Hepatocellular Carcinoma
Authors: Xu Qiaodong , Gu Songgang , Liang Jiahong , Lin Zhihua , Zheng Shaodong , Yan Jiang
Published: June 2018

Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is one of the major malignant tumors that lead to death. Chronic hepatitis B virus infection is an important risk factor for HCC initiation. HBx protein, encoded by the HBV X gene, is a significant factor that promotes HBV-related HCC, although
the exact molecular mechanism remains unclear. This article summarizes the pathological roles and related mechanisms of HBx in HCC. HBx plays a carcinogenic role by promoting cell proliferation, metastasis, and angiogenesis and inhibiting apoptosis in HCC. A detailed study of the biological
functions of HBx will help to elucidate the mechanism of hepatocarcinogenesis and lead to the development of novel therapeutic targets for the treatment of HBV-related HCC.
Chromosome numbers for the Italian flora: 5
Authors: Peruzzi Lorenzo , Astuti Giovanni , Caparelli Katia Francesca , D'Antraccoli Marco , Roma-Marzio Francesco
Published: June 2018

In this contribution new chromosome data obtained on material collected in Italy are presented. It includes 7 chromosome counts for Centaurea (Asteraceae).
À propos de la subjectivation
Authors: Fischhof Catherine
Published: June 2018

L’auteure, thérapeute familiale psychanalytique, témoigne de ses propres expériences de formation à la thérapie familiale psychanalytique en menant une réflexion sur la notion de subjectivation. Elle se propose de réfléchir aux conditions d’une expérience d’appropriation subjective qui permette de développer une écoute analytique en situation groupale à partir de deux situations formatives : la supervision d’une psychothérapie familiale psychanalytique dans laquelle la question de l’écoute était centrale. Une expérience d’observation dans un groupe de psychodrame de formation à la thérapie familiale psychanalytique vécue comme expérience subjective, de saisie de soi-même. Dans ces deux situations, la subjectivation engage de nouvelles capacités de mobilité psychique.
La violence conjugale, effet de répétition des liens primaires ?
Authors: Ginolhac Catherine , Bourdet-Loubère Sylvie
Published: June 2018

Cet article interroge les liens pouvant exister, chez des femmes victimes de violence conjugale, entre une relation aux objets primaires carencée durant l’enfance et l’expérience répétée d’une violence agie au sein de leur couple. Il s’agit plus particulièrement de mieux comprendre l’inertie des femmes face à la répétition des violences et la signification des retours au domicile malgré les violences chroniques. Le cas de Léa permet d’illustrer l’existence d’un lien entre la répétition de la relation violente vécue dans son couple et la recherche illusoire de réparation de la relation « manquée » avec les objets primaires notamment à travers des mouvements d’emprise et de déprise.
Villes et systèmes d’information : de la naissance de l’urbanisme moderne à l’émergence de la smart city
Authors: Picon Antoine
Published: June 2018

La montée en puissance récente de la thématique de la ville intelligente ne doit pas faire oublier l’ancienneté des relations entre villes et systèmes d’information. Cet article entreprend du même coup de replacer cette montée en puissance dans le cadre d’une histoire plus étendue qui débute à la charnière des XIX e et XX e siècles avec l’avènement de sociétés ayant recours à des quantités de plus en plus massives de données pour fonctionner. Il évoque ensuite le moment cybernétique et systémique des décennies 1950-1970 avant d’en venir aux questions soulevées par la thématique de la ville intelligente. À chacune de ces étapes, doctrines et pratiques urbaines se modifient en relation directe avec la question de la ville comme ensemble de systèmes d’informations.
L’efficacité des politiques monétaires non conventionnelles
Authors: Martinache Igor
Published: June 2018

Face aux conséquences de la crise des subprimes , les banquiers centraux ont sans doute été les plus actifs, mais aussi les plus innovants en termes de politiques économiques. Les instruments dits non conventionnels qu’ils ont ainsi déployés n’ont pas été sans entraîner de vifs débats qui sont loin d’être éteints, à commencer par celui concernant leur efficacité, qui pose tout à la fois la question des objectifs qui leur ont été impartis que celle de leur capacité à être poursuivis. Ou du moins à ne pas nuire.
Les grandes fissures du modèle libéral-productiviste à l’aube du xxi e siècle
Authors: Besançon Yves
Published: June 2018

À partir de la fin du XVIII e siècle, au moment où se mettait en place le capitalisme industriel en Europe, un nouveau modèle de croissance et de développement, qualifié de « libéral-productiviste », prenait naissance pour le meilleur et pour le pire. Deux cents ans plus tard, ce modèle traverse une crise structurelle multidimensionnelle historique, dont il importe de faire l’analyse pour éclairer le chemin d’une nécessaire évolution vers un autre modèle, dans la perspective d’un développement durable pour l’ensemble des pays de la planète.
Sur la distinction de deux usages contrastifs d’ alors que
Authors: Lafontaine Fanny
Published: June 2018

Nous décrivons, à partir de l’observation de 1 200 occurrences issues de corpus de français parlé et écrit, le fonctionnement de certaines structures à effet de sens contrastif introduites par alors que qui se caractérisent par la présence de deux couples lexicaux oppositifs et par une absence de relation de dépendance syntaxique avec le verbe de l’autre construction, en vertu des critères d’insertion paradigmatique retenus par l’Approche Pronominale (Blanche-Benveniste et al. , 1984). Dans ces configurations, la construction en alors que présente deux ordres linéaires : elle peut être antéposée à la base ou lui être postposée. Toutefois, il convient selon sa position de réserver deux traitements macro-syntaxiques à ces regroupements de constructions verbales, respectivement « regroupement syntagmatique satellite-noyau » et « regroupement paradigmatique de noyaux ».
Romances judeoespañoles de Gibraltar
Authors: Anahory-Librowicz Oro
Published: June 2018

Los quince romances aquí incluidos y comentados presentan un rasgo interesante: su origen. Procedentes de una informante sefardí de Gibraltar, constituyen un testimonio único de esta tradición. Aunque los textos son generalmente representativos de la tradición sefardí de Marruecos, dos de ellos son rarísimos (núms. 7 y 10). Esta muestra única no nos permite sacar conclusiones generales sobre la tradición gibraltareña. Sin embargo, se notan ciertos rasgos distintivos: tendencia a la brevedad y a las versiones truncas, incluso en los textos más difundidos, claras influencias de las tradiciones andaluza y marroquí y escasez de pronunciación dialectal sefardí.
Nueve adivinanzas de Estambul (Colección Milwitzky)
Authors: G. Armistead Samuel , H. Silverman Joseph
Published: June 2018

De la abundante colección de literatura oral judeoespañola de los Balcanes, recogida en 1898-1899 por William Milwitzky en Yugoslavia, Rumanía, Bulgaria, Grecia y Turquía, se editan y se estudian nueve adivinanzas hasta ahora inéditas procedentes de Estambul, cuyas soluciones son el cerrojo (de la puerta) (1), el asno (2), el caballo (y sus arreos) (3-4), el cubo del pozo (5), la oreja (6a-6b), la pluma (7), el rábano (8) y el sol (9). Por lo que se refiere a su posible origen, cuatro de estas adivinanzas resultan ser hispánico-peninsulares (1, 5, 9; y posiblemente también 3), otras dos son obviamente de origen oriental (6, 8), en tanto que el origen de otras tres resulta imposible de precisar (2, 4, 7). Pese a la limitadísima extensión del corpus, tiende a confirmar, según creemos, el carácter culturalmente ecléctico de la tradición «enigmática» judeoespañola, ya señalado en la exigua colección del rabino Menahem Azuz (vid. nota 6 supra).
Domenico Gerosolimitano a Venezia
Authors: Ioly Zorattini Pier Cesare
Published: June 2018

El artículo se ocupa de la identificación hebrea de Domenico Gerosolimitano, célebre censor de libros hebreos que trabajó en Italia entre fines del siglo XVI y los primeros veinte años del XVII. Gracias a haber descubierto en Venecia el acta de bautismo, el autor ha logrado identificar a Domenico Gerosolimitano con el rabino Samuel Vivas de Jerusalén y precisar la fecha exacta de su conversión al catolicismo (6 de agosto de 1593). El estudio arroja además nueva luz sobre la estancia en Venecia de Domenico y sobre sus inicios como censor de libros hebreos.
Ḥayim Yom-Tob Magula y su poesía moralizante
Authors: Romero Elena
Published: June 2018

En este artículo se lleva a cabo la edición de dos coplas desconocidas de Ḥayim Yom-Tob Magula: El mundo al revés y Un mundo nuevo; y se identifica como obra de este mismo autor la copla de Las edades del hombre, de amplia difusión en el mundo sefardí y tenida hasta ahora por anónima.
Ulteriori osservazioni sul significato di parbār (1CR 26,18b) alla luce di alcune versioni arabe
Authors: Toloni Giancarlo
Published: June 2018

En las versiones árabes modernas (ediciones de Beirut y Cambridge) de 1Cr 26:18, se traduce la palabra parbār por el sustantivo riwâqun / rawâqun 'columnata'. Se trata de una interpretación libre del texto original, similar a la de los LXX y sobre todo a la de la Vulgata. En el curso de la evolución semántica ocurrida en el judaísmo, también se va especificando el significado del término, al igual que el de su variante *parwār. De hecho, en los manuscritos de Qumrán y en el Talmud la palabra parbār se interpreta según el contexto como 'columnata, pórtico', y así lo atestiguan los términos árabes utilizados en las versiones modernas, los cuales tienen expresamente ese mismo significado.
Questions of Identity: The Structure of the Cohen Family in Puigcerdá in the Early Fourteenth Century
Authors: Wasserstein David J.
Published: June 2018

Dos testamentos de judíos de Puigcerdá del siglo XIV nos permiten reconstruir las familias de los testadores. Los datos son tan semejantes entre sí que parece tratarse de una misma familia; sin embargo plantean dificultades ciertas divergencias, de cuya explicación nos ocupamos en este artículo. Además, desde el punto de vista estadístico parece muy probable la identidad de los dos grupos familiares: hay que tener en cuenta que en la Puigcerdá del momento no vivían más que unos centenares de familias, de las cuales sólo unas cincuenta eran judías.
«No abandones la obra de tus manos» (Sal 138,8)
Authors: Schökel Luis Alonso
Published: June 2018

En este artículo el autor hace un estudio del trístico final del salmo 138, analizando detalles puntuales según su interpretación y la de otros comentaristas; propone una traducción y aduce otras versiones.
España y los sefarditas de Salónica durante el incendio de 1917
Authors: Morcillo Rosillo Matilde
Published: June 2018

En este artículo quiero poner de relieve la ayuda prestada por el cónsul general de España en Salónica, Teodoro Varela y Gil, a la colonia española, con ocasión del incendio que allí estalló en el verano de 1917, dejando en la ruina a miles de judíos, entre los que se encontraban numerosos protegidos españoles. El diplomático obtuvo del gobierno español la suma de 20.000 francos, contribuyendo al reparto de los socorros enviados desde España entre la comunidad sefardita de Salónica. Varela y Gil expuso también a su gobierno en Madrid las quejas de un grupo de sefarditas españoles que protestaban por la ley de expropiación de los terrenos incendiados que el gobierno griego quería poner en marcha.
Sociología conversa en los siglos XV y XVI: La dinámica de las familias manchegas
Authors: Parello Vincent
Published: June 2018

A mediados del siglo XV los descendientes de los judeoconversos condenados por la Inquisición toledana diversificaron sus actividades socioprofesionales e imitaron los valores que imperaban en la sociedad dominante. Así se introdujeron en las actividades agrícolas, ingresaron en el clero y adquirieron cargos honoríficos, de manera que pudieron integrarse en la dinámica social de la mayoría. Pero no por eso abandonaron el comercio, base exclusiva de su riqueza, como a veces se ha dicho un tanto apresuradamente. Esa mezcla de actividades «marcadas» y no «marcadas» tiende a demostrar que el proceso de integración no resultaba incompatible con el mantenimiento de servicios específicos.
Spanish, Portuguese, and Neo-Latin Poetry Written and/or Published by Seventeenth-, Eighteenth-, and Nineteenth-Century Sephardim from Hamburg and Frankfurt (2)
Authors: Brown Kenneth , Bertolín Cebrián Reyes
Published: June 2018

[Continuación de Kenneth Brown, "Spanish, Portuguese, and Neo-Latin Poetry Written and/or Published by Seventeenth and Eighteenth-Century Sephardim from Hamburg and Frankfurt (1)", Sefarad, 59, 1 (1999), pp. 3-42].
Some cases in the Masorah of Spanish Manuscripts
Authors: Ortega-Monasterio M.ª Teresa
Published: June 2018

En el presente artículo se analizan algunas notas masoréticas del Pentateuco en diferentes manuscritos españoles. Algunos de ellos deben su importancia a que fueron utilizados para establecer el texto base de la Biblia Políglota Complutense de Cisneros. Más adelante, se compara la información de estas notas masoréticas con los manuscritos de Leningrado, Or 4445, Cairo y Alepo y con las ediciones de Ben Hayyîm y Biblia Hebraica Stuttgartensia (BHS) con el fin de demostrar la proximidad de los códices españoles con la tradición tiberiense de Ben Ašer.
An Overview of the Therapeutic Aspect of Living Drugs Probiotics
Authors: Patravale Vandana Bharat , Joshi Amita Keertimaan
Published: June 2018

The human body harbors ten times more bacterial cells than human cells. These bacterial cells form the human microbiome that plays a vital role in human health. An imbalance in the gut microbiome (i.e., dysbiosis) can result in various pathological conditions. This dysbiosis can be refurbished with the supplement of “probiotics.” Probiotics have thus been defined as non-pathogenic micro-organisms that, when ingested, exert a positive influence on host health or physiology. The most commonly used probiotic bacteria comes from two genera: Lactobacillus and Bifidobacterium. Various research findings have proposed a correlation between the alteration of microbiota (composition/activity/density) with disorders like infectious diarrhea, inflammatory bowel diseases, obesity, to name a few. The ultimate effect of administration of probiotics on health or physiology is either direct or indirect. This chapter summarizes the concept of probiotics, their therapeutic aspect along with possible mechanism of action.
Recent Trends in Functional Foods for Obesity Management
Authors: Poonia Amrita
Published: June 2018

Obesity is a medical condition caused by the accumulation of excess fat in the body. The main causes of obesity are lifestyle, less physical activity, and increased health problems. Overweight and obesity have increased over the past 20 years in many regions of the world, particularly the prevalence of obesity in childhood. It is not only a problem of developed countries but also becoming a growing burden for the developing countries. Functional foods might play important role in prevention or treatment of overweight. Functional foods for obesity influences the energy balance equation regulated by the control of energy intake or of energy dissipated as heat (thermogenesis).
Dietary Fibers and Nutraceuticals in Prevention of Hypertension
Authors: Disouza John Intru , Patil Kiran Shivaji , Kakade Pratik Shailendra , Patravale Vandana Bharat
Published: June 2018

Hypertension is the major cause of mortality amongst many cardiovascular risk factors causing 7.5 million deaths annually. Macronutrient and micronutrient deficiencies are very common in general population and have broad-ranging physiological effects in-vivo which lessen inflammatory cascades and vascular reactivity. A recent trend is to perform nutritional epidemiological studies linking overall diet pattern to the lifestyle, examining the link between food and nutrients of diet to risk of chronic diseases. This chapter would deal with pharmacological and pathological basis of hypertension, utilization of dietary fibers, functional foods, nutraceuticals for hypertensive populations as well as to those with increased cardiovascular risks.
The Protective Role of Nutraceuticals and Functional Food in Hyperlipidemia
Authors: Kumar Raushan , Rizvi Syed Ibrahim
Published: June 2018

Diets rich in fats and cholesterol are mainly responsible for the production of free radicals which contribute to the incidence of hyperlipidemia and hypercholesterolemia. Both of these are the major factors responsible for CVDs. Hyperlipidemia is characterized by elevated level of total cholesterol (TC), low-density lipoprotein (LDL) and very low-density lipoprotein (VLDL), and reduced level of high-density lipoprotein (HDL) in serum. The main role of diet is to provide ample amount of nutrients to meet the nutritional requirements of an individual. However, there are increasing scientific approaches helping the hypothesis that some food ingredients have beneficial effects over and above the provision of the basic nutrients. So in this chapter, the main focus is food categorized under nutraceutical and functional food and their various protective roles in the case of hyperlipidemia.
Role of Diet, Functional Foods, and Nutraceuticals in Brain Disorders
Authors: Patravale Vandana Bharat , Naik Shivraj Vasantrao , Dhage Shrikant Ninaji
Published: June 2018

This chapter presents an overview of various complementary nutritional approaches for the management of brain disorders. Numerous epidemiological studies emphasize the growing burden of brain disorders worldwide. Due to the complex pathophysiology, lack of precise diagnostic and therapeutic options, there is growing need to have alternative approaches. One important strategy for the prevention and treatment of brain impairment is based on dietary supplements, functional foods, and nutraceuticals. The current chapter illustrates various aspects of available nutritional products for the brain disorder. Considering the recent surge in the nutritional products and as it destined to play an important role in future, existing regulatory framework is explained here which ensures purity, safety, and efficacy of the marketed products.
Nutraceutical and Functional Foods in Treatment of Anemia
Authors: Patravale Vandana B. , Kadwadkar Namrata A. , Patki Shalaka R. , Disouza John Intru
Published: June 2018

WHO database mentions that the global anemia-affected population is 24.8%. To name a few conditions in which compromisation of the red blood corpuscles and hemoglobin occurs are iron deficiency anemia, gestational anemia, anemia due to malaria and parasitism, hemolytic anemia, sickle cell anemia. The line of treatment in case of anemia involves administration of iron supplements, plasmapheresis, steroids, blood transfusion at regular intervals, and lifestyle changes. The systematic approach applied for the pharmaceutical molecules should be equally inculcated in the case of nutraceuticals. The traditional system when woven carefully with the novel drug delivery system will give effective nutrient delivery. Functional foods have inherent nutritional value. Nutraceuticals and functional food cannot cure the anemic condition, but help the patient lead life almost like a normal individual.
Biochemic System of Medicine
Authors: Goswami Srijan , Mitra Sagarika , Paul Piyasee , Dey Dipjyoti , Das Sankalan
Published: June 2018

The biochemic system of medicine, also known as the inorganic cell salt therapy, pioneered by Dr. Wilhelm Heinrich Schuessler, following the footsteps of Dr. Samuel Hahnemann, is the oldest form of nutraceutical therapy approved and recognized by the World Health Organization as one of the complementary therapies. The chapter presents the fundamental ideology and concepts that underlies the promising system of biochemic medicine as concisely, simply, and to-the-point as possible. The chapter begins with a brief introduction to biochemic system, nutrition science, and concepts of nutraceuticals, followed by a brief history and literature review. It covers biochemic system of medicine and its relevant concepts before closing the chapter with a conclusion.
Internet Addiction and Online Gaming
Authors: Maiti Tanay
Published: June 2018

Internet addiction has gradually turned a medium of gaming and other leisure activities shifting from its original intention to fasten the communication and help in the researches. The excessive usage of internet and nature of its usage has been found to be similar with psycho-addictive substance addiction with similar neurobiological basis. Inclusion of gambling disorder into DSM 5 further strengthens the emerging concept of behavioral addiction. Various worldwide researches also support the upsurge of such problem. The clinical presentation and management options are mostly based on the behavioral principles learned from the substance abuse problems. However, large-scale randomized trails and epidemiological studies are definitely needed to understand this twenty-first century problem.
The Use of Written Descriptions and 2D Images as Cues for Tactile Information in Online Shopping
Authors: Morton Flor
Published: June 2018

Despite the steady growth in the use of online platforms for purchasing products in the past few years, e-commerce faces important challenges such as the inability of physically experiencing a product, specifically the inability to obtain tactile information. In this chapter, through a qualitative exploratory study approach, the author explores the possibility of conveying tactile characteristics of a product to consumers in an online shopping environment through product presentation formats such as written descriptions and 2D images. The author highlights the potential for sensory marketing through first reviewing literature on the subject with a special focus on touch and the inability to touch in online commercial channels. The methodology is presented along with the findings of the exploratory study. A concluding discussion of findings is presented and the potential for future research in the area of image processing to enhance 2D images ability to provide tactile information is discussed to conclude the chapter.
Visual Saliency and Perceptual Quality Assessment of 3D Meshes
Authors: Nouri Anass , Charrier Christophe , Lezoray Olivier
Published: June 2018

This chapter concerns the visual saliency and the perceptual quality assessment of 3D meshes. Firstly, the chapter proposes a definition of visual saliency and describes the state-of-the-art methods for its detection on 3D mesh surfaces. A focus is made on a recent model of visual saliency detection for 3D colored and non-colored meshes whose results are compared with a ground-truth saliency as well as with the literature's methods. Since this model is able to estimate the visual saliency on 3D colored meshes, named colorimetric saliency, a description of the construction of a 3D colored mesh database that was used to assess its relevance is presented. The authors also describe three applications of the detailed model that respond to the problems of viewpoint selection, adaptive simplification and adaptive smoothing. Secondly, two perceptual quality assessment metrics for 3D non-colored meshes are described, analyzed, and compared with the state-of-the-art approaches.
Momentum- and Resilient-Based Level Set for Medical Image Segmentation
Authors: Dubey Deepika , Singh Uday Pratap
Published: June 2018

In this chapter, the authors present the technique of medical image segmentation which means to partition an image into non-overlapping regions based on intensity. The active contour is one of the most successful level set methods for segmentation and it is widely applicable in various image processing applications including medical image segmentation. Biomedical image segmentation and analysis plays an important role in medical science and healthcare. This chapter proposes a momentum term and resilient propagation-based gradient descent method which will remove the sensitivity of local minima of gradient descent. Proposed method is applicable in case of diseases like retinal, diabetic, and glaucoma, etc. Medical image segmentation via momentum and resilient propagation based gradient descent method can be optimized and effectively used. Extensive experiments have been performed over medical images to test the ability of the system. The proposed method is able to present the segmented medical image with clear and smooth boundary also it is simple to design and implementation.
Personal Diary Method
Authors: Zeba Farrah , Mohanty Pankaj Kumar
Published: June 2018

There is a growing interest towards using diaries as a tool of data collection for gathering information pertaining to consumer research. However, the bigger challenge is the qualitative analysis of the data collected through this technique. Hence, the objective of the chapter is to illustrate how diary method of data collection can be a better option than other data collection tools in cases where the informants are likely to experience difficulties in recalling past consumption experience. To delineate the steps and different types of codes used in inductive content analysis to analyze the qualitative data collected through the personal diary method, the chapter will also present an exploratory study with airline consumers using self-completion diaries about their online ticket purchasing experience followed by qualitative analyses of this information collected through diary using inductive content analysis. Each step of the content analysis will be illustrated in the full chapter.
Case Study as a Method of Qualitative Research
Authors: Khan Naila Iqbal
Published: June 2018

Qualitative case study methodology provides tools for researchers to study complex phenomena within their contexts. When the approach is applied correctly, it becomes a valuable method for health science research to develop theory, evaluate programs, and develop interventions. The purpose of this chapter is to guide the novice researcher in identifying the key elements for designing and implementing qualitative case study research projects. An overview of the types of case study designs is provided along with general recommendations for writing the research questions, developing propositions, determining the “case” under study, binding the case, and a discussion of data sources and triangulation. To facilitate application of these principles, clear examples of research questions, study propositions, and the different types of case study designs are provided. The great contribution of qualitative research is the culturally specific and contextually rich data it produces. This is proving critical in the design of comprehensive solutions to general problems in developing countries.
A Glossary of Business Sustainability Concepts
Authors: Sambhanthan Arunasalam
Published: June 2018

This chapter presents a glossary of business sustainability concepts. The business sustainability definitions have been subjected to an abstractive decomposition. The phrases and terms derived from the abstractive decomposition has been categorized into three types, and each answers the questions of why sustainability, how it could be achieved, and where it will lead the businesses. Concepts categorized under each of these questions are defined individually and described with contextual relevance and examples from literature or industry. The glossary has been presented with a logical order to supplement the table of phrases and concepts. This work is an extension of the work reported on defining business sustainability through an abstractive decomposition.
Towards an Agile and Secure IT Service Management
Authors: Abdelkebir Sahid , Maleh Yassine , Belaissaoui Mustapha
Published: June 2018

To support transformational business changes, IT must streamline the top-down process of new IT processes. In the ever-changing business world of today, no one knows what is around the corner, and to improve agility is the best way to organize to the test of the future. By defining IT maturity in your organization, you can map a route to successive levels of maturity and improved agility to reach a point where IT contributes to the execution, growth, and rapid transformation of the business. A successful IT service and asset management need to be efficient and agile to help transform from a traditional into a digital enterprise. In this chapter, the authors propose a global and practical strategic framework to improve ITSM service management processes with the additions of two drivers: agility control based on DevOps and security management based on SecOps.
A Modelled Management Information System for Information Diffusion and Management in Nigerian Universities
Authors: Laminu Muhammad , Yousef Sufian , Zulum Babagana Umara
Published: June 2018

The rapid evolution of the communication technology started with the diffusion of information between connected computers to the present system in which voice, video, etc. are being exchange between systems. Driven by the global educational challenge in the twenty-first century, the Nigerian University Commission had stated that Nigerian university system will now go paperless as it has launched a portal called NUSMAP. The major set-back to the realization of the objectives of NUSMAP is that most Nigerian universities still handle their information system manually by using paper as a delivery vehicle. Some use the single management system. Other universities employ the LAN management model, where each department and/or unit has its own established management information system on the LAN. Very few universities use a campus network where departments/units can share information. In view of the above, the researchers propose a campus network that will be a modelled management information system for information diffusion and management in Nigerian universities.
SMART Pedagogy
Authors: Daniela Linda , Lytras Miltiadis D.
Published: June 2018

In this chapter, the authors would like to discuss topical issues in pedagogical science related to the learning process in a technology and media-enriched environment, opening up discussions on the development of pedagogical science's sector – smart pedagogy to promote a synergy between technology and pedagogy in the context of higher education. The authors' ideas on the concept of smart pedagogy, opened discussion on domains of teachers'role in the discourse of smart pedagogy. and domains of smart pedagogy as a new branch of pedagogy are discussed.
A Social Constructionist Model for Human-Machine Ecosystems
Authors: Galés Neus Lorenzo , Gallon Ray
Published: June 2018

Future learning experiences will be shared in hybrid communities that include humans and non-human agents. Students will need to be protagonists of their social learning situations, together with interactive “smart” tools, and teachers will share planning responsibilities with high-tech assessment tools. Personal engagement will be a major factor for educational success, and collective constructionism will represent the unified model for understanding human-machine interaction. The authors analyze the factors that influence how this will happen through three specific domains of socio-cognitive development: explicit information acquisition, implicit knowledge development, abstract meta-reflection. Humans will experience unpredictable cognitive changes just by merging their goals and actions with artificial intelligence agents. A social constructionist educational system needs to take this into account, plan for the unknown, and work with these evolutions with the goal of developing a new ethos based on a society that is global, networked, collective, ethical, and inclusive.
The Role of Parents for Developing Digital Literacy of 0-5 Year Olds
Authors: Daniela Linda , Rudolfa Arta
Published: June 2018

The digitalization of the world has brought with it changes in the mutual relationship of parents and children, upbringing traditions, and challenged the parents' role. Parents' attitudes towards the digital world could be described as “fear and fascination,” where a fraction treats the possibilities provided by the digital environment with uncritical adoration, while another fraction is convinced that the digital environment poses a variety of risks, which is why children should be deterred from the use of digital media for as long as possible. None of the approaches is productive in helping the development and growth of children born in the digitalization era. That is why an objective for the study was set out – to identify parents' competence in promoting children's digital literacy in order to seek solutions and make recommendations for parents to promote children's digital literacy. The chapter summarizes the results of a part of an ongoing study of parental competence in raising kids of the digital era.
Learning Models and Strategies and the Constructionism in Modern Education Settings
Authors: Iancu Mariana.
Published: June 2018

The researcher has shown the importance and necessity of the combination of didactic models of learning of one part of biology to obtain the best results in construction of biological concepts, by students' effort, in according with Papert's constructionism ideas (e.g., those that refers to learning by doing) to digital technology, both with cognitive benefits and formative and emotional benefits. The researcher recommends using an empirical-psycho-sociocentrically combined didactical model based on the rediscovery of learning strategies by constructionism of new biological concepts by efforts of students, according to their individual and age peculiarities, taking in mind their training for social life. In alternation or in combination with the empirical-psycho-sociocentrically didactical model a logo-psihocentrically modernized didactical model, respectively presentation of science as a finished product, respecting the individual and age peculiarities of students, using an attractive and productive procedure can be applied.
Developing Strategic Capability Through Business Intelligence Applications
Authors: Wynn Martin George , Brinkmann Daniel
Published: June 2018

Company performance can be measured at all levels across an organization, and in the German healthcare industry, business intelligence systems play a crucial role in achieving this. 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 chapter, these tools are classified within an appropriate conceptual framework which encompasses the organization'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, report generation, and information users. The use and integration of business intelligence tools in the strategy development process is then analyzed, and the key functions and features of these tools for strategic capability development are discussed. Research findings encompass system access, report characteristics, and end-users' capabilities.
Tailorable Technologies for Improving Business Intelligence Systems
Authors: Miah Shah J.
Published: June 2018

The Australian farm-based businesses can be benefited from specially designed applications for cost-effective operation while maximizing profits to survive in economic and environmental crises. For decision support, existing business intelligence systems (BIS) approaches scarcely deal with specific user's provisions to adjust changing situations in decision making, without extra technical exertions. In this chapter, the authors describe a conceptual framework of tailorable BIS solution that is based on case study findings in that the highlighted requirements are relevant to address changing situations through enhancing end user's engagement. The activities of end user's engagement supported through the use of tailorable features that reinforce a shift from the traditional BIS process to a new provision where business owners can actively involve in adjusting their features to their decision support.
Depicting Data Quality Issues in Business Intelligence Environment Through a Metadata Framework
Authors: Wang Te-Wei , Verbitskiy Yuriy , Yeoh William
Published: June 2018

Modern business intelligence systems depend highly on high quality data. The core of data quality management is to identify all possible sources of data quality problems. To achieve this goal, an extensive metadata infrastructure is the most promising solution. Through theoretical metadata model investigation, the authors identified a set of data quality dimensions by carefully examining the data quality management principles and applied those principles to current BI environment. They summarize the analysis by proposing a BI data quality framework.
Strategy, Action Plan, and Approaches for Business Intelligence in Banking and Mining
Authors: Niazi Hafeez
Published: June 2018

This case study will analyze the critical success factors and key matters related to the deployment of BI deployment in different organizations. Different organizations have different approaches to making BI available for different business users, divisions, and departments. Data visualization is also one of the important factors which will provide user better reflection of data rather than make them confuse about organization data with too much information in the reports and dashboards. Data quality and diverse standards, which make BI famous in the different organizations, are also analyzed during the investigation of both organizations used in this case study. The case study analysis also shows how BI maturity, governance, and framework are key factors involved in the successful deployment of the BI in different organizations.
Social Media and Children
Authors: Ersoy Mustafa
Published: June 2018

As a result of high-tech developments and the increase in the importance of the global communication, social media websites and applications have occurred as a new way of communication and self-expression in the contemporary world. Globalization has forced people to obtain and spread the necessary information quickly, and due to this requirement, people of all ages have had to acquire digital skills which they utilize to meet their need of learning and being informed about the issues happening around the world. Social media tools and applications are being highly and commonly used all round the world by all kinds of people from all ages in order to express themselves, get to know other people, share their opinions and learn others' opinions on the world issues, socialize, and have fun. Regarding its effects on children, social media has both advantages and disadvantages.
Seeking Solutions for Enhancing Social Relations and Communication in Media-Dependent Children of the Digital Age
Authors: Akdal Tuğba
Published: June 2018

The technological age we're in removes all the temporal and spatial boundaries of communication and continues to provide various opportunities and conveniences for us. However, in this digital age in which individuals face intense information flow every day along with these opportunities, the effectiveness and control power of means of communication also increase. In today's capitalist or modern social order, a child model whose mental processes in a consumption-oriented way, who fully gets hold of the control mechanism and acts as an adult is being created. Parent profile of modern order accepts this model and they expect their children to behave as adults. The aim of this study is to find solutions to problems children—who have increasingly become dependent on communication devices of the digital age—face in socializing, establishing realistic relationships, and getting included within the communicative action of a realistic world to guide and raise awareness within parents for developing new communicative methods and skills with the children who have almost become mechanized.
Digital Media Using Habits of Children in Their Leisure Time
Authors: Sarı Gülşah
Published: June 2018

Along with the developments in mass media, communication tools are increasingly in our lives. Especially with the developing technology, children's interest in these tools is increasing day by day. Children use digital media tools not only in leisure activities, but also in school and homework. This study aims to determine the habits of digital media usage in leisure activities of children. As a basis for research, the authors determine the habits of digital media consumption during leisure time of children in the 6-14 age group. In-depth interviewing method with 31 children will be applied in the research.
The Study of Virtual Reality Technology in the Context of Simulation Concept With Regards to Children's Use Case Study Project Nebula
Authors: Özdemir Berceste Gülçin
Published: June 2018

The adverse effects of new communication systems on children are discussed frequently today. A group of volunteers showed that new technologies could be used for providing benefit to children in workshops carried out with children under the title of Project Nebula. In that respect, the thoughts of Jean Baudrillard, who is a postmodern media theoretician, presented by way of simulation/simulacra concept were discussed in the context of children's use of VR technology. In the workshops carried out with 6-15 year old children from various socioeconomic and social cultural groups, Project Nebula requested children draw their dreams on a paper first and then showed them their dreams by means of VR technology. In the workshops carried out by Project Nebula, the discussions also include what this technology offers for children and how VR can be used in a utilitarian way by children when the interactivity that the children experience with VR technology is discussed within the context of simulation/simulacra concept.
Communication Disorders That Tablet Usage Causes in Children in the Age Group 9 to 12 Years
Authors: Ulusoy Şebnem Gürsoy
Published: June 2018

Digital world and digitalization are seen as a recently growing phenomenon. In line with digitalization, people are more exposed to digital zones. The usage rates of digital media products of especially children are observed to increase every year and to go down to earlier age groups. The age group 9 to 12 years is regarded as the period in which tablet usage increases and children encounter many different games and applications. In the children of abovementioned age group, communication disorders with their peers and environment may arise due to overuse of tablets. It is observed that an increase of tablet usage and increase of communication disorders are directly proportional.
Digital Media Consumption of Children in Cinema
Authors: Tombul Işıl
Published: June 2018

Digital technology causes rapid changes and transformations in cultural spheres. The new generation consisting of children, teens, and youth is the group most affected by this process. These technological developments in culture have been reflected on cinema, and have taken its place in film scripts in the process of time. If the theme of a film is about post-2000, child characters are seen with the media like laptop, mobile phone, tablet, etc. The aim of this study is to observe the digital media consumption of the teen actors in films. The film Disconnect (2012) by Henry Alex Rubin which focuses on internet and technology use and draws attention on the communication gaps of people was observed by the use of qualitative content analysis. It is fictionalized around the themes like the communication gap among people caused by film technology, the problems that people face by the use of technology, cyber bullying, and invasion of privacy.
Cyberbullying
Authors: Wright Michelle F.
Published: June 2018

Although children's and adolescents' use of technology has many benefits, there is also a darker side to youths' electronic interactions: cyberbullying. Cyberbullying has become a major focus of not only youths, educators, and researchers, but also among the general population due to high profile cases of cyberbullying victimization involving suicide and the increasing prevalence of these behaviors. Due to the ability to remain anonymous, the cyber context offers flexibility to cyberbullies, allowing them to harm their potential victims without the constraints and many of the repercussions associated with traditional face-to-face bullying. Cyberbullies can also target the victim or victims quicker, more often, and involve multiple bystanders in the bullying situation. The purpose of this chapter is to review research on cyberbullying by drawing on studies from a variety of disciplines and utilizing a variety of research designs.
World Designs Presented to Children in Tales
Authors: Ekici Aslı
Published: June 2018

Tale as a popular and narrative form differentiates according to time and space, the subject it deals with, the way it works, and the way the hero is built, and it designs different worlds for children. Various gender definitions—femininity and masculinity roles—through these designed worlds are presented to children underhandedly. This study evaluates how gender definitions—redefined with social, cultural, and economic changes in today's Turkey—are handled in recent Turkish tales by text analysis, specific to Keloğlan Tales on TRT cartoon channel.
Childhood Representation on Television Advertising
Authors: Kır Serpil
Published: June 2018

Advertisements sell a lifestyle, a feeling, and a behavior as well as a product to the viewer. Competition in the market is so intense that they feel as much as the rational utility of the product, and they become marketable. For this reason, the child has been turned into a consumable object. When the ways in which children are represented in the media are examined, it is often the case that the opinions expressed by the children are used to make adults laugh, or the use of children's miserable photographs and descriptions of emotional exploitation of children is popularized, if there is no contribution from the child's self-esteem or adult's respect for the child. In this study, the representation of childhood, which is turned into a consumption object in the media, is explained in detail. In the content of the study, the advertisement was briefly defined, the concept of child and childhood clarified, and then how the child was represented in television commercials in Turkey was shown.