Search results for "Information technology"
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Used and interaction in technological platforms of open source to improve the linguistic competence in computer engineers
2017
The higher education through virtual environment is students centered oriented to the interactive learning, in situations to be closer to the real world; for that reason, teachers must have new communicative competences, nonverbal and with a learning innovative approach which allows to guide their students in the complex process of acquiring knowledge even more in a foreign language. In the same context, the use of technologic platforms of open code is becoming in the best way to give solutions which meet the actual needs of the process of acquiring a second language; on this basis, the present research is focused in the analysis and use of Open Source tools as alternative of complementary …
On Constructing Persistent Identifiers with Persistent Resolution Targets
2016
Persistent Identifiers (PID) are the foundation referencing digital assets in scientific publications, books, and digital repositories. In its realization, PIDs contain metadata and resolving targets in form of URLs that point to data sets located on the network. In contrast to PIDs, the target URLs are typically changing over time; thus, PIDs need continuous maintenance -- an effort that is increasing tremendously with the advancement of e-Science and the advent of the Internet-of-Things (IoT). Nowadays, billions of sensors and data sets are subject of PID assignment. This paper presents a new approach of embedding location independent targets into PIDs that allows the creation of maintena…
Human‐centred design and assessment of information technologies in traffic
2013
It is not without amusement that we sometimes notice how dangerously some in-vehicle technologies were regarded in the past, and that are now are seen as innocuous. Radios in cars, for example, were deemed such a source of dangerous distraction when they were introduced that it was proposed to ban them in some states of the US. Fortunately, nowadays, we can behold these old views as very naive, as it has been clearly demonstrated that they were completely unfounded - or has it?
La diplomatie humanitaire ou l’impact du numérique sur la mobilisation
2018
State or sovereign nation diplomacy, which had long been an arena reserved for politicians, has never stopped evolving and changing. New actors, including non-state actors, have emerged on the scene. Further, modern means and methods of communication have played a role in revolutionizing diplomatic activity. In this context of internationalization and globalization, something completely novel has grown up in this field: non-governmental humanitarian diplomacy 2.0. The initiatives undertaken by these non-state organizations and their proven success demonstrate that new practices, new modes of communication (especially via the Internet), and new forms of discourse are being constructed. The h…
Relational Database information availability to Semantic Web technologies
2014
Promocijas darba „Relāciju datu bāzu informācijas pieejamība semantiskā tīmekļa tehnoloģijām” Anotācija Atslēgas vārdi: relāciju datu bāze, RDF, OWL, ontoloģijas, attēlojums Semantiskā tīmekļa uzdevums ir pārvērst tīmekli no milzīgas dokumentu kolekcijas par bagātu datu avotu, no kura datorprogrammas varētu automātiski iegūt informāciju. Lielākā daļa esošo datu glabājas relāciju datu bāzēs un nav pieejamas semantiskam tīmeklim. Darba mērķis ir atrast risinājumu relāciju datu bāzu un OWL ontololoģijas sasaistei. Darbā 1) pētīti esošie risinājumus relāciju datu bāzu un RDF/OWL ontoloģiju sasaistes nodrošināšanā; 2) izveidota RDB-RDF/OWL attēlojuma specificēšanas valoda, kas orientēta uz lasām…
Diversification and performance in the mobile app market: The role of the platform ecosystem
2019
Abstract We examine the effect of app developers' product line diversification decision on their performance and shed light on whether the type of platform ecosystem (open versus closed) where they commercialize apps influences this effect. We compare the revenue performance of diversified and specialized developers in Apple's App Store and Google Play. We show that in the Apple's App Store (closed platform) diversified developers always display lower performance than their specialized counterparts. In Google Play (open platform) diversification is beneficial in categories where diversified developers have predominant market share, whereas it is detrimental in categories dominated by specia…
Information Integration, Coordination Failures, and Quality of Prescribing
2022
Poor information flows hamper coordination, potentially leading to suboptimal decisions in health care. We examine the effects of a large-scale policy of health information integration. We use the staggered adoption of a nationwide electronic prescribing system over four years in Finland and prescription-level administrative data. Our results show no discernible effect on the probability of co-prescribing harmful drugs on average, but the heterogeneity analysis reveals that this probability reduces in rural regions, by 35 percent. This substantial reduction is driven by interacting prescriptions from different physicians and generalists. Information integration can therefore improve the coo…
Self-organised structures in the field of ICT : challenges for employees’ workplace learning
2021
PurposeThe purpose of this study is to identify the challenges of low hierarchy and self-organised structures for employees’ learning and competency development at work. In the past decade, interest in employees’ and organisations’ self-directedness has increased. Self-organised structures are perceived as better able to answer to the quickly changing requirements of clients and business environments. Within these structures, employees are expected to take on more responsibility and maintain more control over their workplace learning, which means they must be self-directed and autonomous. An important question for this approach is how can workplace learning and employee competence developme…
Strategic industrial alliances in paper industry
2005
Purpose – To identify cases related to design of ICT platforms for industrial alliances, where the use of Ontology‐driven architectures based on Semantic web standards is more advantageous than application of conventional modeling together with XML standards.Design/methodology/approach – A comparative analysis of the two latest and the most obvious use cases (NASA and Nordic Process Industry Data Exchange Alliance) concerned with development of an environment for integration and collaboration of industrial partners, has been used as a basis for the research results. Additionally, dynamics of changes in a domain data model and their consequences have been analyzed on a couple of typical use …
How to create international business competences and their impact on firm performance
2014
[EN] This work aims to analyse the effect of the holistic view, continuous learning and information technology infrastructure on the creation of international business competences. The study also investigates whether the creation of this type of competence significantly affects firm performance using the structural equation modelling method of hypothesis testing. A survey of 257 companies from the biotechnology and telecommunications industries verifies the mediating role of international business competences. These findings suggest that managers should emphasise the creation of a holistic view, promote continuous learning and improve the information technology infrastructure in order to de…