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Big Data: Challenges And Opportunities In Financial Management, Olga Pilipczuk, Natalia Cosenco, Olena Kosenko

European Management Studies

This paper describes the challenges and opportunities of using “big data” in the practice of financial management. The research question addressed in this work is what the major topics in existing research concerning the demand for big data skills are and where the resulting gaps in financial management occur. The experts noticed the transformation of the finance manager profession and predict that in next decade big data skills will be required for financial managers. The purposes of the paper are: to analyze the current state of the financial manager profession in selected labor markets, to identify the number of job …

Virtual Temporary Collaboration Networks – A Case Study Of The It Industry, Filip Liebert, Mateusz Trzeciak

European Management Studies

New product development projects in the IT industry have introduced various new methods and techniques of team management. IT projects often use hybrid models of new product development, which combine agile team management methods with classic and waterfall project management methodologies. However, there is an alternative solution available that consists in creating a temporary network of experts in a virtual environment in order to develop a new product or service. The article presents the characteristics of ad-hoc temporary development team networks and specifies the conditions necessary for their creation in a virtual environment. Also, the analysis of a temporary virtual …

Exploring The Relationship Between Viewer Experience And Movie Genre – A Study Based On Text Mining Of Online Movie Reviews, Urszula Świerczyńska-Kaczor

European Management Studies

This paper aims to provide insight about viewer experience with movies of different genres: the suspense movie, the western and the comedy. The qualitative and quantitative analyses based on text mining were conducted for online reviews of the three selected movies. The results of text mining were complemented by a qualitative manual analysis of reviews. The results of text mining indicated the spectrum of factors shaping viewer experience at different stages of the consumer journey. These factors relate to, for example, the product features (e.g. the recognized movie director, movie stars, soundtrack, and the historical context of the plot), and …

Privacy Awareness Monitoring, Małgorzata Pańkowska

European Management Studies

In this paper, monitoring is perceived as a way to observe how people change their attitude towards privacy, particularly in the Internet circumstances. The paper aims to analyze privacy awareness and the privacy paradox. A systematic literature review provides the background on the privacy issues in the Internet environment. Beyond that, the paper covers a survey on the perception of new media by students from Poland, Bulgaria, and Colombia. The systematic literature review and the student privacy awareness survey revealed the relative value of privacy and its dependence on security. The discussion included in this paper concerns the privacy paradox, …

Reconciling Contemporary Approaches To School Attendance And School Absenteeism: Toward Promotion And Nimble Response, Global Policy Review And Implementation, And Future Adaptability (Part 2), Christopher Kearney, Carolina Gonzálvez, Patricia A. Graczyk, Mirae Fornander

Psychology Faculty Research

As noted in Part 1 of this two-part review, school attendance is an important foundational competency for children and adolescents, and school absenteeism has been linked to myriad short- and long-term negative consequences, even into adulthood. Categorical and dimensional approaches for this population have been developed. This article (Part 2 of a two-part review) discusses compatibilities of categorical and dimensional approaches for school attendance and school absenteeism and how these approaches can inform one another. The article also poses a multidimensional multi-tiered system of supports pyramid model as a mechanism for reconciling these approaches, promoting school attendance (and/or prevention of …

The Use Of Social Networks By Business Researchers. Comparison Of Google Scholar And Researchgate Usage By Scientists From Polish Economics Universities, Łukasz Wiechetek

European Management Studies

Not only private but also professional contacts can be established and maintained with the use of social media. Specialized social media platforms like ResearchGate (RG) or Google Scholar (GS) can integrate scientists with similar interests, educational career or professional background. Web 2.0 tools and metrics offered by the platforms are used for both access to up-to-date research, quick communication and to build global research networks, create professional digital identities or evaluate/compare scientific achievements. The aim of the article is to show if ResearchGate and Google Scholar platforms are frequently used by Polish business researchers and indicate the differences between the …

The Role Of Computer Games In Students’ Paths Of Digital Entertainment, Witold Chmielarz, Oskar Szumski

European Management Studies

The aim of this article is to analyze digital entertainment of students from the perspective of computer games. The article is a continuation of research focused on the growing population of computer gamers and competition of different forms of digital entertainment by students. The following work stands for the initial part of more extended research and is focused only on a subset of conditions analyzed. As the baseline for the analysis, the authors used a division of day type characteristic such as workdays and non-working days. The analysis consists of 2 phases: analysis of daily behavior patterns and duration of …

In-Line Spectral Interferometry In Shortwave-Infrared Laser Filaments In Air, Xiaoming Ren, Yang Wang, Zenghu Chang, James Welch, Aaron Bernstein, Michael Downer, Jeffrey Brown, Mette Gaarde, Arnaud Couairon, Miroslav Kolesik, Pavel Polynkin

Faculty Publications

We investigate the nonlinear propagation of intense, two-cycle, carrier-envelope phase (CEP) stable laser pulses at 1.7  μm center wavelength in air. We observe CEP-dependent spectral interference in the visible part of the forward-propagating white light generated on propagation. The effect is robust against large fluctuations of the input pulse energy. This robustness is enabled by rigid clamping of both the peak optical field and the phase of the propagating waveform, which has been revealed by numerical simulations. The CEP locking can enhance the yield of the CEP-dependent strong-field processes in gaseous media with long-wavelength drivers, while the observed spectral interference …

Measurement Of The Energy Spectra And Of The Angular Distribution Of The Transition Radiation With A Silicon Strip Detector, F. Loparco, J. Alozy, N. Belyaev, M. Campbell, M. Cherry, F. Dachs, S. Doronin, K. Filippov, P. Fusco, F. Gargano, E. Heijne, S. Konovalov, D. Krasnopevtsev, X. Llopart, V. Mascagna, M. N. Mazziotta, H. Pernegger, D. Ponomarenko, M. Prest, D. Pyatiizbyantseva, R. Radomskii, C. Rembser, A. Romaniouk, A. A. Savchenko, D. Schaefer, E. J. Schioppa, D. Shchukin, D. Yu Sergeeva, E. Shulga, S. Smirnov, Y. Smirnov, M. Soldani, P. Spinelli

Faculty Publications

We plan to develop an advanced Transition Radiation Detector (TRD) for hadron identification in the TeV momentum range, based on the simultaneous measurement of the energies and of the emission angles of the Transition Radiation (TR) X-rays with respect to the radiating particles. To study the feasibility of this project, we have carried out a beam test campaign at the CERN SPS facility with 20 GeV/c electrons and muons up to 300 GeV/c. To detect the TR X-rays and the radiating particles, we used a 300 μm thick double-sided silicon strip detector, with a strip readout pitch of 50 μm. …

Consumer Engagement In Business Process Innovation: Cases Of The Firms Operating In The Ict Sector, Ewa Ziemba, Monika Eisenbardt

European Management Studies

Consumer involvement in the innovation process is a rising trend as companies are looking for new growth streams. This paper focuses on consumer engagement in business process innovation in the information and communication technology (ICT) sector. The main objective is to identify how ICT firms engage consumers in business process innovation. The research approach is built on the literature on consumers’ innovation and prosumption, whereas the empirical part is based on case studies of Apple, Google, and Microsoft. This paper demonstrates business processes in which consumers are engaged to create innovation, ways of consumers’ engaging in business process innovation, and …

Militant Struggles And Anti-Imperialism In Resil Mojares’S The Freeman Columns During The Early 1970s, Karlo Mikhail Mongaya

Philippine Studies: Historical and Ethnographic Viewpoints

In the early 1970s, Resil Mojares wrote a newspaper column in the Cebu-based daily The Freeman on what he dubbed the “years of protests.” Through a close reading of surviving copies of Mojares’s columns, thisarticle explores his interest in the militant struggles and anti-imperialist nationalism of the time up until 23 September 1972, when his last column appeared on the very same day he was arrested upon the imposition of martial law. Mojares’s early journalistic writings had nurtured an interest in popular and local histories and cultures and exuded overtly militant articulations, which military rule and postdictatorship developments emasculated.KEYWORDS: RESIL …

Beyond Racial Divisions: Bridges And Intersections In The Spanish Colonial Philippines, María Dolores; Elizalde

Philippine Studies: Historical and Ethnographic Viewpoints

Thisarticle aims to explore some factors, moments, spaces, and people that acted as bridges and intersections between different population groups in Philippine colonial society during the final decades of the nineteenth century, in order to analyze the permeability of the borders that separated and classified the inhabitants of the Philippines. To this end, this study reviews the legal status according to which the population living in the Philippines was divided and the social structure that shaped Philippine society. It analyzes as well some collaborations and relationships established in the political scene, in the economic and professional world, and in daily …

Dovie Beams And Philippine Politics: A President’S Scandalous Affair And First Lady Power On The Eve Of Martial Law, Caroline S.; Hau

Philippine Studies: Historical and Ethnographic Viewpoints

Thisarticle explores the ramifications of American actress Dovie Beams’s exposé of her affair with Ferdinand Marcos in 1970. The ensuing scandal provoked subversive laughter and provided ammunition to various anti-Marcos groups; significantly, some believed it enabled Imelda Marcos to accrue greater political power. The competing accounts of this affair raise questions about the politics of sex scandals and the role of First Ladies, but the turning point of Imelda’s rise to power was the declaration of martial law. Still, the Dovie Beams affair is no mere footnote in history because what is often downgraded intellectually as personal, private, or intimate …

Resil B. Mojares: Adventures And Itineraries In Philippine Cultural History, Caroline S. Hau, Patricio N. Abinales, Filomeno V. Aguilar Jr., Lisandro E. Claudio, Michael Cullinane, Michael D. Pante

Philippine Studies: Historical and Ethnographic Viewpoints

No abstract provided.

Occurrence And Fate Of Antimony In Plastics, Montserrat Filella, Pierre Hennebert, Gudny Okkenhaug, Andrew Turner

School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences

No abstract provided.

The Two Sides Of Habilitation/Rehabilitation Services For The Deaf, Eugene Peterson

JADARA

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The Value Of Art Therapy: An Intervention To Enhance Emotional Health Of Children With Hearing Loss, Helen Boyle, Peggy Dunn Snow

JADARA

Deafness is the invisible, unseen sensory anomaly that is difficult for hearing individuals to understand. Deaf and hard of hearing children look the same as other children and have the same cognitive abilities as hearing children; they ambulate, laugh, cry, and have the same basic needs. Research data supports the fact that when intelligence instruments are used that do not rely on verbal and language processing abilities the results show that there is no difference in performance between hearing and hearing impaired children (Moores 2001; Vemon 1990). There is the same range of intelligence for both groups. However there is …

Comparison Of Face-To-Face And Video-Mediated Communication With Deaf Individuals: Implications For Telepsychotherapy, Michael John Gournaris, Irene W. Leigh

JADARA

Telecommunications and videoconference systems are increasingly replacing face-to-face communication (F2F). Video-mediated communication (VMC) offers the benefit of virtual F2F communication over long distances. The purpose of this study was to compare communication performance and perceptions for deaf individuals in F2F and VMC situations using a Map Task. Deaf participants were instructed by a deaf instructor using American Sign Language to mark routes. There were no significant differences in the length of sessions, almost all communication breakdown events, map task deviations, and overall outcomes. The results suggest that effective communication can occur in VMC situations. Research is needed to gauge the …

Vol.47 N.19 November 28th 2019, Vocie Media Ventures

Black Voice News

No abstract provided.

Exploring How A-Level Biology Teachers Integrate Ict In Teaching And Learning: A Case Of A Private School In Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania, Florian Nelson Bessango

Master of Education

The integration of technology in teaching and learning is now recognized by academic stake holders in Tanzania as the main driving force for the achievement of the national vision of 2025 (Swartz & Mwiyeria, 2010). The purpose of this research project was to explore how teachers integrate ICT in teaching and learning of Advanced level (A-level) biology. A qualitative research paradigm with the case study design was used in the study. Research participants included a coordinator of the secondary school level, A-level biology students and the subject teacher. One-on-one interviews, focus discussion group, document analysis and classroom observation tools were …

Research On Food Safety Supervision Of Internet Ordering, Xu Hang

Food and Machinery

The particularities of Internet food safety supervision, including platform participation, business concealment, complex distribution, lagging law and backward mode, resulted in the problems of poor integration of resources of supervision departments, reduction of illegal cost of business safety, inadequate supervision of third-party food ordering platform, high cost of safeguarding rights and obtaining evidence. We should actively explore the government, ordering platform, industry associations, news media, consumers as one of the social co-governance mode of Internet ordering food safety supervision, and build a new pattern of Internet ordering food safety supervision.

The Weekly Challenger, November 28, 2019, The Weekly Challenger, Et Al

Weekly Challenger Newspaper Collection

The November 28, 2019, issue of The Weekly Challenger.

Towards Actionable Knowledge: A Systematic Analysis Of Mobile Patient Portal Use, Cherie Noteboom, Mohammad Al-Ramahi

Research & Publications

As the aging population grows, chronic illness increases, and our healthcare costs sharply increase, patient portals are positioned as a central component of patient engagement through the potential to change the physician-patient relationship and enable chronic disease self-management. A patient’s engagement in their healthcare contributes to improving health outcomes, and information technologies can support health engagement. In this chapter, we extend the existing literature by discovering design gaps for patient portals from a systematic analysis of negative users’ feedback from the actual use of patient portals. Specifically, we adopt a topic modeling approach, latent Dirichlet allocation (LDA) algorithm, to discover …

Information Literacy In Communication Strategy Of Pt. Bintang Toedjoe And Tribun Media In Innovation Program Of “Taman Herbal Bejo”, Henny Sri Mulyani, Pandan Yudhapramesti, Ipit Zulfan, Yanti Setianti, Feliza Zubair

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

The communication strategy is a design created to change human behavior on a larger scale through the transfer of information and new ideas relating to the environment and traditional health. The analyze is needed in order to measure the benefits of the plan implemented in the program of "Taman Herbal Bejo" (Bejo Herbal Park) by PT. Bintang Toedjoe partnered with Tribune Media Industry. The purpose of this study was to determine (1) the background of innovation and policy of the "Taman Herbal Bejo" program conducted by PT. Bintang Toedjoe and its media industry partner (2) the implementation of information literacy …

Association Of Acculturation With Cardiac Structure And Function Among Hispanics/Latinos: A Cross-Sectional Analysis Of The Echocardiographic Study Of Latinos, William Arguelles

All Publications

No abstract provided.

The New Negro: The Life Of Alain Locke, Warren E. Whitaker, Robert A. Martin

Education and Culture

No abstract provided.

Virtual Charter Schools And The Democratic Aims Of Education, Dustin Hornbeck, Kathleen Knight Abowitz, Andrew Saultz

Education and Culture

Virtual schooling is expanding as an alternative to traditional public schooling in the early twenty-first century. This paper analyzes virtual schooling with regards to the democratic associational aims of public schooling as conceived by John Dewey. We examine the general landscape of virtual schooling by looking at recent history, governance, and student performance in these schools. Next, we analyze the significant ways in which virtual schools fail to meet associational aims for schooling. We conclude with a normative argument about the nature of new educational trends and innovations, drawing from Dewey’s ideas in The School and Society to articulate the …

Slis Connecting Volume 8 Issue 1, Stacy Creel, Ph.D., Teresa S. Welsh, Ph.D.

SLIS Connecting

SLIS Connecting refereed open-access e-journal, Volume 8, Issue 1 (Spring/Summer 2019)

Finding Government Resources Online: A Webometric Study Of Selective Federal Depository Library Websites, Charity C. Park

SLIS Connecting

Over eleven hundred libraries across the United States and its territories participate in the Federal Depository Library Program (FDLP) by providing public access to free government resources. In the last decade, there has been a significant shift as many government publications are being published only electronically. At the same time, several older physical collections are being digitized and made available online. This shift has caused many FDLP libraries to weed their older physical government document collections and increase their electronic holdings.

This study examines how Federal depository libraries in the United States provide information about their government document collections and …