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A Process-Based Approach to Collect Food Information to Satisfy Consumer Needs Through a Voluntary Traceability Information System, an Organic Olive Oil Case Study
Corallo, Angelo; Latino, Maria Elena; Menegoli, Marta; Nuzzo, Biagio (Italy)
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In the last years, several food hazards have increased consumer awareness about food product. Traceability is widely recognized as able to guarantee product quality and consumer safety. However, consumers appear dissatisfy about the product information shown on label. Voluntary traceability could be used to collect product information during its lifecycle starting from farming phase. This paper proposes a research case study to detect, following a process-based approach, Organic Olive Oil information, to create an information system for voluntary traceability able to satisfy consumer information needs.
Researcher, organic certification control body, farmer and olive oil mill take part to case study. Through interviews and using a process-based approach, Organic Olive Farming and Organic Olive Oil Transformation Processes were modelled. For each process, actors and activities were identified detecting data, format and collection mode.
A Proposal for Ethics in Engineering Inspired by MacIntyre’s Ethics of Virtue at a Peruvian University
Garcia-Quesada, Alfredo (Peru)
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In the design of a curriculum of engineering, ethics are usually included as a course based on rules that emerge from ethic codes of professional associations of engineers. This study primarily aims to discuss whether rules are the core of ethics and if this approach for understanding ethics is meaningful for students as future professional engineers. The ethics of virtue, as argued by Alasdair MacIntyre, is an attempt to show that rules are only part of a more holistic comprehension of ethics that should have, as its main focus, the ideas of practice, virtue, and end. Inspired by these ideas, this study presents a proposal for a Peruvian university to understand ethics with a more meaningful connection with the practices and the culture of engineering.
A Study of the Security and Privacy of Information in Big Data
Orantes-Jiménez, Sandra-Dinora; Cruz-Cortés, Nareli (Mexico)
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In the current knowledge society, the true wealth of companies will not be alone in the development and performance of their products or services, but in how they can monetize it through the exploitation of their data and the use of IT (Information Technology).
The concepts of Big Data and the Internet of Things (IoT) involve data centers, activity in social networks, cloud computing, sensors, and mobile devices, data on professional activities, banking data, users and passwords for programs and applications, lists of customers and suppliers, etc. All those connected devices or data stored in the network are susceptible to being attacked because absolute security and privacy in computing are not easy to achieve.
Currently, there are still many challenges in the best way to use massive data sets while ensuring their security and privacy. These challenges include protection against security breaches and data leaks, vulnerabilities in public databases and the exchange of third-party data. The implementation of security and privacy policies poses a great challenge, especially when administering large-scale distributed data sets, so access and use of data must be monitored in a dynamic and decentralized environment. This article presents an investigation of security and privacy challenges in Big Data. The document discusses challenges and directions related to data confidentiality, privacy, and reliability in the context of Big Data. The topics mentioned in the document include how companies try to reconcile security with privacy, the notion of ownership of data and access control in large data warehouses.
ATELYN: A Traceability and Security Case Study
Briffaut, Jérémy; Deneuville, Jean-Christophe (France)
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ATELYN is a French research project aiming at providing traceability for cosmetic and alimentary products. It stands for unitary hybrid longitudinal traceability (the acronym comes from French). Traceability for expandable products is a central issue, both for producers, consumers, and distributors. In this context, producers and distributors must share potentially sensitive data to ensure traceability. The goal of ATELYN is to provide such a traceability while ensuring confidentiality and security of critical data. In this paper, we present the ATELYN case study: we first describe the architecture of the project, then review several approaches to securing the architecture. We discuss their feasibility and respective advantages and drawbacks.
Basic Care to Patients with Spinal Cord Injury: A Virtual Course for Patients, Caregivers and Health Professionals
Rumão, Valdenice; Maciel, Flaviana; Acioly, Mariana; Souza Leão, Caio; Martins, Carolina (Brazil)
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Introduction: The range and complexity of health conditions in patients with spinal cord injury (SCI) require planning and implementation of assistance directed to preparing patient and family for continuing care after discharge. This approach aims at reducing time until initiation of rehabilitation program and preventing disruptions of its continuity. To achieve such goal the entire team of health providers must be proficient at the daily care of these patients. “Pelopidas Digital” Virtual-Teaching-Platform (PD-VTP) is part of the continuing education strategy in a specialized, neuro-cardio, tertiary health unit. This Platform provides short, point-of-care online tutorials on a variety of topics associated with care to cardio-neuro patients. In PD-VTP, modules can be grouped into courses. Objective: To describe the creation and implementation of an online course to prepare health professionals of different backgrounds in providing quality care to SCI patients and meaningful orientation to caregivers. Methods: The virtual course "Basic Care to the Patient with Spinal Cord Injury" was created on Windows/2007 operational system. Video-texts were created using Word & PowerPoint/2010 and arranged using Movie Maker/2012. Course content was developed following Tutorials and Guides of the Board of Teaching and Research HPS. Results: Eleven topics were considered important for virtual training of health professionals in the basic care for patients with SCI. Since 2014, when the first module comprising this course was published, 181 up to 373 health professionals had accessed the contents. One hundred and six health professionals successfully completed the Virtual Course and were eligible for Certification. Seventy-three were nurses, nursing assistants and nursing related activities (phlebotomists, stretcher bearers, drivers, radiology technicians, etc.), 15 were trainees at the Unit at the time, 12 doctors, 03 physical therapists, 02 psychologists and 01 social assistant. Certification in the course "Basic Care for the Patient with Spinal Cord Injury" could be obtained by satisfactorily completing the virtual curriculum defined for this course. Discussion: Living with SCI requires the individual and his/her caregiver to adapt to a new lifestyle, constantly applying and monitoring health data. This adaptation involves learning new skills and competencies specific to the patient's reality. Health professionals are the main vehicle for teaching patient-caregivers in SCI. However, knowledge about the care required for this category of patients is limited and fragmented, even among professionals working in specialized units. Specialized health content comprised in a digital learning environment can speed up training of members of the therapeutic team, may ensure complete transmission of information needed for care, provides an unlimited media for consultation and extends beyond the walls of Health Units and working hours of the continuing education team. To our knowledge, the virtual course "Basic Care for the Patient with Spinal Cord Injury" is 1) the first course of this type in Portuguese language, 2) aimed at educating health professionals of different backgrounds in 3) the daily routines and aims of care of the SCI patient, 4) that can be directly translated to their caregivers and 5) replicated after discharge, justifying this report. Conclusion: Health education – supported by virtual tools – is an instrument for promoting people’s life quality. In SCI scenario, it provides health professionals of different backgrounds access to specialized technical knowledge in adequately managing SCI patients. SCI-instructed health providers facilitate patient, family and community education. Virtual tools such as these require Tutors who are experts in their fields and familiar with technology.
Cognitive Problem Solving Tools in a Glocalized Academic Environment: Two Cases Studies in a Non-English Academic Context
Nikolarea, Ekaterini (Greece)
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This presentation is an intellectual and mental journey of an ESP/EAP1 teacher in various departments at a non-English (i.e. Greek) University, who describes at a metacognitive level:
(1) how she integrated different research methodologies and problem-solving tools, such as “advanced search for translators” and the concept of inter-scientificity, IT and various thinking processes in problem-solving situations in her ESP/EAP teaching;
(2) a tool of knowledge management so her students can move with relative ease between two different linguistic [English: Greek] systems and achieve an academic inter-scientific and inter-cultural competence when communicating in a glocalised2 academic environment; and
(3) which student community learning gains are from the actual use of these tools.
Finally, considering the complexity of ESP/EAP teaching at non-English universities, the writer discusses the importance of these tools and methodologies for not only ESP/EAP teachers but also for students and specialists in a variety of disciplines.
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1 ESP: English for Specific Purposes and EAP: English for Academic Purposes.
2 For the notion of glocal and glocalization, see [23], [24], [25], [26] and [27]. In the present context, glocalization is understood as diverse types of interrelationship and interdependency between local and global linguistic and cultural processes, which reveal the impact of the global (English as lingua franca) upon the local (Greek, in the present paper).
Data Discovery for Case Studies: The DataBridge for Neuroscience Project
Lander, Howard; Alpert, Kathryn; Rajasekar, Arcot; Turner, Jessica; Wang, Lei (United States)
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The challenge of understanding complicated neurobiological systems is one of the most compelling problems in modern science. Multiple clinical neuroscience studies using case study methodologies have been generating large numbers of studies and several data repositories such as SchizConnect have been storing these datasets for discovery and dissemination. Efficient reuse of these datasets is very important, both because of the amount of time, energy and money that is spent in collecting them and their potential for catalyzing research. Traditional discovery of such case-studies relies on faceted search using metadata and associated keywords stored as part of each dataset. This is very limiting for the image, numeric and instrument datasets found in clinical neuroscience where each study may be done by a different set of researchers using different metadata vocabulary, applying different case instruments, and having different foci. These differences require a researcher searching for a particular dataset to have an in-depth knowledge of each study so as to generate targeted queries to select applicable datasets from the large corpus. This is a difficult and potentially insurmountable burden that will only increase as the number of collected datasets increases.
In this paper, we describe our experiences using the technical capabilities of the previously developed DataBridge system to provide efficient discoverability to a collection of clinical studies housed in the SchizConnect virtual archive. In our approach, working together, our team of neuroscientists and computer scientists utilized existing metadata to produce a computable vector-based representation of these studies. We estimated the similarity of these studies by applying several well-known algorithms to these vectors. We evaluated the results both quantitatively and qualitatively: the results of both evaluations encourage us to continue our efforts.
Digital Humanities: The Case Study of Arabic Dialectology
Bernikova, Olga; Redkin, Oleg (Russian Federation)
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Modern trends of social evolution affect the development of science in general and humanities in particular. Constantly increasing a flow of information, the synthesis of various fields of research, global informatization of society, which characterize the 21st century, have created new challenges for research. This study examines the scope of adaptation of humanities to the challenges of the present world. General trends in the development of humanities are considered on the example of Arabic dialectology, which is currently drifting between traditionalism and innovations in terms of research objectives and methodologies. Implementation of digital technologies and intensification of interdisciplinary interaction would ensure a more intensive development of Arabic dialectology.
F.E.A. Study of a Patient’s Prosthetic Hip by Using Reverse Engineering Method
Brăileanu, Patricia I. *; Simion, Ionel *; Bou-Saїd, Benyebka **; Ianoș, Maria Gratiela *; Tayot, Olivier **; Bordet, Bertrand ** (* Romania, ** France)
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Every day we witness a considerable technological advance which helps us to pre-test and develop complex shapes and, especially, to realize design studies in delicate areas such as biomechanics. Virtual prototyping has reached a considerable popularity in this domain, as it offers the opportunity to pre-test products from this industry in a virtual environment, and consequently laboratory-testing costs can be considerably reduced (as far as this domain is considered sensitive) and virtual validation comes as a confirmation that the product is trustworthy. Reverse Engineering, on the other hand, is a technique that is exceptionally well suited for the orthopaedic field: the researchers are using this tool to extract the anatomical bone landmarks and mechanical bone tissue properties.
This paper aims to develop an extracting methodology of hip prosthesis, femoral and pelvic bone, from patient’s C.T. (Computer Tomographic) scans in order to perform virtual studies that can determine the mechanical failure of hip joint prosthesis.
Gender Differences in Occupational Stress Among Interns at One Private University in Southern Taiwan
Liu, Chih-Che (Taiwan)
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Internship has become very important part for senior students at one private university in southern Taiwan. There is accumulating evidence that stress levels among workers are increasing and that this is manifesting itself in the form of working practices, higher turnover, lower morale, and poorer performance. However, there has been no research into the influence of gender on stress levels in the senior students at a university. This is despite evidence that the underrepresentation of women may produce higher levels of stress among this part of the workforce. To redress this deficiency, this paper investigates whether there are differences in sources and levels of stress between male and female interns at a university using OSI model proposed by Cooper et al. The results indicate that overall, women experience slightly higher levels of stress than men except for "Career and achievement factor" construct. Although there are some common sources of stress for both men and women, there are also some differences. These differences reflect the gender effect of the stressors by job characteristics in the interns at one private university in southern Taiwan.
High-Frequency Trading: Potential Order-Based Monopoly?
Dalko, Viktoria; Wang, Michael H. (United States)
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High-frequency trading (HFT) is a financial innovation that focuses on order flow and relies on quickly evolving information and communication technology. The innovation is successful, and HFT is highly and consistently profitable. However, the Flash Crash on May 6, 2010 exposed the unfamiliar side of HFT, thus illuminating the emergent need to unveil the negative impact that HFT has on other investors and the market. This paper examines data regarding spoofing, based on the increasing empirical literature. It first defines order-based manipulation (OBM) as the framework. It then provides details regarding how OBM is displayed in spoofing. In essence, OBM seeks and exercise monopoly power in trading. The ultimate purpose is to gain monopolistic profit. The essence and purpose explain why HF traders have brought three consequences to the market; i.e., increased volatility, increased frequency of unfairness, and instability potential. Recent regulatory improvement and completed prosecutions against spoofing justify the analysis.
Learning Foreign Language Through Cultural Context in the Case of Arabic
Redkin, Oleg; Bernikova, Olga (Russian Federation)
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Traditionally foreign language curricula include mastering of phonetics, studying grammar rules and acquisition of the necessary amount of vocabulary, understanding, as well as skills of oral and written communication. It is also believed that among factors that influence the effectiveness of the foreign language acquisition are teaching methods, educational infrastructure, students’ motivation and their individual characteristics, the personality of the teacher, etc.
Meanwhile, the study of foreign languages is a very expensive and time-consuming process and еhe problem of building effective models for learning foreign languages is far from being finalized and requires attention from both linguists and psychologists, as well as sociologists, historians and religious scholars, which and introduction of necessary amendments into existing curricula.
Misinformation on Social Media: The Development of User Behavior Survey
Safieddine, Fadi *; Kadry, Seifedine **; Masri, Wassim ** (* United Kingdom, ** Lebanon)
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Social media is now accepted as a dominant source of sharing news and political activism on the internet. However, this has given way to an increase in sharing fake news and misinformation online. While there have been many attempts to model information cascading, the propagation of misinformation online and means of combating misinformation, there has not been any data that can be used to enhance the understanding and improve these models. Several researchers have suggested variables and assign proposed values in order to develop a better understanding; these values are considered hypothetical. Using a simulated social media interface with factual and none factual informational posts, this paper designs a survey that can study the users’ interaction with the page, trust in online and third-party tools, and a scale survey to collect the data needed regarding users’ behaviour. The outcome is a six-part survey. In parts one to three, the survey assesses users ‘Trust Scale’ in sharing of information and news on social media, behaviour online when viewing posts, and the impact of having an online tool that allows users to authenticate posts. In parts four to six, the survey assesses the trust people could have in such a tool, assessing trust in third-party checkers, and finally collecting demographic data for cross-analysis purposes.
Proposal for the Implementation of a Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) with the Open eDX Platform for the Computer Engineering Career of the UNED, Costa Rica
Rios Navarro, Dario; Acon Matamoros, Ariana (Costa Rica)
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The demand for computer engineers has grown considerably and in the Computer Engineering Career of the School of Exact Sciences, of the Universidad Estatal a Distancia (UNED), which it’s population has grown a little over 3000 students.
It is for the foregoing that it is considered that by implementing a Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) in the Career, will allow offering training and knowledge on current and important topics, in a more agile and fast way, that facilitates the means and the needs of the students who want to adapt to these types of learning.
Thus, the objective of this article is to propose the implementation of a MOOC for the Computer Engineering Career, using the JAVA programming language and an edX platform.
Also, there is a review on MOOCs characteristics, practical issues and the experiences of the accessible implementation that were experienced of this proposal. At the end, the conclusions satisfies the importance of the user-centered design for the accessible work and the necessity of having clear objectives to avoid desertion.
Public Authorities’ Attitude and Perception Regarding Use of BIM for Information Management
Kiaulakis, Arvydas; Vilutienė, Tatjana; Šarka, Vaidotas (Lithuania)
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The article presents the results of a study conducted during the Net-UBIEP project. The main task of the project is wide spreading and strengthening the use of Building Information Modelling (BIM), during the life cycle of the building. During the project, the survey on perceptions regarding the development of BIM competencies in the construction sector was conducted. The project will develop a new training scheme for construction professionals, technicians, building owners and public administrators forming a common platform of BIM-related knowledge. The scope of knowledge included in didactic material will extend the foundations of recognition and certification of BIM qualifications in construction, in EU.
Role of Case Study Analyses in Education of Cybersecurity Management
Tagarev, Nedko (Bulgaria)
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The problem that this article describes is the application of the knowledge that the trainees gain on case study analyses. This article discusses two approaches in the case study – by the algorithm and by heuristic analyses. The algorithm analyses allow a proactive approach to cybersecurity. The heuristic analyses allow on time proactive analyses of cyber-attacks. To make cybersecurity analyses it requires basic knowledge. The main sphere of knowledge for successful analyses is the knowledge of – Physical security, Information security, Computer security, IT security, Network security. We can provide this knowledge to the students through the cybersecurity course. To make a successful case study analyses course provides additional information for threats and risks, sources of the attack, the path of the attack and security measures and defence mechanisms. The article discusses cybersecurity problems related to management. This article relates to the scientific project “Economic aspects of models for the assessment of cybersecurity in smart cities” in the University of National and World Economy, Bulgaria.
The Influence of Multi-Touch Interfaces on Human Collaboration: Solving Complex Problems in a Group Environment
Tidwell, Craig (United States)
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Multi-touch interface systems have become common in solving complex problems in a group setting. There are many factors that impact the usability and success of a multi-touch system and the people that use the system. Ensuring that the system is effective in aiding problem solving and that it functions like a normal physical table is the focus of this paper.
Using an Online Learning Object for pH Determination in Wastewater Treatment Technology IV Module Taught by the University of South Africa
Ilunga, Masengo (South Africa)
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The current paper covers preliminarily the fundamentals to calculate the pH of strong acids in wastewater solutions by using MERLOT learning object to support distance learning. The notion of pH is vital for both chemical and microbiological processes in wastewater treatment worldwide. Wastewater technology IV (WWT4701) is a module currently taught at bachelor of technology degree in civil engineering (BCVN) by the University of South Africa. The syllabus of this module is offered in comprehensive universities and universities of technologies of South Africa. An assessment of the Merlot multi-media showed that they were accessible, interactive, aligned with course objectives, and could potentially influence student adaptation and motivation in on-line learning. These findings were based primarily on the author’s assessment insights and could be further tested with learners’ perceptions.
Using Osmosis Pressure Merlot Multimedia to Enhance On-Line Learning in Wastewater Treatment Technology IV Module Offered by the University of South Africa
Ilunga, Masengo (South Africa)
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This paper focuses on MERLOT multi-media, specifically osmotic_pressure.xls used as basics of reverse osmosis (RO) to enhance on-line teaching and learning for wastewater treatment technology IV (WWT4701) module. Dissolved solids in wastewater can be removed significantly through RO as advanced technology. The curriculum of Bachelor of Technology Civil Engineering (BTechCivil) degree includes WWT4701 and many other modules. Using Learning Objects Review Instrument (LORI) methodology, the osmotic_pressure.xls Merlot multimedia was assessed and was found to be acceptable in connection with LORI standards, i.e. accessibility, interactivity, alignment of module objectives, learner adaptation and motivation. Such findings were based on the author’s preliminary assessment perspective and could be tested with learners, in future.
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