scholarly journals How the Use of ICT can Contribute to a Misleading Picture of Conditions – A Five-Step Process

10.28945/2322 ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 10 ◽  
pp. 193-215
Author(s):  
Stefan Holgersson
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Impression Management ◽  
Management Strategies ◽  
Holistic Approach ◽  
Second Step ◽  
Step Process ◽  
Theoretical Contribution ◽  
The Third ◽  
Fourth Step

This paper contributes to the limited research on roles ICT can play in impression-management strategies and is based on case studies done in the Swedish Police. It also gives a theoretical contribution by adopting a holistic approach to explain how ICT can contribute to giving a misleading picture of conditions. Output generated by ICT has nowadays a central role in follow-up activities and decision-making. Even if this type of output, often in colourful, presentable, graphical arrangements, gives the impression of being accurate and reliable there is a risk of defective data quality. The phenomena can be described as a process divided into five steps. The first step is about how the data is generated and/or collected. The second step is linked to how the data is registered. The third step is about the output generated from the ICT-systems. The fourth step is how the output of ICT is selected for presentation. The fifth step concerns how output generated by ICT is interpreted. This paper shows that ICT can easily be used in impression-management strategies. For example, that personnel take shortcuts to affect the statistics rather than applying methods that may give the desired effects.

Users behaviors: The Heritage of Digital World

2014 ◽  
Vol 13 (7) ◽  
pp. 4675-4682
Author(s):  
Atefeh Danesh Moghadam ◽  
Alireza Alagha
Keyword(s):  
Technology Development ◽  
Second Step ◽  
Information Communication ◽  
The Third ◽  
Digital World ◽  
New Concepts ◽  
Emerging Patterns ◽  
History Of ◽  
Fourth Step ◽  
Communication And Technology

In the advent of information era, not only digital world is going to expand its territories, it is going to penetrate into the traditional notions about the meaning of the words and also valorize new concepts. According to Oxford Dictionary, the word heritage is defined: The history, tradition and qualities that a country or society has had for many years and that are considered an important part of its character. In order to present how emerging patterns, as the consequences of technology development, are going to be considered as the new concept of heritage, we follow four steps. In the first step, we present the convergence of Information, Communication and Technology (ICT) and a concise history of its convergence. In the second step, we argue how convergence has culminated in emerging patterns and also has made changes in digital world. In the third step, the importance of users behaviors and its mining is surveyed. Finally, in the fourth step; we illustrate User Generated Contents (UGC) as the most prominent users behaviors in digital world.

scholarly journals Synthesis of Some New Nucleoside Analogues Containing Seven Membered Ring and Studying Their Biological Activity

2016 ◽  
Vol 13 (3) ◽  
pp. 531-546
Author(s):  
Baghdad Science Journal
Keyword(s):  
Antibacterial Activity ◽  
Membered Ring ◽  
Nucleoside Analogues ◽  
Second Step ◽  
Gram Negative Bacteria ◽  
Gram Negative ◽  
The Third ◽  
Ft Ir ◽  
Fourth Step ◽  
Propiolic Acid

In this work, a series of new Nucleoside analogues (D-galactopyranose linked to oxepanebenzimidazole moiety) was synthesized via multisteps synthesis. The first step involved preparation of two benzimidazoles 2-styrylbenzimidazole and 2-(phenyl ethynyl) benzimidazole via reaction of phenylenediamine with cinnamic acid or ?-phenyl propiolic acid. Electrophilic addition of the prepared benzimidazoles by three anhydrides in the second step afforded (4-6) and (14-16) which in turn were treated with 1,2,3,4-di-O-isopropylidene galactopyranose in the third step to afford a series of the desirable protected nucleoside analogues (7-9) ,(17-19)which after hydrolysis in methanolic sodium methoxidein the fourth step afforded the free nucleoside analogues (10-12) and (20-22) .The synthesized compounds were identified by FT-IR and some of them by 1H-NMR and13C-NMR. The synthesized oxepane nucleoside analogues were screened for their antibacterial activity against three types of bacteria including Staphylococcusaureus ,Bacillus(gram positive) andE.coli (gram negative) bacteria repectively.

ODACE SLA

2010 ◽  
Vol 1 (3) ◽  
pp. 1-20 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kaouthar Fakhfakh ◽  
Tarak Chaari ◽  
Said Tazi ◽  
Mohamed Jmaiel ◽  
Khalil Drira
Keyword(s):  
Service Providers ◽  
Service Level Agreement ◽  
Service Level ◽  
Second Step ◽  
Technical Knowledge ◽  
Complex Task ◽  
Semantic Matching ◽  
The Third ◽  
Draft Version ◽  
Fourth Step

The establishment of Service Level Agreements between service providers and clients remains a complex task regarding the uninterrupted growth of the IT market. In fact, it is important to ensure a clear and fair establishment of these SLAs especially when providers and clients do not share the same technical knowledge. To address this problem, the authors started modeling client intentions and provider offers using ontologies. These models helped them in establishing and implementing a complete semantic matching approach containing four main steps. The first step consists of generating correspondences between the client and the provider terms by assigning certainties for their equivalence. The second step corrects and refines these certainties. In the third step, the authors evaluate the matching results using inference rules, and in the fourth step, a draft version of a Service Level Agreement is automatically generated in case of compatibility.

A Role for Theatre in the Education, Training and Thinking Processes of Managers

2006 ◽  
Vol 20 (1) ◽  
pp. 19-24 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christos Nicolaidis ◽  
Naum Liotas
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Impression Management ◽  
Business Environment ◽  
Active Listening ◽  
Leadership Ethics ◽  
The Third ◽  
Thinking Processes ◽  
Education Training ◽  
Impression Management Tactics ◽  
Management Students

This paper addresses the need for managers to possess hard-to-obtain skills in today's complex business environment. To achieve this, they need to expand their borders of knowledge beyond the barriers that logic imposes. This has to be reflected in managers' education, training and thinking processes. The first part of the paper examines how theatre techniques can contribute to the education of management students by exercising decision making, leadership, ethics and empathy. The second part focuses on the theatrical elements and techniques that can be used to train managers in organizations. In such cases the main training topics are innovation, active listening and spontaneity. Finally, the third part of the paper looks at the influence that theatre can have on managers' thinking processes. In this respect, it argues that the interpretation of the business environment as a dramatic scene is valid and accurate. This interpretation can help managers make wiser and better choices, especially when other people and impression management tactics are involved. In conclusion, the authors stress that theatre has been unjustifiably overlooked as a very effective medium for the development of managers' skills.

Beyond “No food and drink in the gallery”: Writing a best practices document for food management in museums

2016 ◽  
Vol 30 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 111-117
Author(s):  
Rebecca Newberry ◽  
Bethany Palumbo ◽  
Fran Ritchie
Keyword(s):  
Natural History ◽  
Best Practices ◽  
Best Practice ◽  
Second Step ◽  
Step Process ◽  
The Third ◽  
Preservation Methods ◽  
Food Management ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Food And Drink

Abstract In 2015, the Society for the Preservation of Natural History Collections (SPNHC) Conservation Committee created a best practices document for food management in collection-holding institutions. This paper discusses the three-step process, devised by the committee, through which this was achieved. The first step was to research existing literature on the subject. Scant results showed that a best practices document on the subject would be of great benefit to the field. The second step was to survey collection professionals. This provided the committee a stronger understanding of current food management challenges and successes, as well as topics to address in the best practices document. The third step was to gain consensus from these professionals. A draft of the document was presented at three international conferences, and feedback was incorporated into the final recommendations. The best practices document is available on the SPNHC wiki and may be updated. It is possible to write a best practice on any subject by replicating this three-step process. The Conservation Committee believes this process can be applied to other areas that are in need of new or revised preservation methods.

SEGMENTATION OF OVARIAN ULTRASOUND IMAGES USING CELLULAR NEURAL NETWORKS

2004 ◽  
Vol 18 (04) ◽  
pp. 563-581 ◽  
Author(s):  
BORIS CIGALE ◽  
DAMJAN ZAZULA
Keyword(s):  
Genetic Algorithm ◽  
Neural Networks ◽  
Recognition Rate ◽  
Cellular Neural Networks ◽  
Second Step ◽  
Ultrasound Images ◽  
Segmentation Method ◽  
The Third ◽  
Fourth Step

Segmentation of ovarian ultrasound images using cellular neural networks (CNNs) is studied in this paper. The segmentation method consists of five successive steps where the first four uses CNNs. In the first step, only rough position of follicles is determined. In the second step, the results are improved by expansion of detected follicles. In the third step, previously undetected inexpressive follicles are determined, while the fourth step detects the position of ovary. All results are joined in the fifth step. The templates for CNNs were obtained by applying genetic algorithm. The segmentation method has been tested on 50 ovarian ultrasound images. The recognition rate of follicles was around 60% and misidentification rate was around 30%.

Abstract 14877: A Never Ending Tale of Pericarditis

Circulation ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 142 (Suppl_3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Michel Ibrahim ◽  
Michael Fattouh ◽  
Omar Siddiqi ◽  
Alice K Jacobs
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Case Reports ◽  
Systolic Dysfunction ◽  
Management Strategies ◽  
Interdisciplinary Team ◽  
Pericardial Tamponade ◽  
Prior History ◽  
Acute Pericarditis ◽  
History Of

Background: The evidence on recurrent pregnancy-related pericarditis is limited, and management strategies are based mainly on case reports and expert opinion. Case: A 25-year-old G2P1, 28-week pregnant female, with a history of presumed viral pericarditis complicated by pericardial tamponade and recurrent colchicine resistant pericarditis which was successfully treated with a prolonged steroid taper in the postpartum period, now 1 year in remission presents with shortness of breath and pleuritic chest pain with elevated inflammatory consistent with prior presentation of myo-pericarditis. A trans-thoracic echocardiogram (TTE) revealed a mild pericardial effusion without evidence of systolic dysfunction, and pericardial tamponade. Decision-Making: Given prior history of pregnancy related colchicine resistant pericarditis which was complicated by pericardial tamponade around her prior delivery time, it was decided by an interdisciplinary team involving rheumatology, cardiology and obstetrics, to initiate prednisone 10 mg daily. Symptoms subsequently subsided with a down trend of cardiac and inflammatory biomarkers. Daily 10 mg prednisone was to be continued up through delivery but within 2 months she presented yet again with a similar clinical picture and was diagnosed with recurrence of disease. Her prednisone was increased to 20 mg daily with symptom resolution. Two weeks later, she went into labor and received stress dose steroids. She had a normal spontaneous vaginal delivery without any complications. She continued the same dose of 20 mg of prednisone until her follow-up with rheumatology when the decision was made to initiate azathioprine and slowly titrate off the steroids. Conclusion: The case highlights not only the rare association between pregnancy and recurrent pericarditis but also the complexity of its management. The case of our patient underscores the importance of family planning, shared-decision making, and management by an interdisciplinary team comprised of rheumatology, obstetrics/gynecology, and cardiology. There are currently no known well controlled trials of therapy for pregnancy related idiopathic recurrent acute pericarditis.

Marion: Gift without Exchange—Toward Pure Givenness

2019 ◽  
pp. 95-123
Author(s):  
Marcel Hénaff
Keyword(s):  
Primary Source ◽  
Second Step ◽  
The Third ◽  
Precise Sense ◽  
Key Word ◽  
The Gift ◽  
Fourth Step

This chapter assesses how Jean-Luc Marion's approach to the question of the gift finds its primary source and resources in Husserl's phenomenology and—less ostensibly but perhaps more radically—in Heidegger's thought. Marion's entire phenomenological endeavor can be summed up in his statement: “As much reduction, as much givenness.” The term “reduction” must of course be understood here in the precise sense Husserl gives it. As for “givenness,” it becomes the key word that dominates Marion's work. Marion's approach can be described as moving along three major steps; a fourth step remains, however prospective—or suspended—which involves the outcome. The first step consists of his entire effort at articulating reduction and givenness; this leads to the verge of pure givenness. The greatest risks Marion takes are situated in his second step, since it consists of attempting a shift from pure givenness defined in strictly phenomenological terms to an analysis of the gift as a gesture among humans—that is, of an act by which a giver gives something to a recipient. The third step, continually foreshadowed by the second, comes closer to integration; the reduction of the gift to givenness being assumed achieved, the only remaining task is to grasp the identity of given and givenness. This leaves one on the edge of the fourth and highly hypothetical step of the experience of an excess of intuition—or rather an overflowing of intuition—part of what Marion calls saturated phenomena.

Writing to Meet Your Match

2013 ◽  
pp. 210-234
Author(s):  
Christyne Berzsenyi
Keyword(s):  
Impression Management ◽  
Management Strategies ◽  
Internet Dating ◽  
Written Text ◽  
Self Reflection ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
Positive Attitudes ◽  
Study Participants

After ten years, Internet dating has become mainstreamed with members producing and consuming a great deal of written text before meeting face-to-face. Through a twenty-one-prompt questionnaire and follow up interviews, four case study participants describe their efforts at self-reflection, self-representation, and interaction with other members. The following chapter analyzes email questionnaire responses and interview excerpts that discuss each participant’s perceptions of the rhetorical process of writing profiles, interpreting others’ profiles, and exchanging emails to facilitate courtship. In addition, this chapter analyzes the discourse of participants’ self-presentations in comparison with their reported self-perceptions and impression management strategies. Findings suggest that more effective members composed their e-texts after a methodical process of understanding the communication genre, the expectations and behaviors of their target audiences, and their own relationship objectives. Further, participants with greater experience with cyber dating have more positive experiences, which led to positive attitudes and greater satisfaction with e-dating.

scholarly journals Lysine biosynthesis in Saccharomyces. Conversion of α-aminoadipate into α-aminoadipic δ-semialdehyde

1971 ◽  
Vol 125 (3) ◽  
pp. 743-749 ◽  
Author(s):  
Asru K. Sinha ◽  
J. K. Bhattacharjee
Keyword(s):  
Amino Acid ◽  
Lysine Biosynthesis ◽  
Second Step ◽  
Cell Free Extract ◽  
Experimental Conditions ◽  
Step Process ◽  
The Third ◽  
A Cell

The reduction of α-aminoadipate to α-aminoadipic δ-semialdehyde by a cell-free extract of Saccharomyces is shown to be a three-step process. First the amino acid reacts with ATP to form an adenylyl derivative. Then the adenylyl derivative of α-aminoadipate is reduced in the presence of NADPH. In the third step the reduced adenylyl derivative of the amino acid is cleaved to form α-aminoadipic δ-semialdehyde. The presence of Mg2+is necessary for the first and second steps. The third step does not need any cofactors. The product of the first step was isolated by chromatography after incubating the cell-free extract of Saccharomyces with α-aminoadipate, ATP and Mg2+. The isolated product was identified as an adenylyl derivative of α-aminoadipate and could be converted into α-aminoadipic δ-semialdehyde under the stated experimental conditions. The product of the second step was too unstable to be identified.

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