scholarly journals Libraries Fight Disinformation: An Analysis of Online Practices to Help Users’ Generations in Spotting Fake News

Societies ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (4) ◽  
pp. 133
Author(s):  
Paula Herrero-Diz ◽  
Clara López-Rufino
Keyword(s):  
Ad Hoc ◽  
Literacy Practices ◽  
Active Role ◽  
Health Issues ◽  
Fake News ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Video Tutorials ◽  
The Face ◽  
Self Learning

The work of libraries during the COVID-19 pandemic, as facilitators of reliable information on health issues, has shown that these entities can play an active role as verification agents in the fight against disinformation (false information that is intended to mislead), focusing on media and informational literacy. To help citizens, these entities have developed a wide range of actions that range from online seminars, to learning how to evaluate the quality of a source, to video tutorials or the creation of repositories with resources of various natures. To identify the most common media literacy practices in the face of fake news (news that conveys or incorporates false, fabricated, or deliberately misleading information), this exploratory study designed an ad hoc analysis sheet, validated by the inter-judge method, which allowed one to classify the practices of N = 216 libraries from all over the world. The results reveal that the libraries most involved in this task are those belonging to public universities. Among the actions carried out to counteract misinformation, open-access materials that favor self-learning stand out. These resources, aimed primarily at university students and adults in general, are aimed at acquiring skills related to fact-checking and critical thinking. Therefore, libraries vindicate their role as components of the literacy triad, together with professors and communication professionals.

FACTORS OF MOTIVATION OF PURCHASE OF DRUGS - THE FOUNDATION OF ART SALES

2021 ◽  
pp. 59-63
Author(s):  
А.Н. Жарылқасын ◽  
А. Жунусов ◽  
К.Д. Шертаева ◽  
Г.Ж. Умурзахова ◽  
Г.И. Утегенова ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Customer Loyalty ◽  
High Quality ◽  
Medical Products ◽  
Customer Commitment ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
The Face

В условиях серьезной конкуренции аптеки вынуждены прибегать к различным способам привлечения и удержания покупателей. Приоритетными факторами в плане воспитания и поддержания лояльности покупателей являются традиционный набор приемлемых цен, широкий ассортимент, высокое качество лекарственных средств, космецевтики и изделий медицинского назначения, а также удобное расположение аптеки и выкладка аптечных товаров. Однако сегодня это обязательные, но недостаточные атрибуты приверженности покупателей к конкретной аптеке. В данной статье рассматриваются основные элементы "искусства продаж", которые, по мнению экспертов, являются основополагающими для мотивации покупок в аптеке. In the face of serious competition, pharmacies have to resort to various means of attracting and retaining customers. Priority factors in terms of cultivating and maintaining customer loyalty are the traditional set of acceptable prices, wide range, high quality of pharmaceuticals, cosmeceuticals and medical products, as well as the convenient location of the pharmacy and the display of pharmacy products. However, today these are mandatory, but not sufficient attributes of customer commitment to a particular pharmacy. This article discusses the main elements of the "art of sales", which, according to experts, are fundamental for motivating purchases in a pharmacy.

scholarly journals Adaptive Beaconing in Mobility Aware Clustering Based MAC Protocol for Safety Message Dissemination in VANET

2017 ◽  
Vol 2017 ◽  
pp. 1-15 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nishu Gupta ◽  
Arun Prakash ◽  
Rajeev Tripathi
Keyword(s):  
Ad Hoc ◽  
Mac Protocol ◽  
Ieee 802.11P ◽  
Bandwidth Utilization ◽  
Transmission Frequency ◽  
Vehicle Communication ◽  
Safety Message ◽  
Vehicle To Vehicle ◽  
Wide Range

Majority of research contributions in wireless access in vehicular environment (WAVE)/IEEE 802.11p standard focus on life critical safety-related applications. These applications require regular status update of vehicle’s position referred to as beaconing. Periodic beaconing in vehicle to vehicle communication leads to severe network congestion in the communication channel. The condition worsens under high vehicular density where it impacts reliability and upper bound latency of safety messages. In this paper, WAVE compliant enhancement to the existing IEEE 802.11p protocol is presented which targets prioritized delivery of safety messages while simultaneously provisioning the dissemination of nonsafety messages. Proposed scheme relies on dynamic generation of beacons to mitigate channel congestion and inefficient bandwidth utilization by reducing transmission frequency of beacons. Through the use of clustering mechanism, different beaconing frequencies and different data transmission rates are assigned to prioritize vehicular mobility. Through extensive simulation results, the performance of the proposed approach is evaluated in terms of a wide range of quality of service (QoS) parameters for two different transmission ranges. Results show that the proposed protocol provides significant enhancement and stability of the clustered topology in vehicular ad hoc network over existing standard and other protocols with similar applications.

scholarly journals ДОСЛІДЖЕННЯ ПРОБЛЕМИ ПРОЕКТУВАННЯ НАД-ЛЕГКИХ ЛІТАКІВ З УРАХУВАННЯМ ВИМОГ СПОЖИ-ВАЧА

2018 ◽  
pp. 27-35
Author(s):  
Микола Васильович Нечипорук ◽  
Олена Олексіївна Поліщук ◽  
Антон Сергійович Полупан
Keyword(s):  
Aviation Industry ◽  
Design Quality ◽  
Aircraft Manufacturing ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
The World ◽  
The Face ◽  
Scientific Technical ◽  
Promising Solution ◽  
And Control

The article deals with the issues of improving the methods of forming accounting for ultralight aircraft. The article provides information on the identification of ultralight aircraft according to the classification of the International Aviation Federation (IAF) and the laws of Ukraine. It is analyzed the market for ultralight aircraft , the main manufacturers of ultralight aircraft in the world are identified. It is identified the main categories of consumers of ultralight aircraft. It is highlighting the perspectives and main problems of the development of ultralight aviation in Ukraine and the world and  stages of the design of ultralight aircraft. Attention is focused on the practice of global aviation industry, which suggests that gaining new positions and supporting competitiveness of production in the market requires continuous improvement of aircraft quality and the creation of innovative technologies in the face of stringent requirements for scientific, technical, technological, organizational, economic, personnel and investment support for design and aircraft manufacturing. The solution to this problem is primarily related to the effectiveness of the steps taken by the designer, the improvement of production processes and manufacturing technology. Determined by the most promising solution to reduce economic risks and control the level of demand is to attract the customer (consumer) in the process of designing aircraft products. The research objectives are defined and solutions are proposed for improving the design quality of ultralight airplanes by introducing consumer criteria into the design process of ultralight airplanes to meet a wide range of applications. The use of the obtained solutions will allow the manufacturer to make more effective design decisions on the design of ultralight aircraft. Research will further improve the methods of forming ultra-light aircraft in the early design stages

Emotion Based Music Recommendation System

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (10) ◽  
pp. 1674-1680
Author(s):  
Dhruv Piyush Parikh
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Facial Expression ◽  
Facial Expressions ◽  
Recommendation System ◽  
New Technologies ◽  
Mental Health Problems ◽  
Expression Recognition ◽  
Health Issues ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
The Face

Abstract: Our world today is driven by machines of various complexities. From a basic one like a computer to a highly complex humanoid robot, everything is a product of human intelligence. A lot of industries are being benefited from such new technologies. Facial Expression Recognition is one of these technologies. It has a wide range of applications and is an area that is constantly evolving. The analogy behind it is, when we gaze at someone, the eyes send signals to the brain. The face patterns of that specific person are carried by these messages. These patterns are then compared to those stored in the brain's memory. Inspired by such innovations, our research collects human expressions and analyses their emotions using our vast dataset, offering some necessary strategies to change their facial expressions. Due to the competitive environment, the youth of our generation has been inclined to a lot of mental health problems such as anxiety and depression. Our generation's youth has been predisposed to a variety of mental health issues. Our idea attempts to provide a relaxing atmosphere to a person based on his or her facial expressions. Keywords: Facial Expression, Face Recognition, Python, PyWhatkit, OpenCV.

scholarly journals ИНИЦИЈАЛНО ДИДАKТИЧKО-МЕТОДИЧKО ОБРАЗОВАЊЕ БУДУЋИХ ПЕДАГОГА – ПРОЦЕНЕ СТУДЕНАТА ПЕДАГОГИЈЕ

2021 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 35-48
Author(s):  
Драгана Јовановић ◽  
Марија Јовановић
Keyword(s):  
Professional Identity ◽  
Professional Practice ◽  
Professional Training ◽  
Study Program ◽  
Undergraduate Studies ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Self Learning

Of the great importance for the building professional identity of a modern pedagogue is initial education. With the necessary quality, it provides a basis that is later upgraded with the professional training and numerous forms of permanent self-education and self-learning. Having in mind that professional identity of pedagogue implies a wide range of didactic and methodic competencies that are acquired during the study, this paper is precisely focused at examining these areas of initial education of pedagogues. The aim of this paper is to determine the estimations of pedagogy students about didactic-methodical education that they acquire during their undergraduate studies, and to point out possible demerits and also make recommendations for improving the established situation. The research was conducted on a sample of 105 final year students of BA, MA, and PhD academic studies of the Department of Pedagogy at the Faculty of Philosophy in Nis. Obtained results show an enviable level of didactic-methodical education and indicate to the need to innovate and improve the quality of study program in the field of representation and the scope of professional practice.

scholarly journals ONLINE MODIFICATION OF THE METHOD OF X-MEDIUM ON THE BASIS OF ANSAMBLY OF SELORGANIZED MAP T. KOHONEN

2017 ◽  
pp. 96-107
Author(s):  
Є.В. БОДЯНСЬКИЙ ◽  
А.О. ДЕЙНЕКО ◽  
П.Є. ЖЕРНОВА ◽  
В.О. РЄПІН
Keyword(s):  
Neural Networks ◽  
Learning Algorithm ◽  
Data Sets ◽  
Self Organizing Maps ◽  
Online Mode ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Parallel Mode ◽  
Computational Simplicity ◽  
Self Learning

The modified X-means method for clustering in the case when observations are sequentially fed to processing the proposed. This approach’s based on the ensemble of the clustering neural networks, proposed ensemble contains the T. Kohonen’s self-organizing maps. Each of the clustering neural networks consist of different number of neurons, where number of clusters is connected with the quality of there neurons. All ensemble members process information that siquentionally is fed to the system in the parallel mode. The effectiveness of clustering process is determined using Caliński-Harabasz index. The self-learning algorithm uses similarity measure of special type that. The feature of proposed method is absent of the competition step, i.e. neuron-winner is not determined. A number of experiments has been held in order to investigate the proposed system’s properties. Experimental results have proven the fact that the system under consideration could be used to solve a wide range of Data Mining tasks when data sets are processed in an online mode. The proposed ensemble system provides computational simplicity, and data sets are pro-cessed faster due to the possibility of parallel tuning.

scholarly journals The influence of cavitation effects on the purification processes of beet sugar production juices

10.5219/1284 ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 14 ◽  
pp. 451-457
Author(s):  
Marija Zheplinska ◽  
Mikhailo Mushtruk ◽  
Tatiana Kos ◽  
Volodymyr Vasyliv ◽  
Yuliya Kryzhova ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Raw Materials ◽  
Vapor Condensation ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Purification Efficiency ◽  
Beet Sugar ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
The Face ◽  
Filtration Properties ◽  
Rational Direction

The existing technology for the purification of diffusion juice and its hardware design has not fundamentally changed over the past four decades. The lack of the necessary theoretical developments and experimental data hinders the development of existing and the development of new technological processes. Therefore, the main direction of improving the purification efficiency of juices of sugar beet production is the disclosure of its unused reserves and their implementation in practice. The scientific problem of choosing the rational direction for improving the technology of juice purification, which ensures the production of consumer granulated sugar in the face of changes in a wide range of quality of raw materials, is relevant and has important economic importance, especially in the context of the transition of beet sugar factories to a market economy. One way to solve it is to make fuller use of the adsorption capacity of calcium carbonate particles while increasing the filtration properties of saturation sediments. Therefore, the study investigates the effect of cavitation effects – vapor condensation and hydrodynamic processing of diffusion juice on the processes of purification of diffusion juice, juices of preliminary defecation, first and second saturations. The analysis of the influence of various effects of cavitation processing of juices from the point of view of improving the purification efficiency, the optimal place of the purification process in the technological scheme of production is established.

scholarly journals Reducing the spread of fake news by shifting attention to accuracy: Meta-analytic evidence of replicability and generalizability

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gordon Pennycook ◽  
David Gertler Rand
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Political Ideology ◽  
Meta Analysis ◽  
Fake News ◽  
Total N ◽  
Individual Level ◽  
Cognitive Reflection ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Survey Experiments

Simply failing to consider accuracy when deciding what to share on social media has been shown to play an important role in the spread of online misinformation. Interventions that shift users’ attention towards the concept of accuracy – accuracy prompts or nudges – are therefore a promising approach to improve the quality of news content that users share and therefore reduce misinformation online. Here we test the replicability and generalizability of this effect by conducting a personal meta-analysis of 20 accuracy prompt survey experiments (total N=26,245) that our group ran using American participants between 2017 and 2020. These experiments used a wide range of different accuracy prompts tested using a large variety of headline sets and with participants recruited from qualitatively different subject pools. We find that overall, accuracy prompts increased sharing discernment (difference in sharing intentions for true relative to false headlines) by 72% relative to the control, and that this effect was primarily driven by reducing sharing intentions for false headlines (10% reduction relative to the control). The magnitude of the accuracy prompt effect on sharing discernment did not significantly differ for headlines about politics versus COVID-19, and was larger for headline sets where users were less likely to distinguish between true and false headlines at baseline. With respect to individual-level variables, the treatment effect on sharing discernment was not significantly moderated by gender, race, or political ideology, and was significantly larger for older participants, participants who were higher on cognitive reflection, and participants who passed more attention check questions. These results suggest that accuracy prompt effects are replicable and generalize across prompts and headlines, and thus offer a promising approach for fighting against misinformation.

scholarly journals THIRTY YEARS OF CHANGE IN THE PUBLICATION PROCESS

2018 ◽  
pp. 0
Author(s):  
David WEAKLIEM
Keyword(s):  
Active Role ◽  
Research Paper ◽  
Full Scale ◽  
Negative Consequences ◽  
Publication Process ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Sociology Journals

This essay considers changes in the publication process in sociology journals over the last thirty years. Decisions of accept or conditional accept on the first submission have almost disappeared, and the use of revise and resubmit decisions has expanded to cover a wide range of papers. Other important changes have been an increase in the typical number of reviewers and a less active role for editors. The changes have resulted in an improvement of the quality of published papers, but have also had some negative consequences. One is a slowdown in the process. Another is a dominance of one kind of publication — the full-scale research paper — and a decline of other types, including comments, research notes, and essays. The paper concludes by discussing some changes that might encourage a wider variety of publication types and facilitate commentary and debate on published papers

Top Drugs

2015 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jie Jack Li
Keyword(s):  
Drug Discovery ◽  
Metabolic Diseases ◽  
Health Issues ◽  
Process Route ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Depth Study ◽  
History Of ◽  
Comprehensive Text ◽  
Cholesterol Management

Drugs like Lipitor, Plavix, Taxol, and Zoloft are integral in today's medicinal world. These widely used products save lives and improve the quality of lives, playing a crucial role in everything from cholesterol management to cancer treatment. These advances in medicine were brought into existence after nuanced process of creation, featuring a wide range of chemical and pharmacological experimentation and discovery. Top Drugs: Their History, Pharmacology, and Synthesis provides an in-depth study on ten prominent drugs, outlining the chemistry behind each one's creation. Jie Jack Li, a medicinal chemist and an expert on drug discovery, offers a thorough analysis of the landscape of current drug development. The comprehensive text is divided by health issues, including cardiovascular, cancer, metabolic diseases, and infectious diseases. Each section features individual chapters on significant drugs, outlining the chemistry and history of the drug's discovery. Li begins each chapter with the product's history, providing necessary context. Li then proceeds to describe the mechanism of action, structure-activity relationship (SAR), bioavailability, metabolism, toxicology, the discovery route, and the process route. Top Drugs: Their History, Pharmacology, and Synthesis will acclimate students, scientists, and interested laypersons to the world of chemistry and drug discovery.

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