scholarly journals Scepticism in Information Society

2017 ◽  
Vol 25 (1) ◽  
pp. 38-47
Author(s):  
Vsevolod Ladov
Keyword(s):  
Information Society ◽  
Philosophy Of Information ◽  
The Real ◽  
Virtual Objects ◽  
Modern Information ◽  
Luciano Floridi ◽  
The Difference ◽  
Informative Content

This article analyzes contemporary writings on the philosophy of information with special attention to the concept of informational scepticism. The author of the concept, Luciano Floridi, supposes that scepticism that arises as the result of the attempt to differentiate real and virtual objects in modern information society is epistemologically harmless, since the difference between the real and the virtual does not have any specific informative content. This article points out logical and epistemological difficulties of this theoretical viewpoint and proposes a way of overcoming them.

ANALYTICAL INDICATOR. ANALYSIS OF THE REAL STATE OF DYNAMICS OF MORTALITY OF THE POPULATION OF RUSSIA FROM MALIGNANT TUMORS AND CHANGES IN ITS STRUCTURE

2019 ◽  
Vol 65 (2) ◽  
pp. 205-219 ◽  
Author(s):  
V. Merabishvili
Keyword(s):  
Malignant Tumors ◽  
Specific Weight ◽  
Mortality Rates ◽  
Retirement Age ◽  
Medium Term ◽  
Age Composition ◽  
The Real ◽  
Indicator Analysis ◽  
The Difference ◽  
Real State

The mortality rate is one of the most important criteria for assessing the health of the population. However, it is important to use analytical indicators correctly, especially when evaluating time series. The value of the “gross” mortality is closely linked with a specific weight of persons of elderly and senile ages. All international publications (WHO, IARC, territorial cancer registers) assess the dynamics of morbidity and mortality only by standardized indicators that eliminate the difference in the age composition of the compared population groups. In Russia, from 1960 to 2017, the share of people of retirement age has increased more than 2 times. The structure of mortality from malignant tumors has changed dramatically. The paper presents the dynamics of gross and standardized mortality rates from malignant tumors in Russia and in all administrative territories. Shows the real success of the Oncology service. The medium-term interval forecast until 2025 has been calculated.

Modifying Perceived Size of a Handled Object through Hand Image Deformation

2013 ◽  
Vol 22 (3) ◽  
pp. 255-270 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yuki Ban ◽  
Takuji Narumi ◽  
Tomohiro Tanikawa ◽  
Michitaka Hirose
Keyword(s):  
Visual Representation ◽  
Shape Perception ◽  
Size Perception ◽  
Visual Object ◽  
Display System ◽  
Haptic Interaction ◽  
Image Deformation ◽  
Virtual Objects ◽  
The Difference ◽  
Hand Image

In this study, we aim to construct a perception-based shape display system to provide users with the sensation of touching virtual objects of varying shapes using only a simple mechanism. Thus far, we have proved that identified curved surface shapes or edge angles can be modified by displacing the visual representation of the user's hand. However, using this method, we cannot emulate multifinger touch, because of spatial unconformity. To solve this problem, we focus on modifying the identification of shapes using two fingers by deforming the visual representation of the user's hand. We devised a video see-through system that enables us to change the perceived shape of an object that a user is touching visually. The visual representation of the user's hand is deformed as if the user were handling a visual object; however, the user is actually handling an object of a different shape. Using this system, we conducted two experiments to investigate the effects of visuo-haptic interaction and evaluate its effectiveness. One is an investigation on the modification of size perception to confirm that the fingers did not stroke the shape but only touched it statically. The other is an investigation on the modification of shape perception for confirming that the fingers dynamically stroked the surface of the shape. The results of these experiments show that the perceived sizes of objects handled using a thumb and other finger(s) could be modified if the difference between the size of physical and visual stimuli was in the −40% to 35% range. In addition, we found that the algorithm can create an effect of shape perception modification when users stroke the shape with multiple fingers.

Merging virtual objects with the real world

1992 ◽  
Vol 26 (2) ◽  
pp. 203-210 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael Bajura ◽  
Henry Fuchs ◽  
Ryutarou Ohbuchi
Keyword(s):  
Real World ◽  
The Real ◽  
Virtual Objects

Successive coefficients of close-to-convex functions

2020 ◽  
Vol 32 (5) ◽  
pp. 1131-1141 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paweł Zaprawa
Keyword(s):  
Real Axis ◽  
Convex Functions ◽  
Positive Direction ◽  
The Real ◽  
Coefficient Problems ◽  
The Difference

AbstractIn this paper we discuss coefficient problems for functions in the class {{\mathcal{C}}_{0}(k)}. This family is a subset of {{\mathcal{C}}}, the class of close-to-convex functions, consisting of functions which are convex in the positive direction of the real axis. Our main aim is to find some bounds of the difference of successive coefficients depending on the fixed second coefficient. Under this assumption we also estimate {|a_{n+1}|-|a_{n}|} and {|a_{n}|}. Moreover, it is proved that {\operatorname{Re}\{a_{n}\}\geq 0} for all {f\in{\mathcal{C}}_{0}(k)}.

Dangers for the Modern Information Society in the Computer Age

IFLA Journal ◽  
1987 ◽  
Vol 13 (2) ◽  
pp. 111-119
Author(s):  
Franz Georg Kaltwasser
Keyword(s):  
Information Society ◽  
Modern Information

FROM THE TRANSFORMATION OF THE INFORMATION MAN IN THE CONCEPT OF TRANSHUMANISM TO THE POST-HUMAN PHENOMENON: SOCIO-PHILOSOPHICAL ANALYSIS

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Oleg Ivanovich Rozhnov ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Information Society ◽  
Philosophical Analysis ◽  
Modern Information

The article is devoted to analysis and issues of transformation of man, his existence in the modern information society, the global processes of digitalization of existence in all spheres of social, in the context of conversion issues "human", due to the growing threat of the anthropological crisis. The article considers the approach of transhumanism to solving this problem and its criticism.

RHETORICAL CULTURE OF THE MODERN INFORMATION SOCIETY IN THE ASPECT OF SPEECH EFFICIENCY

2021 ◽  
Vol 79 (3) ◽  
pp. 93-96
Author(s):  
CHISTYAKOVA IRINA Y. ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Information Society ◽  
Public Speaking ◽  
Cultural Discourses ◽  
Modern Information

The article is devoted to the research of public speaking of the modern information society in the aspect of speech efficiency. The main focus is on political, educational and cultural discourses, polemical television genres.

Augmented Reality Berbasis Android Sebagai Media Pembelajaran Sistem Tata Surya

2021 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 53-59
Author(s):  
Yulia Fatma ◽  
Armen Salim ◽  
Regiolina Hayami
Keyword(s):  
Augmented Reality ◽  
Solar System ◽  
Real Time ◽  
Real World ◽  
Virtual World ◽  
The Real ◽  
Virtual Objects ◽  
Augmented Reality Technology ◽  
The Revolution

Along with the development, the application can be used as a medium for learning. Augmented Reality is a technology that combines two-dimensional’s virtual objects and three-dimensional’s virtual objects into a real three-dimensional’s  then projecting the virtual objects in real time and simultaneously. The introduction of Solar System’s material, students are invited to get to know the planets which are directly encourage students to imagine circumtances in the Solar System. Explenational of planets form and how the planets make the revolution and rotation in books are considered less material’s explanation because its only display objects in 2D. In addition, students can not practice directly in preparing the layout of the planets in the Solar System. By applying Augmented Reality Technology, information’s learning delivery can be clarified, because in these applications are combined the real world and the virtual world. Not only display the material, the application also display images of planets in 3D animation’s objects with audio.

The feasibility and validity of using a real time location system (RTLS) to measure bedside contact time

2021 ◽  
pp. 174498712110161
Author(s):  
Ann-Marie Cannaby ◽  
Vanda Carter ◽  
Thomas Hoe ◽  
Stephenson Strobel ◽  
Elena Ashtari Tafti ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Real Time ◽  
Contact Time ◽  
Measured Data ◽  
Complete Agreement ◽  
Observation Data ◽  
The Real ◽  
Measured Time ◽  
The Difference ◽  
Hospital Wards ◽  
Location Systems

Background The association between the nurse-to-patient ratio and patient outcomes has been extensively investigated. Real time location systems have the potential capability of measuring the actual amount of bedside contact patients receive. Aims This study aimed to determine the feasibility and accuracy of real time location systems as a measure of the amount of contact time that nurses spent in the patients’ bed space. Methods An exploratory, observational, feasibility study was designed to compare the accuracy of data collection between manual observation performed by a researcher and real time location systems data capture capability. Four nurses participated in the study, which took place in 2019 on two hospital wards. They were observed by a researcher while carrying out their work activities for a total of 230 minutes. The amount of time the nurses spent in the patients’ bed space was recorded in 10-minute blocks of time and the real time location systems data were extracted for the same nurse at the time of observation. Data were then analysed for the level of agreement between the observed and the real time location systems measured data, descriptively and graphically using a kernel density and a scatter plot. Results The difference (in minutes) between researcher observed and real time location systems measured data for the 23, 10-minute observation blocks ranged from zero (complete agreement) to 5 minutes. The mean difference between the researcher observed and real time location systems time in the patients’ bed space was one minute (10% of the time). On average, real time location systems measured time in the bed space was longer than the researcher observed time. Conclusions There were good levels of agreement between researcher observation and real time location systems data of the time nurses spend at the bedside. This study confirms that it is feasible to use real time location systems as an accurate measure of the amount of time nurses spend at the patients’ bedside.

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