scholarly journals MEDIA ENGINEERING WITH A CONTENT HUB SYSTEM. GENERIC CONTENT TRANSFORMATION FOR MOBILE MEDIA

2014 ◽  
pp. 108-115
Author(s):  
Michael A. Herzog ◽  
Matthias Trier
Keyword(s):  
Multiple Point ◽  
Unified Approach ◽  
Mobile Media ◽  
Authoring Environment ◽  
Point To Point ◽  
High Level ◽  
Media Channels ◽  
Different Content ◽  
Transformation Processes ◽  
Primary Problem

A primary problem in multimedia content production is the plethora of formats and the resulting multiple point-to-point transformation processes in different content formatting specifications. However, these content transformation processes can be conceptually broken down into a limited set of abstract principles. This allows a unified approach that theoretically enables the transformation of any given input channel into any desired output. Based on this principle, the present article introduces the concept of Generic Content Transformation and the related project MOCCA, which develops the corresponding software implementation of generic content transformation for a variety of input and output channels. To balance technical similarities with specific properties of different media channels, we suggest a combination of an XML-based structure (MocML) and a high level authoring environment. Generic Content Transformation further allows for novel means of accessing assets via compound search algorithms. In the second part we summarize and discuss current results and experiences in three scenarios of media production, including mobile media.

THE IMPACT OF UKRAINE'S EXCISE DUTY POLICY ON THE TRANSFORMATION PROCESSES OF THE TOBACCO MARKET

2020 ◽  
Vol 2020 (10) ◽  
pp. 19-33
Author(s):  
Nadiia NOVYTSKA ◽  
◽  
Inna KHLIEBNIKOVA ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Structural Changes ◽  
Tax Avoidance ◽  
Transformation Process ◽  
State Regulation ◽  
Tobacco Products ◽  
Excise Duty ◽  
Increasing Demand ◽  
High Level ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Transformation Processes

The market of tobacco products in Ukraine is one of the most dynamic and competitive. It develops under the influence of certain factors that cause structural changes, therefore, the aim of the article is to conduct a comprehensive analysis of transformation processes in the market of tobacco and their alternatives in Ukraine and identify the factors that cause them. The high level of tax burden and the proliferation of alternative products with a potentially lower risk to human health, including heating tobacco products and e-cigarettes, are key factors in the market’s transformation process. Their presence leads to an increase in illicit turnover of tobacco products, which accounts for 6.37% of the market, and the gradual replacement of cigarettes with alternative products, which account for 12.95%. The presence on the market of products that are not taxed or taxed at lower rates is one of the reasons for the reduction of excise duty revenues. According to the results of 2019, the planned indicators of revenues were not met by 23.5%. Other reasons for non-fulfillment of excise duty revenues include: declining dynamics of the tobacco products market; reduction in the number of smokers; reorientation of «cheap whites» cigarette flows from Ukraine to neighboring countries; tax avoidance. Prospects for further research are identified, namely the need to develop measures for state regulation and optimization of excise duty taxation of tobacco products and their alternatives, taking into account the risks to public health and increasing demand of illegal products.

An Applied Mathematical Model for Business Transformation and Enterprise Architecture

2020 ◽  
pp. 103-130
Keyword(s):  
Mathematical Model ◽  
Enterprise Architecture ◽  
Real Life ◽  
Development Project ◽  
Advanced Mathematics ◽  
Development Environment ◽  
Business Transformation ◽  
Natural Language Programming ◽  
High Level ◽  
Transformation Processes

The HMM research and development project concept (RDPC) uses factor-driven research and reasoning concept that is supported by a behaviour-driven development environment or a natural language programming that can be easily adopted by any RDPC, where the HMM framework offers such a high level factors editing their logic implementation environment that it can be used by any RDPC researchers without any prior knowledge in computer sciences, technical, or even advanced mathematics. The RDPC is a meta-model that can be used for research topics on enterprise architecture, business transformation or decision-making systems, mathematical models-algorithms. It is supported by many real-life cases. The uniqueness of this RDPC also promotes the future transformation project's unbundling and the alignment of various enterprise resources including services, architecture standards, and strategies to support business transformation processes as the first.

Mobile Media and Social Interaction

2016 ◽  
pp. 357-379
Author(s):  
Manuel José Damásio ◽  
Sara Henriques ◽  
Inês Teixeira-Botelho ◽  
Patrícia Dias
Keyword(s):  
Social Interaction ◽  
Technology Adoption ◽  
Mobile Communication ◽  
Social Practices ◽  
Mobile Internet ◽  
Mobile Media ◽  
Theoretical Approaches ◽  
The Social ◽  
Transformation Processes

This chapter discusses the new social configurations society is undergoing on the basis of media emergence. Media are embedded in the arousal of communication and information transmission becoming the form, the infrastructure and the institution for the social and culture. This chapter focuses on mobile communication, having as central goal to debate on the processes of mediatization and mediation of society, as well as on the processes of belonging and social cohesion. Data from mobile internet adoption and use will be discussed in the light of the above mentioned theoretical approaches. An empirical case study will also be approached and results will provide contributions for the understanding of this type of technology adoption processes and the increasing importance of mobility in cultural and social practices, promoting an exciting discussion on the centrality of media nowadays and the current transformation processes society is undergoing.

The Effect of Temperature and Composition on Spinel Concentration and Crystal Size in High-Level Waste Glass

2001 ◽  
Author(s):  
Martin Mika ◽  
Milan Patek ◽  
Jaroslav Maixner ◽  
Simona Randakova ◽  
Pavel Hrma
Keyword(s):  
Crystal Size ◽  
Equilibrium Concentration ◽  
Effect Of Temperature ◽  
High Level Waste ◽  
Huge Number ◽  
Aluminoborosilicate Glass ◽  
High Level ◽  
The Cost ◽  
Different Content ◽  
The Mathematical Model

Abstract High-level radioactive wastes can be safely immobilized in alkali-aluminoborosilicate glass. To reduce the cost of the vitrification process, the waste loading should be maximized. This can be done by optimizing the process using mathematical modeling. The main objective of our work was to determine one of the necessary inputs for the mathematical model, which is the effect of temperature and composition on the concentration of spinel crystals and their size. We prepared six glasses with a different content of Li+, Na+, Mg2+, Ni2+, Cr3+, and SiIV and studied the effect of composition on the temperature dependence of spinel equilibrium concentration in glass by X-ray powder diffraction. The size of crystals was determined using optical microscopy. It was found that the temperature effect on spinel concentration significantly increased as the content of Ni2+ or Mg2+ in glass increased and slightly decreased as the content of Cr3+ increased and Li+ and Na+ content decreased. Both Ni2+ and Cr3+ acted as nucleating agents, producing a huge number of tiny spinel crystals (∼2 μm). In particular, Ni2+ seems to very significantly facilitate spinel crystallization.

A Unified Approach for Multi-Point Cartesian Compliance Control of Serial Manipulators

2010 ◽  
Author(s):  
Phongsaen Pitakwatchara
Keyword(s):  
Generalized Inverse ◽  
Impedance Control ◽  
Level Control ◽  
Unified Approach ◽  
Relative Priority ◽  
Multiple Points ◽  
Serial Manipulators ◽  
Control Scheme ◽  
Planning Algorithm ◽  
High Level

This paper proposes a unified approach for controlling the Cartesian compliance of multiple points assigned along the linkage chains of the manipulator. The method applies two key frameworks. Task-priority based control is used to synergistically plan the tasks of the advanced manipulation according to their relative priority. Then, the impedance control scheme is employed for implementing the controller. Additionally, with the use of generalized inverse theory throughout the development, the method is capable of controlling the manipulator at the singularities seamlessly. This low-level control system may be integrated with the high-level manipulation planning algorithm, which generates the online dynamical tasks based on the desired behavior and the sensor information, to accomplish the demanding operation.

scholarly journals Evaluer la qualité d'un curriculum de formation universitaire pour l'améliorer

2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (14) ◽  
Author(s):  
Hallouma Boussada
Keyword(s):  
Content Analysis ◽  
Performance Indicators ◽  
Evaluation Criteria ◽  
Precise Data ◽  
Analysis Strategies ◽  
High Level ◽  
The University ◽  
Different Content ◽  
The Way

Despite its going importance, the evaluation of the students' acquisitions is still the most obscure point in the literature devoted to the university pedagogy. Hence, considering the absence of precise data about the performance indicators and evaluation criteria of students at the high level, this research asks the following question: « Does the way of conceiving the evaluation of the students' acquisition is made answer adequately to the criteria of pertinence and validity? ». The main objective if this study is to assess the pertinence of the objectives of the training (coherence with the training profile) and measure the validity of what students have acquired (coherence with the objectives stated). This study focuses on 42 exams of the same masters specialised in subject didactics. Through different content analysis strategies, the findings show the difficulties faced by universities to implement pertinent and valid evaluation.

scholarly journals Non-invasive hemoglobin measurement devices require refinement to match diagnostic performance with their high level of usability and acceptability

PLoS ONE ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 16 (7) ◽  
pp. e0254629
Author(s):  
Melissa F. Young ◽  
Kelley Raines ◽  
Farhad Jameel ◽  
Manal Sidi ◽  
Shaiana Oliveira-Streiff ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Clinical Performance ◽  
Point Of Care ◽  
Venous Blood ◽  
Smartphone Application ◽  
Multiple Point ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Resource Limited ◽  
User Acceptability ◽  
High Level ◽  
Sensitivity Specificity

Anemia remains an important global health problem. Inexpensive, accurate, and noninvasive solutions are needed to monitor and evaluate anemia in resource-limited settings. We evaluated the performance of multiple point-of-care hemoglobin devices, including a novel noninvasive smartphone application tested on Apple® and Android® cell phones, Masimo Pronto®, and HemoCue® Hb-301 and Hb-801, against a gold-standard hematology analyzer (reference hemoglobin) using venous blood. We examined correlations between hemoglobin devices and reference hemoglobin, device accuracy (average bias, Bland-Altman plots, clinical performance) and classification bias (sensitivity, specificity) among 299 refugees (10mo-65y) in Atlanta, GA. Semi-structured interviews (n = 19) with participants and staff assessed usability and acceptability. Mean reference hemoglobin was 13.7 g/dL (SD:1.8) with 12.5% anemia. Noninvasive hemoglobin devices were not well correlated with reference hemoglobin (Apple® R2 = 0.08, Android® R2 = 0.11, Masimo Pronto® R2 = 0.29), but stronger correlations were reported with HemoCue® Hb-301 (R2 = 0.87) and Hb-801 (R2 = 0.88). Bias (SD) varied across each device: Apple®: -1.6 g/dL (2.0), Android®: -0.7 g/dL (2.0), Masimo Pronto®: -0.4 g/dL (1.6), HemoCue® Hb-301: +0.4 g/dL (0.7) and HemoCue® Hb-801: +0.2 g/dL (0.6). Clinically acceptable performance (within ± 1 g/dL of reference hemoglobin) was higher for the invasive devices (HemoCue® Hb-301: 90.3%; HemoCue® Hb-801: 93.4%) compared to noninvasive devices (Apple®: 31.5%; Android®: 34.6%; Masimo Pronto®: 49.5%). Sensitivity and specificity were 63.9% and 48.2% for Apple®, 36.1% and 67.6% for Android®, 45.7% and 85.3% for Masimo Pronto®, 54.3% and 97.6% for HemoCue® Hb-301, and 66.7% and 97.6% for HemoCue® Hb-801. Noninvasive devices were considered easy to use and were the preferred method by participants. Among the only studies to compare multiple point-of-care approaches to hemoglobin testing, the diagnostic ability of HemoCue® was comparable to reference hemoglobin, while noninvasive devices had high user acceptability but considerable biases. Improvements in noninvasive device performance and further testing in anemic populations are recommended before broader use.

scholarly journals Assessing the contribution from different parts of Canary islands to the hemispheric spectral sky radiance levels over European Northern Observatories

2012 ◽  
Vol 10 (H16) ◽  
pp. 743-743
Author(s):  
Martin Aubé
Keyword(s):  
Canary Islands ◽  
Light Pollution ◽  
Heterogeneous Distribution ◽  
Pollution Levels ◽  
La Palma ◽  
Level Increase ◽  
Inherent Error ◽  
Sky Radiance ◽  
Point To Point ◽  
High Level

AbstractIn this paper, we suggest to use a sky radiance model which accounts for heterogeneous distribution of light fixtures, their photometry, the ground reflectance and topography, to infer the point to point contribution of Canary Islands to the artificial sky radiance at Observatorio del Teide (Tenerife) and Observatorio Roque de los Muchachos (La Palma). In-situ hyperspectral sky radiance measurements, acquired on site in 2010, have been used to calibrate the model and to evaluate its inherent error. We aim to identify and characterize zones at which any lighting level increase or decrease may have a larger impact on light pollution at both European Northern Observatory sites, and then help to control and/or reduce their light pollution levels. This innovative methodology, can then be seen as a high level decision tool to help local authorities to restrict or reduce light pollution with the objective of protecting research class astronomical sites.

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