The relationship between humans and digital technologies has been documented extensively in the past decades, but has yet to be reviewed through the lens of the current global pandemic crisis. This ...review synthesizes the rapidly growing literature on digital technology use during the current COVID‐19 pandemic. It addresses the following four topics: (1) the specific digital technologies that have been used, (2) the specific populations who have used these digital technologies, (3) the specific activities that individuals and groups have used these digital technologies, and (4) the specific effects of using these digital technologies on humans during the pandemic. The 281 empirical articles we have identified suggest that (1) 28 various forms of technologies have been used, ranging from computers to artificial intelligence, (2) 8 different populations of users are using these technologies, primarily medical professionals, (3) 32 generalized types of activities are involved, including providing health services remotely, analyzing data, and communicating, and (4) 35 various effects have been observed, such as improved patient outcomes, continued education, and decreased outbreak impact. Through this rapid review, we sketched an expansive, multilevel model of the current knowledge of how humans are using technology during the COVID‐19 pandemic. Major findings and future directions are discussed.
Objectives: The COVID-19 pandemic is having a major impact on the lives of everyone, but in particular on the health and well-being of older people. It has also disrupted the way that individuals ...access services and interact with one another, and physical distancing and “Stay at Home” orders have seen digital interaction become a necessity. While these restrictions have highlighted the importance of technology in everyday life, little is known about how older adults have responded to this change. Methods: Two surveys, one in 2019 and another in 2020 collected data on a combined total of 1923 older adults aged 65 years and older in Canada. These looked at how older adults think about and use technology, with the 2020 survey additionally questioning how COVID-19 has impacted their use and attitudes towards technology. Results: While older adults feel more isolated in 2020, many feel positive about the benefits of technology and have increased technology use during the pandemic to support their health, wellness, and communication needs. Discussion: The results highlight the potential of technology for supporting older adults in various aspects of healthy aging. While these results point to the opportunities afforded by technology, challenges remain, such as how social and economic factors influence technology uptake.
A new industrial revolution is undergoing, based on a number of technological paradigms. The will to foster and guide this phenomenon has been summarized in the expression "Industry 4.0" (I4.0). ...Initiatives under this term share the vision that many key technologies underlying Cyber-Physical Systems and Big Data Analytics are converging to a new distributed, highly automated, and highly dynamic production network, and that this process needs regulatory and cultural advancements to effectively and timely develop. In this work, we focus on the technological aspect only, highlighting the unprecedented complexity of I4.0 emerging from the scientific literature. While previous works have focused on one or up to four related enablers, we consider ten technological enablers, including besides the most cited Big Data, Internet of Things, and Cloud Computing, also others more rarely considered as Fog and Mobile Computing, Artificial Intelligence, Human-Computer Interaction, Robotics, down to the often overlooked, very recent, or taken for granted Open-Source Software, Blockchain, and the Internet. For each we explore the main characteristics in relation to I4.0 and its interdependencies with other enablers. Finally we provide a detailed analysis of challenges in leveraging each of the enablers in I4.0, evidencing possible roadblocks to be overcome and pointing at possible future directions of research. Our goal is to provide a reference for the experts in some of the technological fields involved, for a reconnaissance of integration and hybridization possibilities with other fields in the endeavor of I4.0, as well as for the laymen, for a high-level grasp of the variety (and often deep history) of the scientific research backing I4.0.
Previous literature on consumer decision-making and innovations (e.g. Airbnb) largely concentrates on positive consumer responses and is prone to pro-innovation bias, while consumer discontinuance ...has yet to be considered. This research aims to investigate factors leading to consumer discontinuance in Airbnb usage by analysing online reviews. Data were analysed using an inductive qualitative content analysis approach. The findings distinguish between online and offline service issues as key determinants of discontinuance, and a graphic representation of discontinuance drivers is provided to better understand this phenomenon. This research highlights the importance of discontinuance as a new research stream and provides a grounded understanding of its antecedents.
•Discontinue comments on Facebook and Twitter were inductively analysed.•Nine online and six offline issues were identified that lead to discontinuance.•Drivers for discontinuance could be different from those for continuance.•The triadic nature of the Airbnb service could be a factor for discontinuance.•Platform policy, regulation and control are important in the sharing economy.
Access to information and communication technologies (ICTs) such as mobile phone networks is widely known to improve market efficiency. In this paper, we examine whether access to timely and accurate ...information provided through ICT applications has any additional impact. Using a detailed data set from Reuters Market Light (RML), a text message service in India that provides daily price information to market participants, we find that this information reduces the geographic price dispersion of crops in rural communities by an average of 12%, over and above access to mobile phone technology and other means of communication. To identify the effect of information on price dispersion, we exploit a natural experiment where bulk text messages were banned unexpectedly across India for 12 days in 2010. We find that besides reducing geographic price dispersion, RML also increases the rate at which prices converge across India over time. We discuss the implications of this for development organizations and information providers.
This paper was accepted by Lorin Hitt, information systems
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Objective: Analyze the existing literature on the interaction that e-learning allows for university students to develop competencies in learning through the platform, ensuring continuous ...communication between university teachers and students. Theoretical framework: E-learning has emerged as a powerful transformative tool in university education. This educational approach leverages information and communication technologies to provide students with flexible and remote access to academic content. Method: The method used is a descriptive analysis of a literature review with the application of a strategy in the search for scientific information. For this, the analysis of the results and conclusions of 5 articles was applied for problem 1: "Implementation of E-learning," in addition to the analysis of 5 articles for problem 2: "Teacher-Student Interaction". Results and conclusions: The findings demonstrate that university students interact effectively in a virtual network when it is correctly implemented. Therefore, it can be concluded that the E-learning platform enables the improvement and achievement of teaching and learning through online communication. Implications of the research: It is expected that the research will contribute to university students' utilization of the e-learning platform as a strategy for the teacher-student dyad, fostering academic and learning development. Originality/value: This study demonstrates that currently, e-learning has gained significant importance in higher education, as it facilitates teacher-student interaction and enhances the teaching-learning process.
Smart grid (SG) networks are newly upgraded networks of connected objects that greatly improve reliability, efficiency, and sustainability of the traditional energy infrastructure. In this respect, ...the smart metering infrastructure (SMI) plays an important role in controlling, monitoring, and managing multiple domains in the SG. Despite the salient features of SMI, security, and privacy issues have been under debate because of the large number of heterogeneous devices that are anticipated to be coordinated through public communication networks. This survey paper shows a brief overview of real cyber attack incidents in traditional energy networks and those targeting the smart metering network. Specifically, we present a threat taxonomy considering: 1) threats in system-level security; 2) threats and/or theft of services; and 3) threats to privacy. Based on the presented threats, we derive a set of security and privacy requirements for SG metering networks. Furthermore, we discuss various schemes that have been proposed to address these threats, considering the pros and cons of each. Finally, we investigate the open research issues to shed new light on future research directions in SG metering networks.
Using Modern Education Technique in Wasit University Alaidi, Abdul Hadi; Yahya, Omar; Alrikabi, Haider TH.Salim
International journal of interactive mobile technologies,
04/2020, Letnik:
14, Številka:
6
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This New learning educational methods, which depending on Learning Management System (LMS), have been used by universities in the top education universities in the world. However, most of the Iraqi ...universities use the traditional education methods in the classroom. The purpose of this study was to examine the benefit of using LMS in higher education. This study shows how to implement and use modern educational techniques in Engineering College of Wasit University. This paper shows that using modern education tools in the class lead to increase the productivity of student, save time with less effort for instructors with high accuracy of exam results. In addition, using LMS system allows students to obtain more information in a short time. Moreover, this system gives students an opportunity to interact with the instructor and among themselves. The findings show the benefits of integrating LMS in higher education and recommend other institutions to implement it.
The continuous diffusion of information and communication technology (ICT) has exerted growing influences on the production process and energy use. This paper analyzes the major drivers behind ...changes in China's energy intensity with emphasis on ICT and production structure using a three-tier structural decomposition analysis (SDA) approach. This approach could thoroughly quantify the various effects of ICT on energy intensity and investigate the mechanisms of ICT input change through which it affects sectoral energy consumption. The main results indicate that: (a) production structure exerted a rising negative effect on China's energy intensity change from 2002 to 2012; (b) ICT contributed to a 4.54% increment in energy intensity, yet ICT input substitution was conducive to reduce energy use in production; (c) the ICT effects were more significant in the service sector and technology-intensive sectors. The study suggests that the Chinese government should formulate measures for adjusting production structure, promoting sustainable development of ICT and harmonizing inter-sectoral ICT input level.
•A proposed three-tier SDA approach can decompose energy intensity change from an ICT perspective.•An empirical analysis on China's aggregate energy intensity from 2002 to 2012 was conducted.•The effects of ICT input substitution and technological change were investigated at the sector level.•Policy measures for enabling ICT to conserve energy are suggested.
Summary
The popularity of the electric vehicles has been growing due to the concern of increase in environmental pollution. In order to overcome the environmental issues, electric vehicles have been ...introduced all over the globe. As the use and number of electric vehicles is growing, there is a great demand to identify the sustainable solutions for intelligent charging station dedicated to electric vehicles. The objective of this paper is to explore the possibilities for intelligent charging station using 5G services. This paper is a state‐of‐the‐art concept to identify the current challenges and issues of intelligent charging station. It should be noted that in the future, the use of the smart charging station will dramatically improve the efficiency of current charging stations. It is identified based on several existing techniques that the biggest challenges are the connectivity between the vehicles and among different charging stations. This manuscript could be useful for researchers working on intelligent charging station worldwide and on their integration with the recent communication technologies like 5G. The features of intelligent charging stations combined with the fifth‐generation network represent a new path for humanity and introduce a safer and more advanced environment. From data privacy to human safety, the network provides enough resources to rise driving quality, time and fuel economy and human lives saving. The results of this research can be well applied in the industry or in the field of academic research.
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