Content Production System Research Articles

Seleno-Amino Acids in Vegetables: A Review of Their Forms and Metabolism.

Seleno-amino acids are safe, health-promoting compounds for humans. Numerous studies have focused on the forms and metabolism of seleno-amino acids in vegetables. Based on research progress on seleno-amino acids, we provide insights into the production of selenium-enriched vegetables with high seleno-amino acids contents. To ensure safe and effective intake of selenium, several issues need to be addressed, including (1) how to improve the accumulation of seleno-amino acids and (2) how to control the total selenium and seleno-amino acids contents in vegetables. The combined use of plant factories with artificial lighting and multiple analytical technologies may help to resolve these issues. Moreover, we propose a Precise Control of Selenium Content production system, which has the potential to produce vegetables with specified amounts of selenium and high proportions of seleno-amino acids.

Los desafíos de la televisión de proximidad en el norte de Chile: El caso de la región de Coquimbo

La televisión de proximidad son medios de comunicación llamados a apoyar el acceso a la información y puesta en valor de los territorios, buscan representar en sus contenidos a un público local, rescatar su identidad y contrarrestar el monopolio informativo que ejercen las cadenas nacionales. El presente trabajo tiene por objetivo analizar los desafíos de la televisión de proximidad en la Región de Coquimbo, norte de Chile. Analizar su estructura, funcionamiento y sistema de producción de contenidos, en un contexto particular de transición tecnológica por el que atraviesa el país. Después de un catastro que permitió saber el número de canales que estaban al aire a la fecha de la investigación, se utilizó una metodología mixta compuesta por un análisis documental y entrevistas a los productores y encargados de contenido de cada canal -seis medios que corresponden al cien por ciento del universo- para luego aplicar un cuestionario al personal de producción de las televisoras. Entre los resultados destaca que las televisoras de proximidad operan con un mínimo de recursos humanos y económicos. Que cuentan con un apoyo nulo o derechamente inalcanzable para la mayoría de los canales. Su escaso financiamiento publicitario impide mejorar la calidad de los contenidos, como también su periodicidad y cantidad. Pese a estas dificultades y al escaso apoyo desde las políticas públicas gubernamentales, estos medios son indispensables para cautelar la cultura e identidad local y colocar en la agenda temas y problemas que de otra manera no serían atendidos por las autoridades centrales.

Bohemian Rhapsody: efeitos da atribuição de prémios cinematográficos no envolvimento no Facebook.

Nowadays, the importance of social media in the various sectors of our society is unquestionable. Furthermore, the investment that the cinematographic industry has been making in the use of new digital platforms that promote communication with the public is also undeniable. The trend is the cinema converge with the Internet, so it is imperative that the cinematographic industry creates an online content production system continuously and updated before, during and after the film’s debut in theatres. This empirical study aims to highlight the effects of the awarding of the best film and best actor in the 76th Golden Globe Award for the movie Bohemian Rhapsody. In this way, it was analysed the engagement of web users with the Facebook page before and after the attribution of the prizes to the film object of this analysis. The results show that as we move further from the release date of the movie, there will be a trend towards more “likes”, but less “shares” and “comments” by users that follows the movie page. Nevertheless, this trend changed in order to the Bohemian Rhapsody victory in the Golden Globes. Therefore, it is concluded that the awarding of premiums to the films modifies the engagement of the users in that pages of social media.

Audiovisual Policymaking in Estonia at Times of Convergence: An ‘Innovation System’ as a Policy Rationale

Abstract The first thing this article tries to do is discuss the Estonian audiovisual media and content production system in its entirety - i.e. to look at film, television and interactive audiovisual services as an increasingly integrated system. Secondly, it tries to understand the issues that this convergence process presents to these formerly distinct sub-fields of the audiovisual culture, as well as for the country’s cultural policy makers. Thirdly, it presents an alternative rationale for audiovisual policymaking - reconceptualising the policy in support of an ‘innovation system’. The aim of this policy would be to improve ‘innovation coordination’ - to make the system generate more innovative cultural forms and representations, which at the aggregate level would translate into increased cultural diversity. The article assesses the innovation coordination within the Estonian audiovisual media and content production system.

Celebrating a Volume and Heralding the Next

Volume 87 will mark the beginning of the partnership with the Publications Division of the ACS (ACS Journals). The January 2010 issue will be produced using a completely different system for content production.

Design of Realtime 3-D Sound Processing System

An interactive 3-D sound processing system and its implementation is described, which is to provide virtual auditory environments to listeners. While conventional 3-D sound processing systems require high performance workstations or large DSP arrays, the proposed system is reduced in hardware size for practical applications. The proposed system is implemented using a prevailing IBM-compatible PC and a single DSP. Since the organization of the proposed system is independent of implementation details such as operation precision and number of audio tracks, the proposed system can be ported to various hardware entities. In addition, an easy-to-use user interface is also implemented on PC software for realtime input of 3-D sound movement. Owing to these features, the presented system is valuable as a prototype for various implementation of 3-D sound processing systems, while the current implementation is useful as a 3-D sound content production system.