Digital Sources Research Articles

Empréstimos do inglês na língua cabo-verdiana no presente e no passado

The main objective of the present study is to observe the influence of English on the Cape Verdean language, taking into account the historical events and the linguistic contacts between the languages in question. It is intended to observe how Anglicisms have been introduced in different contexts, especially in recent times, therefore, without forgetting the British and American influence in Cape Verde in past centuries and its impact on the lexicon. The semantic fields covered include, among others, new technologies, sports and music (rap kriol). The present descriptive research is based mainly on digital sources, such as social networks, online press, dictionaries available online and song texts. In conclusion, the analysis carried out proves the constant presence of Anglicisms in Cape Verdean reality, as well as their flow related to the emergence of new phenomena that need to be named.

대학교 홍보를 위한 캐릭터디자인 연구

Character design is a highly utilized content as a digital content source such as NFT, Metaverse, and Enicon, which have recently become an issue. Therefore, characters are used as a necessity, and they are highly likely as various marketing means through the development of many types of commercialization. This study aims to develop characters for university promotional materials and products of Baehwa Women's University to enhance the unique image of the school and show the possibility of branding. Baehwa Women's University has 125 years of history and 45 years of university history, and it is expected to be highly utilized as a means to promote the university to high school students through unique design, and to sell it as goods to photo spots in Seochon and Bukchon.

Using big data for generating firm-level innovation indicators - a literature review

Obtaining indicators on the innovation activities of firms has been a challenge in economic research for a long time. The most frequently used indicators - R&D expenditures and patents - provide an incomplete picture as they represent inputs in the innovation process. Output measurement of innovation has strongly relied on survey data such as the Community Innovation Survey (CIS). However, this type of data suffers from several shortcomings typical of surveys, including incomplete coverage of the business sector, subjectivity concerns, low timeliness, and limited comparability across industries and firms. An alternative that has attracted growing interest is to use big data sources to collect innovation data at the firm level. This paper discusses recent attempts to use digital big data sources including websites and social media to generate firm-level innovation indicators. It summarises the main challenges of using big data and proposes practical guidelines for their use, including a research agenda that should be useful to practitioners as well as users of statistics derived from big data.

A survey of Australian women’s digital media usage in pregnancy and labour and birth

BackgroundGiven the rapid growth of digital media resources, it is worth exploring childbearing women’s use of digital media to address their information needs. The aim of this study was to explore the use of digital media during pregnancy and birth in the local population of Western Victorian women in Melbourne, Australia.MethodsA descriptive exploratory approach was used. An online survey consisted of both quantitative and qualitative questions to identify and measure digital media use in pregnancy and the birthing period. Descriptive statistics and Pearson Chi-square test were used to analyse the quantitative data, while content analysis was used to analyse the qualitative data.ResultsDigital media has become an integral part of the experience in pregnancy with increasing growth of digital media in labour. The most used medium for digital media use was pregnancy applications, followed by websites, social media, YouTube, podcasts, online discussion forums and lastly, labour applications. Information seeking was the main reason for using digital media, and two main themes emerged from the qualitative data; ‘connection with others for social support and reassurance’ and ‘information seeking and providing to assist decision making and providing reassurance’.ConclusionThis study highlights the need for future midwifery practice to include digital media sources in antenatal education and care. There is a need for healthcare institutions to improve digital media technology to meet the needs of women. This is crucial as digital media is constantly evolving, and as healthcare providers, we need to integrate digital media with healthcare services.

An Evaluation of Digital Information Literacy Skills among Undergraduate Students of Library and Information Science in Universities in Nigeria

The purpose of the study is to evaluate the digital information literacy skills among Library and Information Science (LIS) students in universities in Nigeria. The study adopted a survey research method, and a questionnaire was used to collect data from 279 final-year undergraduate students of Library and Information Science departments in six federal universities offering LIS in Nigeria. The study found that the final-year students of Library and Information Science trust their information search proficiency on the internet. The LIS students are aware of some information resources and not aware of others such as electronic theses and dissertations, e-reference books and e-books. The study revealed that the students frequently used online information resources such as online newspapers, online journal articles, online databases, and internet information. The majority of the students indicated that they do not trust and use information they find on the internet for their academic assignments. To search for information for academic assignments, the students try to use different subject terms on Boolean operators. The study discovered that students preferred digital sources of information, but still used the library to retrieve needed information. It also emerged that the students evaluate information resources by checking for currency, and the author’s name and expertise. The findings of the study may be critical for designing information systems that fit the information needs of students and support information management in developing countries. This could help educators in universities improve the learning experiences of their students and improve their competitiveness in the job market. Digital information literacy skills must become an integral part of higher education curricula in developing countries. Therefore, the study recommends that all students in universities need to take courses on digital information literacy irrespective of their field of study.

Historical-institutional paths through archival documents (and more)

The history of institutions and archival science have been two closely related disciplines since their beginnings. With this article, we examine some paths in the history of institutions highly dependent on archival records that pertain mainly to the Italian history of the 1800s and 1900s, particularly the history of the judiciary and administration. For today's and the future situation concerning the preservation and use for historical purposes of digital sources, it is hoped that the common path between archivists and historians will know new developments, as, moreover, is already the case

Critical evaluation and use of digital information sources by distance library students from the Federal University of Bahia

Introdução: O aumento da busca por formação em nível superior na modalidade a distância reflete a demanda social por aprendizagem mediada por tecnologias, corroborando para criação de documentos digitais, recursos educacionais abertos, metodologias de ensino apropriadas ao ambiente virtual, aumentando a possibilidade de acesso à graduação em diferentes domínios do conhecimento. Objetivo: Nesse contexto, este trabalho tem por objetivo analisar os níveis de competência em informação, conforme os conceitos do Framework for Information Literacy for Higher Education, da Association of College & Research Libraries, dos estudantes do curso de Biblioteconomia na modalidade a distância, e suas habilidades em pesquisa no contexto digital. Metodologia: Trata-se de um estudo de caso, com abordagem quali-quantitativa. O universo corresponde aos 173 estudantes matriculados nos quatro polos do curso na Bahia (Santo Amaro, Juazeiro, Vitória da Conquista e Ilhéus), e tem como instituição acadêmica o Instituto de Ciência da Informação, da Universidade Federal da Bahia. Resultados: Os resultados apontam que os estudos acadêmicos e profissionais são a principal motivação para as pesquisas realizadas em ambiente virtual. A competência para avaliação crítica da informação se evidencia, sobretudo, no âmbito da qualidade da informação. Conclusão: Para o desenvolvimento de competências em informação, em relação à avaliação de fontes de informação, deve-se considerar um projeto pedagógico do curso orientado à formação crítica em informação, e a formação continuada dos estudantes em nível superior.

Field Epidemiology: Fit for the future.

In recent years, field epidemiologists have embraced rapidly evolving digital tools, data sources and technologies, and collaborated with an ever-growing field of scientific specialisms. The COVID-19 pandemic put field epidemiology under unprecedented demand and scrutiny. As the COVID-19 emergency recedes, it is timely to reflect on the core values of our profession and the unique challenges and opportunities that lie ahead. In November 2022, alumni of the European Programme for Intervention Epidemiology Training (EPIET) and the European Public Health Microbiology (EUPHEM) training programme celebrated 25 years of EPIET, and the present and future of field epidemiology was discussed. The output was recorded and qualitatively analysed. This Perspective reflects the authors' interpretation of the discussion. We should reaffirm our commitment to field epidemiology's core strengths: competence and rigour in epidemiology, surveillance, outbreak investigation and applied research, leading to timely and actionable evidence for public health. Our future success will be defined by an ability to adapt, collaborate, harness innovation, communicate and, ultimately, by our tangible impact on protecting and improving health.

COVID-19 health information sources and their associations with preventive behaviors: A typological study with older residents in Seoul, South Korea.

Considering that individuals' health information can enable their adoption of health behaviors, we examined the use of health information sources related to COVID-19 and its association with preventive behaviors in a sample of older residents in Seoul, South Korea (N = 400, M age = 76.1 years). Latent profile analysis of 12 sources of health information representing conventional media, online sources, interpersonal networks, and health professionals or authorities yielded a 4-group typology: limited, moderate/traditional, moderate/digital, and diverse. In a multivariate model with the diverse group as a reference, the limited group (B = -4.48, SE = 1.14, p < .001) and the moderate/digital group (B = -2.73, SE = 0.76, p < .001) were associated with lower adherence to COVID-19 preventive behaviors. Our findings support the heterogeneity in the use of health information sources and the hypothesis that groups with restricted sources of health information would report less desirable behaviors. The findings also underscored the importance of proper use of digital health information. Efforts should be made not only to help older adults with low education access diverse sources of health information, including digital sources, but also to empower them to build digital and health literacy.

Practices of Gender-Responsive Budgeting in Nepal

This paper attempts to analyze gender-responsive budgeting (GRB) practices in Nepal. Gender-responsive budgeting (GRB) is an approach to budgeting that uses an interrelated gender lens to respond to the diverse experiences of gender-diverse groups. This budgeting is also known as gender budgeting. This paper is based on descriptive research design and mixed research methods as well as secondary. Secondary data were collected from the reviews of Gender Responsive Budgeting reports and articles. Both archives and digital sources were used to search review materials. The findings of this paper show that GRB is a fiscal policy or administration that is used for promoting gender equality for girls and women. It provides a tangible framework for mobilizing budgets through a wide range of actors to address the gender-differentiated gaps to achieve desirable gender equality outcomes. Indeed, GRB can enter any stage of the budget cycle by identifying the prominent efforts. This paper concludes that gender issues became at the center of inclusive development since ancient times in Nepal. The fiscal policy tries to address GRB from2007/08 with progressive efforts, although the implementation of GRB faces a lot of challenges and barriers to achieving desirable outcomes. Despite this, the international community has recognized the effort of Nepal as a prominent GRB process.

Immigrant Digital Generation Teacher Efforts in Investing Digital Literacy in Early Childhood Education

Learning difficulties that many students experience are learning concentration, management of learning materials, storage of learning outcomes, and exploration of stored learning outcomes. With digital literacy, it can increase student independence in finding solutions to problems that arise during learning using various digital sources. However, this is a problem for teachers of the digital immigrant generation because of the large difference in the generation gap. The output targets are (1) research reports on teachers' efforts to instill digital literacy for early childhood, (2) research articles published in the journal "Cakrawala Dini" accredited national journal Sinta 3. This research is a qualitative research with a case study type. The object of this research is the digital immigrant generation teacher at Aisyiyah Kartasura Kindergarten. Data collection techniques used are through observation, interviews, and documentation. While testing the validity of the data includes: internal validity, external validity, reliability, and objectivity. Data obtained by in-depth interviews can be analyzed by open-coding.

Lineamientos teóricos para el desarrollo de una política de promoción del ecoturismo

Ecotourism is based on the economic use of the natural areas and monuments of a given community, whose practice is based on sustainability, responsibility and the wellbeing of the local population. The development of this type of policy must be based on specifically designed planning and management, supported by the principles of conservation and sustainability. The objective of this article was to identify the theoretical guidelines involved in the development of a coherent ecotourism promotion policy. In order to achieve the proposed objective, a phenomenological and hermeneutic methodology was used, with a predominance of digital documentary sources, whose main theme was the formulation and design of policies that promote ecotourism, its promotion and development, which were analyzed and discussed to draw up the conclusions of the study. The results obtained lead to the conclusion that the theoretical guidelines for the development of a policy to promote ecotourism focus on nature conservation, sustainability, local development and environmental education, understood as forces capable of promoting sustainable development as a whole.

Digital Literacy Based on Christian Education as a Formation Tool Characteristics of Lentera Harapan Middle School and High School Students in Kupang-NTT

The development of the world of education and the high use of digital media today, makes students and educators need to improve themselves in a better and positive direction. If, the use of media is not accompanied by good digital literacy. As a result, students are trapped in hoaxes, sexual exploitation, cyberbullying, hate speech, digital-based radicalism, thus degrading student morals and psychology. The purpose of this writing is to overcome the explosion of technological information that continues to increase in digital sources. As a student, you need to equip yourself in digital literacy to fulfill your responsibilities in the learning system. The presence of Christian Religious Education is to equip students to maintain Christian values in the learning process. The research method used is a literature study approach, and the results of research on educators/teachers and students of Lentera Harapan Middle School and High School Students Kupang-NTT. Through the Construction Tools of school digital literacy, it provides convenience and character development for students. digital literacy as an educational coaching tool to build the character of students or students who are critical and applicable, so as to have an impact on changes in character and social situations.

The Shifting Meaning of Walīmatul ‘Urs in the Era of Society 5.0 in Indonesia: Islamic Law Perspective

The advent of globalization, ushering in the era of Society 5.0, has turned marriage events into a focal point of cultural dynamics. An example of this is evident in the celebration of weddings, known as walīmatul ‘urs. This study delves into the walīmatul ‘urs festivities organized by various Muslim celebrities in Indonesia. While these celebrities uphold the Islamic marital contract, they also hold extravagant wedding ceremonies infused with Western-inspired themes that come with significant costs. This study is a qualitative phenomenological study with an approach to Islamic law. This study analyzes media content to get an overview of the phenomenon of marriage among celebrities. The data collection process uses three techniques: observation, interviews from digital sources, and documentation. This study concludes that the purpose and main meaning of walīmatul ‘urs according to Islamic family law is as a sacred and strong bond (mithāqan ghalīdhan), a form of expression of gratitude to God and happiness in addition to providing benefits to society. The meaning of walimatul 'urs then underwent a shift in essence in the context of Indonesian Muslim celebrities, which were partly influenced by technological advances in the Society 5.0 era. Open (explicit) and implicit transformations and shifts in interpretation, when walimatul 'urs develops into a symbolic representation of social status, which is often characterized by luxury and functions as a venue to elevate one's social status.

An Intelligent Location Method for Power System Oscillation Sources Based on a Digital Twin

Aiming at the difficult problem of broadband oscillation localization in power systems, the intelligent localization method of an oscillation source based on a digital twin is proposed, and the oscillation source localization system is thus constructed. Firstly, a digital twin-based oscillation source localization method and its system architecture are proposed. Furthermore, an intelligent positioning method of the oscillation source, based on data-driven and mechanism fusion, is proposed. It includes three steps: oscillation signal preprocessing, oscillation modal analysis and oscillation source localization. For the oscillation signal preprocessing, the generative adversarial imputation network is used to repair the missing samples, and the super-resolution technique is used to realize the super-resolution measurement of broadband oscillation. In the oscillation modal analysis, the spectrum of the oscillation signal is extracted using the fast Fourier transform. To accurately locate the oscillation source, branch potential energy is used as the input to the data-driven model, such as LSTM and CNN. Finally, an oscillation source localization system is developed based on the digital twin workshop CloudPSS-XStudio, which can locate the oscillation source quickly and accurately.

Digital economy and carbon emission reduction: evidence from China

ABSTRACT China confronts a challenging dilemma between environmental protection and economic development as it endeavors to achieve dual carbon goals. To discern a feasible developmental path, this paper designs a comprehensive index of the digital economy encompassing four dimensions: input, production, output, and consumption, conducts an empirical analysis to explore the relationship between the digital economy and carbon emissions by using a two-way fixed effect model with China’s provincial data from 2013 to 2019, and suggests that the digital economy can significantly reduce carbon emissions and carbon intensity. Public low carbon awareness and green innovation are mechanisms that mediate the association between the digital economy and carbon emissions. The carbon reduction effect varies across dimensions of the digital economy, regions, and sources of carbon emissions. These empirical findings provide valuable insights and policy implications to effectively achieve China’s dual carbon goals.

Analysis of Digital Literacy Technology Design for the Department of Mechanical Engineering Based on a Website at Universitas Muhammadiyah Sumatera Barat

This research aims to analyze the level of importance of digital literacy understanding among students of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Muhammadiyah (UM) Sumatera Barat. The digital literacy developed in this study not only facilitates access to learning references, literature, research methodologies, and testing in the field of Mechanical Engineering but also designed as a data storage place for student practical and research testing results. This research used a questionnaire as a data collection technique, which was filled out by Mechanical Engineering students at Universitas Muhammadiyah Sumatera Barat. The first questionnaire was conducted to measure the level of students' understanding of digital literacy in the field of Mechanical Engineering, and the results were used as the basis for creating a literacy website. The second questionnaire was conducted to evaluate the created literacy website. Data analysis was performed using quantitative descriptive analysis. The results showed that 57% of respondents had good understanding of digital literacy in the field of Mechanical Engineering. However, only 15% of respondents often searched for references on digital technology, and 80% of respondents faced difficulties in finding credible digital literacy sources. Moreover, most respondents expressed their interest in learning and using digital technology in research and practical work. These results served as the basis for creating a digital literacy website. The digital literacy website was evaluated, and the evaluation result showed that most respondents stated that the created literacy website was easy to use and helpful in the learning or task completion process. However, some aspects needed improvement, such as relevant and understandable content and the quality of content presentation that is more interesting for respondents. Overall, the literacy website has a high level of satisfaction in several aspects.

Peripheral vision and challenging invisibilities

Abstract This article presents a discussion of the theoretical and methodological challenges posed by digitization processes and born-digital sources within translation and translator studies research, particularly in archival contexts. It begins by demonstrating how the digitization of archives and source materials remains an undertheorized issue in translation contexts, as well as the need to understand how digitization allows new forms of “peripheral vision” across our research and publication processes. Subsequently, the article problematizes the archiving and use of born-digital sources to research translation and translators, particularly in terms of issues surrounding data collection, access and ethics. In doing so, this article argues that care must be taken to properly understand and preserve the digital sources that will enable archival research in the future, whilst emphasizing the new opportunities presented by digitized and born-digital sources to challenge the invisibility of translation and translators within many of the world’s archives and histories.

An online cross-sectional survey of community pharmacists to assess information needs for evidence-based self-medication counselling

BackgroundCommunity pharmacists play an important role in healthcare. They are frequently visited by patients to receive advice on self-medication products. Little research has been conducted to investigate pharmacists’ information needs for evidence-based self-medication counselling.AimTo assess community pharmacists’ information needs in five predefined areas: general and specific individual needs, quality needs, utilisation needs, implication needs, and access needs for evidence based self-medication counselling.MethodAfter ethical approval, we conducted an exploratory, semi-quantitative, cross-sectional online survey. Members of three different chambers of pharmacists in Germany were invited to participate anonymously in the survey. They gave informed consent and received no incentive for their participation.Quantitative outcome: Frequency of relevance / importance of items within predefined information needs areas, except for access needs. Qualitative outcome: Open-text responses concerning all information needs.ResultsWe analysed data from a total of 823 participants who completed the survey. General and specific information such as dosage (74.2% [611/823]) and when to refer to a physician (64.6% [532/823]) as well as an over-the-counter product’s effectiveness according to medical guidelines (71.4% [588/823]) were rated as very important. Participants reported to prefer digital information sources (50.5% [416/823] strongly agreed), especially in the form of an easily accessible database (61.6% [507/823] strongly agreed) that contains regularly updated, manufacturer-independent, critically appraised, concise information.ConclusionCommunity pharmacists expressed distinct information needs for evidence-based self-medication counselling. Further information services on essential evidence-based pharmacy knowledge may be necessary to support implementation.

Application of methods of economic cybernetics to the design of a sports financing model

One of the priority directions of the state policy is the development of the sphere of physical culture and sports as a significant branch of national economy and socio-economic practice of effective management. In the current economic conditions, on the one hand, there are tendencies to increase commercialization in the sports industry. On the other hand, the need for financial support, diversification of sources and modernization of the sports financing model, increasing the effectiveness of public-private partnership mechanisms, and developing state order tools in order to achieve sustainable industry dynamics are announced. The severity and unresolved financial and economic problems of sports development determined the choice of the direction of this study and its relevance. In the process of research based on the synthesis of system and process approaches, we used methods of economic cybernetics, organization theory, construction of structural-information decision-making schemes using analytical assessments, tools of structural-logical and criteria analysis, methodological approaches of unit economics. As a result, the poly-subject environment of the industry ecosystem was determined, a conceptual approach to the formation of the financial model of sports was developed, the structural and functional space of the ecosystem business model was designed taking into account its digital component, sources, business processes and alternative financing objects were identified, a set of model parameters and infrastructure components were developed.