Distributed Platform Research Articles

Solving journalism with data: Silicon Valley’s influence on the Fourth Estate

The historically ambiguous relationship between journalism and Big Tech can be traced back to the late 20th century, when news organizations started to recognize the potential of the Internet as a distribution platform. While a growing body of literature is concerned with power asymmetries between Big Tech and journalism, the role of place in shaping the layered histories of journalism remains underexplored. This study uses a framework of place—conceptualized as material and geographic, a setting for action and lived experiences carrying the legacies of their past, and a site of accumulating histories of cultural meaning and power ( Usher, 2019 )—to examine how Silicon Valley and Fourth Estate ideals converge. Empirically, the study analyzes job advertisements of four US and UK print-legacy news outlets serving as a window into shifting expectations, skills, and values that news organizations seek in their employees, reflecting broader trends in journalism. Findings show that journalism draws on Silicon Valley ideals, merging datasolutionism with Fourth Estate narratives of audience access. Some news organizations are not only tech-oriented but frame themselves as tech companies with a Fourth Estate mission. While both Silicon Valley and Fourth Estate narratives promote ideals of equal power distribution, findings indicate the reinforcement of hegemonic power structures in the news industry. We conclude that the influence of Silicon Valley on journalism is one of consolidating power through location, action, and cultural meaning, as news organizations construct datasolutionism as a pivotal novel layer to achieve long-standing Fourth Estate ideals. This analysis contributes to our understanding of the historical context and evolving nature of the relationship between journalism and Big Tech, highlighting the significance of place in shaping the dynamics between these two increasingly intertwined industries.

Blinded, randomized, placebo-controlled study of the efficacy of bupivacaine liposomal suspension using static bodyweight distribution and subjective pain scoring in dogs after tibial plateau leveling osteotomy surgery.

To compare the analgesic effect of surgical wound infiltration with liposomal bupivacaine (LB) to saline placebo in dogs after tibial plateau leveling osteotomy (TPLO). Blinded, randomized, placebo-controlled clinical prospective study. Fifteen client-owned dogs receiving LBand 17 dogs receiving an equivalent volume of saline placebo, all with confirmed unilateral cranial cruciate ligament insufficiency. Preoperatively and up to 48 h after surgery, Glasgow Composite Measure Short Form (CMPS-SF) pain scores were assigned and using a weight distribution platform, static bodyweight distribution (%BWdist ) to the operated limb was measured. Postoperatively, dogs also received carprofen 2.2 mg/kg subcutaneously every 12 h. Rescue analgesia was provided. Treatment success was defined as not requiring rescue analgesia over the 48-h postoperative period. There was no difference between treatment success, postoperative opioid consumption, CMPS-SF pain scores, or %BWdist in dogs that received surgical wound infiltration with LB compared with those receiving saline placebo, following TPLO. There was no linear correlation between CMPS-SF pain scores and %BWdist . For the population of dogs that underwent TPLO and received postoperative carprofen at our institution, LB did not provide an analgesic effect discernable by success/failure analysis, CMPS-SF pain scores, or %BWdist measurement using a weight distribution platform, compared with saline placebo. LB may not provide detectable analgesia during the first 48 h for dogs recovering from TPLO and receiving only postoperative carprofen.

The Strategy Choice of self-support and outsourcing model of Food and beverage enterprises' delivery Service

Currently, the catering business offers take-out delivery services to customers because to the severe rivalry in the sector and the development, use, and popularization of information technology. In China, huge Internet delivery platforms are mostly used for catering delivery services, and the service provider is primarily focused on a small number of platforms with competitive advantages. In this profession, there is intense industrial competition and a high barrier to entry. Some big catering chain businesses, including KFC and Pizza Hut under Yum Group, have a delivery service team comprising of its own take-out ordering platform and delivery workers as opposed to delivering through take-out delivery platform. While self-operated take-out ordering and distribution platforms will incur high platform maintenance costs, salaries of distribution service team personnel and other expenses for a long time, and will incur management costs or scale diseconomies of the department, large take-out ordering and distribution platforms require paying high commissions and distribution fees to the platform providers. This article will use the Yum! Brands, i.e., KFC and Pizza Hut brands as examples, which are owned by it and have their own distribution service team and platform for takeout food sales, and compare and analyze the benefits, drawbacks, opportunities, and challenges of the two distribution models using the SWOT analysis method. Based on the analysis, this study examines whether or not catering businesses should have a self-operated delivery service team and under what circumstances they should choose which route to follow for delivery service.

A comparative study of the BFL Player and Amazon Prime Video: The new streaming distribution platforms for low-budget films

The global film market has long focused on more commercially viable films, which has kept many unknown or low-budget films out of the schedule. Films are shown in a variety of channels, including DVD, Pay-Tv and online video as well as cinemas. With the development of Internet and streaming services, there are many famous commercial Internet publishing platforms, BFI Player and Amazon Prime Video are two examples, and they are now developing online platforms for low budget films, which gives some excellent low budget films a chance to be released. This essay makes a comparative study of the BFL player and Amazon Video, analyzes how these two new streaming media distribution platforms of low-budget films help them become better from the aspects of resources, timeliness, price and user experience.

Survey on Localization From the Development Perspective

Localization is the adaptation of a video game at multiple levels to make it appealing for a new market and it greatly contributes to its success. Research regarding localization has been increasing for some years, but there are still close to no studies that analyze it from a development perspective. Through a survey of the developers of the video games available in Spanish on Steam (a popular video game digital distribution platform), we will show that the size and experience of the developing company influence the choice of the translator, the possibility to receive reference images, and the level of internationalization and revision applied. The sooner the localization is scheduled, the more likely the game is to be translated by a professional who can’t play the game before translating it. The results hint at a multifaceted and relatively inexperienced industry that could learn from the experience of other companies.

“Platformization of News”, Authorship, and Unverified Content: Perceptions around Local Media

In recent years, the growing importance of platforms for producing, sharing, and consuming news has been evident. However, several challenges associated with this growth have emerged, such as those linked with disinformation and news authorship. In this article, which uses part of the data from a more extensive study of local media in the central region of Portugal, we present the results from three focus groups with editors, journalists, and local media consumers. Through this information, we try to understand their perceptions about how platforms change news work and distribution, affecting journalists and the public. The focus groups results showed that although local media professionals consider it essential to be present on distribution platforms, they are concerned about the inability of audiences to distinguish the content created by local media from others that circulate online. We believe the results presented are significant to reflect on changes made by platforms to journalism and to think in terms of new strategies of media literacy concerning how and what ways platforms are involved in news distribution infrastructures.

Platforms and the transformation of the content industries

AbstractThis paper discusses how digitization and the associated emergence of distribution platforms have affected product discovery, as well as new opportunities, in the content industries. First, we describe the traditional ways in which content creators reached consumers, as well as how platforms have transformed the product discovery process. Second, we present the promise and challenges of the information aggregation role that platforms perform, with discussions of both the positive effects of platform‐collected product ratings, as well as the prevalence and implications of misleading information. Third, we describe the promise and challenges arising from platform curation and product recommendations, with a focus on the measurements of platform power as well as possible biases in platform product recommendations. Finally, we discuss how platforms may affect which sorts of products are produced in the first place.

Fully digital platform for local ultra-stable optical frequency distribution.

This article reports on the use of a Field Programmable Gate Array (FPGA) platform for local ultra-stable optical frequency distribution through a 90 m-long fiber network. This platform is used to implement a fully digital treatment of the Doppler-cancellation scheme required by fiber links to be able to distribute ultra-stable frequencies. We present a novel protocol that uses aliased images of a digital synthesizer output to directly generate signals above the Nyquist frequency. This approach significantly simplifies the setup, making it easy to duplicate within a local fiber network. We demonstrate performances enabling the distribution of an optical signal with an instability below 10-17 at 1s at the receiver end. We also use the board to implement an original characterization method. It leads to an efficient characterization of the disturbance rejection of the system that can be realized without accessing the remote output of the fiber link.

Distributed Networked Microgrids Power Flow

An integrative power flow approach is established for networked microgrids. Our new contributions include: 1) A distributed augmented power flow (APF) algorithm for networked microgrids is devised to incorporate hierarchical control effects in/among microgrids; 2) Based upon APF, an enhanced distributed continuation power flow (CPF <inline-formula xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"><tex-math notation="LaTeX">$^+$</tex-math></inline-formula> ) algorithm is established to explore operating regions of droop coefficients and power interchanges for static voltage stability assessment; and 3) A programmable distributed platform is designed to coordinate power interchanges and support plug-and-play while protecting local customers’ privacy. RTDS experiments validate the high fidelity of APF, while its scalability and convergence performance are verified on medium and large networked microgrids. Extensive tests demonstrate the effectiveness of CPF <inline-formula xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"><tex-math notation="LaTeX">$^+$</tex-math></inline-formula> in quantifying secure operation regions of networked microgrids.

AGROWISATA KELAKAI DI PALANGKARAYA

Central Kalimantan is a province that has a lot of diverse characteristics, one of the characteristics of Central Kalimantan is the processed foods made from kelakai. There are many people who interested to this type of ferns. Beside that, there are also many manufacturers of the processed foods. However, not infrequently there are still many who don't know about kelakai as a characteristic of Central Kalimantan. Therefore, Kelakai Agrotourism in Palangkaraya is a form of solution to this problem, to introduce kelakai as a characteristic of Central Kalimantan and as a distribution platform for manufacturers of processed kelakai foods in order to further advance MSMEs, especially in Palangkaraya as the provincial capital of Central Kalimantan. To realize the design goals, this Agrotourism has two aspects of objectives, they are educative and participatory, as a form of providing knowledge to the community accompanied by concrete actions (participation). To realize the design with this goal, it is necessary to use the concept of Metaphor Architecture as an introduction and education through a form of adaptation. To realize this agrotourism design, an introduction is needed for the Palangkaraya area where most of the soil texture here is of peat soil type, which means it requires a special strategy for development. To solve this problem, the method that can be used is the Ecological Architecture approach. Ecological Architecture is an architectural approach that promotes environmental preservation without changing its original form.To combine the two principles above, this Agrotourism design uses the Metaphor-Ecological concept where this concept is a form of metaphoric architecture and ecological architecture that synergizes into a concept with visual and functional aspects as it's embodiment.

라이브커머스를 통한 유통 플랫폼의 진화 : 농산물 유통단계별 프로세스와 과제

최근 비대면 거래의 증가, 플랫폼 비즈니스의 급성장으로 전산업의 디지털 전환이 촉진되고 있다. 농산물 또한 실시간으로 소비자와 상호작용할 수 있는 라이브커머스 플랫폼을 통하여 높은 성과를 창출하는 등 유통 패러다임이 변화하고 있다. 이처럼 관련 산업은 변모하고 있으나, 아직 이러한 현상을 체계적으로 이해하고, 이에 참여하고 있는 이해관계자들의 경험과 인식을 조망한 연구는 부족하다. 이에, 본 연구는 농산물을 연구대상으로 선정하여 라이브커머스를 통한 유통 프로세스의 변화를 세밀히 살펴보고자 한다. 이를 위하여 문헌연구를 기반으로, 유통 플랫폼으로서 라이브커머스의 특성을 조망하였다. 이어, 전통 농산물 유통경로 상의 전문가(산지, 도매, 소매단계)를 대상으로 심층인터뷰를 수행하여 단계별로 주요 이슈와 바람직한 지원방안을 제시하였다. 산지단계에서 라이브커머스는 ‘온-오프라인의 하이브리드’로 정의되었으며, 상품에 대한 신뢰를 중요하게 여기는 것으로 분석되었다. 도매단계의 라이브커머스 판매자는 저비용으로 판로의 다양화를 달성할 수 있는 수단으로 인식하였다. 소매단계에서는 판매자에 대한 신뢰 구축, 가격경쟁력 확보를 위해 플랫폼 수수료 인하와 택배비용 지원에 대한 필요성을 제기하였다. 이처럼, 본 연구는 새로운 유통경로인 라이브커머스에 대하여 각 유통단계별 이슈를 발굴하고 분석하였다.

On the New Media Communication and Audience Orientation of the Art Film “Elephant Point-to-View”

The contemporary film industry is facing tremendous innovation and change. Every part of the whole industry chain is experiencing new quantitative or qualitative changes under the technological background of Internet new media. In this paper, the literature review method and case analysis method are used to study the “Elephant Point-to-View” in art film distribution and audience communication. The reason for choosing the “Elephant Point-to-View” is that it is a distribution platform based on the Internet’s new media technology, and it uses the brand-new Internet communication logic and community economic model to carry out the film distribution and promotion business. Therefore, its innovation lies in that the art films of the minority on the market can break the time constraint of the limitation of cinema shows and then find the specific audience groups who are more enthusiastic about such films through precise communication channels so as to find a way out for the minority films. This paper explores how the “Elephant Point-to-View” uses the logic of new media and reshapes the relationship between the film and the audience to release, disseminate and promote the film in an in-depth way.

Metaverse research propositions: Online intermediaries

One of the sectors with the fastest growth rates worldwide is the hospitality and tourism industry, although the pandemic caused losses and setbacks for the industry. The potential of the metaverse and virtual travel could lead to the emergence of a brand-new sector. Thus, traditional online travel agencies may need to change their utility model in the future to accommodate the new technology. This virtual transformation in the metaverse entails more flexible travel options, customized consumer services, and improved entertainment. The employment of augmented and virtual reality technology in the metaverse may enable seamless interaction between users in real and simulated surroundings. As such future developments in metaverse technology may enable fully immersive experiences. Customers can now get real-time price changes, availability, and promotions bypassing third-party distribution platforms. This research note aims to introduce the metaverse’s enormous potential and to define three research proposals for additional investigation.

Dynamics of Content Development in the Digital Broadcast Environment

The dynamics of content development in the digital broadcast environment have been shaped by the rapid advancement of technology and the increasing availability of digital platforms for content creation and distribution. This has led to significant changes in the ways in which content is created, distributed, and consumed, and has challenged traditional models of content development and distribution. The purpose of this research is to explore the development of content in digital broadcast environments. The focus of the study is on the impact of digital technology on the creation, distribution, and consumption of broadcast content. This research aims to identify the challenges and opportunities that content creators face in the digital age and to provide insights into the evolving role of content development in the digital broadcast landscape. The study employs a desk research methodology, that include a comprehensive review of relevant literature. The study indicate that digital technology has greatly expanded the reach and accessibility of broadcast content, enabling content creators to reach a global audience. However, the increased competition in the digital space has also presented new challenges, such as the need for more innovative and engaging content, as well as the need to effectively monetize digital content. Overall, this research highlights the importance of adapting to the changing digital environment for content creators and the broadcast industry. It provides insights into the future of content development in the digital era, suggesting that success in the digital broadcast environment will depend on the ability to embrace new technology, effectively monetize content, and continuously create engaging and innovative content.

Study on the Electron Density Measurement of 1 m Rod-plate Gap Discharge Process under the Lightning Impulse

Observation and measurement of the microscopic parameters in the long air gap discharge process play an important role in studying its physical mechanism and the discharge simulation model. In this paper, we combined an electron-multiplying intensified charge-coupled device (EMICCD) camera and a spectrometer, and built a lightning discharge spectrum observation platform of spatiotemporal distribution for the 1 m rod-plane air gap with nanosecond exposure time. The spatiotemporal distributions of the spectral information of the 1 m air gap discharge under positive and negative lightning impulses were obtained. Based on the atomic emission spectroscopy diagnostic method, N and O atomic spectral lines were used to calculate the corresponding electron density at different positions and time points during the breakdown discharges. The testing results were compared with other literature and the differences also were discussed.

Straggler- and Adversary-Tolerant Secure Distributed Matrix Multiplication Using Polynomial Codes

Large matrix multiplications commonly take place in large-scale machine-learning applications. Often, the sheer size of these matrices prevent carrying out the multiplication at a single server. Therefore, these operations are typically offloaded to a distributed computing platform with a master server and a large amount of workers in the cloud, operating in parallel. For such distributed platforms, it has been recently shown that coding over the input data matrices can reduce the computational delay by introducing a tolerance against straggling workers, i.e., workers for which execution time significantly lags with respect to the average. In addition to exact recovery, we impose a security constraint on both matrices to be multiplied. Specifically, we assume that workers can collude and eavesdrop on the content of these matrices. For this problem, we introduce a new class of polynomial codes with fewer non-zero coefficients than the degree +1. We provide closed-form expressions for the recovery threshold and show that our construction improves the recovery threshold of existing schemes in the literature, in particular for larger matrix dimensions and a moderate to large number of colluding workers. In the absence of any security constraints, we show that our construction is optimal in terms of recovery threshold.

Communications and High-Precision Positioning (CHP2): Hardware Architecture, Implementation, and Validation.

Spectral congestion and modern consumer applications motivate radio technologies that efficiently cooperate with nearby users and provide several services simultaneously. We designed and implemented a joint positioning-communications system that simultaneously enables network communications, timing synchronization, and localization to a variety of airborne and ground-based platforms. This Communications and High-Precision Positioning (CHP2) system simultaneously performs communications and precise ranging (<10 cm) with a narrow band waveform (10 MHz) at a carrier frequency of 915 MHz (US ISM) or 783 MHz (EU Licensed). The ranging capability may be extended to estimate the relative position and orientation by leveraging the spatial diversity of the multiple-input, multiple-output (MIMO) platforms. CHP2 also digitally synchronizes distributed platforms with sub-nanosecond precision without support from external systems (GNSS, GPS, etc.). This performance is enabled by leveraging precise time-of-arrival (ToA) estimation techniques, a network synchronization algorithm, and the intrinsic cooperation in the joint processing chain that executes these tasks simultaneously. In this manuscript, we describe the CHP2 system architecture, hardware implementation, and in-lab and over-the-air experimental validation.

Technology applications in bovine gait analysis: A scoping review.

Quantitative bovine gait analysis using technology has evolved significantly over the last two decades. However, subjective methods of gait assessment using visual locomotion scoring remain the primary on-farm and experimental approach. The objective of this review is to map research trends in quantitative bovine gait analysis and to explore the technologies that have been utilized to measure biomechanical parameters of gait. A scoping literature review was conducted according to PRISMA guidelines. A search algorithm based on PICO framework generated three components-bovine, gait, and technology-to address our objectives. Three online databases were searched for original work published from January 2000 to June 2020. A two-step screening process was then conducted, starting with the review of article titles and abstracts based on inclusion criteria. A remaining 125 articles then underwent a full-text assessment, resulting in 82 final articles. Thematic analysis of research aims resulted in four major themes among the studies: gait/claw biomechanics, lameness detection, intervention/comparison, and system development. Of the 4 themes, lameness detection (55% of studies) was the most common reason for technology use. Within the literature identified three main technologies were used: force and pressure platforms (FPP), vision-based systems (VB), and accelerometers. FPP were the first and most popular technologies to evaluate bovine gait and were used in 58.5% of studies. They include force platforms, pressure mapping systems, and weight distribution platforms. The second most applied technology was VB (34.1% of studies), which predominately consists of video analysis and image processing systems. Accelerometers, another technological method to measure gait characteristics, were used in 14.6% of studies. In sum, the strong demand for automatic lameness detection influenced the path of development for quantitative gait analysis technologies. Among emergent technologies, deep learning and wearable sensors (e.g., accelerometers) appear to be the most promising options. However, although progress has been made, more research is needed to develop more accurate, practical, and user-friendly technologies.

Achieving cultural sustainability through the preservation of video art: open distribution platforms

Video art has earned its spot within cultural heritage since the beginning of the 1970s, especially as a medium for activist practices, and it is now one of the most collected and exhibited artistic typologies in museums. The use of video art as a means of social protest and reflection continues to produce relevant artworks in the present day that constitute a part of our collective memory and that need to be safeguarded for the future, since they act as a valuable means of expression for marginal collectives and alternative ways of living. In this regard, the preservation of cultural heritage is a part of what has been called cultural sustainability: an essential part of sustainable development, which refers to the necessity of ensuring the access of future generations to past and current artistic practices. The following research reflects on what cultural sustainability means for cultural institutions and museums, and how availability is fundamental to the preservation of video artworks, endangered by technological obsolescence. Specifically, single-channel video is examined from a conservator’s perspective and some ethical considerations are examined regarding its obsolescence and reproducibility. Subsequently, with the idea that proliferation equals conservation, some institutional initiatives are presented that use the Internet as an environment for video art distribution across the world; the issue of copyright is also examined, under the belief of open distribution and fair use. What does the future of video art hold? How can we ensure sustainable cultural development? And is it possible for museums to balance private and public interests? This article reflects on these questions and tries to provide some answers based on the idea of preservation through open access. Keywords: video art, activism, preservation, cultural sustainability, access

Multi‐objective hybrid capuchin search with genetic algorithm based hierarchical resource allocation scheme with clustering model in cloud computing environment

Internet of recent decades considered cloud computing as the most effective and distributed platform. It is a comfortable and quick way to access shared resources over the Internet anytime. The major problem cloud customers face while choosing the resources for a particular application is QoS. In the cloud computing environment, various resources need to be effectively allocated on VMs by reducing makespan and synchronously increasing resource utilization. For that, a novel multi-objective hybrid capuchin search with genetic algorithm (MHCSGA) based hierarchical resource allocation is established in this work. MHCSGA optimizes the multi-objective functions like resource utilization, response time, makespan, execution time and throughput. Initially, partitioning around the K-medoids clustering method is utilized to allocate the resources optimally. During clustering, the tasks are divided into two cluster groups then, the optimization is performed to attain an optimal resource allocation process. The experimental setup is executed using the JAVA tool. For the simulation process, the proposed work uses the GWA-T-12 Bitbrains dataset. The makespan achieved by proposed algorithm for 50, 100, 150, and 200 tasks are found to be 10.45, 17.6, 25.67, and 31.34, respectively. The comparison analysis proves that the developed model attains improved performance than the state-of-the-art works.