Future Editions Research Articles

Evaluation of the impact of the European Code against Cancer on awareness and attitudes towards cancer prevention at the population and health promoters’ levels

Abstract Introduction The European Code against Cancer (ECAC) informs the public on steps to take to reduce their cancer risk. Despite over three decades of promotion, no systematic evaluation of its impact has yet been carried out. This study aimed to address the gap in knowledge regarding the impact of the ECAC. Methods An online survey targeting adults in the general population was conducted and analysed by age, gender, and country, both descriptive and mutually adjusted in logistic regression analyses. Additionally, semi-structured interviews with health promotion professionals from not-for-profit organisations in Europe were conducted and a qualitative thematic analysis was carried out for each interview. Results 8171 people from eight European countries responded to the survey. Although 70 % of respondents were aware of cancer prevention guidance, a low percentage of participants had previously heard about the ECAC (2% in UK to 21 % in Hungary and Poland). Females were more likely to make lifestyle changes to reduce their risk of cancer (odds ratio = 1.17; 95 % confidence interval: 1.05-1.29). Twenty-eight online semi-structured interviews with professionals were conducted covering 25 countries. Regional variation in the methods and target groups of the promotion and dissemination of the ECAC was reported. Conclusions Whilst familiarity with the ECAC in the general public is low, professionals frequently use it as a basis for informing population-level actions. Future editions should be accompanied by a systematic evaluation of the ECAC investigating the impact upon society.

Image, eventscape, satisfaction and loyalty: a case study of a wine tourism event

PurposeEventscape is widely recognised as having played an important role in the image of wine events; however, research on this topic is scarce, with only a few studies examining the image of a wine tourism event. To date, no studies have examined eventscape and attitudinal variables of a wine event together, thus indicating a gap in the research. Further research to gain a deeper understanding of the role these factors play is needed; thus, this paper aims to explore the relationships between event image, eventscape, satisfaction and loyalty in wine events.Design/methodology/approachA structured questionnaire was chosen for data collection, with a final sample of 117 valid responses. Qualitative data was analysed by means of content analysis. Univariate and bivariate statistical analyses were performed to analyse eventscape attributes and explore its relationship with event image, satisfaction and loyalty.FindingsThe paper highlights that perceptions of eventscape are intrinsically related to perceived event image and reveal a statistically significant relationship between these two elements. Results show the importance of the social dimension in the image perception of a wine event and point to conviviality as the main element. This study also reveals a relationship between perceived event image and attitudinal variables and suggests that having a positive image of the event positively influences levels of satisfaction, which are higher, and willingness to participate in future editions of the event. Findings also reveal a relationship between event image and loyalty.Originality/valueWine-related events are undergoing significant developments, creating a need for competitive strategies to develop wine tourism and vineyards in certain regions. Research in this field is scarce to date; therefore, this paper adds to the literature by the studying consumer behaviour of attendees at wine events.

Sustainability of Local Food Festivals: A Framework to Estimate Environmental Impacts

Environmental sustainability is aimed to improve human welfare and well-being by maintaining the integrity of the life supporting systems of the Earth. The aim of this study is to propose a framework to quantify and analyze the environmental impacts generated by local events and festivals. The proposed framework was tested in a local food festival in Italy and structured in two steps: collection of primary data; processing them based on the principles of Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) approach. The results show that the 5,210 visitors that attended the three days of the food festival produced a total of 0.043 kg of waste per capita and 16 kg CO$_{\rm 2eq.}$ per capita. The total environmental impacts caused by all the participants in the three days were: climate change (83,270 kg CO$_{\rm 2eq.})$, particulate matter formation (162 kg PM10$_{\rm eq.})$, photochemical oxidant formation (530 kg NMVOC), terrestrial acidification (439 kg SO$_{\rm 2eq.})$, and freshwater eutrophication (9.17 kg P$_{\rm eq.})$. The results show that the highest environmental impacts are due to the transport of exhibitor members and materials, while visitor transport has a low impact considering that 80% are local visitors who went to the event on foot or by bike. This study provides indications to the organizers to reduce the environmental impacts in future editions and data to policy makers for defining hectares of reforestation needed to compensate the CO$_{\rm 2eq.}$ emissions of the event.

Åslund , Anders Russia's Crony Capitalism: The Path from Market Economy to Kleptocracy (review)

SEER, 99, 4, OCTOBER 2021 792 re-election, available at www.osce.org/odihr/elections/383577). Some may find this unsatisfactory, but it would be unfeasible within a single volume both to cover comprehensively the legal provisions and give opinion or speculation. This reviewer’s main criticism is of a different nature. The work contains, as well as the translation of the Constitution (helpfully indicating which paragraphs were amended in 2020), an Index of Names and seven pages of suggested Further Reading. However, as with previous editions, there is no subject index. But previous editions had detailed Contents, giving not only chapter titles but also listing subsections. This facilitated locating topics of interest. The current work’s Contents states chapter headings, with less detail than the summary at the outset of this review. It is thus very difficult to find and appreciate Butler’s scholarship on any particular issue. It is hoped future editions will revert to prior practice. The Dickson Poon School of Law J. Henderson King’s College London Åslund, Anders. Russia’s Crony Capitalism: The Path from Market Economy to Kleptocracy. Yale University Press, New Haven, CT and London, 2019. viii + 324 pp. Notes. Bibliography. Index. £25.00. Russia’s Crony Capitalism adds to the fast amassing literature on the nature and foundations of Putinism in Russia. Along with Karen Dawisha’s pathbreaking Putin’s Kleptocracy: Who Owns Russia? (London and New York, 2015) and, more recently, Catherine Belton’s Putin’s People: How the KGB Took Back Russia and then Took On the West (London, 2020), this monograph tells the story of the political and economic system constructed in Russia under Vladimir Putin’s leadership, highlighting its personalist and rapacious nature. The book comprises nine chapters in which the author unravels how Russia’s president consolidation of control over energy rents enabled him to build a system of political control that has allowed him to maintain power over the last two decades. Similar to Alena Ledeneva’s conceptualization of ‘sistema’ in Can Russia Modernise? (Cambridge, 2013), Åslund describes Putin’s system as consisting of four circles: the first and closest, composed of his KGB friends, the second, based on state enterprises run by his close associates (including such national champions as Gazprom and Rosneft), the third composed of his long-term friends from St Petersburg who have become big businessmen, and the fourth circle which consists of the offshore havens in which Putin’s cronies secure their assets. Much of the empirical material in the book draws on rich investigative journalism that uncovers the nepotistic ties amongst Russia’s REVIEWS 793 political and economic elites and describes the key players in the circles of the system. Whilenoddinginthedirectionoftheage-oldpatrimonialsystemdescribedby such Western historians as Richard Pipes, Åslund views Vladimir Putin as the main culprit behind Russia’s more recent re-establishment of crony capitalism. In that, he echoes the dominant yet simplistic focus on Putin, his cronyism and his leadership shared widely in policy circles and think tanks in Washington, D.C. and other Western capitals. This view is conditioned by Åslund’s previous research into economic transformation in Russia, in which he focused on the early 1990s, and on what he saw as a successful transformation of a socialist economy into a market economy. What is missing from the picture here is a more systematic analysis of the origins of crony capitalism in Russia that, as I have argued in Political Consequences of Crony Capitalism Inside Russia (Notre Dame, IN, 2010), has characterized Russia’s political-economic realities right from the early 1990s. If we define crony capitalism not simply by characterizing it through the concentric circles of cronies around a leader taking advantage of energy rents, but as a system that lacks a clear separation of political and economic realms through functioning courts, contract-enforcement and other state and market institutions responsible for securing property rights, then such a system was present in Russia right from the start of the market transformation. One can even suggest that the absence of strong state institutions was the central feature of the 1990s in Russia. Åslund is correct in noting that the 1990s political-economic system was more competitive...

Simplified Equations for Shear Strength of Composite Concrete-Filled Steel Tubes

Shear strength of filled composite members, namely, circular or rectangular concrete-filled steel tubes (CFST) have been investigated in past research. Results established the relative contributions of the steel tube and concrete infill to the total shear strength and showed that the concrete contribution depends on the development of a compression strut in the concrete infill when shear-span values are low. While experimental results and numerical models are available in the literature, simple equations that empirically encompass this behavior are preferable for design purposes. This paper provides an overview of the technical approach that has been followed to propose such equations for consideration and possible implementation in future editions of design specifications. The shear strength obtained using the proposed equation is compared with the shear test database from the existing literature and found to be safe; it accurately captures the contribution of the steel tube to the total shear strength and conservatively approximates that of the concrete.

From children's ideas to prototypes for the internet of things: a case study of cross-generational end-user design

ABSTRACT A smart bracelet that reacts to a person's heartbeat. A smart bench that invites passers-by to sit close. These and others are smart things, part of the Internet of Things (IoT) and people's lives. However, people are mainly IoT consumers and rarely given the possibility of becoming IoT creators. This paper presents a case study concerning the design of smart things for outdoor environments, with end users as the main creators. Ideas of smart things were collaboratively conceptualised by child end-users with a card-based board game. Their ideas were taken up in the form of inspiration cards within a bachelor's first-year course, by students coming from different high schools. Students started from children's ideas as inspiration triggers and collaboratively evolved some of them into interactive smart-thing prototypes. The paper concludes by reflecting on its results and drawing lessons for future editions of cross-generational workshops related to IoT design with end users.

A series of 8 cases of sleep-related psychogenic dissociative disorders and proposed updated diagnostic criteria.

To identify the most relevant clinical and video-polysomnographic characteristics of patients with sleep-related dissociative disorders (SRDDs) and to propose a framework for new diagnostic criteria. We searched potential SRDD cases from the scientific literature and from a database of patients referred for clinical and video-polysomnographic assessment in a single sleep disorders center for disruptive nocturnal behaviors (n = 731). The most relevant clinical and neurophysiological characteristics of the cases were extracted and a descriptive analysis was performed. Twenty-six SRDD cases (8 new and 18 previously published cases) were reviewed. Almost all cases of SRDDs occurred in a context of past traumatic events or abuse and were associated with at least 1 comorbid psychiatric disorder. We highlighted 4 relevant clinical characteristics of SRDD useful for the differential diagnosis with parasomnias: episodes of long duration of more than 1 hour (90.9%), self-inflicted injuries (83.3%), occurrence while awake close to bedtime (35.7%), and the presence of daytime dissociative symptoms (72.7%). The video-polysomnography documented typical episodes of SRDD with prolonged wakefulness before, during, and after the event in 11/26 cases. New diagnostic criteria for SRDD were proposed, with 3 levels of certainty for the diagnosis based on clinical, video-polysomnographic, and homemade video findings. More than 30 years after its formal identification, SRDD is not currently recognized as an official diagnostic entity. We better delineate the clinical and neurophysiological features of SRDD and propose a framework for its reinstatement in the next revisions of the sleep and psychiatric disorders classifications. Lopez R, Lefevre L, Barateau L, Micoulaud-Franchi J-A, Dauvilliers Y, Schenck CH. A series of 8 cases of sleep-related psychogenic dissociative disorders and proposed updated diagnostic criteria. J Clin Sleep Med. 2022;18(2):563-573.

An analysis of health and safety provisions in NEC contracts

The 2015 edition of the Construction (Design and Management) (CDM) Regulations imposes statutory duties on the project client and other project supply chain members. It is the client’s statutory duty to make and implement arrangements for effective management of health and safety (H&S) on the project. It also created two statutory duty holders that the client must appoint to coordinate H&S management. To manage the performance of the duty holders effectively, the client must enter into a contract with each of them that imposes their statutory duties as contractual obligations. This paper critically analyses two representative contracts in the NEC family of contracts to provide guidance on their H&S provisions and pointers to possible review in future editions. An important finding is that the contracts state the H&S duties in very general terms with the expectation that users will draft the details on the CDM duties as part of the scope contract document. This approach has the advantage of flexibility to accommodate international use of the contracts. It is recommended that the promoters consider the alternative of capturing appropriate CDM-related duties as a standard optional clause for adoption by UK users. Suggestions are made as to the terms in such an optional clause.

Calibration of the design wind load and snow load considering the historical climate statistics and climate change effects

In the present study, an updating of the probabilistic models used for calibrating the wind load, snow load and companion load factors for the National Building Code of Canada (NBCC) are presented. The update of probabilistic models for the extreme wind speed and ground snow depth is based on historical climatological data over Canadian sites. For the updating of the statistics of the extreme wind speed, the effect of mixed wind climate (i.e., thunderstorm winds and non-thunderstorm winds) is considered. Reliability analysis is carried out based on this update by considering different load combinations. The results indicate that, for an improved reliability consistency, the use of a high return period to specify the environmental loads and with a unit load factor is preferable to the use of 50 year return period and a load factor greater than one for structural design code making, if the coefficient of variation of the extreme climatological elements is spatially varying. Most importantly, based on these findings and the results from the climate change modelling results, sets of load scaling factors accounting for climate change effects are calibrated for different regions in Canada. Both the use of the target reliability index for a 50-year design working life as well as of the target minimum required annual reliability index within each of the 50-year design working life are considered for the reliability-based calibration. Specific recommendations on the load and companion load factors are suggested for a future edition of NBCC.

Information and Communication Technologies of households and individuals, geographical proximity and regional competitiveness: distribution, clusters and spatial patterns of technological capacity in Europe

Information and Communication Technology (ICT) has been consolidated as a fundamental pillar of the new model of competitiveness and sustainable development of territories. However, there has still not been sufficient in-depth study of the role that geographical proximity plays in the digital inequalities that affect regional competitiveness. In this context, this paper aims to identify and characterise the clusters and patterns that define the spatial behaviour of ICT access and usage variables at household and individual level in the Technology Readiness (TR) pillar of the Regional Competitiveness Index (RCI). A database of 280 NUTS2 has been created in order to perform: i) an exploratory statistical analysis to show the regional behaviour of the ICT variables; and ii) a spatial autocorrelation analysis to detect the presence of spatial dependence. The results at regional level in Europe demonstrate that: i) the greatest inequalities occur in the ICT usage variables and not in those of access; ii) the indicators of TR create a spatial pattern with a gradient from the regions of the extreme north-west to south-western and eastern Europe; and iii) there is evidently an opportunity to incorporate other regional variables of ICT usage for future editions of the RCI.

The NRP 8th Edition: Innovation in Education.

Approximately 10% of newborns need assistance at birth, and an evidence-based, timely, and coordinated response is critical to optimal outcome. The Neonatal Resuscitation Program® (NRP®) is the training and education standard in the United States for healthcare professionals who manage newborns in the hospital. This article summarizes the development of evidence-based resuscitation science, changes in the NRP 8th edition educational methodologies, and several significant practice changes made for educational efficiency and patient safety. The NRP 8th edition is informed by multiple systematic reviews of emerging science conducted by the International Liaison Committee on Resuscitation (ILCOR), which culminates in consensus documents on resuscitation science. The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) and the American Heart Association (AHA) used these recommendations to develop the most recent neonatal resuscitation guidelines for North America. These guidelines inform the NRP 8th edition practice recommendations. The most recent CoSTR (Consensus on Science with Treatment Recommendations) summary and AAP/AHA guidelines for neonatal resuscitation yielded no major changes in practice. However, scientific research over the past 5 years resulted in new and higher grades of evidence to support previous recommendations. The NRP Steering Committee revised several practices in the interest of patient safety and educational efficiency. The NRP 8th edition materials were released in June 2021 and must be in use by January 1, 2022. In the new ILCOR evidence review format, CoSTR scientific reviews and statements are published continuously instead of every 5 years; however, future editions of NRP will be released every 5 years unless there is compelling evidence that mandates an earlier change.

Ceguera de género en los libros de texto de medicina. El caso de las leucemias

ObjectiveTo analyse the existence of sex-differences in the content on leukemias in the Haematology and Internal Medicine textbooks recommended in the Medical Degrees, 2019–2020, by comparison with the sex-differences recognized in the scientific literature. MethodManifest content analysis of the content of chapters on leukemias in the books on hematology and internal medicine, clinical haematology and haematology undergraduate. Analysis categories: epidemiology, etiopathogenesis, diagnosis, treatment and prognosis of leukemias. ResultsEpidemiological information from the revised books has a greater consideration of sex differences in incidence and prognosis but does not contain data on mortality and survival. Etiopathogenesis is described in all books as the same physiological process for both sexes and no differences in the presentation of symptoms are described in any book. Three books describe a unique treatment that is assumed equal for both sexes; two books mention the treatment of acute myeloid leukemia in pregnant women and one in chronic myeloid leukemia. No book mentions sex-differences in pharmacokinetics, efficacy, or treatment toxicity, although there is greater evidence on unequal behavior between the sexes. ConclusionsThe contents of sex and gender differences in the leukemia chapters analyzed are insufficient compared to the evidence in the scientific literature today. Hematology textbooks might increase their scientific quality in future editions, including knowledge of sex-gender interaction in the sections of epidemiology, etiology, pathogenesis, diagnosis, treatment, prognosis, and consequences of leukemias, which will contribute to better professional practices, more efficient and equitable.

Cultural Translation as Beacon: Notes on the Elimination of Nigerian Cultural Itens in the Brazilian Translation of Ayobami Adebayo’s Novel Stay With Me

Este trabalho se propõe a analisar aspectos culturais da tradução para o português brasileiro do romance Stay with me, de autoria da nigeriana Ayòbámi Adébáyò, publicado originalmente em língua inglesa. Propomos, aqui, mediante cotejamento entre o original e a referida tradução, apontar algumas escolhas tradutórias controversas, passíveis de revisão em edições futuras, bem como aventar algumas hipóteses explicativas que nos ajudem a sopesar as razões por trás das opções de tradução, questionando, a partir de teóricos como Lambert& Van Gorp (2014), Arrojo (2007), Levý (2011) e Aixelá (2013), dentre outros, como o processo de tradução literária pode ser aperfeiçoado no Brasil.

‘A blank page … ’ or ‘Ten years since language left … ’ (Artaud)

In his copy of the published text of Artaud the Mômo, Artaud added a note for a future edition that invokes ‘a blank page to separate the text of the book, which is finished from all the swarming of Bardo which appeared in the limbo of electroshock’. What is at stake in this separation, this interruption, in the time of reading Artaud? What kind of testimony to the necropolitics of modernity might be offered by the interruption provided by this anticipated blank page? Artaud wanted his testimony to existence to interrupt the induced death to which he felt subject—to bear witness, on the one hand, to the living death (or Bardo) that society demands of those who claim not to suffer from ‘alienation’, and, on the other, to the ‘authentic madmen’ who are ‘suicided by society’. The issue is not, of course, to write on or over the blank page, but to engage with what is written around it—reflecting on the return of Artaud the Mômo; a return understood to herald that transformation of the body that Artaud evokes after the ‘ten years in which language left’ him. His projected interruption in reading the Mômo text tries to turn back on society an awareness of relations between the living and the dead that it would prefer to ascribe to madness. Such relations remain of profound concern, however, as evidenced, for example, in Anne Boyer’s recent discussion of what she identifies as the ‘industrialised world’s carcinogenosphere’.

Late Life Depression: The Essentials and the Essential Distinctions.

Late life depression (LLD), a familiar syndrome, is not differentiated in the DSM-5. LLD can resemble depressive syndromes in younger adults but it differs in demographic characteristics, phenomenology, prognosis, treatment, suicide risk, relationship to other disorders, and etiology. Older depressed adults often present with fewer major depressive symptoms, less emphasis on mood disturbance, greater preoccupation with somatic or psychotic symptoms, and misleading cognitive deficits. LLD's relationships with medical and neurocognitive symptoms and with inflammatory and immune factors are complex. Formal screening tools and biopsychosocial assessment informs diagnosis and treatment. Evidence supports the effectiveness of lifestyle interventions, several psychotherapies, and a variety of somatic treatment approaches. Comorbid medical disorders must be taken into account when planning treatment. In this article, the authors describe the characteristics of LLD, present an approach to assessment and management, and recommend that future DSM editions include a new specifier to differentiate LLD from other depressive syndromes.

Editorial: Ireland’s Online Learning Call

The editorial board of the Irish Journal of Technology Enhanced Learning (IJTEL) would like to use this opportunity to thank each and every one of you working through a very challenging time over the past twelve months of the pandemic. It is a significant event, a critical incident, that will take some time to document and reflect upon in future journal editions. 
 So many words have already been written about this past year that try to capture the disruption and change. However, to summarise even a scintilla of what has happened across Irish higher education is a slightly daunting prospect. We have seen various terms used to describe the rapid shift to teaching and learning online, such as milestone, pivot, emergency remote teaching. None of these fully encompass the myriad of ways that those of us working in education have had to become resilient, responsive and supportive of colleagues during this period. 
 Considering the response from members of the educational technology community within Ireland, one could argue that the term overwhelming is a good starting point. For a start, a tsunami of work ensued, that at times threatened to engulf individuals. Education ‘pivoted’ from a position where online was generally a supplementary or complementary activity to one where in an online mode, we became the campus. Systems and processes were hastily altered, modified or expanded far beyond anybody’s expectations. While some of those have creaked and groaned, we have managed to teach classes, run meetings and carry out assessments; run on-campus labs and social distanced teaching; in short, we have kept going. People have been inventive, innovative and extremely hard working. But above all else, they have been generous; generous with their time, their expertise and generous in spirit.

بررسی و نقد کتاب “Inclusive Growth in Iran’s provinces: Policies and Indicators” (رشد فراگیر در استانهای ایران: سیاستها و شاخصها)

Achieving continuous economic growth has been and is one of the focal points in policy-making. This issue is mostly studied using economic growth models and approaches. One of the newest approaches to economic growth is pro-poor growth and subsequently the inclusive growth. These two approaches were offered when it was observed that poor people do not enjoy the benefits of economic growth comparing to other sections of society. One of the books published in this field is the book Inclusive Growth in the Provinces of Iran: Policies and Indicators, the review and critique of which is on the agenda of this article and meanwhile attempts are made to provide suggestions for improving the content of the book in future editions. The findings of the book indicate that economic growth in Iran has been low in recent years and at the same time labor force participation has played an effective and significant role in the overall growth in the provinces. However, government policies that could have played an effective role in reducing poverty and inequality in the provinces have not been very successful in practice. In conclusion, it seems that moving toward inclusive growth requires the design and implementation of a coherent policy package from different dimensions.

The Theory and Practice of Group Psychotherapy, Sixth Edition

The Theory and Practice of Group Psychotherapy, Sixth Edition

The 47th Annual Meeting of the European Society for Blood and Marrow Transplantation: Quality Management Group – Oral Session (O175-O178)

Background: JACIE (Joint Accreditation Committee ISCTEurope & EBMT) standards define continuous training as a requirement for nurses working in accredited transplant units. Obtaining continuous education can be difficult, so our center decided to implement their own accredited training course. Since 2008 a specific training course, accredited by regular authorities, free of charges in the workplace and held by staff nurses, has been organized. Through all these years, the structure has been modified according to the needs and opinions of the attending nurses. Currently, it consisted of 10 sessions that take place through the year;each session was held at two or three different times (depending on the availability of the speaker), and so nurses from all shifts could attend. At the beginning of the pandemic caused by SARS-COVID 2, in March 2020, we had to suspend the program and reconsider how we could maintain the educational sessions. Methods: From June to November we reinitiated the course. Now, several options were offered to participate: (a) in person, since in our country meetings were restricted to ten people, with previous registration required, (b) synchronously through the Zoom platform, and (c) deferred, as all sessions were recorded so nurses were able to access through the internal training platform of our center. To justify attendance and get the accreditation, when the session was viewed in a delayed manner through the platform, three questions about the viewed session were required to be answered. The course has been accredited by our national system of accreditation. Results: 91 nurses participated in the course. 63.8% of the attendance was virtual. At the end of the course, a satisfaction survey was carried out among the participants. The average score of the questions was 9,25. The lowest score was 8,57 and, the highest, 9,53. There was also a final question in an open format to make comments and suggestions for future editions. Conclusions: Offering quality and up-to-date training to nurses in hematological transplantation wards is one of the JACIE's standards that sometimes is difficult to achieve due to the difficulty of combining nursing schedules and shifts, and the lack of economic resources. The appearance of the pandemic has been an added challenge in order to be able to maintain continuous training as it was established in our center. It was not easy initially to organize it, but it helped us that our center already had a training platform, the availability of online streaming platforms and our background in offering training courses. The high participation and satisfaction of the attendance nurses encourage us to explore and continue new training formats for highly specialized nurses.

17. Electro Arts, a Tool of Interactive Digital Education: A Case Study

Abstract This research analyses the impact of the Elektro Arts Festival on the attending audience, based on the responses offered by 98 respondents, highlighting the socio-demographic characteristics of the participants, the interest in computer art and realising an evaluation of the event’s quality by emphasizing preferences and customs of cultural consumption and identifying the communication and advertising channels preferred by the audience. The organizers of the future editions of the event obtained the necessary feedback on the interest manifested in digital arts as well as on the satisfaction and the preferences of the audience. The Elektro Arts Festival is considered an innovative environment propitious to IT-mediated artistic expression, and the newly organized editions have been linked to the research in the field of computer-based numerical technologies.