Impact Of Technological Developments Research Articles

Technological innovation, financialization, and ecological footprint: evidence from BEM economies.

Despite the growing interest in researches on the impact of technological development on carbon emissions, the effect of technological innovation on the other indicators of environmental degradation is of little interest. In order to close this gap, the aim of this study is to determine the effects of technological innovation on both carbon emission and ecological footprint for big emerging markets (BEM) countries. In doing so, the environmental impacts of the financialization process are also explored, in line with the fact that these countries face constraints in financing technological developments. In this context, the effects of technological development, financialization, renewable energy consumption, and non-renewable energy consumption on environmental degradation are examined through the second-generation panel data methods for the period 1995-2016. The findings indicate that technological innovation is effective in reducing carbon emissions, but does not have a significant impact on the ecological footprint, namely a 1% increase in technological innovations reduces carbon emission by 0.082-0.088%. Moreover, it is found that financialization harms environmental quality for both indicators of the environment because a 1% increase in financialization increases carbon emissions by 0.203-0.222% and increases ecological footprint by 0.069-0.071%.

Methodological turns in applied language studies


 
 
 The theme of the AFinLA 2020 Yearbook Methodological turns in applied language studies is discussed in this introductory article from three interrelated perspectives, variously addressed in the three plenary presentations at the AFinLA Autumn Symposium 2019 as well as in the thirteen contributions to the yearbook. In the first set of articles presented, the authors examine the role and impact of technological development on the study of multimodal digital and non-digital contexts and discourses and ensuing new methods. The second set of studies in the yearbook revisits issues of language proficiency, critically discussing relevant concepts and approaches. The third set of articles explores participation and participatory research approaches, reflecting on the roles of the researcher and the researched community.
 
 

HARAPAN DIGITAL NATIVE TERHADAP PERPUSTAKAAN MASA DEPAN PADA PERGURUAN TINGGI

In the last ten years the development of information technology is so fast, this is marked by the increasingly sophisticated communication devices and the increasing use of applications. The generation that was born at the start of the transition of technology is certainly a generation that is "lucky" because of the convenience obtained from the impact of technological developments that occur. This generation is known as digital native, where they tend to multitask, network, like interactive connections, etc. At present the native digital generation is also part of the college library. From observations and data obtained, digital nativehas a unique learning behavior. Some studies suggest that native digital generations tend to prefer getting information quickly and completely online by relying on internet access. Therefore, this is thought to be the reason why the library is no longer interesting to be visited by students who are mostly digital nativegeneration. To understand their interest in the library of the future, this research seeks to find out digital nativeexpectations of the future library in terms of building and spatial planning, services, and library products. This study uses descriptive statistical methods, the population is Satya Wacana Christian University's Faculty of Information Technology. The sample determined was 100 respondents. The results of this study are expected to be able to develop a university library strategy that focuses on digital native.
 Keyword: native digital, the expectation of native digital, university library, the future library

Reorganizing postal collection operations in urban areas as a result of declining mail volumes – A case study in Bologna

The impact of technological developments on consumer habits and behavior is endangering the classical model of postal services. The resulting fall in postal volumes generated by the substitution of traditional letter posts by electronic forms of communication has rendered the collection of postal items highly inefficient. In this context, our work deals with a real problem concerning the reorganization of the collection system of the Italian postal service provider, based on the reduction of the number of postboxes currently located in an urban area. To tackle the problem, we propose a practical solution methodology, based on a mathematical programming model which identifies the postboxes to be closed, and we evaluate the impact of such a reorganization on management costs, in terms of postmen to be dedicated to the daily collection operations. Considering the crucial role of postboxes as main access points of users to the postal network, equity is also taken into account. Several computational experiments are conducted based on real data from the city of Bologna, in northern Italy. The resulting scenarios show the capability of the model to support the decision making process towards the redesigning of the postal collection system.

The impact of technology development on the future of the labour market in the Slovak Republic

One of the current open labour market issues is to analyze how the technology progress in production processes will affect the labour market, especially in the context of the replacement of human workers with machines. This paper aims to identify potential threats faced by the labour market in Slovakia, which based on the analysis, employs a significant number of workers in areas susceptible to automation. According to the results, industrial production in Slovakia is divided into several areas, where almost 41% of all industrial workers are employed in the manufacture of metal constructions, machinery and equipment, motor vehicles, semitrailers and trailers and the number of people employed in this sector is increasing linearly over the reference period from 2008 to 2016. The paper focuses on potential scenarios that may arise in the labour market in the near future, using Cobb-Douglas production function. In the original model, the production function of the company is based on production factors in which labour plays an important role. However, with the growth of automation, the original model of companies is changing, transforming, and workforce who has played the key role in the production process of goods or services are becoming redundant due to the growing autonomy of machines. The analyzed scenarios show situations that may arise in the labour market if a company changes the scale of the use of production factors in its production process. In other words, given the current situation as labour costs increase, the power and capabilities of machines are growing and a company wants to stay competitive on the global market.

Ten-Year Experience of Stereotactic Body Radiotherapy at a Single Institution: Impact of Technological Development on the Outcome of Patients With Early Lung Cancer.

Purpose:Advanced radiotherapeutic techniques and apparatus have been developed and widely applied in stereotactic body radiation therapy for early-stage non-small cell lung cancer, but their clinical benefits have not necessarily been confirmed. This study was performed to review our 10-year experience with therapy for the disease and to evaluate whether the advanced radiotherapeutic system implemented in our hospital 5 years after we began the therapy improved the clinical outcomes of patients.Materials and Methods:Patients who underwent the therapy at our hospital between April 2008 and March 2018 were retrospectively reviewed. They were divided into 2 groups treated with the conventional system or the advanced system, and the characteristics and clinical outcomes were compared between the groups. The same analyses were also performed in propensity-matched patients from the 2 groups.Results:Among the 73 patients eligible for this study, 42 were treated with the conventional system and 31 with the advanced system. All were treated as planned, and severe adverse events were rare. The local progression-free survival rate in the advanced system group was significantly higher than in the conventional system group (P = 0.025). In the propensity-matched patients, both the local progression-free survival rate and the overall survival rate were significantly higher compared in the advanced system group than the conventional system group (P = 0.089 and 0.080, respectively).Conclusion:The advanced system improved the outcomes of patients with the disease, suggesting that technological development has had a strong impact on clinical outcomes.

La ciencia y la tecnología en la sociedad contemporánea, una perspectiva desde la bioética

Desde finales del siglo XX el desarrollo de la ciencia y la tecnología ha experimentado un crecimiento exponencial con avances en todas las áreas del conocimiento cuyo propósito final, al menos en teoría, ha sido el de facilitar la vida a cada ser humano en su paso por este planeta. Ha habido avances muy importantes en las comunicaciones, la salud, la informática, el transporte, entre otros, que han sido capaces de producir fuertes impactos en la sociedad, afectando los estilos de vida, los valores, las relaciones de poder etc., incluso, pueden llevar a una transformación total de la sociedad en cortos tiempos, o lo que es peor, aunque es un escenario pesimista, su propia destrucción. En términos de Agazzi (1996) “En la civilización tecnológica que vivimos la tecnología es una red que abarca los más diversos sectores de la actividad humana, un modo de vivir, de comunicarse, de pensar, un conjunto de condiciones por las cuales el hombre es dominado ampliamente, mucho más que tenerlos a su disposición" (p.141). El presente trabajo pretende reflexionar sobre el impacto del desarrollo tecnológico en la sociedad y en las maneras de enfrentar estos nuevos escenarios vistos desde una nueva perspectiva que es la bioética, entendida como un elemento dinamizador que pretende aportar con soluciones a los grandes problemas presentes y futuros de la humanidad. La Bioética nace como una alternativa de pensamiento con propuestas que favorezcan la convivencia armónica de las personas y la naturaleza; de ahí que es de trascendental importancia la ampliación epistemológica de la bioética hacia todos los procesos de la vida a fin de ayudar a construir la ruta por la que debe transitar la ciencia y la tecnología en beneficio de un mejor vivir para la sociedad y su proyección al futuro.

EARLY CHILDHOOD CHARACTER EDUCATION PRACTICES BASED ON LOCAL WISDOM IN ACEH: CHALLENGES AND EFFORTS MADE IN GLOBALIZATION ERA

This study was aims to reveal the challenges and efforts in implementing early childhood character education based on local wisdom in Aceh society This study has been conducted using qualitative approach. Its result indicates several challenges faced by Acehnese in implementing character education based on Acehnese local wisdom, including: (a) the impact of technological development; (b) changes in the physical environment such as natural disasters and natural resources; (c) contact with other communities and the culture of the community replaces local culture; (d) modernity promises ease and speed so that the tradition of local wisdom is seen as complicated and slow so that the summarization of tradition is carried out. Therefore, Aceh local wisdom is not only ritual but also contains Islamic values that have become a culture in Aceh.

FENOMENA KOPI KEKINIAN DI ERA 4.0 Ditinjau dari Marketing 4.0 dan Teori Uses and Effect

The Luckin coffee phenomenon in China, and the development of information and communication technology have triggered the development of contemporary coffee in Indonesia. The contemporary coffee that combines coffee with milk, coupled with putting forward the concept of an instagrammable, comfortable outlet, is the main attraction for the millennials. This study uses the uses and effect theory, and the marketing concept 4.0. The method used in this research is qualitative method. The results obtained from this study are that the marketing method carried out by coffee now promotes marketing 4.0, by integrating marketing channels, payment channels and logistics channels through online and offline systems. If coffee was once known as drinks for elder people, with the development of technology, many marketers are utilizing the interaction of internet users to market their products. Another impact of technological development is the emergence of convergence. Convergence in this case not only on the impact of media on life, but convergence has given rise to a new culture. This can be seen from the number of young people who began to use coffee as part of a culture of friendship and style in social activities.

Perceived Function: An Investigation into a Product Advantage between Aesthetics and Function

This study involved an empirical comparison of product competitiveness driven by aesthetic and technological innovations in a mature market. This study began with a theoretical idea that users may perceive and evaluate technology development through the visible form of a product. Statistical analyses of user reviews of digital cameras showed that the impact of technology development on competitiveness was greater than that of aesthetic changes. The results demonstrated that users did not leverage product appearance for the recognition of technology development. Moreover, the findings show that specification information had a greater influence on product advantage when users did not visually perceive technological improvement. These results may indicate that manufacturers have not yet fully exploited product design for maximising product advantage in the mature market.

Determinants of corruption in China: a policy perspective

The main objective of this study is to investigate the major determinants for corruptions in the People’s Republic of China (hereafter China) using provincial panel data from 1998 to 2012 through the fixed effects and Instrumental Variables (IV) method. This paper uniquely considers the impacts of economic policy uncertainty on corruption in China. The study identified that the level of corruption has a positive relationship with the factors such as Foreign Direct Investments (FDI), uncertainty, economic development, public sector employees, size of provincial population and income inequality. And it was found that corruption has no correlation with salaries of public employees, women’s enrollment, anticorruption efforts, technological development, media and education. The study suggests that women’s enrollment is pretty unique, which depresses corruption in China. Further, it reveals the impact of technological development to reduce the rent-seeking activities. This study shows that there is a positive relationship between uncertainty and the level of corruption. The increase of uncertainty would lead to distract economic agents and economic drivers. The study suggests initiating serious economic and political reforms, since the level of corruption marginally decreases the economic growth of the country. Further, it emphasizes that the necessity of a regular framework to know how and why corruption saturates on the pillars of the state to succeed in anti-corruption policies.

Efficiency Comparison of Different Photovoltaic Modules

Abstract Solar photovoltaic power generation capacity is rising continuously as a result of various regional, sub-regional renewable energy policies and the impact of technology development, as well as the increasing environmental concerns. Characteristics of photovoltaic modules are provided by manufacturers after they have been tested indoors under standard test conditions. These parameters may vary under exterior conditions. It is thus imperative to establish the quantity of the energy produced by photovoltaic modules under real operation conditions. This study sought to assess the performance of different kinds of photovoltaic module technologies in the city of Gödöllő, Hungary, and ascertain the behaviour of the modules under real outdoor conditions. Modules include amorphous silicon (a-Si), monocrystalline silicon (mc-Si), polycrystalline silicon (pc-Si), transparent monocrystalline silicon module (mc-Si). Measurement of the module characteristics was performed and various meteorological parameters were obtained. Performance parameters such as performance ratio and efficiency are given and analysed. Module temperature was estimated and evaluated in comparison with experimental values. Energy conversion rates of the modules were determined as 9.4%, 4.4%, 10.3%, 8.2% and 10.4% for mc-Si module transparent glass (165 Wp), a-Si module (glass 40Wp), pc-Si module (105 Wp), pc-Si module (60 Wp) and mc-Si (PV-T 180 Wp), respectively. Under the given outdoor conditions, the highest average performance ratio of 85.2% was obtained for the mc-Si module (transparent glass, 165 Wp), exhibiting the best performance, while pc–Si module (60 Wp) showed the least average performance ratio of 71.8%.

Smart city design in learning science to grow 21st century skills of elementary school student

The impact of technological developments, especially information and communication technology (ICT) has impacted on various aspects of life including education. The dynamics of technological development demand new ways and cultures in people’s lives as 21st century skills are becoming an important issue today. Indonesia has made a revision and innovation of the curriculum in response to these demands but that effort is not as easy as turning a palm. The results of field studies show that there is an imbalance between the implementation and the outputs and outcomes of the established curriculum. One of the constraining factors is the lack of collaboration in learning, where learning is only left to the school or teachers. Innovation of science learning by using the concept of smart city to be an alternative problem solving proposed by researchers. The concept of smart city indicates transparency in the learning process so that parents can contribute related to the progress of their children. This learning program consists of several features that enable the establishment of communication of students, teachers, and parents in synergy. Thus collaboration in implementing learning can be formed so that the education received by the child to be optimal.

2050: a Library Space Odyssey. Planning the Future Library

AbstractEmbarking on a library space planning odyssey is exciting, terrifying and all absorbing. Planning a new library building or a major refurbishment is a challenging process requiring a strong strategic vision, attention to detail, excellent communication and an element of crystal-ball gazing. This article, written by Karen Latimer, examines the changing typology and current trends in library building design which help planners to envisage the future library and make informed decisions. These trends include the move from collections to connections, the need for varied and flexible learning spaces, sustainability, the impact of technological developments, and the need for scholarly research centres amongst others. Examples of recent library projects are cited to provide inspiration and illustrate the points made. The planning process required to brief the design team effectively and to achieve a successful outcome is considered as is the key role of post-occupancy evaluation in ensuring a continuous loop of improvement. To conclude resources available to provide support are described.

Analysis of the Impact of Scientific and Technical Development on Economic Growth Using Input−Output Balance Tools

The article analyzes problems of measuring the level of technological development of the economy. A review of methods for measuring technological progress and derived estimates of the impact of technological development on economic growth is given. Input−output balance tools are considered, on which basis a structural cost analysis in the Russian economy is performed and alternative estimates of impact of technological changes on economic growth, including by type of economic activity, are assessed.

The digital notion of the citizen-centred media ecosystem

Abstract The technology breakthrough in fields such as artificial intelligence, robotics, the Internet of Things, 3D printing, etc. pose significant challenges to the contemporary media (traditional and social) and information ecosystem. Using PEST analysis, this article examines the political, economic, social and technological aspects of the demographic and literacy trends and disruptions in the media and communication ecosystem (based on digital practices in Bulgaria). The article concentrates on the political and regulatory commitment to fundamental values when developing new trajectories in the domains of technology, business and governance; the transformation of the business models for meeting customers’ expectations for personalized interaction at all points of their consumer experience; the scaling up of citizen-centred technologies as phenomenal opportunities for human progress, which also create serious societal challenges; and the impact of technological developments on society.

ANALISIS SEMIOTIKA DAN PESAN SOSIAL PADA IKLAN COCA-COLA VERSI AVATAR

The focus of the study is the Semiotic Analysis of the Coca-Cola Ad Avatar version of a hidden message about social concern about the impact of technological developments that have transformed society into anti-social. To support this research the author uses the theory of Charles Sander Pierce which classifies the type of sign based on objects into three types, namely icon, index and symbol. With Pierce's theory the significance of the signs contained in the Coca-Cola Avatar Version ads will be analyzed.
 The type of research used is descriptive qualitative research with semiology communication approach. The data of this research is qualitative data so that the data is substansif category which then interpreted with reference of scientific references.
 Coca-Cola Company also wants to convey the information that in this era of globalization / millenial era, many social concepts, such as integration, unity, nationalism and solidarity, seem to be losing their social reality owing to the excessive use of technological devices. The various social realities that develop on a global scale, especially as a result of advances in information technology, leads to social end.
 
 
 Key Word : Advertisement, Coca-Cola, Avatar, hyperreality

THE ROLE OF INFORMATION IN E-COMMERCE

The article presents different definitions of e-commerce and discusses the impact of technology development, the Internet, globalization, and changes in public awareness on its current form. It also indicates the functions of information and its pathologies most frequently encountered in e-commerce and presents the role of logistics information in building its competitive advantage.

NEW FORMS OF COMMUNICATION AS CONSTITUENTS OF LITERACY: IMPLICATIONS FOR EDUCATION

New technologies, combining aspects of communication through mass media and direct “face to face” interaction, have brought new challenges to the theory of communication (and to human existence in general). The attempts to synthesize and classify visions of many theorists according to the dominant principles of their paradigms result in two respectable groups of claims, which could also be expressed by the two perspectives: utopian and dystopic. One of the most relevant issues in the discourse of these perspectives and different scientific disciplines is how the potential of new technologies is used for the development of abilities, knowledge and skills necessary for full participation in contemporary society. Following this question, the paper first analyzes the impact of developments in technology and communication on the transformation of social practices, which, in addition to undoubted high advantages, has its weaknesses. In the second part of the paper, the implications of new information and communication practices for the existing education concept are derived. As literacy is one of the key outcomes of the educational process and as it can be defined as generic communicative competence, the need to expand the concept of literacy in a time of expansion of ICT is understandable. The authors conclude that, for a successful and quality life in today's global and digital society, we need a wide range of skills - the new forms of literacy that enable effective communication and participation in the new e-culture. Keywords Communication, New Forms of Literacy, Education

Impact of Development of Technology on Education: Key Micro and Macro Economies of Australia

<p>The purpose of this paper was to discuss and examine the impact of development of technology on education in key micro and macro economies of Australia. Research for this paper included application of micro and macro economics concepts, presentation of facts that are collected from different sources as well as deeper analysis of the changes in micro and macro economies of Australia caused by technological changes in education supported by a range of other scholarly articles.</p><p> </p><p>The paper provides advantages and disadvantages of development of technology on education as well as impact of technology on education in key micro and macro economies of Australia. Based on the analysis, the education industry in general is benefitted by development of technology caused by increasing access to information and flexible study schedule through e-learning. The paper then moved into micro and macro analysis of the impact technology has on education. The key factors in micro economics that were discussed are long run demand and supply, labour demand and supply, resistance to change and effect on universities and the environment. In macro economics, the key factors that were discussed are increased access to education in the country, decrease in structural unemployment rate, decreased demand for Australian academics, increased level of global competition and decrease in GDP as well as increase in information asymmetry.</p><p> </p>The paper provides detailed analysis on the impact of technological development on key micro and macro economies. In general, this paper suggests that as the inevitable development of technology in education will have both positive and negative effects on Australian economies, the key challenge is in managing the development by minimising its negative impacts and nourishing the positive impacts