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Social participation and attitude towards gerontechnology: The moderating role of frailty status

The purpose of this study was to examine whether frailty status moderates the association between social participation and attitude towards using gerontechnology. The sample was Korean older adults without cognitive impairment (N = 310, aged 66-90, 51% women) who completed an online survey. The attitude towards using gerontechnology was measured with two questions from the Senior Technology Acceptance Model (Chen & Chan, 2014), asking whether using technology is a good idea and whether they like the idea of using technology. Social participation was assessed by asking whether the participants engage in social or community activities on a scale of 1–10. Frailty status was determined based on the Korean Groningen Frailty Indicator (K-GFI). Covariates were age, gender, marital status, employment status, education level, and household income. Results from regression analyses showed significant interaction between frailty status and social participation on attitude towards using gerontechnology. Specifically, social participation was associated with positive attitude towards using gerontechnology among non-frail older adults. This association was not significant among frail older adults. Our findings suggest that the relationship between social participation and attitude towards using gerontechnology might differ by physical health status. Among older adults who are physically healthy and actively participate in social activities, the attitude towards using gerontechnology might be more positive due to greater exposure to new technology-related information. Future studies need to address alternative ways to enhance technology-friendliness among older adults with poor physical health.

IT resources and quality attributes: The impact on electronic green supply chain management implementation and performance

Although electronic green supply chain management (e-GSCM) has been increasingly adopted into organizations, there is limited empirical research examining antecedents and consequences of e-GSCM implementation. By integrating resource-based and information system success perspectives, this study aims to examine how information technology (IT) resources (i.e., IT infrastructure, IT human and IT relationship resources) and quality attributes (i.e., system quality, information quality, and service quality) influence e-GSCM implementation, which in turn influences firm performance. Partial least squares structural equation modelling (PLS-SEM) is used to analyze the survey of 264 IT managers in large Taiwanese firms. The results show that IT human resources, IT relationship resources, system quality, and information quality significantly drive both e-GSCM internal integration and external collaboration. However, IT infrastructure resources only influence e-GSCM internal integration, and service quality only influences e-GSCM external collaboration. The results also demonstrate that both e-GSCM internal integration and external collaboration are conducive to superior environmental performance and firm competitiveness. Based on the findings, this study discusses the implications for researchers and practitioners.

Digitalization and Future Agro-Food Supply Chain Management: A Literature-Based Implications

Achieving transition towards sustainable and resilient food systems is a critical issue on the current societal agenda. This study examined the potential contribution of digitalization of the food system to such transition by reviewing 76 relevant journal articles, indexed on the Scopus database, using the integrative literature review approach and descriptive content analysis with MAXQDA 2020 software. ‘Blockchain’ was the top hit among keywords and main concepts applied to the food system. The UK as a country and Europe as a continent were found to lead the scientific research on food system digitalization. Use of digital technologies such as blockchain, the Internet of Things, big-data analytics, artificial intelligence, and related information and communications technologies were identified as enablers. Traceability, sustainability, resilience to crises such as the COVID-19 pandemic, and reducing food waste were among the key benefit areas associated with digitalization for different food commodities. Challenges to practical applications related to infrastructure and cost, knowledge and skill, law and regulations, the nature of the technologies, and the nature of the food system were identified. Developing policies and regulations, supporting infrastructure development, and educating and training people could facilitate fuller digitalization of the food system.

Analisis Implementasi Teknologi Informasi terhadap Audit Internal dan Pengendalian Internal Bank SulutGo

All areas of human life have been entered by information technology, including the internal audit and internal control of a company. This research expects to decide the impact of data innovation on inner review and interior control at Bank SulutGo. This research uses a qualitative method with a literature study approach. The results obtained are that information technology has an effect on internal audit and internal control of Bank SulutGo. The audit process of Bank SulutGo has developed its information technology by creating an internal audit system based on the Auditing Through the Computer method. Bank SulutGo's internal control is also developed in accordance with the development of information technology as evidenced by manually or computer data archives and using the OLIBS (On Line Integrated Banking System) system. The practical impact that can be felt from this research is that it becomes an evaluation material for Bank SulutGo to continue to improve information technology in relation to internal audit and internal control. Keywords: Information Technology, Internal Audit, Internal Control

Combining statistical and machine learning methods to explore German students’ attitudes towards ICT in PISA

ABSTRACT In our age of big data and growing computational power, versatility in data analysis is important. This study presents a flexible way to combine statistics and machine learning for data analysis of a large-scale educational survey. The authors used statistical and machine learning methods to explore German students’ attitudes towards information and communication technology (ICT) in relation to mathematical and scientific literacy measured by the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) in 2015 and 2018. Implementations of the random forest (RF) algorithm were applied to impute missing data and to predict students’ proficiency levels in mathematics and science. Hierarchical linear models (HLM) were built to explore relationships between attitudes towards ICT and mathematical and scientific literacy with the focus on the nested structure of the data. ICT autonomy was an important variable in RF models, and associations between this attitude and literacy scores in HLM were significant and positive, while for other ICT attitudes the associations were negative (ICT in social interaction) or non-significant (ICT competence and ICT interest). The need for further research on ICT autonomy is discussed, and benefits of combining statistical and machine learning approaches are outlined.

Humanities, Scientometrics, and Blockchain

Modern humanities are in an ambiguous situation. Their organization is experiencing a radical challenge from the expansion of science-based assessment methods from modern business. We are talking about evaluating the results of researchers’ work on indicators (KPI) from scientometrics. As a result, the evaluation subject is not the content of the research result, but their popularity and relevance to dominant views and approaches. The science organization turned upside down: it turns out not scientometrics for science, but rather science for the sake of scientometrics. At the same time, digitalization and related information and communication technologies are a great achievement of civilization. Therefore, it is all the more important and useful to resist the thoughtless digitized bureaucracy using the digitization itself. This article is an attempt not to criticize digital methods, but to consider the possibilities of using blockchain technology, its advantages and the problems it generates. There are such opportunities as transparent self-organization of scientific communities, assessing the contribution and its priority, encouraging researchers. At the same time, the implementation of the blockchain implies the interest of a critically significant group of scientists with a high reputation. It is equally important to demonstrate the convenience and effectiveness of scientific work using the blockchain. The article draw attention to the significance to propose and discuss approaches to methods for assessing the quality of humanitarian and interdisciplinary studies that are adequate to the scientific practice itself, that arouse the general confidence of scientists.

Application of new technologies on tourism development in the context of big data

In order to cope with the pressure and challenges brought by the growing number of tourists in China, the development of big data and related electronic information technology provides new opportunities for the operation and management of scenic spots. On the premise of analyzing the relevant background of big data, the advantages of the application of big data in the management of tourist attractions, tourism marketing, tourism operation status and the shaping of tourist reputation are proposed, which provides technical support, data support and intellectual support for the realization of efficient operation, management, analysis, prediction and evaluation of scenic spots. Combining with the application status of big data in the tourism industry, firstly, the paper proposes to establish a data storage and management system based on cloud computing technology, which provides high-performance services for the storage and management of tourism big data. Secondly, it promotes the application of Internet of Things technology in tourism and realizes the intelligent management of tourist attractions. The third is the establishment of the travel information center service platform, for the calculation and processing of data, massive high data access and query to provide a guarantee. The fourth is the establishment of a protection system for tourism data security through active defense, physical isolation and other technical means to provide multi-level and all-round protection for tourism data security.

The Structural Relationship Information Technology Used and Risk toward Banking Customer Satisfaction during Covid19, Indonesia

Investigation on the structural relationship of information technology functional quality, customer value, technology used, risk perception and customer experience of banking customer satisfaction during covid19 pandemic is very important to provide significant benefits to increase the number of customers. This research design uses a quantitative approach through a questionnaire survey conducted on banking customers in Indonesia. Data analysis was performed using statistical software, namely LISREL Version 8.0. The results of the analysis show that functional quality, perceived customer value, technology use, perceived risk and customer experience have a significant relationship with banking customer satisfaction during the covid19 pandemic. In detail, the functional quality of banking technology is considered to have contributed 39% to customer satisfaction when implementing health protocols. Customer value contributes to customer satisfaction, technology used contributed to the customer satisfaction and perceived risk shaping customer satisfaction. In addition customer experience when implementing health protocols during the covid19 pandemic influence to customer satisfaction. In conclusion, functional quality, customer value, technology used, perceived risk and customer experience show the most significant contribution to banking customer satisfaction when implementing health protocols during the covid19 pandemic and create good acceptance of banking service performance from the aspects of empathy, physical evidence, reliability, fast response, time saving and cost-effectiveness and the new service development.

The Practical Application of Artificial Intelligence Technology with the Development of Internet

Artificial intelligence is closely related to people’s life and production. With the rapid development of science and technology, people tend to quest for higher requirements for material life. The Internet and related information technology industries provide possibilities for artificial intelligence and have stepped toward the field of intelligence. This paper analyzes the characteristics of network engineering and discusses the application and innovation of artificial intelligence technology.

Teacher’s Attitude towards Information Technology In Relation To Their Gender, Locality and Type of School

Teacher’s Attitude towards Information Technology In Relation To Their Gender, Locality and Type of School

Empowering physicians with health information technology: An empirical investigation in Chinese hospitals.

Few studies examine physicians' use of different features of health information technology (HIT) in relation to their psychological empowerment and stress, especially in China, where many hospitals are being pushed to share digitized medical information. Further, there are mixed findings about the impact of HIT on stress, with some studies suggesting that HIT increases stress and others suggesting no effect. Hence, there is a need for a nuanced view of HITs to incorporate different features, regions, and outcomes. This work seeks to extend the existing body of knowledge on HIT by assessing the effects of basic (data-related) and advanced (clinical) HIT features on physician empowerment, stress, and ultimately, job satisfaction in Chinese hospitals. We surveyed 367 physicians at 5 class 3 hospitals (ie, regional hospitals that provide specialist medical and healthcare services and carry out high levels of teaching and scientific research tasks) in 5 provinces in China. We specified and estimated a structural equation model using partial least squares. Physicians who used advanced features experienced improvement in all dimensions of physician empowerment and significant reduction in stress. Physicians who used basic technology, however, experienced improvement in fewer dimensions of physician empowerment and no significant change in stress. Except for efficacy, all dimensions of physician empowerment and stress predicted job satisfaction. Healthcare professionals should assess the purpose of HIT features and expect different effects on intermediate and ultimate outcomes. The nuanced view of HIT features and processes leading to outcomes sheds light on their differential effects and resolves inconsistencies in prior findings on HIT effects.

Introduction of information technologies in the agricultural sector as one of the criteria for effective state policy in the field of agro-industrial complex of the Russian Federation

The article forms a number of features and problems of legal regulation of information technologies in relation to the institute of agro-industrial complex of modern Russia. During the analysis of legal acts, the authors come to the conclusion that the effectiveness of the state reforms will allow the Russian Federation to implement the vector directions of the information society development Strategy in the Russian Federation by 2030, which in turn will strengthen the efficiency of the agro-industrial complex.

Doctrinal comprehension of cyber terrorism in the context of intensive development of information and communication technologies in the modern world

The paper examines the doctrinal aspects of understanding cyber terrorism as an atypical manifestation (form) of traditional terrorism updated in light of the intensive development and widespread dissemination of information and communication technologies (ICT) in the modern world. The conclusion is substantiated that cyber terrorism is a conceptually relevant concept, which is perceived either as a method of committing a terrorist act (reduced understanding), or as any crimes of a terrorist nature that are committed using information and communication technologies (broad understanding). Analysis and generalization of scientific positions allowed us to define this phenomenon of social reality as the illegal use of information and communication technologies in relation to computer information, computer systems and networks in critical segments of the state and in the private sector, which pose a risk of death, causing significant property damage or the onset of other socially dangerous consequences, with the aim of whipping up fear and tension, as well as influencing the authorities for political or other motives characteristic of the ideology of terrorism.

РОЛЬ НАРОДНЫХ ТРАДИЦИЙ В ДУХОВНОМ ОПЫТЕ ИНФОРМАЦИОННОГО ОБЩЕСТВА (ФИЛОСОФСКО-ПЕДАГОГИЧЕСКИЙ АСПЕКТ)

In this paper, the authors focus on the development of information and computer technologies in relation to the peculiarities concerning the development of the spiritual experience in society associated with folk culture and folk art. The article examines the concept of “information society”, substantiates the importance of drawing attention to folk culture and applied creativity by the example of the realities in the Russian school education system. The society of post-industrial reality, as a rule, gets acquainted with information to a greater extent in a ready-made format and unlimited scope. This is both an advantage of the information reality and its disadvantage. With the increasing standardization of information resources, there is a lack of creative thinking. Creativity in the modern world with the predominance of ready-made information products is becoming a deficit in the spiritual experience of mankind.

Theoretical and methodological fundamentals of application of information and communication technologies in the process of teaching tourism disciplines

The article analyzes the state of implementation of information and communication technologies (ICT) in the organization of e-learning in higher education students using the experience of specialties «Tourism». The urgency of e-learning technologies application and related information and communication technologies is proved. The results of research on active use of ICT, e-learning platforms, choice of ICT-based survey of the Ukrainian higher educational institutions that provide teaching training courses in specialties «Tourism». Describes examples of the use of various multimedia resources in the classroom. The author analyzes the problems and prospects of using information and communication technologies in the high school, as a pledge of constructing an intensive process of assimilation of knowledge and skills. It has been found that teachers prefer e-learning platforms, various Internet sites, and multimedia presentations.

Countering misinformation: A multidisciplinary approach

The article explores the concept of infodemics during the COVID-19 pandemic, focusing on the propagation of false or inaccurate information proliferating worldwide throughout the SARS-CoV-2 health crisis. We provide an overview of disinformation, misinformation and malinformation and discuss the notion of “fake news”, and highlight the threats these phenomena bear for health policies and national and international security. We discuss the mis-/disinformation as a significant challenge to the public health, intelligence, and policymaking communities and highlight the necessity to design measures enabling the prevention, interdiction, and mitigation of such threats. We then present an overview of selected opportunities for applying technology to study and combat disinformation, outlining several approaches currently being used to understand, describe, and model the phenomena of misinformation and disinformation. We focus specifically on complex networks, machine learning, data- and text-mining methods in misinformation detection, sentiment analysis, and agent-based models of misinformation spreading and the detection of misinformation sources in the network. We conclude with the set of recommendations supporting the World Health Organization’s initiative on infodemiology. We support the implementation of integrated preventive procedures and internationalization of infodemic management. We also endorse the application of the cross-disciplinary methodology of Crime Science discipline, supplemented by Big Data analysis and related information technologies to prevent, disrupt, and detect mis- and disinformation efficiently.

Applying Data Governance Based on COBIT2019 Framework to Achieve Sustainable Development Goals

Organizations should employ information technology to enhance their market positions; accelerate their activities, and reduce costs which lead to achieving sustainability. The use of information technology can expose the data of organizations to technological risks; may weaken information security in the organization that prevents the organization from achieving its desired goals. So, this research aims to identify the most important concepts of data governance, sustainable development goals, and related information technology. It also aims to clarify the influence of data governance on achieving the sustainable development goals by applying COBIT2019 framework.
 The researchers have designed a refereed questionnaire to collect data from the main 5 petroleum companies in Kurdistan region of Iraq then analyzed that data to test the hypotheses of this study.
 The researchers conclude that applying COBIT2019 framework can enhance the data governance in the organizations and help in achieving the sustainable development goals in information technology environment. Moreover, the study recommends that there is a need to strengthen data governance mechanisms essential to achieve the sustainable development goals. This suggested framework can apparently enhance the information technology infrastructure.

Construction and Research of College Students’ Educational Management Ecosystem in the Micro Era

With the acceleration of educational development and technological development, society continues to advance, technology continues to innovate, and related concepts are also updated. The network is playing an increasingly important role in people’s social production and life. With the help of the Internet and related information technology applications, education is provided with a broader resource and interactive platform, and related technology and concept updates have also brought new opportunities and challenges to the development of education. With the advent of the micro era, the Microsoft platform has brought great convenience to people’s life, study and work. In the micro era, some new problems have emerged in education management. In this regard, it is necessary to clarify the impact of college student education management in the micro era, and actively explore specific countermeasures for the construction of the college student education management ecosystem in the micro era.

TechWord: Development of a technology lexical database for structuring textual technology information based on natural language processing

The role of text mining based on technological documents such as patents is important in the research field of technology intelligence for technology R&D planning. In addition, WordNet, an English-based lexical database, is widely used for pre-processing text data such as word lemmatization and synonym search. However, technological vocabulary information is complex and specific, and WordNet’s ability to analyze technological information is limited in its reflecting technological features. Thus, to improve the text mining performance of technological information, this study proposes a methodology for designing a TechWord-based lexical database that is based on the lexical characteristics of technological words that are differentiated from general words. To do this, we define TechWord, a technology lexical information, and construct a TechSynset, a synonym set between TechWords. First, through dependency parsing between words, TechWord, a unit word that describes a technology, is structured and identifies nouns and verbs. The importance of connectivity is investigated by a network centrality index analysis based on the dependency relations of words. Subsequently, to search for synonyms suitable for the target technology domain, a TechSynset is constructed through synset information, with an additional analysis that calculates cosine similarity based on a word embedding vector. Applying the proposed methodology to the actual technology-related information analysis, we collect patent data on the technological fields of the automotive field, and present the results of the TechWord and TechSynset. This study improves technological information-based text mining by structuring the word-to-word link information in technological documents based on an automated process.

Enhancing Sustainable Urban Regeneration through Smart Technologies: An Assessment of Local Urban Regeneration Strategic Plans in Korea

This study develops multiple evaluation indexes in the context of sustainable urban regeneration through introducing smart technologies/infrastructures and assesses 63 local urban regeneration strategic plans by using the content analysis method. A total of 107 indexes are developed based on the four aspects (economy, society and culture, environment, and livability) of sustainability. From our findings, the average plan quality score of 54 local governments’ plans is 17.5 out of 50, with the metropolitan governments’ plans averaging 16.8, which indicates that the plans currently sampled do not sufficiently reflect the basic concepts of sustainable and smart urban regeneration. The contents of most of the plans generally focus on specific sectors, such as society, culture, and housing, whereas smart technology-related information and policies are relatively deficient. Among the five plan components (factual bases, goals/objectives, policies/strategies, implementation, coordination) reviewed, the implementation component receives the highest score, while indicators related to action strategies are mentioned least often. In particular, the results reveal that indexes relating to the energy and transportation sectors are not frequently mentioned; as such, each municipality is recommended to work to increase awareness of smart technologies and policies. For urban regeneration projects to be sustainable, multi-faceted policies must be implemented by various stakeholders with a long-term perspective. The results of this study can be used as a base for local planners and decision-makers when adopting and supplementing existing regeneration plans, and can contribute to promoting more sustainable urban regeneration through actively adopting various smart technologies initiatives.