Technology Researchers Research Articles

Red of Academic Corps in Educational Research of the UAEM

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Future Movement Future – REJECTED

In a not-too-distant future, an anonymous researcher and their team applied for funding to develop their newest invention: a new algorithmic model for smart cameras that would allow people to analyze the movement of cars at a previously unheard-of scale. This system was said to enable new forms of predictive capabilities to emerge: the algorithm would be able to, for example, predict the route drivers wanted to take but had not yet taken—including, for example, their occult inner desires for getting away with a secret lover. A panel of academic reviewers from three different universities audited and reviewed the proposed system. All that is left are segments of the video-report resulting from this meeting, which became an urban legend among technology researchers. The short film “Future Movement Future – REJECTED” is the story of a dystopian surveillance future that was barred by institutional refusal. It importantly reminds us about how total surveillance, the “almighty algorithmic eye,” may end up seeing-predicting much less than imagining-dreaming.

Persuasive Apps for Sustainable Waste Management: A Comparative Systematic Evaluation of Behavior Change Strategies and State-of-the-Art.

With the proliferation of ubiquitous computing and mobile technologies, mobile apps are tailored to support users to perform target behaviors in various domains, including a sustainable future. This article provides a systematic evaluation of mobile apps for sustainable waste management to deconstruct and compare the persuasive strategies employed and their implementations. Specifically, it targeted apps that support various sustainable waste management activities such as personal tracking, recycling, conference management, data collection, food waste management, do-it-yourself (DIY) projects, games, etc. The authors who are persuasive technology researchers retrieved a total of 244 apps from App Store and Google Play, out of which 148 apps were evaluated. Two researchers independently analyzed and coded the apps and a third researcher was involved to resolve any disagreement. They coded the apps based on the persuasive strategies of the persuasive system design framework. Overall, the findings uncover that out of the 148 sustainable waste management apps evaluated, primary task support was the most employed category by 89% (n = 131) apps, followed by system credibility support implemented by 76% (n = 112) apps. The dialogue support was implemented by 71% (n = 105) apps and social support was the least utilized strategy by 34% (n = 51) apps. Specifically, Reduction (n = 97), personalization (n = 90), real-world feel (n = 83), surface credibility (n = 83), reminder (n = 73), and self-monitoring (n = 50) were the most commonly employed persuasive strategies. The findings established that there is a significant association between the number of persuasive strategies employed and the apps’ effectiveness as indicated by user ratings of the apps. How the apps are implemented differs depending on the kind of sustainable waste management activities it was developed for. Based on the findings, this paper offers design implications for personalizing sustainable waste management apps to improve their persuasiveness and effectiveness.

Bringing Structure to the Wave Energy Innovation Process with the Development of a Techno-Economic Tool

Current wave energy development initiatives assume that available designs have the potential for success through continuous learning and innovation-based cost reduction. However, this may not be the case, and potential winning technologies may have been overlooked. The scenario creation tool presented in this paper provides a structured method for the earliest stages of design in technology development. The core function of the scenario creation tool is to generate and rank scenarios of potential Wave Energy Converter (WEC) attributes and inform the user on the areas of the parameter space that are most likely to yield commercial success. This techno-economic tool uses a structured innovation approach to identify commercially attractive and technically achievable scenarios, with a scoring system based on their power performance and costs. This is done by leveraging performance and cost data from state-of-the-art wave energy converters and identifying theoretical limits to define thresholds. As a result, a list of scored solutions is obtained depending on resource level, wave energy converter hull shape, size, material, degree of freedom for power extraction, and efficiency. This scenario creation tool can be used to support private and public investors to inform strategy for future funding calls, and technology developers and researchers in identifying new avenues of innovation.

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All conference organisers/editors are required to declare details about their peer review. Therefore, please provide the following information:• Type of peer review: Single blind• Conference submission management system:By email received from the organizing and editorial committee of the conference. The correspondence authors make the submission by email.• Number of submissions received:26• Number of submissions sent for review:26• Number of submissions accepted:20• Acceptance Rate (Number of Submissions Accepted / Number of Submissions Received X 100):76.92%• Average number of reviews per paper:2 reviews per paper• Total number of reviewers involved:12• Any additional info on review process:All papers are plagiarism checked by a plagiarism software• Contact person for queries:Ely Dannier V. NiñoFoundation of Researchers in Science and Technology of Materials (FORISTOM)Email: info@foristom.org

8th International Week of Science, Technology & Innovation (8th IWSTI)

The 8th International Week of Science, Technology, and Innovation (8th IWSTI) took place from 21 to 24 September de 2021, in the city of San José de Cúcuta, Colombia, and was organized by the Universidad Francisco de Paula Santander headquarters in San José de Cúcuta and Ocaña. The 8th IWSTI is aimed at the academic and scientific community and to the productive sectors of the region, and have a purpose are the dissemination of academic, and research works; moreover, promotes the exchange of experiences between researchers as well as the participation of the productive sectors in research, extension, technological development, and innovation activities for contribution to strengthening the relationship School-University-Company-State.The 8th IWSTI generated spaces for the exchange experiences academic and scientific in different knowledge areas between students, teachers, entrepreneurs, and researchers from the United States of America, Mexico, Argentina, Chile, Perú, Venezuela, and Colombia. Additionally, during the 8th IWSTI, was held the V Interinstitutional Conference of Research Seedbeds, which has as the main goal to socialize the research proposals and research results, obtained in different areas of knowledge, by the Research Seedbeds of all Educational Institutions of Norte de Santander, SIES+, Colombia.The organizing committee of the 8th IWSTI is extremely thankful to all participants for providing their valuable contributions as well as the reviewers for their recommendations and constructive criticism that help to improve the articles presented in this volume of proceedings. The articles refer to one of the following topics addressed in the 8th IWSTI: Modeling, Simulation, and Diagnostics, Physical-Mathematical Problems in Engineering, Characterization of Materials. Likewise, we like to thank the Universidad Francisco de Paula Santander (UFPS), and the Foundation of Researchers in Materials Science and Technology (FORISTOM), for all the support technical and logistical received.Finally, the editor hopes that those interested in the area of research, technology, and innovation in sciences and engineering will enjoy reading this volume of the Journal of Physics: Conference Series (JPCS), which reflects a wide variety of current issues, contributing to the generation and transfer of knowledge, as well as to the strengthening of research in science and engineering in Colombia. “Education and expression freedom for anyone”. List of Organizing Committee, National Scientific Committee, International Scientific Committee, Logistic, Sponsor, Partners are available in this pdf.

A Normative Survey on Auditory Perception and Semantic Descriptors of Musical Timbres

Timbre are commonly described using semantic descriptors such as ’dark’, ’bright’ and ’warm’. The use of such descriptors are useful and largely practiced by trained individuals in music related industries. Such descriptors are subjective as it could be interpreted differently by different individuals determined by factors such as training and exposure. Semantic descriptors also lacks granularity, in a sense that the descriptor does not indicate the amount or intensity of the description. A numerical representation for timbral description addressees these issues. Computational approach for numerical measure of timbre are at present under study by music technology researchers. Such studies requires a benchmarking process in order for viability tests. To provide a set of data that can be used for benchmarking, a survey on auditory perception and semantic descriptors of musical timbres were conducted. The conducted survey looks to find out if a general consensus can be observed for semantic description of musical timbres using a normative survey methodology. This article reviews the conducted survey, presenting the survey’s approach, results and findings

A Study on Intelligent Technology Valuation System: Introduction of KIBO Patent Appraisal System II

Technology finance, which has attracted worldwide attention for the successful business development of small-and-medium enterprises (SMEs) or start-ups, has advanced an innovation or stagnation way-out resolution strategy for companies in line with the low-growth economic trends. Although the development of new technologies and the establishment of active R&D and commercialization strategies are essential factors in a company’s management sustainability, the activation of the technology market in practice is still in progress for its golden age. In this study, to promote a technology transfer-based company’s growth and to run technology-based various financial support activities, we develop and propose a new intelligent, deep learning-based technology valuation system that enables technology holders to estimate the economic values of their innovative technologies and further to establish a firm’s commercialization strategy. For the last years, the KIBO Patent Appraisal System (KPAS-II) herein proposed has been advanced by KIBO as a web-based, artificial intelligence (AI) and evaluation data applications valuation system that automatically calculates and estimates a technology’s feasible economic value by utilizing both the intrinsic and extrinsic index information of a patent and the commercialization entity’s business capabilities, and by applying to the discounted cash flow (DCF) method in valuation theory, and finally integrating with deep learning results based on the in-advance previously established patent DB and the financial DB. The KPAS-II proposed in this study can be said to have dramatically overcome the long-term preparation period and high levels of R&D and commercialization costs in terms of the limitations that the existing technology valuation method possesses by enhancing the reliability of approximate economic values from the deep learning results based on financial data and completed valuation data. In addition, it is expected that technology marketing coordinators, researchers, and non-specialty business agents, not limited to valuation experts, can easily estimate the economic values of their patents or technologies, and they can be actively utilized in a technology-based company’s decision-making and technologically dependent financial activities.

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All papers published in this volume of Journal of Physics: Conference Series have been peer reviewed through processes administered by the Editors. Reviews were conducted by expert referees to the professional and scientific standards expected of a proceedings journal published by IOP Publishing.• Type of peer review: Single blind• Conference submission management system:By email received from the organizing and editorial committee of the conference. The correspondence authors make the submission by email.• Number of submissions received:29• Number of submissions sent for review:29• Number of submissions accepted:20• Acceptance Rate (Number of Submissions Accepted / Number of Submissions Received X 100):68.97%• Average number of reviews per paper:2 reviews per paper• Total number of reviewers involved:14• Any additional info on review process:All papers are plagiarism checked by Turnitin software• Contact person for queries:Ely Dannier V. NiñoFoundation of Researchers in Science and Technology of Materials (FORISTOM)Email: info@foristom.org

Peer review declaration

All papers published in this volume of Journal of Physics: Conference Series have been peer reviewed through processes administered by the Editors. Reviews were conducted by expert referees to the professional and scientific standards expected of a proceedings journal published by IOP Publishing.• Type of peer review: Single blind• Conference submission management system: By email received from the organizing and editorial committee of the conference. The correspondence authors make the submission by email.• Number of submissions received: 23• Number of submissions sent for review: 23• Number of submissions accepted: 21• Acceptance Rate (Number of Submissions Accepted / Number of Submissions Received X 100): 91.30%• Average number of reviews per paper: 2 reviews per paper• Total number of reviewers involved: 10• Any additional info on review process: All papers are plagiarism checked by Turnitin software• Contact person for queries: Ely Dannier V. NiñoFoundation of Researchers in Science and Technology of Materials (FORISTOM)Email: info@foristom.org

Towards low-carbon district heating: Investigating the socio-technical challenges of the urban energy transition

District heating is a major energy infrastructure in many urban settlements in the world, contributing significantly to greenhouse gas emissions. Decarbonising district heating is an important step towards the realisation of a carbon-neutral society that entails considerable socio-technical change. Building on sustainability transitions literature that has dealt with socio-technical reconfiguration, this paper investigates the barriers to the implementation of a low-carbon district heating system that is based on biomass incineration minimisation and the total phasing out of fossil fuels. Empirically, the study relies on an extensive stakeholder analysis that involved 44 organisations representing technology providers, energy companies, industry organisations, policymakers, local authorities and researchers. The results show that while several stakeholder groups could converge on key issues such as the need to support certain technological niches and the danger of a biomass lock-in, divergences regarding barriers to be removed existed between policymakers, new entrant firms, and building owners. Cities were considered important actors for the implementation of the proposed low-carbon district heating concept. However, they should encourage building owners' participation in demand response schemes, decentralized renewable energy production, and the re-design of local electricity networks to support district heating electrification.

Research on Durability Design of Concrete Structure in Building Engineering Based on Computer Technology

With the continuous progress of The Times and the rapid development of society, great changes have taken place in the way people live, study and work at present. Due to the continuous improvement of people’s living standards, people now have higher and higher requirements for their living environment. People are not only satisfied with the food and clothing they used to have, but also pay more attention to the pursuit of spiritual homes. In our country, the computer technology and the construction industry have always been the focus of our national attention, because they are closely related to the lives of ordinary people. In the construction of the concrete structure is an indispensable building material in the construction process, based on the status of the concrete structure in the construction process, the relevant work technology researchers on the concrete structure of a series of characteristics have been related to the development of the function of the continuous exploration and analysis.

E-Inclusion: Defining Basic Image Properties for Illustrated Stimuli in Aphasia Treatment

Word production is stimulated by images in treatment processes for people with aphasia (Heuer & Hallowell, 2007). Although stimulation through pictorial stimuli has a long tradition in aphasia therapy, there is a lack in research on which image stimuli are the most suitable for this purpose (Brown & Thiessen, 2018). Current research assumes that stimulation via photographic images evokes better and more direct retrieve of searched words, than stimulation by illustrations (Heuer, 2016). However, the illustrations investigated so far mostly comprise black and white line drawings and there are hardly any studies investigating possible effects of different image parameters as style, image cropping or perspective in relation to clear naming. We developed a visual concept of illustrated images enabling clear determinability of activities and objects. The 128 designed stimuli that meet linguistic research criteria were named by 62 students regarding "name agreement" and evaluated on a 5-point scale with respect to "visual complexity" and "image agreement". The illustrated images will be examined in a following study regarding the correctness of the naming by persons with aphasia and be compared with corresponding photographic stimuli. The analysis presented here is part of the study E-Inclusion, an interdisciplinary project that includes researchers in life science technology, linguistics and speech therapy as well as image research from the University of Applied Sciences and Art Northwestern Switzerland (FHNW).

5+1 International Meeting for Researchers in Materials and Plasma Technology (5+1 IMRMPT)

List of Organizing Committee, National Scientific Committee, International Scientific Committee, Invited Speakers, Sponsor, Partners and this titles are available in this pdf.

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All conference organisers/editors are required to declare details about their peer review. Therefore, please provide the following information:• Type of peer review: Single blind• Conference submission management system: By email received from the organizing and editorial committee of the conference. The correspondence authors make the submission by email.• Number of submissions received: 114• Number of submissions sent for review: 114• Number of submissions accepted: 80• Acceptance Rate (Number of Submissions Accepted / Number of Submissions Received X 100): 71.05%• Average number of reviews per paper: 2 reviews per paper• Total number of reviewers involved: 25• Any additional info on review process: All papers are plagiarism checked by Turnitin software• Contact person for queries: Ely Dannier V. NiñoFoundation of Researchers in Science and Technology of Materials (FORISTOM)Email: info@foristom.org

РОЛЬ США В РАЗРЕШЕНИИ ПЕРВОГО СЕВЕРОКОРЕЙСКОГО ЯДЕРНОГО КРИЗИСА

The article examines the relationship between the United States and the DPRK during the first North Korean nuclear crisis. It discusses the events leading up to the crisis and the behavior of both sides and international organizations before and during the crisis. The article draws up the role of South Korea during the escalation of the crisis, as well as influence of other countries interested in resolving the crisis. It analyzes the U.S.-North Korea relationship and the impact of the UN and the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) on the international situation at that time. In this aspect, the study of the Korean nuclear program and the role of the United States has not previously been carried out in Russian historiography. The discussion leads to the design and stages of the KEDO creation with attention to the documents on this international consortium. The situation demonstrates different visions on the USA foreign policy strategy chosen in relation to the DPRK nuclear problem in 1990s, namely the opinion of the United States diplomats working on relations with the DPRK, and American researchers in humanities and technology. The paper concludes with the reasons of the Framework Agreements’ failure that led to the crises.

A Comparative Study of Support Vector Machine and Maximum Likelihood Classification to Extract Land Cover of Lahore District, Punjab, Pakistan

The advent of technological era, the scientists and researchers develop machine learning classification techniques to classify land cover accurately. Researches prove that these classification techniques perform better than previous traditional techniques. In this research main objective is to identify suitable land cover classification method to extract land cover information of Lahore district. Two supervised classification techniques i.e., Maximum Likelihood Classifier (MLC) (based on neighbourhood function) and Support Vector Machine (SVM) (based on optimal hyper-plane function) are compared by using Sentinel-2 data. For this optimization, four land cover classes have been selected. Field based training samples have been collected and prepared through a survey of the study area at four spatial levels. Accuracy for each of the classifier has been assessed using error matrix and kappa statistics. Results show that SVM performs better than MLC. Overall accuracies of SVM and MLC are 95.20% and 88.80% whereas their kappa co-efficient are 0.93 and 0.84 respectively.

The Many Faces of Astrocytes in Alzheimer's Disease.

Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a progressive neurodegenerative disease and is the most common cause of dementia in an aging population. The majority of research effort has focused on the role of neurons in neurodegeneration and current therapies have limited ability to slow disease progression. Recently more attention has been given to the role of astrocytes in the process of neurodegeneration. Specifically, reactive astrocytes have both advantageous and adverse effects during neurodegeneration. The ability to isolate and depict astrocyte phenotype has been challenging. However, with the recent development of single-cell sequencing technologies researchers are provided with the resource to delineate specific biomarkers associated with reactive astrocytes in AD. In this review, we will focus on the role of astrocytes in normal conditions and the pathological development of AD. We will further review recent developments in the understanding of astrocyte heterogeneity and associated biomarkers. A better understanding of astrocyte contributions and phenotypic changes in AD can ultimately lead to more effective therapeutic targets.

How Could Equality and Data Protection Law Shape AI Fairness for People with Disabilities?

This article examines the concept of ‘AI fairness’ for people with disabilities from the perspective of data protection and equality law. This examination demonstrates that there is a need for a distinctive approach to AI fairness that is fundamentally different to that used for other protected characteristics, due to the different ways in which discrimination and data protection law applies in respect of Disability. We articulate this new agenda for AI fairness for people with disabilities, explaining how combining data protection and equality law creates new opportunities for disabled people's organisations and assistive technology researchers alike to shape the use of AI, as well as to challenge potential harmful uses.

Stepping Out Of The Lab: Civic Engagement Across Scientific Societies and the Broader Scientific Community in Recent Years

BACKGROUND AND AIM: Researchers in science, technology, engineering, math, and medicine (STEMM) have historically been disengaged from policy debates in many instances. However, an uptick in engagement of the scientific community in federal policy has been observed in recent years. METHODS: In the last five years, for example, many scientific societies and public interest groups have developed new or expanded programs to help train researchers and facilitate engagement opportunities, including meetings with Congressional staff, public comment writing for the federal docket, and direct engagement with the media on policy issues. Engagement also increased in other metrics, including scientist sign-on letters, participation levels in federal rulemaking, experts donating their time and expertise to provide independent science advice to decisionmakers, and the level of interest in policy conversations at scientific society meetings. RESULTS:Importantly, what was the effect of such engagement? Has there been positive impact of more technical experts engaging in policy process? Will such high levels of engagement be sustained through current and future presidential administrations? This talk will explore the real-world outcomes observed following meaningful engagement of STEMM experts in federal policy, using a few recent case studies. Examples will include instances of broad scientific community opposition to problematic policy proposals at the US Environmental Protection Agency, scientific community contributions to scientific priority setting under the Biden administration, and significant engagement from key experts on the National Ambient Air Quality Standards for particulate matter. CONCLUSIONS:Finally, a forward-looking perspective will be offered, including the potential for sustained heightened engagement levels and upcoming federal policy engagement opportunities for scientific researchers. Discussion of how engagement of STEMM experts can be sustained at the individual and institutional levels will also be raised. KEYWORDS: policy, scientific societies, engagement, activism, science advice, science policy