Context Of Technologies Research Articles

Influence of Pressing Temperatures on Physical-Mechanical Properties of Wood Particleboards Made with Urea-Formaldehyde Adhesive Containing Al2O3 and CuO Nanoparticles.

Particleboards have gained attention in the global market. Understanding their physical-mechanical behavior in the current technological context is essential due to adhesive polymerization, which depends on variables such as pressing time and temperature. Today, the use of nanoparticles has become a plausible option for improving the properties of polymers used in wood-based composites. This study evaluates the influences of the addition of non-commercial 0.5% aluminum oxide (Al2O3) and aluminum oxide copper (CuO) nanoparticles using a greener route with a lower environmental impact obtaining a urea-formaldehyde (UF)-based polymeric adhesive to manufacture particle composites of Eucalyptus urophylla var. grandis wood. Regarding characterizations, the resin properties analyzed were viscosity, gel time, and pH, as well as panel properties, including density, moisture content, thickness swelling, modulus of elasticity, modulus of rupture, and thermal conductivity. The results were compared with scientific publications and standards. The addition of nanoparticles interfered with viscosity, and all treatments indicated a basic pH. It was not possible to determine the gel time after 10 min. Nanoparticles added to the polymers in the internal layer did not cause an improvement in the swelling properties in terms of thickness, with no significant statistical difference for density and moisture content. The increase from 150 °C to 180 °C may have caused an improvement in all physical-mechanical properties, indicating that the higher temperature positively influenced the polymerization of the formaldehyde-based adhesive. Therefore, the additions of both nanoparticles (0.5% in each condition) led to a limitation in the material influence with respect to physical-mechanical performance.

Digitalisation and regulation: the Employer’s Information Requirement as a quality control tool

In recent decades, the complexity arising from changes in the social, economic, technological and environmental context has led to an increase in regulations governing the design activity. The technological evolution of digitalisation has resulted in greater emphasis on the control of design and implementation quality, thus requiring the introduction of new tools and methods to manage the vast amount of information and data during the building processes. In this context, the Employer’s Information Requirement plays a crucial role as a procedural innovation. This article proposes guidelines for the Employer’s Information Requirement to support the client in defining specific requirements and to guide designers with regard to information management.

Antecedents of big data analytics and artificial intelligence adoption on operational performance: the ChatGPT platform

PurposeThis study aims to measure the integrated impact of big data analytics and artificial intelligence (BDA-AI) adoption by using the ChatGPT generative AI online platform as a BDA-AI tool on the operational and environmental performance.Design/methodology/approachThis study considers Taiwanese professionals who engage with ChatGPT; the sample consists of 388 online users.FindingsThis study’s main finding is that the considered antecedents – including technological, organizational and environmental contexts, tangible resources and workforce skills – are significantly associated with BDA-AI adoption. Notably, BDA-AI adoption exhibits a significant relationship with operational performance, environmental performance and environmental process integration. Moreover, environmental process integration is significantly correlated with environmental performance. Lastly, operational performance is significantly correlated with environmental performance.Originality/valueThis study contributes to the heavily lacking but developing literature on the antecedents and consequences of BDA-AI adoption. Its theoretical foundation consists of the technological-organizational-environmental model, Roger’s diffusion of innovation theory and resource-based view theory.

Research on the Design of Cross-Cultural Symbols from the Perspective of Communication Semiotics

In the information age, symbols serve as fundamental tools of communication, and their design and application have become significant areas within modern communication science. According to Saussure, symbols are representative signs of objects, expressing specific content and meaning through particular forms. This study explores the mechanisms and principles of symbols in information dissemination through literature reviews and case analyses, emphasizing their roles in cultural transmission, cognition, and behavioral patterns. With the acceleration of globalization and digitization, symbol design faces new challenges and opportunities, especially with the advancement of artificial intelligence and machine learning technologies pushing symbol design towards automation and intelligence. Furthermore, cross-cultural design of symbols requires consideration of adaptability and effectiveness in varying cultural, social, and technological contexts. This research proposes strategies for cultural sensitivity and adaptability in symbol dissemination across different cultures, aiming to provide new perspectives for semiotics theory and offer scientific guidance and strategies for symbol design practices in fields such as advertising, brand management, media production, and user interface design, thus enhancing effective global information dissemination and cultural exchange.

Research on the Design of Cross-Cultural Symbols from the Perspective of Communication Semiotics

In the information age, symbols serve as fundamental tools of communication, and their design and application have become significant areas within modern communication science. According to Saussure, symbols are representative signs of objects, expressing specific content and meaning through particular forms. This study explores the mechanisms and principles of symbols in information dissemination through literature reviews and case analyses, emphasizing their roles in cultural transmission, cognition, and behavioral patterns. With the acceleration of globalization and digitization, symbol design faces new challenges and opportunities, especially with the advancement of artificial intelligence and machine learning technologies pushing symbol design towards automation and intelligence. Furthermore, cross-cultural design of symbols requires consideration of adaptability and effectiveness in varying cultural, social, and technological contexts. This research proposes strategies for cultural sensitivity and adaptability in symbol dissemination across different cultures, aiming to provide new perspectives for semiotics theory and offer scientific guidance and strategies for symbol design practices in fields such as advertising, brand management, media production, and user interface design, thus enhancing effective global information dissemination and cultural exchange.

The Role of Cloud Computing Adoption and Firm Performance Using SMEs Technological and Environmental Contexts in Hospitality Industry of Henan, China

The Role of Cloud Computing Adoption and Firm Performance Using SMEs Technological and Environmental Contexts in Hospitality Industry of Henan, China

Traditional knowledge of baniwa peppers

It examines the scientific and technological context that surrounds the production of the Pimenta Baniwa product and the protection of its originality, with the aim of discussing the issue of traditional knowledge that involves indigenous entrepreneurship in the Amazon. The focus of the study is the trajectory of the composition of the Pimenta Baniwa product type Jiquitaia and indigenous female protagonism. It establishes as a methodological element the metric studies of information, especially the bibliometric and patentometric field to measure the scientific and technological state of the topic, analyzing the mapping of scientific production on the topic using bibliometrics and technological indicators in patentometrics. The results demonstrate that there is a lot of scientific and technological material that contains pepper from the genus Capsicum ssp. as the main theme, however, when it comes to Baniwa Pepper, little is found within scientific research and regarding the technological domain, no type of protection directed to the product was found. It is concluded that the production of knowledge on the topic discussed is predominantly focused on the agrarian field, with an emphasis on expanding production and safeguarding pepper, with notable little production that addresses in depth the indigenous entrepreneurship of the Baniwa people.

Embracing the digital landscape: enriching the concept of sense of place in the digital age

In unraveling the profound connections between humans and place, the traditional concept of the sense of place takes on new dimensions in the digital era. This study contributes to a nuanced understanding by integrating digital and physical spaces within the context of information and communication technology (ICT). Beginning with a review of historical changes and debates surrounding the sense of place, the research establishes a foundation for understanding the evolving relationship with the place. Building on this, the study explores the intricate interplay between digital media and place, revealing how advancements in digital technology shape perceptions of the sense of place. Beyond analysis, the study introduces a three-dimensional framework for the sense of place (i.e., physical sense of place, digital sense of place, and hybrid sense of place), recognizing the dynamic relationship between individuals and their environment, incorporating the digital dimension. Firmly grounded in the perspective of relationships, this framework captures multifaceted connections individuals establish with both physical and digital spaces. Finally, the research explores practical applications of this reconceptualized sense of place. This research deepens the current understanding of the complex dynamics in constructing places in contemporary society, where digital and physical realms intertwine. This research serves as a crucial steppingstone for comprehending the evolving dynamics of the sense of place in the digital era, presenting a refined framework that captures the complex relationships between individuals, technology, and the places they inhabit.

Application Status and Prospect of Data Privacy Protection Technology

This article aims to explore the current application status and future prospects of data privacy protection technology, analyze the challenges faced by current data privacy, explore possible solutions, and provide reference and inspiration for the development of data privacy protection technology. This article adopts literature review and experience summary methods. Through sorting and summarizing relevant literature, combined with the author's own experience in the field of data privacy protection, a comprehensive and in-depth analysis is conducted on the current application status of data privacy protection technology. Through literature review and experience summary, we found that current data privacy protection technologies have made significant progress with the rapid development of information technology. Among them, the research and application of data encryption technology based on encryption algorithms, privacy protection protocols, and privacy protection tools have gradually matured data privacy protection technology. At the same time, the frequent occurrence of data privacy breaches also highlights the importance and urgency of data privacy protection technology. Data privacy protection technology is particularly important in the current context of information technology in society. In the future, with the continuous development of technologies such as big data and artificial intelligence, data privacy protection technology will face greater challenges and opportunities.

Ozdoby z gravettienské lokality Krems-Wachtberg v chronologickém a technologicko-kulturním kontextu

Adornments such as pendants, beads, and other perforated objects are an important finds category in Upper Paleolithic sites. Raw materials, production technology, and use-wear can tell us much about the objects and technocultural context of their carriers. Excavations from 2005–2015 at the Gravettian (Pavlovian) site of Krems-Wachtberg provided 110 objects which can be interpreted as adornments. They consist of mammoth ivory beads and pins, perforated canine teeth and molluscs, and fossil Serpulidae. More than half of these objects were found in the context of a double burial of infants. A recently conducted investigation describes all adornments and places them into a chronological and technological context. Analyses of all objects in this study were carried out using a Keyence VHX 7000 stereomicroscope. Micro photos were produced for all objects and allowed a wide range of measurements which would otherwise not have been possible to make considering the objects’ poor state of preservation. The produced micro photos will allow for additional non-destructive morphological analyses in the future. Information concerning the preservation of the raw material, use-wear, traces of production, method of perforation, fire exposure, and residues were collected in a database. The 53 mammoth ivory beads found in the double burial in particular allowed not only for reconstructing a chaîne opératoire for the manufacture, but provided interesting information regarding the objects’ lifecycle. Polishing on the bridges of some of the pendants’ perforations, presumably caused by a thread, and the location of the polished areas in relation to their positions show that some beads had already been worn before being deposited in the burial. This suggests that they were not explicitly made for the infants’ burial as previously suggested.

This Land is My Land: Teachers' integration of game and novel in English instruction

AbstractBackgroundThe most recent Norwegian educational reform, in force from 2020, was the first to include games alongside more traditional language learning resources (e.g., novels, films, music) in the English curriculum for secondary school. This educational emphasis on games provided a unique opportunity to examine how games are actually used in secondary English instruction in combination with other resources.ObjectivesThe aim of this study was to investigate how the digital commercial game This Land is My Land was used alongside a printed novel in naturally occurring English instruction in two lower secondary classes during a two‐week project labelled ‘The Native American Experience’.MethodsParticipants involved one teacher, nine student teachers and 52 students (aged 13–14). Using a mixed methods design, we integrated quantitative and qualitative analyses of classroom video recordings (N = 20), screen recordings during gameplay (N = 32), student texts (N = 32) and retrospective student interviews (N = 7). We used the validated Protocol for Language Arts Teaching Observation (PLATO; Grossman, 2015) for analyses of video and screen recordings and reflexive thematic analysis (Braun & Clarke, 2022) of student texts and interviews.Results and ConclusionsThe combination of digital game and printed novel during English instruction provided a dual perspective on the Native American experience. While the novel provided a window for observing the topic historically, the game provided a playground to experience the topic interactively. Although the combination of game and novel offered students different perspectives on the Native American experience, we identified missed opportunities for those who gamed before reading, whereas students who read before gameplay used their knowledge from the novel when they engaged with the game content. In the broader context of educational technology and language instruction, this study identified how to combine digital and traditional literacies that acknowledge students' prior knowledge with diverse literacies.

The psychology of sexual and gender diversity in the 21st century: Social technologies and stories of authenticity.

The 21st century has seen shifts in social and scientific understandings of gender and sexuality in the United States. From the legitimization of same-sex marriage to the heightened visibility of transgender identities, nonbinary gender, and forms of intimate diversity such as asexuality, kink, and polyamory, core cultural and scientific assumptions about gender and sexuality have been challenged. This article situates these changes in the historical context of 21st century social technologies, which challenge traditional sources of authority about information and provide enhanced opportunities for individuals to experience authenticity in gender and sexuality. We frame authenticity as a master cultural narrative in the United States characterized by feeling a heightened sense of self-authorship and alignment between inner experience and embodiment of gender and sexuality. Five narratives now circulate in the United States, four of which support sexual and gender diversity: (a) gender as self-constructed; (b) sexuality as plural, playful, flexible, and fluid; (c) sexuality and monogamy as cultural compulsions; and (d) intersectionality as central to the experience of sexuality and gender. A fifth narrative seeking to legitimize hierarchies (e.g., patriarchy) is hostile to sexual and gender diversity but remains anchored in a metanarrative of authenticity and has benefitted equally from the affordances of social technologies. This historical moment provides researchers and practitioners with the opportunity to more intentionally ground their work in lived experience, challenge normative thinking about sexuality and gender, practice affirmation, center the phenomenon of diversity over discrete identity categories in an ever-exclusionary acronym (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer/questioning, and more identities [LGBTQ+]), and embrace fluid and nonlinear narratives of social change. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2024 APA, all rights reserved).

Enhancing Information Technology Adoption Potential in MSMEs: a Conceptual Model Based on TOE Framework

The adoption of Information Technology (IT) by Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) has become essential in the digital era. Nevertheless, challenges persist, such as enhancing IT adoption in the MSMEs sector and optimizing its benefits. This research aims to create a comprehensive model based on the Technology- Organization-Environment (TOE) framework by analyzing technological, organizational, and environmental factors influencing IT adoption among MSMEs in Pangandaran, Indonesia. Employing a quantitative approach, an online questionnaire was distributed to MSMEs, and data were analyzed using Partial Least Square-Structural Equation Modeling (PLS- SEM) through SmartPLS. The study significantly contributes to understanding IT adoption, emphasizing organizational context as the primary predictor, followed by technological and environmental contexts. Positive relationships were found between four contextual constructs: complexity, top management support, organizational readiness, and competitive pressure towards IT adoption in MSMEs. Conversely, compatibility and government support exhibited negative impacts. These findings have practical implications for Indonesian MSMEs by enhancing understanding of factors influencing IT adoption to support business operations. Furthermore, these findings hold the potential to assist MSMEs and the Indonesian government in optimizing IT adoption success. The generated data can be employed by MSMEs management authorities to devise strategies for enhancing IT adoption among MSMEs.

An Anticipatory Approach to Ethico-Legal Implications of Future Neurotechnology

This paper provides a justificatory rationale for recommending the inclusion of imagined future use cases in neurotechnology development processes, specifically for legal and policy ends. Including detailed imaginative engagement with future applications of neurotechnology can serve to connect ethical, legal, and policy issues potentially arising from the translation of brain stimulation research to the public consumer domain. Futurist scholars have for some time recommended approaches that merge creative arts with scientific development in order to theorise possible futures toward which current trends in technology development might be steered. Taking a creative, imaginative approach like this in the neurotechnology context can help move development processes beyond considerations of device functioning, safety, and compliance with existing regulation, and into an active engagement with potential future dynamics brought about by the emergence of the neurotechnology itself. Imagined scenarios can engage with potential consumer uses of devices that might come to challenge legal or policy contexts. An anticipatory, creative approach can imagine what such uses might consist in, and what they might imply. Justifying this approach also prompts a co-responsibility perspective for policymaking in technology contexts. Overall, this furnishes a mode of neurotechnology’s emergence that can avoid crises of confidence in terms of ethico-legal issues, and promote policy responses balanced between knowledge, values, protected innovation potential, and regulatory safeguards.

P. J. Thomas’s Scholarship on Mercantilism and the Political Economy of Trade: A Centennial Appreciation and Assessment

This article addresses the contribution of the Indian economist P. J. Thomas to the scholarship of mercantilism and the political economy of trade. It considers Thomas’s 1926 book, Mercantilism and the East India Trade, and interprets Thomas’s account of trade issues in the late seventeenth century in terms of the graphical analysis of the imperfect substitutes model. It contrasts Thomas’s work with that of Jacob Viner and sets his work in a larger context of culture and technology. The article concludes that Thomas’s scholarship deserves to be rediscovered within the fields of international economics and global political economy.

The evolution of the debt—equity doctrine in the light of financial instruments’ digitalization

The article outlines the basics for using the debt—equity dichotomy in the financial instruments typology and analyzes the contradictions and short-comings of the existing approach to classification. It is shown that the “trap” of the debt—equity dichotomy comes from the path dependence process, mainly formed by the inertia of the tax system. It is noted that the applying of the debt—equity dichotomy entails a formalist approach to classification, which does not bring closer to the clarity of the delimitation of contracts according to the criteria of risk and reward distribution, and restrictions on post-contractual opportunism. Arguments are given to explain why the foundations of the debt— equity doctrine may be weakened in relation to crypto assets. This is supported by the fact that the genesis of digital assets occurs in a specific technological context, which determines its own criteria and framework for the typology of instruments. Another set of arguments comes from the fact that the world of crypto assets appears to be coherent with the specific environment of venture capital investment. This environment, in turn, arouses the demand for overcoming the debt—equity dichotomy to implement the tasks of risky investors and structuring the relations of the parties involved in projects. This demand has now led to the emergence of a number of instruments that cannot be classified as either debt or equity, including those using the construct of tokens or contractual agreements used by crowdfunding platforms. Overall, the intellectual effort that previously satisfactorily explained companies’ choices of financing styles and modes is now insufficient to reconcile capital structure theories with the practice of digital asset financing.

Challenges and Prospects of Artificial Intelligence in Nigerian Journalism Practice: A Narrative Review

The integration of artificial intelligence (AI) into Nigerian journalism practices presents both challenges and prospects for the industry. This paper explores the dynamic interplay between AI technologies and journalism in Nigeria, addressing key conceptual clarifications, theoretical frameworks, challenges, and prospects associated with AI utilization in the field. Drawing upon existing literature, the study examines the multifaceted nature of AI, ranging from its conceptual underpinnings to its practical applications in journalism. It utilizes the Technology-Organization-Environment (TOE) framework to analyze the factors influencing AI adoption within Nigerian newsrooms, considering technological, organizational, and environmental contexts. Identifying challenges such as infrastructural limitations, financial constraints, cultural resistance, and ethical considerations, the paper elucidates the complexities inherent in AI integration in Nigerian journalism. These challenges encompass issues of data quality, transparency, bias, and accountability, underscoring the need for responsible AI implementation and robust ethical frameworks. Additionally, the paper discusses the prospects offered by AI in enhancing journalistic efficiency, facilitating data-driven reporting, personalizing news delivery, and combating misinformation. By leveraging AI for fact-checking, multilingual reporting, predictive analytics, and automated content generation, Nigerian journalists can innovate and adapt to the evolving media landscape. Moreover, AI presents opportunities for improving audience engagement, storytelling, collaboration, and addressing bias and ethics concerns. Embracing AI in journalism also creates educational pathways for aspiring journalists, fostering skill development and innovation in the industry.

Timescapes when everything happens all at once

This paper focuses on aspects of time and educators’ timescapes during the Covid-19 pandemic. It contributes to a larger discussion about changing discourses and practices of temporality both during and after a crisis, especially those enabled by technology and neoliberal contexts. Situated within the unequal and diverse South African landscape where the pandemic overturned traditional educational timescapes, the paper explores the experiences of educators from different education settings - rural, urban, school, higher education and provincial education departments and considers three interrelated questions: What did educators' timescapes look like during the crisis of the pandemic? What was the role of technology in changing educators’ timescapes? How were educational inequities manifest in the timescapes which emerged? To analyse the educators’ experiences of time, teaching with technology and networked learning during the pandemic, the paper draws on Adam’s (1998, 2004, 2021) theorisation of time. Adam argues that time is relational and composed of irreducible elements that are not always easily visible. Experiences of how time is represented or visualised include temporality, tempo and timing, as well as the past, present and future. None of the elements of time operate in isolation; they mutually implicate one another highlighting the ways in which we perceive and interpret time in our lives and the world around us. The paper discussion highlights the use of technology and networked learning linked to pedagogical changed routines and organisation that made educators readily available to their students when face-to-face interaction was not possible. While this was beneficial to students (and parents), this resulted in a blurring or conflation of educators’ work and personal lives. Educators describe experiencing time and space as scrambled, compressed and/or porous, having to negotiate new rhythms and patterns of work that require reorganising and managing their lives differently. In addition, educators reported experiencing an intensification of time and work during this period, as they struggled with the pace and tempo of teaching and learning in varied education contexts. In conclusion, the paper suggests that the unique historical circumstances of the pandemic created particular conditions for online learning with some of the technologies rapidly inserted into the education system during this period remaining uncritically in place, further highlighting the need for ongoing research in areas of time, technology and networked learning, especially in diverse and varied educational settings.

The Impact of Green Finance, and Eco-Innovation on CO2 Emissions: The Pool Mean Group Evidence from ASEAN Countries in the Context of SDGs

This study investigates the influence of green finance, green technology, and eco-innovation on CO2 emissions within ASEAN countries, framed within the context of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), particularly SDG 7 (Affordable and Clean Energy), SDG 9 (Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure), and SDG 13 (Climate Action). Utilizing data from 2002 to 2019 and adopting the Pool Mean Group (PMG) methodology, our analysis sheds light on the critical dynamics between sustainable financial practices, technological advancement in green technologies, and eco-innovative approaches towards achieving significant CO2 emissions reduction. Our findings reveal that green finance significantly empowers the deployment of green technologies and eco-innovations, leading to a notable decrease in CO2 emissions across the studied nations. The study highlights the importance of country-specific policy interventions that cater to the unique economic and technological contexts of ASEAN countries to optimize the contribution of green finance and technology to climate action. These insights offer a valuable guide for policymakers, financial institutions, and other stakeholders in harnessing green finance and technology for environmental sustainability, in alignment with the SDGs. This research contributes to the discourse on sustainable development, emphasizing the pivotal role of finance and innovation in environmental stewardship and carbon reduction efforts across ASEAN countries.

Digitalization of Small and Medium-Sized Hotels in Vietnam: Interdependent Critical Factors

People responsible for managing digitalization must clarify the role of its critical factors. Many studies have already identified these factors, assuming that they are independent. These factors, however, are likely to interact since digitalization is a multi-stakeholder and multi-dimensional transformation. Ignoring their interactions is likely to cause biases in measurement and analysis. Therefore, this study explores the influential weight and interactions of the critical factors behind the digitalization of Vietnam’s small and medium-sized hotels. According to the technology-organization-environment (TOE) framework, the results of a combined analytical hierarchy process (AHP) and the decision-making trial and evaluation laboratory (DEMATEL) analysis present four key findings: 1) technological context is a cause, but organizational context is an effect, while environmental context is neutral; 2) technological context has influence than others; 3) among the 12 critical factors identified, marketing benefits, financial resources, usage barriers, and cross-technology compatibility are the most important; and 4) marketing benefits, cross-technology compatibility, financial resources, organizational characteristics, and competitor pressure are causes. The findings show that contexts (factors) interact. Cause context (factor) directly and indirectly influences digitalization through other contexts (factors). In addition, there are no dominant contexts and factors. Accordingly, to be effective, digitalization needs to take all critical factors into account. Prioritizing the primary context (factors) and improving the core cause context (factors) are therefore appropriate.