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Readiness to Implement Smart Logistics from an International Perspective : A Review

Modern logistics technology may be the key to breaking the deadlock. Utilizing modern logistics technology to build an efficient logistics platform is an effective way to capture opportunities in today's global competitive environment. However, modern logistics still encounter several challenges. Fortunately, the development of big data and smart technology has driven the development of smart logistics. Building a smart logistics platform is conducive to controlling costs, increasing efficiency, reducing energy consumption, etc. With advances in information technology, the existing modern logistics technology can be enhanced to produce maximum and measurable output. This paper aims to discuss findings about the extent to which artificial intelligence is applied in supporting logistical activities by targeting several previous studies. The following literature study aims to determine the level of usability that has been applied in the implementation stage. In order to obtain data or information, proposers conduct a review of previous studies. This literature study was carried out with the aim of seeing the level of satisfaction and usability of the use of Artificial Intelligence in the logistics sector from the stakeholder's point of view. The information obtained in the discussion section shows that use shows a significant impact on indicators of effectiveness, efficiency, and productivity levels.

Innovative language teaching (on the example of pre-school education)

The subject of the research in this article is the innovative methods of teaching a foreign language. The author considers innovative activity as a process of mutual influence, the strength of which depends on both the ability to use various innovative methods and techniques in teaching, and the spiritual wealth of the personality of the teacher. This article deals with the problem of finding new methods and ways to increase motivation for teaching foreign languages. One of these forms is new pedagogical technologies, the introduction of which facilitates effective language learning. The article defines the concepts of "Pedagogical technology" and "Smart education", which can provide a high level of education that meets the challenges and opportunities of today's world. The author emphasizes that it is not enough for a new generation of teachers to be competent in their field of knowledge, it is necessary for the educational process to use methodological innovations that are currently associated with the use of interactive teaching methods. The author considers several interactive methods, the implementation of which will contribute to the achievement of the goal - improving the efficiency of the educational process, achieving high efficiency for all students.

Challenges and Solutions in Emerging Memory Testing

The research and prototyping of new memory technologies are getting a lot of attention in order to enable new (computer) architectures and provide new opportunities for today's and future applications. Delivering high quality and reliability products was and will remain a crucial step in the introduction of new technologies. Therefore, appropriate fault modelling, test development and design for testability (DfT) is needed. This paper overviews and discusses the challenges and the emerging solutions in testing three classes of memories: 3D stacked memories, Resistive memories and Spin-Transfer-Torque Magnetic memories. Defects mechanisms, fault models, and emerging test solutions will be discussed.

Hikikomori. Las voces silenciosas de la sociedad japonesa

Hikikomori identifies both a phenomenon and a person who tends to socially isolate. It primarily affects adolescents or young people who lock themselves in their rooms for six or more months. This syndrome is being studied more from the psychology approach; nevertheless research includes the impact that social changes have had on Japanese youth today. Cultural elements, such as belonging to the group, honor, and success, contribute to create a more complex environment for the realization of young people causing a feeling of frustration. Young people, in order not to be criticized or questioned about their performance they rather to isolate. It is important to review the most well-known studies on the subject, as well as the cultural factors of Japan and the actions undertaken by the government; considering that this phenomenon is not exclusive to Japanese society and that given the social pressures and lack of opportunities in today's global society it represents a risk for youth in general.

Making Local Food Work: The Challenges and Opportunities of Today’s Small Farmers by Brandi Janssen

Making Local Food Work: The Challenges and Opportunities of Today’s Small Farmers by Brandi Janssen

The Sustainable Development Goals cannot be achieved without improving maternal and child nutrition.

Poor nutrition is a global pandemic with social, economic, and environmental causes and consequences. Of the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), only SDG2 explicitly mentions nutrition. Turning the aspirations of the SDGs into reality will require recognition that good nutrition ensured through sustainable agriculture, is simultaneously an absolutely fundamental input and output. Because all of the other SDGs are directly or indirectly linked to improving nutrition, funding to improve nutrition is essential to success for many SDGs. Greater focus on cooperation across disciplines to advance the science of program delivery and to understand the full contribution of nutrition to many desirable outcomes as part of development are surely the ways forward. Missing today's opportunities to advance thinking and program implementation for more effectively improving nutrition for all, especially for women and children, will lead to a wider failure to meet the SDGs.

The American Dental Hygienists' Association Leads the Profession into 21st Century Workforce Opportunities

With the dental hygiene profession undergoing tremendous transformation as greater and more diverse workplace opportunities present themselves, the American Dental Hygienists' Association (ADHA) is leading the effort to ensure that dental hygienists are prepared to take advantage of these growing opportunities in today's constantly evolving health care landscape. Background and purposeADHA's vision statement calls for the integration of dental hygienists into the health care delivery system as essential primary care providers to expand access to oral health care. This article discusses changes in dental hygiene curriculum, as well as how changes in the health care environment and legislative outcomes are impacting workplace opportunities for dental hygienists in the 21st century. MethodResearch from ADHA's Transforming Dental Hygiene Education and the Profession for the 21st Century white paper and other oral health-related literature, ADHA policies, and ADHA survey research describe the evolving dental hygiene workplace environment. The article discusses trends in education, health care, legislative and regulatory practice, and societal need that are creating new workforce opportunities for the dental hygiene profession. ConclusionWith rapid change in both the oral and overall health care environments, transformation in dental hygiene curriculum and competencies, and more states allowing the public to have direct access to dental hygienists, dental hygiene professionals are expanding their presence into all aspects of the health care system. ADHA is leading this effort to help dental hygienists provide that care by expanding workforce opportunities and allowing dental hygienists to practice to the full extent of their scope. The dental hygiene profession must be prepared and ready to embrace these opportunities. In doing so, new career pathways will be available for dental hygiene professionals that will also improve the public's access to oral health care.

Hospital pharmacists: Communicate to elucidate

Health-system pharmacists have a new “sphere” to monitor day-to-day activities that affect health care. This sphere is sometimes called the “Twittersphere” or, more generally, “social media.” Health-system pharmacists have a new “sphere” to monitor day-to-day activities that affect health care. This sphere is sometimes called the “Twittersphere” or, more generally, “social media.” Health-system pharmacists have a new "sphere" to monitor day-to-day activities that affect health care. This sphere is sometimes called the "Twittersphere" or, more generally, "social media." As I sat in a general session at the 2014 APhA Annual Meeting & Exposition while following #APhA2014, I realized that my seat neighbors were tweeting all around me. It dawned on me that we have a gap or unknown platform where conversations are happening among our employees, our patients, and sometimes, our opponents. While most social media users are termed "observers" or "onlookers," there is also a group of "influencers" who are having conversations that affect the public online world at all levels, from hospital staff to patients and their families. Many employers are implementing rules on social media, but it is still a new venue that brings many challenges (and insomnia) to today's health systems. Social media is an important component of your hospital's visibility, both positive and negative. Consider these questions: What is your hospital's policy on social media? What happens when negative social media affects your hospital? How should you monitor social media?Social media is an important component of your hospital's visibility, both positive and negative. To participate in social media, first open a personal account through trending sites like Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn. Find out from your human resources and public relations departments if tools are available to guide employees in use of social media. Participate by starting out as an onlooker, and seek peers and groups you are familiar with to "follow" (Twitter), "connect" or "join groups" (LinkedIn) or "like pages" (Facebook). Use caution in the public space. APhA has groups and eCommunities that you can join to start being part of the conversation.HIGHLIGHTS■Communicate with hospital pharmacy colleages through electronic and face-to-face interactions.■Be aware that your facility may have rules when it comes to social media. ■Communicate with hospital pharmacy colleages through electronic and face-to-face interactions.■Be aware that your facility may have rules when it comes to social media. #APhA2014—check it out on Twitter—provided many opportunities for health-system pharmacists to discuss important issues, such as transitions of care, specialty pharmacy, 340B, and provider status and supporting H.R. 4190. Educational sessions at the meeting featured leading experts inside and outside of the profession of pharmacy. Hospital pharmacists also learned about new drugs, treatment protocols, and certifications through face-to-face interactions. I encourage all of you to join the discussion by meeting with colleagues face to face or electronically. Every interaction is a chance for health-system pharmacists to create new opportunities in today's health care. Lisa Scholz, PharmD, MBA, COO/Chief Pharmacy Officer, Safety Net Hospitals for Pharmaceutical Access, Washington, DC ([email protected])

An art of porcelain painting in aspects of the professional socialization

This report will take a brief look at socio-economic relation between porcelain painting artists, producers and consumers. The author will be drawing from the author’s experience gained in the visiting and resident time in more than 10 European porcelain factories, collaboration with Art universities, leading the Porcelain painting workshops at International Art Teacher and Porcelain Painting Symposia in Latvia and abroad. Personal experience and studying of International Porcelain painters organization home pages and over 100 china painters websites made it possible to analyze and compare the possibility of vocational training, the artist's creative career opportunities, professional literature and the membership in the professional organizations and institutions. Porcelain painting art is ceramic technology – based result of individual creativity. The socio-economic relation interaction between artist, producer and consumer marked historically important stages of development of the porcelain painting art. The education plays the crucial importance on the social integration processes of artist. The professional stratification and integration process realizes in the there distinct and isolated groups of porcelain painters – 1. An artists integrated in the porcelain industry. 2. An artists integrated in the ceramic art structures. 3. Artists integrated in the china painters organized structures. Balance between self-expression needs and material needs of the individual artist inability to self-realization problems. Internal needs depended on the artist as creative personality viability in porcelain factory. The opportunity to create personal studio contribute to the development of porcelain painting art, but the artist does not guarantee the competitiveness of the market and material support to the existence. The need to ensure the existence powered of professional socialization processes that result in porcelain painting artists replace existing or fit into other professional and public bodies. Latvia has its own tradition of porcelain art and great artists, but their creative potential sales opportunities in today's socio-economic conditions have not been investigated. In Latvia no more exist first group – in porcelain industry integrated artists, because porcelain industry no more existed. The third group, have not developed because the Latvian artists are not integrated into the International World China Painters organizations. In Latvia Porcelain painting as a hobby art are not very popular, so the knowledge and skills of porcelain painting is not yet a product of the request. The author reveals the socio-economic stratification of professional interaction – induced effects on an artist's creative performance and points to the social background to create a typology of porcelain painting art objects.

Challenges and Opportunities in Today’s World in the Light of God’s Surprising Commands in 1 Peter

Challenges and Opportunities in Today’s World in the Light of God’s Surprising Commands in 1 Peter

Protocols and plan of quantum cryptography

Along with the development of confidentiality of data and resources, there is a need to develop systems that would provide confidentiality. Currently, the most used systems are classical cryptographic systems and encryption public key systems. However, none of these systems provides a solution for the famous 'catch 22' of cryptography. Owing to the intensive development of quantum mechanics, in the last 30 years emerged an entirely new kind of cryptography-quantum cryptography. Its greatest contribution is a possibility to discover an intercepted communication channel from a third party. The question is: is this really true? The question arises: 'If the quantum cryptography is so good, why is not widely used?' The aim of this paper is, on the one hand, to define the basic mechanisms of quantum cryptography IP, and, on the other hand, to point to the shortcomings, as they related to the opportunities of today's devices and flaws in protocols.

Downsizing Expands Career Opportunities for Women

Downsizing Expands Career Opportunities for Women

Stochastic Analysis and Design Guidelines for CNFETs in Gigascale Integrated Systems

An integrated and compact model for probability of failure in carbon nanotube field-effect transistors (CNFETs) that includes 1) void CNFETs, 2) carbon nanotube (CNT) density variation, and 3) metallic CNTs is presented based on binomial probability distribution. Comparison with experimental data shows that the compact model successfully predicts the failure probability in CNFET devices. The model is used in a new design space to explore tradeoffs, key limitations, and opportunities for today's gigascale CNFET integrated systems. To achieve 1-part-per-billion failure rate in a gigascale system, it is shown that an asymmetrically correlated stack of 25 CNFETs, each containing 18 CNTs in the channel can be used when the probability of metallic CNT occurrence is reduced to 3%. However, if the density of metallic CNTs approaches zero, then a similar failure rate can be achieved with a single CNFET that contains 15 CNTs in the channel.

Solutions for retaining generation Y employees in the workplace

Abstract This article examines the challenges and opportunities of today's diverse workforce as it relates to the four generations; with an in-depth focus on Generation Y. The author discusses what Generation Y expects from their employer. In addition, the author explores how physical workspace can be aligned to help shape a company's organizational culture and facilitate the communication, teamwork, and creativity that are necessary to retain Generation Y employees. Introduction For most companies, retaining talent and developing future leaders are organizational goals. To meet these goals, companies must understand the needs of today's diverse workforce. Failure to embrace these differences will result in not only having limited talent required for success now and in the future, but also an employee population that is not as engaged as they could be. Employee attitudes impact organizational success. Hence, the level of engagement is critical to an organization's overall effectiveness. I will examine the challenges and opportunities of today's diverse workforce as it relates to the four generations; with an in-depth focus on Generation Y. I will discuss what Generation Y expects from their employer. In addition, I will explore how physical workspace can be aligned to help shape a company's organizational culture and facilitate the communication, teamwork, and creativity that are necessary to retain Generation Y employees. For the first time in the history of the United States, there are four generations in the workforce. It is the largest demographic shift since women and members of minority groups began entering the workforce in significant numbers several decades ago. The implications are as profound now as they were then. Against the background of gender, race and ethnicity, organizations are managing the coexistence of agediverse workers in a transitioning workplace. The Traditionalist generation (pre-1945) is ten percent of the workforce; the Baby Boomer generation (1945-1964) is forty-five percent of the workforce; Generation X (1965-1980) is thirty percent of the workforce; and Generation Y (post-1980) is fifteen percent of the workforce (Eisner, 2005). Although recruitment and retention are top priorities for most companies, finding strategies that appeal to all generations presents its own unique challenges. Beliefs and Attitudes of the Four Generations in the Workforce The generational school of thought maintains that values are imprinted for life by defining historical events that occur as people mature into adulthood. Because of the powerful influence of these shared events, each generation develops a unique set of beliefs and attitudes to guide members' behavior (Giancola, 2006). Traditionalists grew up during the Great Depression and World Wars. Hence, they were socialized through scarcity and hardship. They tend to value family and patriotism. They have had a parent at home to raise children, prefer consistency and use a top-down management style. They are inclined to inform on a need-to-know basis, be satisfied by a job well done, remain with one company over time, and have extensive wisdom and experience. Traditionalists are likely to be loyal and self-sacrificing employees who prefer a hierarchical management structure. When in command, they tend to take charge, when in doubt, they tend to do what is right (Eisner, 2005). Baby Boomers, the children of Traditionalists, grew up in the 1950s and 1960s with feelings of prosperity, safety and that anything was possible. Because they are the largest generation in history, they are competitive by nature, believe in growth, change and expansion. They want it all and work long hours, show loyalty and will be ruthless if necessary to obtain success and material possessions; many do not plan to retire. This generation redefined family by increased divorce rates. They respect authority, but want to be viewed and treated as equals (Eisner, 2005). …

Stop the Presses! Using the Journalism Field as a Case Study to Help Community College Administrators Today

A focus group consisting of board of trustee members, community college presidents, senior administrators, administrators, and faculty members from community colleges around the United States developed the top six critical issues facing community colleges with respect to instructional planning and services; planning, governance, and finance; and workforce development. Thereafter, the delegation of more than 100 voted on various aspects of these issues. The findings detail a shift away from pragmatic problems or opportunities of today, such as K–20 alignment, retention, and sustainability, to more lifelong learning, globalization, and focus upon innovation and partnerships. The findings are discussed here in more detail with respect to the changes occurring in the journalism field. It is hoped the problems of the journalism field, which might have been avoided, can be discussed and turned into opportunities for community college administrators.

Health Information Literacy

To produce a healthcare provider who is competent in accessing health information, nursing faculty members, in tandem with medical librarians, play a crucial role in establishing the knowledge base for student competency in health information literacy. The time to prepare nursing students to meet the information challenges and opportunities of today's healthcare environment is not after graduation, but rather while they are in school. By incorporating health information literacy skill building throughout the curriculum, nursing faculty members can prepare their students to enter the workforce equipped with the skills they need to find, retrieve, appraise, and apply information to their clinical practice.

Missions, Values, and “Flying Monkeys”: Critical Issues for Community Colleges Today and in 2019

A focus group (N = 36) consisting of board of trustee members, community college presidents, senior administrators, administrators, and faculty members from community colleges around the United States developed the top six critical issues faced with respect to instructional planning and services; planning, governance, and finance; and workforce development. Thereafter, the delegation of more than 100 voted on various aspects of these issues. The findings detail a shift away from pragmatic problems or opportunities of today, such as K–20 alignment, retention, and sustainability, to more life-long learning, globalization, and focus upon innovation and partnerships.

The roads not taken

Last month I came across a folder of papers I had written at the age of 16 for my high school English class. This occasion, in some ways like Proust's madeleine, triggered recollections of how I, as a 16 year-old, framed the thoughts I had about what I wanted to do with my life.One of those early papers was about Frost's poem The Road Not Taken. I remember not terribly liking the poem. But the image of paths leading off in different directions in the woods, leading to different futures stayed with me. At 16, I didn't know if I wanted to be a civil rights lawyer, write poems, be a journalist, run my father's business, or be a scientist. I found the plethora of choices bewildering, as I searched for clues to what my ‘optimal path’ should be. I worried how I would ever know what the ‘best’ decision would be. And, I had a palpable sense of loss for all of those unchosen futures. Then it dawned on me that there was no sense in thinking about ‘optimal paths’ or loss when giving up the alternatives. Instead, all one could do was choose one future and live it, as there were many possible futures that could lead to adventure and meaning, and it just mattered that the chosen path was a good one.When I started as an undergraduate I was going to be a lawyer, but I ended up a scientist. I made career-determining decisions without looking at the long future, but always asking myself, “Does this make sense to do now?” So I studied biology as an undergraduate, and I applied to graduate school. I went to Paris for a postdoc because I was angry at the US for Vietnam and was curious to see how JacSue Kehoe could do such elegant work and raise children. Did I stubbornly continue this path called academic science? Yes. Could I have been derailed or drawn into a different path by different circumstances? Almost certainly.Today, as a senior woman scientist and President of the Society for Neuroscience, I am aware that many of our most talented students opt to follow careers other than science. I wouldn't feel badly about the student talented in mathematics who decides to be a film maker as long as I knew that she had been well-taught in science. I am angry when I see graduate students deeply excited about studying the brain lose their joy when their laboratory environment becomes more about “getting the paper in Neuron” than about discovering new knowledge. I am angry when I see graduate students crying over gratuitously hostile or mean reviews of their first papers.Many of us are struggling for resources to do our work, with a sense of frustration because today's opportunities for scientific discovery are unparalleled. It is now, when things are difficult, that we have to be mindful that the biggest asset we have is each other. Our best and brightest young scientists came to science with the greatest of fascination with the mysteries of life. We should remember it is the drive to know and wish to help mankind that brings them to science. We are right to push them hard to explore the unknown. We are wrong to allow ourselves to be petty and ungracious in the way we treat our colleagues. Almost every manuscript that gets rejected carries the hopes and aspirations of graduate students and postdocs. We should be clear in articulating scientific issues that arise in review, but refrain from the imposition of arbitrary hurdles. We should discipline ourselves to ask for more experiments only when they are required for the scientific points of the paper, but not as an automatic response to all manuscripts when first submitted.There is no virtue in hazing the young entering any field. They have many possible paths to follow. Extracting new knowledge is difficult enough: we should take care not to drive our best and brightest from our field for the wrong reasons. I hope that the young will join us on the long and arduous hikes to open vistas of new understanding. I hope that they will come to know the joy of seeing something or understanding something for the first time. We should take care that they avoid the paths strewn with the detritus of broken dreams. False idols often arise in troubled times. Today, more than ever, we must say that it is what the paper shows that is more important than where it is published.

The Antiquities Act: A Century of American Archaeology, Historic Preservation, and Nature Conservation

Enacted in 1906, the Antiquities Act is one of the most important pieces of conservation legislation in American history and has had a far-reaching influence on the preservation of our nation's cultural and natural heritage. Thanks to the foresight of thirteen presidents, parks as diverse as Acadia, Grand Canyon, and Olympic National Park, along with historic and archaeological sites such as Thomas Edison's Laboratory and the Gila Cliff Dwellings, have been preserved for posterity. A century after its passage, this book presents a definitive assessment of the Antiquities Act and its legacy, addressing the importance and breadth of the act, s well as the controversy it has engendered. Authored by professionals intimately involved with safeguarding the nation's archaeological, historic, and natural heritage, it describes the applications of the act and assesses its place in our country's future. With a scope as far-reaching as the resources the act embraces, this book offers an unparalleled opportunity for today's stewards to reflect on the act's historic accomplishments, to remind fellow professionals and the general public of its continuing importance, and to look ahead to its continuing implementation in the twenty-first century. The Antiquities Act invites all who love America's natural and cultural treasures not only to learn about the act's rich legacy but also to envision its next hundred years.

Addressing the Challenges and Opportunities for Today's Youth: Toward an Integrative Model and its Implications for Research and Intervention

This article calls for, and proposes some tenets of, model building in adolescent psychosocial development. Specifically, it is suggested that there is a need for a model that draws from the risk-protection approach, from which many prevention science approaches are drawn, and the applied developmental science perspective, from which many positive youth development approaches are drawn. The model to be built, and the integration it proposes, is based in the overlap between protective factors and developmental assets (drawn from the applied developmental science and positive youth development perspectives), as well as on the complementarity of the intrapersonal mechanisms proposed within the two perspectives. The article also poses important questions for future research and presents an empirical agenda for addressing these questions in the service of building and testing a model of adolescent psychosocial development and of integrating the prevention and positive youth development approaches to intervention and policy.