scholarly journals Crowdlending: mapping the core literature and research frontiers

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Samuel Ribeiro-Navarrete ◽  
Juan Piñeiro-Chousa ◽  
M. Ángeles López-Cabarcos ◽  
Daniel Palacios-Marqués
Keyword(s):  
Behavioral Finance ◽  
New Technologies ◽  
Research Field ◽  
Valuable Insight ◽  
Research Topics ◽  
The Core ◽  
P2p Lending ◽  
Key Features ◽  
Research Frontiers ◽  
Future Status

AbstractPeer-to-peer (P2P) lending uses two-sided platforms to link borrowers with a crowd of lenders. Despite considerable diversity in crowdlending research, studies in this area typically focus on several common research topics, including information asymmetries, social capital, communication channels, and rating-based models. This young research field is still expanding. However, its importance has increased considerably since 2018. This rise in importance suggests that P2P lending may offer a promising new scientific research field. This paper presents a bibliometric study based on keyword co-occurrence, author and reference co-citations, and bibliographic coupling. The paper thus maps the key features of P2P lending research. Although many of the most cited papers are purely financial, some focus on behavioral finance. The trend in this field is toward innovative finance based on new technologies. The conclusions of this study provide valuable insight for researchers, managers, and policymakers to understand the current and future status of this field. The variables that affect new financial contexts and the strategies that promote technology-based financial environments must be investigated in the future.

scholarly journals Uncovering the human evaluation of changeability for automated factory layout planning: an expert survey

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Peter Burggräf ◽  
Matthias Dannapfel ◽  
Viviane Hahn ◽  
Michael Preutenborbeck
Keyword(s):  
Operations Research ◽  
Performance Metrics ◽  
Qualitative Evaluation ◽  
Research Field ◽  
Research Topics ◽  
Layout Planning ◽  
Related Research ◽  
The Core ◽  
Human Evaluation ◽  
Factory Layout

AbstractOn the way to automated layout planning numerous challenges must be faced. One of these challenges is the automated layout evaluation, which can be considered as the core of automated layout planning. The research field of factory planning differs from related research topics such as facility layout planning (FLP) from operations research (OR) by focusing for example on qualitative criteria in the evaluation. However, findings on how qualitative criteria can be interpreted in a quantifiable and measurable way are still rare. In this article, we address these questions with a focus on changeability, which can be regarded as the most important qualitative evaluation criterion in layout planning. For this purpose, a survey was conducted that aims to determine changeability from the understanding of industry experts and to define it consistently with the understanding from literature. Based on this understanding, performance metrics are derived to measure the layout changeability.

Multiculturalism

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nasar Meer
Keyword(s):  
National Identity ◽  
Race Relations ◽  
National Identities ◽  
Policy Debate ◽  
Prominent Feature ◽  
Religious Minorities ◽  
The Core ◽  
National Question ◽  
Multicultural Citizenship ◽  
Future Status

The purpose of this chapter is to locate the discussion about Muslims in Scotland in relation to questions of national identity and multicultural citizenship. While the former has certainly been a prominent feature of public and policy debate, the latter has largely been overshadowed by constitutional questions raised by devolution and the referenda on independence. This means that, while we have undoubtedly progressed since MacEwen (1980) characterised the treatment of ‘race-relations’ in Scotland as a matter either of ‘ignorance or apathy’, the issue of where ethnic, racial and religious minorities rest in the contemporary landscape remains unsettled. One of the core arguments of this chapter is that these issues are all interrelated, and that the present and future status of Muslims in Scotland is tied up with wider debates about the ‘national question’. Hitherto, however, study of national identity in Scotland has often (though not always) been discussed in relation to the national identities of England, Wales and Britain as a whole.

scholarly journals Conformation Study of Dual Stimuli-Responsive Core-Shell Diblock Polymer Brushes

Polymers ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 10 (10) ◽  
pp. 1084
Author(s):  
Kaimin Chen ◽  
Lan Cao ◽  
Ying Zhang ◽  
Kai Li ◽  
Xue Qin ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Polymer Brushes ◽  
Core Shell ◽  
Stimuli Responsive ◽  
Research Topics ◽  
Design And Synthesis ◽  
Mild Conditions ◽  
The Core ◽  
Responsive Polymer ◽  
Stimuli Responsive Polymer ◽  
Shed Light

Stimuli-responsive nanoparticles are among the most popular research topics. In this study, two types of core-shell (polystyrene with a photoiniferter (PSV) as the core and diblock as the shell) polymer brushes (PSV@PNIPA-b-PAA and PSV@PAA-b-PNIPA) were designed and prepared using surface-initiated photoiniferter-mediated polymerization (SI-PIMP). Moreover, their pH- and temperature-stimuli responses were explored by dynamic light scattering (DLS) and turbidimeter under various conditions. The results showed that the conformational change was determined on the basis of the competition among electrostatic repulsion, hydrophobic interaction, hydrogen bonding, and steric hindrance, which was also confirmed by protein adsorption experiments. These results are not only helpful for the design and synthesis of stimuli-responsive polymer brushes but also shed light on controlled protein immobilization under mild conditions.

scholarly journals Medical students' perspectives about the traditional and the integrated learning programs in the college of medicine- University of Bisha 

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ayman Mohamed Alashkar ◽  
Abdullah Abdelazim Hashish ◽  
Adel Aborgela ◽  
Ashraf Salah Metwally ◽  
Hany Sonpol ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Medical Students ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
New Technologies ◽  
Statistical Significance ◽  
Approaches To Learning ◽  
Medical Schools ◽  
Research Field ◽  
Integrated Learning ◽  
Learning Program ◽  
School Students

Abstract Purpose: Students’ approaches to learning are central to the process of learning. There is strong debate about the efficiency of traditional learning program (TLP) and the integrated learning program (ILP) in medical schools. TLP is easy for the students being passive learners and for the tutors playing the role of sage on the stage. ILP is mainly student centered in which the students are active learners with mentoring of their tutors. It is important to know the perspectives of medical school students about both programs as they used to apply TLP in the 1st year and starting ILP from the 2nd year. Methodology: This study adopted quantitative research methodology. We addressed the 2nd and 3rd year medical students. Online survey using the Google forms was applied for data collection. Results: agreement of the integrated program (80.8%) exceeded the traditional (48.5%) especially in improving the communication skills, dealing with new technologies, reinforcement of competencies in the research field, and to less extent for its suitability to be applied in medical schools nowadays, development of desired doctor skills to deal with patients and for provision of good approach for medical practice, and lastly for its suitability to identify and deal with the community needs. There was no statistical significance between both programs regarding support of professionalism values. The disagreement of ILP (19.2%) was much lower than TLP (51.5%). Conclusion: Integrated learning program becomes an innovative tool for learning in medical schools with very good compliance among the medical students.

scholarly journals A Wrinkle in Time: Circadian biology in pulmonary vascular health and disease

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrew J Bryant ◽  
Elnaz Ebrahimi ◽  
Amy Nguyen ◽  
Christopher A Wolff ◽  
Michelle L Gumz ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Pulmonary Hypertension ◽  
Large Degree ◽  
Systemic Hypertension ◽  
Pulmonary Vascular Disease ◽  
Valuable Insight ◽  
Four Dimensions ◽  
The Core ◽  
Specific Effects ◽  
Circadian Biology

An often over looked element of pulmonary vascular disease is time. Cellular responses to time, which are regulated directly by the core circadian clock, have only recently been elucidated. Despite an extensive collection of data regarding the role of rhythmic contribution to disease pathogenesis (such as systemic hypertension, coronary artery and renal disease), the roles of key circadian transcription factors in pulmonary hypertension remain under-studied. This is despite a large degree of overlap in the pulmonary hypertension and circadian rhythm fields, including not only shared signaling pathways, but also cell-specific effects of the core clock that are known to result in both protective and adverse lung vessel changes. Therefore, the goal of this review is to summarize the current dialogue regarding common pathways in circadian biology, with a specific emphasis on its implications in the progression of pulmonary hypertension. In this work, we emphasize specific proteins involved in the regulation of the core molecular clock while noting the circadian cell-specific changes relevant to vascular remodeling. Finally, we apply this knowledge to the optimization of medical therapy, with a focus on sleep hygiene and the role of chronopharmacology in patients with this disease. In dissecting the unique relationship between time and cellular biology, we aim to provide valuable insight into the practical implications of considering time as a therapeutic variable. Armed with this information, physicians will be positioned to more efficiently utilize the full four dimensions of patient care, resulting in improved morbidity and mortality of pulmonary hypertension patients.

Allais on Transcendental Idealism

2011 ◽  
Vol 16 (3) ◽  
pp. 351-374 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrew F. Roche
Keyword(s):  
Transcendental Idealism ◽  
Human Beings ◽  
Secondary Qualities ◽  
Relational Properties ◽  
The Core ◽  
Key Features

AbstractLucy Allais argues that we can better understand Kant's transcendental idealism by taking seriously the analogy of appearances to secondary qualities that Kant offers in the Prolegomena. A proper appreciation of this analogy, Allais claims, yields a reading of transcendental idealism according to which all properties that can appear to us in experience are mind-dependent relational properties that inhere in mind-independent objects. In section 1 of my paper, I articulate Allais's position and its benefits, not least of which is its elegant explanation of how the features of objects that appear to us are transcendentally ideal while still being ‘empirically’ real. In section 2, I contend that there are elements of Allais's account that are problematic, yet also inessential, to what I view to be the core contribution of her analysis. These elements are the views that the properties that appear to human beings are not really distinct from properties that things have ‘in themselves’ and that Kant embraced a relational account of perception. In section 3, I return to the core of Allais's reading and argue that, despite its multiple virtues, it cannot make sense of key features of Kant's idealism.

Bibliometric Analysis of Public Relations Axis Postgraduate Theses Related to Social Media or New Media Concepts

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hicran Özlem Ilgın ◽  
Miglena Kazashka
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Data Collection ◽  
New Media ◽  
Public Relations ◽  
Bibliometric Analysis ◽  
New Technologies ◽  
Research Field ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Analysis Method ◽  
Data Collection Technique

Public relations and social media are basically based on communication. Changing the order of communication along with the development of new technologies affected all fields of work as well as the field of public relations with the implementation of new practices and tools. Social media applications, which are included in public relations studies, have entered the research field of academic studies on this occasion. In this manner, the subject of this study has been carried out in Turkey and named "public relations" with the concept of "new media" or "social media" concept constitutes the graduate theses. The aim of this research in public relations axis graduate of surveys conducted in Turkey in social media and taking in conjunction with new media concepts to what extent to put forth that takes place in the general population and post is to establish a general map of this thesis. The bibliometric analysis method was used in this study. From this point of view, the year of the thesis, the title and thesis advisor, university and department, the research method, the data collection method of this research, the number of pages and keywords categories were created and the data of the theses were recorded. In the first stage of the analysis, 41 theses containing the words public relations and social media were reached, and 13 theses containing the words public relations and new media in the second stage. It was determined that 54 theses obtained as a result of these scans were carried out between the years 2006-2020. It has been determined that there are 11% of 577 graduate theses, which are in the general universe between these years and have the concept of public relations in their names. As a result of the analysis made, it was determined that the graduate theses with the words social media or new media in their names together with the words of public relations are highly postgraduate thesis. It has been revealed that these theses were published by 31% of Marmara University and 67% were studied in the Public Relations and Publicity Department. In addition, it was determined that the content analysis method was preferred as the data collection technique in these theses with a rate of 63%. In addition, 214 keywords were reached in theses, and it was recorded that ring relationships came in the top rank with 53 frequencies and 25% of these keywords.

VuFind

2013 ◽  
pp. 73-99 ◽  
Author(s):  
Demian Katz ◽  
Andrew Nagy
Keyword(s):  
Open Source ◽  
Search Engine ◽  
Relational Database ◽  
Data Retrieval ◽  
Similarity Analysis ◽  
The Core ◽  
Front End ◽  
Informative Case ◽  
Key Features

Apache Solr, an open source Java-based search engine, forms the core of many Library 2.0 products. The use of an index in place of a relational database allows faster data retrieval along with key features like faceting and similarity analysis that are not practical in the previous generation of library software. The popular VuFind discovery tool was built to provide a library-friendly front-end for Solr’s powerful searching capabilities, and its development provides an informative case study on the use of Solr in a library setting. VuFind is just one of many library packages using Solr, and examples like Blacklight, Summon, and the eXtensible Catalog project show other possible approaches to its use.

E-Business Systems Security in Intelligent Organizations

2011 ◽  
pp. 1222-1226
Author(s):  
Denis Trcek
Keyword(s):  
New Technologies ◽  
Lessons Learned ◽  
Key Factors ◽  
Business Systems ◽  
The Core ◽  
Business Environments ◽  
Systems Security ◽  
Appropriate Treatment ◽  
Online Business ◽  
Intelligent Organizations

Security as we perceive it today became a topic of research with the introduction of networked information systems, or networked ISs, in the early 1980s. In the mid-1990s the proliferation of the Internet in the business area exposed security as one of the key factors for successful online business, and the majority of efforts to provide it were focused on technology. However, due to lessons learned during this period, the paradigms have since changed, with increasing emphasis on human factors. It is a fact that security of networked ISs is becoming part of the core processes in all e-business environments. While data is clearly one of the key assets and has to be protected accordingly, ISs have to be highly integrated and open. Appropriate treatment of these contradictory issues is not a trivial task for managers of contemporary intelligent organizations. It requires new approaches, especially in light of new technologies.

scholarly journals Virtual reality and gamification in marketing higher education: a review and research agenda

2020 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Sandra Maria Correia Loureiro ◽  
Ricardo Godinho Bilro ◽  
Fernando José de Aires Angelino
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Virtual Reality ◽  
Research Agenda ◽  
Research Field ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Research Topics ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Education Experience ◽  
Future Research Agenda ◽  
Search Terms

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to review studies on the use of virtual reality (VR) and gamification to engage students in higher education for marketing issues to identify the research topics, the research gaps and to prepare a future research agenda. Design/methodology/approach A literature review is performed based on two search terms applied to Web of Science, resulting in a final pool of 115 articles. A text-mining approach is used to conduct a full-text analysis of papers related to VR and gamification in higher education. The authors also compare the salient characteristics presented in the articles. Findings From this analysis, five major research topics are found and analysed, namely, teaching methodologies and education, experience and motivation, student engagement, applied theories in VR and gamification. Based on this and following the theory concept characteristics methodology framework, the paper provides directions for future research. Originality/value There is no comprehensive review exploring the topics, theories, constructs and methods used in prior studies concerning VR and gamification applied to higher education services based on all the articles published in well-regarded academic journals. This review seeks to provide deeper insights, to help scholars contribute to the development of this research field.

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