scholarly journals Complex sociotechnical systems as a subject of constructivist epistemology research: a descriptor of subjectivity

2019 ◽  
Vol 72 ◽  
pp. 04004
Author(s):  
Igor Korotets ◽  
Tat'yana Podshibyakina ◽  
Alexandr Fedoseenkov
Keyword(s):  
Knowledge Management ◽  
System Analysis ◽  
Actor Network Theory ◽  
Subject Area ◽  
Sociotechnical Systems ◽  
Social Relevance ◽  
Subject Field ◽  
Sociotechnical System ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Constructivist Epistemology

Epistemology began to show some signs of crisis, it touched its scientific paradigm: the object. subject, method, as well as its social relevance. In society, there was a request not only to obtain knowledge about knowledge, but also to use knowledge management technologies as a consumer of information, which is due to the rapid growth of the number of Internet users and its autonomy and independence. The aim of the work is to consider in the subject field of epistemology of technical networks (Internet) as an independent actor and an element of a special sociotechnical system; analysis of the activities of network social actors to establish control over the process of social cognition through knowledge management and attitudes. Bruno Latour's "actor-network theory" (ANT) was chosen as the research method it allows to give theoretical and methodological substantiation of the descriptor of subjectivity of networks in complex sociotechnical systems. The paper assesses the technical networks (Internet) as an independent actor of the sociotechnical system and describes their functioning in this capacity. The analysis of such a sphere in the subject area of epistemology as knowledge management, little studied, but extremely relevant in connection with the perception of the global Internet as a fairly independent area of life of network communities and new network media. It is concluded that a promising direction for modern constructivist epistemology is the study of the problems of establishing control over the production, transfer and accumulation of knowledge in society, as well as the negative manifestations of such control in the form of manipulation of consciousness, the use of open and hidden censorship.

scholarly journals Semantic knowledge networks in education

2020 ◽  
Vol 166 ◽  
pp. 10022
Author(s):  
Arnold Kiv ◽  
Vladimir Soloviev ◽  
Elena Tarasova ◽  
Tetyana Koycheva ◽  
Katrina Kolesnykova
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Knowledge Management ◽  
Basic Concept ◽  
Subject Area ◽  
Semantic Knowledge ◽  
Knowledge Networks ◽  
Knowledge Network ◽  
Area Model ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Topological Characteristics

The article is devoted to the modeling a semantic knowledge networks. The knowledge network is the basic concept of the problem of knowledge management. This is a new discipline that implements the principles of sustainable development of education. The method of constructing a semantic knowledge network allows us to analyze the connections between educational disciplines: “Economic Cybernetics”, “Algorithms and Programming” and “Calculus”. The paper compares the topological characteristics of the concept graphs related to various disciplines. We develop the algorithm to implement the subject area model in the form of a semantic knowledge network. 125 concepts are analyzed that provide optimal mastering disciplines and establish the connection between them.

scholarly journals Assessing the Coronavirus Research Output: A Bibliometric Analysis

2020 ◽  
pp. 097215092097511
Author(s):  
Asifa Ali ◽  
Irfan Ahmad Hakak ◽  
Faseeh Amin
Keyword(s):  
Hong Kong ◽  
Bibliometric Analysis ◽  
Web Of Science ◽  
Research Output ◽  
Publication Output ◽  
Subject Area ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Prolific Author ◽  
Subject Field ◽  
The Subject

The aim of this article is to examine the bibliometric analysis of global publication output on coronavirus, as covered in Web of Science during the period from 2000 to 2019. A total of 10,861 documents were found during a 20-year period spanning from 2000 to 2019 published in the ISI Web of Science. The study analyses annual productivity, most productive source titles, prolific countries, eminent institutions, linguistic analysis and productivity of authors and their contribution in the subject area. The findings reveal that the most productive year of publication was 2004 that included 782 publications with the majority published in the Journal of Virology. The result further indicates that the USA, China and Germany are the most productive countries in the field of Coronavirus research output. In terms of institutional output, University of Hong Kong emerged as the most productive institution; Yuen KY from Hong Kong is the most prolific author. In the subject category type, the most prominent subject field is Virology, Infectious Disease and Veterinary Science. The findings of the study are limited to the data harvested from ‘Web of Science’. This study is of immense relevance to researchers and academicians who are searching for answers to this pandemic. This will provide insights to academicians to collaborate with other researchers based on the quality of the research produced by other countries and institutes. The study is useful for researchers, immunologists and epidemiologists who are interested in the field of Coronavirus and serves as a base for future research.

scholarly journals Sociology of the Family: Interdisciplinary Connection and Problem-Subject Field’ Specifity

Vestnik NSUEM ◽  
2020 ◽  
pp. 259-270
Author(s):  
N. A. Vyalykh
Keyword(s):  
Family Relations ◽  
Subject Area ◽  
Sociological Research ◽  
Marriage And Family ◽  
Subject Field ◽  
The Family ◽  
Family Sociology ◽  
Methodological Problems ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Sociology Of The Family

The relevance of the article is determined by the need to overcome the existing differences in understanding the subject area of the family studies in Russian sociology today. The aim of the article is a revision of subject boundaries and methodological problems of the family sociology. The novelty of the work is in identifying the externalist and internalist factors that are differentiating the sociological research methodology of marriage and family relations from it’s in other sciences. But currently, there is a tendency to overcome the cognitive one-sidedness of various disciplinary approaches in an attempt to create a comprehensive science of the family.

Intelligent Search for Experts Using Fuzzy Abstraction Hierarchy in Knowledge Management Systems

2009 ◽  
pp. 755-777
Author(s):  
Kun-Woo Yang ◽  
Soon-Young Huh
Keyword(s):  
Knowledge Management ◽  
Text Categorization ◽  
Explicit Knowledge ◽  
Science And Technology ◽  
Management Systems ◽  
Prototype System ◽  
Knowledge Management Systems ◽  
Subject Field ◽  
Intelligent Search ◽  
The Subject

In knowledge management systems (KMS), managing explicit knowledge is comparatively easy using information technology such as databases. However, tacit knowledge, usually possessed by human experts in unstructured forms such as know-how and experiences, is hard to systemize. Recent research has shown that it is more effective to provide search mechanisms for experts than to directly search for specific knowledge itself in KMS to pinpoint experts with needed knowledge in the organizations so that users can acquire the knowledge from the found experts. In this article, we propose an intelligent search framework to provide search capabilities for experts who not only match search conditions exactly but also belong to the similar or related subject fields according to the user’s needs. In enabling intelligent searches for experts, the Fuzzy Abstraction Hierarchy (FAH) framework has been adopted. Based on FAH, searching for experts with similar or related expertise is facilitated using the subject field hierarchy defined in the system. While adopting FAH, a text categorization approach based on Vector Space Model is also utilized to overcome the limitation of the original FAH framework. To test applicability and practicality of the proposed framework, the prototype system, “Knowledge Portal for Researchers in Science and Technology” sponsored by the Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST) of Korea, has been developed.

Problems of Selecting Content and Improvement Teaching of the Subject Field «Technology» in Educational School

2018 ◽  
Vol 6 (3) ◽  
pp. 27-29
Author(s):  
Алексей Семибратов ◽  
Aleksey Semibratov ◽  
Ю. Хотунцев ◽  
Yu. Hotuncev
Keyword(s):  
Vocational Education ◽  
Human Activity ◽  
Subject Area ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
High Tech ◽  
Work Activity ◽  
Subject Field ◽  
The Subject

The article examines the role of the subject area “Technology” in the school, in the development of the personality of the students, in solving the problems of the personnel supply of the economy. The urgency of the subject area “Technology” is substantiated from the point of view of ensuring the continuity of the transition of students from general to vocational education, continuous self-education and work activity. The necessity of orientation of students for engineering and technical activity in the sphere of high-tech production is established. Forms of organization of studying the subject “Technology” in the school are off ered. The content of the subject area “Technology” is disclosed as a transforming human activity and the concept of technology.

Mapping Methodological Issues in Knowledge Management Research, 2009–2014

2019 ◽  
Vol 15 (1) ◽  
pp. 85-100 ◽  
Author(s):  
Patrick Ngulube
Keyword(s):  
Knowledge Management ◽  
Mixed Methods Research ◽  
Qualitative Content Analysis ◽  
Research Literature ◽  
Methodological Issues ◽  
Subject Field ◽  
Future Studies ◽  
Methodological Choices ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Context Specific

By drawing on the nuances in methodological research literature, this qualitative content analysis study investigated the research procedures employed in knowledge management (KM) research between 2009 and 2014, to gain an understanding of the methodological choices made by KM researchers. In total, 989 articles published in five leading KM-centric journals were reviewed. The results revealed that KM research utilised a variety of research procedures. The predominance of positivist epistemologies varied across the five journals, but mixed methods research was not prevalent. True to the interpretivist presuppositions of this study, these results are not definitive. Deploying multi-methods may result in a deeper understanding of the use of research procedures in the field. The value of this study lies in the fact that it will lead to greater knowledge of research methodologies in the subject field and provide a baseline for future studies that have an interest in reflecting on context-specific methodological practices.

An evaluation of information sources for current awareness on occupational diseases

1986 ◽  
Vol 12 (5) ◽  
pp. 247-255 ◽  
Author(s):  
Clive Price ◽  
Rosemary A. Burley
Keyword(s):  
Occupational Diseases ◽  
English Language ◽  
Information Sources ◽  
Subject Area ◽  
Primary Sources ◽  
Research Information ◽  
Subject Field ◽  
Secondary Sources ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Selection Of

An evaluative study of a selection of primary and sec ondary information sources of potential use for current aware ness in the field of occupational diseases is presented. This study identifies the more important English language primary sources of occupational diseases research information. Re search studies in the field of occupational diseases, however, are scattered widely in the medical literature. This study com pares the usefulness of a variety of secondary sources as current awareness tools for bringing together this widely scattered information. Several secondary sources are useful but, despite considerable overlap between these sources, no single source provides comprehensive coverage of the subject field. Scanning of a number of primary sources together with several secondary sources is recommended as the best means of keeping abreast of the latest research information in this subject area.

scholarly journals RESEARCH OF ACID TRANSACTION IMPLEMENTATION METHODS FOR DISTRIBUTED DATABASES USING REPLICATION TECHNOLOGY

2021 ◽  
pp. 19-31
Author(s):  
Oksana Mazurova ◽  
Artem Naboka ◽  
Mariya Shirokopetleva
Keyword(s):  
Relational Databases ◽  
System Analysis ◽  
Distributed Databases ◽  
Subject Area ◽  
Relational Model ◽  
Distributed Transactions ◽  
Business Operations ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Effective Use ◽  
Selection Of

Today, databases are an integral part of most modern applications designed to store large amounts of data and to request from many users. To solve business problems in such conditions, databases are scaled, often horizontally on several physical servers using replication technology. At the same time, many business operations require the implementation of transactional compliance with ACID properties. For relational databases that traditionally support ACID transactions, horizontal scaling is not always effective due to the limitations of the relational model itself. Therefore, there is an applied problem of efficient implementation of ACID transactions for horizontally distributed databases. The subject matter of the study is the methods of implementing ACID transactions in distributed databases, created by replication technology. The goal of the work is to increase the efficiency of ACID transaction implementation for horizontally distributed databases. The work is devoted to solving the following tasks: analysis and selection of the most relevant methods of implementation of distributed ACID transactions; planning and experimental research of methods for implementing ACID transactions by using of NoSQL DBMS MongoDB and NewSQL DBMS VoltDB as an example; measurements of metrics of productivity of use of these methods and formation of the recommendation concerning their effective use. The following methods are used: system analysis; relational databases design; methods for evaluating database performance. The following results were obtained: experimental measurements of the execution time of typical distributed transactions for the subject area of e-commerce, as well as measurements of the number of resources required for their execution; revealed trends in the performance of such transactions, formed recommendations for the methods studied. The obtained results allowed to make functions of dependence of the considered metrics on loading parameters. Conclusions: the strengths and weaknesses of the implementation of distributed ACID transactions using MongoDB and VoltDB were identified. Practical recommendations for the effective use of these systems for different types of applications, taking into account the resources consumed and the types of requests.

scholarly journals The Nature of Communications in the Context of the Information Society Development: the Problems of Conceptual Apparatus Formation

2021 ◽  
pp. 862-872
Author(s):  
Inna L. Skipor
Keyword(s):  
Information Society ◽  
Information Transfer ◽  
System Analysis ◽  
Service Providers ◽  
Subject Area ◽  
Communication Process ◽  
Regulatory Documents ◽  
Conceptual Apparatus ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Technical Documents

The research is aimed at identifying the characteristics of the conceptual apparatus of the subject area «information society», which is considered as the most important means of communication. The expansion of means of communication in the context of active introduction of information technologies into various fields of activity using both linguistic and non-linguistic signs is indicated. With the participation of representatives of various spheres of activity (IT‑specialists, representatives of authorities and management, regulatory and supervisory and law enforcement agencies, information service providers and information technology users), who have different levels of vocabulary in the subject area «information society» in the communication process, information transfer is associated with its possible lack of understanding or complete misunderstanding by the communication participants. Despite the presence of publications devoted to the issues of standardization and the use of concepts characterizing various aspects of the information society formation and development in the modern documentary stream, there are no studies reflecting results of the system analysis of the term system of the subject area «information society». Based on the content analysis of the abstracts journal «Informatics», which reflects the global documentary flow (chronological coverage: 2000–2018) and Russian regulatory documents in the field of informatization of society, international and national (Russian) standards, the composition of the concepts used has been revealed. During the study of the composition and the content of the concepts definitions enshrined in regulatory and technical documents, such challenges of the conceptual apparatus formation as inconsistency of definitions used both in different industries and in different standards included in one complex or a system of standards; incorrect use of terms that have definitions enshrined in regulatory documents; parallel use of synonymous terms and concepts, including within the same field of activity, have been identified. It is proposed to consider increasing the efficiency of communications in the information society through solving a set of tasks: formation of a terminology system that meets the requirements of international and Russian regulatory documents, development of a classification of concepts that characterize the information society as a whole and its components; adaptation of the conceptual apparatus enshrined in normative legal and normative and technical documents; development of information retrieval thesauri, and complex reference editions

The Philosophy of War: Unity in Diversity

2020 ◽  
Vol 63 (1) ◽  
pp. 20-39
Author(s):  
Alexey V. Soloviev
Keyword(s):  
Historical Memory ◽  
Subject Area ◽  
Philosophical Study ◽  
Historical Events ◽  
Subject Field ◽  
Political Events ◽  
Starting Point ◽  
Unity In Diversity ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Peace And War

The article discusses the diversity of the subject field of the philosophy of war as well as the internal integrity of the discipline, united by the focus on the philosophical understanding of the phenomenon of war. The author shows the role of H. Lloyd, who influenced K. Clausewitz, H. Jomini and their followers’ interpretation of the meaning and content of the subject area of the philosophy of war. In the abundance of specific topics addressed by philosophers of this field, the following topics should be noted: the issue of victory and defeat and their interpretation as well as the issue of historical memory. This problem is projected on contemporaneity and reflects the deep connection between peace and war, the dialectic of their relations. The interpretation of certain military and political events is of real interest in the light of the processes of distortion of historical events that have radically affected the course of history. An analysis of the motives and causes of this process is supposes to reconstruct an objective picture of relations between the subjects of international relations in various periods of history. The author finds answers in already existing concepts that have been developed in our time. It is important to mention the project of the French philosopher Charles Renouvier, who put forward the concept of “uchronia,” which became the starting point for the consideration of historical events in the “subjunctive mood.” This genre of historiosophical fantasy was picked up by famous followers – by the former President of France V. Giscard d’Estaing and others. The article provides eyewitness accounts of historical events (in particular, the campaign of Napoleon in Russia) that are historical facts and help to understand the true state of things. The article demonstrates that the philosophical study of the problem of war is important for understanding the origins and essence of relations arising from the transition between peaceful and military states.

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