scholarly journals Identification technologies evaluation method: an application in cattle chain

2018 ◽  
Vol 15 (1) ◽  
pp. 23-34
Author(s):  
Priscilla Cristina Cabral Ribeiro ◽  
Mário Otávio Batalha ◽  
Katherine M. Chudoba ◽  
Deevon Bailey ◽  
Annibal Jose Scavarda
Keyword(s):  
Information Technology ◽  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Radio Frequency Identification ◽  
Evaluation Method ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
Extensive Literature ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
Group A ◽  
Frequency Identification ◽  
Group B

The objective of this paper is to apply an identification technologies evaluation method in cattle chain in a sample in Brazil and in USA. These technologies are information and communication technologies, such as Radio Frequency Identification and barcode. The research methodology used was a qualitative study, with an extensive literature review on information technology, information systems, and Radiofrequency evaluation methods. A scale was created to decide what decision the case study has to take according to its technology. The method proposed can contribute to the theory of information technology evaluation and can offer practitioners an efficient and effective way to evaluate prospective information technology implementations. The rankings showed that American respondents evaluate RFID with a better performance in security variables. Brazilian agents evaluate Radiofrequency with a better performance in technical and organizational variable. The scale revealed that the Americans have more agents in Group B (8), which means reevaluation of the identification method, and just one in Group A, meaning that it has to change its information technology. Brazilian agents have more cases in Group B (6), than group C (3), and Group A (1). This means that the majority of the sample has to reevaluate their method to trace cattle.

eHealth and Ethics

2011 ◽  
pp. 454-465 ◽  
Author(s):  
Diane Whitehouse ◽  
Penny Duquenoy
Keyword(s):  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Radio Frequency Identification ◽  
Ethical Issues ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
Ethical Awareness ◽  
Ethical Thought ◽  
Stakeholder Groups ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
Frequency Identification ◽  
Radio Frequency Identification Devices

The use of information and communication technologies (ICT) is increasing rapidly in many spheres of contemporary life in Europe. The ethical use of ICT in all areas of its application is of growing importance. This is especially evident in the field of healthcare. The regional, national, and Europe-wide electronic aspects of health services and systems are related fundamentally to these two developments. This chapter explores the relevance of ethics to eHealth generally. It outlines two main contrasting ideas that have influenced ethical thought: Kantian ethics and consequentialism. It investigates the ways in which teaching and practice for ICT professionals and trainees can be enhanced and extended to increase the awareness of ethical issues in eHealth. It takes as examples two technological applications that are in increasing use in the eHealth field: electronic health records and radio frequency identification devices. The chapter ends with a brief discussion and conclusions about how this ethical awareness can be expanded beyond ICT professionals to other stakeholder groups, and to other eHealth technologies or applications.

eHealth and Ethics

2011 ◽  
pp. 1831-1842
Author(s):  
Diane Whitehouse ◽  
Penny Duquenoy
Keyword(s):  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Radio Frequency Identification ◽  
Ethical Issues ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
Ethical Awareness ◽  
Ethical Thought ◽  
Stakeholder Groups ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
Frequency Identification ◽  
Radio Frequency Identification Devices

The use of information and communication technologies (ICT) is increasing rapidly in many spheres of contemporary life in Europe. The ethical use of ICT in all areas of its application is of growing importance. This is especially evident in the field of healthcare. The regional, national, and Europe-wide electronic aspects of health services and systems are related fundamentally to these two developments. This chapter explores the relevance of ethics to eHealth generally. It outlines two main contrasting ideas that have influenced ethical thought: Kantian ethics and consequentialism. It investigates the ways in which teaching and practice for ICT professionals and trainees can be enhanced and extended to increase the awareness of ethical issues in eHealth. It takes as examples two technological applications that are in increasing use in the eHealth field: electronic health records and radio frequency identification devices. The chapter ends with a brief discussion and conclusions about how this ethical awareness can be expanded beyond ICT professionals to other stakeholder groups, and to other eHealth technologies or applications.

scholarly journals Automatic Materials Tracking Practices Through RFID Implementation in Construction Projects

2019 ◽  
Vol 266 ◽  
pp. 05001 ◽  
Author(s):  
Narimah Kasim ◽  
Norliana Sarpin ◽  
Hamidun Mohd Noh ◽  
Rozlin Zainal ◽  
Sulzakimin Mohamed ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Radio Frequency Identification ◽  
Construction Projects ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
Vital Role ◽  
Materials Management ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Ict Implementation ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
Frequency Identification

Materials tracking for materials management play a vital role and contributed a major portion of the total cost in a construction project. In addition, the improper handling and storage of materials at the construction site has made it difficult to track and locate at the time are needed to carry out construction works. These problems subsequently contribute to the project delays and increase in the total project costs. Thus, this paper seeks to identify problems regarding current material tracking practices in materials management processes. In this paper, ICT and potential implementation of Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) for automatic materials tracking is also scrutinised. Data for this paper was obtained from the literature review and the case studies conducted in several construction projects. Semi-structured interviews with construction practitioners were carried out in order to gain insights into current problems, information and communication technologies (ICT) implementation, and RFID capability in assisting materials tracking practices. This paper reveals that construction projects in Malaysia are still using manual materials tracking practices, basic ICT implementation, and totally none RFID existence. Thus, there is a need for the application of RFID in order to facilitate materials tracking automatically for enhancing construction industry processes through IR 4.0.

scholarly journals Introduction: Ethics of Information Technology in Health Care

2006 ◽  
Vol 5 ◽  
pp. 2-5
Author(s):  
Georg Marckmann ◽  
Kenneth W Goodman
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Information Technology ◽  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Information And Communication Technology ◽  
Communication Technology ◽  
Social Issues ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
Theme Issue ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
Computer Based

Computer-based information and communication technologies continue to transform the delivery of health care and the conception and scientific understanding of the human body and the diseases that afflict it. While information technology has the potential to improve the quality and efficiency of patient care, it also raises important ethical and social issues. This IRIE theme issue seeks to provide a forum to identify, analyse and discuss the ethical and social issues raised by various applications of information and communication technology in medicine and health care. The contributions give a flavour of the extraordinarily broad landscape shaped by the intersection of medicine, computing and ethics. In fact, their diversity suggests that much more work is needed to clarify issues and approaches, and to provide practical tools for clinicians.

Promoting Competitive Advantage in Micro-Enterprises through Information Technology Interventions

2013 ◽  
pp. 581-606
Author(s):  
Mehruz Kamal ◽  
Sajda Qureshil ◽  
Peter Wolcott
Keyword(s):  
Information Technology ◽  
Competitive Advantage ◽  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
Dominance Model ◽  
Resource Based View ◽  
Modified Model ◽  
Enterprise Growth ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
Micro Enterprises

The use of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) by Small and Medium Sized Enterprises (SMEs) have the potential to enable these businesses to grow through access to new markets and administrative efficiencies. However, the growth of the smallest of these SMEs which are micro-enterprises is hindered by their inability to adopt ICTs effectively to achieve competitive advantage. This chapter investigates how micro-enterprises can adopt ICTs to grow and achieve competitiveness. This investigation of a set of seven micro-enterprises took place through an interpretive field study in which action research was used to diagnose and treat the micro-enterprises with interventions through a process of “Information Technology (IT) Therapy”. This process involved providing individualized IT solutions to pressing problems and opportunities and the development of a longer-term IT project plan, customized for each of the businesses. The increase in competitiveness of these micro-enterprises was assessed using the Focus Dominance Model and their growth through a modified model of micro-enterprise growth based on the resource based view of the firm. This research also contributes with a unique set of skills and experiences that ITD innovators can bring in helping micro-enterprises achieve sustained growth and competitive advantage.

Institutional Isomorphism and New Technologies

2011 ◽  
pp. 2066-2071 ◽  
Author(s):  
Francesco Amoretti ◽  
Fortunato Musella
Keyword(s):  
Information Technology ◽  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
New Technologies ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Institutional Isomorphism ◽  
Social Construct ◽  
Cognitive Frames ◽  
Related Information ◽  
Information And Communication

Technological factor is mainly underestimated in the literature on institutions and organizations. Although organizational studies and information technology are disciplines dedicated respectively to studying socio-political and technical aspects of organizing, cross-fertilization among such fields has remained quite limited. Only rarely the variable of technology has been interpreted as a crucial element for explaining institutional uniformity. From a more general point of view, changing technical factors have been considered “relatively unimportant sources of organizational change in a mature organizational field” (Yang, 2003, p. 433). Only after the spread of the information and communication technologies (ICTs), a good number of studies has started to consider the relationships among information technology and organizational structure (Guthrie, 1999). Neo-institutional analysis on the use of information technology was mostly directed at showing how the embeddedness of organizational actors “in cognitive, cultural, social, and institutional structures influences the design, perceptions, and uses of the Internet and related [information technology]” (Fountain, 2001, p. 88). Therefore, it can been argued that most of the literature on this field concerns the way in which technology represents a social construct, because it shows that any technological application is strongly influenced by social aspects, such as cognitive frames, political culture, local traditions and so forth. Yet, a few contributions have been dedicated until now to investigate how institutions change through the introduction of new technologies. Although technological innovation is said to be the source of variation in a given institutional context, as “new technology offers new possibilities for solving problems [and] new practices arise when innovative organizations take advantage of its novel benefits” (Leblebici, 1991, p. 335), little attention is focused on technological variables. Despite such disregard, in the following article some examples of the strategic use of information and communication technologies will be included, with specific reference to pressures exerted by ICTs for producing “institutional isomorphism.”

Government 2.0

2015 ◽  
pp. 1509-1527
Author(s):  
Malgorzata Pankowska
Keyword(s):  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Local Community ◽  
System Development ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
Internet Technology ◽  
Extensive Literature ◽  
Community Governance ◽  
Information Infrastructures ◽  
Sources Of Knowledge ◽  
Information And Communication

E-Government and e-Democracy system development is enabled by Internet technology. The implementation of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) accelerates the transformation of government institutions and their methods of operations. The use of ICTs at municipality institutions not only opens up possibilities for improving services to citizens and businesses, but also increases their involvement in local community governance. The general objective of this chapter is to reveal, at the municipality level, the opportunity for local community development and stronger citizen involvement in governing processes (e-Democracy). The chapter aims to present the new sources of knowledge, particularly through the involvement of individuals in local government development. The chapter aims to understand challenges in developing open information infrastructures that support municipality innovation and development. The chapter utilizes extensive literature reviews and the analysis of the content of selected e-Government portals to inform its positions.

scholarly journals The value of using the autocad program in the works of machine-building drawings for building fastening parts

2019 ◽  
Vol 3 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mamurova Dilfuza Islamovna
Keyword(s):  
Information Technology ◽  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Mechanical Engineering ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
Machine Building ◽  
Educational Institutions ◽  
Computer Technologies ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
Modern Technologies

This paper makes analyses according to XXI century, not for nothing called the century of information technology. With the development of modern technologies, information and communication technologies are widely used in all educational institutions. The use of information and communication technologies in the lessons and classes of mechanical engineering, as well as the problems of computerization, required several observations and solutions. In this way, it concludes, information computer technologies you can clearly show and explain the possibilities of computer technologies, which allows you to master the topic well.  

scholarly journals Using the Capabilities of New Technologies to Preserve and Promote the Thracian Cultural Heritage

2020 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 131-142
Author(s):  
Vesela Georgieva ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Information Technology ◽  
Cultural Heritage ◽  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
New Technologies ◽  
Mixed Reality ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
Different Types ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
Modern Information ◽  
Positive Practices

The paper presents opportunities to preserve the Thracian cultural heritage associated with the Thracian Valley , using the potencial of new technologies. The results of the study of the process are presented, related to the socialization of the museum sites, who are important for the development of the culture and tourism in the Kazanlak region and the need to introduce practices to attract different types of museum audiences. Positive practices have been identified towards the application of modern information and communication technologies, relating to presentation and promotion of the Thracian cultural heritage and improving the service that promotes the visitation of museum sites from the Valley of the Thracian Kings by paying special attention to providing intellectual access to all of them and the application of modern ICT.Prospects for preservation and promotion of the Thracian cultural heritage related to the Valley of Thracian rulers are presented, among them providing intellectual access to museum sites from the Kazanlak region and applying practices that provide opportunities for innovations, interactive forms, virtual walks, use of technological walks, virtual and mixed reality solutions and other innovations related to contemporary ICT in museums. Keywords: Thracian heritage, socialization, information technology

scholarly journals Improving the Effectiveness of Education through the Use of Modern Information and Communication Technologies in the Training of Designers

2020 ◽  
Vol 1 (5) ◽  
pp. 6-10
Author(s):  
Muslimov Narzulla Alekhanovich ◽  
Umarova Fotima Abdurakhimovna
Keyword(s):  
Information Technology ◽  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
Educational Process ◽  
Modern Information Technology ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
Modern Information ◽  
Methodological Principles ◽  
Radical Solution

The article describes the pedagogical conditions for organizing the educational process, training designers using modern information and communication technologies, performing tasks for students in practical and laboratory classes. The radical solution to the problem of increasing the effectiveness of education is not to expand the technical capabilities of modern information technology, but to develop a system of didactic and methodological principles of their application in the educational process.

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