scholarly journals Anachronistic Progress? User Notions of Lie Detection in the Juridical Field

2020 ◽  
Vol 6 ◽  
pp. 328
Author(s):  
Bettina Paul ◽  
Larissa Fischer ◽  
Torsten H. Voigt
Keyword(s):  
Procedural Justice ◽  
Brain Imaging ◽  
Technological Innovation ◽  
Empirical Investigation ◽  
Lie Detection ◽  
Judicial System ◽  
Technological Advances ◽  
The Way

In recent years, progress in the field of lie detection has been linked to technological advances from classic polygraphs to neuroscientific brain imaging. In our empirical investigation, however, we found different notions of progress that do not comply with the popular understanding of progress as technological innovation. We follow the users of lie detection procedures in Germany in order to discern how they embrace seemingly old technologies and frame them in terms of novelty and improvement. We identify two notions of progress: one view of the polygraph in the juridical field as an instrument for procedural justice, and another view in which the device functions as a symbol of openness to improvements in the judicial system. These insights complement contemporary scholarship on lie detection by shining a critical light on the rhetoric of progress in relation to the promises of brain-based lie detection procedures. When analyzing the way polygraph tests are seen as progress, it becomes clear that the promises and hopes that are linked to this technology are of more relevance for its appraisal than its placement in time.

scholarly journals Smart University: A University In the Technological Age

TEM Journal ◽  
2021 ◽  
pp. 13-17
Author(s):  
Anne Bakupa Mbombo ◽  
Nadire Cavus
Keyword(s):  
Big Data ◽  
Technological Innovation ◽  
Global Education ◽  
Education Reforms ◽  
Technological Advances ◽  
Educational Institute ◽  
E Learning ◽  
Technological Age ◽  
The Way

All universities have changed their visions because of developments in the advancement of education and other disciplines which are generally legitimately linked to global education reforms. The learning arena is gradually influenced by technological advances such as e-learning, IoT etc. which are rapidly and absolutely changing the way educators provide instruction and teach students. A Smart University is a university that uses technological innovation within its organization to accomplish its mission. This research focuses on the concept of a Smart University that incorporates within it the concept of big data and elearning, while showing its impact on teachers, learners and the educational institute in general.

Rediseñando las Organizaciones del Futuro. El impacto de la transformación digital en el mundo del trabajo

2019 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 199-226
Author(s):  
Ricardo M. Piñeyro Prins ◽  
Guadalupe E. Estrada Narvaez
Keyword(s):  
Industrial Revolution ◽  
New Technologies ◽  
Third Sector ◽  
Digital Transformation ◽  
Digital Culture ◽  
Exploratory Research ◽  
The People ◽  
Technological Advances ◽  
Current Scenario ◽  
The Way

We are witnessing how new technologies are radically changing the design of organizations, the way in which they produce and manage both their objectives and their strategies, and -above all- how digital transformation impacts the people who are part of it. Even today in our country, many organizations think that digitalizing is having a presence on social networks, a web page or venturing into cases of success in corporate social intranet. Others begin to invest a large part of their budget in training their teams and adapting them to the digital age. But given this current scenario, do we know exactly what the digital transformation of organizations means? It is necessary? Implying? Is there a roadmap to follow that leads to the success of this process? How are organizations that have been born 100% digital from their business conception to the way of producing services through the use of platforms? What role does the organizational culture play in this scenario? The challenge of the digital transformation of businesses and organizations, which is part of the paradigm of the industrial revolution 4.0, is happening here and now in all types of organizations, whether are they private, public or third sector. The challenge to take into account in this process is to identify the digital competences that each worker must face in order to accompany these changes and not be left out of it. In this sense, the present work seeks to analyze the main characteristics of the current technological advances that make up the digital transformation of organizations and how they must be accompanied by a digital culture and skills that allow their successful development. In order to approach this project, we will carry out an exploratory research, collecting data from the sector of new actors in the world of work such as employment platforms in its various areas (gastronomy, delivery, transportation, recreation, domestic service, etc) and an analysis of the main technological changes that impact on the digital transformation of organizations in Argentina.

Community policing in Danish “ghetto” areas: Trust and distrust between the police and ethnic minority youth

2021 ◽  
pp. 174889582110173
Author(s):  
Tobias Kammersgaard ◽  
Thomas Friis Søgaard ◽  
Mie Birk Haller ◽  
Torsten Kolind ◽  
Geoffrey Hunt
Keyword(s):  
Law Enforcement ◽  
Procedural Justice ◽  
Ethnic Minority ◽  
Police Officers ◽  
Community Policing ◽  
Minority Youth ◽  
Ethnic Minority Youth ◽  
Challenges And Strategies ◽  
The Way

Recent years have seen trends within police to use different forms of “community policing” strategies that aim to foster closer relationships and trust with citizens, as well as an orientation toward “procedural justice” in law enforcement practices. Based on 25 interviews with police officers in two different police precincts in Denmark, this article explores the policing of ethnic minority youth in so-called “ghetto” areas from the perspectives of police officers. In doing this, we describe the specific challenges and strategies in implementing such policing methods in neighborhoods where some residents display low trust or even hostility toward the police. The article sheds light on the emotional, organizational, and practical challenges involved in doing community policing in marginalized neighborhoods and the way in which this shapes how community policing is being organized in practice.

scholarly journals Better Living Through Technology

2015 ◽  
Vol 22 (2) ◽  
pp. 349-352 ◽  
Author(s):  
David J. Gunkel
Keyword(s):  
Technological Innovation ◽  
Philosophical Project ◽  
Important Shift ◽  
The Way

Abstract In this brief response to Mark Coeckelbergh’s contribution, I demonstrate how the author introduces an important shift in the way we approach technology. Instead of focusing on the new and often-times dramatic existential vulnerabilities supposedly introduced by technological innovation, Coeckelbergh targets the way technology already transforms our existential vulnerabilities. And I show how this shift in focus has three very important consequences: (1) a different way to ask about and investigate the question concerning technology, (2) the importance of hacking as a mode of responding to this question and (3) the significance of questioning as a philosophical project.

scholarly journals A Historical Overview of Protected Agriculture in the State of Sinaloa, Mexico: Implications for Improving Rural Prosperity

2019 ◽  
Vol 26 (3) ◽  
pp. 7-26
Author(s):  
Luis Flores ◽  
M. Craig Edwards
Keyword(s):  
Economic Development ◽  
Technological Innovation ◽  
Agricultural Production ◽  
Agricultural Sector ◽  
The State ◽  
Tomato Production ◽  
Use Of Resources ◽  
Technological Advances ◽  
Production Practices ◽  
Societal Problems

Economic development is an important phenomenon that can positively impact societal problems such as poverty, lack of education, and insufficient infrastructure, among other ills. In this regard, technological advances are essential to making better use of resources. The agricultural sector is no exception. With the passage of time, advances in agriculture have allowed processes to be optimized, improving production practices and minimizing risks, by using innovative technologies (Schenkel, Finley, & Chumney, 2012). For this reason, the adoption and use of approaches to protected agricultural production grew steadily in the State of Sinaloa, Mexico during the last century and until today. Such technology assisted significantly in the economic development of the region. This inquiry sought to understand factors and forces that augmented expansion of protected agriculture, especially regarding tomato production, and its advantages compared to traditional systems, as experienced by producers in Sinaloa. Understanding such a phenomenon may provide important implications for improving the economies of similar contexts in need of economic development where agriculture is a viable sector. Keywords: economic development; protected agriculture; Sinaloa tomato industry; technological innovation

The impact of chemical engineering and technological advances on managing diabetes: present and future concepts

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sabine Szunerits ◽  
Sorin Melinte ◽  
Alexandre Barras ◽  
Quentin Pagneux ◽  
Anna Voronova ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Chemical Engineering ◽  
Technological Advances ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Future Concepts ◽  
The Way

Advanced chemical engineering together with the incorporation of micro- and nanotechnological-based processes are on the way to revolutionize diabetic management.

scholarly journals Thirty years of neuroendocrinology: Technological advances pave the way for molecular discovery

2018 ◽  
Vol 31 (3) ◽  
pp. e12653 ◽  
Author(s):  
Felicity E. Stubbs ◽  
Becky L. Conway-Campbell ◽  
Stafford L. Lightman
Keyword(s):  
Technological Advances ◽  
The Way

Employees’ justice perceptions as a factor influencing successful outsourcing in the hospitality industry

2017 ◽  
Vol 29 (6) ◽  
pp. 1619-1637 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pablo Zoghbi-Manrique-de-Lara ◽  
Jyh-Ming Ting-Ding
Keyword(s):  
Procedural Justice ◽  
Organizational Justice ◽  
Hospitality Industry ◽  
Interactional Justice ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Individual Level ◽  
Justice Perceptions ◽  
Hotel Managers ◽  
The Way

Purpose This study aims to hypothesize that the more in-house staff perceive themselves as beneficiaries of the procedural justice (PJ) followed in the outsourcing, or perceive their outsourced peers as recipients of distributive (DJ) and interactional justice (IJ), the more they will show acceptance and positive evaluations of the outsourcing initiatives. Although prior research in the hospitality industry has extensively studied individual-level reactions to organizational justice, no study has been undertaken to examine how hotel staff support and value outsourcing initiatives based on the way they perceive management’s treatment of them and their peers. Design/methodology/approach Questionnaire data from 215 in-house employees working side-by-side with outsourced employees at 14 hotels in Gran Canaria (Spain) were analyzed by using structural equation modeling. Findings The results found that in-house employees who perceived themselves or their outsourced peers as recipients of organizational justice to a greater extent reported greater support for outsourcing by expressing higher levels of acceptance and better evaluations. The results also supported procedural justice (PJ) as playing a dominant role over distributive (DJ) and interactional justice (IJ). Research limitations/implications The findings suggest that by encouraging justice perceptions among in-house employees, mainly those related to properly discussing the outsourcing procedures with affected employees, hotel managers can promote successful outsourcing. Given that in-house employees reacted not only to the way they were treated by hotel management but also to the way their outsourced peers were treated, the findings also indicate that all (un)fair treatment in outsourcing, regardless of the recipient, should receive explicit attention by hotel managers. Originality/value This paper is one of the first to primarily focus on the individual level of analysis in examining and supporting organizational justice in hotel firms as a factor influencing outsourcing success.

Approaches to an Integrated Undergraduate Education in Materials Science and Engineering

1985 ◽  
Vol 66 ◽  
Author(s):  
Merton C. Flemings ◽  
Donald R. Sadoway
Keyword(s):  
Undergraduate Education ◽  
Materials Science ◽  
Science And Engineering ◽  
Technological Advances ◽  
Electrical Engineers ◽  
Materials Science And Engineering ◽  
Scientists And Engineers ◽  
Research And Education ◽  
The Way

This is an era of great excitement and opportunity in the materials field, particularly for those of us in universities. Our field has expanded greatly in recent years. Materials scientists and engineers have joined forces with physicists, chemists, electrical engineers and others to pave the way for major technological advances. Remarkable strides in instrumentation have brought insights unimagined a decade ago. The realization is growing in so many other fields of research and education that further advances are limited largely by the capabilities of materials. There is no field of engineering that could not improve the efficiency or performance of its products, if better materials were available.

scholarly journals The inefficiency of the justice in Portugal: Causes and consequences

2018 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 142-150
Author(s):  
N. Jesus Silva
Keyword(s):  
Content Analysis ◽  
Justice System ◽  
Demographic Variables ◽  
Judicial System ◽  
Open Question ◽  
The Way ◽  
Judicial Systems

Given the breach of trust that the justice system in Portugal is facing, it is fundamental to analyse the reasons why the judicial system is considered inefficient. This study contributes to the identification of the underlying factors that contribute most to the inefficiency of justice in Portugal by analysing the frequency of the most relevant contents enunciated by the participants. The survey consists of two parts: the first consists of the following socio-demographic variables: occupation, region, age, gender and remuneration; the second consists of an open question, to which participants can state which factors contribute most to the ineffectiveness of justice in Portugal. The answers obtained were submitted to a content analysis with the aim of identifying the content underlying the inefficiency of justice in Portugal, with 18 subcategories emerging according to the contents expressed by the participants. In this way, the way above all of simplification, justice will go to what really matters: efficiency, celerity and transparency.Keywords: Justice, inefficiency, transparency, judicial systems

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