scholarly journals Industry 4.0 and Digital Innovation in Manufacturing: State of the Art Technology and Future Prospects in the Italian Mechanical Engineering Sector

2021 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 99-111
Author(s):  
Angelo Gasparre ◽  
Luca Beltrametti ◽  
Luca Persico
Keyword(s):  
Media Coverage ◽  
Industry 4.0 ◽  
Mechanical Engineering ◽  
Political Leaders ◽  
Government Programs ◽  
Digital Innovation ◽  
Early Adopters ◽  
Strategic Plans ◽  
The Moment ◽  
Near Future

The label ‘Industry 4.0’ has captured increasing attention in recent years. However, despite impressive media coverage, EU activism, and being featured in many government programs, the picture of the actual diffusion and realistic industrial potential of the so-called ‘Industry 4.0 enabling technologies’ is still unclear. Far from filling this gap at the European or global level, in this paper we focus one specific, though relevant, industrial domain: the Italian mechanical engineering sector. The analysis shows the magnitude of a phenomenon that has undoubtedly been subject to some excessive rhetoric. Nevertheless, our findings show that things are progressing as the early adopters (mostly large businesses) are beginning to invest in and develop strategic plans for future action. However, most players such as small-sized family-owned enterprises are simply looking at the moment, and do not appear to have a strategy in approaching Industry 4.0 or any plan for getting on board in the near future, and this is something industrial and political leaders should take note.

scholarly journals Strategic Challenges of Human Resources Allocation in Industry 4.0

Information ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (3) ◽  
pp. 120
Author(s):  
Majid Ziaei Nafchi ◽  
Hana Mohelská
Keyword(s):  
Czech Republic ◽  
Human Resources ◽  
Industry 4.0 ◽  
Industrial Revolution ◽  
High Tech ◽  
Economic Sectors ◽  
The Czech Republic ◽  
Services Sector ◽  
Productivity And Competitiveness ◽  
Near Future

The emergence of the fourth industrial revolution (Industry 4.0, hereinafter I 4.0) has led to an entirely fresh approach to production, helping to enhance the key industrial processes and therefore increase the growth of labor productivity and competitiveness. Simultaneously, I 4.0 compels changes in the organization of work and influences the lives of employees. The paper intends to construct a model for predicting the allocation of human resources in the sectors of the national economy of the Czech Republic in connection with I 4.0. The model used in this research visualizes the shift of labor in the economic sectors of the Czech Republic from the year 2013 to the following years in the near future. The main contribution of this article is to show the growth of employment in the high-tech services sector, which will have an ascending trend.

scholarly journals A Review of Climate-Smart Agriculture Research and Applications in Africa

Agronomy ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (6) ◽  
pp. 1255
Author(s):  
Paul M. Barasa ◽  
Christina M. Botai ◽  
Joel O. Botai ◽  
Tafadzwanashe Mabhaudhi
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Research Field ◽  
Successful Implementation ◽  
Collaboration Networks ◽  
African Countries ◽  
Government Programs ◽  
Agricultural Adaptation ◽  
Strategic Plans ◽  
Smart Agriculture ◽  
Support Decision Making

Funders and governments are promoting climate-smart agriculture (CSA) as key to agricultural adaptation under climate change in Africa. However, with its progressions still at the policy level and framework description, there is a need to understand the current developments and activities conducted within the CSA research field. We conducted a scientific mapping and analyses of CSA research studies in Africa to understand the (i) thematic trends, (ii) developments, (iii) nature of collaboration networks, and (iv) general narratives supporting the adoption and application of CSA in Africa. Results show that several African countries had endorsed CSA as an approach to addressing agricultural productivity challenges, supporting adaptation strategies, and building resilience to climate change. However, a majority do not have national Climate-Smart Agriculture Investment Plans (CSAIPs). Additionally, CSA research in Africa is still developing, with only a few countries dominating the research outputs. For a successful implementation of CSA, a framework provided by the CSAIPs must be established to guide the processes. This will provide a framework to guide the integration of government programs, policies, and strategic plans by combining other inputs from stakeholders to support decision making and implementation of CSA.

Applying Industry 4.0 on Management of Gastronomy Events

2021 ◽  
pp. 242-261
Author(s):  
Asim Saldamli ◽  
Nurhayat Iflazoglu ◽  
Ipek Itır Can
Keyword(s):  
Industry 4.0 ◽  
Three Dimensional ◽  
Global Market ◽  
Design Phase ◽  
Production Processes ◽  
Food And Beverage ◽  
Design Production ◽  
Augmented Reality Technology ◽  
Internet Of Things Technology ◽  
Near Future

Industry 4.0 plays a role in meeting the demands of the global market in food and beverage activities with more efficient, harmonious, reliable, and sustainable production processes. In the recent years, enterprises have started taking advantage of augmented reality technology in the design phase; three-dimensional printers, internet of things technology and robot chefs during the production phase; and robot waiters in the presentation phase. In this context, in this chapter, the transformations experienced in the design, production, and presentation processes of banquet organizations as the result of the Gastronomy 4.0 concept, which emerged as a result of the reflections of Industry 4.0 on the field of gastronomy, were examined. It is thought that in the near future, if the prevalence of Gastronomy 4.0 applications increases, the personnel responsible for running banquet organizations will need to be trained and also informed about the equipment of the new age.

Digital Innovation and Implementation of Teal Attributes in Industry 4.0

2021 ◽  
pp. 26-39
Author(s):  
Agnieszka Rzepka ◽  
Maria Kocot ◽  
Anna Wiśniewska
Keyword(s):  
Industry 4.0 ◽  
Digital Innovation

The Structure and Presentation of Contemporary Psychiatric Classifications with Special Reference to ICD-9 and 10

1988 ◽  
Vol 152 (S1) ◽  
pp. 21-28 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. E. Cooper
Keyword(s):  
Special Reference ◽  
Focus Of Attention ◽  
The Other ◽  
The Moment ◽  
The One ◽  
Near Future

The discussion here is largely concerned with the purposes and structure of classifications of clinical concepts, variously called diseases, illnesses, disorders and syndromes, which are the main reasons why patients go to see doctors. Multiaspect (or multiaxial) classification has deservedly come to the fore in recent years, and seems likely to increase in importance for purposes of education, communication and research in the near future, but it is mentioned only briefly in the following discussion. The main focus of attention for the moment is the clinical descriptions of disorders; this is, of course, usually the first aspect in a multiaspect system, and the one around which the other aspects tend to be organised.

scholarly journals Theoretical Justification and Calculation of the Integral Indicator Related to Innovative Activity of an Organization

2018 ◽  
Vol 7 (4.38) ◽  
pp. 613
Author(s):  
Ekaterina Vasilieva ◽  
Evgeniy Vasiliev ◽  
Elena Danilova
Keyword(s):  
Organizational Development ◽  
Empirical Data ◽  
Social Systems ◽  
Innovative Activity ◽  
Russian Economy ◽  
Economic Methods ◽  
Strategic Plans ◽  
Innovative Solution ◽  
Rating Method ◽  
The Moment

The current economic and political situation poses challenges for the further development of the Russian economy. Problems of the discrepancy between the existing economic, administrative, regulatory framework and the tasks set were identified during the implementation of the National Technological Initiative 2035. Problem of compatibility of social organization and ability of social systems to change is becoming urgent. To efficiently overcome the identified difficulties, it is necessary to develop the existing theories of organizational development (hereinafter – OD), the organization's innovative activity being an important component of many of them. Formation of empirical data is required for the formation of strategic plans within the framework of OD theories. The adapted author's system of innovative indicators was used to solve this problem in the study.Innovative activity of any organization can be viewed as a sequential cyclic passage of stages that generally describe the life cycle of any innovative product, from the moment of inception to achieving specific economic results while implementing the final innovative solution. A promising rating method is proposed as part of the adapted system to determine the share of innovatively active personnel in enterprises. This method can be successfully applied in an enterprise of any size and any branch of the economy. It is suggested to use well-established economic methods (dynamic approach, efficiency approach, dynamic efficiency approach), which allows to control and subsequently correct any aspects of the enterprise activity related to innovation at various stages of implementation of innovative ideas (projects).As a result, using an integrated assessment of the innovative activity of the enterprise as a source of empirical data to determine the dynamics of development of organizations in the population under consideration, as well as the main provisions of the population selection model of OD allows to identify organizations that produce "perfect change patterns" and model innovative and OD processes applied to a specific organization, given the forecasting of the results of the changes implemented in the market sector. 

Communicating Terror: Mediatization and Ritualization

2017 ◽  
Vol 19 (2) ◽  
pp. 155-162
Author(s):  
Xi Cui ◽  
Eric Rothenbuhler
Keyword(s):  
Everyday Life ◽  
Social Order ◽  
Media Coverage ◽  
Terrorist Attacks ◽  
Internal Logic ◽  
The Social ◽  
Media Flows ◽  
The Moment ◽  
Fear And Anxiety ◽  
Terrorist Acts

In this essay, we explicate the internal logic of contemporary terrorist acts and our society’s responses, to denaturalize the label and meanings we give to “terrorism.” We argue that contemporary terrorism communicates intimidation, fear, and anxiety through the ritualization and mediatization of terrorist attacks. Mediatization refers to the strategic coercion of imperative media coverage of the attacks, and ritualization refers to the focus on sacred life structures in both terrorist attacks and remedial responses. In combining ritualization and mediatization, terrorism aims to introduce maximal chaos through unexpected disruption of the sacred and taken-for-granted in everyday life in the community of the attack and wherever media coverage can reach. The fear and anxiety induced by disrupted life rhythms, including normal media flows, and the compelling footage of the disruption lead to ritualized reactions which both restore and transform the social order beyond the moment of the attack.

Are Perceptions of Candidate Traits Shaped by the Media? The Effects of Three Types of Media Bias

2016 ◽  
Vol 22 (1) ◽  
pp. 111-132 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jakob-Moritz Eberl ◽  
Markus Wagner ◽  
Hajo G. Boomgaarden
Keyword(s):  
Media Coverage ◽  
Media Bias ◽  
Newspaper Coverage ◽  
Direct Impact ◽  
Press Releases ◽  
Political Leaders ◽  
The Media ◽  
Party Press ◽  
Candidate Perceptions ◽  
The Impact

Media coverage can influence how citizens think about their political leaders. This study explores how three types of media bias (visibility bias, tonality bias, and agenda bias) affect voter assessments of politicians’ traits. Bias effects should be stronger for political traits (such as competence) than for nonpolitical traits (such as likability). Biases may also interact in their effects: Specifically, visibility bias should moderate the impact of tonality bias. Combining media, party, and survey data through manual content analysis of newspaper coverage ( N = 2,680) and party press releases ( N = 1,794), as well as a three-wave voter survey ( n = 927) during the 2013 Austrian election campaign, we find substantial effects of tonality bias and agenda bias on political trait perceptions. The effects are less clear for nonpolitical trait perceptions. Although visibility bias has no direct impact, there is evidence that it moderates effects of tonality bias on candidate perceptions.

Presence and specificity of the political communication of the Catalan independence leaders on Twitter in the 2017 regional elections

First Monday ◽  
2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Javier Bustos Díaz ◽  
Francisco Javier Ruiz del Olmo ◽  
Miguel Nazario Moreno Velasco
Keyword(s):  
Social Networks ◽  
Big Data ◽  
Political Parties ◽  
Political Communication ◽  
Media Coverage ◽  
Mixed Methodology ◽  
The Political ◽  
Political Leaders ◽  
Electoral Campaign ◽  
Regional Elections

The regional elections in Catalonia held on 21 December 2017 received wide media coverage, far beyond Spanish media, due to separatist tension in that territory and was one of the main topics in most of the world’s media. Within this process social networks, especially Twitter, obtained crucial relevance given the interest aroused by the political leaders’ publications, since in those elections the debate transcended the usual ideological divisions of right and left and became a struggle between constitutionalists and separatists. This paper analyses the presence and influence of the main candidates of the Catalan political parties on Twitter. To achieve this, a mainly quantitative, mixed methodology based on big data was carried out where all the tweets issued by the candidates during the electoral campaign were analysed.

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