scholarly journals Tecnologías de la Información y las comunicaciones en la prevención de la obesidad = Information and Communication Technologies for the Prevention of the Obesity

2017 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 107
Author(s):  
María Victoria Moreno Cano
Keyword(s):  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Self Regulation ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
Developed Countries ◽  
World Population ◽  
The World ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
Policy Measures ◽  
The Developed Countries

Resumen: El número de personas con obesidad ha crecido a nivel mundial desde 105 millones de personas en 1975 hasta 640 en 2016, y esta cifra no para de aumentar. Si las tendencias actuales no cambian, un 20% de la población mundial será obesa para el año 2025. A pesar de que existen regiones en el mundo en las que la pobreza y la hambruna matan a decenas de miles de personas cada día, en los países desarrollados y emergentes el crecimiento económico ha traído consigo más y más comida, pero sobre todo, muchas calorías poco saludables y estilos de vida más sedentarios. Los gobiernos, incapaces de detener esta epidemia sanitaria, tendrán que prepararse para unos costes médicos cada vez mayores. Ante esta situación, es evidente la necesidad de proponer nuevas políticas que permitan frenar el aumento de la obesidad en la población, para así evitar que se produzca una epidemia de severa obesidad. En este artículo resaltaremos aquellas políticas que incluyen tecnologías que permitan asegurar la saludabilidad de los productos alimentarios que se ingieren, que propongan programas mejorados de entrenamiento para la salud, aumenten el nivel de autoeficacia, autorregulación y motivación para cambiar el comportamiento alimentario del usuario.Palabras clave: Obesidad, Prevención, Tecnologías de la información y las comunicaciones, Aplicaciones móviles Abstract: The number of people suffering obesity has grown at world level from 105 millions in 1975 until 640 in 2016, and this number is still increasing. If this trend does not change, it is estimated that the 20% of the world population will be obesity by 2025. Although there are several regions in the world where the poverty and the famine is killing to thousands of people every day, in the developed countries the economical growing has derived in more and more food, but above all, in a lot of unhealthy food and more sedentary lifestyles. The Goverments are not able to stop this health epidemic, so they have to be ready to cope with very high medical costs associated to this problem. Due to this situation, it is evident the requirement to propose new policy measures to stop the obesity in the population, and avoid an epidemic of severe and global obesity. In this paper it is described some of the technological measures whose aim is to monitor and ensure the good quality of food, and propose different training programs for the health, increasing their effectiveness through the self-regulation and the encourage of people to change their nutritional behaviour. Keywords: Obesity, Prevention, Information and communication technologies, Mobile application 

scholarly journals Organization of Mathematics in the Application of Computers in the First Cycle of the Reformed Primary School

2019 ◽  
pp. 1-10
Author(s):  
Veselin Mićanović ◽  
Milica Labović
Keyword(s):  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Knowledge Society ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
Developed Countries ◽  
Human Society ◽  
School Work ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
The Developed Countries ◽  
Continuous Use

The informational age and the age of knowledge that developed the developed countries and slowly touched upon, and the rest of the world implied that human society evolves into a knowledge society where knowledge is considered to be the most valuable resource of the human race. The future will definitely be determined by man's ability to use this knowledge effectively. Technological progress implies different and growing expectations from those who use them, exposing such education to increasing pressures and demands from the environment. Now it is imperative for educational institutions to develop in their student's such knowledge, skills, skills and skills as are required in the environment. The increasing role and importance of information and communication technologies in human society are undoubtedly one of the most important characteristics of today's world. ICT (Information and Communication Technologies) is incorporated into all levels of human organizational activities and has largely influenced communication among people. For this reason, the quality of school work and its direct product the quality of students' knowledge is an essential active and continuous use of ICT in the teaching process.

To the comparative analysis of the digitalization process of state administration in Russia and other countries

2020 ◽  
pp. 75-117
Author(s):  
A.N. Shvetsov
Keyword(s):  
Public Administration ◽  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
Developed Countries ◽  
Electronic Government ◽  
Digital Government ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
The Developed Countries ◽  
Comprehensive Programs

The article compares the processes of dissemination of modern information and communication technologies in government bodies in Russia and abroad. It is stated that Russia began the transition to «electronic government» later than the developed countries, in which this process was launched within the framework of large-scale and comprehensive programs for reforming public administration in the 1980s and 1990s. However, to date, there is an alignment in the pace and content of digitalization tasks. At a new stage in this process, the concept of «electronic government» under the influence of such newest phenomena of the emerging information society as methods of analysis of «big data», «artificial intelligence», «Internet of things», «blockchain» is being transformed into the category of «digital government». Achievements and prospects of public administration digitalization are considered on the example of countries with the highest ratings — Denmark, Australia, Republic of Korea, Great Britain, USA and Russia.

scholarly journals Information System and Technology Optimization as a Tool for Ensuring the Competitiveness of a Railway Undertaking—Case Study

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (21) ◽  
pp. 8915
Author(s):  
Juraj Čamaj ◽  
Eva Brumerčíková ◽  
Michal Petr Hranický
Keyword(s):  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
Railway Transport ◽  
Mathematical Methods ◽  
Current State ◽  
The World ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
Research And Education

Information and communication technologies are becoming an increasingly important part of everyday life, as they facilitate many activities, mainly in the world of work, but also in scientific research and education. At present, informatics is one of the fastest growing sectors of the national economy. This development has had a significant impact on improving the quality of transport and transportation processes. The article is focused on the railway transport. It deals with the possibilities of planning the shifts of the train personnel and circulation of the vehicles. It describes the background of the topic. The scientific acquittance lies on the methodology proposed by authors. It presents a new idea of creating the shifts and circulations while being based on the current state and mathematical methods.

The economic and institutional determinants of the ‘New Economy’ in transition economies

2003 ◽  
Vol 53 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-27 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Piatkowski
Keyword(s):  
Economic Growth ◽  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Transition Economies ◽  
New Economy ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
Developed Countries ◽  
Catching Up ◽  
Institutional Determinants ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
The Developed Countries

The contribution of the so-called ‘New Economy’ to economic growth in developing countries has so far been minimal. Nonetheless, in the longer run the ‘New Economy’ offers great potential for faster economic growth in post-socialist economies. Realising this potential is, however, not automatic. It could be left unharnessed if there is no suitable institutional and economic infrastructure that would allow for adoption, diffusion, and productive use of information and communication technologies (ICT). The paper here will construct a New Economy Indicator (NEI) that measures the levels of preparedness of transition economies for harnessing the potential of ICT to accelerate long-term economic growth and a catching-up with the developed countries. In the NEI ranking Slovenia scored highest; it is followed by the Czech Republic and Hungary. Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Serbia–Montenegro (former Yugoslavia) occupy the bottom of the table.

scholarly journals The Impact of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) on Community Pharmacy

2018 ◽  
pp. 01
Author(s):  
SUNIL JAWLA ◽  
Durg Vijay Rai
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
World Health ◽  
Medication History ◽  
Electronic Prescription ◽  
The World ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
The Impact

Information and communication technologies (ICTs) are transforming health services throughout the world. Health information and technologies (HITs) involve application of information processing using computer for storage, retrieval, sharing and use of information and knowledge for communication by a pharmacist. Similarly electronic prescription (EP) services have made the dispensing and reimbursement processes more efficient. Maintenance of patient record become easy by using ICTs. Barcode identification of medicines can be used to reduce medicine administration errors and to improve the medication history of patients. Telecare using digital communications technology provides healthcare consultations and other health care services to rural, old & handicap patients easily and improves their access to healthcare by reducing their hospital attendance. In developing countries like India, it is quite a challenging task to provide access to information and communication technologies. As the geographical diversity is also a challenging for implementation of ICTs at everywhere. Information and technologies are giving a way to access the data all over the globe. ICTs have brought transformation in education in all over the world. Information and technologies are removing barriers from learning education. ICT applications are becoming indispensable tools for traditional and vocational education. In the field of pharmaceutical sciences, ICTs can further enhance the quality of education. As lots of modifications and newer drugs are coming in the market, it is quite a challenging task to a pharmacist to update knowledge to serve the society in an efficient way. ICT can be utilized in health care to improve quality of patient centric services.

DEVELOPMENT OF THE DIGITAL ECONOMY AT THE CONTEMPORARY STAGE

2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (12) ◽  
pp. 25-29
Author(s):  
K. D. Kovaleva ◽  
◽  
A. A. Sagdeeva ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Russian Federation ◽  
Digital Technologies ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
Developed Countries ◽  
Digital Economy ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
The Russian Federation ◽  
The Developed Countries

The article examines the role of digitalization in modern market relations. The key aspects of the development of the digital economy are reflected, as well as the role of IT companies in the global eco-nomic arena. The experience of digitalization in the Russian Federation, aspects of the development of information and communication technologies are considered. The structure of expenses of households and organizations of various sectors of the economy in terms of the use of information and communication technologies and digital technologies has been analyzed. The developed countries of the world are actively involved in the implementation of digital technologies, both at the enterprise level and at the level of all countries. The econ-omy of the Russian Federation, which is part of the global world economic system, is also trying to make the most of the benefits of digitalization. Households in the Russian Federation actively use information and com-munication technologies to improve their quality of life. In addition, the article presents data on various software tools that are currently used by Russian companies.

scholarly journals Divergence of the digitalization concept in Ukraine and in the world

2021 ◽  
Vol 2021 (10) ◽  
pp. 35-40
Author(s):  
Anna НLAZOVA ◽  
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Keyword(s):  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Technology Development ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
Developed Countries ◽  
Economic Life ◽  
Global Trend ◽  
The World ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
Basic Characteristics ◽  
Post Industrial

The development of scientific and technological progress causes the rapid spread of information and communication technologies, which in the post-industrial period are implemented in all spheres of economic life. Digitization at this stage of socio-economic development is a global trend in the world economy. Taking into account the latest trends, the article presents the basic characteristics of digitalization, as well as the peculiarities of its spread in developed countries and Ukraine, which shows the divergence in concepts. The article identifies the features of the digital economy and analyzes the innovation degree of economies and the level of technology development in Ukraine and the world. In particular, the problems of digitalization of the real sector of the economy of Ukraine are highlighted and the need to reconsider approaches to the implementation of the concept of digitalization in the socio-economic system of Ukraine is substantiated.

African Regional Case of E-Government

2011 ◽  
pp. 2065-2077
Author(s):  
Janet Kaaya
Keyword(s):  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
Developed Countries ◽  
Public Institutions ◽  
Digital Government ◽  
Web Based ◽  
Public Sector Reforms ◽  
Reinventing Government ◽  
The World ◽  
Information And Communication

New developments in information and communication technologies (ICTs) over the past few decades, especially the establishment of the World Wide Web in the early 1990s, have created an unprecedented capacity for people to access and retrieve information on the Internet. Such developments have also affected the way public institutions, particularly governments, provide services to their citizens in addressing the challenges of improving government efficiency, effectiveness, transparency and accountability (Allen, Juillet, Pacquet, & Roy, 2001; Allen, Juillet, Miles, Paquet, Roy, & Wilkins, 2004; Holliday, 2002; La Porte, Demchak, de Jong, 2002; UN, 2004). In addressing these challenges, applications of ICTs have been considered as one of key components in the various public sector reforms, and to some extent associated with the coining of “reinventing government” (Heeks, 2001; Ho, 2002). Thus, by the late 1990s many governments were already delivering Web-based services as “an integral and significant part of a new ‘e-government’ ” (Ho, 2002, p. 434). All over the world, therefore, countries and states are at the various stages of implementing e-government or digital government to improve delivery of government services to their citizens and at the same time to provide increased avenues for direct participation of citizens in addressing with their governments the citizens’ development needs. In general, in all respects of implementing e-government strategies, developed countries are far ahead of developing countries (Basu, 2004; La Porte et al., 2002; Nath, 2003; Netchaeva, 2002; Singh & Naidoo, 2005; UN, 2001, 2002, 2004) due to a number of reasons that will be highlighted later in this chapter.

scholarly journals TODAY's SMART CITY TRENDS IN THE WORLD

2020 ◽  
Vol 30 (3) ◽  
pp. 340-345
Author(s):  
V.M. Katochkov ◽  
G.V. Savin ◽  
E.V. Toporkova
Keyword(s):  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Smart City ◽  
Smart Cities ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
Modern Trend ◽  
Global Cities ◽  
Global Power ◽  
The World ◽  
Information And Communication

Digitalization today is a modern trend focused on streamlining processes and improving efficiency. The introduction of information and communication technologies has affected not only enterprises, but complex socio-economic systems as cities, and this predetermined the development of smart cities. Today, IBM, McKinsey or Price Waterhouse are considered the brain centers for the development of this concept, while Siemens, BMW, Mercedes Benz, IBM, Phillips, General Electric, etc., discovered the “smart” city as a future-oriented concept, and chose only that a niche in which they can offer their products and services. The development of smart cities is also influenced by intergovernmental organizations and their specialized departments, as well as research centers, institutes and laboratories. There are more than 100 cities in the world that claim the title of “smart city”. At the same time, their current ratings reflect the implementation of modern information and communication technologies in the life of a person with the aim of improving the quality of his life in the development of the urban environment. The IESE Cities in Motion Index, Global Power City Index, The Global Cities Index, The Global Cities Outlook, Juniper Research, EasyPark Smart City Index ratings provide sufficient and comprehensive indicators to give this title. The developed standards ISO 37120 and ISO 37122 determine the main indicators for smart cities, while the criteria that determine the achievement of city smartness are conditionally formed today, which allows to clarify the semantic loads implemented in this definition, namely, to prioritize technologies for people and society, improving quality of life, and highlight differences with other similar definitions.

scholarly journals A review on internet use and quality of life of the elderly

2015 ◽  
Vol 10 (3) ◽  
pp. 182 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hayat Boz ◽  
Sibel Esra Karatas
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Internet Use ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
World Population ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
Research Findings ◽  
The Impact

As the world population rapidly ages, improving the quality of life (QOL) of the elderly and enabling them to age actively is increasingly becoming a global policy concern. In this context, emphasis is also given to information and communication technologies (ICTs) that may play a significant part in enhancing the QOL of the elderly. This review study explores the impact of Internet use on QOL of the elderly by examining available researches in this field. By searching on ADM Digital Library, WEB Science, ERIC, PsycINFO and PubMed databases, this study reviewed 25 studies published after 1990 that investigate the relationship between Internet use and QOL of elderly. The synthesis of the research findings indicates that the functional use of computer and Internet improves QOL for older people. The findings also provide a comprehensive perspective on the current state of knowledge and raises questions for further research.Keywords: elderly, Internet use, quality of life

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