scholarly journals On a Scientific Discipline (Once) Named AI

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wolfgang Bibel
Keyword(s):  
Artificial Intelligence ◽  
Scientific Discipline ◽  
Fundamental Importance ◽  
Public Attention ◽  
The Public ◽  
Current State ◽  
State Of Affairs

The paper envisions a scientific discipline of fundamental importance comparable to Physics or Biology, reminding that a discipline of such a contour was originally intended by the founders of Artificial Intelligence (AI). AI today, however, is far from such an encompassing discipline sharing the respective research interests with at least half a dozen of other disciplines. After the analysis of this situation and its background we discuss the consequences of this splintering by means of selected challenges. We deliberate thereby what could be done to alleviate the disadvantages resulting from the current state of affairs and to leverage AI's current prominence in the public attention to re-engage in the field's broader mission.

scholarly journals PROVISION OF THE PUBLIC RADIOLOGICAL PROTECTION AGAINST RADON EXPOSURE. CHALLENGES AND RESOLUTIONS

2018 ◽  
Vol 97 (2) ◽  
pp. 101-110 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sergey M. Kiselev ◽  
I. P. Stamat ◽  
A. M. Marenny ◽  
L. A. Ilyin
Keyword(s):  
Radiation Protection ◽  
Scientific Evidence ◽  
Health Impacts ◽  
Radiological Protection ◽  
Radon Exposure ◽  
The Public ◽  
Current State ◽  
Russian President ◽  
New Challenges ◽  
State Of Affairs

In the Year of Ecology, announced by the Russian President in the Decree №7, 05/01/16, the authors aim both to draw the attention of the scientific community to the public radiological protection issues concerning radon exposure in Russia and to recognize the neccesity of their resolution. Taking into account the modern scientific evidence on the health impacts of radon and its progenies, the changes of the regulatory approaches to public radiation protection are analyzed. Considering modern challenges in the radon control the current state of affairs in Russia is reviewed. The achieved results in public radiation protection in Russia and new challenges are discussed taking into account new WHO, ICRP and IAEA recommendations. The potential means to improve the current national radon strategy are considered.

scholarly journals Project Management in Iceland: Current and Future Importance of Project Management within the Icelandic Economy - Paper 2 of 3

2019 ◽  
Vol 25 ◽  
pp. 81-97
Author(s):  
Þórður Víkingur Friðgeirsson ◽  
Helgi Þór Ingason ◽  
Haukur Ingi Jónasson
Keyword(s):  
Project Management ◽  
Global Economy ◽  
Nordic Country ◽  
Value Added ◽  
Future Trends ◽  
Technical Approach ◽  
The Public ◽  
Current State ◽  
State Of Affairs ◽  
Near Future

The project management profession has evolved from being a simple technical approach to planning to becoming a full-fledged profession that plays an essential role within the global economy. This paper, which is the second of three under the general heading Project management in Iceland, looks at the importance of project management within Icelandic organizations and the Icelandic economy. The paper explores the developmental path of the project management profession, looks at the current state of affairs, and identifies possible future trends though two surveys conducted Iceland. This study reveals the importance of project management in Iceland, a developed Nordic country, as a proportion of its economy. The study indicates that close to one third of the Gross Value Added (GVA) in the Icelandic economy is based on project-related work. The study, furthermore, indicates that the importance and application of project management will increase in the near future. This sends a clear message to both industry and the public sector on what kind of strategic and tactical alignments and what kind of professional competences are needed for future economy and society. Furthermore, the study describes - and deploys - two methods that can be used to measure the importance and trends within the project management profession and as indicators of what has been named “projectification" of society.

scholarly journals Themes and methodological issues in Court Interpreting research

2021 ◽  
Vol 5 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sandra Hale
Keyword(s):  
Experimental Studies ◽  
Forensic Linguistics ◽  
The Public ◽  
Current State ◽  
Police Interviews ◽  
Court Interpreting ◽  
Perceptions And Expectations ◽  
State Of Affairs ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Research Studies

The field of Legal Interpreting encompasses a wide variety of contexts including police interviews and interrogations, lawyer-client conferences, tribunal and court hearings and trials. Most of the research carried out in the field to date has concentrated on the discourse of the courtroom in Common Law countries (Berk-Seligson 1988, 1990, 1999; Hale 1997b, 1999, 2004; Mason & Stewart 2001; Pym, 1999; Rigney 1997). This is partly due to the availability of the data, as most courtrooms are open to the public, but also due to the vast amount of research conducted into the language of the courtroom, which has served as a theoretical basis for the study of court interpreting. These studies draw on discourse analysis, the ethnography of language, pragmatics, experimental psychology and forensic linguistics to inform their methods. Other research into legal interpreting has looked at other , non-linguistic aspects of the practice, such as role perceptions and expectations, using social science methods of surveys, interviews and focus groups (Fowler 1997; Kelly 2000; Hale & Luzardo 1997; Angelelli 2004). Fewer studies have concentrated on the other aspects of legal interpreting, such as police interpreting (Krouglov 1999; Berk-Seligson 2000; Russell 2004; Wadensjš 1997) and tribunal hearings (Wadensjš 1992; Mason & Stewart 2001; Barsky 1996). With the exception of a limited number of experimental studies (Berk-Seligson 1990 and Hale 2004) most legal interpreting research studies have been descriptive, qualitative and speculative, providing useful information on the current state of affairs but little on the impact such practices have on the legal process. This contribution will concentrate only on court interpreting research. It will review the major research projects to date, highlight their strengths and weaknesses, identify the gaps that exist in our knowledge of the field andproposefurther research studies tofill such gaps.

scholarly journals Thinking Critically About Business Ethics

2004 ◽  
Vol 1 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
F. Peter Dean ◽  
Mary Ann Boose
Keyword(s):  
Critical Thinking ◽  
Business Ethics ◽  
News Media ◽  
Thinking Skills ◽  
Critical Thinking Skills ◽  
Business Professionals ◽  
The Public ◽  
Ethical Decisions ◽  
Current State ◽  
State Of Affairs

In this study, we teach students and business professionals to apply a formal process of critical thinking to the issues of business ethics.  Every new scandal generates a renewed interest in busin-ess ethics, leading the news media and the public to lament the current state of affairs, sometimes asking why colleges and schools of business don’t do a better job of teaching ethics. Many suggest that business owners and managers do not act as ethically as in the past.  Some say that they can-not act ethically.  The critical thinking skills and examples included in this study can serve to help students of business and professionals in business as they approach difficult ethical decisions.

Speech-Language Pathology Assistants Current State of Affairs

2009 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 12-18 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lemmietta McNeilly
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Public Schools ◽  
The United States ◽  
Speech Language Pathology ◽  
The Public ◽  
School Based ◽  
Current State ◽  
Language Pathology ◽  
Educational Requirements ◽  
State Of Affairs

Abstract The utilization of speech-language pathology assistants (SLPAs) is increasing in the United States particularly in the public schools. The American Speech-Language-Hearing Association provides specific guidelines regarding the training, use, and supervision of (SLPAs; ASHA, 2004). The current state of affairs of SLPAs involves variable requirements across the states to qualify for SLPA credentials. The programs that educate SLPAs have variable technical and curricular requirements, and the educational requirements for regulating SLPAs also vary across the states. School-based SLPs continue to raise questions about the supervision requirements, funding, and reimbursement issues for working with SLPA in schools across the country.

scholarly journals Refal on Server Side

2020 ◽  
Vol 23 (4) ◽  
pp. 697-707
Author(s):  
Alexander Gusev
Keyword(s):  
Artificial Intelligence ◽  
Language Development ◽  
Machine Translation ◽  
Electronic Circuits ◽  
Algorithmic Language ◽  
Server Side ◽  
Current State ◽  
State Of Affairs ◽  
Modern Mass ◽  
Translation Optimization

This work is devoted to the description of the project of updating the technology of algorithmic language application created in the USSR in the 60s of the XX century by V. F. Turchin. The language was originally intended for various logical transformations primarily of text material. In practice, the scope was wider: machine translation, optimization and compilation of programs, proof of theorems, modeling of complex electronic circuits, solving a number of problems of artificial intelligence. The language now has a sufficient number of followers, mainly in scientific circles.The objective of the described project is to create a product that allows the use of Refal in modern mass applications and to expand the range of its potential users to the entire Internet. A survey of the community of users and developers of Refal was conducted in order to get an idea of the current state of Affairs, current implementations and ways of language development. Possible means of project implementation were considered. No information was received on similar developments under way.

scholarly journals Growing more food with less water: how can revitalizing Asia's irrigation help?

Water Policy ◽  
2011 ◽  
Vol 14 (3) ◽  
pp. 430-446 ◽  
Author(s):  
Aditi Mukherji ◽  
Thierry Facon ◽  
Charlotte de Fraiture ◽  
David Molden ◽  
Colin Chartres
Keyword(s):  
Irrigation Management ◽  
Public Institutions ◽  
The Public ◽  
Multiple Strategies ◽  
The Past ◽  
Road Map ◽  
Current State ◽  
Underlying Principle ◽  
Societal Changes ◽  
State Of Affairs

Asia accounts for 70% of the world's irrigated area and is home to some of the oldest and largest irrigation schemes. While these irrigation schemes played an important role in ensuring food security for billions of people in the past, their current state of affairs leaves much to be desired. This paper takes forward the IWMI–FAO–ADB (Asian Development Bank) recommendation of a five-pronged approach for revitalizing Asia's irrigation and provides a region-specific road map for doing this. The underlying principle of these multiple strategies is the belief that the public institutions at the heart of irrigation management in Asia need to give up comfortable rigidity and engage with individual users' needs and the demands placed by larger societal changes.

scholarly journals The concept of public control over judges’ activity and the system of subjects of its implementation

2019 ◽  
Vol 73 (2) ◽  
pp. 43-47
Author(s):  
Н. В. Нестор
Keyword(s):  
Legal Status ◽  
Abuse Of Power ◽  
Public Control ◽  
The Public ◽  
Control Subjects ◽  
Current State ◽  
Administration Of Justice ◽  
Judicial Administration ◽  
State Of Affairs ◽  
Definition Of

The author of the article substantiates the modern tendency of the formation, development and spread of an increasing number of levers and protectors from state’s abuse of power, change of the state’s essence and its purpose in the society. The public and various elements of its control and supervisory activity play a significant role in this. Theoretical aspects of the issue of public control in general or in the context of a certain sphere of state power functioning, in particular are studied. Considering this, the author offers own definition of the category of public control over judges (courts) in Ukraine. The system and the legal status of various public control subjects are briefly characterized, their classification is performed and the place of control over judges among other subjects is determined. It has been established that public control over judges (courts) in Ukraine is the system of statutory measures and procedures implemented by civil society subjects in relation to judges, candidates for judges positions, members of judicial administration and self-government agencies (candidates for these positions), courts as institutions in order to to ensure the conditions for the selection of professional and honest judges, the effective, impartial administration of justice and the objective informing the public about the current state of affairs in the judicial sphere. Summarizing the analysis of the system of public control subjects, their administrative powers and capabilities, the author has noted that their absolute majority, except the Public Integrity Council, is not endowed with real (or at least close to such) levers of influence on the processes in the judicial sector. Accordingly, the purpose of their functioning is reduced to a greater extent to the accumulation, analysis and dissemination of socially important information about courts and judges, to the formation of public resonance on the facts of their not fair practice, other cases of law or professional ethics’ violation.

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