scholarly journals Bridging the Digital Divide in the Changing Times: Application of A5 Solutions

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Subhajit Panda ◽  
Rupak Chakravarty
Keyword(s):  
Digital Divide ◽  
Education System ◽  
Negative Impact ◽  
Health Issues ◽  
Web Conferencing ◽  
Research Activities ◽  
Community Transmission ◽  
Changing Times ◽  
Global Threat ◽  
The Comparative Study

Disasters, either natural and man-made, adversely affect humanity including human lives and, the knowledge creation, as a standard of the progress of civilization. The development of education of a country depends upon the present economics, academic structure, research facilities, health issues and involvement of government ministry. The outbreak of present pandemic Coronavirus (official designation COVID-19 or 2019-nCov) has a clear negative impact on academic and research activities. It creates a global threat and people keep themselves at home to maintain social distancing for reducing the outbreak of community transmission. This COVID-19 epidemic is neither the first and confidently nor the last epidemic that will pose a threat to the conventional education system. Both the effects of education i.e. direct and indirect effects are a subject risk to such pandemic and other disaster vulnerability. Instead, efforts should be made to find measures which can ensure the continuation of the education system for posterity. This requirement of an alternate way of learning proves us for the transformation of the learning process from conventional to digital. The primary requirement of this transformation is the availability of a sophisticated and multitasking platform for online learning, which conforms A5 solutions. This A5 implies the 5A’s of access, i.e. Availability, Adequacy, Accessibility, Affordability and Appropriateness; which bridges the digital divide by ensuring the equal access of web for all. In this paper, the authors have discussed the tool FCC (Free Conference Call), after evaluation and comparison which can use by learners and educators as an alternative solution of the physical classroom. This is a dissemination or sharing platform and most versatile and comprehensive free web-conferencing solution which can be used by academic institutions and educators for online classes. In addition, this paper also go through the comparative study of FCC and other known web conferencing tools to clarify the judgement of its acceptance.

scholarly journals Covid-19 Pandemic: Its Positive and Negative Impact On Students Life

2021 ◽  
pp. 751-754
Author(s):  
Suraj Pratap Singh
Keyword(s):  
Education System ◽  
Negative Impact ◽  
Uttar Pradesh ◽  
Student Learning Outcomes ◽  
Learning Tools ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
Downward Spiral ◽  
E Learning ◽  
Community Transmission ◽  
Senior Secondary

Covid-19 outbreak has caused a downward spiral within the world economy and caused an enormous impact on the senior secondary education system. The sudden closure of campuses as a social distancing measure to stop community transmission has shifted face to face classes to online learning systems. This has thrown the main target on utilizing e-Learning tools and platforms for effective student engagement which can have limitations of accessibility and affordability for several students. The pandemic has exposed the shortcomings of the present senior education system in Uttar Pradesh, India and wish for more training of educators in digital technology to adapt the rapidly changing education of Uttar Pradesh. Within the post Covid-19 situation, the utilization of e-learning and virtual education may become an integral a part of the senior education system. The senior secondary institutions got to plan the post pandemic education strategies to make sure student learning outcomes and standards of educational quality. In this article we also discuss about positive & negative impact on education system during Covid-19.

scholarly journals Usefulness of Free Conference Call (FCC) in Digital Learning Platform: A Comparative Study using Users' Perception and Economical Compatibility

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Subhajit Panda
Keyword(s):  
Learning Process ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
Negative Impact ◽  
Sufficient Evidence ◽  
Digital Learning ◽  
Web Conferencing ◽  
Conference Call ◽  
Learning Platform ◽  
Research Activities ◽  
Process Damage

The outbreak of the present pandemic coronavirus (official designation COVID-19 or SARS-CoV-2) has a clear negative impact on academic and research activities. Issues created by such pandemic viz. loss of communication; shut down of school, college and universities; disruption of the formal learning process; damage of print materials, etc. provoke the transformation of the learning process from conventional to digital. A sophisticated & multitasking platform for online learning is the primary requirement of this transformation, which conforms to the 5A's of access, i.e., Availability, Adequacy, Accessibility, Affordability, and Appropriateness. It bridges the digital divide by ensuring equal access to the web for all. In this paper, the authors have conducted a comparative analysis between the most commonly used web-conferencing tools (viz. FCC, ZOOM, GTM, Join.me & Cisco WebEx) in India, both in terms of users’ & economic perspective. The Users’ perspective was determined by conducting a short online survey using a Google form questionnaire. The survey contains 450 respondents equally distributed among three sample groups, viz. Students, faculty members & library professionals. And the Economical compatibility is identified by solely using the tools & check their pricing & plans. After evaluation & comparison, the study identified that the tool FCC (Free Conference Call), can use by learners and educators as an alternative solution to the physical classroom. This is a dissemination or sharing platform and the most versatile and comprehensive free web-conferencing solution which can be used by academic institutions and educators for online classes. Besides, this paper also goes through a basic overview of 5 A’s of access and provides sufficient evidence that FCC meets all the five criteria of accessibility to clarify the judgment of its acceptance.

scholarly journals Highlighting the compound risk of COVID-19 and environmental pollutants using geospatial technology

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ram Kumar Singh ◽  
Martin Drews ◽  
Manuel De la Sen ◽  
Prashant Kumar Srivastava ◽  
Bambang H. Trisasongko ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Air Pollution ◽  
Air Quality ◽  
Global Economy ◽  
Respiratory Diseases ◽  
Environmental Pollutants ◽  
Atmospheric Pollutants ◽  
Geospatial Technology ◽  
The World ◽  
Community Transmission ◽  
Global Threat

AbstractThe new COVID-19 coronavirus disease has emerged as a global threat and not just to human health but also the global economy. Due to the pandemic, most countries affected have therefore imposed periods of full or partial lockdowns to restrict community transmission. This has had the welcome but unexpected side effect that existing levels of atmospheric pollutants, particularly in cities, have temporarily declined. As found by several authors, air quality can inherently exacerbate the risks linked to respiratory diseases, including COVID-19. In this study, we explore patterns of air pollution for ten of the most affected countries in the world, in the context of the 2020 development of the COVID-19 pandemic. We find that the concentrations of some of the principal atmospheric pollutants were temporarily reduced during the extensive lockdowns in the spring. Secondly, we show that the seasonality of the atmospheric pollutants is not significantly affected by these temporary changes, indicating that observed variations in COVID-19 conditions are likely to be linked to air quality. On this background, we confirm that air pollution may be a good predictor for the local and national severity of COVID-19 infections.

scholarly journals Diffuse Water Pollution from Agriculture: A Review of Nature-Based Solutions for Nitrogen Removal and Recovery

Water ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (14) ◽  
pp. 1893
Author(s):  
Giuseppe Mancuso ◽  
Grazia Federica Bencresciuto ◽  
Stevo Lavrnić ◽  
Attilio Toscano
Keyword(s):  
Water Pollution ◽  
Nitrogen Removal ◽  
Plant Uptake ◽  
Environmental Issues ◽  
Polluted Water ◽  
Health Issues ◽  
Agricultural Wastewater ◽  
Research Activities ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Different Types

The implementation of nature-based solutions (NBSs) can be a suitable and sustainable approach to coping with environmental issues related to diffuse water pollution from agriculture. NBSs exploit natural mitigation processes that can promote the removal of different contaminants from agricultural wastewater, and they can also enable the recovery of otherwise lost resources (i.e., nutrients). Among these, nitrogen impacts different ecosystems, resulting in serious environmental and human health issues. Recent research activities have investigated the capability of NBS to remove nitrogen from polluted water. However, the regulating mechanisms for nitrogen removal can be complex, since a wide range of decontamination pathways, such as plant uptake, microbial degradation, substrate adsorption and filtration, precipitation, sedimentation, and volatilization, can be involved. Investigating these processes is beneficial for the enhancement of the performance of NBSs. The present study provides a comprehensive review of factors that can influence nitrogen removal in different types of NBSs, and the possible strategies for nitrogen recovery that have been reported in the literature.

The Aquaponic Ecosystem Study as a Base of Applied Research in Bioinformatics

2022 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-9
Author(s):  
Lubov A. Belyanina
Keyword(s):  
Education System ◽  
Applied Research ◽  
Plant Production ◽  
Experimental Program ◽  
Educational Organizations ◽  
Educational Organization ◽  
Plant Family ◽  
Family Unit ◽  
Research Activities ◽  
Fish Plant

This article is an enhancement of the authors chapter "Critical Review about Aquaponics is non-boring sciences, as a base of competence" about conceptual platform for the work of a network of regional experimental sites that work out various aspects of the implementation of design and research activities in the study of aquaponics.The chapter contains a description of the experience of creating a new component of the regional education system "Aquaponics in Education", the construction of the content of education in the educational organization, taking into account the new component; Designing a unified network of interaction between educational organizations of various types for the implementation of the author's experimental program "The Academy of non – boring Sciences. Aquaponics ". Methodical recommendations on the inclusion of innovative equipment Fish Plant Family Unit and Fish Plant Production in the educational system, the direction of design and research activities of students in the field of aquaponics are proposed.

scholarly journals Pre-exposure and Post-exposure new prophylactic treatments against COVID-19 in healthcare workers

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (7) ◽  
pp. 260-267
Author(s):  
Bachir Benarba ◽  
Adel Gouri
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Healthcare Workers ◽  
Negative Impact ◽  
Nutritional Intervention ◽  
B Vitamins ◽  
Health Issues ◽  
Post Exposure ◽  
Beneficial Effects ◽  
Mental Health Issues ◽  
Novel Coronavirus

The Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome-related Coronavirus 2 or novel coronavirus (COVID-19) infection pandemic continues to spread. Since the outbreak of the COVID-19 in Wuhan (China), healthcare workers have been infected and are considered at high risk of contamination. Moreover, in addition to the physical effects of COVID-19, the pandemic results in important mental health issues among healthcare workers such as anxiety, stress, depression, and further nervous or mental disorders. Despite the increasing number of clinical trials aiming to develop vaccines or test antiviral molecules, till now no efficient anti- SARS-CoV-2 drugs have been validated. The COVID-19 pandemic led us to call for an urgent nutritional intervention model that should be established to prevent and/or reduce the negative impact of COVID-19 on healthcare workers. In the present paper, we suggest a safe nutritional supplementation of Mg-Zn- B vitamins (B1, B6, B9, and B12) in healthcare workers as pre-exposure and post-exposure new prophylactic treatments. Furthermore, the paper reports the scientific arguments and the possible mechanisms by which the Mg-Zn- B vitamins supplementation may exert its beneficial effects in the healthcare workers facing the COVID-19 pandemic. Overall, the Mg-Zn- B vitamins supplementation would enhance the immune response against SARS-CoV2, prevent inflammatory processes and oxidative stress, fight or alleviate the COVID-19-related mental health issues, or even reduce the replication. Each element of the supplementation possesses important and promising effects contributing to the possible efficiency of the suggested Mg-Zn- B vitamins supplementation in healthcare workers. Keywords: COVID-19, SARS-CoV-2, Supplementation, Zinc, Magnesium, Vitamins B.

Bridging the Social and Teaching Presence Gap in Online Learning

2015 ◽  
pp. 158-182 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bei Zhang
Keyword(s):  
Online Learning ◽  
Social Presence ◽  
Online Teaching ◽  
Negative Impact ◽  
Teaching Presence ◽  
Human Beings ◽  
Web Conferencing ◽  
Combined Use ◽  
The Social ◽  
Students Satisfaction

Feelings of disconnection and isolation from teachers and other classmates could have a major negative impact on students' satisfaction and success when learning online. This chapter describes how a variety of Web 2.0 tools have been used to establish and maintain teaching and social presence in online learning. Rather than limiting contact to the virtual world created by well-designed interfaces of learning management system platforms, the creative use of Web conferencing in online teaching not only brings students and teachers together as real human beings but also generates interactions that create more interest and higher engagement. The combined use of synchronous and asynchronous tools, together with mobile devices, has made online learning more flexible, accessible, and credible.

Exploring the Relation Between the Digital Divide and Government's Effort to Develop E-Participation

2022 ◽  
pp. 997-1018
Author(s):  
Rosario Perez-Morote ◽  
Carolina Pontones Rosa ◽  
Esteban Alfaro Cortes
Keyword(s):  
Digital Divide ◽  
Negative Impact ◽  
Political Freedom ◽  
Ageing Population ◽  
Technological Infrastructure ◽  
Political Processes ◽  
Country Level ◽  
Participation Index ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Practical Implications

According to the digital divide theory, the provision of opportunities to broaden participation in political processes pose a challenge for governments worldwide. In this research, the authors analyze the relationship between the evolution governments' effort to develop citizen e-participation in public policy—measured through the UN's e-participation index—and that of national contexts variables identified by the digital divide theory at country level, using panel data for 178 countries over the period 2008-2016. The results confirm the strong and positive connection between EPI and economic development and technological infrastructure of the countries, ageing population associated to higher life standards, as well as a negative impact of rurality, gender, and political freedom and democracy result not influential, as well as education. Some practical implications derive from the findings, contributing to explain performance differences across different national settings and identifying current inequalities that still require public action to bridge the divide.

Stress and Its Relationship to Leadership and a Healthy Workplace Culture

2017 ◽  
pp. 213-246
Author(s):  
David B. Ross ◽  
Julie A. Exposito ◽  
Tom Kennedy
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Stress Management ◽  
Negative Impact ◽  
Training And Development ◽  
Working Environment ◽  
High Rate ◽  
Health Issues ◽  
Information Dynamics ◽  
Effective Leaders ◽  
Management Capacity

Every organization needs to be driven by effective leaders. In higher education, many leadership courses are designed to transfer knowledge and critical thinking. Other professional development workshops, seminars, and conferences in leadership also offer leadership training and development to assist individuals to understand human capital, and create an organization free from toxicity. A toxic working environment can lead to low morale, disruption in productivity and motivation, high rate of absenteeism, individuals using sick days when they are not sick, cause emotional and physical health issues, and even submitting derailed projects beyond deadlines. When there is an upsurge of stress in the workplace within employees and administrators, the organization will struggle. Negative information dynamics affect health and contribute to stress. Stress management capacity is the ability to manage stress and is vital in the prevention of a negative impact of stress. Stress management can be improved for leaders and organizations.

Exploring the Relation Between the Digital Divide and Government's Effort to Develop E-Participation

2020 ◽  
Vol 16 (3) ◽  
pp. 26-44
Author(s):  
Rosario Perez-Morote ◽  
Carolina Pontones Rosa ◽  
Esteban Alfaro Cortes
Keyword(s):  
Digital Divide ◽  
Negative Impact ◽  
Political Freedom ◽  
Ageing Population ◽  
Technological Infrastructure ◽  
Political Processes ◽  
Country Level ◽  
Participation Index ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Practical Implications

According to the digital divide theory, the provision of opportunities to broaden participation in political processes pose a challenge for governments worldwide. In this research, the authors analyze the relationship between the evolution governments' effort to develop citizen e-participation in public policy—measured through the UN's e-participation index—and that of national contexts variables identified by the digital divide theory at country level, using panel data for 178 countries over the period 2008-2016. The results confirm the strong and positive connection between EPI and economic development and technological infrastructure of the countries, ageing population associated to higher life standards, as well as a negative impact of rurality, gender, and political freedom and democracy result not influential, as well as education. Some practical implications derive from the findings, contributing to explain performance differences across different national settings and identifying current inequalities that still require public action to bridge the divide.

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