scholarly journals Availability Of Literature On Engineering Ethics In The Internet

2012 ◽  
Vol 12 (5) ◽  
Author(s):  
Yusof Ismail, Suhaimi Mhd Sarif
Keyword(s):  
Search Engines ◽  
Engineering Students ◽  
Engineering Ethics ◽  
Training And Development ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Search Term ◽  
Internet Search ◽  
Search Terms ◽  
Search For Information ◽  
And Training

Internet is becoming a popular tool among career-oriented people. Among professionals, some of the engineers use the Internet in their work to search for information. The study is carried out to ascertain comparative availability of the materials on ethics and engineers in four top Internet search engines (ISE’s). Four ISE’s were accessed on 2 February 2011, from 2.21 p.m. to 4.21 p.m. [Gombak Time] using a combination of selected search terms: education, engineer, engineering, ethics, Islam, professional, research, and training. The search results or hits produced by the selected ISE’s were analyzed using a specially created instrument/format. The study computes relative ratios of the coverage of selected terms in relation to the number of hits for selected terms within each ISE. The ratios are obtained by dividing the hits for a search term or combination into the total hits within each ISE. The results of the analysis reveal that the ISE’s contain the highest frequency of materials on engineers and ethics. The findings suggest to engineering students and practitioners of varying capabilities among the ISE’s used in the study to learn about engineering ethics. Limitations of the study and suggestions for further research are included in the study.   ABSTRAK: Internet menjadi alat yang popular di kalangan staf yang berorientasikan kerjaya. Di kalangan profesional, para jurutera menggunakan Internet untuk mencari maklumat dalam kerja-kerja mereka. Kajian ini dijalankan untuk menentukan ketersediaan perbandingan bahan-bahan mengenai etika dan jurutera dalam empat enjin carian Internet (ISE) teratas. Beberapa ISE dicapai pada 2 Februari 2011, di antara 2.21 petang sehingga 4.21 petang [waktu Gombak] menggunakan gabungan terma carian yang dipilih: pendidikan, jurutera, kejuruteraan, etika, Islam, profesional, penyelidikan, dan latihan. Keputusan carian atau ‘hits’ yang dihasilkan oleh ISE terpilih telah dianalisis dengan menggunakan instrumen/format yang direka khas. Kajian itu mengira nisbah relatif liputan terma-terma terpilih tersebut dengan jumlah ‘hits’ bagi kesemua terma bagi setiap ISE. Nisbah diperolehi dengan membahagikan ‘hits’ bagi istilah carian atau gabungan istilah dengan jumlah ‘hits’ dalam setiap ISE. Keputusan analisis menunjukkan ISE yang mengandungi kekerapan tertinggi bahan-bahan berkaitan dengan jurutera dan etika. Hasil kajian menyarankan kepada pelajar-pelajar dan pengamal kejuruteraan bahawa wujud keupayaan yang berbeza-beza di kalangan ISE berhubung dengan potensi bahan-bahan berkaitan etika kejuruteraan. Batasan kajian dan cadangan untuk penyelidikan selanjutnya dimasukkan dalam kajian ini.  Keywords-engineering ethics; internet search engines; literature; training and development

The Internet for Pathologists: A Simple Schema for Evaluating Pathology-Related Web Sites and a Catalog of Sites Useful for Practicing Pathologists

2005 ◽  
Vol 129 (6) ◽  
pp. 742-746
Author(s):  
Geoffrey Talmon ◽  
Neil A. Abrahams
Keyword(s):  
Simple Group ◽  
Web Sites ◽  
Search Engines ◽  
Scoring System ◽  
Medical Information ◽  
Information Source ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Search Term ◽  
Internet Search ◽  
Simple Schema

Abstract Context.—With the increasing popularity of the Internet as a primary medical information source, it is critical for pathologists to be able to use and evaluate both general medical- and pathology-related Web sites. Several published models for evaluating Web sites prove cumbersome to use and often involve computer- or statistic-based algorithms. Objectives.—To develop a simple group of scoring criteria to objectively evaluate medical Web sites and provide a list of the highest-scoring pathology-related sites that will be useful to the practicing pathologist. Design.—Using 11 commonly used Internet search engines, the top 50 “hits” retrieved from the search term websites for pathologists were scored using 5 criteria, including accuracy, ease of navigation, relevance, updates, and completeness. A possible 6 to 12 points per area were awarded, and the total score was summated. Results.—Scores obtained ranged from 12 to 21. Thirty-five Web sites, all scoring 15 or higher based on these criteria, were listed as most useful. Conclusion.—A simple, easy-to-use, 5-category scoring system can prove useful in evaluating pathology- and medical-related Web sites.

Teaching Engineering Ethics in the Classroom

2016 ◽  
pp. 1334-1349
Author(s):  
Josep M. Basart
Keyword(s):  
Engineering Education ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Engineering Students ◽  
Engineering Ethics ◽  
Public Welfare ◽  
Social Responsibilities ◽  
Teaching Responsibilities ◽  
Ethics Courses ◽  
And Training ◽  
Insight Into

Engineering students are introduced to their profession's ethical and social responsibilities along with their education and training at university. This might be the only time and place where public welfare engagement may be promoted by the institution and acknowledged by students. Their future behavior as engineers heavily depends on the understanding and commitment they may develop during this process. The purpose of this chapter is to discuss the main points related to the teaching and learning of Engineering Ethics at universities. In order to gain insight into this complex educational scene, a set of questions are formulated and explored. The discussion of these questions amounts to explain what Engineering Education consists of, how to integrate Engineering Ethics courses into the curriculum and develop instructional designs for classroom teaching, who should assume teaching responsibilities, and finally, what Engineering Ethics goals should be. For each query, the primal issues, controversies, and alternatives are discussed.

scholarly journals The Abortion Web Ecosystem: Cross-Sectional Analysis of Trustworthiness and Bias (Preprint)

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Leo Han ◽  
Emily R Boniface ◽  
Lisa Yin Han ◽  
Jonathan Albright ◽  
Nora Doty ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Depressive Disorders ◽  
Rating Scale ◽  
Primary Source ◽  
News Article ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Search Term ◽  
Median Score ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Search Terms ◽  
Pro Choice

BACKGROUND People use the internet as a primary source for learning about medical procedures and their associated safety profiles and risks. Although abortion is one of the most common procedures worldwide among women in their reproductive years, it is controversial and highly politicized. Substantial scientific evidence demonstrates that abortion is safe and does not increase a woman’s future risk for depressive disorders or infertility. The extent to which information found on the internet reflects these medical facts in a trustworthy and unbiased manner is not known. OBJECTIVE The purpose of this study was to collate and describe the trustworthiness and political slant or bias of web-based information about abortion safety and risks of depression and infertility following abortion. METHODS We performed a cross-sectional study of internet websites using 3 search topics: (1) is abortion safe?, (2) does abortion cause depression?, and (3) does abortion cause infertility? We used the Google Adwords tool to identify the search terms most associated with those topics and Google’s search engine to generate databases of websites related to each topic. We then classified and rated each website in terms of content slant (pro-choice, neutral, anti-choice), clarity of slant (obvious, in-between, or difficult/can’t tell), trustworthiness (rating scale of 1-5, 5=most trustworthy), type (forum, feature, scholarly article, resource page, news article, blog, or video), and top-level domain (.com, .net, .org, .edu, .gov, or international domain). We compared website characteristics by search topic (safety, depression, or infertility) using bivariate tests. We summarized trustworthiness using the median and IQR, and we used box-and-whisker plots to visually compare trustworthiness by slant and domain type. RESULTS Our search methods yielded a total of 111, 120, and 85 unique sites for safety, depression, and infertility, respectively. Of all the sites (n=316), 57.3% (181/316) were neutral, 35.4% (112/316) were anti-choice, and 7.3% (23/316) were pro-choice. The median trustworthiness score was 2.7 (IQR 1.7-3.7), which did not differ significantly across topics (<i>P</i>=.409). Anti-choice sites were less trustworthy (median score 1.3, IQR 1.0-1.7) than neutral (median score 3.3, IQR 2.7-4.0) and pro-choice (median score 3.7, IQR 3.3-4.3) sites. Anti-choice sites were also more likely to have slant clarity that was “difficult to tell” (41/112, 36.6%) compared with neutral (25/181, 13.8%) or pro-choice (4/23, 17.4%; <i>P</i>&lt;.001) sites. A negative search term used for the topic of safety (eg, “risks”) produced sites with lower trustworthiness scores than search terms with the word “safety” (median score 1.7 versus 3.7, respectively; <i>P</i>&lt;.001). CONCLUSIONS People seeking information about the safety and potential risks of abortion are likely to encounter a substantial amount of untrustworthy and slanted/biased abortion information. Anti-choice sites are prevalent, often difficult to identify as anti-choice, and less trustworthy than neutral or pro-choice sites. Web searches may lead the public to believe abortion is riskier than it is.

scholarly journals Internet search engines and ways to improve quality of inquiries fulfillment when searching for scientific information on the Internet

2016 ◽  
pp. 79-87
Author(s):  
Yury Smirnov
Keyword(s):  
Search Engines ◽  
Search Algorithm ◽  
Scientific Information ◽  
Information Organization ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Internet Search ◽  
Popular Method ◽  
Combined Use ◽  
Internet Information

Existing Internet search engines are analyzed. Tagging, with its advantages and drawbacks, is examined as a popular method of Internet information organization and classification. The author concludes that every search engine is unique for its search algorithm, and combined use of many is seen and the most efficient for users.

Speech Engines

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
James Grimmelmann
Keyword(s):  
Search Engine ◽  
Search Engines ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Internet Search ◽  
High Quality ◽  
New Approach ◽  
To Receive ◽  
Relevance Assessments

98 Minnesota Law Review 868 (2014)Academic and regulatory debates about Google are dominated by two opposing theories of what search engines are and how law should treat them. Some describe search engines as passive, neutral conduits for websites’ speech; others describe them as active, opinionated editors: speakers in their own right. The conduit and editor theories give dramatically different policy prescriptions in areas ranging from antitrust to copyright. But they both systematically discount search users’ agency, regarding users merely as passive audiences.A better theory is that search engines are not primarily conduits or editors, but advisors. They help users achieve their diverse and individualized information goals by sorting through the unimaginable scale and chaos of the Internet. Search users are active listeners, affirmatively seeking out the speech they wish to receive. Search engine law can help them by ensuring two things: access to high-quality search engines, and loyalty from those search engines.The advisor theory yields fresh insights into long-running disputes about Google. It suggests, for example, a new approach to deciding when Google should be liable for giving a website the “wrong” ranking. Users’ goals are too subjective for there to be an absolute standard of correct and incorrect rankings; different search engines necessarily assess relevance differently. But users are also entitled to complain when a search engine deliberately misleads them about its own relevance assessments. The result is a sensible, workable compromise between the conduit and editor theories.

Searching Bioinformatics Information Strategies for Effective Use of Search Engine

2018 ◽  
pp. 742-748
Author(s):  
Viveka Vardhan Jumpala
Keyword(s):  
World Wide Web ◽  
Search Engine ◽  
Search Engines ◽  
World Wide ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Information Strategies ◽  
The World ◽  
Search For Information ◽  
Effective Use ◽  
The Web

The Internet, which is an information super high way, has practically compressed the world into a cyber colony through various networks and other Internets. The development of the Internet and the emergence of the World Wide Web (WWW) as common vehicle for communication and instantaneous access to search engines and databases. Search Engine is designed to facilitate search for information on the WWW. Search Engines are essentially the tools that help in finding required information on the web quickly in an organized manner. Different search engines do the same job in different ways thus giving different results for the same query. Search Strategies are the new trend on the Web.

scholarly journals خرائط الكلمات المفتاحية في بيئة الإنترنت لأسئلة البحث الأكثر شيوعاً حول " فيروس كورونا"

2020 ◽  
pp. 70-92
Author(s):  
طلال ناظم الزهيري
Keyword(s):  
Google Trends ◽  
Search Term ◽  
Global Level ◽  
Search Results ◽  
Search Terms ◽  
Internet Users ◽  
Search For Information ◽  
Health Situation ◽  
Number Of Iterations ◽  
Analyze Data

Keywords maps are common search phrases, and one of the most important indicators of the importance of topics and the level of attracting them to the interests of users at the global level. Today, after the outbreak of Coronavirus, it was necessary to know the global interest in this virus, and what are the phrases and keyword maps used by the Arab users in the search engines in the stage of collecting information about this disease, so, this study aims to identify the nature of inquiries about the virus used by internet users and classify them according to the considerations of number of iterations, as well as mapping the keywords for common search terms about Coronavirus in Arabic and trying to use them in improving access to appropriate information. The study uses [Google Trends] to analyze data and access search results for the selected search term. The study reached a set of conclusions, the most important of which was: The search term (Coronavirus) is the most preferred search term in the search for information about this disease for the Arab users. In addition, the study recommends that the websites that interested in the health situation should take the advantages of the keywords maps that the study reached to include them as descriptions of awareness topics and news about the virus to ensure the highest views.

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