scholarly journals The Role of Emerging ICT in the Ports: Increasing Utilities According to Shared Decisions

2021 ◽  
Vol 2 ◽  
Author(s):  
Francesco Russo ◽  
Giuseppe Musolino
Keyword(s):  
Theoretical Model ◽  
Decision Maker ◽  
New Technologies ◽  
Emerging Technologies ◽  
Focal Point ◽  
Decision Makers ◽  
Port Operation ◽  
Port Operations ◽  
Generalized Cost

Geographical location, infrastructures, and services are the main consolidated pillars of a port in terms of its capacity to compete and cooperate with other ports. In the last years, a new pillar was identified: emerging technologies. Ports’ issues were initially solved with individual ICT solutions adopted by each decision-maker, which generated efficiencies in the three main port flows: cargo, information, and financial. However, new benefits and challenges are connected with the introduction of shared emerging ICT among decision-makers inside ports. The crucial issue concerns the fact that several decision-makers could share a decision about a single-port operation. Therefore, the effectiveness and efficiency of ports depend on how the interactions between the decision-makers are solved. Port operations are associated with movements (cargo) and transactions (information and financial) in a synchronic graph, which allows highlighting the role of emerging technologies in the modification of port operation generalized cost, considering the different decision-makers. The focal point concerns the building of a theoretical model using the formal equations of Transport System Models (TSMs) for the estimation of the cost for a Unit of Load (UL), e.g., a container traveling along a path, composed of a sequence of port operations, inside a port with and without emerging technologies. The proposed theoretical model provides the possibility of estimating ex ante the reduction of cost (port time of UL) given by introducing new technologies and a Port Community System (PCS). Different scenarios, considering some cases, ranging from the absence of ICT to the presence of a PCS, are compared, considering the different situations from a non-congested port to a congested one. The main results of the study and its novelty concern, on the one hand, the extension of TSMs to port systems, highlighting the problem of a non-single decision-maker (two or more) in some port operations and, on the other hand, the possibility of reducing the generalized cost (e.g., time) in the same operations in which there are concurrent decision-makers, through the use of an advanced PCS. The reported numerical example confirms the theoretical results. The work can be useful for researchers for port planners (e.g., port authorities) because it permits evaluating the utility for introducing shared emerging technologies using advanced PCS in a unified view.

scholarly journals The impact of information technology in decision making process of companies in Kosovo

2018 ◽  
Vol 51 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 13-23
Author(s):  
Emin Qerim Neziraj ◽  
Aferdita Berisha Shaqiri
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Information Technology ◽  
Decision Maker ◽  
Business Process ◽  
New Technologies ◽  
Decision Makers ◽  
Decision Making Process ◽  
Or Organization ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Future Business

Before the decision makers set much higher requirements in the decision-making than ever before due to the environment of decision-makers subject to change under the influence of progress and development of new technologies, networking individual or organization inside and the outside environment, and modern means of communication enabling continuous inflow, flow and sharing of data and information. In these modern conditions the process of collecting, analyzing, selecting data and information to make informed decisions in the context of possible restrictions and the available options, and ultimately making decisions as the basis for future business or behavior, is not simplified. The use of new technologies in the decision-making process provided numerous opportunities to facilitate decisions selection. However, the decision maker should still be able to differentiate which knowledge should be used to serve in decision making, and which models, methods, tools, systems, and procedures to be used in certain situations, with the purpose of successful decision selection. In this paper, we will examine the decision making process during the business process of the companies in Kosovo.

scholarly journals The role of ethnicity in the perception of pork barrel politics: Evidence from a survey experiment in Slovakia

Politics ◽  
2020 ◽  
pp. 026339572092008
Author(s):  
Miroslav Nemčok ◽  
Olivera Komar ◽  
Nemanja Batrićević ◽  
Michal Tóth ◽  
Peter Spáč
Keyword(s):  
Ethnic Groups ◽  
Decision Maker ◽  
Policy Decision ◽  
Decision Makers ◽  
New Democracies ◽  
Survey Experiment ◽  
Divided Societies ◽  
Pork Barrel

In divided societies and new democracies, clientelism (in the form of pork barrel) and ethno-politics appear to go hand in hand. It is apparent that politicians are incentivized to compete for support within their own ethnic groups, but does an ethnic link between voters and decision-makers influence how voters perceive and evaluate pork barrel practices? To address this question, we conducted a survey experiment (n = 1200) in ethnically heterogeneous Slovakia. The aim was to examine whether pork barrel politics implemented by a Slovak decision-maker and a Hungarian decision-maker are evaluated differently by Slovaks and Hungarians. The findings suggest that when individuals and decision-makers share the same ethnicity, individuals tend to maintain an equally positive level of trust and willingness to vote for the responsible decision-maker, even when the decision-maker implements a policy decision that does not benefit them. Nonetheless, shared ethnicity does not prevent individuals from being critical of the implemented policy decision itself.

KEPEMIMPINAN KEPALA UNIT PELAKSANA TEKNIS (UPT) PENDIDIKAN KECAMATAN DALAM IMPLEMENTASI KEBIJAKAN PENDIDIKAN NONFORMAL DI KABUPATEN BANJAR

2018 ◽  
Vol 14 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Sumadi Sumadi
Keyword(s):  
Human Resources ◽  
Decision Maker ◽  
Formal Education ◽  
Decision Makers ◽  
Positive Contribution ◽  
Education Policies ◽  
Development Agency ◽  
Leadership Policy ◽  
Monitoring Information

District Education Technical Implementation Unit (UPT) having duties and functions includes providing guidance to PAUD education units and non-formal education. In an effort to realize the vision, mission, and goals of education, as well as an increase in the average number of years of schooling in Banjar district, an important role of the Head of the UPT is needed. District education, namely: (1) interpersonal roles, informational roles, role of decision makers, and the role of supervision in the implementation of non-formal education policies. The purpose of this study in detail is to describe and explain: (1) the role of interpersonal (2) informational role, (3) the role of decision maker (decision maker), (4) the role of controlling the head of the UPT. Education in Martapura, Astambul, and Mataraman Districts in the implementation of non-formal education policies. This study uses a qualitative approach to naturalistic phenomenology, with a multi-case study study design using in-depth interview techniques, observation, and documentation studies, holistic data analysis, and reporting by describing themes, issues, and implications of the phenomenon between cases contextually. The results showed that: (1) The role of interpersonal head of the UPT. Martapura District Education, UPT. Astambul Education, and UPT. Mataraman District education in the implementation of non-formal education policies tends to be persuasive, participatory, and motivational styles in the implementation of non-formal education policies. (2) Informational roles tend to delegate to staff, and those who are trusted in receiving, sharing and monitoring information, are focused on the leadership in receiving, sharing, and monitoring information, and adjusting the situation and conditions as well as the substance of information (delegation or centralization to the leadership). (3) Role of Decision Makers leaders tend towards democratic, participatory and situational types. (4) The role of supervision carried out by leaders varies according to scheduled, unscheduled, scheduled but tentative adjusting needs, oriented to the process and results in supporting the implementation of non-formal education policies. Suggestions are addressed to: (1) UPT. District Education in the Banjar Regency region, the results of this study can provide a positive contribution to the increasing role of the Head of the UPT. Education from the perspective of leadership management, (2) the Education Office of Banjar Regency as the Development Agency, the results of this study can provide input as a policy direction, (3) Human Resources Development Agency (BPSDM) of South Kalimantan Province as a reference for the development and improvement of human resources leadership and as a reference in adding repertoire to further research.Keywords: Role of Leadership, Policy Implementation, Non-formal Education

scholarly journals Getting to Yes: Stakeholder Buy-In for Implementing Emerging Technologies in Your Library

2018 ◽  
Vol 37 (3) ◽  
pp. 5-7
Author(s):  
Ida Arlene Joiner
Keyword(s):  
Artificial Intelligence ◽  
Virtual Reality ◽  
3D Printing ◽  
New Technologies ◽  
Mixed Reality ◽  
Emerging Technologies ◽  
Wearable Technology ◽  
Decision Makers ◽  
Board Members ◽  
Resource Center

Have you ever wanted to implement new technologies in your library or resource center such as (drones, robotics, artificial intelligence, augmented/virtual reality/mixed reality, 3D printing, wearable technology, and others) and presented your suggestions to your stakeholders (board members, directors, managers, and other decision makers) only to be rejected based on “there isn’t enough money in the budget,” or “no one is going to use the technology,” or “we like things the way that they are,” then this column is for you.

scholarly journals Mathematical Modelling and Tuberculosis: Advances in Diagnostics and Novel Therapies

2015 ◽  
Vol 2015 ◽  
pp. 1-10 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alice Zwerling ◽  
Sourya Shrestha ◽  
David W. Dowdy
Keyword(s):  
Mathematical Modelling ◽  
New Technologies ◽  
Current Knowledge ◽  
Scale Up ◽  
Population Level ◽  
Decision Makers ◽  
Policy Choices ◽  
Critical Policy ◽  
Transmission Models

As novel diagnostics, therapies, and algorithms are developed to improve case finding, diagnosis, and clinical management of patients with TB, policymakers must make difficult decisions and choose among multiple new technologies while operating under heavy resource constrained settings. Mathematical modelling can provide helpful insight by describing the types of interventions likely to maximize impact on the population level and highlighting those gaps in our current knowledge that are most important for making such assessments. This review discusses the major contributions of TB transmission models in general, namely, the ability to improve our understanding of the epidemiology of TB. We focus particularly on those elements that are important to appropriately understand the role of TB diagnosis and treatment (i.e., what elements of better diagnosis or treatment are likely to have greatest population-level impact) and yet remain poorly understood at present. It is essential for modellers, decision-makers, and epidemiologists alike to recognize these outstanding gaps in knowledge and understand their potential influence on model projections that may guide critical policy choices (e.g., investment and scale-up decisions).

Design Leadership in the Context of Emerging Technologies

2017 ◽  
pp. 121-130
Author(s):  
Geraldine Torrisi-Steele
Keyword(s):  
Technological Innovation ◽  
New Technologies ◽  
Emerging Technologies ◽  
Digital Design ◽  
Desktop Computer ◽  
Organizational Survival ◽  
New Applications ◽  
Background Prior

Like never before technology is integrating into our existence. It has well and truly escaped from the confines of the desktop computer to permeate our environment both natural and artificial. As increasing numbers of humans interact with technology for many different purposes, on many different devices and in many different ways, design, in particular digital design, has become of paramount importance. Organizations are recognizing the importance of design and beginning to invest into design as a strategy to promote innovation and success in highly competitive global environments. Practitioners of technology are constantly searching for new technologies and new applications of technologies to make a more efficient and effective world. Not surprisingly then, attention is turning to design leadership not simply for organizational survival but also for fuelling ongoing technological innovation. The field of design leadership, particularly digital design leadership is, as one would expect, in its infancy, and although existing leadership in business literature provides some generic concepts for informing digital design leadership it is necessary to better understand leadership specifically as it applies to digital design. Borne of this need, the main aim of the present chapter is to make some contribution to the understanding of the capacities and capabilities of digital design leaders. To provide some background prior to discussing the capacities of effective digital design leaders, the idea of design is discussed, the role of the digital designer as used in the chapter is defined and some core ideas relating to leadership and design leadership are brought to the fore.

scholarly journals Analisis Peran Kelompok Sadar Wisata Telok Kombal Dalam Mengembangkan Ekowisata Bukit Sumbur Suma

2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 347
Author(s):  
Muhammad Rahmatul Burhan ◽  
Mardiah Mardiah
Keyword(s):  
Data Collection ◽  
Product Development ◽  
Decision Maker ◽  
Community Empowerment ◽  
Decision Makers ◽  
Case Study Method ◽  
Methodological Triangulation ◽  
Model Technique

This research aims to determine the role of Pokdarwis in the development of the Sumbur Suma Hill in Telok Kombal, North Lombok. This research uses the case study method. Focus of the research is to examine the role of Pokdarwis with the role indicators presented by Minztberg: Interpersonal roles, Roles related to information, and the role of decision makers. The main data collection by interview was collaborated with the results of observation and documentation. Data were analyzed using an Interactive Model technique that passes through two types of triangulation (data triangulation and methodological triangulation). In an effort to develop the Sumbur Suma Hill ecotourism, Pokdarwis Telok Kombal has performed its role as it should, although it is still faced with various obstacles. For product development, Pokdarwis plays the role of decision maker. In terms of standardization development, Pokdarwis plays two roles, the role associated with information and the role of decision makers. Then community empowerment, Pokdarwis plays two roles, interpersonal role and decision maker role. The stakeholder part, Pokdarwis has been able to carry out its entire role.

“Did I make the right decision?”: The difficult and unpredictable journey of being a surrogate decision maker for a person living with dementia

Dementia ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 18 (5) ◽  
pp. 1601-1614 ◽  
Author(s):  
Deirdre Fetherstonhaugh ◽  
Linda McAuliffe ◽  
Christopher Shanley ◽  
Michael Bauer ◽  
Elizabeth Beattie
Keyword(s):  
Decision Maker ◽  
Healthcare Professionals ◽  
Decision Makers ◽  
Surrogate Decision Maker ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
Telephone Interviews ◽  
Surrogate Decision Makers ◽  
Surrogate Decision ◽  
The Right

Many people living with dementia eventually lose the capacity to make their own decisions and will rely on another person – a surrogate decision maker – to make decisions on their behalf. It is important – especially with the increasing prevalence of dementia – that the role of surrogate decision maker is understood and supported. This qualitative study explored the experiences of 34 surrogate decision makers of persons living with dementia in Australia. Face-to-face and telephone interviews were conducted over six months in 2014. Five themes were identified: becoming the only – or main – surrogate decision maker; growing into the role of surrogate decision maker; dealing with the stress of making decisions; having to challenge healthcare professionals; and getting support – or not – from family members. An overarching construct tying the themes together is the description of the participants’ experience as being on a difficult and unpredictable journey. Healthcare professionals can provide support by acting as empathic guides on this journey.

scholarly journals The essential role of theory in minimizing harm from emerging technologies. Lost in committee?. •

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (4) ◽  
pp. 879-885
Author(s):  
Matthew J. Gullo ◽  
John B. Saunders
Keyword(s):  
Empirical Evidence ◽  
Essential Role ◽  
New Technologies ◽  
Emerging Technologies ◽  
New Technology ◽  
Online Gaming ◽  
Broad Application ◽  
Reinforcement Magnitude ◽  
Future Focus

AbstractA coherent framework for addressing risk arising from new technologies is needed. In proposing a framework of broad application and future focus, where empirical evidence is scarce, reliance on strong theory becomes all the more important. Some technologies are more prone to excessive engagement than others (i.e. more addictive). Some users are also more susceptible to excessive engagement than others. Impulsivity theory emphasises the importance of reinforcement magnitude in determining the risk associated with a new technology, and that an individual's sensitivity to reinforcement (reward drive) and capacity to inhibit previously reinforced behaviour (rash impulsiveness) determines their susceptibility to problematic engagement. Online gaming provides a good example of how such theory can be applied to facilitate intervention efforts and develop policy.

Meiotic CENP-C is a shepherd: bridging the space between the centromere and the kinetochore in time and space

2020 ◽  
Vol 64 (2) ◽  
pp. 251-261
Author(s):  
Jessica E. Fellmeth ◽  
Kim S. McKim
Keyword(s):  
Chromosome Segregation ◽  
New Technologies ◽  
Early Prophase ◽  
Unique Role ◽  
Kinetochore Assembly ◽  
M Phase ◽  
In Vivo Analysis ◽  
Meiosis I

Abstract While many of the proteins involved in the mitotic centromere and kinetochore are conserved in meiosis, they often gain a novel function due to the unique needs of homolog segregation during meiosis I (MI). CENP-C is a critical component of the centromere for kinetochore assembly in mitosis. Recent work, however, has highlighted the unique features of meiotic CENP-C. Centromere establishment and stability require CENP-C loading at the centromere for CENP-A function. Pre-meiotic loading of proteins necessary for homolog recombination as well as cohesion also rely on CENP-C, as do the main scaffolding components of the kinetochore. Much of this work relies on new technologies that enable in vivo analysis of meiosis like never before. Here, we strive to highlight the unique role of this highly conserved centromere protein that loads on to centromeres prior to M-phase onset, but continues to perform critical functions through chromosome segregation. CENP-C is not merely a structural link between the centromere and the kinetochore, but also a functional one joining the processes of early prophase homolog synapsis to late metaphase kinetochore assembly and signaling.

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