Business and Mobile

2016 ◽  
pp. 312-350
Author(s):  
Nygmet Ibadildin ◽  
Kenneth E. Harvey
Keyword(s):  
Mobile Applications ◽  
Mobile Technologies ◽  
Short History ◽  
Future Directions ◽  
Business Applications ◽  
Current State ◽  
State Of Affairs ◽  
Behavior Choices ◽  
The Impact ◽  
External Communications

This chapter will explore the peculiarities of business applications of mobile technologies, including a short history and a review of the current state of affairs, major trends likely to cause further change over the coming years, key theories and models to help understand and predict these changes, and future directions of research that may provide deeper scientific insight. M-commerce has many aspects from design and usability of the devices to monetization issues of mobile applications. M-enterprise is about drastic changes in internal and external communications and efficiency in the work of each business unit. M-industry reviews the impact of mobile technologies on traditional industries and the development of entirely new industries. M-style is how our everyday lives are changing in behavior, choices and preferences. After reading this chapter you will be able to differentiate m-business in many important areas: why is it important, where it is going, what is the value to consumers.

Business and Mobile

2018 ◽  
pp. 921-959
Author(s):  
Nygmet Ibadildin ◽  
Kenneth E. Harvey
Keyword(s):  
Mobile Applications ◽  
Mobile Technologies ◽  
Short History ◽  
Future Directions ◽  
Business Applications ◽  
Current State ◽  
State Of Affairs ◽  
Behavior Choices ◽  
The Impact ◽  
External Communications

This chapter will explore the peculiarities of business applications of mobile technologies, including a short history and a review of the current state of affairs, major trends likely to cause further change over the coming years, key theories and models to help understand and predict these changes, and future directions of research that may provide deeper scientific insight. M-commerce has many aspects from design and usability of the devices to monetization issues of mobile applications. M-enterprise is about drastic changes in internal and external communications and efficiency in the work of each business unit. M-industry reviews the impact of mobile technologies on traditional industries and the development of entirely new industries. M-style is how our everyday lives are changing in behavior, choices and preferences. After reading this chapter you will be able to differentiate m-business in many important areas: why is it important, where it is going, what is the value to consumers.

Mobile Applications as Tools to Support Embodied Learning

2012 ◽  
Vol 2 (4) ◽  
pp. 1-16 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andre R. Denham ◽  
Javier Gonzalez-Sanchez ◽  
Maria-Elena Chavez-Echeagaray ◽  
Robert K. Atkinson
Keyword(s):  
Learning Environments ◽  
Mobile Technology ◽  
Mobile Applications ◽  
Distinct Type ◽  
Instructional Designers ◽  
Formal Learning ◽  
Embodied Learning ◽  
Future Directions ◽  
Current State ◽  
Instructional Content

Mobile learning (mLearning) is a rapidly expanding area of educational research. Theorists, researchers, and instructional designers are excited about the potential contributions of mobile technology to the field of education. Mobile tools such as Apple’s iPad or Galaxy Tab have sparked this interest based on their ability to provide high-powered computing within a small, extremely portable form factor. Learners are no longer constrained by the desktop or the power cord of a laptop. Unfortunately, much of mLearning research has focused on transferring eLearning on to mobile devices, instead of investigating the unique characteristics of mobile tools that can be used to define mLearning as a distinct type of learning. This paper begins the task of situating mLearning as a distinct type of learning by first considering the theoretical and pedagogical affordances unique to it. Then, the authors transition into a discussion of embodied learning and how the literature related to this field supports the use of mobile tools for educational purposes that go well beyond the deliver of eLearning instructional content. From there, the authors move to a discussion of the logistical challenge of melding mobile tools within formal learning environments. Next, the paper reports the results of an investigation into the current state of mLearning applications and how the majority of these applications fail to leverage the hardware features of mobile tools that can potential result in deeper understanding of concepts and skills. Finally, the authors provide implications and future directions for developers and educators.

Brain, Beauty, and Art

2021 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Empirical Work ◽  
Creative Arts ◽  
Dance Music ◽  
Short History ◽  
Future Directions ◽  
Current State ◽  
History Of ◽  
Music And Architecture ◽  
Volume Targets ◽  
Near Future

Neuroscience joins the long history of discussions about aesthetics in psychology, philosophy, art history, and the creative arts. In this volume, leading scholars in this nascent field reflect on the promise of neuroaesthetics to enrich our understanding of this universal yet diverse facet of human experience. The volume will inform and stimulate anyone with an abiding interest in why it is that, across time and culture, we respond to beauty, engage with art, and are affected by music and architecture. The volume consists of essays from foundational researchers whose empirical work launched the field. Each essay is anchored to an original, peer-reviewed paper from the short history of this new and burgeoning subdiscipline of cognitive neuroscience. Authors of each essay were asked three questions: (1) What motivated the original paper? (2) What were the main findings or theoretical claims made?, and (3) How do those findings or claims fit with the current state and anticipated near future of neuroaesthetics? Together, these essays establish the territory and current boundaries of neuroaesthetics and identify its most promising future directions. Topics include models of neuroaesthetics and discussions of beauty, art, dance, music, literature, and architecture. The volume targets the general public; it also serves as an important resource for scientists, humanitarians, educators, and newcomers to the field, and it will catalyze interdisciplinary conversations critical to the maturation of this young field.

Mobile Business Applications

2009 ◽  
pp. 2163-2168
Author(s):  
Cheon-Pyo Lee
Keyword(s):  
Mobile Applications ◽  
Financial Management ◽  
Sales Force ◽  
Customer Relationship ◽  
Mobile Technologies ◽  
Mobile Business ◽  
Sales Force Automation ◽  
Business Applications ◽  
Scale Usage ◽  
E Mail

As an increasing number of organizations and individuals are dependent on mobile technologies to perform their tasks, various mobile applications have been rapidly introduced and used in a number of areas such as communications, financial management, information retrieval, and entertainment. Mobile applications were initially very basic and simple, but the introduction of higher bandwidth capability and the rapid diffusion of Internet-compatible phones, along with the innovations in the mobile technologies, allow for richer and more efficient applications. Over the years, mobile applications have primarily been developed in consumer-oriented areas where products such as e-mail, games, and music have led the market (Gebauer & Shaw, 2004). According to the ARC group, mobile entertainment service will generate $27 billion globally by 2008 with 2.5 billion users (Smith, 2004). Even though mobile business (m-business) applications have been slow to catch on mobile applications for consumers and are still waiting for larger-scale usage, m-business application areas have received enormous attention and have rapidly grown. As entertainment has been a significant driver of consumer-oriented mobile applications, applications such as delivery, construction, maintenance, and sales of mobile business have been drivers of m-business applications (Funk, 2003). By fall of 2003, Microsoft mobile solutions partners had registered more than 11,000 applications including e-mail, calendars and contacts, sales force automation, customer relationship management, and filed force automation (Smith, 2004). However, in spite of their huge potential and benefits, the adoption of m-business applications appears much slower than anticipated due to numerous technical and managerial problems.

Four Questions on the Digital Economy

2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 5-14
Author(s):  
Василий Свистунов ◽  
Vasiliy Svistunov ◽  
Виталий Лобачев ◽  
Vitaliy Lobachyev
Keyword(s):  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Information Technologies ◽  
Practical Importance ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
Digital Economy ◽  
Current State ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
State Of Affairs ◽  
National Economies ◽  
The Impact

The article is devoted to the analysis of the main modern trends of digitalization of the economies of the leading world powers. Particular attention is paid to the state of Affairs with the practice of information and communication technologies in the Russian Federation. The analysis of trends in the participation of the digital economy in the formation of GDP of a number of countries, including Russia. The impact of digitalization processes on the current state and further development of various spheres of management is assessed. The practice of development of strategic programs for the development of national economies, which determine the targets for the development and implementation of modern information technologies in various industries and activities to improve the efficiency of national socio-economic systems. The author’s position in determining the main features of the current state of the digital economy of Russia is based on the generalization of the results of studies conducted by a number of international companies, and is of practical importance in the study of the problem of the ongoing transformation of social and labor relations in the context of digitalization.

scholarly journals Spain in a Multidimensional Crisis: a Social Projection of Demographic Trends

2021 ◽  
Vol 104 (4) ◽  
pp. 129-139
Author(s):  
Eleonora Ermolieva ◽  
◽  
Nadezhda Kudeyarova ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Methodological Approach ◽  
Age Groups ◽  
Social Model ◽  
Social Phenomena ◽  
Current State ◽  
Dynamics Of Population ◽  
Demographic Processes ◽  
State Of Affairs ◽  
Difficult Times ◽  
The Impact

The socio-economic situation in modern Spain is complex in many aspects, which makes it possible to characterize the current state of affairs as a multidimensional crisis. The Spanish case shows the interconnection of demographic processes with structurally complicated social phenomena. An overview of the demographic decline and birth rate drop is examined, as well as the plight of young Spaniards as a result of the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic is given. The article also explores the problems of elder generation going through difficult times. On the basis of statistical data, the authors analyze the medium term prospects in the dynamics of population panorama, examine the impact of the migration factor, and show how the changing age structure and its attendant consequences pose an ever-wider range of issues for society, concerning both the younger generation and other age groups. From the perspective of demographic transformations, the article observes the situation in the pension sector, in light of the fact that Spain is one of the rapidly aging countries. The methodological approach used by the authors for a comprehensive analysis of demographic and socio-economic problems makes it possible to identify a range of interrelationships between the most important pillars of the Spanish social model.

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.

Mobile Technologies in the Emergency Department

2016 ◽  
pp. 1707-1717
Author(s):  
Judith W. Dexheimer ◽  
Elizabeth M. Borycki
Keyword(s):  
Mobile Phones ◽  
Mobile Technology ◽  
Health Professionals ◽  
Technology Use ◽  
Smart Phones ◽  
Mobile Technologies ◽  
Future Directions ◽  
Current State ◽  
The World ◽  
Device Use

Hand-held and mobile technology is steadily expanding in popularity throughout the world. Mobile technologies (e.g. mobile phones, tablets, and smart phones) are increasingly being used in Emergency Departments (ED) around the world. As part of this international trend towards introducing mobile technologies into the ED, health professionals (e.g. physicians, nurses) are now being afforded opportunities to access patient information and decision supports anywhere and anytime in the ED. In this chapter, the authors present a model that describes the current state of the research involving mobile device use in the ED, and they identify key future directions where mobile technology use is concerned.

A Review of the Application of Fuzzy Cognitive Maps in the Policy Decision-Making Life Cycle

2014 ◽  
pp. 129-148
Author(s):  
Andreas S. Andreou ◽  
Haris Neophytou ◽  
Constantinos Stylianou
Keyword(s):  
Expert Knowledge ◽  
Policy Decision ◽  
Cognitive Maps ◽  
Fuzzy Cognitive Maps ◽  
Qualitative Modeling ◽  
Current State ◽  
Specific Factors ◽  
Policy Decision Making ◽  
State Of Affairs ◽  
The Impact

Fuzzy cognitive maps are a qualitative modeling technique that uses expert knowledge to attempt to represent the interactions between problem-specific factors aiming to simulate how these interactions alter the factors and drive the current state of a problem to a different state. Recent years have seen an increase in the number of research attempts that propose the adoption of Fuzzy cognitive maps (FCMs) as a means to forecast the effect of a policy in a number of interesting domains, including land use, urban (re)development, and other social, political, or economic issues or to simulate the current state of affairs to pinpoint possible hotspots for creating a policy. This chapter presents an overview of these research attempts where fuzzy cognitive maps have been employed as a simulation tool in order to support decision makers in their assessment of the impact of policies and help them adopt the most suitable policy to implement.

PECULIARITIES OF INTERACTION OF POLICE WITH OTHER SUBJECTS OF COUNTERING CRIME

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yuri Tarasevych ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Effective Interaction ◽  
Accurate Diagnosis ◽  
Current State ◽  
Accurate Forecast ◽  
Legislative Framework ◽  
State Of Affairs ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Goals And Objectives

The article discusses the features of the interaction of the police with other subjects of countering crime. The essence and content of the concept of the system of subjects of countering crime is determined, the specificity of the concept of police interaction is detailed, taking into account the legislative framework and the mechanism for the formation of partnerships. The factors that are considered to influence the degree of trust in the police are highlighted. It is clarified that the interaction of the police with other actors in the fight against crime. occurs on the basis of appropriate principles, tools, forms and methodology. The directions of interaction of the police with other subjects of countering crime are detailed, depending on the goals and objectives set, the weight of the impact on the final result of ensuring security. Possible problematic issues of building effective interaction are indicated. Clarifies that a police oversight partnership can include both approaches: reactionary and proactive. It is advisable to periodically review the interaction strategies and subject them to adjustments depending on the current state of affairs. Attention is drawn to the fact that the construction of effective interaction between the police and other subjects of countering crime is a complex and multifaceted process that does not lend itself to either an accurate diagnosis or an accurate forecast. A set of proposals and recommendations for improving the formation of trust in the police, for building effective interaction between the police and other subjects of countering crime have been formulated and substantiated. It is proposed to evaluate the results of the interaction of the police with other subjects of countering crime with the help of «examination of the effectiveness of interaction».

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