The Use of Software Tools in Linked Data Publication and Consumption

2017 ◽  
Vol 13 (4) ◽  
pp. 68-88 ◽  
Author(s):  
Armando Barbosa ◽  
Ig Ibert Bittencourt ◽  
Sean Wolfgand Matsui Siqueira ◽  
Rafael de Amorim Silva ◽  
Ivo Calado
Keyword(s):  
Literature Review ◽  
Systematic Literature Review ◽  
Linked Data ◽  
Final Analysis ◽  
Software Tools ◽  
Original Sample ◽  
Publication Process ◽  
Data Publication ◽  
Broad Understanding

To reduce the complexity intrinsic to LD manipulation, software tools are used to publish or consume data associated to LD activities. However, few developers have a broad understanding of how software tools may be used in publication or consumption of Linked Data. The goal of this work is to investigate the use of software tools in Linked Data publication and consumption processes. More specifically, understanding how these software tools are related to process of publication or consumption of LD. In order to meet their goal, the authors conducted a Systematic Literature Review (SLR) to identify the studies on the use of software tools in these processes. The SLR gathered 6473 studies, of which only 80 studies remained for final analysis (1.25% of the original sample). The highlights of the study are: (1) initial steps of the publication process are fairly supported by the software tools; (2) Non-RDF serialization is fairly supported in publication and consumptions process by the software tools; and (3) there are non-supported steps in consumption and publication processes by the tools.

The Use of Software Tools in Linked Data Publication and Consumption

2021 ◽  
pp. 1868-1888
Author(s):  
Armando Barbosa ◽  
Ig Ibert Bittencourt ◽  
Sean Wolfgand Matsui Siqueira ◽  
Rafael de Amorim Silva ◽  
Ivo Calado
Keyword(s):  
Literature Review ◽  
Systematic Literature Review ◽  
Linked Data ◽  
Final Analysis ◽  
Software Tools ◽  
Original Sample ◽  
Publication Process ◽  
Data Publication ◽  
Broad Understanding

To reduce the complexity intrinsic to LD manipulation, software tools are used to publish or consume data associated to LD activities. However, few developers have a broad understanding of how software tools may be used in publication or consumption of Linked Data. The goal of this work is to investigate the use of software tools in Linked Data publication and consumption processes. More specifically, understanding how these software tools are related to process of publication or consumption of LD. In order to meet their goal, the authors conducted a Systematic Literature Review (SLR) to identify the studies on the use of software tools in these processes. The SLR gathered 6473 studies, of which only 80 studies remained for final analysis (1.25% of the original sample). The highlights of the study are: (1) initial steps of the publication process are fairly supported by the software tools; (2) Non-RDF serialization is fairly supported in publication and consumptions process by the software tools; and (3) there are non-supported steps in consumption and publication processes by the tools.

scholarly journals Evaluating the Connection between Thermal Comfort and Productivity in Buildings: A Systematic Literature Review

Buildings ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (6) ◽  
pp. 244
Author(s):  
Ana Maria Bueno ◽  
Antonio Augusto de Paula Xavier ◽  
Evandro Eduardo Broday
Keyword(s):  
Literature Review ◽  
Thermal Comfort ◽  
Systematic Literature Review ◽  
Thermal Environment ◽  
Final Analysis ◽  
Personal Factors ◽  
Exclusion Criteria ◽  
Environment Variables ◽  
Main Factors ◽  
Combination Of Methods

The thermal environment is one of the main factors that influence thermal comfort and, consequently, the productivity of occupants inside buildings. Throughout the years, research has described the connection between thermal comfort and productivity. Mathematical models have been established in the attempt to predict changes in productivity according to thermal variations in the environment. Some of these models have failed for a number of reasons, including the understanding of the effect that several environment variables have had on performance. From this context, a systematic literature review was carried out with the aim of verifying the connection between thermal comfort and productivity and the combinations of different thermal and personal factors that can have an effect on productivity. A hundred and twenty-eight articles were found which show a connection between productivity and some thermal comfort variables. By means of specific inclusion and exclusion criteria, 60 articles were selected for a final analysis. The main conclusions found in this study were: (i) the vast majority of research uses subjective measures and/or a combination of methods to evaluate productivity; (ii) performance/productivity can be attained within an ampler temperature range; (iii) few studies present ways of calculating productivity.

scholarly journals Antibiotic Use at the End-of-Life in Patients with Advanced Dementia: A Systematic Literature Review

2020 ◽  
Vol 41 (S1) ◽  
pp. s120-s120
Author(s):  
Alexandre Marra ◽  
Mireia Puig-Asensio ◽  
Eli Perencevich
Keyword(s):  
Literature Review ◽  
Cohort Studies ◽  
End Of Life ◽  
Systematic Literature Review ◽  
End Of Life Care ◽  
Final Analysis ◽  
Antibiotic Use ◽  
Life Care ◽  
Advanced Dementia ◽  
Days Of Therapy

Background: Improving the use of antibiotics across the care continuum will be necessary as we strive to protect our patients from antimicrobial resistance. One potential target for antimicrobial stewardship is during end-of-life care of patients with advanced dementia. We aimed to perform a systematic literature review measuring the burden of antibiotic use during end-of-life care in patients with dementia. Methods: We searched PubMed, CINAHL, and Embase through July 2019 for studies with the following inclusion criteria in the initial analysis: (1) end-of-life patients (ie, dementia, cancer, organ failure, frailty or multi-morbidity); (2) antibiotic use in the end-of-life care; with the final analysis restricted to (3) patients with advanced dementia. Only randomized controlled trials (RCTs) and cohort studies were included. Results: Of the 93 full-text articles, 17 studies (18.3%) met the selection criteria for further analysis. Most of the included studies were retrospective (n = 8) or prospective (n = 8) cohort studies. These studies in combination included 2,501 patients with advanced dementia. Also, 5 studies (698 patients, [27.9%]) were restricted to patients with Alzheimer’s disease. In 5 studies in which data were available, fewer than one-quarter of patients (19.9%, 498) with advanced dementia were referred to palliative care. In 12 studies >50% of patients received antibiotics during the end-of-life period. Also, 15 studies did not report the duration of antimicrobial therapy. Only 2 studies reported the antimicrobial consumption in days of therapy per 1,000 resident days. Only 6 studies studied whether the use of antibiotics was associated with beneficial outcomes (survival or comfort), and none of them evaluated potential adverse effects associated with antibiotic use. Conclusions: There are significant gaps in the literature surrounding antimicrobial use at the end of life in patients with advanced dementia. Future studies are needed to evaluate the benefits and harms of using antibiotics for patients during end-of-life care in this patient population.Acknowledgement. We thank Jennifer Deberg from Hardin Library for the Health Sciences, University of Iowa Libraries on the search methods.Disclosures: NoneFunding: None

Disaster preparedness amongst pharmacists and pharmacy students: a systematic literature review

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elizabeth McCourt ◽  
Judith Singleton ◽  
Vivienne Tippett ◽  
Lisa Nissen
Keyword(s):  
Literature Review ◽  
Disaster Management ◽  
Systematic Literature Review ◽  
Disaster Preparedness ◽  
Meta Analysis ◽  
Local Population ◽  
Final Analysis ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Pharmacy Students ◽  
Pharmacy Workforce

Abstract Objectives In the aftermath of a disaster, the services provided by pharmacists are essential to ensure the continued health and well-being of the local population. To continue pharmacy services, it is critical that pharmacists are prepared for disasters. A systematic literature review was conducted to explore pharmacists’ and pharmacy students’ preparedness for disasters and the factors that affect preparedness. Methods This review was conducted in April 2020 through electronic databases CINAHL, MEDLINE, Embase, PubMed, Scopus and PsycINFO, and two disaster journals. Search terms such as ‘pharmacist*’, ‘disaster*’ and ‘prepared*’ were used. The search yielded an initial 1781 titles. Articles were included if they measured pharmacists or pharmacy students’ disaster preparedness. After screening and quality appraisal by two researchers, four articles were included in final analysis and review. Data were extracted using a data collection tool formulated by the researchers. Meta-analysis was not possible; instead, results were compared across key areas including preparedness ratings and factors that influenced preparedness. Key findings Three articles focused on pharmacy students’ preparedness for disasters, and one on registered pharmacists’ preparedness. Preparedness across both groups was poor to moderate with <18% of registered pharmacists found to be prepared to respond to a disaster. Factors that potentially influenced preparedness included disaster competency, disaster interventions and demographic factors. Conclusion For pharmacists, the lack of research around their preparedness speaks volumes about their current involvement and expectations within disaster management. Without a prepared pharmacy workforce and pharmacy involvement in disaster management, critical skill and service gaps in disasters may negatively impact patients.

scholarly journals Identification of changed paradigms in CRE research – a systematic literature review 2005-2015

2019 ◽  
Vol 21 (1) ◽  
pp. 2-18 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tuuli Jylhä ◽  
Hilde Remøy ◽  
Monique Arkesteijn
Keyword(s):  
Literature Review ◽  
Systematic Literature Review ◽  
Final Analysis ◽  
Paradigm Shifts ◽  
Health Care Education ◽  
Literature Study ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Cost Minimisation ◽  
Corporate Real Estate ◽  
Future Value

PurposeAs corporations change their way of working, the importance of corporate real estate (CRE) management has increased. Hence, there is a need to structure the existing knowledge and to identify the latest developments in CRE research. This paper aims to identify the major developments and changed paradigms in CRE research in 2005-2015.Design/methodology/approachA systematic literature review is conducted, including papers from seven journals. In three sequential scans, papers were identified for the final analysis, keeping 99 of 1,667 papers.FindingsBased on nine identified developments, two paradigm shifts were found. The shift from cost minimisation to value delivery was identified. Besides solving current problems, value delivery aims to capture the future value and prevent future problems. The second paradigm shift is from buildings to people. Before the shift, buildings refer to value delivery as a transaction, while the shift to people highlights the aim to provide value-in-use.Research limitations/implicationsThis paper focusses on corporate offices, excluding retail, health care, education, publicly owned facilities, etc. This research is limited to CRE research. Therefore, the results are applicable to CRE research but do not cover the developments in practice.Practical implicationsFor practitioners, this paper offers a possibility to develop their RE strategies by reflecting their current practices with the identified developments and paradigms in the CRE literature. This paper suggests to conduct a similar research in practice to compare the underlying paradigms.Originality/valueThis paper is based on a systematic literature study, and summarises developments in CRE research over the past 10 years.

scholarly journals Knee ultrasound from research to real practice: a systematic literature review of adult knee ultrasound assessment feasibility studies.

2016 ◽  
Vol 18 (4) ◽  
pp. 457
Author(s):  
Alexandra Peltea ◽  
Florian Berghea ◽  
Tania Gudu ◽  
Ruxandra Ionescu
Keyword(s):  
Clinical Practice ◽  
Literature Review ◽  
Systematic Literature Review ◽  
Feasibility Studies ◽  
Final Analysis ◽  
Information Gap ◽  
Ultrasound Assessment ◽  
Time Required ◽  
The Right ◽  
Real Practice

Objective: To identify and analyse existing data regarding knee ultrasound (US) feasibility in clinical practice. Material and methods: A systematic literature review was performed using the terms: (“knee”) AND (“ultrasound” OR “ultrasonography”) AND (“feasibility” OR “pilot” OR “proof of concept”). Feasibility studies regarding knee US or US aided maneuver involving knee joint, published during 2005-2015, were selected and evaluated against a complex framework constructed around mandatory key areas for feasibility studies: acceptability, demand, implementation, practicality, adaptation, integration and expansion. Results: One hundred and fifty-nine publications were identified, of which 9 were included in the final analysis: 6 dealt with the development and implementation of novel US scores, while the rest focused on implementing MSUS in clinical practice, evaluating the usefulness of articular cartilage US assessment and the feasibility of sonography for intra-articular knee injections, respectively. Six studies quantified feasibility as time spent for the evaluation, with only two addressing areassuch as acceptability, implementation and practicality, although none of these systematically assessed all feasibility domains. Conclusion: Knee US feasibility is still poorly addressed; the time required for US assessment is the main area addressed. This information gap should be properly addressed in future works, in order to ensure the right place for this technique. 

scholarly journals Mapping the Ethics of Learning Analytics in Higher Education: A Systematic Literature Review of Empirical Research

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-17
Author(s):  
Teresa Cerratto Pargman ◽  
Cormac McGrath
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Literature Review ◽  
Empirical Research ◽  
Systematic Literature Review ◽  
Learning Analytics ◽  
Ethical Issues ◽  
Research Work ◽  
Final Analysis ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Knowledge Gaps

Ethics is a prominent topic in learning analytics that has been commented on from conceptual viewpoints. For a broad range of emerging technologies, systematic literature reviews have proven fruitful by pinpointing research directions, knowledge gaps, and future research work guidance. With these outcomes in mind, we conducted a systematic literature review of the research on ethical issues that have been empirically approached in the learning analytics literature. In our final analysis, 21 articles published in the period 2014–2019 met our inclusion criteria. By analyzing this data, we seek to contribute to the field of learning analytics by 1) characterizing the type of empirical research that has been conducted on ethics in learning analytics in the context of higher education, 2) identifying the main ethical areas addressed in the selected literature, and 3) pinpointing knowledge gaps.

scholarly journals Logistics and Supply Chain Management Research in Morocco: A Systematic Literature Review

2021 ◽  
Vol 16 (6) ◽  
pp. 66
Author(s):  
Othmane Idrissi Fakhr Dine ◽  
Nawfal Bahha
Keyword(s):  
Systematic Review ◽  
Supply Chain ◽  
Supply Chain Management ◽  
Literature Review ◽  
Systematic Literature Review ◽  
Final Analysis ◽  
Theoretical Background ◽  
Review Of Literature ◽  
Management Research ◽  
Chain Management

This article has two objectives, the first is to present an analysis of the results of a systematic review of literature on logistics and supply chain management (SCM) in Morocco from 2010 to 2018, and second, to present a diagnosis of this research in order to propose a line of research which is little or not explored yet in the Moroccan context. To reach these objectives, we rely on the systematic review approach of literature and 51 articles were selected for final analysis. The results show that some laboratories are more active in logistics and SCM in the Moroccan context than others. Also, most of the articles included present a theoretical background that is not totally explored. Furthermore, our results reveal a dominance of articles highlighting logistics performance. This study presents a number of research tracks which take into consideration the recent evolutions in the logistics sector in Morocco.

scholarly journals MAQASHID SYARI’AH DALAM PENGATURAN BATAS USIA PERNIKAHAN DI INDONESIA

Asy-Syari ah ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 23 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ahmad Ropei
Keyword(s):  
Literature Review ◽  
Systematic Literature Review ◽  
Islamic Law ◽  
Literature Study ◽  
Legal Studies ◽  
Minimum Age ◽  
Age Limit ◽  
Data Collection Technique ◽  
Broad Understanding

Abstract: One of the most discussed issues in legal studies is the marriage minimum age regulation. This study aims to reveal the Maqashid Shari'ah conception in formulating the objectives of Islamic law regarding the determination of the age limit for marriage in Indonesia. Systematic literature review (SLR) was applied as the research approash, with literature study as data collection technique. The results of this paper indicate that the Maqashid Syari'ah conception on marital age limit is to achieve benefits and to reject harms, which can be seen in the following aspects: Firstly, marriage must be carried out at a mature age as a provision to navigate domestic life; secondly, determining the marriage minimum age is a strategic step to suppress early-agemarriage as one of divorce causes ; thirdly, the age limitation is in line with the protection of offspring principle (hifdz al-nasl) as an effort to prepare a family with strong descendants; fourthly, the age control becomes part of the development of community in term of psycologycal and sociological aspect. This research is expected to provide a broad understanding and encourage community’s legal awareness that the determination of marital age limitation has values that are relevant to the principles of Maqashid Syari'ah.Abstrak: Salah satu kajian hukum yang menyita banyak perhatian adalah pengaturan batas usia pernikahan. Penelitian ini hendak mengungkap konsepsi Maqashid Syari’ah dalam merumuskan tujuan hukum Islam berkenaan dengan penentuan batas usia pernikahan di Indonesia. Pendekatan yang digunakan dalam penelitian ini adalah Systematic Literature Review (SLR), dengan teknik pengumpulan data melalui studi kepustakaan. Hasil tulisan ini menunjukkan bahwa konsepsi Maqashid Syari’ah mengenai hukum batas usia pernikahan bertolak dari tujuan meraih kemaslahatan dan menolak kemadharatan, yang dapat dilihat pada aspek berikut: Pertama, pernikahan harus dilakukan pada usia matang sebagai bekal me­ng­arungi kehidupan rumah tangga; Kedua, penentuan batas usia nikah merupakan langkah strategis dalam menekan terjadinya pernikahan dini sebagai salah satu penyebab perceraian; Ketiga, penentuan batas usia nikah sejalan dengan prinsip perlindungan ter­hadap keturunan (hifdz al-nasl) dalam upaya mempersiap­kan keluarga yang tidak mening­galkan keturunan yang lemah; keempat, penentuan batas usia nikah merupakan bagian dari upaya merespon perkembangan kondisi masyarakat dari sisi kematangan usia menikah berdasar­kan aspek psikologis dan sosiologis. Implikasi penelitian ini diharapkan dapat memberikan pemahaman secara luas dan mendorong kesadaran hukum bagi masyarakat bahwa penentuan batas usia nikah memiliki nilai-nilai yang relevan dengan prinsip-prinsip Maqashid Syari’ah.

scholarly journals FACTORS INFLUENCING AMERICAN ELDERS’ FORMAL CIVIC ENGAGEMENT: A SYSTEMATIC LITERATURE REVIEW

2019 ◽  
Vol 3 (Supplement_1) ◽  
pp. S645-S646
Author(s):  
Haiping Chen ◽  
Fengzhi Ma
Keyword(s):  
Mixed Methods ◽  
Literature Review ◽  
Civic Engagement ◽  
Systematic Literature Review ◽  
Final Analysis ◽  
Contributing Factors ◽  
Eligibility Criteria ◽  
Hand Search ◽  
Leading Role ◽  
Formal Organizations

Abstract Summary: Today’s American elders are increasingly being seen as an asset to society through civic engagement. A new challenge facing America now and in the years ahead is how to tap such asset. Formal organizations should play a leading role in institutionalizing American elders’ civic engagement. Due to a structural lag between social changes and organizational practices, however, many organizations are not ready to engage the large number of American elders. To address this issue, formal organizations first need to know which factors affect American elders’ civic engagement and then are able to come up with effective solutions. Although some studies have investigated the contributing factors of American elders’ civic engagement, there are very few systematic syntheses of these factors from various different studies. To fill this gap, the authors conducted a mixed methods systematic literature review using meta-summary. Through electronic search of five databases and hand search of bibliographies, 22 articles were used in final analysis based on eligibility criteria, including 19 quantitative studies, two qualitative studies and one mixed methods study. Findings: The review identified six themes and 28 factors related to American elders’ civic engagement. These themes encompassed socio-demographic factors (eight factors), health status (four factors), program characteristics (four factors), engagement opportunities (three factors), engagement outcomes (five factors) and social capital (four factors). Applications: Formal organizations are advised to develop relevant competencies to capture the influences of identified factors. Social workers are also required to develop multilevel competencies to better engage American elders with the organizational settings.

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