New Technologies To Enhance Information Exchange

1999 ◽  
Vol 1999 (1) ◽  
pp. 843-848
Author(s):  
Renn Hanson ◽  
Christopher Hall ◽  
Katherine Dana
Keyword(s):  
Information Exchange ◽  
Electronic Mail ◽  
Poster Session ◽  
New Technologies ◽  
Oil Spills ◽  
Digital Images ◽  
Digital Cameras ◽  
Timely Manner ◽  
Video Cameras ◽  
Electronic Network

ABSTRACT The increased availability of video cameras, digital cameras, and imaging software has expanded the use of this equipment during oil spills and can improve the ability of observers to relay information in an accurate and timely manner. Digital images may be shared via electronic network, electronic mail or the World Wide Web so remotely located parties can view the same information recently observed by on-scene personnel. Adobe Systems, Inc. has developed Acrobat® software which is ideal for distributing electronic information1. Acrobat® software creates files which can be viewed using a freely distributed application which is easy to use and runs on many operating systems. This poster session demonstrates how digital images can better represent information obtained during spills and demonstrates methods for distributing the information.

scholarly journals Hypermedia and governance in Saudi Arabia

First Monday ◽  
2006 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marwan M. Kraidy
Keyword(s):  
New Media ◽  
Electronic Mail ◽  
Public Discourse ◽  
New Technologies ◽  
Cellular Phone ◽  
Digital Cameras ◽  
Information Dynamics ◽  
Television History ◽  
The Press ◽  
The Impact

The advent of new media has altered the information dynamics that shape public discourse. Convergence, miniaturization, personalization, interactivity, and mobility have blurred the boundaries between producers, consumers, and regulators of information. The role and impact of old mass media such as radio, television and the press, has changed as a result of their interaction with electronic mail, cellular phones, digital cameras, among others. Through an examination of public discourse surrounding Star Academy, the most popular and most controversial program in Arab television history, this article explores how dynamics of information among different media have shaped the Arab public sphere. Based on five months of fieldwork in 2004, the analysis focuses on electronic fatwas, press commentary, new legislation to “protect morality”, SMS messages from fans, cellular phone voting, participatory television talk–shows, and media marketing strategies. The article examines new articulations among political, cultural religious and commercial factors that have been enabled by new technologies and the impact of these interactions on Arab public discourse. The analysis suggests a model of inter–media dynamics.

Intermedial Détrompe l’Oeil and Contemporary Polish Narrative Cinema

2020 ◽  
pp. 219-236
Author(s):  
Gabriel Laverdière
Keyword(s):  
Digital Video ◽  
New Technologies ◽  
Digital Images ◽  
Critical Discourse ◽  
Digital Culture ◽  
Video Cameras ◽  
The Social ◽  
Narrative Cinema ◽  
Digital Filmmaking ◽  
Film And Video

New technologies have deeply informed the ways to think about cinema, film and video. If digital cinema is often understood as a break with past film aesthetics, this chapter rather sees continuity. Digital culture also preserves and prolongs video culture. This chapter examines the use of video and digital images in the context of minor national cinemas, and takes the view that digital filmmaking is a continuation not only of argentic cinema but also of video aesthetics. It suggests that certain Polish films use analogue and digital video cameras in ways that can be considered as strategies of unveilment, which assist the critical discourse that these works engage in regarding the social reality they depict.

Using a WWW-based Mail User Agent for Secure Electronic Mail Service for Health Care Users

1998 ◽  
Vol 37 (03) ◽  
pp. 247-253 ◽  
Author(s):  
K. Ohe ◽  
S. Kaihara ◽  
T. Kiuchi
Keyword(s):  
Information Exchange ◽  
Electronic Mail ◽  
Medical Professionals ◽  
Secure Socket Layer ◽  
User Agent ◽  
Mail Server ◽  
Hypertext Transfer Protocol ◽  
Secure Network ◽  
Mail Service ◽  
Mail System

AbstractWWW-based user interface is presented for secure electronic mail service for healthcare users. Using this method, communications between an electronic mail (WWW) server and users (WWW browsers) can be performed securely using Secure Socket Layer protocol-based Hypertext Transfer Protocol (SSL-HTIP). The mail can be encrypted, signed, and sent to the recipients and vice versa on the remote WWW server. The merit of this method is that many healthcare users can use a secure electronic mail system easily and immediately, because SSL-compatible WWW browsers are widely used and this system can be made available simply by installing a WWW-based mail user agent on a mail server. We implemented a WWWbased mail user agent which is compatible with PEM-based secure mail and made it available to about 16,000 healthcare users. We believe this approach is effective in facilitating secure network-based information exchange among medical professionals.

scholarly journals Digital Images in Teaching and Learning at York University: Are the Libraries Meeting the Needs of Faculty Members in Fine Arts?

2012 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 20 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mary Kandiuk ◽  
Aaron Lupton
Keyword(s):  
North America ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Electronic Mail ◽  
Digital Images ◽  
Fine Arts ◽  
Image Databases ◽  
Faculty Members ◽  
Full Time ◽  
Training And Support

Objective – This study assessed the needs for digital image delivery to faculty members in Fine Arts at York University in order to ensure that future decisions regarding the provision of digital images offered through commercial vendors and licensed by the Libraries meet the needs of teaching faculty. Methods – The study was comprised of four parts. A Web survey was distributed to 62 full-time faculty members in the Faculty of Fine Arts in February of 2011. A total of 25 responses were received. Follow-up interviews were conducted with nine faculty members. Usage statistics were examined for licensed library image databases. A request was posted on the electronic mail lists of the Art Libraries Society of North America (ARLIS-L) and the Art Libraries Society of North America Canada Chapter (CARLIS-L) in April 2011 requesting feedback regarding the use of licensed image databases. There were 25 responses received. Results – Licensed image databases receive low use and pose pedagogical and technological challenges for the majority of the faculty members in Fine Arts that we surveyed. Relevant content is the overriding priority, followed by expediency and convenience, which take precedence over copyright and cleared permissions, resulting in a heavy reliance on Google Images Search. Conclusions – The needs of faculty members in Fine Arts who use digital images in their teaching at York University are not being met. The greatest shortcomings of licensed image databases provided by the Libraries are the content and technical challenges, which impede the ability of faculty to fully exploit them. Issues that need to be resolved include the lack of contemporary and Canadian content, training and support, and organizational responsibility for the provision of digital images and support for the use of digital images.

Information Management Systems in the Supply Chain

2017 ◽  
pp. 469-485
Author(s):  
Maria José Sousa ◽  
Rui Cruz ◽  
Ivo Dias ◽  
Carla Caracol
Keyword(s):  
Supply Chain ◽  
Customer Service ◽  
Value Chain ◽  
Information Exchange ◽  
Information Technologies ◽  
Business Processes ◽  
New Technologies ◽  
Integrated Approach ◽  
Raw Material ◽  
Information Management Systems

This chapter analyzes the importance of technologies as drivers for managing supply chains. The focus will be on the advantages of the use of information technologies to improve company's efficiency to be competitive and for the reduction of costs, improvement of operations, improvement of relationships with customers, suppliers and partners, shortening of delivering times, streamlining and optimization of business processes and operations. The use of new technologies contributes to improve efficiency of supply chain management: raw material suppliers, component manufacturers, finished product manufacturers, wholesalers and retailers. Technologies allow an integrated approach to planning, control and monitoring of product flows, from suppliers to end users. They aim at improve customer service at reduced overall costs, and leads to the development of important relationships with logistics providers, suppliers, and customers in order to enhance information exchange and the coordination of business activities, which are the key advantages of an integrated supply chain with the collaboration among all the participants in the value chain.

Information Management Systems in the Supply Chain

2020 ◽  
pp. 600-616
Author(s):  
Maria José Sousa ◽  
Rui Cruz ◽  
Ivo Dias ◽  
Carla Caracol
Keyword(s):  
Supply Chain ◽  
Customer Service ◽  
Value Chain ◽  
Information Exchange ◽  
Information Technologies ◽  
Business Processes ◽  
New Technologies ◽  
Integrated Approach ◽  
Raw Material ◽  
Information Management Systems

This chapter analyzes the importance of technologies as drivers for managing supply chains. The focus will be on the advantages of the use of information technologies to improve company's efficiency to be competitive and for the reduction of costs, improvement of operations, improvement of relationships with customers, suppliers and partners, shortening of delivering times, streamlining and optimization of business processes and operations. The use of new technologies contributes to improve efficiency of supply chain management: raw material suppliers, component manufacturers, finished product manufacturers, wholesalers and retailers. Technologies allow an integrated approach to planning, control and monitoring of product flows, from suppliers to end users. They aim at improve customer service at reduced overall costs, and leads to the development of important relationships with logistics providers, suppliers, and customers in order to enhance information exchange and the coordination of business activities, which are the key advantages of an integrated supply chain with the collaboration among all the participants in the value chain.

Future Multimedia Databases and Research Directions

2002 ◽  
pp. 352-361
Author(s):  
Chin-Chen Chang ◽  
Yi-Ping Hung ◽  
Timothy K. Shih ◽  
Ren-Junn Hwang
Keyword(s):  
Information Exchange ◽  
New Technologies ◽  
Multimedia Databases ◽  
Multimedia Systems ◽  
Distributed Multimedia ◽  
Research Directions ◽  
Research Issues ◽  
Distributed Multimedia Systems ◽  
Future Information

Distributed Multimedia Databases will be a trend for future information repository. With the growing popularity of the Internet and the improvement of its bandwidth, the accessibility, diversity, mobility, and scalability of multimedia information retrieval will accelerate information exchange in our global society. Previous chapters presented in this book cover most of the recent issues in distributed multimedia systems. This final chapter points out some research issues and challenges of the underlying new technologies.

Intelligent Agents for E-Commerce

2001 ◽  
pp. 101-120 ◽  
Author(s):  
Merrill Warkentin ◽  
Vijayan Sugumaran ◽  
Ravi Bapna
Keyword(s):  
Information Exchange ◽  
Business Models ◽  
New Technologies ◽  
Intelligent Agent ◽  
Data Representation ◽  
Decision Criteria ◽  
Return Policies ◽  
New Business ◽  
The Creation ◽  
Price Comparisons

A characteristic feature of the explosive growth in electronic commerce is the rapid innovation and adoption of new technologies, which results in the creation of new business relationships between consumers, firms, and markets. One such technology that is profoundly changing the dynamics of the electronic marketplace is ‘intelligent agent’ technology. Agents have the ability to autonomously carry out various activities on behalf of their principals. At a micro-economic level, agents can help buyers and sellers achieve greater efficiencies of information exchange in the electronic business-to-consumer and business-to-business domains. Additionally, they facilitate the creation of vertically integrated portals that have a significant impact on the macroeconomic landscape. Using many real-world examples, we characterize the different roles that software agents play in the various e-commerce business models and also touch upon their impact on creation of new market structures. We address price-matching versus price-comparison agents. We highlight the various purchase decision criteria evident in various vertical markets and suggest the need for a cross-industry product (and service) attribute data representation model, based on the expanded capabilities of XML. We contrast the autonomous price comparisons enabled by agents with the expanded criteria comparisons facilitated by the e-commerce rating sites. We discuss the public policy implications of these second-generation e-commerce agents with regard to data representation standardization and consumer information privacy. We present future directions for intelligent agent functions that encompass standard representation of decision criteria such as delivery and payment options, return policies, service, quality, trust, and reputation.

scholarly journals An Integrative Dynamic Model of Colombian Population Distribution, Based on the Maximum Entropy Principle and Matter, Energy, and Information Flow

Entropy ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 21 (12) ◽  
pp. 1172
Author(s):  
César Cardona-Almeida ◽  
Nelson Obregón ◽  
Fausto A. Canales
Keyword(s):  
Maximum Entropy ◽  
Information Exchange ◽  
New Technologies ◽  
Population Distribution ◽  
Knowledge Society ◽  
Maximum Entropy Principle ◽  
Distribution Model ◽  
Human Society ◽  
Natural Systems ◽  
Entropy Principle

Human society has increased its capacity to exploit natural resources thanks to new technologies, which are one of the results of information exchange in the knowledge society. Many approaches to understanding the interactions between human society and natural systems have been developed in the last decades, and some have included considerations about information. However, none of them has considered information as an active variable or flowing entity in the human–natural/social-ecological system, or, moreover, even as a driving force of their interactions. This paper explores these interactions in socio-ecological systems by briefly introducing a conceptual frame focused on the exchange of information, matter, and energy. The human population is presented as a convergence variable of these three physical entities, and a population distribution model for Colombia is developed based on the maximum entropy principle to integrate the balances of related variables as macro-state restrictions. The selected variables were electrical consumption, water demand, and higher education rates (energy, matter, and information). The final model includes statistical moments for previous population distributions. It is shown how population distribution can be predicted yearly by combining these variables, allowing future dynamics exploration. The implications of this model can contribute to bridging information sciences and sustainability studies.

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