Robot Scheduling for Assistance and Guidance in Hospitals

At present, the global COVID-19 epidemic has not slowed down. To reduce the contact between people during the epidemic and prevent the epidemic from expanding, we have developed a robot to assist medical staff in patient guidance and communication services. The robot can provide an emergency contact so that users can immediately contact the counter for help. The user does not have face-face contact with the medical staff. When the robot encounters obstacles in the path of travel, the detected event and the time of occurrence are sent back to the back-end system. It also provides security personnel with real-time images and robot control rights to understand the situation and deal with it in real-time.

Smart streetlamps as part of a smart city approach in Macau

Smart cities are the mainstream trend of modern city development. With the promotion of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macau Greater Bay Area policies, Macau, as one of the four central cities in the Greater Bay Area, has pioneered the development of smart cities. The development goal of the smart city is to use modern electronic information technology to manage, coordinate, share efficiently, and interoperate the city's transportation, logistics, energy resources, and communication services. Comprehensive perception and information collection are the basis for its smart urban management. As one of the important node devices at the perception level of the smart city, smart street lights in Macau are not only the lighting infrastructure, but also include environmental monitoring, video surveillance, communication networks, Internet of Things, information interaction, charging piles and other economic functions of the people's livelihood. Under the above premise, this article discusses the urban policies, applications and prospects of smart streetlamps in Macau. At the same time, it compares the social nature and related policies of the mainland, analyzes the particularity of building smart streetlamps in Macau, and based on the application of smart streetlamps in Macau, propose optimization and development suggestions to promote the construction and development of Macau's smart city.

Applicability of ePrivacy Directive to national data retention measures following invalidation of the Data Retention Directive

The paper analyses rules pertinent for examination of national data retention measures regulating data processing activities of providers of electronic communication services following invalidation of the Data Retention Directive in 2014, on which subject the CJEU issued a total of five judgments up until June 2021. Focus of this analysis is the issue of applicability of EU law as interpreted in the CJEU case law, most specifically Article 15, paragraph 1 of the ePrivacy Directive containing legal safeguards for the restrictions of rights and obligations in that directive on the confidentiality of communications as well as the processing of traffic and location data. Such restrictions are as a rule manifested in different national data retention measures, which may pursue law enforcement and public security, as well as national security objectives. This examination is supported also by analysis of rules on the scope of ePrivacy Directive and its relationship with the general personal data protection framework. Overall findings in the paper provide a frame for further detailed research on the topic of future regulation of retention measures at national/EU level (Proposal for ePrivacy Regulation, possible new EU data retention legislation) and a comparative assessment of relevant CJEU jurisprudence with that of the European Court of Human Rights in respect of compatibility of retention measures with the guarantees of fundamental rights and freedoms and allowed restrictions thereof in the European legal system.

New Technologies in Educational Solutions in the Field of STEM: The Use of Online Communication Services to Manage Teamwork in Project-Based Learning Activities

STEM education as an innovative paradigm of education is being rapidly introduced into the curricula of higher educational institutions. The research is devoted to the study of the capabilities of online communication services for managing teamwork aimed at the development and implementation of innovative investment projects in the STEM education environment. An innovative concept of a distance learning course – Designing investment projects in the field of health care and recreation – is suggested based on organizational principles. The online communication services such as Mirapolis Virtual Room, Moodle and Microsoft Teams implemented into the educational interaction program made it possible to create a high-quality real-time e-learning environment. The online course was tested by 200 students. The results of the experiment confirmed the effectiveness of the use of online communication services and platforms in the development of professional practical experience within the educational concept of STEM. Students appreciated the high level of the innovative component in team interaction programs (98%), as well as, in the approaches to cooperation with business entities (95%); 91% of students noted the high level of quality of the educational content, pedagogical (84%), technological (92%) and conceptual (78%) innovative value of the educational product. Taking a course that is based on the STEM model had a dramatic impact on the development of the key competencies of the 21st century. The study can be of interest to teachers who are looking for effective pedagogical models that can be easily adapted to the needs of the business environment and the generation of students of the new digital era.

Space for the Sustainable Development Goals: mapping the contributions of space-based projects and technologies to the achievement of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development

Progress towards the achievement of the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development in many ways presupposes the utilisation of science, technology and innovation. Many sustainability-oriented projects across industries make use of space-based technologies and services to contribute to the Goals. Among others, satellite-based Earth observation, positioning, navigation and communication services are used in an array of sectors ranging from monitoring environmental conditions and changes to supporting search and rescue missions. In order to illustrate contributions to the SDGs, space agencies and other institutions have aligned their projects to the SDG framework. This study attempts a more holistic, aggregate mapping of such alignments to gauge which SDGs benefit the most and from space-based projects and technologies, as opposed to those benefiting the least. The results demonstrate that the number of contributing projects varies significantly across the Goal spectrum, as does the share of the various technologies involved, with particular focus on industrial development, hunger elimination, and improved healthcare. Nevertheless, the range of application of space-based technologies is wide and highlights the relevance of space to support the transition towards a sustainable future.

PENGARUH KUALITAS WEBSITE TERHADAP PROSES PENGAMBILAN KEPUTUSAN BERKUNJUNG PADA DAGO DREAMPARK BANDUNG

This research aims to study and identification about the condition of website quality (WebQual 4.0) and visit decision making process, and the impact of website quality (WebQual 4.0) on visit decision making process of Dago Dreampark. The reserch method that used is kuantitative with analysis descriptive verificatif, data collected from questionnaires. The sampling technique that used is non-probability sampling and done by using perposive sampling. The data analysis technique that used is simple linear regression analysis, the coefficient of determination, and hypothesis testing. The result showed that the website quality (WebQual 4.0) had a significant effect on visit decision making process of Dago Dreampark. The author suggest that Dago Dreampark have to improve, develop and innovate in improving the quality of websites such as providing communication services and providing up to date information. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mempelajari dan mengetahui tentang pengaruh kualitas website (WebQual 4.0) terhadap proses pengambilan keputusan berkunjung wisatawan pada Dago Dreampark. Kualitas website (WebQual 4.0) merupakan variabel yang penting dalam mempengaruhi proses pengambilan keputusan berkunjung. Metode yang digunakan dalam penelitian ini adalah metode penelitian kuantitatif dengan jenis penelitian analisis deskriptif verifikatif. Teknik pengambilan sampel dilakukan dengan non-probability sampling menggunakan purposive sampling. Teknik pengumpulan data berupa penyebaran kuesioner dan wawancara manager serta beberapa responden pengunjung Dago Dreampark. Teknik analisis data yang digunakan yaitu analisis regresi linear sederhana, koefisien determinasi, dan pengujian hipotesis. Hasil penelitian menunjukan bahwa kualitas website (WebQual 4.0) berpengaruh signifikan terhadap proses pengambilan keputusan berkunjung pada Dago Dreampark. Saran yang penulis ajukan adalah melakukan peningkatan, pengembangan serta inovasi dalam meningkatkan kualitas website seperti memberikan ruang layanan komunikasi dan memberi informasi yang terbaru.

A Dominant Position as a Sign of Strategic Importance of an Economic Society

The paper analyzes regulatory legal acts governing implementation of transactions with securities, stakes, property or rights in relation to business entities that occupy a dominant position in a certain commodity market. The paper examines the issues related to the possibility of recognizing a dominant position as a criterion for classifying an economic society as an economic society of strategic importance for ensuring the country’s defense and state security (hereinafter: strategic importance) using as an example legislative restrictions on implementation of economic concentration in relation to organizations, providing communication services, port services, as well as in relation to natural monopolies. Based on the results of the study, a conclusion is made about the validity of modern approaches to establishing strategic importance of an economic society through the concept of a dominant position that over time can be transformed to use the concept of a dominant position as an independent criterion for establishing strategic importance of an economic society.

Impact of Geopolitical Risk on the Information Technology, Communication Services and Consumer Staples Sectors of the S&P 500 Index

We investigate the effect of geopolitical risk on the returns of firms in the Information Technology, Communication Services, and Consumer Staples sectors within the S&P 500 index. We use the event study methodology and perform more than 17,000 regressions to provide empirical evidence at sector level that geopolitical risk leads to different responses across these three sectors. The response of the Information Technology sector is negative for all event windows under study, except the one spanning 10 days prior to the geopolitical event and 10 days after. The Communication Services sector has positive returns as a result of geopolitical events for all event windows, except the one from the geopolitical event date and 5 days after. The Consumer Staples sector shows a negative impact on geopolitical risk for all event windows except the one from the geopolitical event date and 5 days after, demonstrating a negative correlation to the Communication Services sector.

Modeling Conflicts Resulting from Sharing Telecommunication Resource between Antagonistic Control Systems

Today state-of-the-art communication systems, whilst being limited in resources, use a shared information and telecommunication network to provide integrated communication services; the resources of such a network are split between various control systems, some of which may conflict, resulting in a variety of malware attacks. This paper dwells upon a method for modeling conflicts resulting from sharing a telecommunication resource between antagonistic control systems; the method takes into account the use of such a shared resource (ITCN) and the following processes: data processing by cyber threat intelligence systems, and making decisions on executing MAs upon the elements of conflicting control systems; for each moment of simulation time, the method calculates the current potential of each conflicting system in order to find the average potential degradation time.