Enhancing interfacial charge transfer in mesoporous MoS2/CdS nanojunction architectures for highly efficient visible-light photocatalytic water splitting

Modulating the heterojunction interfaces at the nanoscale is paramount to developing effective photocatalysts. Nanodimensional heterostructures, essentially, expose a large fraction of active edge sites, which, along with excellent electronic communication,...

Doing Business in the ‘New Normal’: COVID-19 School Leaders’ Language Manners

As the not-so-new-now coronavirus pandemic has affected all walks of life, education has not been an exemption; what is more, it is one of the most severely hit sectors. The unknown crisis created unprecedented circumstances for all participants in the education process, and school leaders have had a double job: to navigate their institutions and to look after their employees. The latter is a pretty delicate task - they have had to keep doing business and running their companies while minding the language since physical distancing necessitated the use of electronic communication, thus making room for vagueness and even misinterpretations. Ten education leaders of primary and secondary schools in North Macedonia have been video-interviewed on everyday COVID-19-related situations from their workplace context. Discourse completion tasks (DCTs) have been employed as a data elicitation method. Being given the open-ended, only topically specified scenarios, the respondents are asked to recreate their language reaction to situations that have happened in their newest pandemic work life. The interviews have been transcribed, and the leaders’ language choices have been analyzed. The findings show that, luckily, the leaders have been mindful about their words and have mostly chosen to use positive, calm, and encouraging language. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License.

Electronic delivery: opportunity or exclusion?

The new regulations come into force in Poland as of 1 July 2021. The delivery by means of electronic communication will become the rule. Will it not limit the rights of people who do not have access to the Internet of who cannot use it? Will the new regulations not contribute to the even greater exclusion of people who are already excluded (seniors, the disabled or people living in poverty)? Will the new solutions make it easier for them to find their place in the modern world?

Technology for Healthy Aging: Use of Electronic Communication among Older Adults

In the digital era, many electronic platforms have been established to facilitate patient-provider communication, such as e-mail, text messaging, and patient portal. The use of these electronic platforms is termed as electronic-communication (e-communication). E-communication has a variety of personalized healthcare functions, such as exchanging information, reviewing lab results, and facilitating patient engagement. However, little is known about the actual use of e-communication among older adults who are potentially major users of e-communication considering their high-level health care needs. Understanding their use of e-communication is critical in improving the application of e-communication in older adults. Using data from American Health Information National Trends Survey (HINTS2019-Cycle3; n=1,961; meanage =74.10, range=65-98), we explored: 1) the prevalence of e-communication use among older adults, and 2) factors affecting their use of e-communication. Variables were measured by self-reports. Weighted logistic regression with replicate weights provided by the HINTS was performed for data analysis. We found that 50% older adults reported the use of e-communication in the last year. Factors associated with higher likelihood of older adults’ e-communication use included younger age (OR=09.96, 95%CI=0.93-0.98, p<0.001), higher education (OR=4.82, 95%CI=2.32-10.02, p<0.001 for college graduate or higher), higher income (OR=1.58, 95%CI=1.05-2.38, p=0.030), comorbid conditions (OR=1.64, 95%CI=1.02-2.64, p<0.001), and having a regular provider (OR=2.06, 95%CI=1.31-3.22, p=0.002). This study provided nationally representative results demonstrating a great potential use of e-communication in older adults. Special attention is needed to focus on socially vulnerable older adults (e.g., those with older age, lower education and income, and having comorbidity).

Electronic Signature of the Taxpayer in Times of COVID-19

The aim of the article is to present the legal provisions used to identify taxpayers (and similarly other entities) using electronic communication in the times of COVID-19, in the light of the construction of public ICT systems for submitting declarations and applications. The COVID-19 pandemic accelerated the IT transformation, including the benefits of switching to digital tools, unless the legislator had already imposed an obligation to use electronic communication. For tax purposes, the range of possible signatures has not been limited to a qualified electronic signature, a trusted signature, a personal signature, and possibly a simple identity verification mechanism using an account in an ICT system secured only with a password. It is often used to sign the so-called “authorization data” (“tax data”). The new facilitations in the field of creating a trusted profile should translate into the popularization of the trusted signature, especially as there are more and more non-tax online services provided by public entities.

Rhythms of the day: how electronic media and daily routines influence mood during COVID-19 pandemic

This study aims to investigate how daily activities affect mood in the context of social distancing guidelines enforced during the COVID-19 pandemic. Using Ecological Momentary Assessment (EMA) administered four times a day during a two-week period, we asked participants (N = 91) about their mood and the activities they engaged in. Seven individuals were selected for a follow-up, open-ended questionnaire. Results show that a stable routine, including physical exercise, hobbies, regular sleep hours, and minimal time spent in front of the computer, helps maintain a good mood. Coping strategies such as planning and scheduling help keep routines and circadian rhythms stable. Face-to-face contact is associated with a more positive mood, while similar interaction through electronic communication has a less positive effect. We observe an effect related to the infodemic phenomenon: daily reports on COVID-19 cases and deaths affect mood fluctuations. This is an important consideration in shaping public information policies.

Petersen-star networks modeled by optical transpose interconnection system

One method to create a high-performance computer is to use parallel processing to connect multiple computers. The structure of the parallel processing system is represented as an interconnection network. Traditionally, the communication links that connect the nodes in the interconnection network use electricity. With the advent of optical communication, however, optical transpose interconnection system networks have emerged, which combine the advantages of electronic communication and optical communication. Optical transpose interconnection system networks use electronic communication for relatively short distances and optical communication for long distances. Regardless of whether the interconnection network uses electronic communication or optical communication, network cost is an important factor among the various measures used for the evaluation of networks. In this article, we first propose a novel optical transpose interconnection system–Petersen-star network with a small network cost and analyze its basic topological properties. Optical transpose interconnection system–Petersen-star network is an undirected graph where the factor graph is Petersen-star network. OTIS–PSN n has the number of nodes 102n, degree n+3, and diameter 6 n − 1. Second, we compare the network cost between optical transpose interconnection system–Petersen-star network and other optical transpose interconnection system networks. Finally, we propose a routing algorithm with a time complexity of 6 n − 1 and a one-to-all broadcasting algorithm with a time complexity of 2 n − 1.

La extracción de conocimiento y terminología a partir de corpus ad hoc: el uso de documentos digitales de la web pública

Electronic communication accelerates the exchange of knowledge and information in areas of specialized knowledge. This state of affairs forces anyone involved in such communication (e.g. technical writers, technical translators) to remain up to date with new developments. Not only do professionals belonging to this group of people have to master the standard terminology of each specialized domain, they must also assimilate and understand the subject matter within which they are working. This article proposes a method for assembling and using specific corpora with a view to extracting from them systematic and bilingual knowledge relating to terminology, the conceptual relations between terms, and the knowledge that they represent. Special attention is devoted to the strategies that will enable professionals to use such corpora in English and in Spanish.