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The development of modern societies is based on the latest concepts of the knowledge economy and knowledge society, which implies sectoral and disciplinary connection and integration of all available knowledge of a society and putting it into the function of achieving social goals (development). The purpose of this paper is to look at the scope of this concept in the world and make a comparison with the degree of knowledge application and integration of science in Serbia, with a focus on social sciences. Accordingly, an overview of general global trends and challenges in the field of social sciences, education, and the application of knowledge is given first. After that, examples of good practice and one case study (Social Science Research Park in Great Britain) are presented. Then the state of social sciences (and their practical application) in the Republic of Serbia was analysed. It was observed that there is a solid institutional framework for the development and networking of knowledge, but also that there are open questions and problems that need to be worked on in the future. In the final part of the work, potential solutions were offered for the identified challenges that could contribute to mitigating the observed problems and more effectively achieving the set goals.

Cyber-physical-social systems (CPSS) as an emerging computing paradigm are revolutionizing the relationship between humans, devices and physical environments and will be expected to have a fundamental impact and influence in our daily lives. In a typical CPSS scenario, plenty of nodes (or devices) often adopt wireless distributed contention protocols to transmit sensed environment states for decision making. Therefore, designing a high-efficient and collision-less contention protocol is of great importance for wireless networking. As is known, in the classic time-to-frequency (T2F) protocol, each node signals on one randomly chosen subcarrier for contention. Though reducing the conventional time-domain contention time, T2F leads to many contention collisions (i.e., multiple nodes choose the same subcarrier) when the number of nodes is large. Aiming at this challenge, in this paper, we propose M-T2F (where each node signals on multiple randomly chosen subcarriers for contention) and analyze its consensus achievement. Specifically, M-T2F supports more nodes for transmission but introduces less collision, benefiting from lots of multicarrier choice combinations. Since the subset relationship between subcarrier choices poses a challenge to reach a consensus among nodes, M-T2F enables all nodes to reach a consensus by excluding the subset relationship and reduces contention time by utilizing wireless broadcast characteristic

Der Beitrag untersucht auf der Basis einer qualitativen Feldforschung die Auswirkungen rechter Orientierungen und von damit verbundenen Kampagnenstrategien, Einflussnahmen und Angriffen auf unterschiedliche Beratungsfelder. Es handelt sich um eine erste Analyse von Expert:inneninterviews, die mit der Grounded Theory ausgewertet wurden. Die sich fortsetzenden Aktivitäten und die Etablierung rechter Orientierungen im Sinne einzelner Phänomene gruppenbezogener Menschenfeindlichkeit verändern die Beratungsarbeit, fordern sie zu mehrdimensionalen Vernetzungsaktivitäten auf und stellen Fragen an die zukünftige Ausgestaltung von Beratung. Based on qualitative field research, this paper examines the impact of right-wing orientations and related campaign strategies, influence and attacks on different fields of counseling. It is a first analysis of expert interviews, which were analyzed with Grounded Theory. The continuing activities and the establishment of right-wing orientations in terms of individual phenomena of group-related misanthropy change the work of counseling and challenge it to multidimensional networking activities and pose questions for the future design of counseling.

Resumo: O presente ensaio é resultado de uma pesquisa sobre o CREAS e desvela as particularidades dessa unidade no âmbito da proteção social especial. Traz a prerrogativa do trabalho social em rede, e suscita reflexões profícuas sobre as violações de direitos e o papel do Estado capitalista. Aborda as categorias profissionais possíveis no SUAS e a importância da interdisciplinaridade. Os resultados apontaram avanços do CREAS no sistema de proteção social, concluindo que esse serviço está em consolidação. Abstrat: This essay is the result of research on CREAS and reveals the particularities of this unit within the scope of special social protection. It brings the prerogative of social networking and raises fruitful reflections on violations of rights and the role of the capitalist State. It addresses the possible professional categories in SUAS and the importance of interdisciplinarity. The results showed advances made by CREAS in the social protection system, concluding that this service is in consolidation.

This document focuses on describing and analysing the use cases that will demonstrate and validate the technologies to be tested in the PREDICT-6G project and establish the system requirements necessary to achieve the project's goals. Each use case will be described, outlining the targets and KPIs, and analysing the technical components and systems, based on a common definition of the Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) that will be used to analyse and evaluate the technologies used in the project and a standard methodology to compare the uses case, which are described in this document. Taking this in account, a traffic characterization and the system requirements for the projects are also define in this document, as well as, an initial explanation of the architectural and security requirements.

Operating systems, virtualization and networking through the Linux point of view (in Croatian). This book covers the basics of working in the Linux text environment. It is intended for everyone who has very little or no experience at all with Linux. Additionally almost every major section of book contains advanced chapters, so the book can be useful and advanced users in order to understand or optimize the Linux system in more detail. Furthermore, many of the advanced chapters have been further expanded, for those looking for expert details and examples as well. Therefore, this book can also be used for practical learning about the principles of operation of operating systems in general, provided that of course we are talking about Linux and we offer examples from Linux, through which it is much better to get to know each operating system and its own mechanisms. This book can be used by students, to learn the principles of operating systems, people who are new to it want to get familiar with Linux, as well as those who want to deepen their knowledge of Linux or even experts, who occasionally want to recall some advanced Linux components. Additionally, everyone who wants to get to know the basics of computer networks and the details of the TCP/IP protocol, as well as those who are interested in configuration and expert details and possible optimizations at the network disk or other level operating system subsystem, will find this book useful. The book begins with examples of the use of various useful programs (commands) that are specific to the whole being discussed and is expanded with theory and more advanced examples. This was the guiding principle for most chapters where that order or mode was applicable. 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depmod, df, dhclient, diff, dig, dmidecode, dmsetup, dmesg, dnsmasq, dnf, dracut, dstat, du, dumpe2fs, dumpkeys, e2fsck, echo, edac-util, edquota, egrep, else, env, ethtool, exec, exit, expand, export, expect, fallocate, fdisk, find, findmnt, fg, fgrep, finger, file, for, free, fsck, fstrim, fuser, gdisk, getcap, getconf, getent, getsebool, grep, groupadd, groupdel, groupmod, groups, growpart, gzip, gunzip, head, hexdump, hdparm, hostname, host, htop, httpd, hwclock, id, if, ifconfig , ifup, ifdown, ifenslave, insmod, init, intel-microcode2ucode, ionice, iostat, ip, ip-address, ip-link, ip-maddress, ip-neighbour, ip-route, ip-rule, ip-tunnel, ip-vrf, ip-xfrm, ipcs, iperf3, ipmitool, ipset, iptables, ipvsadm, ipvsadm-save, iucode_tool, join, journalctl, kexec, kdump, keepalived, kill, killall, last, ldconfig, ldd, less, links, lldpcli, ln, lnstat, localectl, loadkeys, locale, locate, login, loginctl, logger, lsattr, lsinitrd, lsblk, lslogins, lsmod, lsns, lsof, lpr, lpq, lprm, ls, lspci, lsscsi, lstopo, lsusb, ltrace, lvcreate, lvextend, lvremove, lvs, lvscan, lxc-attach, lxc-checkconfig, lxc-create, lxc-destroy, lxc-info, lxc-ls, lxc-stop, lxc- start, lxc-top, mail, man, manpath, make, md5sum, merge, mc, mcelog, mkdir, mkfs, mkfs.xfs, mkfs.btrfs, mkfifo, mktemp, mknod, mkswap, modinfo, modprobe, more, mount, mpstat, mt, mv, nl, nc, ncat, netstat, nice, nft, nfsiostat, nfsstat, nfsiostat-sysstat, nohup, nslookup, nstat, ntpdate, ntpq, numactl, numastat, nvme, openssl, ovs-vsctl, perf, partprobe, passwd, paste, pine, pidof, pidstat, ping, pldd, pmap, printenv, prlimit, ps, pvcreate, pvs, pwd, python, rasdaemon, ras-mc-ctl, read, readelf, renice, resize2fs, readlink, readonly, reboot, reset, restorecon, route, rsync, rm, rmdir, rmmod, rpm, sar, screen, sed, seinfo, seekwatcher, semanage, semodule, sestatus, setcap, setenforce, setsebool, seq, service, sestatus, set, setenforce, setpci, shutdown, sha1sum, sha256sum, sha512sum, shopt, showmount, slabinfo, slabtop, sleep, sntp, sort, source, split, ss, stat, stty, su, sudo, ssh, ssh-keygen, ssh-copy-id, strace, sync, swapon, swapoff, sysctl, syslinux, systemctl, systool, sys-unconfig, tail, tar, taskset, tc, tftp, tftpd, timedatectl, toe, top, tput, tr, tracepath, traceroute, trap, truncate, tty, toe, touch, tsort, type, udevadm, ulimit, umount, unalias, uname, uniq, unset, unshare, until, unzip, unxz, updatedb, update-pciids, uptime, useradd, userdel, usermod, uuidgen, vgcreate, vgdisplay, vgextend, vgreduce, vgremove, vgs, vi, vim, vimdiff, virt-sysprep, vmstat, visudo, vtysh, w, wall, watch, wc, wget, whatis, whereis, which, while, whoami, whois, who, write, xargs, xz, yum, zcat, zip, zless, quotacheck, quotaoff, quotaon, qemu-img.","Special Linux man pages used as sources of the information: man 2 idle, man 4 msr, man 5 acl,man 5 aliases,man 5 anacrontab,man 5 autofs, man 5 charmap,man 5 core,man 5 crontab,man 5 depmod.d,man 5 dnf.conf,man 5 dracut.conf,man 5 e2fsck.conf,man 5 elf,man 5 ethers,man 5 exports,man 5 ext4, man 5 filesystems,man 5 fstab,man 5 group, man 5 group.conf, man 5 gshadow,man 5 host.conf,man 5 hostname,man 5 hosts,man 5 issue, man 5 journald.conf,man 5 keymaps,man 5 ldap.conf,man 5 limits.conf, man 5 locale,man 5 locale.conf,man 5 localtime,man 5 login.defs, man 5 logrotate.conf,man 5 lvm.conf,man 5 lxc.conf,man 5 machine-id, man 5 mdadm.conf, man 5 mke2fs.conf,man 5 modprobe.d,man 5 modules-load.d, man 5 modules.dep,man 5 networks,man 5 nfs,man 5 nfs.conf,man 5 nfsmount.conf, man 5 nologin,man 5 nscd.conf,man 5 nss,man 5 nsswitch.conf,man 5 os-release, man 5 ovsdb,man 5 pam.conf, man 5 PAM_ENV.CONF,man 5 passwd,man 5 pci.ids, man 5 proc (procfs),man 5 protocols,man 5 resolv.conf,man 5 rpc, man 5 selinux_config,man 5 semanage.conf,man 5 services,man 5 sestatus.conf, man 5 shadow,man 5 shells,man 5 slabinfo,man 5 smtpd.conf,man 5 ssh_config, man 5 sshd_config,man 5 sudo.conf,man 5 sudoers,man 5 sysctl.conf,man 5 sysctl.d, man 5 sysstat, man 5 system.conf.d,man 5 term,man 5 termcap,man 5 terminfo, man 5 tmpfiles.d,man 5 tmpfs,man 5 ttytype,man 5 tzfile,man 5 udev.conf, man 5 utmp,man 5 xfs,man 5 yum.conf.","Special Linux man pages used as sources of the informations: man 7 aio,man 7 arp,man 7 ascii,man 7 attributes,man 7 boot,man 7 bootparam, man 7 bootup,man 7 capabilities,man 7 cgroup_namespaces,man 7 cgroups,man 7 charsets, man 7 cpuset,man 7 daemon,man 7 environ,man 7 fanotify,man 7 fifo, man 7 file-hierarchy,man 7 libc,man 7 glob,man 7 hostname,man 7 hwdb,man 7 icmp, man 7 inode,man 7 inotify,man 7 io_uring,man 7 ip,man 7 ipc_namespaces, man 7 ipv6,man 7 8859-2,man 7 kernel-command-line,man 7 locale,man 7 lvmthin, man 7 lvmraid,man 7 lxc,man 7 mailaddr,man 7 mq_overview,man 7 namespaces, man 7 netdevice,man 7 netlink,man 7 network_namespaces,man 7 nfsd,man 7 numa, man 7 ovsdb-server,man 7 packet,man 7 path_resolution,man 7 pcilib, man 7 pid_namespaces,man 7 pipe,man 7 posixoptions,man 7 pthreads,man 7 queue, man 7 random,man 7 raw,man 7 regex,man 7 rtnetlink,man 7 sched,man 7 signal, man 7 socket,man 7 symlink,man 7 sysvipc,man 7 tcp,man 7 term,man 7 time, man 7 udev,man 7 udp,man 7 unicode,man 7 unix,man 7 uri,man 7 UTF-8,man 7 vdso, man 7 xattr.","RFC documents used as a sources of the informations: RFC 561, RFC 768, RFC 783, RFC 788, RFC790, RFC791, RFC793, RFC815, RFC826, RFC879, RFC882, RFC883, RFC 894, RFC906, RFC 917, RFC951, RFC974, RFC1034, RFC1035, RFC1063, RFC1072, RFC1094, RFC1108, RFC1112, RFC1191, RFC1122, RFC1256, RFC1305, RFC1323, RFC 1349, RFC1393, RFC 1497, RFC 1518, RFC 1519, RFC 1652, RFC1813, RFC 1869, RFC1912, RFC 1918, RFC1995, RFC1996, RFC2001, RFC2018, RFC2030, RFC2113, RFC2131, RFC2132, RFC 2136, RFC2181, RFC2236, RFC2281, RFC 2308, RFC2338, RFC2474, RFC 2476, RFC2544, RFC 2554, RFC2581, RFC 2597, RFC2663, RFC2883, RFC 2939, RFC3010, RFC 3164, RFC3168, RFC 3258, RFC3260, RFC3376, RFC3397, RFC3442, RFC3513, RFC3530, RFC 3549, RFC 3596, RFC3649, RFC3768, RFC 3942, RFC 4122, RFC4251, RFC4252, RFC4253, RFC4254, RFC4330, RFC 4361, RFC 4594, RFC4604, RFC4821, RFC 4833, RFC 5071, RFC 5246, RFC5321, RFC 5322, RFC 5424, RFC 5482, RFC 5494, RFC5656, RFC5661, RFC5681, RFC5735, RFC5771, RFC5798, RFC 5865, RFC5905, RFC 6056, RFC6093, RFC6298, RFC 6335, RFC 6530, RFC 6531, RFC 6532, RFC 6533, RFC 6598, RFC6672, RFC6838, RFC6814, RFC 6854, RFC6864, RFC 7230, RFC 7231, RFC7348, RFC 7505, RFC7530, RFC7637, RFC7822, RFC7862, RFC8201, RFC 8314, RFC 8446, RFC 8622, RFC8878, RFC 8926, RFC 9051, RFC 9293.","Industrial standards used as a sources of the informations: EN 50173, EN 50174, ISO/IEC 11801, ANSI/TIA/EIA-568-B, ANSI/TIA/EIA-569, ANSI/TIA/EIA-570, ANSI/TIA/EIA-606, ANSI/TIA/EIA-607, RIPE-203 , ISO 639-1, ISO 3166-1, ISO 8859, ISO 8859-1, ISO 8859-2, Windows 1250.","IEEE 802.1 used as sources of the informations: 802.1ad [QinQ]), 802.1D, 802.1Q (VLAN), 802.1s, 802.1X, 802.1AB (LLDP), 802.1AC, 802.1AE,802.1AX, 802.1p, 802.1D","IEEE 802.3. used as a sources of the informations: 802.3i, 802.3j, 802.3u, 802.3z, 802.3ab,, 802.3ae, 802.3an, 802.3ba, 802.3bm, 802.3bs, 802.3bz, 802.3cc, 802.3bq, 802.3ba, 802.3bg, 802.3bj, 802.3bm, 802.3cd, 802.3x, 802.3ac (with 802.1Q and 802.1p), 802.3ad, 802.3at, 802.3ax 802.3az, 802.3bt, …","IEEE 802.11 used as a sources of the informations: 802.11a, 802.11b, 802.11g, 802.11n,802.11ac, 802.11ax, …","RFC documents of IANA used as a sources of the informations; RFC 322, RFC 433, RFC 790, RFC 1083, RFC 1174, RFC 2468, RFC 2860, RFC 7020.","RFC documents of RIPE used as a sources of the informations: RFC 790, RFC 1166.","Additional sources of the informations as defined in the book (PDF)"]}

Intelligent vehicular cyber-physical systems (ICPSs) increase the reliability, efficiency and adaptability of urban mobility systems. Notably, ICPSs enable autonomous transportation in smart cities, exemplified by the emerging fields of self-driving cars and advanced air mobility. Nonetheless, the deployment of ICPSs raises legitimate concerns surrounding safety assurance, cybersecurity threats, communication reliability, and data management. Addressing these issues often necessitates specialised platforms to cater to the heterogeneity and complexity of ICPSs. To address this challenge, this paper presents a comprehensive CPS to explore, develop and test ICPSs and intelligent vehicular algorithms. A customisable embedded system is realised using a field programmable gate array, which is connected to a supervisory computer to enable networked operations and support advanced multi-agent algorithms. The platform remains compatible with multiple vehicular sensors, communication protocols and human–machine interfaces, essential for a vehicle to perceive its surroundings, communicate with collaborative systems, and interact with its occupants. The proposed CPS thereby offers a practical resource to advance ICPS development, comprehension, and experimentation in both educational and research settings. By bridging the gap between theory and practice, this tool empowers users to overcome the complexities of ICPSs and contribute to the emerging fields of autonomous transportation and intelligent vehicular systems.

Intelligent vehicular cyber-physical systems (ICPSs) increase the reliability, efficiency and adaptability of urban mobility systems. Notably, ICPSs enable autonomous transportation in smart cities, exemplified by the emerging fields of self-driving cars and advanced air mobility. Nonetheless, the deployment of ICPSs raises legitimate concerns surrounding safety assurance, cybersecurity threats, communication reliability, and data management. Addressing these issues often necessitates specialised platforms to cater to the heterogeneity and complexity of ICPSs. To address this challenge, this paper presents a comprehensive CPS to explore, develop and test ICPSs and intelligent vehicular algorithms. A customisable embedded system is realised using a field programmable gate array, which is connected to a supervisory computer to enable networked operations and support advanced multi-agent algorithms. The platform remains compatible with multiple vehicular sensors, communication protocols and human–machine interfaces, essential for a vehicle to perceive its surroundings, communicate with collaborative systems, and interact with its occupants. The proposed CPS thereby offers a practical resource to advance ICPS development, comprehension, and experimentation in both educational and research settings. By bridging the gap between theory and practice, this tool empowers users to overcome the complexities of ICPSs and contribute to the emerging fields of autonomous transportation and intelligent vehicular systems.

ESnet provides a platform for moving large data sets and accelerating worldwide scientific collaboration. It provides high-bandwidth, reliable connections that link scientists at national laboratories, universities and other research institutions, enabling them to collaborate on some of the world's most important scientific challenges including renewable energy sources, climate science, and the origins of the universe. ESnet has embarked on a major project to provide substantial visibility into the inner-workings of the network by aggregating diverse data sources, exposing them via web services, and visualizing them with user-centered interfaces. The portal’s strategy is driven by understanding the needs and requirements of ESnet’s user community and carefully providing interfaces to the data to meet those needs. The 'MyESnet Portal ' allows users to monitor, troubleshoot, and understand the real time operations of the network and its associated services. This paper will describe the MyESnet portal and the process of developing it. The data for the portal comes from a wide variety of sources: homegrown systems, commercial products, and even peer networks. Some visualizations from the portal are presented highlighting some interesting and unusual cases such as power consumption and flow data. Developing effective user interfaces is an iterative process. When a new feature is released, users are both interviewed and observed using the site. From this process valuable insights were found concerning what is important to the users and other features and services they may also want. Open source tools were used to build the portal and the pros and cons of these tools are discussed

Objective: This study had a purpose to know the trend research in Scopus indexed papers related to the networking and negotiating. Theoretical framework: This study used examined the research from SCOPUS indexed journal. It showed that based on the author’s keyword, keywords like innovation, leadership, and network were really intertwined with each other. Method: There were 697 samples found by typing networking and negotiate* in Scopus search. The data were analyzed using bibliometric method and processed using Vosviewer. Results and conclusion: The result showed that based on the authors keyword, keywords like innovation, leadership, and network were really intertwined with each other. Implications of the research: Networking and negotiating were popular topics in those two countries, so that many scholars and researchers can observe more about negotiation and networking. Originality/value: This research concluded that the author keywords like innovation, leadership, and network were really intertwined with each other. Based on index keywords, humans are connected to other keywords, such as adult, skills, organization and management, leadership, and program evaluation.

Digital business, specifically digital marketing, has become necessary due to the COVID-19 pandemic. In this light, this study aims to determine the effectiveness of Facebook as a digital marketing tool measured through the Technology Acceptance Model-Theory of Planned Behavior (TAM-TPB) factors: perceived ease of use (PEOU), perceived usefulness (PU), attitude (AT), subjective norm (SN), perceived behavioral control (PBC), and behavioral intention (BI). To accomplish this goal, a correlational research design was employed. Questionnaires were given to 377 Frontrow International members in Luzon. The results show that all TAM-TPB factors have positive and significant effects on the behavioral intention of Frontrow International members to use Facebook as a digital marketing tool. Hence, this study concludes that as long as online sellers consider Facebook a convenient, effective, and valuable marketing strategy for doing business, the usage of this digital platform will benefit them., URL: https://actonlineedu.org/ijaapr-v2i1-202302033

Continuing our series of conversations with female leaders in the global crop science community with Beatrice Elohor Ifie,Senior Research Fellow in Plant Breeding at the Institute of Biological, Environmental and Rural Sciences (IBERS), Aberystwyth University.

Lietuvos švietimo sistema daugelį metų judėjo link inkliuzinio ugdymo ir 2020 metų vasarą priėmė švietimo įstatymo pakeitimą, kuris įpareigoja nuo 2024 metų mokiniams, turintiems specialiųjų ugdymosi poreikių, ugdymą įgyvendinti visose privalomąjį ir visuotinį švietimą teikiančiose mokyklose ir kitose švietimo įstaigose (Lietuvos Respublikos švietimo įstatymo Nr. I-1489 5, 14, 21, 29, 30, 34 ir 36 straipsnių pakeitimo ir Įstatymo papildymo 45-1 straipsniu įstatymas, 2020 m. birželio 30 d. Nr. XIII-3268, 2020). Šis švietimo įstatymo potvarkis žymi konceptualų pokytį mąstyme apie įtraukųjį ugdymą: įtraukusis ugdymas iš pasakojimo apie specialiųjų poreikių turinčius vaikus tapo pasakojimu apie įtraukiąsias mokyklas ir įtraukiąsias mokymosi aplinkas, skirtas įvairaus fizinio, pažintinio ir socialinio pasirengimo vaikams (Qvortrup, Qvortrup, 2018). Įtraukiojo ugdymo įgyvendinimas kelia iššūkius mokykloms ir jose dirbantiems švietimo pagalbos specialistams, kurie turi teikti pagalbą ne tik mokiniams, turintiems specialiųjų ugdymosi poreikių, bet ir teikti pagalbą visai mokyklos bendruomenei specialiųjų ugdymosi poreikių tenkinimo klausimais. Siekiant sėkmingai įgyvendinti švietimo įstatyme nustatytus įtraukiojo ugdymo reikalavimus, tinklaveika tampa neatsiejama priemone, suteikiančia galimybę efektyviai įgyvendinti įtraukųjį ugdymą, palaikyti ryšį tarp švietimo pagalbos specialistų, specialiųjų ugdymosi poreikių turinčių mokinių, mokytojų ir tėvų (globėjų ar rūpintojų), bei skatina bendradarbiavimą ir sąveiką tarp visų subjektų dalyvaujančių švietimo proceso. Tinklaveika leidžia pasiekti didesnį prieinamumą įvairioms mokymo priemonėms, palaikyti nuolatinį bendravimą ir bendradarbiavimą tiesioginėje ir nuotolinėje mokymosi aplinkoje bei prisitaikyti prie skirtingų mokinių specialiųjų ugdymosi poreikių. Šio tyrimo tikslas: atskleisti švietimo pagalbos specialistų tinklaveikos, įgyvendinant įtraukųjį ugdymą mokyklose, ypatumus. Tyrimo objektas – švietimo pagalbos specialistų tinklaveika. Uždaviniai: 1) teoriškai pagrįsti švietimo pagalbos specialistų tinklaveiką, įgyvendinant įtraukųjį ugdymą mokykloje 2) pagrįsti švietimo pagalbos specialistų tinklaveikos, įgyvendinant įtraukųjį ugdymą mokykloje, tyrimo metodologiją; 3) nustatyti švietimo pagalbos specialistų tinklaveikos, įgyvendinant įtraukųjį ugdymą mokykloje, ypatumus. Magistro baigiamajame projekte naudoti duomenų rinkimo metodai: mokslinės literatūros analizė, dokumentų analizė, iš dalies struktūruotas interviu. Duomenų analizės metodai: kokybinė turinio analizė. Tyrimo duomenų rinkimui pasirinktas kokybinio tyrimo metodas – iš dalies struktūruotas interviu. Interviu dalyvavo 9 švietimo pagalbos specialistai iš 7 skirtingų mokyklų. Remiantis kokybinio tyrimo rezultatais, galima teigti, kad išryškėjo švietimo pagalbos specialistų tinklaveikos oficialūs ir neoficialūs partneriai, kuriuos visus jungia bendri tikslai, veiklos ir tarpusavio ryšiai. Tyrimo duomenų analizė atskleidė, kad švietimo pagalbos specialistų, įgyvendinančių įtraukųjį ugdymą mokykloje, tinklaveikos pagrindiniai tikslai yra informaciniai mainai ir pagalba mokiniui. Atliekant duomenų analizę išskirtos pagrindinės veiklos, jungiančios tinklo dalyvius – socialinės medijos, susitikimai, bendradarbiavimas, pokalbiai telefonu ir įvairios veiklos. Atliktas tyrimas išryškino, kad švietimo pagalbos specialistai, jungiasi į tinklus, siekiant užtikrinti kokybišką ir visapusišką įtraukiojo ugdymo procesą bei rasti efektyvius būdus įveikti atsiradusius iššūkius. Taip pat tinklaveikos procesas skatina specialistų kompetencijų augimą, nuolatinį mokymąsi ir tobulėjimą, siekiant geriau atitikti įtraukiojo ugdymo reikalavimus ir įgyvendinti naujausias praktikas. Tyrime atskleista, kad vienas iš tinklaveikos tikslų yra plėtoti ir diegti veiksmingus veiklos būdus bei priemones, kurios padėtų tinkamai organizuoti ir teikti pagalbą mokiniams, turintiems specialiųjų ugdymosi poreikių. Tyrimo dalyviai, švietimo pagalbos specialistai, teigė, kad tinklaveika skatina specialistus kūrybiškai, taikant technologines priemones, teikti pagalbą mokiniams, ieškoti būdų siekiant atliepti mokinių individualius poreikius ir įgyvendinti įtraukiojo ugdymo principus. Taip pat tinklaveikos procesas remiasi socialinio kapitalo kūrimu, tai yra bendradarbiavimu, pasitikėjimu ir išteklių dalinimusi tarp tinklo dalyvių. Specialistai formuoja tarpusavio paramą, siekia geresnių rezultatų ir bendro tikslo – sėkmingo įtraukiojo ugdymo įgyvendinimo., The Lithuanian education system has been moving towards inclusive education for many years, and in the summer of 2020, it approved an amendment to the Law on Education, which will oblige it to implement education for pupils with special educational needs in all schools and other educational establishments providing compulsory and general education from 2024 (Lietuvos Respublikos švietimo įstatymo Nr. I-1489 5, 14, 21, 29, 30, 34 ir 36 straipsnių pakeitimo ir Įstatymo papildymo 45-1 straipsniu įstatymas, 2020 m. birželio 30 d. Nr. XIII-3268, 2020). This regulation of the Education Act marks a conceptual shift in thinking about inclusive education: from being a narrative about children with special needs, inclusive education has become a narrative about inclusive schools and inclusive learning environments for children of different physical, cognitive and social abilities (Qvortrup, 2018). The implementation of inclusive education poses challenges for schools and their educational support professionals, who must not only provide support to students with special educational needs, but also support the whole school community in addressing special educational needs. In order to successfully implement the requirements of inclusive education as set out in the Education Act, networking becomes an integral tool for the effective implementation of inclusive education, for communication between education support professionals, pupils with special educational needs, teachers and parents, and for fostering cooperation and interaction between all the actors involved in the educational process. Networking allows for greater accessibility to a wide range of learning resources, for continuous communication and cooperation in face-to-face and distance learning environments, and for adapting to the different special educational needs of pupils. The aim of this study is to reveal the specificities of networking among educational support professionals in the implementation of inclusive education in schools. The object of the study is the networking of educational support professionals. Objectives: 1) to provide a theoretical basis for the study of the networking of educational support professionals in the implementation of inclusive education at school 2) to provide a methodology for the study of the networking of educational support professionals in the implementation of inclusive education at school 3) to identify the specificities of networking of educational support professionals in the implementation of inclusive education at school. The methods of data collection used in the Master's thesis project were: analysis of scientific literature, analysis of documents, semi-structured interviews. Data analysis methods: qualitative content analysis. The qualitative research method chosen for the data collection was a semi-structured interview. The interviews were conducted with 9 educational support professionals from 7 different schools. Based on the results of the qualitative research, it can be said that the networking of educational support professionals has highlighted formal and informal partners, all of whom share common goals, activities and interconnections. The analysis of the survey data revealed that the main objectives of networking among educational support professionals implementing inclusive education in schools are information exchange and student support. The data analysis identifies the main activities that connect the network participants as social media, meetings, collaboration, phone calls and various activities. The study highlighted that educational support professionals are networking to ensure a quality and comprehensive inclusive education process and to find effective ways to overcome challenges. The networking process also promotes the growth of professionals' competences, continuous learning and development in order to better meet the requirements of inclusive education and to implement the latest practices. The study reveals that one of the objectives of networking is to develop and implement effective practices and tools to organize and provide appropriate support for pupils with special educational needs. The study's participants, education support professionals, stated that networking encourages professionals to use technology to support pupils in a creative way, to find ways to meet pupils' individual needs and to implement the principles of inclusive education. The process of networking is also based on the creation of social capital, i.e. cooperation, trust and sharing of resources between network members. Professionals build mutual support, strive for better results and work towards the common goal of successful implementation of inclusive education.

In socioeconomic environments affected by high and persistent income inequalities and unemployment, there is a need for participative approaches to innovation in support of socioeconomic inclusion. This article explores the features of collective action, in support of socioeconomic inclusion, identified in South African maker communities. Drawing on data from interviews with participants in seven maker communities, the study explores the kinds of value that participants experience through being part of these communities. Value creation is assessed in terms of the five overlapping cycles of value that Wenger et al. (2011) propose are present in successful communities and networks: immediate value, potential value, applied value, realised value, and reframing value. The study finds that all five value cycles are present in the experiences expressed by the South African maker community participants. The value is found to be particularly pronounced in the immediate value and applied value cycles. In respect of socioeconomic inclusion, the findings point to strong currents of social inclusion in the immediate value cycle, and strong elements of both social and economic inclusion in the applied value, realised value, and reframing value cycles.

Load balancing is directly associated with the overall performance of a parallel and distributed computing system. Although the relevant problems in communication and computation have been well studied in data center environments, few works have considered the issues in an Internet of Things (IoT) edge scenario. In fact, processing data in a load balancing way for the latter case is more challenging. The main reason is that, unlike a data center, both the data sources and the network infrastructure in an IoT edge system can be dynamic. Moreover, with different performance requirements from IoT networks and edge servers, it will be hard to characterize the performance model and to perform runtime optimization for the whole system. To tackle this problem, in this work, we propose a load-balancing aware networking approach for efficient data processing in IoT edge systems. Specifically, we introduce an IoT network dynamic clustering solution using the emerging deep reinforcement learning (DRL), which can both fulfill the communication balancing requirements from IoT networks and the computation balancing requirements from edge servers. Moreover, we implement our system with a long short term memory (LSTM) based Dueling Double Deep Q-Learning Network (D3QN) model, and our experiments with real-world datasets collected from an autopilot vehicle demonstrate that our proposed method can achieve significant performance improvement compared to benchmark solutions.

On Wednesday 30th November 2022, the CIMMYT Nairobi office held another successful Women in Crop Science coffee morning event (the third event for the group in 2022!). Different from the last two coffee morning events, we had the honor to welcome a guest speaker, the wonderful and brilliant Dr. Susan Kaaria, Director of the African Women in Agricultural Research and Development (AWARD). Through a fireside chat moderated by Dorine Odongo, the Senior Communication Manager at AWARD.

Prior research has identified the value of reconnecting dormant ties (i.e., people you used to know), allowing individuals to refresh relationships and mobilize the value inherent in a tie (i.e., its social capital). However, less well understood is how this reconnection process occurs, including how it can be done well or poorly. To address this lack of knowledge, we conducted multi-organizational research combining an inductive, qualitative field study of professional reconnections by individuals in the North Italian textile district (Study 1) and, to validate our findings, a vignette-based experiment with U.S. workers (Study 2). We find that the process of reconnecting dormant ties can and does fail, sometimes dramatically, when people do not refresh the tie and, as a result, do not trust where they stand with each other. Specifically, we find that three elements—remembering, catching up, and perceiving the tie similarly—are key to successfully mobilizing the value of a dormant tie.

Terms such as start-ups, cooperation, networking and open innovation could be seen as pillars of knowledge-based economies (KBE). The world’s current most innovative economies, which include those of the USA, Finland, and Israel, owe their competitiveness to start-ups. Silicon Valley has become a global model. The concept of a start-up is usually associated with innovation, hence the growing interest in these entities not only from individuals who have an idea for an innovative business or a way to commercialise the results of their research (e.g. the results of their master’s or PhD dissertations), but also from regional organisations, and even governments. An excerpt from the preface to Dan Senor and Saul Singer’s book (2011), written by Szymon Peres, in which he pointed out that the prerequisites for Israel’s success in creating start-ups and innovative economy should be found in human capital, is an illustration of politicians’ interest in start-ups as “levers” of economies, and, above all, in the relationships between people. Multiple declarations of support for the development of start-ups have also been made by the Polish government. In Poland, throughout the last 10 years the number of start-up has increased. The awareness and knowledge of young people (e.g. studying at technical universities) related to this topic is much bigger. But more than half of start-ups with a mature ecosystem have only been operating for up to 4 years, and in Poland for up to 2 years (Arwaj et.al., 2020). The environment supporting start-ups becomes more friendly. The environment (ecosystem) and supporting tools to establish a start-up are more friendly and sophisticated, e.g. the simple joint-stock company as the legal frame of establishment was introduced in Polish law. It has been established since July 2021 and is dedicated for technological start-ups. To create innovation we need not only a new idea of business and new technology, but also the networks. Joseph Schumpeter, Michael E. Porter, and other authors (including Kastelle, Steen, 2015) indicated that networks favour the creation of innovation. “Innovation happens in networks – networks of the brain, networks of people and networks of firms” (Kastelle, Steen, 2015, p. 117). In 1973, Mark Granovetter studied the strength of connections in networks and found that weak ties promote information transfer and are a source of research. On the other hand, strong ties and established connections probably convey redundant information (Kastelle, Steen, 2015, p. 109). Information, often obtained as a result of new collaboration, is an inspiration for innovation. Hence, as Kastelle and Steen write, network structures are a determinant of innovation, and the development of the system (and implicitly also of enterprises) takes place through innovation (Kastelle, Steen, 2015, pp. 109, 117). Shan et al. (1994) examined the relationship between cooperation among companies and the innovations created by start-ups in the biotechnology industry. Several control variables were associated with collaboration and innovation. However, the results only confirmed that cooperation among companies influences innovation. Dittrich et al. (2007), and Dodgson (2015) highlight the important role of cooperation in terms of strategic alliance of venture capital, R&D consortiums, a partnership between universities and industry and between government and industry in creating innovation, even in companies that are already technologically advanced. Over the past 20 years researchers have found that cooperation has taken place in IT, transport, chemical (Schilling, 2009), biotechnology, and new materials sectors (Rothaermell, Deed, 2004), (Faems et al., 2010). Dodgson (2015) analyses collaboration from the point of view of enterprise and innovation. He attempts to identify its contribution to complementarity, encouraging learning, and developing the organisation’s potential, as well as dealing with uncertainty and complexity. Conclusions from the research of Joel Baum, Tony Calabrese and Brian Silverman (2000) carried out for the biotechnology sector indicate that participation in alliances as well as the size of the network and the effectiveness of its operation have a positive impact on start-up development. Reports published by the Start-up Poland Foundation paint a picture of growing cooperation between start-ups and corporations. In 2019, almost 40% of start-ups collaborated with corporations, which is a 10% increase compared with the previous year (Krzysztofiak-Szopa, Wisłowska, 2019). In addition, 75% of those start-ups that cooperated with corporations assessed the effects of this cooperation as good or very good. The number of cases in which a corporation is a strategic client for a start-up went up by 3% on the previous year. Based on the research, it was concluded that the corporations present in the Polish market are extremely keen to support the start-up industry. In a similar report from 2020 (Arwaj et al., 2020) an example of the cooperation between PKN Orlen and start-ups was discussed. Partnership in programmes such as ScaleUp and GovTech was described, which allowed for a greater depth of knowledge of the available solutions, choosing the most interesting ideas and pilot tests to be run on PKN Orlen’s infrastructure. The company has announced that it plans to develop tools for acquiring innovation on an ongoing basis because this will enable it to build a strong position not only in Poland, but also globally. 98 the risk of being taken over by a large company, some panellists simply avoid cooperation with large businesses and look for a market niche where they can make bespoke, tailored offers. These opinions about pros and cons of cooperation with huge companies should be verified by deeper research.&nbsp

After the success of the first series of global Women in Crop Science coffee mornings held during September 2022, we organized a second global event series during the week of 20-24th March 2023. This had the same intention: to bring together women working in Crop Science! This time we had 20 hosts from 14 different countries organizing a local event within their organization, institution, or university. This report summarizes some of the discussions and recommendations from the coffee mornings.

My technical work and STS research are closely related as they both revolve around the importance of keeping users’ personal data safe and secure on the internet. My technical work improves the onboarding process of computer networking, which is the transfer and storage of personal data in a network. Meanwhile, my STS research explores the Facebook Cambridge Analytica scandal which involved the unethical sharing of personal data. Ultimately, both of these topics focus on and prioritize the importance of protecting user data with the same end goal to increase awareness of the necessity of user data protection and privacy measures. In my technical work, my capstone team and I made improvements to a cloud-based networking onboarding system by developing a user-friendly interface that enables users to efficiently and accurately automate their network. A network engineer works with an enterprise client by gathering and transferring data in the process of setting up a network, known as this onboarding phase. Our evaluation of the existing workflow revealed several issues and gaps including a lack of streamlined communication, disorganized task management, and an insufficient understanding of networking. As a result, our design introduced three novel features: 1) a task-based structure that centralizes resources, 2) a graphical map for evaluating the status of dependent tasks, and 3) embedded learning resources for furthering knowledge of networking. Thus, our newly designed interface effectively overcomes the challenges seen between enterprises and network engineers to allow for a more straightforward and successful onboarding process to occur. In my STS research, I explored the Facebook Cambridge Analytica scandal where the personal data of over 87 million Facebook users was exploited by Cambridge Analytica to target voters for political advertising purposes. Current analyses of the scandal are quick to blame all parties involved and fail to consider exactly how much of a role each of the parties individually contribute to the case. Therefore, when first identifying actors with Actor-Network theory, and second using the conditions for responsibility to assign blame to these actors, I argue that Facebook is morally responsible for the scandal because it meets all the necessary conditions for responsibility. Facebook’s ultimate mistake was its failure to prioritize and protect personal user data, exemplified by its lack of supervision on the third-party developers that have access to user data. These conditions for responsibility include engaging in wrong-doing, repeatedly contributing to the incident, being able to foresee the consequences, and having the freedom of action. In addition to Facebook, the other main actors include Cambridge Analytica, Aleksandr Kogan, and Facebook users, who all cannot be held entirely responsible for the incident since they individually fail to meet all four conditions for responsibility. Learning about the Facebook Cambridge Analytica scandal in parallel with developing a networking onboarding interface was beneficial to ensure our interface is intuitive and secure enough to prioritize the protection of user data. My STS research on the Facebook Cambridge Analytica scandal taught me the protection of user data should be considered in creating any system that holds personal data. On the other hand, my technical work allowed me to view the Facebook Cambridge Analytica scandal on the internal developers’ side instead of solely looking at the management and policies behind the scandal. Overall, the result of my technical work supported by my STS research encouraged me to consider the best practices behind keeping personal data safe and secure so it does not get into the hands of unauthorized entities.

Tese de doutoramento em Geografia (especialidade em Estudos da Paisagem), O número de estudos no âmbito do Turismo Acessível (T.A.) cresce desde os anos 2000, especialmente no continente europeu, onde vivem 87 milhões de pessoas portadoras de deficiência. Um dos componentes deste grupo são os idosos, que conforme as projeções demográficas representarão 29,1% da população até 2080. A presente investigação teve como principal objetivo avaliar o potencial do T.A. no município de Esposende (Portugal) e de Desenzano (Itália), devido a termos encontrado similaridades geográficas nestes municípios e pelo facto de ambas as autarquias terem contemplado o T.A. no planeamento estratégico. O contributo deste estudo na produção de conhecimento sobre o T.A. e da Geografia da Deficiência ancorou-se na utilização de técnicas mistas. As nossas fontes primárias utilizadas foram várias, com destaque para os inquéritos por entrevista semiestruturada, os inquéritos por questionário e uma grelha de avaliação. Avaliámos 13 pontos de interesse turístico em Esposende e 12 pontos de interesse turístico em Desenzano. O nosso inquérito por questionário online, alojado na plataforma Google Forms, ficou ativo do dia 10 fevereiro de 2022 ao dia 31 de maio de 2022. Obtivemos um total de 402 respostas, sendo 173 relativamente a Esposende e 229 a Desenzano. Foram inquiridos os seguintes stakeholders: os proprietários/managers dos restaurantes e bares, e dos alojamentos, os responsáveis pelos equipamentos culturais e de turismo e também os utilizadores dos equipamentos culturais e de turismo, dos bares e restaurantes e dos alojamentos. Os dados foram analisados usando estatística descritiva e com o uso do Test-t de Student. O nosso inquérito por entrevista (n=15) foi aplicado aos representantes das administrações públicas responsáveis pelo turismo e aos representantes das associações. A nossa proposta de Rede sustentável para o T.A. foi elaborada a partir dos resultados obtidos. Foram acrescentadas as experiências da autora da presente tese numa associação, devido ao programa Erasmus+. Por fim, espera-se que esta tese possa contribuir para avanços do T.A. em Portugal e em Itália e, consequentemente, possa melhorar as condições de vida das pessoas portadoras de deficiência e dos idosos, a partir da criação de políticas públicas que combatam o idadismo/etarismo., Studies in the scope of Accessible Tourism (A.T.) have grown since the 2000s, especially on the European continent, where 87 million people with disabilities live. A component of this group is the elderly, who, according to demographic projections, will represent 29.1% of the population by 2080. The main objective of the present investigation was to evaluate the potential of A.T. in the municipality of Esposende (Portugal) and Desenzano (Italy), due to the fact that we found geographical similarities in these municipalities, and due to the fact that both municipalities inserted the A.T. within its strategic planning. The contribution of this study to the production of knowledge about A.T., and the Geography of Disability, was anchored in the use of mixed techniques. Our primary sources used were interview, questionnaire surveys, the evaluation grid and fieldwork. With the grid, we evaluated 13 points of tourist interest in Esposende and 12 points of tourist interest in Desenzano. Our online questionnaire survey, hosted on the Google Forms platform, was active from February 10, 2022 to May 31, 2022. We obtained a total of 402 responses, 173 for Esposende and 229 for Desenzano. The following stakeholders were surveyed: the owners/managers of restaurants and bars, the owners/managers of the accommodation, those responsible for cultural and tourism facilities and also the users of cultural and tourism facilities, bars and restaurants and accommodation. Data were analysed using descriptive statistics and the student’s t test. Our interview survey (n=15) was applied to representatives of public administrations responsible for tourism and representatives of associations. Our proposal for a sustainable network for A.T. was developed from our results obtained, with primary sources and with the support of secondary sources. The experiences of the author of the thesis in an association were added, due to the Erasmus+ program. Finally, it is hoped that this thesis can contribute to advances in A.T. in Portugal and Italy, and consequently can improve the living conditions of people with disabilities and the elderly, from the creation of public policies against ageism.

Extending human societies into virtual space through the construction of a metaverse has been a long-term challenge in both industry and academia. Achieving this challenge is now closer than ever due to advances in computer systems, facilitating large-scale online platforms such as Minecraft and Roblox that fulfill an increasing number of societal needs, and extended reality (XR) hardware, which provides users with state-of-the-art immersive experiences. For a metaverse to succeed, we argue that all involved systems must provide consistently good performance. However, there is a lack of knowledge on the performance characteristics of extended reality devices. In this paper, we address this gap and focus on extended-and virtual-reality hardware. We synthesize a user-centered system model that models common deployments of XR hardware and their trade-offs. Based on this model, we design and conduct real-world experiments with Meta's flagship virtual reality device, the Quest Pro. We highlight two surprising results from our findings which show that (i) under our workload, the battery drains 15% faster when using wireless offloading compared to local execution, and (ii) the outdated 2.4 GHz WiFi4 gives surprisingly good performance, with 99% of samples achieving a frame rate of at least 65 Hz, compared to the 72 Hz performance target. Our experimental setup and data are available at https://github.com/atlarge-research/measuring-the-metaverse.

The paper aims to state the research protocol for the innovation-seeking behavior of Small- to Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs), related to the classification of knowledge needs expressed in the networking databases. The dataset of 9301 networking offers as the outcome of proactive attitudes represents the content of the Enterprise Europe Network (EEN) database. The data set has been semi-automatically obtained using the rvest R package, and then analyzed using static word embedding neural network architecture: Continuous Bag-of-Words (CBoW), predictive model Skip-Gram, and Global Vectors for Word Representation (GloVe) considered the state-of-the-art models, to create topic-specific lexicons. The proportion of offers labeled as Exploitative innovation to Explorative innovation is balanced with a 51%–49% proportion. The prediction rates show good performance with an AUC score of 0.887, and the prediction rates for exploratory innovation 0.878 and explorative innovation 0.857. The performance of predictions with the frequency-inverse document frequency (TF-IDF) technique shows that the research protocol is sufficient to categorize the innovation-seeking behavior of SMEs using static word embedding based on the description of knowledge needs and text classification, but it is not perfect due to the general entropy related to the outcome of networking. In the context of networking, SMEs place a greater emphasis on explorative innovation in their innovation-seeking behavior. They prioritize smart technologies and global business cooperation, whereas current information technologies and software are more of interest to SMEs that adopt an exploitative innovation approach.

Die Stellungnahme nimmt aus Perspektive der Hessischen Heimvolkshochschule Akademie Burg Fürsteneck e.V. Bezug auf die Ergebnisse des Weiterbildungsberichtes. Sie zeigt auf, an welchen Stellen sich Anknüpfungspunkte finden, an welchen Stellen als Bildungseinrichtung im ländlichen Raum aber auch andere Erfahrungen zugrunde liegen. Betont wird zudem die Bedeutung einer ausreichenden Finanzierungsgrundlage für Weiterbildung.

White paper: Accelerating the adoption of the circular economy in the tourism and leisure sector: the 3-M Framework as the foundation of circular entrepreneurship The white paper proposed several recommendations that could be considered by tourism entrepreneurs to accelerate their adoption of circular economy solutions.The white paper proposed several recommendations that could be considered by tourism entrepreneurs to accelerate their adoption of circular economy solutions. Firstly, the white paper suggested that the entrepreneurs need to establish their own take on the meanings and purpose of being circular. This is essential in motivating their willingness to adopt circular solutions. Entrepreneurs’ meaning was associated with the entrepreneurs’ knowledge and concern with global challenges and their understanding of the many benefits that circular economy solutions can generate, both for the business, destination and for the global community. Yet, while it is the role of public sector led planning stakeholders to develop and promote awareness programmes, tourism entrepreneurs can still adopt actions that improve their understanding of challenges and the role of the circular economy. These actions were associated with the entrepreneurs’ effort to master their skills for a circular economy, such as by improving their understanding of the environmental footprint of their business operations, what circular economy solutions can be implemented, their benefits, and how they can be successfully managed. Moreover, it was deemed relevant – to the successful implementation and management of circular economy solutions - for the entrepreneurs to identify and prioritise sustainable promotional channels. Moreover, where necessary, it was highlighted the need to appoint a circular economy manager or extend responsibilities of existing staff, find and access alternative financing options, and support awareness campaigns on the circular economy within the organisation and the destination community. The white paper concluded by suggesting the importance for entrepreneurs to be part of innovative networks and communities which would allow them to gain and share knowledge and implement and manage circular economy solutions at the destination level. Therefore, working together is crucial for a successful circular economy in destinations. This white paper is the last of a series of three white papers published by the 2Seas Interreg project FACET. A First white paper provided recommendations to local authorities on how to support tourism entrepreneurs, and especially SMEs, in the implementation of circular solutions, and a second white paper, mainly targeted towards tourism SMEs presented reward-based crowdfunding as one of the available financing options to fund the implementation of a circular economy in tourist destinations.

OpenFlow is a widely adopted implementation of the Software-Defined Networking (SDN) architecture. Since conventional network monitoring systems are unable to cope with OpenFlow networks, researchers have developed various monitoring systems tailored for OpenFlow networks. However, these existing systems either rely on a specific controller framework or an API, both of which are not part of the OpenFlow specification, and thus limit their applicability. This article proposes a transparent and low-overhead monitoring system for OpenFlow networks, referred to as Opimon. Opimon monitors the network topology, switch statistics, and flow tables in an OpenFlow network and visualizes the result through a web interface in real-time. Opimon monitors a network by interposing a proxy between the controller and switches and intercepting every OpenFlow message exchanged. This design allows Opimon to be compatible with any OpenFlow switch or controller. We tested the functionalities of Opimon on a virtual network built using Mininet and a large-scale international OpenFlow testbed (PRAGMA-ENT). Furthermore, we measured the performance overhead incurred by Opimon and demonstrated that the overhead in terms of latency and throughput was less than 3% and 5%, respectively.

Community health workers (CHW) can play an active role in providing integrated HIV and harm reduction services. We used social media to create a virtual network among Vietnamese CHW. This paper reports CHW's social media engagement and the relationships with other work-related indicators. Sixty CHW participated in an intervention for integrated HIV/drug use service delivery. Following two in-person sessions, Facebook groups were established for CHW to share information, seek consultation, and refer patients. CHW's levels of online engagements were tracked for six months and linked to their service provision confidence, interaction with patients and other providers, and job satisfaction. The CHW made 181 posts, which received 557 comments and 1,607 reactions during the six months. Among the 60 CHW, 22 (36.6%) had three or more posts, 19 (31.7%) had one or two posts, and 19 (31.7%) had no post. Comparing the baseline and 6-month follow-up data, we observed that those who posted three or more times showed better service provision confidence (p = 0.0081), more interaction with providers in other settings (p = 0.0071), and higher job satisfaction (p = 0.0268). Our study suggests using social media to engage CHW in virtual communications to improve service provision in communities.

This work addresses an often-overlooked challenge in designing datacenter traffic control schemes. Specifically, most existing schemes were designed for network topologies with non-blocking network core. While this enabled the development of elegant solutions, core networks in practice are more likely to be over-subscribed by the access layer network due to cost considerations. Consequently, existing traffic control schemes may perform sub-optimally in real-world over-subscribed datacenter networks. This work proposes a new centralized flow-based scheduling scheme called CAPTON which schedules flow according to remaining flow size and link capacities to avoid congestion in over-subscribed networks. CAPTON employs all-path transmission to exploit all available paths and redundant links between source and destination hosts to maximize resource utilization and eliminate the need for routing. Unlike switch-based approaches, CAPTON does not require additional support from network switches and thus can be readily deployed in current datacenters equipped with commodity switches.

The pandemic has made deeper problems more transparent and has stimulated many to realize that there may be an opportunity over the next period to pursue much needed innovations in learning. In this essay we describe the ways in which the pandemic has provided the conditions for new human development that joins two powerful forces: the pulsar model which elevates human potential with respect to student learning, and new, deeper forms of collaboration that have long eluded those interested in system change. In this article we show how ‘spirit work’ and collaboration can combine to develop schools systems that are essential for coping with the new post-pandemic conditions facing humanity. We also identify spinoff opportunities arising from the pandemic, and a corresponding pressure that could generate more widespread system improvement designed to improve learning for all, including advances in both equity and excellence.

Objective: The following report describes the evaluation of the ISPAD Science School for Physicians (ISSP) and for Healthcare Professionals (ISSHP) in terms of their efficiency and success. Methods: All past attendees from 2000–2019 ISSP and 2004–2019 ISSHP programs were invited to respond to an online survey to assess perceived outcomes of the programs on career development, scientific enhancement, scientific networking, and social opportunities. Results: One-third of the past ISSP (129/428), and approximately 43% of the past ISSHP attendees (105/245) responded to the surveys. Most of ISSP attendees reported that the programs supported their career (82%) by helping to achieve a research position (59%), being engaged with diabetes care (68%) or research (63%) or starting a research fellowship (59%). Responders indicated that ISSP was effective in increasing interest in diabetes research (87%) and enhancing the number (66%) and quality (83%) of scientific productions, and promotion of international collaborations (86%). After the ISSP, 34% of responders received research grants. From the first round of the ISSHP survey (2004–2013), responders reported have improved knowledge (60%), gained more confidence in research (69%), undertaken a research project (63%), and achieved a higher academic degree (27%). From the second round (2014–2019), participants indicated that the program was valuable/ useful in workplace (94%) through understanding (89%) and conducting (68%) research and establishing communication from other participants (64%) or from faculty (42%). After the ISSHP, 17% had received awards. Conclusions: From the participants' viewpoint, both programs were effective in improving engagement with diabetes research, supporting career opportunities, increasing scientific skills, and enhancing networking and research activities.

Contains fulltext : 250295.pdf (Publisher’s version ) (Open Access) Previous research has shown that passive social media use does not have the same positive effects on well-being as active social media use. However, it is currently unclear whether these effects can be attributed to the benefits of active use, the costs of passive use, or both. The current article investigated the effect of active and passive Facebook use on feelings of social connectedness after being ostracized. In two preregistered experiments, participants were first ostracized on a faux social media platform, followed by a measurement of social connectedness. In Experiment 1 they were then instructed to either use Facebook passively, use Facebook actively, or use a non-social website (Wikipedia), after which social connectedness was measured again. Results indicated that active Facebook use can restore social connectedness after being ostracized as compared to using a non-social website. While passive Facebook use also restored social connectedness, it did not change social connectedness significantly more so than Wikipedia use. In Experiment 2, we replicated Experiment 1, now focusing only on passive Facebook use compared to a non-social website. Results showed again that passive Facebook use did not influence social connectedness more so than the use of Wikipedia. In exploratory analyses, we found that for participants who felt close to other Facebook users, passive Facebook use did increase social connectedness compared to using a non-social website. These experiments suggest that, even though passive social media use does not restore social connectedness in the same way that active social media use does, it also does not harm social connectedness, and it may actually promote social connectedness under certain circumstances. 11 p.

This paper analyses the impact of relational capital and relationship networks on business internationalisation, in particular in the technology sector in relation to internationalised Andalusian university spin-offs. First, a literature review based on these theories is carried out, from which a series of hypotheses are established in a pioneering way. These allow us to design a model of relationships that is empirically tested through a quantitative analysis. The study constructs were measured using five-point Likert scales. Once the data had been collected through the survey developed, they were coded for statistical analysis using the SPSS Statistics V28.0 programme. It is shown that the output of the international activity of these companies depends on their capacity to develop and sustain relationships with each of the different actors involved. Along this line, university spin-offs obtain diverse and strategically valuable external information and resources, significantly reducing business failure chances. The elements that influence the internationalisation process of the companies under study are relationships with customers, allies/collaborators, suppliers, and the company’s reputation and image. Similarly, those referring to relations with competitors, public bodies, and organisations have less impact. Nevertheless, it is evident that companies need to commit more time and resources to create, maintain, and develop relationships with different actors. Therefore, a strategic tool focused on international management is provided, based on the relationships of the spin-offs studied, which may constitute a starting point for its applicability to other industrial sectors and geographical areas.

This document summarises the networking activities performed in the project to seek synergies and ensure cooperation with other related H2020 funded projects, in particular with those which are represented at the BRIDGE initiative, and with industrial groups through collaboration, liaison and clustering with industry platforms and H2020 projects. Moreover, it collates the marketing strategy and activities developed to create the PLATOON Community.

This document summarises the networking activities performed in the project to seek synergies and ensure cooperation with other related H2020 funded projects, in particular with those which are represented at the BRIDGE initiative, and with industrial groups through collaboration, liaison and clustering with industry platforms and H2020 projects. Moreover, it collates the marketing strategy and activities developed to create the PLATOON Community. This document is the second and final version of deliverable “D7.5 Report on Networking activities” which includes the updates concerning new collaborations with initiatives,/projects since V1 deliverable which was submitted in June 2021 (M18).

This document summarises the networking activities performed in the project to seek synergies and ensure cooperation with other related H2020 funded projects, in particular with those which are represented at the BRIDGE initiative, and with industrial groups through collaboration, liaison and clustering with industry platforms and H2020 projects. Moreover, it collates the marketing strategy and activities developed to create the PLATOON Community.

This document summarises the networking activities performed in the project to seek synergies and ensure cooperation with other related H2020 funded projects, in particular with those which are represented at the BRIDGE initiative, and with industrial groups through collaboration, liaison and clustering with industry platforms and H2020 projects. Moreover, it collates the marketing strategy and activities developed to create the PLATOON Community. This document is the second and final version of deliverable “D7.5 Report on Networking activities” which includes the updates concerning new collaborations with initiatives,/projects since V1 deliverable which was submitted in June 2021 (M18).

This document summarises the composition, objectives and action plan for PLATOON Community Portal. It also resumes the information (trends, news, events, technology news, funding opportunities), inspiration (exclusive content curated by experts and interlocutors: live chats, Q&As…), support (experts will advise, but members can also create synergies and build partnerships) and connections (by networking with people interested in the digitisation of the energy sector domain) given by the community portal to the project.

This document summarises the composition, objectives and action plan for PLATOON Community Portal. It also resumes the information (trends, news, events, technology news, funding opportunities), inspiration (exclusive content curated by experts and interlocutors: live chats, Q&As…), support (experts will advise, but members can also create synergies and build partnerships) and connections (by networking with people interested in the digitisation of the energy sector domain) given by the community portal to the project.

Mrežni uvjeti igraca u umreženim igrama s arhitekturom klijent-poslužitelj izvan ˇ su kontrole poslužitelja. Ispitane su metode sinkronizacije klijenata s poslužiteljom koje održavaju konzistentnost tijekom igranja igre i kompenziranjem za klijentsko propagacijsko kašnjenje koje mogu rezultirati u izjednacavanju prednosti unutar umreže- ˇ nih videoigra. Network conditions of players of online videogames with client-server architecture are out of the server’s control. Methods of synchronizing clients with the server, ensuring consistency of the in-game experience, and compensating for the clients’ latency which can result in equalizing the network conditions of players are tested.

This purpose of this paper is to explore professional networking for career advancement of librarians in academic libraries. Career advancement as a means of preparing to qualify for official promotions with the current employer or a different employer, preparing for more responsibility and compensation by advancing in a formal career, obtaining industry recognized credentials that results in additional responsibility, it is also associated with an increase in income or benefits. Therefore, this paper x-rays the professional networking and its relevance, it covers the Benefits of Professional Networking; Places of Networking for Professional Librarians; Type of Professional Networking Connection; Brief History of Librarian’s Network Program; Empirical review on Professional Networking of Librarians’ for Career Advancement; Networking and Professional Networking; the Challenges of Professional Networking as well as recommendations to foster librarians professional networking.

Ethical networks are an emerging form of social alliance based on collaboration between organizations that share a common ethical commitment. Grounded in a theoretical framework of virtue-based business ethics and focusing on nonprofit alliances, this study investigates the virtuousness of ethical networks; that is, how they trigger virtuous practices in their member nonprofit organizations. Adopting a qualitative grounded theory approach, the study focuses on one of the largest Italian ethical networks of nonprofit organizations operating in the social care sector. The findings show that shared ethical values and religious beliefs are positively associated with ethical network building. Based on these findings, a circular model of virtuousness is proposed in which ethical networks foster virtuous practices among their members at four levels: (1) the strategic orientation level, (2) the institutional level, (3) the organizational level, and (4) the relational level. At each of these levels, ethical networks foster a habituation to virtues and the propagation of virtuous behaviors among their members. Theoretical, practical, and social implications of the research findings are discussed.

В статье представлена модель STEAMS-подхода к созданию развивающей среды и профессионального самоопределения обучающихся. Актуальность проблемы определяется новизной подхода к организации профориентационной работы со школьниками, вариантами интеграции урочной и внеурочной деятельности для формирования компетенций профессий будущего у обучающихся, отражен опыт работы инновационной площадки. Предпосылками исследования стали следующие проблемы: высокая значимость внедрения в школы инновационных решений и обучения школьников новым профессиям будущего. Цель статьи: анализ существующей проблемы в фокусе современных вызовов и образовательной политики, социального партнерства и сетевого взаимодействия. В качестве методологического основания берется широкий контекст образовательных и социальных преобразований. Раскрывается модель STEAMS-подхода и сетевого взаимодействия инновационных площадок. Делаются выводы о результате экспериментальной работы и перспективах предложенной модели организационно-педагогического сопровождения профессионального самоопределения обучающихся как эффективной образовательной практики., The article presents the STEAMS model of the approach to creating a developing environment and professional self-determination of students. The relevance of the problem is determined by the novelty of the approach to organizing career guidance work with schoolchildren, options for integrating classroom and extracurricular activities to form the competencies of the professions of the future among students, reflects the experience of the innovation platform. The prerequisites for the study were the following problems: the high importance of introducing innovative solutions into schools and teaching schoolchildren new professions of the future. The purpose of the article is to analyze the existing problem in the focus of modern challenges and educational policy, social partnership and networking. The broad context of educational and social transformations is taken as a methodological basis. The model of STEAMS approach and network interaction of innovative platforms is revealed. Conclusions are drawn about the result of the experimental work and the prospects of the proposed model of organizational and pedagogical support for the professional self-determination of students as an effective educational practice.

Kundinnen und Kunden, die beraten, mitgestalten, Feedback geben? Die ETH-Bibliothek erschliesst im Rahmen ihrer Aktivitäten im Bereich Marktforschung verschiedene Wege, um mit ihren Zielgruppen in Dialog zu treten. Der Vortrag beleuchtet anhand ausgewählter Praxisbeispiele im Umfeld einer naturwissenschaftlich-technischen Hochschule, wie die ETH-Bibliothek ihre Kundinnen und Kunden in die Entwicklung ihrer Angebote einbezieht und blickt auf geplante Aktivitäten: Sounding Boards mit Vertreterinnen und Vertretern verschiedener Zielgruppen geben als beratende Gremien Einblicke in ihren Studien- oder Forschungsalltag, beurteilen Produktideen oder Testen neue Services. In Co-Creation entwickelte Angebote treiben die Verankerung dieser Form der Zusammenarbeit mit Kundinnen und Kunden in der Bibliothek voran. Unterschiedliche Befragungsmethoden finden Anwendung, wenn es zum Beispiel in Projekten darum geht, Bedürfnisse zu ermitteln oder zu messen, wie gut Angebote oder Marketingaktivitäten bei Kundinnen und Kunden ankommen. Dialog mit Aussen bedeutet auch Dialog mit Innen. Und so wird künftig ein Fokus darauf liegen, bibliotheksintern Strukturen zu schaffen, um das Bewusstsein für und die Beschäftigung mit dem Thema Einbezug von Kundinnen und Kunden weiter zu festigen.

Hintergrund Die Frauengesundheit von älteren Frauen ist vor allem in ländlichen Gebieten Deutschlands vor dem Hintergrund einer steigenden Anzahl von Frauen ab 50 Jahren und einer drohenden Unterversorgung bei medizinischen Leistungen zu betrachten. Einflüsse auf die Primärversorgung wie Delegation, Telemedizin oder interdisziplinäre Praktiken wurden in Studien beschrieben. Zu interdisziplinären Praktiken zählen Vernetzung und Zusammenarbeit von Fachärztinnen/Fachärzten (FÄ) in der ambulanten Primärversorgung. In Bezug auf die Gesundheit älterer Frauen berichteten Hausärztinnen/Hausärzte (HÄ) sowie Gynäkologinnen/Gynäkologen (Gyn) als zuständige FÄ-Gruppen in dieser Arbeit über die Versorgungssituation sowie über ihre Vernetzung und Zusammenarbeit. Darüber hinaus wurden Einflussfaktoren auf die Zusammenarbeit wissenschaftlich untersucht. Methodik Zwischen März und Juni 2018 wurde im Stadtstaat Berlin sowie in den Flächenländern Brandenburg und Mecklenburg-Vorpommern im Rahmen einer repräsentativen postalischen Befragung eine randomisierte Auswahl von 3.514 HÄ (67 % von 5.265 HÄ) und 1.031 Gyn in einer Vollerhebung quantitativ unter Verwendung eines selbst entwickelten und mit Expertinnen/Experten pilotierten Fragebogens befragt. Deskriptive Analysen wurden zur Darstellung von Versorgungssituation, formeller und informeller Vernetzung sowie zu 13 Aspekten der Zusammenarbeit genutzt. Die Ermittlung von Einflussfaktoren auf die Zusammenarbeit erfolgte jeweils mittels multipler logistischer Regressionen, adjustiert nach Alter und Geschlecht. Ergebnisse Der Fragebogen wurde von 1.389 FÄ (861 HÄ, 528 Gyn) ausgefüllt zurückgesendet, was einer Responserate von 31 % (25 % HÄ, 51 % Gyn) entsprach. Responder waren im Durchschnitt 54,4 Jahre alt, eher weiblich (72 %) und stammten aus den Flächenländern (55 %). Die gynäkologische Versorgungssituation wird von 30 % aller Responder als bedroht angesehen. Insgesamt gaben 68 % der FÄ an vernetzt zu sein, jedoch nur 10 % in formalen Strukturen. Haupteinflussfaktoren auf die engere Zusammenarbeit von HÄ und Gyn war das Praktizieren in einem Flächenland sowie die Angabe, Teil eines Netzwerks zu sein. So war die Zufriedenheit mit der Zusammenarbeit in Flächenländern höher als im Stadtstaat (Odds Ratio [OR] = 1,7, 95 %iges Konfidenzintervall [CI] = 1,3-2,1) sowie bei HÄ und Gyn als Teil eines informellen Netzwerks im Vergleich mit HÄ und Gyn ohne informelles Netzwerk (OR = 2,7, CI = 2,1-3,4). Schlussfolgerungen Die Versorgungssituation wird in Flächenländern und Stadtstaat im gleichen Maße als bedroht angesehen. Zusammenarbeit ist systematisch besser ausgeprägt zwischen ambulant tätigen HÄ und Gyn in Flächenländern sowie zwischen FÄ, die sich einem Netzwerk zugehörig fühlen. Eine stärkere informelle und formale Vernetzung könnte die Zusammenarbeit zwischen HÄ und Gyn verbessern, die Kontinuität und Sicherheit der ambulanten ärztlichen Versorgung älterer Frauen steigern und die Zufriedenheit der FÄ stärken., Background The health of elderly women, especially in rural areas of Germany, has to be considered within the context of an increasing number of women aged 50 and over and a threatening shortage of medical services. Influences on the primary healthcare such as delegation, telemedicine or interdisciplinary practices have been described in previous studies. Interdisciplinary practices include networking and collaboration between medical specialists in outpatient primary healthcare. Being the responsible medical specialists in this study, general practitioners (GPs) and gynaecologists (Gyns) reported on the healthcare situation as well as on their networking and collaboration. In addition, factors influencing these collaborations were scientifically investigated. Methods Between March and June 2018, a randomised selection of 3,514 GPs (67 % of 5,265 GPs) and 1,031 Gyns from the city state of Berlin and the territorial states of Brandenburg and Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania were surveyed quantitatively with a representative postal survey using a self-developed questionnaire, which was pilot-tested with the help of experts. Descriptive analyses were used to describe the healthcare situation, formal and informal networking and 13 aspects of the collaboration among GPs and Gyns. Factors influencing collaboration were determined using multiple logistic regressions, adjusted for age and gender. Results The questionnaire was completed and returned by 1,389 physicians (861 GPs, 528 Gyns), which corresponded to a response rate of 31 % (25 % GPs, 51 % Gyns). Responders were on average 54.4 years old, more likely to be female (72 %) and working in the territorial states (55 %). The gynaecological care situation was considered threatened by 30 % of all responders. Overall, 68 % of the Gyns stated that they were members of a network, but only 10 % in formal structures. The main factors influencing a closer collaboration between GPs and Gyns included practising in a territorial state and being member of a network. Satisfaction regarding collaboration was higher in territorial states than in the city state (odds ratio [OR] = 1.7, 95 % confidence interval [CI] = 1.3-2.1) and for GPs and Gyns that were members of an informal network compared to those GPs and Gyns without an informal network (OR = 2.7, CI = 2.1-3.4). Conclusions The healthcare situation is considered to be threatened to the same extent in the territorial states and the city state. Collaboration is systematically better developed between outpatient GPs and Gyns in the territorial states and between those who see themselves as members of a network. Stronger informal and formal networking could improve collaboration between GPs and Gyns, increase the continuity and safety of outpatient medical care for elderly women and increase the satisfaction of the specialists.

Social entrepreneurship plays a key role in making tourism an inclusive activity. Literature on the topic is increasing but needs to pay more attention to collaboration, which is crucial for social enterprises. To overcome this gap, the present study focuses on the impact that social entrepreneurs’ drivers and barriers towards collaboration might have on providing decent work in rural tourism. The research considers the case of social farming, which has important implications for developing inclusive tourism. By applying the coding technique to twelve in-depth interviews with social entrepreneurs in the Marche region (Italy), the research reveals different themes and sub-themes influencing the four pillars of decent work identified by the International Labour Organization. Results show that the drivers towards collaboration positively impact new employment opportunities and social security for social entrepreneurs and the most fragile people targeted by their services. Instead, the lack of resources for social businesses and the low embeddedness are the main dimensions hindering the provision of well-being through tourism. This study provides managerial and policy implications to sustain inclusive tourism activities in social farming. It concludes with the main limitations and possible directions for future research.

Why do women fail to rise in parties, especially youth parties? This analysis shows that female party members' preferences regarding the purpose of a committee, networking and the election rule in party organisations differ from male party members' which is likely a reason why women face challenges to rise in parties. This article investigates for the first time these gender based differences in preferences simultaneously by conducting a survey experiment with youth party members. Respondents (n > 1200) were asked if they would run for a seat in a decision-making committee of their youth party. In order to analyse which youth party members opt for which opportunities, the purpose of these committees, the networking opportunities they provide, and the election rule for these committees vary at random. The results show that female members hesitate to join committees that would grant them power, and that they are less likely to opt for upward networking opportunities than their male party colleagues. This effect is particularly strong in hierarchically organised youth parties of centre-right parties. Findings on preferred election rules mostly hold for women from left-wing parties. In contrast to men, this group prefers party quotas. Analysing differences by gender and political orientation, this article shows a clear gender preference gap exists both within and across youth parties., West European Politics, 46 (5), ISSN:0140-2382, ISSN:1743-9655

Traditionally, VLANs have been the most suitable solution for connecting computers. This, in line with the increased use of cloud services in recent years, has given rise to problems with scalability and security within VLAN networks, which need to be investigated. An alternative to VLAN is VXLAN, which was created specifically to be able to solve the shortcomings brought about by VLAN and to be able to function within a cloud environment.VXLAN has inherited many of VLAN's shortcomings, which is why this thesis concerns the security aspects within a simulated VXLAN network. This has been carried out by attacking the simulation with well-known attacks such as ARP spoofing, Ping of Death, MAC flooding, UDP flood attack, Time to live expiry attack, ICMP port unreachable and Sockstress. The goal of this thesis was to examine the attacks in terms of effectiveness and how well the proposed countermeasures worked. From the results of the study, it can be stated that the proposed measures did not necessarily have to be complicated in design, but as long as they were well-planned and feasible, the measures could defend the network against most of the attacks used in the study. Traditionellt sett har VLAN varit den mest lämpade lösningen för att ansluta datorer. Detta har i takt med ökad användning av molntjänster de senaste åren gett upphov till problem med skalbarhet och säkerhet inom VLAN-nätverk, som behöver utredas. Ett alternativ till VLAN är VXLAN som skapades särskilt för att kunna lösa de brister som VLAN medfört och att kunna fungera inom en molnmiljö.VXLAN har ärvt många av VLANs brister, vilket var anledningen till varför denna uppsatsberör säkerhetsaspekter inom ett simulerat VXLAN- nätverk. Detta har genomförts genom att angripa simulationen med välkända attacker såsom ARP spoofing, Ping of Death, MAC flooding, UDP flood attack, Time to live expiry attack, ICMP port unreachable samt Sockstress. Målet med denna uppsats var att undersöka attackerna utefter effektivitet och hur väl de föreslagna åtgärderna fungerade. Från studiens resultat kan det konstateras att de föreslagna åtgärderna inte nödvändigtvis behövde vara komplicerat utformade, utan så länge de var välplanerade och genomförbara kunde åtgärderna försvara nätverket mot de flesta av studiens attacker.

The bachelor thesis deals with case management, which is a process of coordinated cooperation between the client and the case manager. The aim of the thesis is to find out whether the municipalities with extended competence in South Bohemia have information about the benefits of case management in municipalities. The theoretical part is based on the study of literature related to the topic and is focused on the definition of terms such as case management, case management models, case manager, social work in municipalities. Furthermore, topics such as networking, case conferencing, confidentiality, community planning and health and social care are explained. The practical part of the bachelor thesis is devoted to the evaluation of the research questions through a qualitative research strategy. The necessary data was collected through interviews with social workers from different municipalities in South Bohemia based on the recommendations of the previous communication partner. I categorised and subsequently analysed the collected material using the open coding method. On the basis of these steps it was possible to evaluate the aim of the bachelor thesis and to draw a conclusion. From the result of the research, it can be concluded that workers in municipalities in South Bohemia have only theoretical information about case management, but are aware of the importance of coordinated cooperation, which they do to a limited extent. With one exception, where the municipality uses case management in social work after prior training and increasing the number of staff. The results obtained could be used in practice by social workers in municipalities that are considering introducing case management into their social strategies.

Intelligent transportation systems (ITS) have recently attracted researchers’ attention as a way to promote the driving experience by extending the driver’s view through wireless data exchange. ITS applications have become prevalent, varying from safety and accident avoidance to leisure and entertainment. The data dissemination routine differs according to the delay tolerance of the application. Location awareness and destination prediction are vital for delay-tolerant applications and protocols, where the best next hop must be chosen for efficient data dissemination. While location awareness offers reactive driving capabilities, mobility prediction enables appealing proactive experiences for a wide range of ITS location-aware services and applications. The Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE), classifies the vehicles according to the intelligence level and automation capabilities into six classes, where zero stands for no automation and five stands for full automation. This work aims to create a seventh class by extending the concept of the vehicle’s intelligence beyond autonomous driving to include predicting the driver’s destinations. The suggested Spatial-Social-Temporal-Semantic Model (also referred to as the four-dimensional model or 4D model) is the first model to combine the semantic properties of both the locations of interest and the social relations affecting drivers’ mobility. The proposed model utilises an optimisation algorithm to combine the different model dimensions and to accommodate changes in human mobility behaviour. Furthermore, the work extends the vehicles’ view of locations beyond geographical coordinates, adding a context-aware dimension that includes the semantic features of the points of interest to the map representation. To increase the model’s reliability, we propose methods for calculating the input independently of mobility traces, which are often unavailable. To compute the input social network’s tie strength, we develop a model called Social-Spatial-Context Encounter Frequency (SSCEF). This model provides a new definition of social tie strength and formalises an optimisation-based model within the context of an intelligent transportation system (ITS) to quantify the strength according to the suggested definition. Furthermore, it demonstrates that certain contextual information and similarities between users are directly linked to the social tie strength driving their mobility activities. The experimental results demonstrate that the optimised 4D predictor significantly outperforms state-of-the-art approaches. It achieves an average accuracy of 95% when trained using and validated against the data-set collected in the city of Ulm, Germany for the purpose of this study. In addition to destination prediction, the presented approach lays the groundwork for a realistic mobility model capable of simulating the mobility activities of an input social network with great precision, independently of mobility traces.

Einleitung: Ca. 197.000 Schulkinder mit einer chronischen Erkrankung leben in Österreich. Durch den Ausbau des Bildungssystems verbringen sie ihren Tagesablauf in der Schule. Um den Pflegeund Betreuungsbedarf Österreichs zu decken, werden Community Health Nurses im Bildungssystem durch das von der EU geförderte Pilotprojekt School Nurse implementiert. Mittels Asthma bronchiale stellvertretend für chronische Erkrankungen werden in dieser wissenschaftlichen Literaturarbeit die Barrieren vom Disease Management chronisch erkrankter Kinder und Jugendlicher im Schulsetting und die Rolle der School Health Nurse identifiziert. Methodik: Es wurde eine systematische Literaturrecherche mit anschließenden Synthesenbildungen durchgeführt. Für die eingeschlossenen Studien wurden die Datenbanken PubMed, CINAHL, Cochrane Library und National Association of School Nurses durchsucht. Mittels Ein- und Ausschlusskriterien herauskristallisierter 15 passender Studien wurden anschließend Forschungsfragen generiert. Zusammenhänge der Studien bilden die Ergebnisse dieser wissenschaftlichen Literaturarbeit und dienen zur Beantwortung der Forschungsfragen. Ergebnisse: Im Zuge der Synthesenarbeit wurden die Themen „Krankheitswissen“, „Medikation und Therapie“, „Kommunikation und Vernetzung“, „Soziales Umfeld und Beziehungen“ und „Soziale Ungleichheit“ als Barriere von Schulkindern sowie als wichtige Themen der School Health Nurse im Disease Management und auch der gesundheitsbezogenen Lebensqualität identifiziert. Schlussfolgerung: School Health Nurses können den Barrieren von chronisch erkranken Schüler*innen entgegenwirken, deren herabgesetzte gesundheitsbezogene Lebensqualität steigern und dadurch das Gesundheitssystem zukünftig entlasten, wodurch die Kosten aufgrund weniger häufige Krankenhausaufenthalte gesenkt werden. Deshalb ist eine fixe Implementierung der School Health Nurse im Bildungssystem zu empfehlen. Introduction: Approximately 197,000 school children with a chronic disease live in Austria. Due to the expansion of the education system, they spend their daily routine at school. In order to meet Austria's care and support needs, Community Health Nurses are being implemented in the education system through the EU-funded pilot project School Nurse. Using Asthma bronchiale as a proxy for chronic diseases, this scientific literature review identifies the barriers to disease management of chronically ill children and adolescents in the school setting and the role of the School Health Nurse. Methodology: A systematic literature search with subsequent syntheses was conducted. For the included studies, the databases PubMed, CINAHL, Cochrane Library and National Association of School Nurses were searched. Research questions were then generated using inclusion and exclusion criteria to identify 15 suitable studies. Interrelationships of the studies form the results of this scientific literature work and serve to answer the research questions. Results: In the course of the synthesis work, the topics "Disease Knowledge", "Medication and Therapy", "Communication and Networking", "Social Environment and Relationships" and "Social Inequality" were identified as barriers of school children as well as important topics of the School Health Nurse in disease management and also health-related quality of life. Conclusion: Because of their role, school health nurses can counteract the barriers of chronically ill children and adolescents and also improve their reduced health-related quality of life. By increasing health literacy, the health care system will be relieved in the future and costs will be reduced as a consequence of less frequent hospital stays. Therefore a fixed implementation of the School Health Nurse in the education system is recommended.