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    Authoritarian Neoliberal Statecraft and the Political Economy of Mis/Disinformation: Resituating Western-Centric Debates in a Vietnamese Context
    (Center for Information, Technology, and Public Life at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill., 2023-01-24) Yến-Khanh, N; Phelan, S
    Academic and popular discussions of misinformation, disinformation, and “fake news” have prioritized the concerns of Western liberal democracies. In the rather different context of Vietnam, we highlight how the interplay of authoritarian state logics, corporate interests, weak journalism, and repressed civil society culture explains the way mis/disinformation manifests in Vietnamese news media. We argue that the ongoing need to de-Westernize media and communication studies must be part of any satisfactory answer to the question of “what comes after disinformation studies.”
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    Embedding digital information literacy into contact workshops: Authentic, case-based research tasks informing cross-discipline case discussion
    (Flexible Learning Association of New Zealand, 2021) Laven, L; Baxter, K; Hill, K
    The Masters of Veterinary Medicine is a 120 credit, online programme, comprising four or five taught courses (15 credit), and a research report (45/60 credits). Each course incorporates a contact workshop (face-to-face and/or online) of ~3 days. Research shows support resources are crucial for enhancing information literacy in postgraduate students (Eldermire et al., 2019; Stagg & Kimmins, 2014). Initially, science librarians (SciLib) were integrated into the MVM through EndNote support forums (Laven et al., 2018), but real-time integration of SciLib has now been introduced at contact workshops. Prior to these workshops, each subject lecturer develops a case-based research task and relevant clinical research questions that are sent to the SciLib so they can prepare search strategies. Students complete a digital information literacy quiz, and collated responses are forwarded to the SciLib. This enables the subsequent tutorial to be customised to the needs of the individuals attending. During the workshop, the SciLib deliver a short tutorial on digital literacy before moving on to look at the research tasks set for the case. Students research the clinical questions, while librarians provide personalised support to students both in the room and online. Following these subject-specific library sessions, all classes combine for an interactive discussion session (also streamed) which showcases how library research can affect decision making in case management. This practice has resulted in students starting research report courses equipped with enhanced skills related to sourcing and reviewing literature.
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    Self-reported occupant behaviours and multi-domain comfort preferences in New Zealand tertiary office buildings
    (2022-02-17) weerasinghe, A; Rasheed, E; Rotimi, J
    Often, building occupants compromise the energy savings of the building when they modulate their comfort through occupant behaviours. Significant energy impacts are possible through these occupant actions. Therefore, it is necessary to reduce energy consumption and emissions while considering the effects of occupant behaviour based on the occupants' comfort preferences. This study identifies the interrelation between occupants' indoor environment comfort preferences on occupant energy behaviours in New Zealand office buildings. The research used a case study approach with interviewing 25 participants and surveying 52 occupants selected from five educational office buildings. The data were analysed using content analysis and descriptive analysis to draw the findings. Results show that more than 50% of occupants adjust windows, lighting, shades, blinds, computers, heating appliances, drink hot/cold beverages, and adjust clothing to cope with indoor environmental discomfort. Amongst, drinking hot and cold beverages (77%) and opening and closing windows (73%) are most prominent. Specifically, more than 60% of occupants were expected to let in the fresh air, increase air movement, feel cooler, and feel warmer through opening/closing windows, drinking hot/cold beverages, adjusting clothing, and personal heaters. Therefore, air quality and thermal comfort preferences are more prominent than visual and acoustic preferences. The findings from the current study would assist design buildings that maintain occupant comfort. Energy modelers could also use this information to improve occupant energy models for accurate energy consumption prediction.
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    Comments on “Strategic complementarity and asymmetric price setting among firms”
    (Bank of International Settlements, 2020-03-01) Berka, M
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    Earning expected benefits of ERP for insurance organisations in Sri Lanka: Implementation perspective
    (27/08/2014) Atulugama, S; Prasanna, RP; Nanayakkara, V
    There are many complains around sustainability of the benefits of Insurance ERP implementations in Sri Lanka. The reason is mainly due to lack of expected benefits from these implementations and declining the initially acquired benefits. There could not find any related study in Sri Lankan context. Consequently this research was recognized. This paper describes how to sustain the expected benefits from Insurance ERP implementations in Sri Lanka from the implementation perspective. The outcome would guide prospective implementers and a way to mitigate the risk of huge investments they make. It has three main aims. Firstly to identify important factors that influences gaining sustainable value from such implementations. Secondly find the degree of criticality of such factors for post implementation success and value addition. Finally formulate a guideline to facilitate implementations. The study was based on the data collected from insurance professionals in Sri Lankan insurance industry representing various capacities. There were 24 semi-structured interviews conducted. The analysis of findings was further validated for its criticality through a 32 arguments questionnaire from same respondents and few additional professionals. In addition the information from two real life projects concluded recently was included. The final results were further analyzed with previous literature and developed a guidance using 20 important factors to consider in depth in order to sustain benefits
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    Capturing the public imagination: Communicating the cultural significance of submarine internet cables
    (SubOptic 2016, 28/04/2016) Holloway-Smith, B
    Popular terms such as “wireless”, “the cloud”, and “cyberspace” have misled public perceptions of internet infrastructure, belying its physical and geographically-bound reality. This can cause problems for the submarine cable industry, particularly when explaining the infrastructure of the internet to uninformed potential investors, regulators, and the public in general. As an independent forum art can be a useful mediator in these situations, enabling shifts in these perceptions of the internet. This paper discusses a range of artworks that present new perspectives on submarine internet cables from outside the industry.
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    Fast accurate multi-key weight measurement
    (Australian Mathematical Society, 27/05/2018) Gutschmidt, S; McGuinness, M; Munn, W; Hannam, J; Greenbank, E; Jeon, S; Lee, C-O; Kueh, C; Gibb, T; Goodger, B; McIntyre, A; Wake, G; Roberts, AJ
    We consider an industrial problem brought to the Mathematics in Industry New Zealand study group in 2016, where items pass briefly over load cells resulting in a noisy oscillatory signal, from which the mass of the item is to be computed. We compare results obtained using a single load cell for one piece of fruit, with results from passing over two load cells in tandem or in succession with fruit on multiple keys. We develop mathematical models to assist with the computation of total load mass, considering both deterministic and statistical approaches. The fitting of simple harmonic motion plus a step function exhibits the possibility of rapid estimates of load mass. We find that using multiple keys to measure the weight of a fruit provides more accurate results than using the single-key method.
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    FeedRight
    (22/06/2016) Kay, J; Roche, J; Donaghy, DJ; Hughes, T
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    Cross-cultural adaptation and user-experience validation of the ACAD Toolkit
    (2020) Yeoman, P; Carvalho, L; Castañeda, L; Adell, J