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Global change: shear-dominated geotectonics modulated by rhythmic Earth pulsations.
No full textIn: CHATTERJEE S. & HOTTON N. III (eds.), "New Concepts in Global Tectonics". Texas Tech University Press, Lubbock
Examining the Influence of Trustworthiness, Financial Rewards, and Admiration for Crowdsourcing in the Post COVID-19 Period
Full text linkOver the past two decades, crowdsourcing activities
have expanded considerably. More recently, the COVID-19 pandemic
has radically changed the way people live and work, and
the way organizations do business. So far, not many studies have
analyzed if and to what extent trustworthiness can influence the
admiration to practice crowdsourcing and could reward financial
benefits in the COVID-19 period. Against this background, in this
article, the aim is to investigate the influence of crowdfunding trustworthiness
and financial rewards on the success of crowdsourcing
activities. The analysis is made more complete by including
technology leadership support as a moderator. With the help of
the existing literature and theories, a research model has been
developed conceptually, which was later validated using the partial
least square-structural equation modeling technique on a sample
of 319 responses from participants based in Europe and Asia. The
study found that lucidity, gamification, exposure, and coordination
along with financial rewards positively influence admiration
for crowdsourcing, which, in turn, positively impacts successful
crowdsourcing practices in the COVID-19 period. The study also
shows that there is a significantmoderating impact of technological
leadership support on successful crowdsourcing practices in the
COVID-19 period
Exploring the Influence of Exploitative and Explorative Digital Transformation on Organization Flexibility and Competitiveness
Full text linkDigital transformation processes help integrate digital technologies across all the departments of organizations, as well as to adopt digital technology rapidly in an organization. Enhanced organizational innovativeness, efficiency, and competitiveness might be among the outcomes of digital transformation. While digital transformation could be exploitative and explorative in nature, how such a transformation could impact the flexibility and competitiveness of organizations has not been extensively investigated. Against this backdrop, the main objective of this article is to investigate the influence of exploitative as well as explorative digital transformation on organization flexibility and competitiveness. Building on existing theories and literature, a research model is developed that was later tested using a covariance-based structural equation modeling approach applied to the responses of 312 managers from Indian organizations, which are in the process of pursuing digital transformation or have already adopted digital technologies in different departments. This article found that digital transformation helps organizations to become more flexible and it eventually improves the competitiveness of the organizations
Nonstandard Neutrino Interactions as a Solution to the NOν A and T2K Discrepancy
Full text linkThe latest data of the two long-baseline accelerator experiments NOνA and T2K, interpreted in the standard three-flavor scenario, display a discrepancy. A mismatch in the determination of the standard CP phase δCP extracted by the two experiments is evident in the normal neutrino mass ordering. While NOνA prefers values close to δCP∼0.8π, T2K identifies values of δCP∼1.4π. Such two estimates are in disagreement at more than 90% C.L. for 2 degrees of freedom. We show that such a tension can be resolved if one hypothesizes the existence of complex neutral-current nonstandard interactions (NSIs) of the flavor changing type involving the e-μ or the e-τ sectors with couplings | μeμ|∼| μeτ|∼0.2. Remarkably, in the presence of such NSIs, both experiments point towards the same common value of the standard CP phase δCP∼3π/2. Our analysis also highlights an intriguing preference for maximal CP violation in the nonstandard sector with the NSI CP phases having best fit close to φeμ∼φeτ∼3π/2, hence pointing towards imaginary NSI couplings
Going Beyond Counting First Authors in Author Co-citation Analysis
Full text linkThe present study examines one of the fundamental aspects of author co-citation analysis (ACA) - the way co-citation
counts are defined. Co-citation counting provides the data on which all subsequent statistical analyses and mappings
are based, and we compare ACA results based on two different types of co-citation counting - the traditional type that
only counts the first one among a cited work's authors on the one hand and a non-traditional type that takes into
account the first 5 authors of a cited work on the other hand. Results indicate that the picture produced through this non-traditional author co-citation counting contains more coherent author groups and is therefore considerably clearer. However, this picture represents fewer specialties in the research field being studied than that produced through the traditional first-author co-citation counting when the same number of top-ranked authors is selected and analyzed. Reasons for these effects are discussed
Variations on the Author
Full text link“Variations on the Author” discusses two of Eduardo Coutinho’s recent films (Um Dia na Vida, from 2010, and Últimas Conversas, posthumously released in 2015) and their contribution to the general question of documentary authorship. The director’s filmography is characterized by a consistent yet self-effacing form of authorial self-inscription: Coutinho often features as an interviewer that rather than express opinions propels discourses; an interviewer that is good at listening. This mode of self-inscription characterizes him as an author who is not expressive but who is nonetheless markedly present on the screen. In Um Dia na Vida, however, Coutinho is completely absent form the image, while Últimas Conversas, on the contrary, includes a confessional prologue that moves the director from the margins to the center of his films. This article examines the ways in which these works stand out in the filmography of a director who offers new insights into the notion of cinematic authorship
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