293 research outputs found
The left intraparietal sulcus adapts to symbolic number in both the visual and auditory modalities: Evidence from fMRI
No full textA growing body of evidence from functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging adaptation (fMRIa) has implicated the left intraparietal sulcus (IPS) as a crucial brain region representing the semantic of number symbols. However, it is currently unknown to what extent the left IPS brain activity can be generalized across modalities (e.g., Arabic digits and spoken number words) and how robust and reproducible numerical adaptation effects are. In two separate fMRIa experiments we habituated the brain response of 20 native English-speaking (Experiment 1) and 34 native German-speaking (Experiment 2) adults to Arabic digits or spoken number words. Consistent with previous findings, experiment 1 revealed numerical ratio dependent adaptation to Arabic numerals in the left IPS using both conventional and cortex-based alignment techniques. Experiment 2 revealed numerical ratio dependent signal recovery in the left IPS following adaptation to both Arabic numerals and spoken number words using both conventional and cortex-based alignment techniques. Together, these findings suggest that the left IPS is involved in symbolic number processing across modalities
Studies in Health Technology and Informatics / cMOOC Recommendations to Enhance AI Literacy Among Healthcare Professionals
No full textBackground: Applications of artificial intelligence (AI) are finding their way into many areas of society, including healthcare and show their potential in this domain. To evaluate these new technologies and use them wisely, healthcare professionals need to integrate AI literacy into their curricula in a meaningful way, as they do in other academic fields. Objectives: The aim of this paper is to share initial experiences in the didactic implementation of an online course in health professions education that is designed to strengthen the healthcare community in acquiring AI competences and enable ethical and legal discussion regarding AI. Based on these experiences, recommendations will be derived. Methods: The course was designed and developed based on a comprehensive requirements analysis and tested in a two-stage evaluation. Result: The key factors for creating the online course were identified and recommendations and strategies to enhance AI literacy are given. Conclusion: Online training courses offer the possibility to integrate AI literacy aspects into healthcare professionals’ education. Future work should focus on further evaluation.Bianca Buchgraber-Schnalzer, Marco Tilli, Rupert Beinhauer, Waltraud Jelinek-Krickl, Raphaele Raab, Klaus Lichtenegger, Michael Hammer, Gernot Reishofer and Helmut RitschlVersion of recor
Author – Narrator – Defendant: A legal Approach to Werner Kofler\u27s Voice
No full textGernot Waldner nähert sich dem Phänomen Stimme am Beispiel des Autors Werner Koflers aus juristischer Perspektive. Der Beitrag analysiert detailliert die rhetorischen Strategien in den Akten jenes Prozesses, den der Journalist Michael Jeannée 1991 anlässlich einer Passage in Koflers Der Hirt auf dem Felsen wegen üblicher Nachrede anstrengte. Waldner zeigt nicht nur Widersprüche der Argumentationen auf, sondern leitet daraus Auswirkungen auf Koflers Poetik ab. Koflers Prosa Üble Nachrede – Furcht und Unruhe erscheint in dieser Lesart als Verarbeitung des Prozesses und als formale Reaktion auf konkrete juristische Vorgehensweisen, wie etwa die Identifikation einer Erzählstimme mit dem Autor.
Author – Narrator – Defendant: A legal Approach to Werner Kofler\u27s Voice: Gernot Waldner approaches the phenomenon of voice from a legal perspective using the example of Werner Kofler. The contribution provides a detailed analysis of the rhetorical strategies in the files of the court case following journalist Michael Jeannée filing for defamation because of a passage in Kofler\u27s Der Hirt auf dem Felsen. He not only shows contradictions in the arguments but deduces effects on Kofler\u27s poetics. From this perspective, Kofler\u27s prose piece Üble Nachrede – Furcht und Unruhe emerges as a working through of the court case and as a formal reaction to concrete legal procedures, for instance identifying narrative voice with the author.Gernot Waldner approaches the phenomenon of voice from a legal perspective using the example of Werner Kofler. The contribution provides a detailed analysis of the rhetorical strategies in the files of the court case following journalist Michael Jeannée filing for defamation because of a passage in Kofler’s Der Hirt auf dem Felsen. He not only shows contradictions in the arguments but deduces effects on Kofler’s poetics. From this perspective, Kofler’s prose piece Üble Nachrede – Furcht und Unruhe emerges as a working through of the court case and as a formal reaction to concrete legal procedures, for instance identifying narrative voice with the author
The Size of Author Teams in the Social Sciences
No full textThe last decades have seen an unprecedented rise in the size of author teams across all academic disciplines. In the social sciences, existing literature highlights that the number of authors varies greatly between research fields, geographical regions, job positions and experience. Yet we lack comprehensive understandings of the specific effects of these factors. By employing data from a large-scaled worldwide survey, we shed light on this conundrum. Our results show that psychologists as well as information technologists and operations researchers work on average in larger author teams while sociologists and political scientists work in smaller author teams. In addition, we find that Eastern European scholars work in smaller author teams and that postdocs tend to have more single-authored publications. Based on our results we call upon those in charge of search and tenure procedures to focus more on multi-authored publications while keeping the applicants’ different research field and geographical backgrounds in mind. Furthermore, we highlight the importance of academic conferences as they allow scholars to establish fruitful networks for future collaborations
Gernot Böhme’s Philosophy of Technics
No full textPrzedmiotem artykułu jest rekonstrukcja głównych wątków filozofii techniki Gernota Böhmego. W swych pracach z tego zakresu zawartych w tomie Invasive Technisierung. Technikphilosophie und Technikkritik (2008) Böhme odchodzi od założeń swej rozwijanej wcześniej koncepcji „finalizacji nauki” (kwestię tę autor omawia szczegółowo w pierwszej części tekstu) i sytuuje filozofię techniki na pograniczu antropologii filozoficznej oraz filozofii społecznej, pytając o skutki procesów technicyzacji zarówno dla tożsamości człowieka współczesnego, jak i przeobrażeń wzorów integracji społecznej (społeczna rola sieci informatycznych i technostruktur). Jego stanowisko ma charakter par excellence krytyczny. Böhme odwołuje się do filozoficznej tradycji Szkoły Frankfurckiej i w polemicznym nawiązaniu do filozofii społecznej Jürgena Habermasa pyta o kryteria „racjonalności” techniki. Omawia także kulturowe źródła oporu przed „inwazyjną technicyzacją” nie tylko w kulturze Zachodu, lecz także w kulturach Dalekiego Wschodu. Zastanawia się wreszcie nad tymi horyzontami antropologicznymi postępu technicznego, które uważa za neutralne etycznie i które odsłaniać mają przed człowiekiem nowe możliwości samowiedzy i ekspresji. Analizy autora kończy zestawienie kilku pytań, które wskazują jego zdaniem na kwestie otwarte w filozofii techniki Böhmego.The article reconstructs the main threads of Gernot Böhme’s philosophy of technology. In his writings on the subject in the volume Invasive Technification: Critical Essays in the Philosophy of Technology (2008) Böhme abandons his earlier “finalisation of science” theory (which the author expounds in detail in the first part of the article) and situates philosophy of technology between philosophical anthropology and social philosophy. In this context, he reflects on the effects of technification for the identity of contemporary humans and changing social integration models (the social role of IT networks and technostructures). Böhme’s position is par excellence critical. Referring to the philosophical traditions of the Frankfurt School, he argues against the social philosophy of Jürgen Habermas and asks about the criteria which determine the “rationality” of technology. Böhme also reviews the cultural sources of resistance to “invasive technification”, not only in Western, but also in Far Eastern cultures. Finally, he discusses those anthropological horizons of technological progress which he considers to be ethically neutral and capable of opening new areas of self-knowledge and expression to humankind. The author closes his paper with a set of questions which in his opinion point to some still open issues in Böhme’s philosophy of technology
A contribuição de teorias das Ciências Sociais para a Ciência da Informação na perspectiva de Gernot Wersig
No full textThe scope of this research seeks to understand how it has developed the Information Science and the prospect of this development to analyze what are the attempts to adopt approaches to theories of social sciences in the field of Information Science. We tried to see these attempts at analyzing the work of one author, so was selected among the twelve authors Gernot Wersig theoretical perspective and identified in his work sought to identify the possibility of adoption and incorporation of theories of Social Sciences for Information Science. The research initially part of a discussion about science and its development and then discuss the emergence and development of social sciences and therefore of Information Science. Made this discussion search is then a focus of analysis guided by a theoretical framework of social sciences, enabling find these theories present in theoretical discussions of information science from the perspective of the author selected.No escopo dessa pesquisa busca-se entender como tem se desenvolvido a Ciência da Informação e na perspectiva desse desenvolvimento analisar quais são tentativas de se adotar abordagens de teorias das Ciências Sociais no campo da Ciência da Informação. Buscou-se ver essas tentativas a partir da análise da obra de um autor, dessa forma, selecionou-se dentre doze autores o teórico Gernot Wersig, e pela perspectiva identificada em sua obra buscou-se identificar a possibilidade de adoção e incorporação de teorias das Ciências Sociais pela Ciência da Informação. A pesquisa parte, inicialmente, de uma discussão sobre a ciência e seu desenvolvimento para, então, discutir o surgimento e o desenvolvimento das Ciências Sociais e, por conseguinte, da Ciência da Informação. Feita essa discussão, busca-se, então, um enfoque de análise, pautado por um quadro teórico das Ciências Sociais, que permita encontrar teorias dessas presentes nas discussões teóricas da Ciência da Informação pela perspectiva do autor selecionado
A contribuição de teorias das Ciências Sociais para a Ciência da Informação na perspectiva de Gernot Wersig
No full textThe scope of this research seeks to understand how it has developed the Information Science and the prospect of this development to analyze what are the attempts to adopt approaches to theories of social sciences in the field of Information Science. We tried to see these attempts at analyzing the work of one author, so was selected among the twelve authors Gernot Wersig theoretical perspective and identified in his work sought to identify the possibility of adoption and incorporation of theories of Social Sciences for Information Science. The research initially part of a discussion about science and its development and then discuss the emergence and development of social sciences and therefore of Information Science. Made this discussion search is then a focus of analysis guided by a theoretical framework of social sciences, enabling find these theories present in theoretical discussions of information science from the perspective of the author selected.No escopo dessa pesquisa busca-se entender como tem se desenvolvido a Ciência da Informação e na perspectiva desse desenvolvimento analisar quais são tentativas de se adotar abordagens de teorias das Ciências Sociais no campo da Ciência da Informação. Buscou-se ver essas tentativas a partir da análise da obra de um autor, dessa forma, selecionou-se dentre doze autores o teórico Gernot Wersig, e pela perspectiva identificada em sua obra buscou-se identificar a possibilidade de adoção e incorporação de teorias das Ciências Sociais pela Ciência da Informação. A pesquisa parte, inicialmente, de uma discussão sobre a ciência e seu desenvolvimento para, então, discutir o surgimento e o desenvolvimento das Ciências Sociais e, por conseguinte, da Ciência da Informação. Feita essa discussão, busca-se, então, um enfoque de análise, pautado por um quadro teórico das Ciências Sociais, que permita encontrar teorias dessas presentes nas discussões teóricas da Ciência da Informação pela perspectiva do autor selecionado
Understanding the Potential of Augmented Reality in Manufacturing Environments
No full textManufacturing companies are confronted with challenges due to increasing flexibility requirements and skill gaps. Augmented Reality applications offer an efficient way to overcome these tensions by enhancing the interaction between people and technology. The positive effects of Augmented Reality solutions are often described in individual models in the scientific literature. This research-in-progress aims to aggregate the empirical findings in the usage of Augmented Reality solutions in manufacturing environments. A meta-analysis is conducted to synthesise several small studies into one large study to achieve this. In particular, the meta-analysis will focus on the impact of Augmented Reality applications on cognitive load levels. Furthermore, the effect on processing time and error rates will be evaluated. Initial results of the meta-analysis will be expected and reported at this year’s NeuroIS Retreat.Green Open Access added to TU Delft Institutional Repository ‘You share, we take care!’ – Taverne project https://www.openaccess.nl/en/you-share-we-take-care Otherwise as indicated in the copyright section: the publisher is the copyright holder of this work and the author uses the Dutch legislation to make this work public.Economics of Technology and InnovationSystem Engineerin
The parties' possible duty of confidentiality in arbitral proceedings according to Austrian law
No full textDie Vertraulichkeit des Schiedsverfahrens wird häufig zu den wesentlichen Vorteilen dieser Art der alternativen Streitbeilegung gezählt. Verfahren bei staatlichen Gerichten sind dagegen nicht vertraulich. Während weitgehend anerkannt ist, dass Schiedsinstitutionen und die Mitglieder eines Schiedsgerichts die Vertraulichkeit des Verfahrens zu wahren haben, bleibt die Problematik der Vertraulichkeitspflicht der Schiedsparteien seit jeher umstritten. Die Ungewissheit lässt sich auf die mangelnden gesetzlichen Regelungen und die fehlende Judikatur in Österreich zurückführen. Aus dieser Tatsache darf jedoch nicht geschlossen werden, dass die Schiedsparteien keine Vertraulichkeitspflicht treffen kann. Demzufolge befasst sich die vorliegende Arbeit mit der Frage, ob die Schiedsparteien trotz uneinheitlicher Meinungen und Ansätze einer impliziten Vertraulichkeitspflicht unterliegen. Es wird primär untersucht, ob sich eine solche Vertraulichkeitspflicht der Parteien als Nebenpflicht der Schiedsvereinbarung ergibt, selbst wenn diese keine ausdrückliche Pflicht zur Geheimhaltung von vertraulichen Informationen vereinbart haben. Aufgrund der internationalen Relevanz der Schiedsgerichtsbarkeit werden zudem nicht-österreichische Regelungen, Meinungen und Gerichtsentscheidungen näher betrachtet, um einen Vergleich zu Österreich ziehen zu können.In comparison to state court proceedings, the confidentiality of arbitration is often regarded as one of the major advantages of this form of alternative dispute resolution. It is widely acknowledged that arbitrators and arbitral institutions are under a duty of confidentiality. Quite to the contrary, the question of whether the parties bear duties of confidentiality remains controversial. This uncertainty is caused by the lack of decisions and explicit legal provisions on this topic under Austrian Law. From that fact, however, one should not infer that no duty of confidentiality applies. Thus, the diploma thesis is primary dealing with the question whether the parties to an arbitration are under an implied duty of confidentiality, although there are no uniform views and approaches on this point. The author analyzes if such a duty of confidentiality is to be derived from an accessory obligation that arises out of the arbitration agreement, even where the parties have not explicitly agreed upon a duty of confidentiality. Due to the international relevance of arbitration, the diploma thesis further deals with non-Austrian legal provisions, opinions and case laws to perform a comparative analysis to Austria.vorgelegt von: Gernot WinterleitnerAbweichender Titel laut Übersetzung des VerfassersDiplomarbeit Karl-Franzens-Universität Graz 2016 R851
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