Testing the level of interactivity of institutional websites: From museums 1.0 to museums 2.0

The Internet has changed the way in which organizations communicate with their publics, and museums are not an exception. The consolidation of Web 2.0 has not only given museums access to a powerful new tool for disseminating information, but has involved significant changes in the relationship between institutions and their publics, facilitating and enhancing the interaction between them. The overall objective of this paper is to analyze the degree of interactivity implemented in the websites of major international art museums, in order to assess if museums are evolving towards more dialogic systems with relation to their publics. The results indicate that museums still have a low level of interactivity on their websites, both in the tools used to present information and the resources available for interaction with virtual visitors. But it has also observed that museums are progressively implementing interactive and dialogic sources, suggesting a clear trend towards new ways of managing these platforms in order to establish more participatory and collaborative communication systems with virtual users.

DEVELOPING SOCIAL CAPITAL WITHIN COMPANIES THROUGH ENTERPRISE 2.0

Whereas external social media has been studied, hyped and integrated into companies´ strategies, an insignificant concentration has been put on internal social solutions, which companies provide increasingly to their personnel. An enterprise focusing solely on the benefits of external social media might end up underestimating the true potential embedded in social business. The purpose of this thesis was to examine how social collaboration can be depicted as a structuration process in an Enterprise 2.0 environment. Furthermore, this thesis sought to reveal the benefits, challenges and possibilities of social business. This thesis focused on researching Enterprise 2.0 at the workplace. The studied Enterprise 2.0 solution was IBM Connections. The qualitative research methodology was an extensive case study. Three companies took part into this thesis and all in all 12 employees were interviewed. Additionally, seven IBM Social Business Experts were interviewed in order to receive a better understanding of the phenomenon. Three research questions were designed to fulfill the purpose of this thesis. The research questions were: 1. How are the dimensions of social capital structured through collaboration? 2. How does agency form in Enterprise 2.0? 3. How does social collaboration emerge as a result of the interplay between agency and dimensions of social capital in an Enterprise 2.0 environment and creates outcomes such as trust, identification and knowledge? The main research findings indicate that social collaboration increases trust, identification and knowledge by giving employees more capabilities to do their work. Consequently, social collaboration increases company performance by making individuals and groups more effective. The support of top management is crucial in making Enterprise 2.0 successful, because it is more a cultural than a technological change. Power agency, the lack of top management support and old established work ways such as email and databases work as barriers to social collaboration.

Experiences applying OVM 2.0 to an 8B/10B RTL design

The SystemVerilog implementation of the Open Verification Methodology (OVM) is exercised on an 8b/10b RTL open core design in the hope of being a simple yet complete exercise to expose the key features of OVM. Emphasis is put onto the actual usage of the verification components rather than a complete verification flow aiming at being of help to readers unfamiliar with OVM seeking to apply the methodology to their own designs. A link that takes you to the complete code is given to reinforce this aim. We found the methodology easy to use but intimidating at first glance specially for someone with little experience in object oriented programming. However it is clear to see the flexibility, portability and reusability of verification code once you manage to give some first steps.

Desenvolvimento de um sistema de laudos histopatológicos baseado na plataforma microsoft .net 2.0

Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES)

Progettazione e sviluppo di applicazioni distribuite su Web: da JavaScript a TypeScript

Il Web nel corso della sua esistenza ha subito un mutamento dovuto in parte dalle richieste del mercato, ma soprattutto dall’evoluzione e la nascita costante delle numerose tecnologie coinvolte in esso. Si è passati da un’iniziale semplice diffusione di contenuti statici, ad una successiva collezione di siti web, dapprima con limitate presenze di dinamicità e interattività (a causa dei limiti tecnologici), ma successivamente poi evoluti alle attuali applicazioni web moderne che hanno colmato il gap con le applicazioni desktop, sia a livello tecnologico, che a livello di diffusione effettiva sul mercato. Tali applicazioni web moderne possono presentare un grado di complessità paragonabile in tutto e per tutto ai sistemi software desktop tradizionali; le tecnologie web hanno subito nel tempo un evoluzione legata ai cambiamenti del web stesso e tra le tecnologie più diffuse troviamo JavaScript, un linguaggio di scripting nato per dare dinamicità ai siti web che si ritrova tutt’ora ad essere utilizzato come linguaggio di programmazione di applicazioni altamente strutturate. Nel corso degli anni la comunità di sviluppo che ruota intorno a JavaScript ha prodotto numerose librerie al supporto del linguaggio dotando così gli sviluppatori di un linguaggio completo in grado di far realizzare applicazioni web avanzate. Le recenti evoluzioni dei motori javascript presenti nei browser hanno inoltre incrementato le prestazioni del linguaggio consacrandone la sua leadership nei confronti dei linguaggi concorrenti. Negli ultimi anni a causa della crescita della complessità delle applicazioni web, javascript è stato messo molto in discussione in quanto come linguaggio non offre le classiche astrazioni consolidate nel tempo per la programmazione altamente strutturata; per questo motivo sono nati linguaggi orientati alla programmazione ad oggetti per il web che si pongono come obiettivo la risoluzione di questo problema: tra questi si trovano linguaggi che hanno l’ambizione di soppiantare JavaScript come ad esempio Dart creato da Google, oppure altri che invece sfruttano JavaScript come linguaggio base al quale aggiungono le caratteristiche mancanti e, mediante il processo di compilazione, producono codice JavaScript puro compatibile con i motori JavaScript presenti nei browser. JavaScript storicamente fu introdotto come linguaggio sia per la programmazione client-side, che per la controparte server-side, ma per vari motivi (la forte concorrenza, basse performance, etc.) ebbe successo solo come linguaggio per la programmazione client; le recenti evoluzioni del linguaggio lo hanno però riportato in auge anche per la programmazione server-side, soprattutto per i miglioramenti delle performance, ma anche per la sua naturale predisposizione per la programmazione event-driven, paradigma alternativo al multi-threading per la programmazione concorrente. Un’applicazione web di elevata complessità al giorno d’oggi può quindi essere interamente sviluppata utilizzando il linguaggio JavaScript, acquisendone sia i suoi vantaggi che gli svantaggi; le nuove tecnologie introdotte ambiscono quindi a diventare la soluzione per i problemi presenti in JavaScript e di conseguenza si propongono come potenziali nuovi linguaggi completi per la programmazione web del futuro, anticipando anche le prossime evoluzioni delle tecnologie già esistenti preannunciate dagli enti standard della programmazione web, il W3C ed ECMAScript. In questa tesi saranno affrontate le tematiche appena introdotte confrontando tra loro le tecnologie in gioco con lo scopo di ottenere un’ampia panoramica delle soluzioni che uno sviluppatore web dovrà prendere in considerazione per realizzare un sistema di importanti dimensioni; in particolare sarà approfondito il linguaggio TypeScript proposto da Microsoft, il quale è nato in successione a Dart apparentemente con lo stesso scopo, ma grazie alla compatibilità con JavaScript e soprattutto con il vasto mondo di librerie legate ad esso nate in questi ultimi anni, si presenta nel mercato come tecnologia facile da apprendere per tutti gli sviluppatori che già da tempo hanno sviluppato abilità nella programmazione JavaScript.

Combining ERP systems with enterprise 2.0

The paper discusses both the complementary factors and contradictions of adoption ERP based systems with enterprise 2.0. ERP is well known as its' efficient business process management. Also the high failure rate the system implementation is famous as well. According to [1], ERP systems could achieve efficient business performance by enabling a standardized business process design, but at a cost of flexibility in operations. However, enterprise 2.0 supports flexible business process management, informal and less structured interactions [3],[4],[21]. Traditional researcher claimed efficiency and flexibility may seem incompatible in that they are different business objectives and may exist in different organizational environments. However, the paper will break traditional norms that combine ERP and enterprise 2.0 in a single enterprise to improve both efficient and flexible operations simultaneously. Based on the multiple cases studies, four cases presented different attitudes on usage ERP systems and enterprise social systems. Based on socio-technical theory, the paper presents in-depth analysis benefits of combination ERP with enterprise 2.0 for these firms.

Combining ERP systems with enterprise 2.0

The chapter discusses both the complementary factors and contradictions of adoption ERP-based systems with Enterprise 2.0. ERP is well known as IT's efficient business process management. Enterprise 2.0 supports flexible business process management, informal, and less structured interactions. Traditional studies indicate efficiency and flexibility may seem incompatible because they are different business objectives and may exist in different organizational environments. However, the chapter breaks traditional norms that combine ERP and Enterprise 2.0 in a single enterprise to improve both efficient and flexible operations simultaneously. Based on multiple case studies, the chapter analyzes the benefits and risks of the combination of ERP with Enterprise 2.0 from process, organization, and people paradigms. © 2013 by IGI Global.

The contradictions and complementarities of combining ERP systems with enterprise 2.0 supported informal systems

The chapter discusses both the complementary factors and contradictions of adopting ERP based systems with enterprise 2.0. ERP is characterized as achieving efficient business performance by enabling a standardized business process design, but at a cost of flexibility in operations. It is claimed that enterprise 2.0 can support flexible business process management and so incorporate informal and less structured interactions. A traditional view however is that efficiency and flexibility objectives are incompatible as they are different business objectives which are pursued separately in different organizational environments. Thus an ERP system with a primary objective of improving efficiency and an enterprise 2.0 system with a primary aim of improving flexibility may represent a contradiction and lead to a high risk of failure if adopted simultaneously. This chapter will use case study analysis to investigate the use of a combination of ERP and enterprise 2.0 in a single enterprise with the aim of improving both efficiency and flexibility in operations. The chapter provides an in-depth analysis of the combination of ERP with enterprise 2.0 based on social-technical information systems management theory. The chapter also provides a summary of the benefits of the combination of ERP systems and enterprise 2.0 and how they could contribute to the development of a new generation of business management that combines both formal and informal mechanisms. For example, the multiple-sites or informal communities of an enterprise could collaborate efficiently with a common platform with a certain level of standardization but also have the flexibility in order to provide an agile reaction to internal and external events.

Vulcanus 2.0: A Recommender System for Accessibility

Even though the use of recommender systems is already widely spread in several application areas, there is still a lack of studies for accessibility research field. One of these attempts to use recommender system benefits for accessibility needs is Vulcanus. The Vulcanus recommender system uses similarity analysis to compare user’s trails. In this way, it is possible to take advantage of the user’s past behavior and distribute personalized content and services. The Vulcanus combined concepts from ubiquitous computing, such as user profiles, context awareness, trails management, and similarity analysis. It uses two different approaches for trails similarity analysis: resources patterns and categories patterns. In this work we performed an asymptotic analysis, identifying Vulcanus’ algorithm complexity. Furthermore we also propose improvements achieved by dynamic programming technique, so the ordinary case is improved by using a bottom-up approach. With that approach, many unnecessary comparisons can be skipped and now Vulcanus 2.0 is presented with improvements in its average case scenario.

The 2.0 angstrom crystal structure of a pocilloporin at pH 3.5: The structural basis for the linkage between color transition and halide binding

The pocilloporin Rtms5 and an engineered variant Rtms5(H146S) undergo distinct color transitions (from blue to red to yellow to colorless) in a pH-dependent manner. pK(a) values of 4.1 and 3.2 were determined for the blue (absorption lambda(max), 590 nm) to yellow (absorption lambda(max), similar to 453 nm) transitions of Rtms5 and Rtms5H(146). The pK(a) for the blue-yellow transition of Rtms5H(146S) increased by 1.4 U in the presence of 0.1 M KI, whereas the pK(a) for the same transition of Rtms5 was relatively insensitive to added halides. To understand the structural basis for these observations, we have determined to 2.0 A resolution the crystal structure of a yellow form of Rtms5(H146S) at pH 3.5 in the presence of iodide. Iodide was found occupying a pocket in the structure with a pH of 3.5, forming van der Waals contacts with the tyrosyl moiety of the chromophore. Elsewhere, it was determined that this pocket is occupied by a water molecule in the Rtms5(H141S) structure (pH 8.0) and by the side chain of histidine 146 in the wild-type Rtms5 structure. Collectively, our data provide an explanation for the observed linkage between color transitions for Rtms5(H146S) and binding to halides.

Bone repair in mandibular body osteotomy after using 2.0 miniplate system - histological and histometric analysis in dogs

The objective of this study was to evaluate the bone repair along a mandibular body osteotomy after using a 2.0 miniplate system. Nine adult mongrel dogs were subjected to unilateral continuous defect through an osteotomy between the mandibular 3rd and 4th premolars. Two four-hole miniplates were placed in accordance with the Arbeitgeimeinschaft fur Osteosynthesefragen Manual. Miniplates adapted to the alveolar processes were fixed monocortically with 6.0-mm-length titanium alloy self-tapping screws, whereas miniplates placed near the mandible bases were fixed bicortically. At 2, 6 and 12 weeks, three dogs were sacrificed per period, and the osteotomy sites were removed, divided into three thirds (Tension Third, TT; Intermediary Third, IT; Compression Third, CT) and prepared for conventional and polarized light microscopy. At 6 weeks, while the CT repaired faster and showed bone union by woven bone formation, the TT and IT exhibited a ligament-like fibrous connective tissue inserted in, and connecting, newly formed woven bone overlying the parent lamellar bone edges. At 12 weeks, bone repair took place at all thirds. Histometrically, proportions of newly formed bone did not alter at TT, IT and CT, whereas significantly enhanced bone formation was observed for the 12-week group, irrespective of the third. The results demonstrated that although the method used to stabilize the mandibular osteotomy allowed bone repair to occur, differences in the dynamics of bone healing may take place along the osteotomy site, depending on the action of tension and compression forces generated by masticatory muscles.

Experimental study of phase equilibria in the PbO-ZnO-"Fe2O3"-(CaO+SiO2) system in air for the lead and zinc blast furnace sinters (CaO/SiO2 weight ratio of 0.933 and PbO/(CaO+SiO2) ratios of 2.0 and 3.2)

Experimental studies on phase equilibria and liquidus in the multicomponent system PbO-ZnO-CaO-SiO2-FeO-Fe2O3 in air have been conducted over the temperature range between 1323 K (1050 degreesC) and 1623 K (1350 degreesC) to characterize the phase relations of the complex slag systems encountered in lead and zinc blast furnace sinters. The liquidus in two pseudoternary sections ZnO-Fe2O3-(PbO + CaO + SiO2) with the CaO/SiO2 weight ratio of 0.933 and PbO/(CaO + SiO2) weight ratios of 2.0 and 3.2 have been constructed.

Aplicação do sistema LiderA 2.0 de avaliação ambiental de edifícios ao Edifício Ferreira Cardoso do ISEL, no sentido do seu melhor desempenho ambiental

Esta dissertação aborda directamente o conceito de sustentabilidade de um edifício numa vertente prática, ou seja, explica o que são sistemas de avaliação de sustentabilidade de ambientes construídos, aplicando um dos sistemas, o LiderA 2.0®, a um edifício já construído. Pretende-se com este trabalho final de mestrado, explicar a importância da construção sustentável nos dias correntes, e, principalmente, o modo através do qual se pode avaliar a sustentabilidade de uma construção. Desta forma, é feita uma abordagem sucinta a alguns dos sistemas internacionais de avaliação de sustentabilidade que existem actualmente, aprofundando particularmente o sistema português, LiderA 2.0®. Foi escolhido um edifício já construído, o edifício Ferreira Cardoso do Instituto Superior de Engenharia de Lisboa (ISEL) onde é ministrado o curso de Engenharia Civil, por se tratar de um edifício que, em termos de sustentabilidade ou falta da mesma, seria interessante de estudar, pois, este apresenta várias patologias a nível de consumo de recursos que devem de ser alteradas. Com a aplicação do sistema LiderA 2.0® ao edifício Ferreira Cardoso, obtevese a classe actual de desempenho ambiental. Todavia, foram propostas soluções que levaram a um aumento do desempenho ambiental do edifício, conseguindo por isso uma classe superior à actual. Após a realização deste trabalho, tendo em conta as oportunidades de melhoria propostas, bem como a possível aplicação das mesmas, espera-se que o mesmo seja expandido a outros edifícios do ISEL e, no futuro, a todo o campus.

Adaptacao e validacao do WHODAS 2.0 em utentes com dor musculoesqueletica

OBJETIVO Validar a versão em português do World Health Organization Disability Assessment Schedule (WHODAS 2.0). MÉTODOS A versão original de 36 itens do WHODAS 2.0, administrada por entrevista, foi traduzida para o português de acordo com orientações internacionais e testada em nove participantes da população em geral. A versão em português foi administrada em 204 pacientes com patologia musculoesquelética. Foram coletados os dados sociodemográficos e de saúde dos pacientes, assim como o número de locais onde apresentavam dor e sua intensidade. O WHODAS 2.0 foi novamente administrado por um segundo entrevistador, um a três dias após a primeira entrevista, para avaliar a confiabilidade interavaliadores. A validade de constructo foi avaliada quanto a: capacidade do WHODAS 2.0 para diferenciar participantes com diferentes locais com dor e associação entre o WHODAS 2.0 e a intensidade da dor. A consistência interna também foi avaliada. RESULTADOS A versão portuguesa do WHODAS 2.0 teve fácil compreensão, apresentou boa consistência interna (α = 0,84) e confiabilidade interavaliadores (CCI = 0,95). Mostrou ser capaz de detectar diferenças estatisticamente significativas entre indivíduos com diferente número de locais com dor (p < 0,01) e indicar que maior incapacidade está associada à maior intensidade da dor (r = 0,44, p < 0,01), indicando validade de constructo. CONCLUSÕES A versão portuguesa do WHODAS 2.0 mostrou-se confiável e válida quando utilizada em pacientes com dor associada à patologia musculoesquelética.