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Partnering with a global platform to inform research and public policy making
Survey Research Methods, 2020 This paper describes a partnership between Facebook and academic institutions to create a global COVID-19 symptom survey. The survey is available in 56 languages.
Frauke Kreuter +18 more
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Women online: A study of Common Service Centres in India using a capability approach
Asia &the Pacific Policy Studies, Volume 9, Issue 3, Page 268-287, September 2022., 2022 Abstract Income‐generating activities by women are an effective means of reducing gender‐based deprivation and disparities. In the constrained familial and community settings of developing economies, online platforms can be an appropriate means for women to carry out economic activities. In this context, important initiatives taken by the Government of
Meenakshi Rajeev, Supriya Bhandarkar
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Poincaré maps for analyzing complex hierarchies in single-cell data
Nature Communications, 2020 The discovery of hierarchies in biological processes is central to developmental biology. Here the authors propose Poincaré maps, a method based on hyperbolic geometry to discover continuous hierarchies from pairwise similarities.
Anna Klimovskaia +3 more
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Brains and algorithms partially converge in natural language processing
Communications Biology, 2022 Deep learning algorithms trained to predict masked words from large amount of text have recently been shown to generate activations similar to those of the human brain. However, what drives this similarity remains currently unknown.
Charlotte Caucheteux, Jean-Rémi King
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OpenEDS2020 Challenge on Gaze Tracking for VR: Dataset and Results
Sensors, 2021 This paper summarizes the OpenEDS 2020 Challenge dataset, the proposed baselines, and results obtained by the top three winners of each competition: (1) Gaze prediction Challenge, with the goal of predicting the gaze vector 1 to 5 frames into the future ...
Cristina Palmero +5 more
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Kazakhstani womenʼs participation in online marketplaces: Benefits and barriers
Asia &the Pacific Policy Studies, Volume 9, Issue 3, Page 343-369, September 2022., 2022 Abstract This study aims to investigate womenʼs participation in offline and online marketplaces and identify related factors, particularly the digital divide, access to the internet, and the level of information and communications technology (ICT) proficiency.
Anel A. Kireyeva +4 more
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IEEE Access, 2022 Developing ways to affordably deliver broadband connectivity is one of the major issues of our time. In challenging deployment locations with irregular terrain, traditional Clear-Line-Of-Sight (CLOS) wireless links can be uneconomical to deploy, as the ...
Edward J. Oughton +2 more
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The Facebook Experience: A phenomenology of Facebook use [PDF]
Online Journal of Communication and Media Technologies, 2015 Based on the diaries and interviews of five Facebook users, we found that the phenomenology of Facebook use can be divided into three phases: managing intentions, experiencing the consequences of actions, and feeling a range of emotions. We propose that the theoretical framework we found in this study—of understanding the experience of Facebook as an ...
Edson C. Tandoc, Patrick Ferrucci
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Willingness of women‐led businesses in Pakistan to join formal e‐commerce platforms
Asia &the Pacific Policy Studies, Volume 9, Issue 3, Page 246-267, September 2022., 2022 Abstract An equitable distribution of economic benefits from the recent growth of e‐commerce in Pakistan requires inclusive adoption of formal digital marketplaces. The available literature and focused discussions reveal that most women‐led businesses rely on informal e‐commerce managed through social media applications and have incomplete and often ...
Syed M. Hasan +2 more
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Millimeter Wave MIMO-Based Depth Maps for Wireless Virtual and Augmented Reality
IEEE Access, 2021 Augmented and virtual reality systems (AR/VR) are rapidly becoming key components of the wireless landscape. For immersive AR/VR experience, these devices should be able to construct accurate depth perception of the surrounding environment. Current AR/VR
Abdelrahman Taha +5 more
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