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Description Logics for Information Integration [PDF]

open access: yes, 2002
Information integration is the problem of combining the data residing at different, heterogeneous sources, and providing the user with a unified view of these data, called mediated schema. The mediated schema is therefore a reconciled view of the information, which can be queried by the user.
DIEGO CALVANESE   +2 more
openaire   +2 more sources

‘School is their whole world’: Teachers' perspectives on loneliness among children and adolescents from England and mainland China

open access: yesBritish Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract As front‐line observers and active participants in pupils' daily lives, teachers closely monitor pupils' social interactions, emotional states and behavioural changes. Their unique perspective enables them to detect problems in the social lives of their pupils that may not be immediately visible to peers, parents or mental health professionals.
Yixuan Zheng   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

A Response to McMurtry's System of Fallacy in the Media

open access: yesInformal Logic, 1992
In the Fall 1988 issue of Informal Logic, John McMurtry suggests that the current mass communication system "obstructs and deforms our thinking and our reasoning by a general system of deception" (p. 133).
Walter Ulrich
doaj   +1 more source

Addressing racialised awarding gap in higher education: Insights from personal tutors

open access: yesBritish Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Situated within a wider cross‐institutional research project, this article provides an in‐depth case study of one higher education (HE) institution, focusing on how personal tutors make sense of racialised degree awarding disparities for both undergraduate and postgraduate students, how they perceive their responsibilities, the challenges and ...
Benjamin Ajibade   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Knowing education in Thailand like a global expert organisation: Politics, context and data

open access: yesBritish Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Global expert organisations play increasingly significant roles in the way that education is understood and governed internationally, including by influencing the discourses through which education is conceptualised and shaping norms of what counts as success, failure, progress and the most desirable visions for the future.
Steve Puttick   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

From the Editors

open access: yesInformal Logic, 2023
Informal Logic
doaj   +1 more source

Barriers and Enablers of Circular Economy in Electrical and Electronic Equipment: A Systematic Literature Review

open access: yesBusiness Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Rapid technological change, shorter lifecycles and rising demand for electrical and electronic equipment (EEE) are increasing waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE) and emphasise the need for a circular economy. This paper identifies barriers and enablers of the circular transition in EEE and outlines interventions.
Aya Abdelmeguid, Lucia Corsini
wiley   +1 more source

Situating logic and information in information science [PDF]

open access: yesJournal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology, 2009
AbstractInformation Science (IS) is commonly said to study collection, classification, storage, retrieval, and use of information. However, there is no consensus on what information is. This article examines some of the formal models of information and informational processes, namely, Situation Theory and Shannon's Information Theory, in terms of their
openaire   +3 more sources

In Memoriam

open access: yesInformal Logic, 2023
Informal Logic
doaj   +1 more source

Digital Transformation and Informal Innovation in Africa: Reframing STI Policy for Inclusive Circular Economy Transitions

open access: yesBusiness Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Amid increasing environmental and economic pressures, Africa's transition to a circular economy (CE) presents a vital pathway to inclusive, low‐carbon development. Yet, how digital transformation, informal innovation, and science, technology, and innovation (STI) policy readiness shape CE outcomes remains underexplored.
Emmanuel K. Manu   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

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