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SOCIAL ORIENTED QUALITY: FROM QUALITY 4.0 TOWARDS QUALITY 5.0

open access: yesProceedings on Engineering Sciences, 2019
A quality concept followed industrial and social development. For first aspect of development is distinguished as a four stages in industrial revolution. Now we are in mixed state with 2nd industrial revolution (using electrical energy in production processes with division of labor), 3rd industrial revolution (using IT and ICT systems for flexible ...
Sandra Milunovic Koprivica   +3 more
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Improving Recommendation Quality by Merging Collaborative Filtering and Social Relationships [PDF]

open access: yes, 2011
Matrix Factorization techniques have been successfully applied to raise the quality of suggestions generated\ud by Collaborative Filtering Systems (CFSs).
De Meo, Pasquale   +3 more
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Determining whether ICT improves social interactions [PDF]

open access: yes, 2005
[Abstract]: Governments are increasingly aware of the power of the Internet as medium for communication and social interaction. Using the Internet Technology on broadband provides fact access to information and communication.
Gururajan, Raj
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Cohesion, Exclusion and Social Quality [PDF]

open access: yesInternational Journal of Social Quality, 2014
The concept of social quality has been operationalized in terms of four component dimensions: social inclustion, social cohesion, socio-economic security and social empowerment. This article argues that inclusion and cohesion are aspects of the same underlying social construct.
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Discussion quality diffuses in the digital public square

open access: yes, 2017
Studies of online social influence have demonstrated that friends have important effects on many types of behavior in a wide variety of settings. However, we know much less about how influence works among relative strangers in digital public squares ...
Boyd D. M.   +5 more
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Centrality in children's best friend networks: the role of social behaviour [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
Centrality is an indicator of an individual's relative importance within a social group. Predictors of centrality in best friendship networks were examined in 146 children (70 boys, 76 girls, Mage= 9.95). Children completed measures of social confidence,
Betts, LR, Stiller, J
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Quality of life: Conceptual challenges in exploring the role of ICT in active ageing [PDF]

open access: yes, 2008
The chapter aims to examine the definitional challenges associated with the term quality of life, measurement challenges, the challenges associated with enhancing quality of life, and the role of information and communication technologies (ICT) in ...
Gilhooly, K, Gilhooly, M, Jones, RB
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The role of companion animals in advanced cancer: an interpretative phenomenological analysis

open access: yesBMC Palliative Care, 2022
Background There is evidence that a companion animal (CA) or ‘pet’ can be helpful during the management of chronic illness. However, the psychological effects of CAs and the mechanism by which they can be beneficial to individuals managing life-limiting ...
William R. G. McGhee   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Optimal Budget Allocation in Social Networks: Quality or Seeding

open access: yes, 2014
In this paper, we study a strategic model of marketing and product consumption in social networks. We consider two competing firms in a market providing two substitutable products with preset qualities. Agents choose their consumptions following a myopic
Ajorlou, Amir   +2 more
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Pharmacoeconomic analysis of the application of follitropin alfa in combination with assisted reproductive technologies

open access: yesФармакоэкономика, 2022
Objective: to evaluate clinical-economic feasibility and impact of follitropin alfa on the state healthcare budget of the Russian Federation in the population of women with diagnosed infertility and poor ovarian response, who undergo treatment with ...
K. A. Perova   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

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