Abmash: Mashing Up Legacy Web Applications by Automated Imitation of Human Actions

Many business web-based applications do not offer applications programming interfaces (APIs) to enable other applications to access their data and functions in a programmatic manner. This makes their composition difficult (for instance to synchronize data between two applications). To address this challenge, this paper presents Abmash, an approach to facilitate the integration of such legacy web applications by automatically imitating human interactions with them. By automatically interacting with the graphical user interface (GUI) of web applications, the system supports all forms of integrations including bi-directional interactions and is able to interact with AJAX-based applications. Furthermore, the integration programs are easy to write since they deal with end-user, visual user-interface elements. The integration code is simple enough to be called a "mashup".Comment: Software: Practice and Experience (2013)

Film and moving image studies: re-born digital? Some participant observations

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The Power of Information

Dissertação de mestrado em Psicologia Clínica (Sistémica, Saúde e Família) apresentada à Faculdade de Psicologia e Ciências da Educação da Universidade de CoimbraA mortalidade e morbilidade infantil é uma realidade prevalente em Angola, principalmente nas unidades de cuidados de saúde materno-infantil. Os nascimentos de risco são frequentes e o modo como as mães lidam com esta situação constitui um ponto de análise relevante no contexto angolano. O presente estudo tem por objetivo principal avaliar o investimento materno nos bebés nascidos em situação de risco, assim como estudar a aplicabilidade da Escala de Investimento Parental na Criança. A amostra é constituída por 80 mães recentes, sendo metade mães de bebés prematuros ou doentes, internados na UCIN, e a outra metade, mães de bebés saudáveis. Os dados foram recolhidos no Hospital Irene Neto do Lubango. Foram usados como instrumentos de avaliação um Questionário sociodemográfico, um Questionário geral sobre a Gravidez e Nascimento, um Questionário sobre os Aspetos ligados à Situação de Risco do bebé e a Escala de Investimento Parental na Criança (EIPC; Bradley & cols., 1997; versão portuguesa de Gameiro, Martinho, Canavarro & Moura-Ramos, 2008). Os resultados relativos à consistência interna da EIPC evidenciam valores inferiores, em comparação com o estudo português. Não se encontram diferenças estatisticamente significativas entre as duas subamostras quanto ao investimento materno no bebé. Os resultados são discutidos pondo em evidência algumas especificidades culturais da amostra estudada.Mortality and morbidity in children is a prevalent reality in Angola, especially in intensive care units of maternal and child health. The risk births are common and the way mothers deal with this situation constitutes a relevant point of analysis in the Angolan context. The present study aims at assessing the maternal investment in babies born at risk, and to study the applicability of the Parental Investment in the Child Scale. The sample consists of 80 recent mothers; half are mothers of premature or sick babies, hospitalized in the NICU, and the other half are mothers of healthy babies. Data were collected in Irene Neto Hospital of Lubango. The instruments used were a socio-demographic questionnaire, a General questionnaire on Pregnancy and Childbirth, a questionnaire on Aspects related to Risk of Baby and the Parental Investment in the Children Scale (Bradley et al., 1997; Portuguese version of Gameiro, Martinho, Canavarro & Moura-Ramos, 2008). The results for internal consistency of the EIPC show lower values compared to the Portuguese study. There are no statistically significant differences between the two subsamples on the maternal investment in the baby. The results are discussed highlighting some cultural specificities of the studied sample

The perks and downsides of being a digital prosumer: optimistic and pessimistic approaches to digital prosumption

The recent evolution of users’ position and agency in digital environments absorbs the attention of several scholars in different fields of study. Users’ new ontological status as prosumers, simultaneously producers and consumers, and their role regarding productive paradigms has raised a lot of contrasting opinions. Different discursive techniques are employed to investigate production practices in digital worlds and are often crafted with the conventions of utopian and anti-utopian approaches. Nevertheless, the adoption of optimistic or pessimistic analytical and rhetorical strategies appears to be prejudiced towards the study of emerging online practices. In reality, the analysis of positive and negative approaches to productive paradigms in digital environments results in the detection of their limitations in reaching a comprehensive understanding of the investigated phenomena. Therefore, the adoption of a more neutral perspective is suggested, one that could potentially foster a holistic approach and therefore a broader and deeper comprehension of the analyzed phenomena

The social web and archaeology's restructuring: impact, exploitation, disciplinary change

From blogs to crowdfunding, YouTube to LinkedIn, online photo-sharing sites to open-source community-based software projects, the social web has been a meaningful player in the development of archaeological practice for two decades now. Yet despite its myriad applications, it is still often appreciated as little more than a tool for communication, rather than a paradigm-shifting system that also shapes the questions we ask in our research, the nature and spread of our data, and the state of skill and expertise in the profession. We see this failure to critically engage with its dimensions as one of the most profound challenges confronting archaeology today. The social web is bound up in relations of power, control, freedom, labour and exploitation, with consequences that portend real instability for the cultural sector and for social welfare overall. Only a handful of archaeologists, however, are seriously debating these matters, which suggests the discipline is setting itself up to be swept away by our unreflective investment in the cognitive capitalist enterprise that marks much current web-based work. Here we review the state of play of the archaeological social web, and reflect on various conscientious activities aimed both at challenging practitioners’ current online interactions, and at otherwise situating the discipline as a more informed innovator with the social web’s possibilities

Proceedings of the Sixth Danish Human-Computer Interaction Research Symposium.

Proceedings of theSixth Danish Human-Computer Interaction Research Symposium.Aarhus, Denmark, November 15, 200

Working outside of the system

The Deakin Studies Online (DSO) Learning Management System (LMS) forms the fundamental basis for tertiary education at Deakin University. This LMS is founded on Web 1.0 principles, however significant potential exists for engagement in Web 2.0 technologies to support learning and teaching in the design studio. A digitally enhanced design curriculum is discussed starting with html-based reflective folios in 2001, the use of blogs for reflection and resource creation and culminating in a Web 2.0 design studio based on social networking.<br /

Potential application of tetrapleura tetraptera and hibiscus sabdariffa (Malvaceae) in designing highly flavoured and bioactive pito with functional properties

Sorghum beer (pito) is an indigenous alcoholic beverage peculiar to northern Ghana and parts of other West African countries. It is overwhelmed with calories, essential amino acids (such as lysine, etc.), B-group vitamins, and minerals. In recent years, there has been a growing demand for highly flavoured yet functional pito in Ghana; however, the local producers lack the prerequisite scientific expertise in designing such products. We propose the utilization of Tetrapleura tetraptera (TT) and Hibiscus sabdariffa (HS) as cheap and readily available materials in designing functional flavoured pito. The addition of TT and HS would not alter the fermentation profile but rather augment the starter with nutrients, thus improving the fermentation performance and shelf life of the final pito. In vitro and in vivo studies provide substantive evidence of antioxidant, nephro-and hepato-protective, renal/diuretic effect, anticholesterol, antidiabetic, and antihypertensive effects among others of the TT and HS, hence enriching the pito with health-promoting factors and consequently boosting the health of the consumer. Herein, we summarise the phytochemical, biological, pharmacological, and toxicological aspects of TT and HS as well as the technology involved in brewing the novel bioactive-flavoured pito. In addition, we also report the incidence of heavy metal in conventional pito. © 2020 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland.University of OtagoP.A. is grateful to the University of Otago for support via the University of Otago Doctoral Scholarship