32 research outputs found
Twitter kao politiÄki alat u zemljama EU-a tijekom ekonomske krize: dubinska komparativna analiza teksta
This paper analyses the use of Twitter among politicians, in
particular with regards to whether it was actively used during
the economic crisis to promote economic agendas or rather
merely to inform people. Forty-three thousand tweets of EU15
governments were collected, analysed using qualitative data
analysis (text mining) and computational linguistics, using R
statistical packages, and interpreted. The results show that
Twitter is used primarily to inform. Only in selected cases was
the tool also used to more actively promote economic
agendas. This article contributes to the field of political
communication by providing, to the best of our knowledge, a
broad analytical and comparative overview of Twitter activity
for political purposes in Europe using text-mining methods.Rad analizira kako politiÄari rabe Twitter, a osobito je li bio
aktivno upotrijebljen tijekom ekonomske krize radi
promicanja ekonomskih programa ili pak samo radi
informiranja ljudi. Äetrdeset i tri tisuÄe tvitova vlada EU-a
iz 15 zemalja prikupljeno je, analizirano i protumaÄeno
kvalitativnom analizom podataka (dubinske analize teksta) i
raÄunalnom lingvistikom te uz pomoÄ R statistiÄkih paketa.
Rezultati pokazuju da se Twitter rabi prije svega za
informiranje. Samo u odabranim sluÄajevima taj je alat
poslužio i aktivnijem promicanju gospodarskih programa.
Älanak smatramo doprinosom istraživanju podruÄja politiÄke
komunikacije u Europi, jer uz pomoÄ metoda dubinske
analize teksta daje Å”irok analitiÄki i komparativni pregled
aktivnosti na Twitteru u politiÄke svrhe
The use of user-generated content for business intelligence in tourism: insights from an analysis of Croatian hotels
Web-based peer review sites are gaining importance in travellersā decision-making and provide information for destinationsā management. Textual reviews are especially important, but very extensive and hard to process. This article discusses the benefits of recent developments in computational linguistics and shows it can be used, based on a study of 18,000 reviews of Croatian hotels. Results show that numerical evaluation rarely provides sufficient information, while textual reviews reveal details about facilitiesā competitive (dis)advantages. Being very extensive, the reviews are difficult to use. By applying computational linguistics the study illustrates how the information can be summarised and used in decision-making. The study extends the application of computational linguistics methodology to tourism literature and provides the first extensive analysis of TripAdvisor data for Croatia
Screening needs and expectations of patients with vascular access due to chronic hemodialysis
There is a lack of data about daily difficulties and life quality, especially among young patients having arteriovenous fistula (AVF) affected by (pseudo)aneurysm. In this retrospective cohort study, 195 patients with AVF were followed up from May to June 2015. An unstandardized questionnaire was used for the evaluation of patientsā screening needs and expectations. Retired married men in their sixties, with completed secondary education, represented the majority of patients with AVF in this study. The patients had a positive attitude towards the disease and AVF, and they received the majority of information related to the care and treatment of AVF from the medical personnel and doctors in selected dialysis centers. Employed, well-educated single men, aged between 21 and 40 years, had the highest interest in having an aesthetic correction of AVF, especially due to the formation of (pseudo)aneurysm at the AVF site. Establishment of rules for reconstructive procedures of AVF, once circulatory and hemodynamic stability is achieved after renal transplantation, is suggested in addition to establishing criteria for determining vascular access affected by (pseudo)aneurysm
Drone last mile delivery: An assessment of the viable market and security potential of drone delivery
Purpose: the paper includes a review of the literature in the field of drones, drone technology, possible implementation in the field of the last mile concept, legislation, suitability of technology in the field of security, weather conditions, social acceptance and later focuses on checking the possible implementation of drones according to the set parameters.
Methodology: for the purposes of research and obtaining answers to the posed research question and hypotheses, we used the method of literature review in the selected field, panel data analysis, conducted interviews with experts in the field of delivery drones in the Republic of Slovenia, and conducted secondary research.
Results: the results show an assessment of the possible implementation of drones based on the analysis of the obtained data and interviews. We determined a realistic assessment of the potential of delivery drones, in which we included several vital aspects necessary for implementation.
Conclusion: it was found that the current technology is not yet fully adequate, and significant technological improvements are also needed. It is also necessary to plan integrated urban spatial solutions that will enable safe and efficient delivery in the supply chain. Namely, delivery with drones is currently ineffective due to flight safety, harmful sound emissions and the inability to fly in bad weather conditions. Based on a literature review and a survey among large logistics companies, it was found that there are still many barriers to implementation due to legal norms and regulations, which are currently very constructive. It is unlikely, however, that parcel delivery will take off in an urban environment soon, as there are still many unknowns. With proper planning and use of suburban consolidation centres, e-vans, e-cars and bicycles are currently economically viable for last mile delivery
Opredelitev kakovosti podatkov in njeno zagotavljanje v relacijskem podatkovnem modelu poslovno informacijskega sistema
Good food, clean rooms and friendly staff: Implications of user-generated content for Slovenian skiing, sea and spa hotelsā management
The paper studies user-generated evaluations of hotels in three types of destinations in Slovenia (skiing, sea and spa). Using a broad dataset of user-generated evaluations for 28 different hotels and a combination of text mining and standard statistical methods we show how this data provides rich decision-making information. Although numerical evaluations of different destination types can hardly be directly compared due to different guest structure, the results show that guests in general evaluate in their texts primarily the ābasicsā (room, food/drink, staff). Using a combination of sentiment and novel aspect-based sentiment, hotels can monitor their competitiveness in time, across different types or brands, and use content analysis to further determine sources of competitive advantages in order to enhance performance. The article is the first comprehensive evaluation of Slovenian tourism using on-line peer reviews and provides a toolkit for similar applied analyses
Usage of Simulation Games in Higher Educational Institutions teaching Economics and Business
Higher education institutions are embracing technology development and innovative teaching methods in order to prepare their students to be future professionals. New teaching frameworks extend existing learning approaches and set students as main characters of the learning process, which shifts the focal point from educators to students developing their abilities and knowledge. Psychology experts distinguished the role of games and play as an important factor in intellectual development a long time ago. Simulation games in education are widely acknowledged as highly effective methods, which produce numerous positive effects such as higher performance, engagement, and learning motivation. In this paper, we aimed to investigate the usage of simulation games in higher education institutions. The survey research has been conducted on a sample of 180 lectures at several faculties of economics in numerous European countries. The main goal of the paper is to investigate what is the level of usage of simulation games at faculties of economics, with the specific goals of comparing simulation games to the other types of teaching and discuss their advantages as well as barriers towards their usage.
This work is licensed under aĀ Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License.</p
On the Value System as a Precondition for Sustainability: An Overview of Preliminary Survey Results for Slovenia
The Brundtland report (1987) defi ned sustainable development as a form of development
which āmeets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations
to meet their own needsāā. Given that the concept of sustainable development closely
links the desire for the development of a harmonious society aimed at higher welfare,
social cohesion and environmental protection, it requires a shift in values of the society;
a shift towards more aware, compashionate, better human. This further requires a shift in
consumption and production patterns. We examine the readiness of Slovenian population
to support the implementation of more sustainable patterns by examining their values system.
The survey based analyis stems from the theoretical concept of happiness, a stream of
economics, beginning in the 1970s with the Easterlin paradox. In the article we effectively
demonstrate that Slovenian population is in many aspects very traditional. Given that the
value system of the general public drives the politicians, this can act as a strong driver
towards or against implementation of changes that would support sustainability