The Mind’s Eye on Personal Profiles: A Cognitive Perspective on Profile Elements that Inform Initial Trustworthiness Assessments in Virtual Project Teams

Rusman, E., Van Bruggen, J., Sloep, P., Valcke, M., & Koper, R. (2013). The Mind’s Eye on Personal Profiles: A Cognitive Perspective on Profile Elements that Inform Initial Trustworthiness Assessments and Social Awareness in Virtual Project Teams. Computer Supported Cooperative Work (CSCW), 22(2-3), 159-179.Collaboration in virtual project teams heavily relies on interpersonal trust, for which perceived trustworthiness is an important determinant. This study provides insight in the information that trustors value to assess a trustee’s professional trustworthiness in the initial phase of a virtual project team. We expect trustors in virtual teams to value those particular information elements that provide them with relevant cues of trust warranting properties of a trustee. We identified a list of commonly highly valued information elements to inform trustworthiness assessments (n=226). We then analysed explanations for preferences with the help of a theory-grounded coding scheme. Results show that respondents value those particular information elements that provide them with multiple cues to assess the trustworthiness of a trustee. This enables them to become aware of and assess the trustworthiness of another. Information elements that provide unique cues could not be identified. Insight in these information preferences can inform the design of artefacts, such as personal profile templates, to support acquaintanceships in the initial phase of a virtual project team

The Cognitive Ecology of the Internet

In this chapter, we analyze the relationships between the Internet and its users in terms of situated cognition theory. We first argue that the Internet is a new kind of cognitive ecology, providing almost constant access to a vast amount of digital information that is increasingly more integrated into our cognitive routines. We then briefly introduce situated cognition theory and its species of embedded, embodied, extended, distributed and collective cognition. Having thus set the stage, we begin by taking an embedded cognition view and analyze how the Internet aids certain cognitive tasks. After that, we conceptualize how the Internet enables new kinds of embodied interaction, extends certain aspects of our embodiment, and examine how wearable technologies that monitor physiological, behavioral and contextual states transform the embodied self. On the basis of the degree of cognitive integration between a user and Internet resource, we then look at how and when the Internet extends our cognitive processes. We end this chapter with a discussion of distributed and collective cognition as facilitated by the Internet

Growing tomatoes under red photoselective net with different management strategies

Submitted by Liliane Ferreira ([email protected]) on 2018-08-20T12:16:08Z No. of bitstreams: 2 Dissertação - Thayná Mendanha dos Santos - 2015.pdf: 1851008 bytes, checksum: 485603592997d1843265f8a912936289 (MD5) license_rdf: 0 bytes, checksum: d41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e (MD5)Approved for entry into archive by Luciana Ferreira ([email protected]) on 2018-08-21T11:20:53Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 2 Dissertação - Thayná Mendanha dos Santos - 2015.pdf: 1851008 bytes, checksum: 485603592997d1843265f8a912936289 (MD5) license_rdf: 0 bytes, checksum: d41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e (MD5)Made available in DSpace on 2018-08-21T11:20:53Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 2 Dissertação - Thayná Mendanha dos Santos - 2015.pdf: 1851008 bytes, checksum: 485603592997d1843265f8a912936289 (MD5) license_rdf: 0 bytes, checksum: d41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e (MD5) Previous issue date: 2015-06-03Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior - CAPESPhotoselective screens are a recent approach in protected cultivation, which can promote benefits in addition of the protective functions of nettings. These nets not only scatter but spectrally-modify the transmitted light, in order to promote desired physiological responses and improve the penetration of the light into the inner plant canopy. Tomato is the second most important horticulture crop in the world. Traditionally, tomato is cultivated in the open field, but recently there has been an increase of the protect cultivation area aiming to protect plants from climate adversities. This study aimed to investigate whether a combination of growth regulator, increased plant density and the effect of red screen-shade net could improve tomato yield, quality and promote desired vegetative development. The experiment was conducted from May 21st to November 1st, 2014, in Goiânia, Brazil (16º35´47´´S, 49°16´47´´W, 730 m). The hybrid Ivete from Sakata Seeds® were cultivated in 16x12x 2.2 m3, 40% red shading screenhouse and field plots as control. Leaf area index, trusses height, and total height were measured. The total number, total weight, diameter and number of lost fruits were totaled. Nutritional analyses were also performed: physical (Fresh mass, total solid soluble - TSS, titritable acidity - TA, SST/AT ratio and pH) and nutritional parameters (vitamin C and lycopene) in two moments of collecting of fruits (98 and 129 days after transplantation). All the measures were carried by official methods. Results showed that highest yields were obtained using 3 plants per m2 in both environments. The highest total fruit production occurred in open field conditions. However, the total fruit lost in the open field conditions was greater. Fruits produced in an open field were more acidic and had greater titratable acidity (0.37% citric acid) compared to fruits from screenhouse (0.33 % citric acid) at 3 plant per square meter. In addition, fruits grown in the field had greater TSS content (6.6 °Brix) than tomatoes grown in a protected environment (5.4 °Brix). Fruits produced in the open field had greater TSS:TA ratios than those produced in a protected environment. Significantly higher lycopene content was observed in plastic-house tomatoes integrated with red shade netting technologies (47.0 μg g−1) using 2.3 plants per m² than in open field-grown tomatoes (29.6 μg g−1). The results provide useful data for detecting differences among environment variation in tomato composition and red colour shade nets. In addition, the photoselective red screen combined with the density of 3 plants per m² promoted higher yield of commercial fruits.O uso de telas fotosseletivas tem sido uma abordagem recente no cultivo protegido. Pode promover benefícios, além das funções de proteção das malhas de plástico. Estas telas não só agem na dispersão da luz, como agem também na modificação do espectro da luz transmitida, de modo a promover respostas fisiológicas desejadas na planta, além de melhorar a penetração da luz no interior de sua parte aérea. No Brasil, o tomate é a olerícola mais importante e tradicionalmente cultivada em campo aberto. Recentemente o uso de telas plásticas com sombreamento colorido tem sido estudado para proteger as plantas de adversidades climáticas. Este estudo teve como objetivo investigar se a combinação do adensamento de plantas, o uso de reguladores de crescimento e o efeito da malha fotosseletiva vermelha poderiam melhorar a produtividade e a qualidade dos frutos de tomateiro e promover desenvolvimento vegetativo desejado. O experimento foi realizado no período de 21 maio a 1° novembro 2014, em Goiânia, Brasil (16º35'47''S, 49 ° 16'47''W, 730 m). O híbrido Ivete da Sakata Seeds® foi cultivado sob telado vermelho e campo aberto. Índice de área foliar, altura final da planta e altura dos cachos foram medidas. O número total, peso total, diâmetro e número de frutos não comerciais foram totalizados. Foram, também, realizadas medidas físicas (massa fresca, sólidos solúveis totais (SST em °Brix), acidez titulável (AT), razão SST / AT e pH) e variáveis nutricionais (vitamina C e licopeno) em dois momentos de coleta dos frutos (98 e 129 dias após transplantio). Todas as medidas foram realizadas por métodos oficiais de análise. Frutos produzidas em campo aberto foram mais ácidos e tiveram maior acidez total titulável (0,37%) em relação aos frutos produzidos sob telado plástico (0,33%) com 0,3 m de espaçamento entre plantas. Além disso, frutos cultivadas no campo apresentaram maior teor de SST (6,6 °Brix) do que aqueles cultivados em ambiente protegido (5,4 °Brix). Além disso, as frutos produzidas no campo aberto tiveram maior Ratio (SST/ AT) do que as produzidas em um ambiente protegido. Observou-se significativamente maiores teores de licopeno em frutos cultivados sob telado vermelho (47,0 mg g-1) em 0,4 m de espaçamento do que em tomates cultivados em campo aberto (29,6 mg g-1). Os resultados mostraram que maior produtividade foi obtidos com densidade de 3 plantas por m2 em ambos os ambientes. A maior produção total de frutos ocorreu em condições de campo aberto (12,87 kg.m-2). O total de frutos perdido nas condições de campo aberto foi maior. Os resultados do presente estudo fornecem informações úteis para a detecção e compreensão de diferenças entre variações ambiente e formas de cultivo nas características agronômicas, nutricionais e fisico-químicas dos frutos de tomate

Assessing Attitudes Towards Collaboration of Students in Self-directed Online Groups in Higher Education

Ponencia de la conferencia "1st International Workshop on Higher Education Learning Methodologies and Technologies Online, HELMeTO 2019; Novedrate; Italy; 6 June 2019 through 7 June 2019"This research focused on knowing the attitudes that students have about collaboration when they work in self-directed groups in a virtual learning environment. A survey was fulfilled by 75 students of a master’s degree on Education evaluating collaboration within their groups. An EFA was applied to the results and a 5-factor structure was obtained. These factors explain 60.30% of the variance of the questionnaire. The first one, Communication merges conversation, interaction and debate. Secondly, another factor named Trust is highlighted, a belief on the success and well-functioning of the team. The third factor, Cooperation attends to the attitude of sharing and being open to all members. A fourth factor, Cohesion, points to ideas as clearness, efficiency, consensus, roles and goals established. And finally, Coordination factor refers to attitudes to work distribution and acceptance of changes. This structure is aligned with previous literature on groups’ dynamics that point to interaction, sharing, clarity and acceptance without conflicts as main elements of successful collaboration