425 research outputs found
Is altruism dead? A critical case study on the paradigm shift in open government data
The broad and continued success of Free/Libre and Open Source Software (FLOSS) has helped to spread its ideology to many other domains, including Open Government Data (OGD), which has recently gained prominence due to its potential for feeding algorithms. Despite the anti-market and anti-corporation values around free sharing, citizen participation, and unrestricted transparency propagated in particular by a highly idealized academic discourse on OGD, our case study of the development of Switzerland’s national OGD portal suggests that the altruistic and philanthropic notion that is often associated with OGD needs to be reconsidered. We show that low use, on one side, and the practical necessity towards cost-recovery behaviors, on the other side, have led to a compromise of the altruistic ideological beginnings of OGD and paved the way for a pragmatic shift towards a more utilitarian, partly even protectionist, view on liberating and sharing data
Síndrome TAR con tetrafocomelia
El síndrome TAR es un estigma genético recesivo de baja incidencia dentro de la patología
ortopédica infantil general. El objetivo de este trabajo es la presentación de aquellos pacientes
en donde la impregnación del síndrome es completa. Estos niños tienen en común la trombocitopenia
intensa durante los primeros años de la vida, la amelia bilateral de sus miembros superiores,
la fusión femorotibial y la agenesia de tibia de distinto grado. A estos síntomas se suman
algunas otras con forma de presentación aislada. La importancia de su diagnóstico correcto reside
en la valoración sanguínea y en la cirugía precoz de sus miembros inferiores para mejorar la «'alidad
de vida. En los 7 pacientes controlados y tratados en el Servicio de Ortopedia Infantil del Hospital
de Pediatría Dr. P. Garrahan se muestran las alternativas de diagnóstico diferencial y el esquema
de tratamiento ortopédico quirúrgico: realineación de sus miembros inferiores, rehabilitación
de sus miembros y la adaptabilidad para la marcha.The TAR syndrome is a recessive genetic anomaly of low incidence in the pediatric
orthopaedic pathology. This paper reported a group of patients with complet syndrome. All of these
patients had blood cell abnormalities, phocomelia of the upper extremities, femorotibial union
and absence of tibia. It is very important the correct diagnosis as recurrent episodes of thrombocytopenia
and early surgery of lower limbs. We report seven patients of the Garrahan Hospital of
Bs.As. with the differential diagnosis, the results of surgical treatment: axial alignment and rehabilitation
of the legs and walking adaptation
Desperately seeking the IS in GIS
Geographical Information Systems (GIS) are now a widespread and important form of Information Technology (IT) use. In principle, Information Systems (IS) research is concerned with all forms of IT use. Yet despite this importance, GIS remains largely invisible in IS research. This paper illustrates this separation using bibliographic data drawn from both GIS and IS. It reviews discussion within IS as to the nature of the discipline and argues for a closer coupling between IS and GIS. It discusses Spatial Data Infrastructure (SDI), mobile computing and public participation GIS as examples of spatially related fields where further IS research would be beneficial
Buyers of ‘lemons’: How can a blockchain platform address buyers’ needs in the market for ‘lemons’?
The second-hand automotive market is one with the least trust from consumers. Customers on the second-hand car market suffer from such problems as the car being in worse condition than initially indicated, accident damage that is not disclosed, fraud, etc. Akerlof, described the market for used cars as an example of the problem of information asymmetries and resulting quality uncertainty. In order to cope with quality uncertainties, used car buyers actively engage themselves in information seeking. Blockchain technology promises to automatize the tracking of cars through their lifecycles and provide reliable information at any point in time it is needed. In our study, we investigate the problems car buyers face during information seeking and propose requirements for the design of a blockchain-based system to address these
Are Panel Unit Root Tests Useful for Real-Time Data?
With the development of real-time databases, N vintages are available for T observations instead of a single realization of the time series process. Although the use of panel unit root tests with the aim to gain in efficiency seems obvious, empirical and simulation results shown in this paper heavily mitigate the intuitive perspective.macroeconomics ;
From Solution Trap to Solution Patchwork: Tensions in Digital Health in the Global Context
This paper problematizes underlying assumptions in Design Science Research – and Information Systems Research more broadly by conceptualizing the „solution trap“. The solution trap is caused by the incompatibility of co-existing solutions in complex socio-technical contexts. Information systems bring diverse cultures and theories together, causing tensions in the different institutional logics. We emphasize the need for a nuanced understanding of context unevenness and propose solution patchwork as a coordination approach to evade the solution trap. Substantiating the preliminary insights and propositions with a literature review and further empirical grounding will transition this research-in-progress to a full paper
Buyers of Lemons: Addressing Buyers’ Needs in the Market for Lemons with Blockchain Technology
The automotive market is in the top three markets with the least trust from consumers. In particular, in the second-hand car market, consumers suffer from such problems as the car being in worse condition than initially indicated, accident damage that is not disclosed, fraud, etc. Akerlof, described the market for used cars as an example of the problem of information asymmetries and resulting quality uncertainty. In order to cope with quality uncertainties, used car buyers actively engage themselves in information seeking. Blockchain technology promises to automatize the tracking of cars through their lifecycles and provide reliable information at any point in time it is needed. In our study, we investigate the problems car buyers face during information seeking and propose requirements for the design of a blockchain-based system to address these
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