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Liu A, Urquía-Grande E, López-Sánchez P, Rodríguez-López Á. Research into microfinance and ICTs: A bibliometric analysis. Eval Program Plann 2023; 97:102215. [PMID: 36571966 DOI: 10.1016/j.evalprogplan.2022.102215] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/02/2021] [Revised: 04/11/2022] [Accepted: 12/19/2022] [Indexed: 06/19/2023]
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Information and communication technologies (ICTs) play an ever-increasing role in improving the efficiency, profitability, and sustainability of microfinance institutions. This paper aims to assess the role of ICTs in the microfinance industry by systematically reviewing the literature with bibliometric methods. In this research, a total of 347 samples (from 1998 to 2021) were selected from the Web of Science database according to the guideline of the systematic review. By performing descriptive statistical analysis, the contributing institutions, countries, journals, authors, as well as influential publications were identified. In the co-citation and co-word analysis section, three primary types of visualization-cluster views, timezone views and timeline viewswere all presented through CiteSpace. It turns out that crowdfunding, P2P lending and mobile banking have been the favorite topics. A central issue is the role of these platforms in entrepreneurship. We also proposed that applying fintech, especially blockchain and other emerging technologies, to promote financial inclusion is one of the future research trends. The findings of this study will be of interest to researchers, managers, policymakers, and evaluators and facilitate them to make well-informed decisions in their respective domains.
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- Aiping Liu
- Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain.
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Kadıoğlu-Akbulut C, Cetin-Dindar A, Acar-Şeşen B, Küçük S. Predicting Preservice Science Teachers' TPACK through ICT usage. Educ Inf Technol (Dordr) 2023; 28:1-21. [PMID: 36819983 PMCID: PMC9932406 DOI: 10.1007/s10639-023-11657-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/13/2022] [Accepted: 02/02/2023] [Indexed: 06/18/2023]
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Designing effective and efficient learning environments by integrating recent educational technologies into the teaching process has become an important goal of education for nearly two decades. However, earlier studies showed that a higher level of technology knowledge does not guarantee the development of TPACK. At this point, studies guided by the transformative approach defining TPACK as a unique knowledge revealed encouraging results for a better understanding of technology-integrated instruction. This study aims to investigate to what extent ICT usage categories predict preservice science teachers' TPACK. Totally 326 preservice science teachers with a mean age of 21.62 (SD = 1.41) from seven different universities participated. For that purpose, a correlational study was conducted. The ICT-TPACK-Science Scale and the ICT Usage Questionnaire were used to collect data. Six separate multiple regression analyses were conducted to predict TPACK measures using ICT measures. Results indicated that approximately a third of the variability in total-TPACK scores can be accounted for by three ICT measures. The relative importance of individual predictors is arranged in the following order desktop software, emerging ICTs, and hardware. As for the dimensions of the ICT-TPACK-Science Scale, the overall effect of the ICT predictors decreased in the following order: Designing, implementing, planning, proficiency, and ethics. Emerging ICTs made the highest contribution to the designing and proficiency dimensions; while desktop software made the highest contribution to the implementing, planning, and ethics dimensions. To sum up, this study describes the association between ICT usage and TPACK in the view of the transformative ICT-TPACK-Science framework. The utilization and transformation of ICT tools as a cognitive partner for effective and efficient science teaching in different TPACK dimensions needs further investigation.
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- Cansel Kadıoğlu-Akbulut
- Department of Mathematics and Science Education, Tokat Gaziosmanpasa University, Tokat, Türkiye
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- Department of Mathematics and Science Education, Bartin University, Bartin, Türkiye
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- Department of Mathematics and Science Education, Istanbul University-Cerrahpasa, İstanbul, Türkiye
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- Department of Computer Education and Instructional Technology, Ataturk University, Erzurum, Türkiye
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Li K, Kim DJ, Lang KR, Kauffman RJ, Naldi M. How should we understand the digital economy in Asia? Critical assessment and research agenda. Electron Commer Res Appl 2020; 44:101004. [PMID: 32922241 PMCID: PMC7480531 DOI: 10.1016/j.elerap.2020.101004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/19/2020] [Revised: 09/02/2020] [Accepted: 09/05/2020] [Indexed: 05/21/2023]
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By Asian digital economy, we refer to high-tech developments, business and social transformations, and information-driven changes in the region's growth. We discuss its background and foundations, significance in Asia and contribution to removal of historical barriers in traditional business. We assess how new value chains are transforming country-level involvement in worldwide manufacturing and note "smiling curve theory" predictions about the global value chain in Asia for high-tech firms and their economies. The takeaway is that the digital economy in Asian nations involves revamping business processes through technology innovation, government policies for growth, and digital entrepreneurship. We analyze the "digital economy and society index", and attributes of nations, societies and economies, as a basis for framing our ideas. We consider research directions prompted by data analytics and AI, the platform economy, digital trade, fintech innovation, and societal and economic sustainability. We further highlight new issues in light of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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- Kai Li
- Department of Management Science and Engineering, Business School, Nankai University, Tianjin, China
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- Department of IT and Decision Sciences, G. Brint Ryan College of Business, Univ. of North Texas, Denton, TX, USA
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- Department of IS and Statistics, Zicklin School of Business, Baruch College, CUNY, NY, USA
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- Department of Digitalization, Copenhagen School of Business, Copenhagen, Denmark
- School of Information Systems, Singapore Management University, Singapore
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- Department of Law, Economics, Politics, and Modern Languages, LUMSA University, Rome, Italy
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Monreal-Bartolomé A, Barceló-Soler A, Castro A, Pérez-Ara MÁ, Gili M, Mayoral F, Hurtado MM, Moreno EV, Botella C, García-Palacios A, Baños RM, López-Del-Hoyo Y, García-Campayo J. Efficacy of a blended low-intensity internet-delivered psychological programme in patients with multimorbidity in primary care: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial. BMC Psychiatry 2019; 19:66. [PMID: 30744610 PMCID: PMC6371446 DOI: 10.1186/s12888-019-2037-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/24/2018] [Accepted: 01/25/2019] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND The World Health Organization (WHO) has included comorbidity between depression and a chronic disease among the 10 leading global health priorities. Although there is a high prevalence of multimorbidity, health care systems are mainly designed for the management of individual diseases. Given the difficulty in delivering face-to-face psychological treatments, alternative models of treatment delivery have been proposed, emphasizing the role of technologies such as the Internet. The aim of this study is to assess the efficacy in Primary Care (PC) of a blended low-intensity psychological intervention applied using information and communication technologies (ICTs) for the treatment of multimorbidity in PC (depression and type 2 diabetes/low back pain) by means of a randomized controlled trial (RCT). Our main hypothesis is that improved usual care combined with psychological therapy applied using ICTs will be more efficacious for improvement in the symptomatology of multimorbidity, compared to a group with only improved treatment as usual six months after the end of treatment. METHODS A protocol has been designed combining a face-to-face intervention with a supporting online programme that will be tested by an RCT conducted in three different regions (Andalusia, Aragon and the Balearic Islands). The RCT will evaluate three hundred participants diagnosed with depression and type 2 diabetes/low back pain. Four highly experienced research groups specializing in clinical psychology are involved in this trial, and there will be ample possibilities for translation and transfer to usual clinical practice. DISCUSSION This clinical trial will lead to improvement in financial sustainability, maximizing the use of resources and responding to principles of efficiency and effectiveness. Furthermore, based on the evaluation of the feasibility of implementing this intervention in primary care facilities, we expect to be able to suggest the intervention for incorporation into public policy. In conclusion, positive results of this study could have a significant impact on one of the most important health-related problems, multimorbidity. TRIAL REGISTRATION ClinicalTrials.gov, NCT03426709 . Registered retrospectively on 08 February 2018.
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- Alicia Monreal-Bartolomé
- 0000 0000 9314 1427grid.413448.ePrimary Care Prevention and Health Promotion Research Network, RedIAPP, Carlos III Health Institute, Madrid, Spain ,0000000463436020grid.488737.7Aragon Institute for Health Research, IIS Aragon, Zaragoza, Spain
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- 0000000463436020grid.488737.7Aragon Institute for Health Research, IIS Aragon, Zaragoza, Spain ,Primary Care Prevention and Health Promotion Research Network, RedIAPP, Madrid, Spain
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- Primary Care Prevention and Health Promotion Research Network, RedIAPP, Madrid, Spain ,0000000118418788grid.9563.9Institut Universitari d’Investigació en Ciències de la Salut, IUNICS-IDISPA, University of the Balearic Islands, Palma, Spain
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- Primary Care Prevention and Health Promotion Research Network, RedIAPP, Madrid, Spain ,0000000118418788grid.9563.9Institut Universitari d’Investigació en Ciències de la Salut, IUNICS-IDISPA, University of the Balearic Islands, Palma, Spain
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- Primary Care Prevention and Health Promotion Research Network, RedIAPP, Madrid, Spain ,0000000118418788grid.9563.9Institut Universitari d’Investigació en Ciències de la Salut, IUNICS-IDISPA, University of the Balearic Islands, Palma, Spain
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- Mental Health Department, Institute of Biomedicine of Malaga, University Regional Hospital of Malaga, Malaga, Spain
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- Mental Health Department, Institute of Biomedicine of Malaga, University Regional Hospital of Malaga, Malaga, Spain
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- Mental Health Department, Institute of Biomedicine of Malaga, University Regional Hospital of Malaga, Malaga, Spain
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- 0000 0001 1957 9153grid.9612.cJaume I University, Castellon de la Plana, Spain ,0000 0000 9314 1427grid.413448.eCIBER Physiopathology Obesity and Nutrition (CIBERobn) Carlos III Health Institute, Madrid, Spain
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- 0000 0000 9314 1427grid.413448.eCIBER Physiopathology Obesity and Nutrition (CIBERobn) Carlos III Health Institute, Madrid, Spain ,0000 0001 1957 9153grid.9612.cDepartment of Clinical and Basic Psychology and Biopsychology, Faculty of Health Sciences, University Jaume I, Castellon, Spain
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- 0000 0000 9314 1427grid.413448.eCIBER Physiopathology Obesity and Nutrition (CIBERobn) Carlos III Health Institute, Madrid, Spain ,0000 0001 2173 938Xgrid.5338.dDepartment of Psychological, Personality, Evaluation and Treatment, University of Valencia, Valencia, Spain
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- Aragon Institute for Health Research, IIS Aragon, Zaragoza, Spain. .,Primary Care Prevention and Health Promotion Research Network, RedIAPP, Madrid, Spain. .,Department of Psychology and Sociology, University of Zaragoza, Zaragoza, Spain.
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- Primary Care Prevention and Health Promotion Research Network, RedIAPP, Madrid, Spain ,0000 0000 9854 2756grid.411106.3Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria Aragón, Hospital Universitario Miguel Servet, Zaragoza, Spain
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Choi K, Jiao J, Zhang M. Reducing Vehicle Travel for the Next Generation: Lessons from the 2001 and 2009 National Household Travel Surveys. J Urban Plan Dev 2017; 143:04017017. [PMID: 38250178 PMCID: PMC10798800 DOI: 10.1061/(asce)up.1943-5444.0000405] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/23/2016] [Accepted: 05/24/2017] [Indexed: 01/23/2024]
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In the United States, per capita vehicle miles traveled (VMT) displayed a general declining trend in the new millennium. This paper focuses on identifying the factors that drove the recent VMT trend. Using sample data from the 2001 and 2009 National Household Travel Surveys (NHTS), this study investigated differences in travel patterns by age groups over time and explored factors associated with the recent decrease in per-capita VMT. The study results show that the daily auto mileage and number of auto trips significantly decreased in 2009, although the change was uneven across different age groups. Increased travel by public transit and walking and biking, along with urbanization efforts, partly explained the recent decrease in automobile use. The findings also suggest that population-specific strategies such as improving public transit services for younger people and upgrading walking facilities for the elderly may help reduce automobile travel demand. In addition, applications of information and communication technologies (ICTs) can offer promising alternatives to automobile travel.
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- Kwangyul Choi
- Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Haskayne School of Business and Faculty of Environmental Design, Univ. of Calgary, 2500 University Dr. NW, Calgary, AB, Canada T2N 1N4
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- Assistant Professor, School of Architecture, Univ. of Texas at Austin, 310 Inner Campus Dr., Stop B7500, Austin, TX 78712-1009
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- Associate Professor, School of Architecture, Univ. of Texas at Austin, 310 Inner Campus Dr., Stop B7500, Austin, TX 78712-1009
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