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Open University of Catalonia
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About: Open University of Catalonia is a education organization based out in Barcelona, Spain. It is known for research contribution in the topics: Collaborative learning & Educational technology. The organization has 1943 authors who have published 4646 publications receiving 64200 citations. The organization is also known as: Universitat Oberta de Catalunya & UOC.
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TL;DR: It seems that possession of a computer is no longer an indicator of access barriers, and the contribution of firms' differentiation strategies to the development of electronic commerce is confirmed, to the detriment of those based on price leadership.
Abstract: This paper tries to explain the temporal evolution of electronic commerce in a developed country. For this purpose, we evaluate the contribution of the size of the potential market represented by the community of Internet users to the development of electronic commerce, as well as of other determinant factors. The validation carried out, for the whole Spanish market and over a period of seven years, reveals the existence of a critical threshold of online consumers that, once surpassed, supposes a change in the growth trend of electronic commerce. Likewise, we verify that broadband technology diffusion, the definition of a legal framework of consumer protection, and the design of a value proposition perceived as "secure", also influence the development of electronic commerce. We also confirm the contribution of firms' differentiation strategies to the development of electronic commerce, to the detriment of those based on price leadership. Finally, it seems that possession of a computer is no longer an indicator of access barriers.
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TL;DR: The data show that pre-target frontal neurostimulation has the potential when used alone to induce enhancements of conscious visual detection and reveals the dependence of such neurostimulatory effects on the state of activity set up by cue validity in the dorsal attentional orienting network.
Abstract: The right Frontal Eye Field (FEF) is a region of the human brain, which has been consistently involved in visuo-spatial attention and access to consciousness. Nonetheless, the extent of this cortical site’s ability to influence specific aspects of visual performance remains debated. We hereby manipulated pre-target activity on the right FEF and explored its influence on the detection and categorization of low-contrast near-threshold visual stimuli. Our data show that pre-target frontal neurostimulation has the potential when used alone to induce enhancements of conscious visual detection. More interestingly, when FEF stimulation was combined with visuo-spatial cues, improvements remained present only for trials in which the cue correctly predicted the location of the subsequent target. Our data provide evidence for the causal role of the right FEF pre-target activity in the modulation of human conscious vision and reveal the dependence of such neurostimulatory effects on the state of activity set up by cue validity in the dorsal attentional orienting network.
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TL;DR: A novel design method based on the usage of the Equilibrium Optimizer (EO) algorithm for the determination of the optimal values of the Proportional – Integral – Derivative controller parameters of an Automatic Voltage Regulation (AVR) system is proposed.
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TL;DR: In this article, the authors present the thematic network on collaborative learning in virtual environments (RACEV), in which a group of researchers from different Spanish universities work together, and describe the main activities carried out within the framework of the network focusing on the theoretical aspects of this methodology.
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This article presents the thematic network on collaborative learning in virtual environments (RACEV), in which a group of researchers from different Spanish universities work together. It describes the main activities carried out within the framework of the network focusing on the theoretical aspects of this methodology. This action leads to a definition of collaborative learning in virtual environments.
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TL;DR: In this article, several bibliometric indicators are used in order to provide Spanish rankings (of both institutions and individual authors) based on Econlit journals, and lists of the ten most influential authors and articles over that period, in terms of citations, are reported.
Abstract: This paper contributes to the growing literature that analyses the Spanish publishing performance in Economics throughout the 1990s. Several bibliometric indicators are used in order to provide Spanish rankings (of both institutions and individual authors) based on Econlit journals. Further, lists of the ten most influential authors and articles over that period, in terms of citations, are reported.
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Name | H-index | Papers | Citations |
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Andrea Saltelli | 65 | 184 | 31540 |
Jose A. Rodriguez | 63 | 597 | 17218 |
Cristina Botella | 55 | 404 | 13075 |
Fatos Xhafa | 52 | 692 | 10379 |
Jaime Kulisevsky | 48 | 210 | 15066 |
William H. Dutton | 43 | 277 | 7048 |
Angel A. Juan | 41 | 284 | 5040 |
Aditya Khosla | 39 | 61 | 50417 |
Jordi Cabot | 38 | 106 | 5022 |
Jordi Cortadella | 38 | 226 | 5736 |
Antoni Valero-Cabré | 37 | 99 | 6091 |
Berta Pascual-Sedano | 34 | 87 | 4377 |
Josep Lladós | 33 | 271 | 4243 |
Carlo Gelmetti | 33 | 159 | 3912 |
Juan V. Luciano | 33 | 106 | 2931 |