Background: This study presents a graph-based, macro-scale, polarity-based, echo chamber detection approach for Twitter. Echo chambers are a concern as they can spread misinformation, and reinforce harmful stereotypes and biases in social networks. Methods: This study recorded the German-language Twitter stream over two months, recording about 6.7M...
Published in Waste management & research : the journal of the International Solid Wastes and Public Cleansing Association, ISWA
The circular economy (CE) gives rise to paradigm shifts in the understanding, practice and regulation of waste, challenging a waste sector built for the linear waste paradigm of waste streams rather than value streams. We examine how a waste management company developed value streams, caught between increasing competition for waste types with high ...
One of the problems in Lithuania is the shortage of heads of educational institutions; many schools are looking for teachers, and there is a constant shortage of teaching staff. In addition, the issue of quality education is often debated. The article analyses the concept of a quality educational institution: the attributes and personal qualities o...
The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), which are internationally agreed-upon commitments to sustainable development, represent the global development agenda. Lithuania, along with other 192 countries, has committed to achieving these goals by 2030. The purpose of these goals is to achieve a better and more sustainable future for all and ensure t...
The clothing and textile industry has become one of the world’s greatest polluters as tremendous volumes of clothing are produced, used, and disposed of at alarming rates. The industry must transition from its linear take-make-waste model towards a circular economy where textile products are kept in circulation and waste is minimized or eliminated....
Published in Frontiers in Rehabilitation Sciences
Background Community-based exercise programs delivered through healthcare-community partnerships (CBEP-HCPs) are beneficial to individuals with balance and mobility limitations. For the community to benefit, however, these programs must be sustained over time.Purpose To identify conditions influencing the sustainability of CBEP-HCPs for people with...
The term nature-based solutions (NBS) has gained traction in recent years and has been applied in many settings. There are few comprehensive assessment frameworks available that can guide NBS planning and implementation while at the same time capturing the short- and long-term impacts and benefits of the NBS. Here a recently presented framework, wh...
Zajem zahtev pri procesu razvoja programske opreme je eden najtežjih in najbolj kritičnih podprocesov. Cena popravka napak namreč raste eksponentno v kasnejših podprocesih. V magistrskem delu smo se osredotočili na izboljšanje zajema zahtev v konkretnem slovenskem podjetju. Analizirali in izrisali smo obstoječi podproces zajema zahtev. Nato smo oce...
Z magistrskim delom želimo predstaviti poučevanje na daljavo pri predmetu šport na Osnovni šoli dr. Alojzija Šuštarja Ljubljana med drugim valom epidemije COVID-19, ki je trajal od 19. 10. 2020 do 12. 2. 2021. Cilji so bili ugotoviti, kako so učitelji predmeta šport (N = 3) izvajali pouk na daljavo, s katerimi programskimi orodji so si pri tem poma...
The reduction and replacement of in vivo tests have become crucial in terms of resources and animal benefits. The read-across approach reduces the number of substances to be tested, exploiting existing experimental data to predict the properties of untested substances. Currently, several tools have been developed to perform read-across, but other a...
