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"Die Region" begegnet uns ganz selbstverständlich in Alltag, Politik, Wirtschaft und Medien sowie als (raum-)wissenschaftlicher Fachbegriff. Auch wenn Regionen auf den ersten Blick als etwas Faktisches erscheinen, zeigt sich beim zweiten Hinsehen, wie sich das Regionale einer konkreten Begriffsbestimmung entzieht - was auch als Stärke verstanden werden kann. Die Beiträge des Bandes erkunden "die Region", indem sie von Begriffskombinationen ausgehend - etwa "die arme Region", "die flexible Region", "die Genussregion" oder "die Untersuchungsregion" - eine Reise durch verschiedene Dimensionen des Regionalen unternehmen und neue Verständnisse von Regionen, Regionalisierungen und Regionalität anregen.

Gängige Formen von Diskriminierung sowie die Reproduktion normativer Stereotype sind auch bei künstlicher Intelligenz an der Tagesordnung. Die Beitragenden erläutern Möglichkeiten der Reduktion dieser fehlerhaften Verfahrensweisen und verhandeln die ambivalente Beziehung zwischen Queerness und KI aus einer interdisziplinären Perspektive. Parallel dazu geben sie einem queer-feministischen Wissensverständnis Raum, das sich stets als partikular, vieldeutig und unvollständig versteht. Damit eröffnen sie Möglichkeiten des Umgangs mit KI, die reduktive Kategorisierungen überschreiten können.

This research project was completed in conjunction with an ongoing research effort in Virginia cotton using remote sensing to predict nitrogen (N) application rates. It was conducted to provide additional N prescription data by Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) for Northeastern, North Carolina. The study was conducted in Scotland Neck, Halifax County, NC (36.1331597, -77.5026541). This county produces 95,000 bales during in 2021 (USDA NASS, 2022). As one of the largest acreage counties in NC, it was ideal for the UAV study and its algorithm creation. The objective was to determine if N rates prescribed by NDVI readings from a UAV flight resulted in improved and/or similar cotton yields than grower standard N rates in North Carolina and Virginia cotton. There were two treatments during the study with the first being the grower practice of N fertilization and the second being UAV determined N application rate at five weeks after planting (5WAP) with four replications of each treatment. The UAV was flown at 5WAP to determine N rates needed at lay-by/top dress. Nitrogen was applied at a grower standard rate of 92 lbs. N/acre on four control replications and at a UAV prescription rate of 114 lbs. N/acre on four test replications. Harvested acres were summed, bale weights were taken, and lint samples were collected time of harvest. The lint samples were micro-ginned at the Tidewater Research station in Suffolk, Virginia for lint percentage. Nitrogen prescription provided by UAV resulted in an 83 lbs. lint/acre increase over the grower standard, though not statistically different. At a 42.7% turnout, the grower standard N application resulted in a yield of 1,806 lbs. lint/acre and the UAV prescribed N resulted in a yield of 1,889 lbs. lint/acre. This trial will be used as part of a larger data set to encourage validation of UAV prescribed N. MALS

El presente artículo propone lineamientos para una gestión sostenible de las actividades agropecuarias en el marco de la mitigación y adaptación de los efectos del cambio climático en el páramo de Guerrero, Cogua. Esto, en la medida que las actividades agropecuarias que no son sostenibles producen impactos negativos en las dinámicas ambientales de este ecosistema estratégico, generando una transformación significativa. La inadecuada gestión en el uso de los recursos naturales producto de estas actividades ha llevado a la fragmentación drástica del paisaje y pérdida de coberturas vegetales nativas como el frailejón que es fundamental para el abastecimiento hídrico. La metodología empleada fue la Investigación Acción Participativa (IAP) y el Diagnóstico Rural Participativo (DRP), así como el método mixto (cuantitativo y cualitativo). Además, se realizaron visitas de campo y encuestas, donde se obtuvo que el 93.8% se dedican al cultivo de papa, el 88% realizan actividades de agricultura y ganadería; y el 70.6 % desconocen los impactos del cambio climático. Con base en lo anterior, se encontró que, de no frenar el crecimiento de la frontera agropecuaria y realizar actividades sostenibles urgentes en el ecosistema páramo, la producción del agua podría verse disminuida en cerca de 12,500,000 m3 al año, volumen equivalente al consumo anual de alrededor 197 mil personas y para el año 2044 (año en el cual se proyecta el punto de inflexión de zona del del páramo), alrededor de 287,000,000 m3 lo que equivaldría al consumo total de cerca de 4 millones de personas. Sin embargo, el planteamiento de actividades agropecuarias sostenibles con un enfoque desde la gobernanza ambiental, se pueden generar escenarios de solución a esta problemática. Por lo que se diseñaron lineamientos de dos (2) tipos, los cuales corresponden a las actividades sostenibles, y acciones de adaptación y mitigación del cambio climático.

The Peraia of Samothrace Project (HFRI-FM17-750) is a multi-disciplinary archaeological fieldwork project to investigate the diachronic settlement patterns from Prehistory to the Modern Era of the coastal and inland landscape opposite the island of Samothrace in the northern Aegean Sea. It uses integrated and non-invasive methods such as remote sensing, geophysical prospection, and intensive pedestrian field walking to explore the regional topography and the diversity of human occupation. One important aspect of the project addresses the question of Samothracian settlements mentioned in the written sources. This paper presents the results of the 2020–2021 fieldwork campaign, including the methodological framework of the survey, an overview of ancient literary sources and previous archaeological work in the region, and a preliminary report of the archaeological survey as well as a general discussion of the combined outcome of the results.

Understanding the carrying capacity and the stocking rates of crown lands is critical for the beef industry in the Prairies that relies heavily on these lands for grazing. The overall goal of this study was to examine the current carrying capacities and stocking rates of the crown lands in Manitoba. The main objectives of this study were to i) classify each crown land parcel in the province by land cover type or vegetation type and ii) estimate the carrying capacities and stocking rates of each parcel and compare these to the current stocking rates allowed by the provincial crown land leases. This study used remote sensing and geographic information system (GIS) technologies for land cover monitoring and estimation of carrying capacities and stocking rates. Based on the assessment of remotely sensed land cover inventories, forest and shrubland were found to be the dominant land cover types in the crown lands compared to native and tame grasslands, which are more desirable for grazing due to higher forage quality and palatability. Then, the carrying capacities were estimated from past field surveys that measured forage productivity in different ecoregions of Manitoba. The carrying capacities were used to calculate the stocking rates based on the delineated land cover types within each crown land parcel. Results show that the current stocking rates of the majority of the crown lands were lower than the estimated stocking rates. This suggests that these parcels were being undergrazed compared to the current grazing intensities permitted by the lease contracts. Overall, the forage resources of the crown lands in Manitoba were being undergrazed by -44.64%. This study can contribute to the existing management of crown lands and it also demonstrated the potential of remote sensing technology to improve and expedite land cover monitoring and stocking rate estimation for crown land managers in the future.

This document is a resource for individuals interested in learning about archiving their work on Zenodo, including presentations, instructional content, workflow documents, outreach materials, etc. It was originally created for the biodiversity collections community. Files include the same document in multiple formats, as well as a separate file containing one of the figures.

No contexto atual, de um mundo global cada vez mais competitivo, as empresas estão sobre constante pressão para responder rapidamente às condições de mudança, serem inovadoras no atendimento às necessidades dos clientes, e ajustarem-se rapidamente ao mercado. Isto implica que as empresas sejam ágeis e que tomem frequentemente decisões de uma forma célere. No entanto, para tomar essas decisões é necessário grande quantidade de dados, de informação e de conhecimento. Ao atuar num mundo global, a informação torna-se num recurso fundamental para o sucesso do negócio de uma empresa. Esse facto leva à aceitação, por parte dos gestores das empresas, de que quem dispõe de informação de boa qualidade, confiável e no momento certo, alcança vantagem competitiva. Contrariamente, a falta de informação conduz a erros e à perda de oportunidades. Assim, a utilização de ferramentas de Business Intelligence pelas organizações tem-se mostrado uma escolha eficaz sempre que se pretenda disponibilizar informação de suporte à tomada de decisão. No entanto, a implementação deste tipo de ferramentas é complexa, com potenciais impactos financeiros, processuais e estruturais nas organizações. Desta forma, o objetivo geral deste estudo foi comparar duas plataformas de BI, nomeadamente Cognos e Power BI e, por sua vez, analisar o impacto gerado na transição de ferramentas de BI nos processos e nos colaboradores da área financeira de uma empresa no setor da puericultura. A abordagem metodológica foi um estudo de caso onde os dados empíricos foram recolhidos de diversas fontes, através de análise documental, entrevistas e questionários. Os resultados obtidos evidenciaram que, na ótica estrutural, o tempo de execução de tarefas e a maior produtividade são as razões de preferência de utilização da nova ferramenta de BI, sendo que, na ótica processual, a privacidade, as várias funcionalidades e a automatização dos processos explicam a escolha de uso da nova ferramenta. In the current context of an increasingly world competitiveness, companies are under constant pressure to respond quickly to changing conditions, be innovative in meeting customer needs and quickly adjust to the market. This implies that companies are agile and that they often make decisions quickly. However, making these decisions requires a large amount of data, information and knowledge. When operating in a global world, information becomes a fundamental resource for the success of a company's business. This fact leads to the acceptance, on the part of company managers, that whoever has good quality, reliable information at the right time, achieves a competitive advantage. On the contrary, lack of information leads to errors and missed opportunities. Thus, the use of Business Intelligence tools by organizations has proved to be an effective choice whenever it is intended to provide information to support decision making. However, the implementation of this type of tools is complex, with potential financial, procedural and structural impacts on organizations. This way, the general objective of this study was to compare two BI platforms, namely Cognos and Power BI and, in turn, to analyze the generated impact in the transition of BI tools in the processes and in the employees of the financial area of a company in the sector of childcare. The methodological approach was a case study where empirical data were collected from different sources, through document analysis, interviews and questionnaires. The results obtained showed that, from a structural point of view, task execution time and greater productivity are the reasons for preferring the use of the new BI tool, and, from a procedural point of view, privacy, the various functionalities and the automation of processes explain the choice to use the new tool.

Encontramo-nos no meio de uma enorme transformação digital. A tecnologia está incorporada na nossa vida diária e as organizações estão constantemente à procura de soluções tecnológicas mais eficientes e flexíveis. A contabilidade não é uma exceção. Os profissionais de contabilidade, as práticas e os processos contabilísticos terão de ser adaptados. Uma vez que interfere com as competências fundamentais dos profissionais de contabilidade, é relevante compreender como é que eles encaram as tecnologias emergentes na contabilidade. Neste âmbito, esta investigação pretende analisar de que forma as tecnologias emergentes podem influenciar a profissão de contabilista. Neste sentido, foram definidas as seguintes questões de investigação: Os profissionais de contabilidade estão preparados para uma transformação digital? Como é que o trabalho do contabilista está a mudar com a transformação digital? Que vantagens podem trazer as tecnologias emergentes para a profissão? Quais as ameaças e desafios na adoção de tecnologias emergentes no futuro da profissão? Para atingir este objetivo foi efetuado um estudo exploratório com abordagem qualitativa e quantitativa, recorrendo a entrevistas e questionário a contabilistas certificados. Foram realizadas sete entrevistas e recolhidos dados de 227 contabilistas através do questionário. Após uma análise das entrevistas e dos dados do questionário, conclui-se que as tecnologias emergentes vão influenciar os profissionais de contabilidade e apesar de existirem limitações e desafios na adoção destas tecnologias os contabilistas terão de se adaptar. Os resultados também demonstraram as principais vantagens das tecnologias emergentes e se os contabilistas estão preparados para a transformação digital e qual o seu conhecimento sobre estas tecnologias. We are in the midst of a huge digital transformation. Technology is embedded in our daily lives and organizations are constantly looking for more efficient and flexible technology solutions. Accounting is no exception. Accounting professionals and accounting practices and processes will have to be adapted. Since it interferes with the core competencies of accounting professionals, it is relevant to understand how they view emerging technologies in accounting. Within this framework, this research aims to analyze how emerging technologies may influence the future of the accounting profession. In this sense, the following research questions were defined: Are accounting professionals prepared for a digital transformation? How is the accountant's work changing with digital transformation? What advantages can emerging technologies bring to the future of the profession? What are the threats and challenges in adopting emerging technologies in the future of the profession? To achieve this goal, an exploratory study with qualitative and quantitative approach was carried out, using interviews and questionnaire to certified accountants. Seven interviews were conducted and data from 227 accountants were collected through the questionnaire. After an analysis of the interviews and questionnaire data, it is concluded that emerging technologies will influence accounting professionals and although there are limitations and challenges in adopting these technologies accountants will have to adapt. The results also showed the main advantages of emerging technologies and whether accountants are prepared for digital transformation and what their knowledge about these technologies is.

This document gives a brief overview of LIAISON's achievements reached at the end of the European research and innovation project (September/October 2022).