Electronic waste occurs not just in the form of discarded computers but also as a scatter of information devices, software, and systems that are rendered obsolete and fail.
This study underlined the time required to collect data, imposed by the scatter of information for a given care trajectory, and the difficulties linked to the heterogeneity of data collection methods and practices, so that routine short-term follow-up of observed waiting times is not possible.
After piecing together scattered bits of information about the life of one of the more outlandish characters she has researched, she is offered the means to contact — to meet even — two of his relatives.
Some of these lessons – for instance, how to write with sophistication and clarity, or how to uncover and reassemble scattered fragments of information into a convincing narrative thread – are undeniably practical and rather concrete.
Graphically, this data is illustrated below (Fig. 1): Fig. 1 Notes: The above is a scatter plot of information contained in Table 4. Citations reports forward citations of US by country of inventor as a percentage of total forward citations.
For most companies, customer data is scattered across silos of information that can make it difficult to access, much less integrate into a cohesive whole.
Real-time in-situ x-ray scattering provides a wealth of information useful for understanding chemical reactions and phase transitions in advanced technologies.
Such observations help propel the well-worn narrative of the presidential campaign forward, and Mr. Alter scatters some worthwhile nuggets of information along the way.
This article argues that an important explanation for this difficulty is the phenomenon of information scatter: as the number of information sources about a specific topic increases, the information across the sources begins to follow a Zipf-like distribution, where a few sources have a large amount of information, and many sources have very little information.
Understanding what people are asking or saying and converting it into usable meaning is a huge first step towards making heads or tails out of the billions of pieces of information scattered across the web.
The currency of information, scattered to the four corners of the globe, is roiling not only U.S. foreign relations but also the alliances and internal politics of other nations.
