The paper discusses the connotation and constituent factors of the efficiency of social network (ESN). Applying the theory of structural holes, the study analyzes impact factors of ESN on the structural level, the resources level and the strategic level such as structural autonomy, nonredundancy and structural holes strategy. The effect mechanism model of ESN is established according to the act...

Over the last years, Enterprise Social Networks (ESN) have gained increasing attention both in academia and practice, resulting in a large number of publications dealing with ESN. Among them is a large number of case studies describing the benefits of ESN in each individual case. Based on the different research objects they focus, various benefits are described. However, an overview of the bene...

Although enterprise social network (ESN) has been implemented within a number of organizations to facilitate communication, collaboration and engagement among employees, many organizations are struggling to realize the benefits of this emergent workplace social platform (due to employee underutilization). This paper aims to elucidate a successful ESN use case among employees within a leading Au...

Whereas the use of Enterprise Social Networks (ESN) is a pervasive topic in research and practice, both parties are still struggling to come to a better understanding of the role and impact of ESN in and on knowledge-intensive corporate work. As a part of this phenomenon, employees who communicate their knowledge in ESN helping other users to do their daily work play a decisive role. We need to...

The enriched semantic network (ESN) has previously been presented as an enhancement of the semantic network (SN) of the UMLS. The ESN's hierarchy is a DAG (Directed Acyclic Graph) structure allowing for multiple parents. The ESN is thus more complex than the SN and can be more difficult to view and comprehend. We have previously introduced the notion of a metaschema for the SN as a compact abst...

Pneumatic muscle (PM) has many advantages such as light weight, high power to weight ratio and low price. However, it has strong time varying characteristic. The complex nonlinear dynamics of PM system poses some challenges for achieving accurate modeling and control. To solve these problems, we propose nonlinear internal model control (IMC) using echo state network (ESN) for PM system in this ...

PURPOSE Elder self-neglect (ESN) represents half or more of all cases reported to adult protective services. ESN directly affects older adults and also their families, neighbors, and the larger communities around them. ESN has public health implications and is associated with higher than expected mortality rates, hospitalizations, long-term care placements, and localized environmental and safet...

Protection against HIV-1 infection in exposed seronegative (ESN) individuals likely involves natural resistance mechanisms that have not been fully elucidated. Human beta defensins (HBD) are antimicrobial peptides found primarily in mucosae, the main ports of HIV entry. HBD-2 and 3 mRNA are induced by HIV-1 in human oral epithelial cells and exhibit strong anti-HIV-1 activity; in addition, poly...

Constructing non-invasive Brain-Computer Interfaces (BCI) that are practical for use in assistive technology has proven to be a challenging problem. We assert that classification algorithms that are capable of capturing sophisticated spatiotemporal patterns in Electroencephalography (EEG) signals are necessary in order for BCI to deliver fluid and reliable control. Since Echo State Networks (ES...

The present study is part of a long-term interdisciplinary project designed to study the apparent difference between normal and educationally sub-normal children (ESN) on tests that measure gross motor performance. The inferiority of ESN children in such tests as the AAHPER Youth Fitness Test is described as apparent since most studies reporting such a finding have compared a sample drawn from ...